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Feb. 10th, 2010 07:46 pmSome days i just function better at the gym than others. Today was a good say. Monday i was dragging my ass.
I miss my buddy, the one that retired last week. I wonder if it's sunk in for him yet or if he still feels he's just on vacation. Everyone is envious of him. The common phrase in the week between when it was announced and when he left was "You lucky bastard!" As he says, if that many people are wishing it was them, management better be scared! I reach Rule of 80 (age plus years of service) at the end of 2013 but i don't know if i will be able to afford to retire then. I'll only have 25 years in and that means i only get a 50% pension. Most people go after 30 years and get 60% which isn't a lot different than you live on after all the taxes and benefits they take off your pay anyway. I know you can live off a lot less than you think but you get used to having x amount to live on, don't you? i don't want to have to work when i retire from my present job, just to make ends meet. Lots of people get a part time job for something to do. When you're only in your late 50s you're still young enough not to really be slowing down that much but you've put your time in and want to take your pension and run. It'll just be nice to know i *can* go if i want to or if things descend into hell between now and then.
There's a military commander that's been arrested in Ontario for suspicion of murdering two woman and also he's been charged with sexual assault, unlawful confinement and home invasion in a couple more cases. Now they're looking at all the cities where he's been stationed over his career to see if there are any other unsolved murders or missing women. He was posted here for awhile in the early 90s apparently. Scary stuff.
I miss my buddy, the one that retired last week. I wonder if it's sunk in for him yet or if he still feels he's just on vacation. Everyone is envious of him. The common phrase in the week between when it was announced and when he left was "You lucky bastard!" As he says, if that many people are wishing it was them, management better be scared! I reach Rule of 80 (age plus years of service) at the end of 2013 but i don't know if i will be able to afford to retire then. I'll only have 25 years in and that means i only get a 50% pension. Most people go after 30 years and get 60% which isn't a lot different than you live on after all the taxes and benefits they take off your pay anyway. I know you can live off a lot less than you think but you get used to having x amount to live on, don't you? i don't want to have to work when i retire from my present job, just to make ends meet. Lots of people get a part time job for something to do. When you're only in your late 50s you're still young enough not to really be slowing down that much but you've put your time in and want to take your pension and run. It'll just be nice to know i *can* go if i want to or if things descend into hell between now and then.
There's a military commander that's been arrested in Ontario for suspicion of murdering two woman and also he's been charged with sexual assault, unlawful confinement and home invasion in a couple more cases. Now they're looking at all the cities where he's been stationed over his career to see if there are any other unsolved murders or missing women. He was posted here for awhile in the early 90s apparently. Scary stuff.
