Old teacher chiming in - have a blast on the course! I don't play, swim instead - indoors of course (it's chilly at 30 below in the river).

My best memories are of my college professors!

42 years as an engineer. Hoping the retirement funds provide as promised but who knows? He has home renovation projects lined up, plus lots more skiing than before. He expects to be called back as a consultant too.

Enjoy your new leisure!

Strolling down a boulevard, strumming your guitar, golfing... ahhh.

. . .playing the piano!

Starting next fall, i might record that christmas carol album i've been promising my wife!

to hear that your approach doesn't leave room for boredom.

Don't forget your old pals come next Christmas... please post a few!

Chrome on my tablet has one tab permanently stuck on DU!

no sad farewells, then!

I actually did have a earlier christmas carol collection. Recorded over the course of time on everything from 4 track cassette to 8 track minidisk, to 16 track hard drive recordings.

I didn't have a CD burner so they were on cassette. Somehow the copy my wife had disappeared in a refurnishing effort, and the one we gave to her dad and my mom both vanished.

So, i have to start over!

I did have a kick-ass latin version of Auld Lang Syne. That was a lot of work. Might pass on that one.

of "From the Beginning." I

Normally, that's just an acoustic guitar thing
But, night be fun to dress that up, with the main part on piano!
Hmmmm! Got me thinking!

miss going to work. It's a hard habit to break after 46 years.

I don't think i'm going to be that type. I've been counting down by the day since it got to 18 months.

Probably the two sentiments are a coin flip.

he said he was so busy, how did he ever find time to work?

Congratulations and enjoy!

I was recruited for my outfit in 1975. But I don't play golf, and anyway, they say in my line of work, retirement comes when the last nail is put in the coffin. If I get lucky (and genetics says I won't), I'll still be at this in 10 years. Better than dying of boredom.

Enjoy doing what you want to do!

I got my substitute teaching license for IL. I haven't authorized yet in the 2 counties nearest to me, but that's just a formality. (And a fee, of course.)

I'm hearing they struggle to find people who are willing to sub for math and science. Well, those vacancies are right up my alley.

My wife was a teacher and thinks i've got the demeanor for subbing. The upside of subbing, of course, is no lesson plans, no homework to grade. My wife thinks i'll love it.

The main problem with subbing is the students have no respect for a sub. It's like "oh! a sub today! Time to act out!"

However, I have found that if the teacher you're subbing for is a good teacher, then the students are more respectful and willing to learn. If the teacher isn't so good, the students tend to exhibit behavioral problems. In time you learn who is a good teacher and who is not. When I was subbing, I wouldn't sub for lackadaisical teachers.

I subbed because I was curious about why (as a university professor) I got college students who didn't know basic grammar. To find the answer to that question, I went into the public schools to see what was being taught. I did learn the answer to my question. I don't do it anymore, as my school offered me some consulting jobs that were more up my alley. At the time, I meant to write a blog about why NJ students don't know basic grammar, but I never followed up on my blog idea.

I think it's a real opportunity for these students to get someone like you, a real scientist, to take their class for a day or so. Don't hesitate to give them a little sales pitch about your background at the beginning of the class. They will appreciate your work experience far more.

She told me to let them know i was an actual scientist and mathematician. Like you, she figured it would add some cred.

Thanks for the advice.

When I was working I thought retirement meant going to the tire store with my truck and getting new rubber. Then came a health related retirement, best thing ever.

Now I have quality time for hiking, kayaking, meditation, reading. My wife joined me in the “no work” ranks lately. Even better. You can lose track of what day it is, that alone is addicting.

Best of all...we can do what we want to do, not what we have to do.

I retire in March, after 30 years as an Engineer. Tired of doing the work that takes a of a team of N, N>>1, in time t=T0*f, where f<1.

Laughing out loud at my desk! Well played.

your deserved retirement!!

I retired at 56. I'm 71 now. Enjoy your retirement.

I thought this was about the day of work this year.

Funny thing is, 80% of the operations and technical staff is on vacation as well as 100% of HR.

So, i'm doing my own freaking exit interview and going through the checklist of security and IT stuff i have to turn in.

Go figure.

I’m taking off at 12. Mybwife and I have a free hotel room tonight. 😳

But I get what you mean!

Sorry about that!
A more accurate reply would be "yeah, I already did that".

Please accept my wishes for a wonderful retirement!

and buy your dream set of clubs (or at least a lot green fees).

Congrats

Joint in the city where i grew up (sizeable, around 180k people) has a successful internet golf shop. But they also had a retail store front.

Well, i stop in there to buy (not kidding) a putter cover. That's it.

I didn't realize they were closing the retail joint forever. Their irons were 45% of their already discounted prices. I paid about 32 cents on the dollar for the irons i bought. My other irons were 10+ years old and i didn't absolutely NEED new ones, but would eventually. I was never going to get a deal like that again, so i grabbed 'em.

As to green fees, you wouldn't believe how little i pay per year, if i told you. For unlimited golf. And the consulting gig, for 4 months pays those puny fees for 8 to 9 years!

Might teach guitar again, too.

See you in Sports

I'm enjoying this week off with my wife and sons, but I love what I do and hope I am never forced to retire.

The only advantage I see is the ability to sleep late, and I'm not sure that's much of an advantage at all. I'm running out of time on this planet, and the more I sleep, the less I experience.

To each his own though...you sound happy and I thus offer my sincere congratulations.

I think we're very different in that way. I'm bored with the grind and am done.

I'll find ways to do things i like.

Sleeping late ain't among them though. I've always been an early riser.

Actually, I started last January. I doubt I'll ever actually retire. I'm an advertising copywriter and the job keeps my mind active. So it's a good thing. Kudos to you. Enjoy!

Enjoy your time!

Wishing you a happy retirement!

Do enjoy yourself!

"Fore" is for the people who hit the ball crooked! I'm a good player, for goodness sake!!!

Just kidding. But while i don't hit it as far as i used to, i still hit it straight!!!

Seeing as someone always yelled it when I teed off, just assumed it was a customary shout.

I love this place!

I’m with you. My last day is Jan. 31 (22 days but who’s counting?) 40 years in the business world, enough. I will be the FT caregiver for my grandkids, ages 8, 4 and a newborn. Eventually they will all be in school all day and I can really retire.
I gave notice at the end of November, thinking 2+ months is plenty. No one in-house is qualified (except the boss) to do my job and the front office **has not advertised for it yet**. Not my problem. Which means that training a new person will be on my boss, not me - yippee!

Actually, since i announced 18 months prior, the guy taking my position is already doing it and has been for several months. All the technical staff reports to him and has for that same time period.

But, i've been helping with the transition so i'm leaving on very good terms. In fact, when they do the team building things every quarter (meaning going out drinking and eating at a local bar) my former boss has already requested my personal email address so he can invite me to those.

As to your "22 days, but who's counting?". Well, i sure did. I started the count down at 500 days!!!!

Enjoy the links!

All it did was remind me of why I retired on my very first day of eligibility. Don't get me wrong - the money was nice. My old rate of pay with no deductions for union dues or health care. And, they were so desperate for my help they let me set my own days and hours. But, after 3 months, I was ready to resume my new life.

If you make above a certain level in income, part of your Social Security is taxable, but you still come out way ahead. Of course, that assumes you want to continue working.

The limit goes away only after full retirement age.
The TVM calcs tell me to take SS early given my family history of life span.
So for 4 years, there are limits

Surface and phase chemistry
In less glorified terms, I really, really, really know why detergents work!
LOL! It's more than that, but people can always relate to shampoo!

Well, when the day came I never looked back. It was a Friday and that first Monday without an alarm clock the phone rang at 8:05 A.M. and the new supervisor said in a voice dripping with concern, "UTUSN, are you all right???????????!!!!!1" I assured her I was, biting my tongue not to add that I would have been even better if she hadn't called.

Everybody knows, but it gets really reinforced, that time flies: It's been eighteen years, gone in a flash. The first couple went on cleaning out forty years of stuff, copies of stuff, and more stuff. Then delving into my two ships' histories and organizing my records.

But above all, DU has been a constant. I guess I should have learned another language or the piano. There have been profound moments when the insight was that the internet is a vast waste of time, followed by other moments saying, isn't *everything*?!

I still haven't even hit 50K posts on DU despite the immense time daily I spend here, so I often wonder how those with 100K+ do it!1

I'm not a good tourist, am a barbarian, seriesly!1 Would rather sit talking with locals (with brew) in the shadow of some world cultural treasure rather than drinking-in the cultural treasure, or really sit talking with locals with brew without any world cultural treasure in sight. Sounds horrible of me, but I rationalize my ignorance by saying that no amount of what I know will ever make a dent in what I don't know.

Haha, a couple of days ago my horoscope said to make plans for the coming new year BUT NOT to worry about going further than that!!!!!!1

So, congrats, no advice/no regrets!

That is advice! Thanks

I hope it's everything you want it to be!

I am KIDDING!

I’ll be hitting 70 in April, so as one retired gent to another: You have certainly logged some major hours for the good of science. Now get out there and do whatever you want to!

Congrats and good show, ProfessorGAC.

I only go back as far as the Moors invading Iberia!
What, you think I'm old????

Enjoy your retirement!