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    2/28/2015 5:46 PM  #1

    whlnut
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    Retired!!!

    Hey guys- I retired from Gulfstream Aerospace on Thursday. Now I can spend all my time getting my '66 ready for the BASH!
    Ed

     

    2/28/2015 5:49 PM  #2

    terry
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats!!!

     

    2/28/2015 6:04 PM  #3

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Welcome to the club, get ready for the HUNNY DEWS

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    2/28/2015 6:20 PM  #4

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congratulations!  That's a huge accomplishment.  I'm only 15 years behind you!

    65 mustang coupe, 351W, C6-  2800 stall, B&M blower, 9inch- trac-loc 3.70 gears
     

    2/28/2015 8:01 PM  #5

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congratulations!  Working for them, I can only imagine the kind of craftsmanship you're going to put into that Mustang.

    Cheap, Fast, Good:  Pick Any Two
     

    2/28/2015 8:18 PM  #6

    True74yamaha
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    Re: Retired!!!

    whlnut wrote:

    Hey guys- I retired from Gulfstream Aerospace on Thursday. Now I can spend all my time getting my '66 ready for the BASH!
    Ed

     
    Congratulations on such an awesome thing

     

    2/28/2015 8:21 PM  #7

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats! So jealous - couple more years to go........

    Retired - you got new tires for the Mustang?

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    2/28/2015 8:46 PM  #8

    whlnut
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Thanks guys. Ron- ha! I do have a room full of new 5.0 parts. Block is at the machine shop, 4R70W almost ready.

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    2/28/2015 9:01 PM  #9

    MS
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    From: Canyon Lake, Texas
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congratulations!!!
    I hope you don't get into the mode of not taking a day off for yourself once in a while!

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    2/28/2015 10:11 PM  #10

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    Re: Retired!!!

    I'm jealous too!! Only 22 more years to go.

    AND Ron stole my bad joke before I could use it!!!!

    Enjoy.

    John  -- 67 Mustang Coupe 390 5 speed
     

    2/28/2015 10:26 PM  #11

    Bullet Bob
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congratulations...before long you will be asking, just like the rest of us retardos, "how did I ever get anything done when I was working?"

    BB

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    3/01/2015 6:22 AM  #12

    MAW
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats, and X's2 what BB said. Although it seems like the more I work the less I get done.  Enjoy life it goes by so quickly.

    66 Vert.  4.6 DOHC, 4R70 Auto, Heidt's M2 frontend
     

    3/01/2015 8:00 AM  #13

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    Congrats, I retarded in 1995 and have never looked back!!! The down side is you eventually become about 75% less effecient.... I got more done when I worked 40+ hrs week!!!
    Howard

     

    3/01/2015 8:29 AM  #14

    wsinsle
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrads, hope all works out well. My magic number 55, and I'll reach that in September. After that, I
    may go anytime.

    If this forum can't fix it, it isn't broke.
     

    3/01/2015 9:29 AM  #15

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats Wheelnut, I'm just a couple of steps behind you.
    I may get up to Atlanta way, check out your 66.

    Tubo

    If it ain't broke, I haven't modified it Yet
     

    3/01/2015 11:01 AM  #16

    HenryJ
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    Re: Retired!!!

    congratulations! I hope you get plenty of relaxation and enjoyment with all the free time you have now.

     

    3/01/2015 1:51 PM  #17

    Hornman
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats! Welcome to the club! Let us know when you start to feel like you have less time than before you retired.

     

    3/01/2015 2:52 PM  #18

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congradulations ,Enjoy. I retired last year was off about two months went back to work part time ,I hope this November I can  make it back to totaly free , Enjoy your freedom !

    If its worth doing do it right !
     

    3/01/2015 7:11 PM  #19

    DC
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    Congrats!!!
    I tried to do that the end of 2013. Left my job of 31 years to keep doing what I was doing. The best part is now I can set my own schedule and say NO! Now I only do the fun jobs and love it. I get to take care of my Grandkids a couple days a week and work a couple days and Gee, there is a day left!

     

    3/02/2015 8:09 AM  #20

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congradulations enjoy yourself, since my youngest is 11 I can retire at 75 unless the powerball comes in.

    I made enough money to buy Miami, but pissed it away so fast
     

    3/02/2015 6:25 PM  #21

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    Congrats on retirement!  I would have posted sooner, but my internet has been down.  Hopefully, you will find the time to work on your car.   Because its funny how it seems like more things get accomplished the less time you think you have.  Retirement is one of those weird paradox's like that.

    If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
     

    3/02/2015 7:30 PM  #22

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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats!  I got another 20 left!

     

    3/04/2015 7:02 AM  #23

    John Ha
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Well Done!  Enjoy it - do all the things you've always wanted to do - not just the ones in front of you now.
     

    Founding Member of the Perpetually Bewildered Society
     

    3/04/2015 1:27 PM  #24

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    Re: Retired!!!

    congrats!!  

    I'm not too far away from that magic day......my retirement countdown calendar says, 1 month, 25 days, 9 hours, and 33 minutes....of which I have about 7 work days left!!!!!

     

    3/04/2015 3:51 PM  #25

    jon5014ren
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    Re: Retired!!!

    Congrats. Enjoy the time. I retired in 2011 and unfortunately  after 8 months could not handle it. Been back to work ever since but good knowing I can quit any time I want. Also did not have my 65 mustang at the time.

     

     

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