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SuperSixEvo
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What do you do?

Post by SuperSixEvo » Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:52 pm

I'll start.........going on 54 and recently retired just last year after a career in public service. Love cycling, RV'ing, motorcycles, serving in my church, and watching westerns.

Plans.......do to pretty much the same and continue to help others as my Boss has instructed me.

Regrets......not doing enough for others.

You?

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cooperhawk
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Re: What do you do?

Post by cooperhawk » Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:05 am

What do I do? Well, I guess whatever the wife wants. I've been retired from my primary job for almost 24 years now and have
been involved in several projects but am trying to slow down now. I'm getting old and tired.
Retired FAA Air Traffic Control Supervisor
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Hatchdog
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Re: What do you do?

Post by Hatchdog » Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:10 am

I’m just short of 67, retired and loving life. Live rural so there’s always lots of projects nearby to keep me busy. Have an RV and boat so we camp and fish and when the grandkids visit from CA we take them tubing. No longer hunt big game but still enjoy some light grouse hunting. Not shooting as much as I used to but when I do I reload ammo. Used to do a lot of buying, selling and trading of guns but that has become expensive with all our new state laws. Thankfully I have several to choose from.

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JEBar
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Re: What do you do?

Post by JEBar » Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:41 pm

at 77 years old, retired 3 times .... 2004 retired from NC's prison system .... called back and retired again in 2007 .... third retirement was from working in the RV industry in 2014

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mlrifleNY
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Re: What do you do?

Post by mlrifleNY » Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:20 pm

I have been retired/disabilied for the past 15 years. I have bad COPD and problems with my heart putting me on 100% VA disability. I don't get out to do much shooting now days but do still play music in a band a few times a mounth. I do have to play sitting down now though. I am planning on making it a good long time to come. I'm only 73 now. planing on making it into my 80's.
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markiver54
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Re: What do you do?

Post by markiver54 » Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:30 pm

69 and retired. I retired at 62.
I'm very much enjoying being my own boss. Besides the usual household chores and maintenance, I just adlib and do whatever my heart desires. In the Spring and Summer, we spend most of our time at our mountain cottage. I love exploring on my 4wheeler as I no longer use it for bear hunting. The only shooting I do anymore is up there. I do however go on occasion to the local indoor range down here to shoot my 9mm EDC.
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Vaquero
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Re: What do you do?

Post by Vaquero » Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:49 pm

Been in the vinyl siding business for 40 yrs. come April.
Turn 65 next month and probably start drawing the SS but I'll still work some.
Still deer hunt some, love shooting and reloading, and cruzing on the old Harley.

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Mags
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Re: What do you do?

Post by Mags » Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:24 pm

mum πŸ™ŠπŸ˜Ž
UPDATES: OR passes 114, "one of strictest gun control measures in U.S." https://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic. ... 34#p213234

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Headhog
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Re: What do you do?

Post by Headhog » Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:35 pm

74 and been retired since 2012. Still ride motorcycles with my buddies. Most rides are to a place for lunch then to the Amish market for ice cream. I’ve been shooting competitively since the early β€˜80s and have no plans to stop. I shoot matches at least once 2 times a month. Since these are action pistol matches I can’t keep up with the youngsters anymore, but I still have fun. I also try to get to the range at least once a week (weather permitting).

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markiver54
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Re: What do you do?

Post by markiver54 » Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:24 pm

Mags wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:24 pm
mum πŸ™ŠπŸ˜Ž
What about Nutria control? :P πŸ™‚
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Mags
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Re: What do you do?

Post by Mags » Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:24 am

markiver54 wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:24 pm
Mags wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:24 pm
mum πŸ™ŠπŸ˜Ž
What about Nutria control? :P πŸ™‚
Ya there is that.
UPDATES: OR passes 114, "one of strictest gun control measures in U.S." https://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic. ... 34#p213234

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clovishound
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Re: What do you do?

Post by clovishound » Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:15 am

I'm part of the retired herd. Retired from the AF Reserves in the late 90s, and from the USPS 2 1/2 years ago.
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Re: What do you do?

Post by The Wiz » Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:30 am

Retired.
Vietnam, Cambodia, DMZ
101st Airborne, Recon. ( Where in the heck are we?)
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BrokenolMarine
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Re: What do you do?

Post by BrokenolMarine » Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:40 am

Also Retired - Marines in 1990 and LE in 2012 after a couple surgeries. Miss T and I hang mostly on the Hobby Farm. She has her livestock and She Shed where she sews, quilts and the like. I reload, shoot a bit with health and the weather allows. Woodworking, leatherwork, and knifemaking fill the rest of the time. If I'm not up to those things I read or watch movies from our DVD/Blue Ray collection.

Miss T and I tie flies, fly fish, and fish from the kayaks, but haven't done much of that since moving from VA to OK since we don't know the area (yet) as health and weather have kept us from learning it so far. We still plan to do so. Don't plan to give it up as we always loved the time spent fishing in the lakes, ponds, rivers, and salt water in VA.
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