Here is the usual Friday reminder...(FINAL EDITION)....

[FLVOL]

I'm happy for you, but it truly is an end to an era 

Congrats droner, well deserved!

[volsboy]

Hope you enjoy retirement and drink plenty of that fine wine!   Congrats droner! 

As for SS, I took it when I retired at 62.5 but I wasn't working...I'd rather live on SS than using my IRA for now.  After 5 years, I got bored and started back working 18 hours a week and loving it!  After a year long battle with breast cancer and surviving that, I decided sitting around at home was boring and it was time do something for me -- so I'm working with an OT as her personal assistant and meeting so many great people!   Funny how life is -- 

Glad you beat the Big C. God Bless you. Glad you are doing well. You have found yourself another niche after retirement. That is pretty cool

[Tnphil]

My tax man told me when I turned 62 to start taking my SS....do not wait. After thinking about it and watching a family member wait until he was 65 to start drawing....drew 2 SS checks and died and the checks went away I decided to take mine and I never thought another thing about it.

[volzfan]

I know I've been absent from VTTW for a long, long time, but thanks to an email from a "hacked" Pirate, here I am.  Perhaps some of you will remember me as I hope to "rejoin" this wonderful group going forward!

Anyway, Congrats, Droner!  I did the same thing, quit working Fridays for the last half of last year, and then retired at the end of the year.  I have stayed on the payroll as a  Consultant, which I am limiting to mostly phone calls and emails, and I am really enjoying my "freedom"!  So, once again, Congrats and Enjoy!