I almost took a NPS job in Utah when I was 23. First job out of school sucked Archived Message Posted by illini on May 15, 2025, 19:26:19, in reply to "I've half-jokingly said I want to take a bunch of my retirement money and buy an 8 seat floatplane.." And I got hooked on the Ken Burns “America’s Best Idea” series. This was during the Great Recession so I thought if I’m not making any money anyway I might as well be somewhere cool. My whole life today exists because I didn’t take that job. So I wouldn’t change anything, but I also know I would have loved working out West like that. Message Thread: | This response ↓ Retirement sidejack pole: When you "retire" are you actually going to quit working? - ATL May 15, 2025, 8:28:37 [poll] Related... my partner's dad: - ijustkrushalot May 16, 2025, 10:16:02 I get kinda shocked at how much people don't walk in my small town... - haighter May 16, 2025, 12:42:04 This is an underrated factor in the difference in healthiness between city folks - Sounder May 16, 2025, 12:58:21 AKA walkable communities are communism.* - Warrin'_Illini May 16, 2025, 12:59:30 Remove the drinking and that’s basically my parents. - Carl Spackler May 16, 2025, 11:37:11 My wife struggles with this same topic - tvillini May 16, 2025, 11:27:11 Can't see myself going full Stu, but certainly hope that after years of sitting at a desk... - EffinIllini May 16, 2025, 11:20:28 That's a shame; a lot of guys (especially) go that way. - Stu May 16, 2025, 10:46:21 I have drastically cut back on the alcohol since last November. It's made a significant change... - Tuscy May 16, 2025, 11:04:12 Yup. Not to mention a better chance at avoiding/beating cancer* - Stu May 16, 2025, 11:13:54 I've done that once. Would prefer to avoid it going forward. * - Tuscy May 16, 2025, 11:24:18 It’s not as much fun as people say* - Stu May 16, 2025, 11:58:50 I had this dark thought yesterday - Sounder May 16, 2025, 12:01:30 There’s a lot more. Like wearing tight pants.* - Stu May 16, 2025, 12:16:11 My parents are in the middle of a two week bicycle tour through the netherlands - gvibes May 16, 2025, 10:26:53 Lulz at your dad* - ATL May 16, 2025, 10:19:27 Yeah, that's good* - EffinIllini May 16, 2025, 11:06:33 If consulting gigs are still readily available, I could see doing that a year or two* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes May 16, 2025, 8:03:11 I can't imagine wanting to work when I retire* - Sounder May 15, 2025, 19:03:39 What if you can retire 5 years earlier if you just WFH 20 hours a week?* - Stu May 15, 2025, 19:46:49 I'm the wrong person to ask that - Sounder May 15, 2025, 20:47:20 What if your house was 2x its current size? * - haighter May 16, 2025, 7:32:22 You could have my life - Stu May 15, 2025, 20:51:22 Kristen Cavallari?* - VIV May 16, 2025, 9:53:46 Maaaayyyybe* - Stu May 16, 2025, 10:00:02 ask her about laguna beach* - VIV May 16, 2025, 10:03:47 I have no idea who she is. Some blathering about Reality TV, which I think is stupid.* - Stu May 16, 2025, 10:07:09 she got famous for being bitchy to other girls when she was a teenager* - VIV May 16, 2025, 10:15:54 Well, she seems to think all her faults are caused by other people.* - Stu May 16, 2025, 10:46:58 that does not surprise me. * - VIV May 16, 2025, 11:44:10 We have a semi retired guy who has a subscription to here - ATL May 15, 2025, 20:49:31 WTF? you get the privilege of paying $100/month to get to work in a glorified coffee shop?* - VIV May 16, 2025, 9:50:33 It would be pretty easy to spend $100/mo. in a coffee shop if you're working there a few hours/week - Herman Blume May 16, 2025, 10:40:24 They obviously appeal to some people. *shrugs** - ATL May 16, 2025, 10:00:06 they wouldn't have them if they didn't appeal to some people - VIV May 16, 2025, 10:03:24 You're an introvert who loves working from home - Sounder May 16, 2025, 11:28:59 People pay to feel like they're part of an exclusive club. - longsnapper May 16, 2025, 10:23:42 Those work clubs couldn't be dumber. Smelling your own farts isn't work* - longsnapper May 15, 2025, 21:48:10 I’ve never been to one. I assumed that people go there to work and get a change of scenery. - ATL May 15, 2025, 21:50:36 Just think about the decisions involved that make people conclude - longsnapper May 15, 2025, 22:53:09 much like a neutered dog, you don't get it* - Sounder May 16, 2025, 11:30:28 someone woke up on the judgy side of the bed today * - ghost_of_clt May 16, 2025, 6:57:17 Usually.* - longsnapper May 16, 2025, 7:17:00 Smell other people's farts, as it were.* - complainant May 15, 2025, 21:54:39 Those work clubs are very cool* - Sounder May 15, 2025, 20:50:38 i don't get it * - VIV May 16, 2025, 9:51:20 Is Adam Neumann involved?* - complainant May 15, 2025, 21:15:03 What? Me worry?! * - Tuscy May 16, 2025, 5:41:46 That’s Larry “Bud” Newman* - ATL May 16, 2025, 6:06:52 He cracked me up on Seinfeld. * - Tuscy May 16, 2025, 6:38:50 They’ve expanded quite a bit since I moved here so I’m worried he is * - ATL May 15, 2025, 21:21:29 these threads are terrible for my mental health * - biclops May 15, 2025, 12:01:41 I don't know, I had a fun time trapsing around the landfill with two old guys yesterday* - ATL May 15, 2025, 12:02:34 Another Grindr success story* - HamptonSki May 15, 2025, 20:37:44 Dear Penthouse: I never thought this could happen to me.* - Stu May 15, 2025, 20:40:20 Speaking of Grindr success stories* - ATL May 15, 2025, 20:41:04 Said no one ever.* - LovetheChief May 15, 2025, 19:08:10 We were in the shade, next to a creek where a civil war battle was fought, and where the county - ATL May 15, 2025, 19:31:31 So interesting!!!* - Stu May 15, 2025, 19:53:25 Thanks, it was!* - ATL May 15, 2025, 20:32:34 Not the first choice, combo of the last 5* - TarheelIllini May 15, 2025, 11:15:38 maybe I'll get a part time gig at a lego store so I can get discounts - IlliniSax05 May 15, 2025, 10:02:07 I could see myself being course ranger or sitting on a mower a few hours per week. * - Tuscy May 15, 2025, 10:01:17 I'd like to find something be it paid or volunteer or my own work... - haighter May 15, 2025, 9:43:07 I've half-jokingly said I want to take a bunch of my retirement money and buy an 8 seat floatplane.. - Illiniphil May 15, 2025, 9:18:54 I almost took a NPS job in Utah when I was 23. First job out of school sucked - illini May 15, 2025, 19:26:19 Utah parks at age 23 sounds pretty fun. - EffinIllini May 16, 2025, 8:55:22 ^^ Supposed to be under Effin below. * - illini May 15, 2025, 19:26:54 If I was at a point where my consulting services were desired, I could see myself doing some one off - snipes824 May 15, 2025, 9:17:01 Drive a garbage truck in Yellowstone. - EffinIllini May 15, 2025, 9:09:19 Dream job ruined by pack in, pack out* - RVA May 15, 2025, 18:32:28 sidejack. my wife said the other day she thinks she'd like to go to yellowstone sometime - lcubed May 15, 2025, 11:36:59 I think you would get pretty sick of tourist asswipes* - Stu May 15, 2025, 9:13:40 When Dad said that, it was late 90's. - EffinIllini May 15, 2025, 9:18:59 Oh I dunno. In the late '60s there were plenty of asswipes - Stu May 15, 2025, 9:23:40 I had some bear-oriented super 8 home movies from the late 60s - complainant May 15, 2025, 11:27:48 Yeah, my parents have plenty of pictures of that from trips when they were kids. - EffinIllini May 15, 2025, 9:26:24 Good for them! I'd like to go back. - Stu May 15, 2025, 9:29:51 Would it have killed you to take a shower?* - Herman Blume May 15, 2025, 10:15:12 When you're hanging with the bears, you want to smell like the bears.* - Stu May 15, 2025, 10:25:37 You need to make the pole "choose all that apply". - Illiniphil May 15, 2025, 9:07:22 I have a side gig correcting the lousy work of ‘attorneys’* - Stu May 15, 2025, 8:58:03 Most likely to do some volunteer work to have some purpose and structure - DT May 15, 2025, 8:57:21 i don't even know what we're having for supper tonight* - lcubed May 15, 2025, 8:47:07 I had a couple of consulting gigs lined up when I retired, but - larue33 May 15, 2025, 8:45:59 I mentioned my buddy who is possibly going to drive a bus. He also may try to substitute teach. - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2025, 8:41:32 Golf/sling beers somewhere/exercise/annoy my wife/tool around the house/travel (lots of concerts!) - Kajagoogoo May 15, 2025, 8:38:04 Golf/volunteer/work out/travel/cook/learn languages* - Carl Spackler May 15, 2025, 8:33:10 30% job outside my profession, 30% volunteerism, 20% golf, 20% hookers/blow* - voiceofreason May 15, 2025, 8:31:06   Searching