Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, a drone was on my wish list, but retirement budget does not support it (especially with market bouncing around right now).. I enjoy the discussion about it and will have to just be happy with that.. perhaps an improvement in retirement income in the future will fund a drone..

I was nervous as heck approaching retirement, Hawkeye. My income would drop by 2/3, I was also moving across the state to an unfamiliar area, and I had a real "you don't know what you don't know" feeling going into it. For the first year or so, I really pulled in my financial horns, reducing expenditures to the bare minimum. At the end of that year, the sky still hadn't fallen, and I felt pretty good about how well predicted and actual expenses were tracking each other. It'll be ten years next month that I pulled the plug, and I'm only now getting into drones, so don't feel like you should be rushed into one. Besides, the longer you wait, the better, and less expensive, they'll be.

I knew there'd be a **** storm when I announced my retirement, but the personnel guidelines only required 2 weeks notice. I'm glad I chose to go that way, because management treated me like an absolute traitor and pariah, basically putting me in solitary confinement for those last two weeks. They even had me blood tested, something that never happened in the 30 years I'd worked there...:shocked:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Day all.

I have been back in town for a few weeks now. Playing serious ketchup (lol) and what not. The wife is doing good, and so well in fact, she took the lead and went and purchased a new Kubota for us. A fully dressed MX6000 should be delivered in the AM..

We missed ya, Rip; it's good to hear from you again, especially the good news about the wife!

Sorry about the quarantine; were you on a cruise ship by any chance? One with CoVid-19 patients was allowed to dock in Oakland yesterday...

That big MX is a nice coming home present from your wife! She got a sister?:laughing:

 

[riptides]

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I knew there'd be a **** storm when I announced my retirement, but the personnel guidelines only required 2 weeks notice. I'm glad I chose to go that way, because management treated me like an absolute traitor and pariah, basically putting me in solitary confinement for those last two weeks. They even had me blood tested, something that never happened in the 30 years I'd worked there...:shocked:

Similar experience on an early out that was offered to me. And I gave immediate management, customers and co-workers heads up even though I was instructed by corporate to not do that.

On retirement, mine was short-lived due to medical issues faced by my SO. Basically bankrupting us to a point that returning to work was the only option for mental and financial recovery. I am not sure how one goes about handling retirement if one is not covered by plans that kick in at a certain age.

 

[riptides]

...Sorry about the quarantine; were you on a cruise ship by any chance? One with CoVid-19 patients was allowed to dock in Oakland yesterday...

Passing through countries. Looks like I was one step ahead of it everywhere. :shocked:

That big MX is a nice coming home present from your wife! She got a sister?:laughing:

Yes, but I consider you a friend. LOL.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I really want a drone, almost sprang for an early one, but they keep getting better and less expensive. Almost bought the mini the other day.

FIL is now home from rehab.

Congrats on part time job Randy.

 

[farmeratheart]

Good morning (afternoon) All. We're back from our week in SW Florida enjoying some early spring/summer type weather. It was quite nice here at home yesterday too! It has taken me a while to read through all of the postings. You guys are certainly busy. I hope everyone has a good day!

Frank

 

[txdon]

Buckeye good news, A GBS recovery from Coronavirus.

“I had a precondition called Guillain-Barré syndrome and I think that’s why they put me in the biocontainment to make sure that I was stable and that the virus did not go into my lungs and chest, which seems to be the killer in this,” he said, adding that the overwhelming majority of people who contract the novel coronavirus “are ending up with fairly mild cases, just like I am.”

“Other than the spike in fever and that I had a lingering dry cough, I was fine,” he continued. “It was not like a regular cold so there was no sore throat, no stuffy nose, no sneezing, no body aches with a high temperature and other than that dry cough I would have been fine after about ten hours after my fever broke.”

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare sickness of the nervous system in which a person's own immune system damages the nerve cells causing muscle weakness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus patient recovering in quarantine facility, says he had fever spike and '''lingering dry cough''' | Fox News

 

[riptides]

Here is probably one of the best trackers around:

Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

 

[toppop52]

What is it with our wives buying tractors, that’s at least 3-4 of us so far.

 

[Thomas]

56F heavy showers at times.

Got more raking done remove snow ice from both road culverts ends that was pita,10:45 am LARGE :shocked: flock geese headed north,have feeling pillow time coming early tonight.

Enjoy evening all.

 

[riptides]

What is it with our wives buying tractors, that’s at least 3-4 of us so far.

I left a lot of jobs undone and then decided to do a total leave of absence.

That was my story and I am sticking to it.

It was interesting to see her wheel and deal. Much better at it than I. for sure.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye good news, A GBS recovery from Coronavirus.

“I had a precondition called Guillain-Barré syndrome and I think that’s why they put me in the biocontainment to make sure that I was stable and that the virus did not go into my lungs and chest, which seems to be the killer in this,” he said, adding that the overwhelming majority of people who contract the novel coronavirus “are ending up with fairly mild cases, just like I am.”

“Other than the spike in fever and that I had a lingering dry cough, I was fine,” he continued. “It was not like a regular cold so there was no sore throat, no stuffy nose, no sneezing, no body aches with a high temperature and other than that dry cough I would have been fine after about ten hours after my fever broke.”

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare sickness of the nervous system in which a person's own immune system damages the nerve cells causing muscle weakness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus patient recovering in quarantine facility, says he had fever spike and '''lingering dry cough''' | Fox News

Thanks, interesting his only symptom were fever and dry cough.

 

[txdon]

Thanks, interesting his only symptom were fever and dry cough.

:thumbsup: no extra TP needed.

 

[txdon]

Here is probably one of the best trackers around:

Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

A more detailed map here:
Interactive map shows worldwide spread of coronavirus | UW News

 

[Steppenwolfe]

What is it with our wives buying tractors, that痴 at least 3-4 of us so far.

Well... it certainly keeps us out of the house. Maybe??? :confused3:

 

[daugen]

tired and sore, glad the day is over, too many bad seats, at least no one was coughing around me and I kept up with the
hand sanitizer all day long. I escalated pleasantly with the Infectious Disease folks who still haven't called me to make an appt.
Hopefully they aren't dealing with coronavirus yet, hopefully....that office probably isn't the safest place to be come to think about it...

Toppop, you are a wise man, hope the new job is fun. Don't stay if it's not...you don't need stress.

 

[wngsprd]

Riptides, sure is good to hear from you.

 

[check]

What is it with our wives buying tractors, that’s at least 3-4 of us so far.

Yeah, and my wife just chirped up one day and said I could trade up to a bigger tractor if I wanted!

 

[Buppies]

Glad to see you back Riptides in all one piece

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I left a lot of jobs undone and then decided to do a total leave of absence.

Was that about the time your wife became ill? Easy to understand how you came to that decision.

The project I was leading was very nearly complete, and I was being redeployed as a software quality tester. Not exactly the kind of downward move I was gonna put up with, and I've never been so micromanaged in my life. So the decision to retire was an easy one.