Officially retired

[ovrszd]

Well, I worked Thursday Friday and Saturday, they wanted me to come in today but wifey decided to get a metal fragment in her eye a couple of days ago and I have to take to the hospital for a follow up visit as she can't drive with an eyepatch, I offered to buy a parrot to sit on her shoulder to go with it, not amused.
Insurance assessor coming out tomorrow and daughter going for a test on Wednesday so my relaxing week is shot down in flames.

I have noticed as I progress into these retirement years that I am becoming more possessive of my time.

Hope your pirate wife's healing is in sight......

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wooden a new leg be cheaper ?

Thanks for the laugh.

Congrats Bunyip! Enjoy. Let us know when you get a "round tuit".

Have you been considering moving for a long time? Bigger? Most here downsize to keep ad valorem property taxes in check.

 

[goeduck]

I was responding to your claim of now working 3 days a week and clocking 50-60 hours. That comes in at somewhere around 18hrs a day. Doesn't sound very retired to me.

Oh, got it. I should have stated that I work 3 days a week at home and go into the office 2 days a week. My bad.

 

[bunyip]

Thanks for the laugh.

Congrats Bunyip! Enjoy. Let us know when you get a "round tuit".

Have you been considering moving for a long time? Bigger? Most here downsize to keep ad valorem property taxes in check.

What you call property taxes we call rates, small in town homes attract about the same rates as a acreage out of town plus we want a bigger house, our present property ahs been rezoned to residential so it can be sub divided for development which means our raytes will increase commensurate with what it coulkd earn the council if it was individual blocks.
We currently pay just over $1900pa on our 5 acres, further out 20-50 acres with home will be about $2000-2500pa, when we get caught up with ours will increase to about $12000.00 so it is a no brainer and also it is somewhere to keep the horses and room to have people over for the weekend, and lets face it, tractor work is not that hard and it gets me away from SWMBO whyo always finds something that she wants done like gardening which is not one of my favourite pastimes.

Wooden leg was a good idea, no feeding or parrot crap on the shoulder, Richard, that pun was woeful but yes she is recovering well.
I also found out that eye injuries heal from the inside out and not the way other body parts do, my little trivia contribution for the day.

 

[kenmac]

Congrats on your retirement. I sold my business and retired 4-5 yrs ago now. Heck, I don't even remember.
Bought a larger home on 40 acres. Also have 13 acres on a river not far from me that I visit often.

My property taxes here aren't bad. Home valued at 500K 40 acres and 13 on the river total of 53 acres right at $1300.00 per yr

I plan to apply for my SSI in 3 months. Hopefully it will be more than $6.20

Anyway, Enjoy yourself and keep busy. Something to do every day here at the farm

 

[goeduck]

^^^^ my property taxes are almost $1000 a MONTH. :shocked:

 

[Molalla1]

^^^^ my property taxes are almost $1000 a MONTH. :shocked:

D@mn Duck! How much land are you being taxed on, sounds like some heavy commercial taxes, for quite a lot of land.

 

[LouNY]

Up here the farms school tax is over $22,000 and the real property tax is over $10,000 not counting the houses.
My personal school tax is $3600 and almost $1800 for real property and that's with my veterans exception, house is valued at $256,000.

 

[ovrszd]

Up here the farms school tax is over $22,000 and the real property tax is over $10,000 not counting the houses.
My personal school tax is $3600 and almost $1800 for real property and that's with my veterans exception, house is valued at $256,000.

Dang Lou,,,, I'd have to get a job to retire.....

 

[bunyip]

Up here the farms school tax is over $22,000 and the real property tax is over $10,000 not counting the houses.
My personal school tax is $3600 and almost $1800 for real property and that's with my veterans exception, house is valued at $256,000.

Our place s currently valued at around $1.2m which attracts the $1900.00, place we looked at was $1.1m on 24 acres and attracts $2200.00, a house on a standard block in town 3br have a median price of around $400k and attract about $2000.00 but they have services such as sewerage which we don't, the property we looked at does not have town water just tanks, we have town water where we are now and tanks for the horses and garden.
I think your taxes could send us under