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Gary O
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2016 20:11
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Quoting: neb They want a party and talked to me about it. I don't want to be a party pooper but I told them I don't want one. I did hear from a few guys that I will have one and things are planned so we will see. They will have to get me there first.
It's not for you.....it's for them...so go...smile....hug...it'll be over fore ya know it.
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neb
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2016 20:43
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Gary O >>> so true I might have to give in.
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neb
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# Posted: 21 Feb 2016 20:46
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Quoting: naturelover66 Have a great last week at work. May health and happiness be yours for many many years. Lisa.
Thanks Lisa >>> I might need to barrow that horse of yours so I can re-build my old fence. It is horse back country can't get much of anything in there. Lol
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neb
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 09:24 - Edited by: neb
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Well to follow up on my last day at work it was a hard day. I have a lot of friends and I will still be able to talk to them and follow their lives but it was a tough day for me.
I officially retire end of April but Friday was my last day of work. They told me in April they would something for me so Friday was a big surprise but was good. I have a picture that they did of me of course it is photo shopped to an extent. I don't have long hair! Lol
Today is my first day of retirement and I will let the day tell me what to do.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 09:45
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Quoting: neb and I will let the day tell me what to do
Man, I love the way you put that, neb...or 'Doug'
ARRRRG!
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RckyMtnHi
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 09:56
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Congrats Neb! It's a long way off for me but I dream on it daily.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 20:20
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NEB...ya get you a nap in today???
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 20:50
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Congrats. The best is yet to come.
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neb
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 21:00
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TH >>> I don't remember if I took a nap or not. Lol I might have dozed for a second or so. Lol
naturelover66 >>> it is an adjustment but I think I can make it work.
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Littlecooner
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 21:23
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OK, what's the cabin project? new outbuilding? extra room?. I retired 3 years ago and am finally building the cabin of my dreams. In the past 3 weeks, I have managed to spend about 8-10 days working on the cabin construction in the 55-70 degree weather. No finer feeling on earth. Congratulations. In about 6 months, you will be saying, "why did I not do this sooner?" Go do the spring cleaning at the cabin, thats spring cleaning of ones mind, not the dust and cobwebs in the cabin. Make sure you are around to watch the sun go down on the porch. Great for the soul.
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neb
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# Posted: 29 Feb 2016 22:51 - Edited by: neb
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Littlecooner>>> funny you mentioned adding on. Lol I do have a lot of things I want to do at the cabin. I would like to add another 6 feet and 10 feet wide. That is something I have been pondering. I want to repair fence lines and I will be planting trees in a few months. there is so many things I will do just need to get a plan.
Oh I do know what you mean that there is no other feeling like it. When I'm not there I want to be there.
Thanks
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 04:00
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Ohhhhh, so "neb" is really your pirate name but the landlubbers think it's "Pirate Doug." Mmmhmm, we know better.
Congratulations, ole salt! Here's to cabins, carving, and carousing -- not necessarily in that order. 
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 06:39
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Quoting: neb add another 6 feet and 10 feet wide
go bigger...lol I hauled 2 loads of materials yesterday to the cabin yesterday!!!....starting a 10 ft x 30 ft porch /deck this morning ....I was going with 8 foot wide...and I was like WTH....2 more feet wider and I can have a dance floor ...lol and only a very little $$$ more!!! looking forward to having a nice porch to sit out on!!!!
Neb~~~enjoy day 2 of the good life!!!
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neb
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 09:10 - Edited by: neb
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Julie2Oregon >>> actually I have many names or been called many names. Lol Thanks and good luck on your build.
turkeyhunter >>> I wish I was closer I would come help you build that dance floor. Lol I have nothing better to do. Lol
I might add on I could go bigger but I'm built on a ridge where I can't run out of room to build or I would be over the cliff. I dream a lot but will see if I want to tackle it. It just about killed me when I built with all the hauling and packing everything by foot and hand. You and your little women can dance the night away. Lol Thanks TH
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Littlecooner
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 11:00
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turkeyhunter
Ha, Ha, Ha, it is not a cabin without a porch to sit on. Then its just a place to get in out of the weather.
Also, you are not invited to my cabin. No way. Building in the mountains about half way up in NE Ala. Have been adding a little extra protein to the leaf cover while working on the cabin in the past few weeks ( you understand) to help keep those 4 old long beards around for a few more weeks. I was putting down metal roofing yesterday afternoon around 2 pm with an impact driver and I kept hearing this "Kluk, Kluk, Kluk" from around the bench where the "protein" has been places ever time I hit the impact driver. I guess they though I should leave and let them enjoy dinner in the quite. Saw a very nice 8 pointer and doe last week on the way in, could have set on the porch and it would have been a chip shot. O, scratching all around the cabin now. Expecting to run one off the roost at the cabin one day. Cabin building and ownership is fun.
Side note- last Saturday, watched 2 Whooping Cranes about 600 yards from my house for the last 20 minutes of the day, wow. only 600 of those birds alive on the face of the planet and 2 of them were here "in my back yard". Amazing planet we live on and a cabin in the middle brings a smile to the face.
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neb
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 11:51
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Littlecooner >>> interesting place to have a cabin AL. You have a lot of snow there yet? I will be turkey hunting in about 6 weeks also. You talking about Whooping Cranes is an amazing site. I have witnessed them before in my area but haven't seen any in recent years. I have watching a mating/nesting pair of Golden Eagles. The ritual they preform this time of year is one of natures amazing site. I would love to get in closer but they don't want me there so I observe from a distant.
I can relate to your enthusiasm and love that you have and what you are trying to accomplish. Thanks for posting and keep us all posted on your build.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 20:06
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Quoting: Littlecooner little extra protein to the leaf
so you have one of those rare maize trees
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 20:14
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Quoting: neb turkeyhunter >>> I wish I was closer I would come help you build that dance floor. Lol I have nothing better to do. Lol
do I need to send ya a plane ticket..LOL
..I could use the help...got 8 ---4x4 posts set in concrete...installed the double band 2x10 PT on...and the 3 double 2x10 cross joists in ....next week I will set floor joist's and the 70~5/4 deck boards....then steps/ 4 red cedar posts on top of deck/porch floor...then rafter's and green metal roof.
The 10 foot by 30 foot porch is HUGE!!!....I am sure a few hunting tales will be told there!!!
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neb
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 20:37
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Th>>> we want pictures when the dance floor is done. Don't forget!
I don't fly by the time I walked there you might be finished. Lol
Yep I would help if I was closer.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 20:50
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Quoting: neb I don't fly by the time I walked there you might be finished. Lol Yep I would help if I was closer.
gas is CHEAP now...come on down!!!
I will be in your neck of the woods...june.julyish.....I going to IL see my Grand boys and hang a left and go to the west coast for a few weeks...just free -bird'en ya know
we will hang out one day!!!
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2016 23:43
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neb.are u retired yet?isnt it wonderful??
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neb
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 09:00
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cabingal3 >>> yes and getting better each day. Lol
turkeyhunter >>> that sounds good!
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1tentman
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 11:03
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Turkeyhunter In your previous post you said you were coming to Il. this summer to see the grandsons, what part of Il.
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Smawgunner
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 11:22
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Congratulations! I put in my 10 year notice today...well verbally anyway. I'll be 60 years old then. Fortunately I'll have a pension, unfortunately it'll only get 47% of it. I could go to 65 but why,...time is more important than money I think. I have so many things to keep me busy that I'm not worried in the least of being lost.
Have FUN!
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neb
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 11:35
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Smawgunner >>>> exactly!! Why I have told myself that for the last 3 years and finally I did it.
Retirement isn't the end it is just the start! Wealth to me is TIME and has way more value to me then money because you can't get any more of it. Time is priceless!
Now it is my time to make the best of each day and just live life. I wish you the best when it happens for you!
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 12:51 - Edited by: turkeyhunter
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Quoting: 1tentman this summer to see the grandsons, what part of Il.
Daughter /SIL and 2 GRAND boys are moving to
Chicago area
They are traveling to there TODAY...they have been on the road since 8am...
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 12:55
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Quoting: neb Retirement isn't the end it is just the start! Wealth to me is TIME and has way more value to me then money because you can't get any more of it. Time is priceless! Now it is my time to make the best of each day and just live life. I wish you the best when it happens for you!
Dang Neb..you been reading my "book of retirement"....so true !!!! ENJOY!!!
And Sawgunner...it will be there before you know it...I have been retired almost 7 years...unreal!!....I retired at 48!! And count my blessing everyday!!!
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1tentman
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 13:35
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turkeyhunter I feel your pain, its tuff when the kids move away. My son and his family landed in the Madison Wi. area where their work took them. Thank god for skype we can talk to the grandson weekly. It seems to get harder every time to make the trip, but maybe when I retire in 4 years I will have more time to travel, just cant hug those grand kids enough.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 21:29
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Quoting: 1tentman Thank god for skype we can talk to the grandson weekly.
that and facetime......they were one state away..now a VERY LONG WAY away.....
MY SIL's JOB took them to IL..
I told my Grand boys last week that I stocked more catfish and hybrid bream in the pond at the cabin...oldest one said we can fish Thanksgiving PawPaw....make me smile and broke my heart at the same time...we be to long between visits...
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neb
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2016 22:48
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TH >> that would be hard but also have to be glad that he has a job and working.
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