What is this retirement of which you speak??
Some of us like what we are doing and won't be retiring. Slow down but not retire.
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Thunderbird Club
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Some of us like what we are doing and won't be retiring. Slow down but not retire.
Be sure to read it all. There is some gold in there. And there will be a test at the end.Ha!, I think i'm much further behind then you are Geoff.
Well, there are a lot of fools here...
From the clampdown. I’ll have ways to supplement the income but will work some if I want to.
It is the strange mental illness known as entrepreneurship. You just can't stop doing it. Actually, maybe entrepreneurship is the methamphetamine of business...
- Jun 30, 2010
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Right on! Gotta have light!
Not that I’ve seen. IoT is funny cause there’s so little actual data you need to move. But we’re running 10Gig capable copper to a garburator.
Gaolee
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It is a relative thing. I probably will keep doing what I am doing after I retire from doing it full time. It pays well and it has moments of comedy. It just takes up too much time.
I loved my job but now that I'm retired (Jan 2013) I'm enjoying the new lifestyle just as much.
The biggest adjustment for me was going from large paychecks and no time to enjoy them, to having plenty of time but less available money. The good news is I now have as much time as I want to play the bass and plenty of great Thunderbird and other basses to play.
The biggest adjustment for me was going from large paychecks and no time to enjoy them, to having plenty of time but less available money. The good news is I now have as much time as I want to play the bass and plenty of great Thunderbird and other basses to play.
There are basses other than Thunderbirds? Nah, no way. Shenanigans!
- Jun 30, 2010
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LOL - of course I love my TBirds!
However, I still find an occasional minute or two to play my P basses. To my ears they are a close cousin to the sweet sound of a bird, just a bit more domesticated. And my Spectors with their active Humbucker goodness. And my Warwick's for their grit and growl in a snarling exaggerated Eppi VP kind of way. And my Alembics for their beauty and craftsmanship and grand piano tone quality. Even my lowly little Dano gets some occasional love for just being itself and not sounding or looking quite like anything else.
Alas, there is a red headed step child, one that gets little to no attention, one that is looked down upon and shunned - my Jazz basses. Since I started playing Thunderbirds I've only strapped on a Jazz a few times and every single time the same thing happens - halfway through the song I shake my head, the pause button is hit, the Jazz comes off, a Bird takes its place and the music resumes with a smile.
Future-proofing. There may come a day when your garburator does need to report a lot of data and that saves you from having to run new cable at extreme expense. So you are saving the building owner from a potential expense perhaps as little as 50 years in the future!
[/sarcasm] (in case anyone thought I was serious)
