I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
operation.
April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
New challenges.
r
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
> I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
> doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
> In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
> operation.
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
> in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
> have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
> I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
> New challenges.
>
> r
Good for you and good luck in whatever enterprise you choose to pursue.
Max
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
>I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
>doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
>In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
>operation.
>April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
>A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
>in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
>have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
>I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
>doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
>cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
>really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
>New challenges.
>
>r
Sounds great... hope it all works out, my friend..
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
On May 1, 5:57=A0am, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > On 2010-04-30 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
> > said:
>
> >> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
>
> > Congratulations.
>
> > I'm still counting, but I can't count that high...
>
> I was counting as well. =A0I had a little over 1000 days left... then the
> company I work for made an offer I couldn't refuse. =A0I retired as of
> April 15th. =A0I'm loving it!
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA
> [email protected]
Congrats!! A lot of my colleagues from the Power Company days have
retired at 55 and/or took packages and many got rehired as consultants
with very lucrative contracts.
There is so much living to do...and when you run out, you're dead.
(Pretty wise stuff for a Canuck, eh?)
On May 1, 6:12=A0pm, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > Congrats!! A lot of my colleagues from the Power Company days have
> > retired at 55 and/or took packages and many got rehired as consultants
> > with very lucrative contracts.
>
> The company I just retired from is putting in a new fiber optic line
> between Buffalo, NY and Erie, PA. =A0The job is supposed to start sometim=
e
> this month. The engineering firm doing the prelinimary layout work has
> already asked me if I might be interested in overseeing the job. =A0I tol=
d
> them I doubt it, but make me an offer.
>
Ca-chinggggg
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
> I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
> doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
> In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
> operation.
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
> in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
> have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
> I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
> New challenges.
>
Well, there is good news and their is bad news.
First the good news. You are obviously a proficient entreprenuer. You are
not a bum. You collect tools and know how to use them. You create jobs in
the community. And you never stop learning. These are all good things.
And now the bad news.
You are a total abject failure as a retiree. You will never conform well to
the rocking chair and oatmeal routine. And you make all kinds of guys look
bad by comparison.
<big grin>
On 2010-04-30 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]> said:
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
Congratulations.
I'm still counting, but I can't count that high...
Steve wrote:
> On 2010-04-30 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
> said:
>
>> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
>
>
> Congratulations.
>
> I'm still counting, but I can't count that high...
>
I was counting as well. I had a little over 1000 days left... then the
company I work for made an offer I couldn't refuse. I retired as of
April 15th. I'm loving it!
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
Robatoy wrote:
>
> Congrats!! A lot of my colleagues from the Power Company days have
> retired at 55 and/or took packages and many got rehired as consultants
> with very lucrative contracts.
The company I just retired from is putting in a new fiber optic line
between Buffalo, NY and Erie, PA. The job is supposed to start sometime
this month. The engineering firm doing the prelinimary layout work has
already asked me if I might be interested in overseeing the job. I told
them I doubt it, but make me an offer.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
On 2010-05-01 05:57:36 -0400, Nova <[email protected]> said:
> I retired as of April 15th.
That sounds like a way to celebrate Tax Day! Congrats. Make sawdust!
On 2010-04-30 23:58:44 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]> said:
> I have taken a shine to this stuff, so to speak. That kind of finish
> on some 3D routed images....yum
There's an interesting article on BLDGBLOG* abour 3D printers building
sandstone objects up to and including housing. Not as smooth as CNC
milling, but the idea of buildings with embedded printers extending
themselves ad infinitum is straight out of Clifford Simak's** best!
*http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/
**Or AE. Van Vogt. Your choice.
"These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the
wind is from the north."
-- Clifford D. Simak, "City" (1952)
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:38:31 -0400, the infamous Robatoy
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
>I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
>doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
>In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
>operation.
>April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
>A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
>in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
>have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
>I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
>doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
>cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
>really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
>New challenges.
Mo powah to ya, suh.
--
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
On Apr 30, 11:09=A0pm, "WW" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
>
>
> >I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
> > I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
> > doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
> > In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
> > operation.
> > April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> > A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
> > in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
> > have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
> > I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> > doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> > cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> > really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
> > New challenges.
>
> > r
>
> When you do what you like, that is happyness. WW
I have taken a shine to this stuff, so to speak. That kind of finish
on some 3D routed images....yum
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Most of my amigos
> seem too old, too tired, and too lazy to break their patterns.
HEY! I resemble that remark!
Dave in Houston
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:whateveryoulike-
[email protected]:
> I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
> I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
> doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
> In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
> operation.
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
> in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
> have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
> I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
> New challenges.
>
> r
Good luck, Robatoy!
All the best, but I hope you keep hanging around here!
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
Robatoy wrote:
> I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of
> guys. I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and
> started doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
> In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
> operation.
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
> in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
> have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
> I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
> New challenges.
>
What do you think Ann Coulter would say about that? Eh?
On Sat, 01 May 2010 05:57:36 -0400, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>Steve wrote:
>> On 2010-04-30 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
>> said:
>>
>>> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
>>
>>
>> Congratulations.
>>
>> I'm still counting, but I can't count that high...
>>
>
>I was counting as well. I had a little over 1000 days left... then the
>company I work for made an offer I couldn't refuse. I retired as of
>April 15th. I'm loving it!
I was ~800 days over (30 years) when they gave me a package I couldn't refuse.
That was November '06. Too young (54) to really retire, though, so did a
contracting gig, then found a real job (a lot more fun, too) that I plan on
keeping for another five or ten years while I add toys. ...maybe even a
Fester, soon.
Good luck Rob, I hope it turns out well for you.
I am thinking myself that I have one more company left in me, but I am
still searching for something I want to get involved in....
Good for you that you still challenge yourself. Most of my amigos
seem too old, too tired, and too lazy to break their patterns.
I find I like little better than the test of an honest challenge.
Especially to myself!
Robert
On 4/30/2010 1:38 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
^5 & Congratulations! :)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
On Sat, 01 May 2010 05:57:36 -0400, the infamous Nova
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>Steve wrote:
>> On 2010-04-30 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
>> said:
>>
>>> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
>>
>>
>> Congratulations.
>>
>> I'm still counting, but I can't count that high...
>>
>
>I was counting as well. I had a little over 1000 days left... then the
>company I work for made an offer I couldn't refuse. I retired as of
>April 15th. I'm loving it!
Way to go, Yack, y'old farte.
--
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
-- Raymond Lindquist
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I retired on Sept 2003 by selling my business to a great bunch of guys.
> I was incapable to sit around, I don't golf, so off I went and started
> doing some simple stuff... like countertops.
> In the past 5 years that has become yet another full-time 4 man
> operation.
> April 30, 2010 and I'm outta here. *WBAG* Their cheque cleared..
> A couple of young bucks, one a 14-year veteran of a missionary station
> in the Venezuelan jungle, the other a nice compliment to what it is I
> have tried to do all along. Straight-up deals, quality products.
> I get to stay on as the " the guy who is supposed to know what he is
> doing" for a year, during which time I will be building a place for my
> cnc's as that is where I am heading next.... and I really, really,
> really want a nice high-performance spray booth.
>
> New challenges.
>
> r
When you do what you like, that is happyness. WW
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:38:31 -0400, Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>New challenges.
Maybe you'll have time to drop by for that beer. But, I'm not holding
my breath.