What do/did you do for a living?
@ricmci I hear you... I started in a hospital at 18 and now 42 work on average 80hr weeks. Retirement of sorts is hopefully 2.5 years away. Music is mental health for me, and my budget is equal to what my wife's poor financial decisions cost us in life (joking) since I pay for them financially. My Hifi budget has infinite potential, but hopefully will be grossly curtailed. Proud Riviera Labs owner as of this week. |
Fun and interesting thread! I’m a plant guy for the last 30 years. Grower, garden center manager, now landscape designer/sales for the last 16 yrs. I’m 57 and was hoping to retire at my current position but landscaping is a crap show these days with nobody to work. So, my boss/company owner decided to pack it in early. Pretty bummed because I’ve just started making decent money the last few years, company truck, flexible schedule. Surprised but not shocked I guess. About 2 mos. to go and then I’ll be looking for something new. Maybe back to growing, I’ve always liked greenhouse work. Hopefully, I’ll be updating this thread with good news in the near future. Wish me luck! System is definitely nothing to brag about. Mix of SS and tubes, several amps and speakers to rotate and play with. Mostly used, maybe $15k total with all gear. Some room treatments. Quite modest but I enjoy it immensely!
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pkatsuleas, I hope things work out for you. Without investing for myself during my years of employment I would have been in trouble. 42 years at a company that then went bankrupt. Lost my pension, health care etc. But my investments saved me and now I am sitting back enjoying retirement. Moral of the story, Never rely on any one company to get you to your golden years. You have a very good attitude and things will work out for you. ozzy |
I used to work at Bendix Aerospace in South Bend. In the early 80s there were a few engineers at or just over 70 years of age still working. They had worked at Studebaker. They said that they showed up for work one morning at Studebaker in 1962 or 1963, can’t remember the year exactly and found the gates were locked. The security guards told them to go home and turn on their radios. They said that the nightmare unfolded over the next few days learning that the company had gone bankrupt, all assets being sold off and the company had used upped all of the pension fund trying to keep the company afloat. They learned that they had no jobs, no pensions, nothing. It was a sober lessen for me in my twenties at the time to take responsibility for my own future and save. Good thing as most pensions were frozen in 2008 and by 2009 most companies did away with their pension plans- of course existing employees were protected but only to the extent of the freeze date. |
