A Big Neener for me

Being retired for 10+ years I wonder why I wasted all that time working.

Making sawdust is so much better.

Bob in salem or

Rob,

If you don't mind me asking what kind of shed are you building? Wood? Steal? Is it by a local or a national company? What area do you live in?

We've moved to Kentucky recently and I am living a dream. We bought 6 acres here zoned A-1 mostly all grass with about 200 trees (big and small). We are building on top of a hill so we've got a 360 degree panaramic view of the surrounding farms. The property is dirt cheap and there are no code hastles. I'm a California boy so I do know what you mean by code hastles.

The reason I ask I am looking into a 30 X 50 barn with a 16 X 30 shed attached. Concrete floor, insulated through out, ventilated, electric, roughed in plumbing, 3 walk-in doors, 6 windows, 1 - 9 X12 slide up door and

Roy

barn. No go. But, he got authorization to build a garage, no questions asked.

IF your dad lived in an area that had septic systems and wells for the surrounding houses and IF the township had one acre minimum requirements because of the septic/well zoning, he was denied because one horse produces the nitrate equivalent of 8 "normal" houses. Around here if you don't have

Show me a man who has no hobbies, and I will show you a man who should not retire!

it depends on where you are. here, you have to have 2.5 acres for the first horse, and it's 5 horses/acre over that. everyone has their own septic, but about half are on a shared water system.

regards, charlie cave creek, az

Its going to be a stand alone garage. Its basically going to be a mirror image of my existing garage.

Ill post some picks as the project progresses.

What area of Ky. you in?

I know a lot of guys like that, actually. We have one at work. My boss's father. He's right around 80, and working because he has no idea what he'd do with all his time if he didn't have a job.

I can't imagine, personally. I'd love to retire at 35 and spend my time puttering at things that could in no way ever hope to pay my bills.

All it takes is $1,000,000... :)

I've been thinking about this, see... All those high paid CEOs earning millions a year. They have no imagination. If I could get a job like that, I'd work a year and then retire. I don't need millions of dollars in the bank, a fancy house, fancy cars, etc. I just want enough money to pay off my house, buy two new conservative vehicles every 20 years, and cover taxes, utilities, food, and of course hobbies out the wazoo.

In the NC - just south of raleigh.

"Silvan"

I've thought the same thing. As president of GM, GE, or similar sized corporations, I'd work just a few months as CEO and the board would realize I'm incompetent to run such an organization. By then I've made a quick 2 or

Truth is, these guys are having their own form of fun ruling an empire and keeping score with stock options. That is their hobby. The don't understand us. Ed

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (RPRESHONG) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m01.aol.com:

Maybe you wanted to eat, live in a house, put your (if you have any) kids in/through school, own a car that runs, be able to stuff a buck or two into a dancers gstring and pay taxes (as a loyal American). Other than that, why waste time working? Regards, Hank

Silvan wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganator.family.lan:

Sounds like you want to be on welfare except you didn't mention a cellphone. Hank

Name three printers in colonial America... Few people can name more than one, Ben Franklin.

The only reason most people can name Ben is that he was able to retire from active printing in his mid 40's and was able to devote the rest of his life to things that interested him -- flying kites in the rain, inventing, diplomacy, and statesmanship.

It's a fair question -- would there have been a U.S. of A. if old B.F. had not been able to devote the majority of his adult life to doing whatever he felt like?

Retiring young enough to enrich the lives of others by following one's own star is (generally) a worthy goal. Best of luck achieving it.

-- Mark

P.S. By the time Mozart was my age he had been dead about 10 years.

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:05:40 GMT, "Rob V" brought forth from the murky depths:

Just a thought: Leave half the upper level open so you can hoist your boat into the top section leaving the entire downstairs level open for the shop. Hoist the entire trailer up there.

Yes, a new shop and no more working for a living sure do beat working and a small stall for woodworking. Congrats.

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My offer is to serve as Arizona Wildcats football coach for a few games, then get paid off to retire after we lose the first 5 games. Probably more lucrative than the CEO thing, and I don't get anybody else laid off because of my incompetence.

Ill add 1 more neener in there.

Im 33.

Ive got the best of 3 worlds. I have an awesome wife - 3 great kids (4mos,18mos, 3yrs) and killer hobby.

;)

-R

Now that is a great idea ;) Great - now you got the wheels turning again (After I finally finalized the plans w/ the architect!)

-R

True.

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 05:51:56 GMT, "Rob V" brought forth from the murky depths:

Remind him that this idea is so interesting that he'll want to do it for free, just for the tech factor.

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