Retired now what?

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sumdood wrote:
Haven’t spent much time relaxing this week, but I got in 51 miles of single track and over 7,800 feet of climbing on the emtb. I’m...

Haven’t spent much time relaxing this week, but I got in 51 miles of single track and over 7,800 feet of climbing on the emtb. I’m digging having time off in the middle of the week when the trails are mostly empty. 😎

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Sumdood=the Gold Standard

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sumdood wrote:
Haven’t spent much time relaxing this week, but I got in 51 miles of single track and over 7,800 feet of climbing on the emtb. I’m...

Haven’t spent much time relaxing this week, but I got in 51 miles of single track and over 7,800 feet of climbing on the emtb. I’m digging having time off in the middle of the week when the trails are mostly empty. 😎

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ToolMaker wrote:

Sumdood=the Gold Standard

TM

My wife would argue that point but thank you 😄  Back on the subject of retirement, I feel like everywhere I look I see a project, between the house, garage, yard, vehicles, bikes, camper, trailer, kayaks, camp stuff, generator etc I have years worth of tasks I "Should" be doing, but I look at everything, wonder where to even start, then go aah fuck it I don't feel like getting into that so I go ride my bike instead lol. I'm kind of hoping cooler weather gets me motivated to work on the shit around the house I've been putting off for 30+ years.  No gold standard here hahaha.  

 

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9/22/2026 11:42am
sumdood wrote:
Haven’t spent much time relaxing this week, but I got in 51 miles of single track and over 7,800 feet of climbing on the emtb. I’m...

Haven’t spent much time relaxing this week, but I got in 51 miles of single track and over 7,800 feet of climbing on the emtb. I’m digging having time off in the middle of the week when the trails are mostly empty. 😎

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ToolMaker wrote:

Sumdood=the Gold Standard

TM

sumdood wrote:
My wife would argue that point but thank you 😄  Back on the subject of retirement, I feel like everywhere I look I see a project...

My wife would argue that point but thank you 😄  Back on the subject of retirement, I feel like everywhere I look I see a project, between the house, garage, yard, vehicles, bikes, camper, trailer, kayaks, camp stuff, generator etc I have years worth of tasks I "Should" be doing, but I look at everything, wonder where to even start, then go aah fuck it I don't feel like getting into that so I go ride my bike instead lol. I'm kind of hoping cooler weather gets me motivated to work on the shit around the house I've been putting off for 30+ years.  No gold standard here hahaha.  

 

Cooler weather = choice dirt = more MTB, not less. 😆

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Falcon wrote:

Cooler weather = choice dirt = more MTB, not less. 😆

Valid point. 😄  Looks like the yards fucked lol

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We are supposed to be in the high 60’s to mid 70’s for the next 10 days but with some pop up storms rolling through for a couple days .

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Let’s see , spent the day with my wife. Tomorrow I get to hang out and play with all 4 of my grandkids . Might take them to the beach or park with my wife and daughter ? Off to the lake on Thursday to ski through Monday  , sometimes it’s longer. Occasionally throw in a camping trip to change things up ( The family joins me on most lake trips )  Come home and repeat until Halloween when I shift from waterskiing to riding for the next 6 months , then repeat. I spend so much time out in the desert in my RV that my nickname from my riding buddies became Caveman 🤣 This is the 8th year of doing this and I’ve yet to get bored. The worst part is trying to fit in the drs appointments without messing with my schedule . Something tells me I’m doing it right 🤷‍♂️. All this is possible because Hughes Aircraft offered a damn good retirement program to a low life blue colored worker like myself 🤣 Sure hope I never wake up from this dream ! 

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Go Rawly go ! Stoked for you. How old are your grandkids ?  We have 4 too.  6, 5, 3, and 7 months. It's rare we don't something with them on the weekends. We don't say no, whatever you guys are doing we're in. I'm doing stuff I would usually not do lol. Last Saturday we went to a Viking Festival, this Saturday is monster trucks. Both kids are excited about desert season. The PW50 is going to see some miles this season. 

 

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Go Rawly go ! Stoked for you. How old are your grandkids ?  We have 4 too.  6, 5, 3, and 7 months. It's rare we...

Go Rawly go ! Stoked for you. How old are your grandkids ?  We have 4 too.  6, 5, 3, and 7 months. It's rare we don't something with them on the weekends. We don't say no, whatever you guys are doing we're in. I'm doing stuff I would usually not do lol. Last Saturday we went to a Viking Festival, this Saturday is monster trucks. Both kids are excited about desert season. The PW50 is going to see some miles this season. 

 

Sounds like you’re an awesome Papa. What a full life.  It’s a blessing to have our 3 daughters all within 10 miles . Our granddaughters are 1,2,3,and 13. Here’s a typical day at Rawly World. Everyone but the 1 year old are all in on making slime. Grandma Karen rarely says no. IMG 9201.png?VersionId=x5fxOiWeiGN5aKh2QfEdu0us7GSMeS

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sumdood wrote:
Go Rawly go ! Stoked for you. How old are your grandkids ?  We have 4 too.  6, 5, 3, and 7 months. It's rare we...

Go Rawly go ! Stoked for you. How old are your grandkids ?  We have 4 too.  6, 5, 3, and 7 months. It's rare we don't something with them on the weekends. We don't say no, whatever you guys are doing we're in. I'm doing stuff I would usually not do lol. Last Saturday we went to a Viking Festival, this Saturday is monster trucks. Both kids are excited about desert season. The PW50 is going to see some miles this season. 

 

Rawly wrote:
Sounds like you’re an awesome Papa. What a full life.  It’s a blessing to have our 3 daughters all within 10 miles . Our granddaughters are...

Sounds like you’re an awesome Papa. What a full life.  It’s a blessing to have our 3 daughters all within 10 miles . Our granddaughters are 1,2,3,and 13. Here’s a typical day at Rawly World. Everyone but the 1 year old are all in on making slime. Grandma Karen rarely says no. IMG 9201.png?VersionId=x5fxOiWeiGN5aKh2QfEdu0us7GSMeS

Damn brother,  you done good!

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we planned for years to exit the rat race and move somewhere with slower pace, lower cost of living, less crazy population and lots to do...

we planned for years to exit the rat race and move somewhere with slower pace, lower cost of living, less crazy population and lots to do especially outdoors. We had no kids, she's 7 years older than me and got a medical retirement then early full SS benefit. I retired early at 56, had to go into Obamacare and deliberately waited until 64 to start SS. Lived off savings and some specialized small withdrawals from company 401k. We lived frugally anyways so never felt strapped.

We had planned to take up Yoga together, I wanted to take up golf and beer brewing, continue our mountain biking and light hiking, some off-roading and more horse quality for her. Almost none of it materialized for multiple reasons but she got her horse thing going with a great group of like-minded gals, I get to ride a couple times a year and spend too much time on forums. Medical issues and cancer seem to take up more time they have a right to. Hope yours goes better!

Try ivermectin for cancer issues. Do a deep dive if you want, my family has gone thru it and the stuff worked for them.

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Try ivermectin for cancer issues. Do a deep dive if you want, my family has gone thru it and the stuff worked for them.

thanks for sharing. Wonderful that your family found some relief. Stress of not knowing is a killer. I'm in a good place with my treatment plan and hyper vigilance trying not to let this thing progress to more serious stage. Life is pretty normal as before diagnosis. Would be great if there was a magic pill, treatment, cure, one size fits all solution that worked for everyone, but the science and technology isn't there yet. We can keep hoping 🙂

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Try ivermectin for cancer issues. Do a deep dive if you want, my family has gone thru it and the stuff worked for them.

RDnutz wrote:
thanks for sharing. Wonderful that your family found some relief. Stress of not knowing is a killer. I'm in a good place with my treatment plan...

thanks for sharing. Wonderful that your family found some relief. Stress of not knowing is a killer. I'm in a good place with my treatment plan and hyper vigilance trying not to let this thing progress to more serious stage. Life is pretty normal as before diagnosis. Would be great if there was a magic pill, treatment, cure, one size fits all solution that worked for everyone, but the science and technology isn't there yet. We can keep hoping 🙂

It’s cheap enough and plentiful enough to give it a shot you know? Glad it’s managed!!

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