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Old 02-10-2012, 06:56 AM
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I really have a good chuckle when I hear people talking about what they will do when they retire and have more time.

Good luck with that.
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Old 02-10-2012, 03:29 PM
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Mel, please enlighten us. My dreams of building when I retire gets me through the soccer games and gets me through being an errand boy for the fam.
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Old 02-10-2012, 04:19 PM
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My Dad retired at 56 and afterward always wondered how he ever had time to go to his day job (airline pilot, when they still had a decent retirement). I'm 56 now and looking at 7-10 more years to work. I wish I now had the problem he had then...
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Old 02-10-2012, 04:36 PM
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Yes Mel,
every one I know that has retired is now busier than when working. I will likely be one of them.

Regards
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Old 02-10-2012, 04:52 PM
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Mel, please enlighten us. My dreams of building when I retire gets me through the soccer games and gets me through being an errand boy for the fam.
Before I retired, I got off work in the afternoon, I was off on weekends and holidays.
Not any more!
Like others have said, I don't know when I had the time to go to work everyday.
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:26 PM
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I'm currently employed to fly this:



Trying to quit though..
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Old 02-11-2012, 10:13 AM
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I built this parachute harness/container system:


Everything we make is 100% custom, just usually not to the level required for a 120,000+ foot jump!
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Old 02-11-2012, 10:25 AM
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Kelly,
I am very impressed. This is human space flight at it's simplest, and most elegant form.
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Old 02-11-2012, 11:54 AM
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I pretty much do the same thing as Kurt W., for the same company as Mike R. Thank you, gentlemen, for saving me all the typing.

But mainly I just lurk around VAF wishing I had the coin to build the planes and go to the places that y'all do. One of these days...
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Old 02-11-2012, 05:08 PM
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But mainly I just lurk around VAF
Welcome to VAF, good you finally said hello.


Perry, almost 3 years registered, and you first post------you are right about the lurking
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