Announcement!

Woo-hoo! Congratulations!!!

Enjoy your retirement and that extra shop time. ;-)

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

Yup.. enjoy that extra shop time as well as extra LJ time ;)

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

thats pretty much every lumberjocks dream! Good for you, enjoy!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Congrats. I can’t wait for the day, even though it is at least 20 years away!

Congratulations!

You’re going to love it.

The only problem with retirement, is the days aren’t long enough.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

YES YES YES RETIREMENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations rikkor! ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

AWESOME! Enjoy your shop time! (too long for me to wait… but there’s always hope)

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

WOW! And I got to see it announced right here! Congrats!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

congrats!

-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com

Congratulations! Looking forward to the projects that await your newfound free time.

Congratulations….. From what I hear about retirement you will now never have enough time to do anything….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Congratulations. I’ll be looking for reports on how that works out for you because I cannot imagine what retirement would be like.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I am looking forward to seeing what projects you put out of the shop now.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Thanks for the kind congrats, everyone. It still amazes me how the days could go so slow, and the years could go so fast.

I am 2 years from retirement and I hope you will keep us updated on how it works out for you. I don’t exactly know what retirement is, but I hope it will be 10 hours a day in the shop.

-- If she asks please tell my wife that I can sell my tools for what I paid, okay?

You lucky dog!!! Congratulations!!!!! If you don’t want to get up tomorrow you don’t have to?..... how sweet is that! Take a hike in the woods and never have to worry about when you have to come back. Go fishing without a care in the world. Hit golf balls till your arms fall off. Work the wood with no regard for time. Hell, you could pull a double shift of woodworking and not even realize it. God Bless Ya!!!

-- Fred.... Poconos, PA ---- Chairwright in the making ----

Congratulations Rikkor. Now on to the sawdust.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Congratulations Rikkor, Enjoy your retirement.

-- Gary, Miltona, MN, Woodwork for your needs....

Congratulations! A new adventure!

Congratulations, Rikkor. Retirement is a wonderful part of life but, after the “vacation” wears off you will find you have to do something with yourself other than sitting around watching Opra and Days of Our Lives. :)

But I agree with Max and Dick the days simply won’t be long enough for you to get things done. But it will be fun trying to fit everything in.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Congratulations!!! Rikkor..

I took the plunge last year, and have never looked back,

To every season TURN TURN TURN;
I suspect we will be seeing a lot more turning coming out of your shop.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

Congratulations!

I guess we should be expecting to see about a project a week posted from now on, right?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Congratulations! Enjoy every minute in the shop!!

-- Got Wood?

Good for you! I retired in September ‘06. Keepin busy is no problem.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

Congratulations rikkor. I hope you have a happy and fruitful retirement. I too am retired but without the ability to do any of the things I used to do, only in very small limited quanities. Hope yours is better. God Bless and Best of Luck on this St. Patty’s Day.” May the road rise up to meet you etc, etc, etc”. don’t know the rest. Friends mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Congrats!!!Enjoy the extra shop time.

-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com

You’ll enjoy… I had to wait until retirement to take up woodworking… but I am way behind the craftsman… but then being retired, there is no hurray to catch up. At least there are now six Saturday’s in a week and you still have a day of rest on Sunday.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

Rikkor, congratulations! I’m still three years away from being eligible. I’m sooo jealous….thinking of all that shop time.

Enjoy yourself.

-- Martin, Kansas

Congratulations Rikkor. I still have 3 or 4 more years before I can do that. Until then, I’ll just stay tired…......LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Congratulations. That’s great news. You’re a lucky guy. I tell my friends that I’ll retire the day after they cremate me. So you did better than me!

Have lots of fun in the shop.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

you’re gonna love it. People here have ‘interests’ they don’t worry about retiring like some people do. I was fortunate to be able to retire three years ago at 52. I threw away the ties, well I kept two; bought a stack of pocket T’s and a couple of pairs of jeans at walmart, and a drawer full of white socks and a pair of workboots. I get dressed in the morning and at night my wife often finds wood chips in bed.

A suggestion. If you have a YMCA or a good gym program in your town, join and work out a couple of hours 3-4 times a week. It makes you feel good both physically and emotionally as you know you’re doing what you can to make that retirement last a long time.
Congrats! and don’t forget to take a day off once and awhile.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://web.me.com/deceiver6/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

is there going to be any room left for the rest of us on the post forum?

-- tn hillbilly.." tryin to do the best i can with what i got "

Welcome to the old age club!!

If you think you will have more time to do stuff- forget it! You will be busier now than ever before!

You’ve been retired for a day what have you gotten done?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Congrats Rikkor! I’m hoping that by the end of 2011 the numbers will work right and I’ll retire to my shop and a volunteer career with Habitat for Humanity. Again congratulations, I look forward to seeing some new projects.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

Thanks again everyone.

Karson…, I may be on my way to get some marine plywood today. There could be a far more ambitious project on the horizon.

Congratulations Rikkor, Enjoy your retirement.

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

Thank you Todd.

Congratulation.You’ll start a new life.

-- china

Congratulations! I am sooo jealous. Will we see some hollow forms soon?

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Thanks Joe.

Hollow forms…., well, I bought the Bosch hollowing set-up you recommended, I am just looking for a source of raw materials. It’s too expensive to buy big enough material at retail.

Congrats on that Rikkor!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Congrats, Rikkor! Hope to see the fruits of your labor here soon!

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

Congrats Rikkor! Save a some time each week for urban log patrol!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Yep, I’ll have to fire up the chainsaw to make sure it is ready!

Congratulations Rikkor, a few weeks from now you are going to ask “when did I ever have time to go the work”.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

I am already wondering Ron.

Congrats Rikor, Enjoy that time.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Congrats Rikor! Dec. 2003 I retired from the Navy and my wife left me stay retired for three days. I hope you are making it a permanent retirement. Enjoy!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

a special day indeed!

Congratulations. And now you get so busy that you wondered how you were able to fit a job into your life.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Again, thank you all. Today (Monday) my first thought was what to wear to work. That thought faded quickly, I might add.

well what have you been doing for 35 days ?

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Has anyone heard from rikkor lately? It seems he retired and then disappeared.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

He must be stuck out in his shop.<(:O}#

I’ll bet he’ll be posting a fantastic new project soon.
I noticed his picture is on stealth mode.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Yea Dick . . . I too noticed that he seems a little dim.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

His profile is now empty and he doesn’t seem to be responding to PMs. That doesn’t bode well. I hope he didn’t retire from LumberJocks.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I noticed this as well. The avatar has been fading and is now black. How about it Rikkor, where in the world are you?

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

I’ll bet he’s doing what most new retirees do at first.

He touring the good old USA, maybe?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1