I think building a mopar dragster might be fun!

This thread reminds me if an old joke. Town plant closes up everyone in town is older so most retire.
News sends reporters, she asks one group at a coffee shop what do you do with your time now?
One guy says mostly Screw and Hunt and Fish not much else to do around here.
So she thinks quick what do you hunt?
He says mostly someone wanting to screw.

Retired in 2007 moved from Michigan to Tennessee, built a new house and shop on 7 acres. I drag raced every weekend track was open, sold the drag car three years ago after my local track closed. We spend at least two months every winter traveling in our class A motor home checking items off our bucket list. Since 2013 I have built and sold several old trucks. Last year I built a street rod that is now for sale. When it sells I’ll take the cash and start another one. Not bad for a 76 year old geezer. The secret is to find something you enjoy and keep doing it. Don’t stop and set around doing nothing it will kill ya.

I like to spend the day looking for something I know I have but won't find until three days later when I run across it while looking for something else that I won't find until sometime next week when I'm looking for something else I won't find and the cycle starts all over.

Just don't become a boat owner or you'll need another (non-retirement) income source. Otherwise, boats are kinda fun.

I was RIF in 1997 after working for the local Telephone companies (3) for 33 yrs, the same company bought all three so all my time counted towards retirement income.
What they offered for my buy out and what I had saved in my 401K invested would make the same amount or more money that I was earning at that time so I took it and haven't look back since
I'm still drag racing and making Hi Po Mopar motors for the locals here and some others across the nation and I've built several Pro Street car to flip. I don't paint or do upholstery so I farm that out, I try to break even or make a little bit so I can continue doing that, the drag racing isn't making any me any money so maybe it is time to stop driving the car and see if I can get a decent driver in the car to get back to winning here locally
Your future is in your hands, thank carefully and do your best to succeed and have fun at the same time

Cab for president!

did i learn that from you, or did you learn that from me ?

You guys have been watching me in the shop!

I retired 2 years ago after 46 years with the same employer. Celebrated my 70th birthday 3 weeks ago. Spent today completing a 20 mile bicycle ride with family on the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Started at Big Pool and turned around in Hancock. We were celebrating our grand daughter's 12th birthday. She wanted to do a bike ride.

Nice trail, good weather, great day!

Not sure where or when I learned it but it's not fun anymore.

Yeah, same with airplanes. I had to sell my flyin' machine (money pit) after retirement.

Hey thats a nice plane!Yeah id dont think well have plane or boat money.... boat=BREAK OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND!!LOL! Maybe a nice mopar to work on besides all the other stuff il be donig.

Not retired yet...hell I may never be able to. Funny as I work for a major financial planning firm. I posted because I like the idea to run a front engined digger. I often think of picking up an abandoned rail(have a friend that sold his extended rail for next to nothing) or even an odd ball car. As car guys we have lots of parts. Why not get together and make tracks?? Welding experience and tools. Yes. Tuning experience. Check. Paint and body work. Check. Knowledge of parts and bodies? Unlimited.

Sounds like great idea.

and yesterday, i laid under the kitchen sink fixing the line going to the sprayer.
as Anna Roseanna Dana was fond of saying : "It's ALWAYS Something !"

I'm 53 and will be able to retire at 55 (wife is retiring in two months at 55). With service leave and vacation I only need to work another year before I actually head out the door.

To tell you the truth I'm a little worried. Later in life I have gotten more and more lazy and I'm scared I will become someone who just sits around. In my 20's - 30's I would come home from work and spend hours in the shop, all day on weekends. Now I come home, do a few things for 30 minutes or so and then just sit and watch TV. I still spend most of the weekends working in the shop and around the house. Hopefully I find that the time I spend at work now is taking too much out of me and once I retire I can use that energy/time to do something else.

Anyone else nervous about pending retirement?

Im cant wait to retire im beat!lol!But i know i cant just stay homt all day.I was sick earlier this year and had to stay home and i got almost nothing done,just sat around because of medical stuff and it wasnt good for me.So my wife will have a honey do list,nothing to crazy,maybe il have a mopar to work on and probably work at a auto zone with parts thats what will probably happen,low stress hopefully and work part time for extra gas money.

I've been retired for 7 years. Got a dog 2 months after retiring and fully trained her. That was my full time gig. Yellow lab. Kept busy doing errands with the dog. Wife is working and the kids are out of the house. Well, the dog passed 4 months ago. Sudden death. Now it is kind of hard to keep busy. My wife travels for her work and I'm her bag boy. Covid hit and she doesn't travel as much. I'm starting to look for things to do. Damn Covid. Oldest daughter just had my first grandson. That should keep me busy when she goes back to work in Dec.