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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on May 16, 2018, 02:46:02 PM
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Well, that’s a wrap folks in 4 days from now but I'll be on vacation. My last day in the office is tomorrow.
Since 1979 the Boeing Company provided me many career opportunities.
I had 7 careers spanning 33 service years with the company enduring 1 lay-off, 2 warn notices, 2 Union strikes.
In chronological order—Bench mechanic , Machinist, Jig Builder, (’79-81) Flat pattern Template maker, NC programmer/Tool Designer, Engineering Application Analyst (CATIA V4 and V5) and finally an IT Project Manager. (’87-’18)
My hands and brain have touched the 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 767 Tanker, Plane “581” (Stealth B2 Bomber), 777, and 787 airplane programs in one job or another.
Many people who had faith in me where I had little, gave me those opportunities.
And now it’s time to move onto the next phase of my life with my wife Laura (Who retires at 55 years old next year). I’ve really enjoyed my careers and I feel blessed having had worked with a bunch of brilliant folks at the Boeing company.
You know it's time to retire when....
You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
Your IM’ing on Lync with your co-worker who works at the desk next to you.
When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.
Contractors out number permanent staff and are more likely to get longevity awards.
When you pray that your computer will get the blue screen of death so you have an honest excuse to leave work early.
When you arrive late at the office, but then make up for it by leaving early.
Your address book has mostly names that start with Dr
Getting "lucky" means you remember where you left your car in the car park.
Everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt; doesn't work.
The font type I used to read this print out is twice that of my IQ.
You have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head.
You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any.
You listened to this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
And the number 1 reason for knowing when it’s time to retire is….when you don’t trust your farts anymore.
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Your IM’ing on Lync with your co-worker who works at the desk next to you.
The only lone the kids are likely to get.
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You have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head.
Comon rip you know if that were true you'd have retired 30 years ago ;)
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Comon rip you know if that were true you'd have retired 30 years ago ;)
I never knew they made nose hair electric clippers until recently. :huh
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Congrats, Rip. Hope to be only about a year and change behind you! Can't wait until my week regularly consists of 6 Saturdays and a Sunday. :) And yeah, I'm nodding to most of those, dang it! :old:
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Congrats Rip! Come on in. The water’s fine! :aok
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Congrats Rip! Welcome to the Fraternity.
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Congrats, Rip. Hope to be only about a year and change behind you! Can't wait until my week regularly consists of 6 Saturdays and a Sunday. :) And yeah, I'm nodding to most of those, dang it! :old:
Ha! I might be building another cockpit! You still have yours or have you gone totally 21st century? :)
Thanks Sabre. I still have photos of you in your best of show cockpit. :)
Congrats Rip! Welcome to the Fraternity.
Thanks Hajo, I will have to get some HOTAS gear soon. My old stuff is, well too old. :)
Clowns for life!
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Congrats Rip! Come on in. The water’s fine! :aok
I'll bet it is! When you're hobbies become more time intensive than your job, it's time to retire.
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I'll bet it is! When you're hobbies become more time intensive than your job, it's time to retire.
That’s for sure! And then there are years of honey do lists. :rofl
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Congratulations, Rip! Now enjoy yourself, you've earned it.
Just curious, what was your favorite occupation among the seven you had?
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Congratulations, Rip! Now enjoy yourself, you've earned it.
Just curious, what was your favorite occupation among the seven you had?
Thanks oboe!
The most challenging and favorite was a "Cradle to Grave" NC programmer/tool designer. We would get a work order with an Engineering blueprint of an aircraft part, we would have to reverse engineer it, flat pattern templates, hydroform blocks, routing tools for the profile, drill jigs for drilling holes. One aircraft part could have as many as 5 tools to make it, and we got to design these, then create the NC programs for the machines to cut them out. My most challenging NC Program was a 5 axis program that roughed/finished the prototype steering wheel for the 777.
My highest paying job was what I'm doing now (Senior IT project manager)
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Thanks oboe!
The most challenging and favorite was a "Cradle to Grave" NC programmer/tool designer. We would get a work order with an Engineering blueprint of an aircraft part, we would have to reverse engineer it, flat pattern templates, hydroform blocks, routing tools for the profile, drill jigs for drilling holes. One aircraft part could have as many as 5 tools to make it, and we got to design these, then create the NC programs for the machines to cut them out. My most challenging NC Program was a 5 axis program that roughed/finished the prototype steering wheel for the 777.
My highest paying job was what I'm doing now (Senior IT project manager)
That sounds pretty cool, I can see what that would be a favorite. Congrats again!
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Welcome to the world of retirement, where you can sleep in any time you want and every day is Saturday except for Sunday. :old:
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Welcome to the world of retirement, where you can sleep in any time you want and every day is Saturday except for Sunday. :old:
Ha! Hey, where you living full time these days? We're doing a 3 month travel plan next year in 2019, May, June, July on the road.
I'd like to see you and your wife again and finally introduce you to my better half.
We'll be traveling with a 36ft Gulfstream Yellowstone and a 2000 F-350 XLT w/7.3L diesel.(61k on the odo) :)
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Congrats Rip, about another 3 years and I'll join you. :rock
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Congrats Ripsnort!! Happy that you are retiring, so that you now can have the time to work on your sorry bellybutton personality! :bolt: Love ya bro!
Drex
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Congratulations Ripsnort and welcome to the world of retirement! :D I retired just over 4 years ago and absolutely love it! I have so many interests that I am able to do now, but still don't seem to have enough hours in a day to fit them all in, and often wonder how I managed to find the time to work as well!
Hope you and your wife have a long and happy retirement together. :) :old:
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I tried to retire a couple of years ago. My clients were not too pleased about that so I kept one significant group and thought I would "semi retire". Then we bought a guesthouse and then renovated our home and made that into a guesthouse too.
Now I am busier than when I was working full time.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I will now likely never really retire.
Frankly retirement wasn't all it was cracked up to be when I tried to do so. I found it boring, something I never thought I would say.
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Ha! Hey, where you living full time these days? We're doing a 3 month travel plan next year in 2019, May, June, July on the road.
I'd like to see you and your wife again and finally introduce you to my better half.
We'll be traveling with a 36ft Gulfstream Yellowstone and a 2000 F-350 XLT w/7.3L diesel.(61k on the odo) :)
PM sent
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Congrats Ripsnort!! Happy that you are retiring, so that you now can have the time to work on your sorry bellybutton personality! :bolt: Love ya bro!
Drex
Hiya Drex! Thanks!
If you see Toad tell him I said Hi!
And you...18 years ago...
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Old-photos/i-br9xZNQ/0/66172dc6/O/con3%5B1%5D.jpg)
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That looks like about the time i came back from the bar and sat down at my rig, and started flying. Got on a guys six...pulled the trigger and one of you drunk bastages had remapped my trigger to eject.
good memories!
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That looks like about the time i came back from the bar and sat down at my rig, and started flying. Got on a guys six...pulled the trigger and one of you drunk bastages had remapped my trigger to eject.
good memories!
It wasn't me! :rofl :angel:
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10-11 yrs ago I was forced to rerire due to strokes and a HA....
Istill miss the work :furious
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That looks like about the time i came back from the bar and sat down at my rig, and started flying. Got on a guys six...pulled the trigger and one of you drunk bastages had remapped my trigger to eject.
good memories!
:rofl
Would of loved to seen that. :joystick:
Coogan
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Frankly retirement wasn't all it was cracked up to be when I tried to do so. I found it boring, something I never thought I would say.
I don't have time to be bored - too many hobbies/interests! :D
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A big bunch of ol' farts around here.
<S> All
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That looks like about the time i came back from the bar and sat down at my rig, and started flying. Got on a guys six...pulled the trigger and one of you drunk bastages had remapped my trigger to eject.
good memories!
You do live, you Simnet refugee