Retired!!!

Ron Smith · 03-02-2005, 10:33 AM

Just had to celebrate a bit. Friday was my last day after 32 yrs with USPS. I feel reborn. Went to work part time at a local gunshop on Monday. Finally doing something I really enjoy.

Hopefully will be at Reno in April, running some tables for my new employer. See ya there!

Ron

Ron Wood · 03-02-2005, 10:52 AM

Welcome to the ranks of the retired! I will have been retired 3 years this month and thoroughly enjoy it since I have more than enough things to occupy my time. The big plus is that they are the things I want to do and at my own schedule. The down side is that there isn't as much fun money available but not all that bad.

Congratulations. May you enjoy many leisure years! See you in Reno.

Ron Smith · 03-02-2005, 11:04 AM

Ron ,
Thanks! It's the nearest thing I can think of to getting out of prison.

Looking forward to meeting you. I just hope there are'nt any glitches that will prevent my being there.
Other Retired Ron

the gunman · 03-02-2005, 11:16 AM

Congratulations Ron .I did the same 4years ago. Love it now spend my time (and money)
searching for goodies.

Luke · 03-02-2005, 02:05 PM

Congratulations ! ! ! Hope you enjoy a long and successful retirement.

You said it exactly: It's like getting out of jail I suspect . . . . . . however, having never actually been in jail, this is pure conjecture.

I retired at 55 and never looked back. I only miss the people . . . . .and the money.

johnnv · 03-02-2005, 02:32 PM

Let me add my congratulations to you Ron!
After living in California all my life I grew tired of the traffic, crime, gangs and the loss of my rights as a gun owner and decided to retire 3 years early. I retired on a Thursday and left Friday with a song in my heart and a smile on my face as I drove to northern Nevada to join my wife where we now live on 3 acres in the country 20 miles from town.

John D. · 03-02-2005, 02:52 PM

Congratulations Ron!!!

Waitaminute - did you say thirty two years?? So - you started about 1973 - when first class postage was something like $0.10???!!!

And Mr. Zippy was telling us what all those new fangled 5 diget numbers were? Well - here's to you!!!:

jamese · 03-02-2005, 05:44 PM

Congratulations Ron!!!

I have 5 more years of goverment service to go

enjoy
Jim

Edward Tinker · 03-02-2005, 05:55 PM

Congrats!

I "retired" 5 years ago, but then had to get a real job (army retired), so not for another 15 years for a real retirement!

Ed

Pete Ebbink · 03-02-2005, 07:39 PM

Hey Ron S.,

Now that you have joined the ranks of honest luger (and other gun) dealer, just remember not to revert back to your old ways and go "postal" on some potential buyer at the shows...

See you at Reno...I will be your table 2nd. if you still need a hand...

Congratulations on your retirement !

Regards,

Pete...

BogeyB · 03-02-2005, 07:52 PM

Ron...congrats on 30. I have two to go to32. Can't wait to get there!! May it be everything you want!

Mike (BogeyB)

AGE · 03-02-2005, 11:11 PM

Congratulations,

I've been retired for 10 years. Now a friend wants me to work for him for awhile. Man what a decesion. Maybe your new employer will pay in Lugers. Good luck and have fun (if you remember what that is).

Steve Richards · 03-03-2005, 12:36 AM

Ron,

Good luck and I hope that you enjoy your time. Being in the private sector, I do not know when I will get to retire but I do not begrudge you yours.

Steve

G.W. Gill · 03-03-2005, 12:37 AM

Ron, Fantastic! Enjoy!

RAHamilton · 03-03-2005, 07:48 AM

Ron:

Congratulations and I wish you the very best in all your new found freedoms! I hope to join you and many of the others who have replied in the not to distant future. I've been eligible for awhile, but will definitely be pulling the plug within 18 months. Boy do I look forward to having the opportunity to attend many of the premiere gun shows around the country. Hopefully, I'll have the priviledge at that time to meet many of the members of this forum. Enjoy and it's a good thing we can't see one another, my face is a little "GREEN"!

Best Regards,
Bob

John Sabato · 03-03-2005, 08:14 AM

Congrats Ron... I, like Ed Tinker, am retired Army... but I prefer to call it Pensioned... since the retirement doesn't cover much more than just the house payment... I too have a new real job... and love what I do--supporting our Homeland Security efforts...

I don't think I will ever quite retire as long as I can make an beneficial contribution to society...

There is an old wives saying that defines retirement as twice as much husband and half the money

Russ · 03-03-2005, 08:31 AM

Ron
Congrats!!! I still have 15 years to go. And I know where you are going to work. Take a photo of the shop and post it!! It is realy a great store. Don't let any whale bluber fall on you.
Russ
I will buy you the first drink in Reno.

Ron Smith · 03-03-2005, 08:43 AM

Thanks Guys,

I found out yesterday that my new part-time gunshop job will be full-time for a few weeks. The owner is doing several gunshows in OR and CA over the next month.
The up side is that the "Bookkeeper" told me that as long as the bills are paid, and something goes to savings, I can keep 1/2 of what I make at the shop. More Luger money!!

Ya know, even though most of us would'nt know each other, if we met on the street. The support and commraderie displayed on both Luger forums is overwhelming. This is what makes them the best damn collectors forums in the world. The others can't hold a candle to them.
We have a few cat fights now and then, but everything always irons out. And we get on with it.
Thanks again, Ron

Russ, I'm not working for Walt. I am however hitting on him, to let me work there a few days each month. He is thinking about it. Will let you know what happens. That is where I would love to work.

I'll still take the drink, however.

Vlim · 03-03-2005, 01:20 PM

Well Ron,

Congratulations on your first steps towards complete and utter sponsored luger madness!!

Will have a drink on your health tonight!

Strider · 03-03-2005, 02:32 PM

Ron,
Retired? I thought that was what I did to the ole pickem up truck last
week. Just kidding. Congratulations to you. I am still a least another 20 years away before I can do that. Then it will a part time job just to stay out of my wifes way. Enjoy yourself.

Sid.

03-02-2005, 10:33 AM	#1
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Retired!!! Just had to celebrate a bit. Friday was my last day after 32 yrs with USPS. I feel reborn. Went to work part time at a local gunshop on Monday. Finally doing something I really enjoy. Hopefully will be at Reno in April, running some tables for my new employer. See ya there! Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-02-2005, 10:52 AM	#2
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,017 Thanks: 1,089 Thanked 5,164 Times in 1,700 Posts	Welcome to the ranks of the retired! I will have been retired 3 years this month and thoroughly enjoy it since I have more than enough things to occupy my time. The big plus is that they are the things I want to do and at my own schedule. The down side is that there isn't as much fun money available but not all that bad. Congratulations. May you enjoy many leisure years! See you in Reno. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

03-02-2005, 11:04 AM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Ron , Thanks! It's the nearest thing I can think of to getting out of prison. Looking forward to meeting you. I just hope there are'nt any glitches that will prevent my being there. Other Retired Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-02-2005, 02:05 PM	#5
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Congratulations ! ! ! Hope you enjoy a long and successful retirement. You said it exactly: It's like getting out of jail I suspect . . . . . . however, having never actually been in jail, this is pure conjecture. I retired at 55 and never looked back. I only miss the people . . . . .and the money. __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

03-02-2005, 05:44 PM	#8
jamese User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 789 Thanks: 0 Thanked 84 Times in 34 Posts	Congratulations Ron!!! I have 5 more years of goverment service to go enjoy Jim __________________ The "truth" is a matter of Perception

03-02-2005, 11:16 AM	#4
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Congratulations Ron .I did the same 4years ago. Love it now spend my time (and money) searching for goodies.

03-02-2005, 02:32 PM	#6
johnnv User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: northern Nevada Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Let me add my congratulations to you Ron! After living in California all my life I grew tired of the traffic, crime, gangs and the loss of my rights as a gun owner and decided to retire 3 years early. I retired on a Thursday and left Friday with a song in my heart and a smile on my face as I drove to northern Nevada to join my wife where we now live on 3 acres in the country 20 miles from town.

03-02-2005, 02:52 PM	#7
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 514 Times in 128 Posts	Congratulations Ron!!! Waitaminute - did you say thirty two years?? So - you started about 1973 - when first class postage was something like $0.10???!!! And Mr. Zippy was telling us what all those new fangled 5 diget numbers were? Well - here's to you!!!:

03-02-2005, 05:55 PM	#9
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,927 Thanks: 2,026 Thanked 4,525 Times in 2,090 Posts	Congrats! I "retired" 5 years ago, but then had to get a real job (army retired), so not for another 15 years for a real retirement! Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

03-02-2005, 07:39 PM	#10
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hey Ron S., Now that you have joined the ranks of honest luger (and other gun) dealer, just remember not to revert back to your old ways and go "postal" on some potential buyer at the shows... See you at Reno...I will be your table 2nd. if you still need a hand... Congratulations on your retirement ! Regards, Pete...

03-02-2005, 07:52 PM	#11
BogeyB Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mc Donough, GA. Posts: 419 Thanks: 0 Thanked 222 Times in 96 Posts	CONGRATS!! Ron...congrats on 30. I have two to go to32. Can't wait to get there!! May it be everything you want! Mike (BogeyB)

03-02-2005, 11:11 PM	#12
AGE User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 597 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Congratulations, I've been retired for 10 years. Now a friend wants me to work for him for awhile. Man what a decesion. Maybe your new employer will pay in Lugers. Good luck and have fun (if you remember what that is). __________________ Al Eggers (AGE) NRA Life Member

03-03-2005, 12:36 AM	#13
Steve Richards User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 487 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron, Good luck and I hope that you enjoy your time. Being in the private sector, I do not know when I will get to retire but I do not begrudge you yours. Steve

03-03-2005, 12:37 AM	#14
G.W. Gill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron, Fantastic! Enjoy!

03-03-2005, 07:48 AM	#15
RAHamilton User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sioux City, Iowa Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron: Congratulations and I wish you the very best in all your new found freedoms! I hope to join you and many of the others who have replied in the not to distant future. I've been eligible for awhile, but will definitely be pulling the plug within 18 months. Boy do I look forward to having the opportunity to attend many of the premiere gun shows around the country. Hopefully, I'll have the priviledge at that time to meet many of the members of this forum. Enjoy and it's a good thing we can't see one another, my face is a little "GREEN"! Best Regards, Bob

03-03-2005, 08:14 AM	#16
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,153 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Congrats Ron... I, like Ed Tinker, am retired Army... but I prefer to call it Pensioned... since the retirement doesn't cover much more than just the house payment... I too have a new real job... and love what I do--supporting our Homeland Security efforts... I don't think I will ever quite retire as long as I can make an beneficial contribution to society... There is an old wives saying that defines retirement as twice as much husband and half the money __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

03-03-2005, 08:31 AM	#17
Russ User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Reading, PA. Posts: 628 Thanks: 2 Thanked 38 Times in 10 Posts	Ron Congrats!!! I still have 15 years to go. And I know where you are going to work. Take a photo of the shop and post it!! It is realy a great store. Don't let any whale bluber fall on you. Russ I will buy you the first drink in Reno. __________________ Livin the dream!!!!!!!!!!!

03-03-2005, 08:43 AM	#18
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Thanks Guys, I found out yesterday that my new part-time gunshop job will be full-time for a few weeks. The owner is doing several gunshows in OR and CA over the next month. The up side is that the "Bookkeeper" told me that as long as the bills are paid, and something goes to savings, I can keep 1/2 of what I make at the shop. More Luger money!! Ya know, even though most of us would'nt know each other, if we met on the street. The support and commraderie displayed on both Luger forums is overwhelming. This is what makes them the best damn collectors forums in the world. The others can't hold a candle to them. We have a few cat fights now and then, but everything always irons out. And we get on with it. Thanks again, Ron Russ, I'm not working for Walt. I am however hitting on him, to let me work there a few days each month. He is thinking about it. Will let you know what happens. That is where I would love to work. I'll still take the drink, however. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

03-03-2005, 01:20 PM	#19
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Well Ron, Congratulations on your first steps towards complete and utter sponsored luger madness!! Will have a drink on your health tonight!

03-03-2005, 02:32 PM	#20
Strider User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 256 Thanks: 26 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ron, Retired? I thought that was what I did to the ole pickem up truck last week. Just kidding. Congratulations to you. I am still a least another 20 years away before I can do that. Then it will a part time job just to stay out of my wifes way. Enjoy yourself. Sid. __________________ Sid. Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. ~German Proverb If it is made before 1930 ..........It is a prototype.