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    From MaxxDamage@911:1423/0 to All on Mon Dec 15 12:32:38 2025
    I retired from the Air Force after twenty years in 2004. After a couple of short jobs, I got a job with a defense contractor. My twenty year anniversary with that company was Labor Day 2025. Three weeks later two billionaires in Washington DC decided I had worked enough so we got the DOGE ax.

    I'm too close to my preferred full time retirement date. I guess I'm prematurely retired. Now, I need to figure out what to do with all this extra time.

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  • From Exodus@911:1724/0 to Maxxdamage on Mon Dec 15 15:59:29 2025
    I'm too close to my preferred full time retirement date. I guess I'm prematurely retired. Now, I need to figure out what to do with all this ext time.

    Run a BBS. :)

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  • From jack phlash@911:1423/0 to MaxxDamage on Mon Dec 15 18:22:05 2025
    on 15 Dec 2025, MaxxDamage said...

    I'm too close to my preferred full time retirement date. I guess I'm prematurely retired. Now, I need to figure out what to do with all this extra time.

    First, congratulations... sort of. With 20 years in the USAF I'm sure you're drawing that DOD (err.. DOW?) retirement already, so that's a nice little cushion. I hope you don't need to work full time again because I'm dreading having to get back out there in my 40s, I can't imagine how brutal it'll be in your 60s. :/ I guess it depends on your line of work, to some degree.

    Second, hobbies? I don't know what kind of stuff you're into already, but most likely you can expand on what you're already into. I literally feel like I could quit now and not start thinking about new things to do for like 10 years. :P

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  • From paulie420@911:1503/0 to MaxxDamage on Mon Dec 15 18:51:22 2025
    I retired from the Air Force after twenty years in 2004. After a couple
    of short jobs, I got a job with a defense contractor. My twenty year anniversary with that company was Labor Day 2025. Three weeks later two billionaires in Washington DC decided I had worked enough so we got the DOGE ax.

    My son was just looking into a military 20/20 retirement thing - is that what yer working on??



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  • From MaxxDamage@911:1423/0 to jack phlash on Tue Dec 16 06:39:53 2025
    My 20 years as an aircraft mechanic gave me a very terrible back. I can usually stand for about 10-15 minutes before the pain forces me to sit down.
    I was planning on retiring next July anyway. I'm just getting an early start whether I want to or not.

    Don't get me started on that stupid Department of War name change.

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  • From MaxxDamage@911:1423/0 to paulie420 on Tue Dec 16 06:46:08 2025
    My son was just looking into a military 20/20 retirement thing - is that what yer working on??

    I was working for a defense contractor for the last 20 years. It's not a government job so it's not a 20/20 retirement thing for me. Since our contract
    ended early I didn't get to officially retire from that job. The government took back our money and we left.

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  • From niter3@911:1519/1 to MaxxDamage on Tue Dec 16 12:45:44 2025
    I retired from the Air Force after twenty years in 2004. After a couple
    of short jobs, I got a job with a defense contractor. My twenty year anniversary with that company was Labor Day 2025. Three weeks later two billionaires in Washington DC decided I had worked enough so we got the DOGE ax.

    I'm too close to my preferred full time retirement date. I guess I'm prematurely retired. Now, I need to figure out what to do with all this extra time.

    Well first off, congrats! Even though you were not necessarily ready.

    As for coming up with things, start building stuff? I don't know, I can't wait to have time... But we'll see .

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  • From jack phlash@911:1423/0 to MaxxDamage on Tue Dec 16 17:05:19 2025
    on 16 Dec 2025, MaxxDamage said...

    My 20 years as an aircraft mechanic gave me a very terrible back. I can usually stand for about 10-15 minutes before the pain forces me to sit down. I was planning on retiring next July anyway. I'm just getting an early start whether I want to or not.

    Don't get me started on that stupid Department of War name change.

    Seriously though, what kind of hobbies do you have? Surely there's room to get more deeply involved in some of that stuff.

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  • From MaxxDamage@911:1423/0 to jack phlash on Wed Dec 17 15:59:32 2025
    Seriously though, what kind of hobbies do you have? Surely there's room
    to get more deeply involved in some of that stuff.

    Probably the first thing I need to do is get my NAS in shape. I spend more than a year ripping all my blu-rays and CDs to it for Plex.

    I have a bunch of junk files I don't need. I need to get rid of a lot of them. I already deleted a bunch of outdated resume copies. I don't need a resume any longer.

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  • From Prometheus@911:1423/0 to MaxxDamage on Sat Dec 20 22:22:50 2025
    I retired from the Air Force after twenty years in 2004. After a couple
    of short jobs, I got a job with a defense contractor. My twenty year anniversary with that company was Labor Day 2025. Three weeks later two billionaires in Washington DC decided I had worked enough so we got the DOGE ax.

    I'm too close to my preferred full time retirement date. I guess I'm prematurely retired. Now, I need to figure out what to do with all this extra time.

    Enjoy it!

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