Stop in for a cup of coffee

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Unconventional said:
I was very fortunate when it came to pulling the pin on the pension grenade. My trade union has a built in early out formula, they called it "30 30 60". 30 years in the trade, 30 retirement credits (1 credit/1000 hrs worked), and 60 yrs old was full pension rather than the 65 years old standard pension. I was very fortunate in my employment life to gather so many of those credits to where I'm sure the pension fund computer cringes each time it makes my pension wire transfer to my bank account. Not too many of my brother Engineers had the opportunity to work the number of hours that I did due to the seasonal nature of the beast of equipment operating.
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The state govt. retirement here is similar. The rule of 88. Years of service + your age = 88 for full benefits. My wife started with the city 22 years ago and isn't quite there yet. One of the reasons she went back to work. For the county this time. It's like a part time job compared to the city. LOL
 
jaws said:
The company I worked for 36 years, just told me they couldn't afford me anymore. Gave me my pension paid my medical insurance and 2 weeks' pay for every year there. And kicked me to the curb at 57. That was 5 years ago.
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With our state and military retirement, and other stuff the wife and I do pretty good.
 
toolmanmike said:
The state govt. retirement here is similar. The rule of 88. Years of service + your age = 88 for full benefits. My wife started with the city 22 years ago and isn't quite there yet. One of the reasons she went back to work. For the county this time. It's like a part time job compared to the city. LOL
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The difference between retiring at 62 and Rule of 88 is $700 more a month. It's like why not go back to work. :lol:
 
toolmanmike said:
The state govt. retirement here is similar. The rule of 88. Years of service + your age = 88 for full benefits. My wife started with the city 22 years ago and isn't quite there yet. One of the reasons she went back to work. For the county this time. It's like a part time job compared to the city. LOL
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85 points here for Cheryl as a state employee. Age 50 for me. I left at 51 with 30 years and 75% of my final average.
 
Ya, not feelin it today. Im totally taking a day off. Dump run and car mainenance can wait.
 
fatoldguy said:
And you didn't bring us any Donuts :BangHead::steering:
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Hey I baked a cake .

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Jodi and I went to the Battle of Prairie Grove Civil War reenactment today. It was a hoot. I love attending them. I have toyed with participation a time or two but decided it was a black hole for money. And lord knows I got enough of them already.

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Mopar Tim said:
She is doing ok. Still some weakness, but she is really remarkable.....Thanks so much for your friendship. All here....means a lot to us....
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Great to hear
halifaxhops said:
LOL Secret Santa is having a meltdown so few people this year. Usually a great time.
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We lost a few long time members this year plus with the cost if everything so high, I’m not surprised
 
Was sitting at one of my favorite coffee shops today. Didn't notice this until I was sitting down so I don't know who's driving it. But when I find out who is driving it I got some questions. I want to buy one of those here in Vietnam. But I want to buy one that needs overhaul as you all know I have restoration skills. Hope to talk with this guy soon. This one is in really nice shape. Looks great !!!

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MOPARMITCH said:
Was sitting at one of my favorite coffee shops today. Didn't notice this until I was sitting down so I don't know who's driving it. But when I find out who is driving it I got some questions. I want to buy one of those here in Vietnam. But I want to buy one that needs overhaul as you all know I have restoration skills. Hope to talk with this guy soon. This one is in really nice shape. Looks great !!!

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Wow that is nice !:thumbsup:
 
fatoldguy said:
Wow that is nice !:thumbsup:
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I've never seen it in my city of Vinh Long before. I looked at the tag on it. The vehicle is from Saigon. Hope to catch the guy when he leaves here I'm still at the cafe. Like to find out where I can buy one like it. I'm sure a guy has some information
 
Well, I caught the guy as he was leaving. Actually a couple of guys in their '60s. From Saigon. Should have known already but he told me just look up Jeep clubs in Vietnam. He said there are many. He said they're in most cities. So I'll check into that and see if I can buy a derelict one that needs a lot of work. He gave me his phone number so I'll look him up when I go to Saigon again
 
MOPARMITCH said:
Well, I caught the guy as he was leaving. Actually a couple of guys in their '60s. From Saigon. Should have known already but he told me just look up Jeep clubs in Vietnam. He said there are many. He said they're in most cities. So I'll check into that and see if I can buy a derelict one that needs a lot of work. He gave me his phone number so I'll look him up when I go to Saigon again
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US jeeps left behind do you think?
 
An old desert friend of mine told me of a project he and his platoon carried out as part of an Army engineering bunch. Just before the US exodus from VN they spent a couple weeks pushing equipment that wasn't going to be shipped out into an old quarry with bull dozers. Jeeps, trucks, cars, equipment, you name it. Just before they shipped out a large quantity of explosives were used to collapse the quarry wall on to the disposed of equipment. :rolleyes:
 
MOPARMITCH said:
Was sitting at one of my favorite coffee shops today. Didn't notice this until I was sitting down so I don't know who's driving it. But when I find out who is driving it I got some questions. I want to buy one of those here in Vietnam. But I want to buy one that needs overhaul as you all know I have restoration skills. Hope to talk with this guy soon. This one is in really nice shape. Looks great !!!

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As cool as that is… you should come use those skills on my dart haha
 
Unconventional said:
An old desert friend of mine told me of a project he and his platoon carried out as part of an Army engineering bunch. Just before the US exodus from VN they spent a couple weeks pushing equipment that wasn't going to be shipped out into an old quarry with bull dozers. Jeeps, trucks, cars, equipment, you name it. Just before they shipped out a large quantity of explosives were used to collapse the quarry wall on to the disposed of equipment. :rolleyes:
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My grandfather was a POW at the army base I now report too. After the War and before returning back to Germany, he was part of a groups that offloaded captured German weaponry and pushed it into a big hole, where they filled full of concrete. Tanks, planes, V2s you name it.
 
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