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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2020 12:42:44 GMT -6
The plan was to stay the entire shift till 6 AM but that changed. As of 2 AM this morning is official I'll never punch a clock again. Now the long slow process of the transition off of 3rd shift, I've been working 3rd for 30+ years so it begins. The main thing I'm looking forward to is a lower stress level, not having to put up with the stupid shit I did at work. Here's an example from last night. Everyone knew I was leaving soon but not the exact day or time. So my PM's have been assigned to others and the amount of WO's assigned to me dropped to zero. I was just helping others and taking some production calls. One of the guys last night asked if I could take a look at a WO he had. It was a simple fix that would/should take 5-10 minutes, if the WO would have been written right. It was putting a new band on a rubber boot that is on a duct joint. The WO said drier 2 and had a picture of the band that had broke. So quality wrote the WO and took the pic. The pic was a close up so you saw a rubber boot part of the stainless duct & the bad band. Drier 2 has 6 floors, made be 75 duct joints that are anywhere is size from 12-48" diameter. So the hunt was on, I asked the 3rd shift quality person where this was, I got the deer in the headlight look. Got the same from production sup's and leads. Well after 1.5 hours of looking for it I finally found it. Normally on a WO like that a few quick questions would have been asked and the WO given back asking for better information, but I had nothing better to do and it got me around the drier so I said my goodbyes at the same time. Oh the stories I could tell about dumb ass work orders. No more never again. Now it's my shit on my time, well of course the wifes never ending list but we have an understanding on that after I took her pencil away and broke it.
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Post by terrifictom on Mar 5, 2020 13:03:08 GMT -6
Congrats Mike. I am sure you will enjoy retirement. As far as adjusting your sleep schedule, I have been retired for almost 9 years. I would get up at 2:30 am to go to work and I have managed to get my sleep schedule to get up at 5:30 am.
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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2020 13:05:11 GMT -6
Congrats Mike. I am sure you will enjoy retirement. As far as adjusting your sleep schedule, I have been retired for almost 9 years. I would get up at 2:30 am to go to work and I have managed to get my sleep schedule to get up at 5:30 am. Thanks I plan to enjoy it. Adjusting a few hours is a lot different than the change I'm looking at. |
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 5, 2020 13:23:36 GMT -6
Congrats on retirement, that word won't be on my radar for many decades yet. ..........
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 5, 2020 13:53:25 GMT -6
Good luck in your retirement! Have fun
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 5, 2020 14:16:09 GMT -6
Congrats! I bet adjusting your sleep scheduled is better than figuring out work orders.
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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2020 15:18:42 GMT -6
Congrats! I bet adjusting your sleep scheduled is better than figuring out work orders. No shit. Honest to God here's an example. Hang new time clock here.  |
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 5, 2020 16:58:08 GMT -6
After 10 months of no work, I have had a hard time changing my sleep schedule. I always got up at 4 or 4:15. Currently I still have not adjusted to the time change from Nov. and have been waking up at 3 AM. I do occasionally take a nap!
No more night duty for me, no emergency calls or late night calvings or Caesarians. It was to the point where farmer / owners of large farms stayed in bed and hired help was in the barn. At one place, the owner’s hired Mexican veterinarians were in bed and I got to get up at night and work the next day. No more!
Enjoy it, Mike. The time change can be hard.
Daybreak fishing is nice and quiet during the summer months!
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Mar 5, 2020 17:51:44 GMT -6
So what do you really plan on doing just this summer?
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Post by kooch on Mar 5, 2020 17:51:54 GMT -6
I read about you guys retiring and have mixed emotions. On one hand, I look forward to the day I've saved enough money to quit working. On the other hand, I don't want another 10 years to go by in a heartbeat. I'm at the age where I figured out I need to cherish the time I've got left on Earth. 50 years old, and I realize I'm way more than half way there.....
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 5, 2020 19:59:52 GMT -6
I read about you guys retiring and have mixed emotions. On one hand, I look forward to the day I've saved enough money to quit working. On the other hand, I don't want another 10 years to go by in a heartbeat. I'm at the age where I figured out I need to cherish the time I've got left on Earth. 50 years old, and I realize I'm way more than half way there..... Same. |
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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2020 20:14:41 GMT -6
So what do you really plan on doing just this summer? Whatever the fuck I want. Shopping for new home is top priority. Miles on the scooter. I've got a few projects in mind to build. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Mar 5, 2020 20:15:24 GMT -6
I read about you guys retiring and have mixed emotions. On one hand, I look forward to the day I've saved enough money to quit working. On the other hand, I don't want another 10 years to go by in a heartbeat. I'm at the age where I figured out I need to cherish the time I've got left on Earth. 50 years old, and I realize I'm way more than half way there..... Kooch, let me tell you, its going by in a heartbeat whether you like it or not. I have lived the most part of my life on or over the edge of no return. Should have been dead long ago, and probably will be shortly the way I act and feel. I have made it 20 years farther then my wildest dreams. Do it as soon as you can. You work hard, pay your dues, you have earned it, do it! |
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Post by Foggy on Mar 5, 2020 20:55:08 GMT -6
I read about you guys retiring and have mixed emotions. On one hand, I look forward to the day I've saved enough money to quit working. On the other hand, I don't want another 10 years to go by in a heartbeat. I'm at the age where I figured out I need to cherish the time I've got left on Earth. 50 years old, and I realize I'm way more than half way there..... One of my fav. quotes: "Don't wish time away......for it's the stuff life is made of". Time does go by faster each year. At this point many of the things I buy or do are for the last time. Kinda hard to swallow at times. FORE! |
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 5, 2020 21:15:59 GMT -6
I read about you guys retiring and have mixed emotions. On one hand, I look forward to the day I've saved enough money to quit working. On the other hand, I don't want another 10 years to go by in a heartbeat. I'm at the age where I figured out I need to cherish the time I've got left on Earth. 50 years old, and I realize I'm way more than half way there..... One of my fav. quotes: "Don't wish time away......for it's the stuff life is made of". Time does go by faster each year. At this point many of the things I buy or do are for the last time. Kinda hard to swallow at times. FORE! I have been thinking the same thing, Tom. I am wondering if I should buy a high quality fishing rod when the $25 dollar one works. But why wait? I also realize that I will probably never go on another elk or moose hunt. If I repaint the steel garage doors, I will never do it again. And so on it goes.... |
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