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Taking a Break from FR
Self | 11/14/2022 | EQAndyBuzz

Posted on 11/14/2022 5:45:11 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz

Good day Fellow Freepers. Hope everyone had a great weekend.


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KEYWORDS: freerepublic; hiatus; illalertthemedia; sowhat
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No manifesto. No diatribe on why I am taking a break from FR. No ideological rants on what is happening to our great nation. Just a brief note saying after 20+ years on Free Republic I decided to take a break. Y'all been so great and it has been fun. At 62 years of age, I decided that I want to focus on myself and my lovely of 33 years and take some time to prepare for my retirement. Today we became empty nesters. My millennial children are established in their careers.

There is no student debt, no credit card bills, no car or house payments for me to worry about. I just want to enjoy the time I have left and go fishing, drink a decent whisky and relax.

Keep fighting the good fight. You and your families are in my prayers and I wish everyone the best. Even Laz and Gunner. /smile

Till we meet again.

EQ

1 posted on 11/14/2022 5:45:11 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz
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To: EQAndyBuzz

SNAFU............................


2 posted on 11/14/2022 5:46:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
Enjoy the break. Do not make it permanent.

This is not an official opus because you haven't walked away permanently. :-)

3 posted on 11/14/2022 5:47:03 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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A break well deserved, enjoy.


4 posted on 11/14/2022 5:47:28 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EQAndyBuzz

We’ll miss you.


5 posted on 11/14/2022 5:48:15 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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I understand. I’m getting ready to do the same thing except that I have been retired for almost 10 years, since I was 58. I’m mostly tired of losing and need to focus on something real.

Have a great retirement!


6 posted on 11/14/2022 5:48:20 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative (Shegens on Truth Social 🐝)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Enjoy your break. I do the same thing occasionally, and think it’s a good thing to unplug for a while and focus on the truly important things around you.


7 posted on 11/14/2022 5:50:44 AM PST by AnglePark
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Fair winds…..


8 posted on 11/14/2022 5:51:19 AM PST by combat_boots ( )
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Enjoy your time away....Best for all of y’all...


9 posted on 11/14/2022 5:51:29 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
About 15 years ago, I left for a year and a half.

I didn't announce it, and nobody missed me.

10 posted on 11/14/2022 5:51:44 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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I have been there from time to time and then....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneS2Uwc6xw

“Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in...”

;-)


11 posted on 11/14/2022 5:54:15 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I may pull back from FR myself for a while. Not permanently, but this election has been painful. I feel like I’ve been mugged. Add in some family issues and I may need a break for a little while. Not total, though, and not permanently. But I need some rest from politics.

It is a beautiful time of the year in southern Arizona and maybe some time riding the horses and hiking with the wife will help restore my soul.

Hope we’ll “see” each other again, though!


12 posted on 11/14/2022 5:54:29 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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-—prepare for retirement——

I suggest you are overthinking retirement.

Relax. What is coming is coming except, you don’t know what is coming. All you can say or think with certainty is that you will not be spending your days working where you are now.

You can survey all your talents and various experiences over the years. Then start looking for a way to apply one or two of those talents to a money making opportunity, a retirement self employment job. Not everyday, say two or three days a week are enough to keep your mind and body in working condition.

Think opportunity. Think new. Think enjoyment


13 posted on 11/14/2022 5:56:07 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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Enjoy the peace of mind


14 posted on 11/14/2022 5:59:49 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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You’re not an empty when you have FReepers to corral.
Fishing and whiskey sound good.


15 posted on 11/14/2022 6:01:14 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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Retirement is fun. (Except for that three year period when I fought off cancer)


16 posted on 11/14/2022 6:02:09 AM PST by KC Burke
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When I was about to retire (a few years back) everyone kept bugging me about “what I was going to do”.

I finally created a fake narrative to shut them up—it was believable and I got lots of detailed suggestions about how to implement the “plan”.

When I did retire I did what I wanted to do—which was none of their business—is still none of their business—but it was not work....and had nothing to do with the fake narrative.

;-)


17 posted on 11/14/2022 6:02:35 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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Wish you the best. Understand completely. Hope we can talk soon.

Enjoy Life, FRiend!


18 posted on 11/14/2022 6:04:54 AM PST by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

There is some sanity in watching a sunrise, and serenity in basking in a sunset, (with an adult beverage, of course). Be calm.


19 posted on 11/14/2022 6:08:42 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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Enjoy your ‘vacation’, and stop back for a visit.


20 posted on 11/14/2022 6:09:55 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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