Overland EXPO10 days 2 wks (1 Viewer)

[mep1811]

Anyone going to the EXPO ? Kirk and I are taking 3-4 days to get there and then 10 days-2 wks afterwards.

Mike El Paso,TX
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[slimbuddha]

I've never been to it, maybe this will be the year. There are usually 3-4 people that pop over to it every year.

 

[juane]

Mike and Kirk!
How the hell are you guys?

 

[mep1811]

All is good . We are both retired for some time now. We've been doing trips a couple times a year. We've done Camino del Diablo (article in Toyota Trails) and finished a long Big bend trip(article pending)

Are you back in Abq ?

 

[juane]

Retirement....time marches on.
I'm still in Colorado. Come visit!

 

[alia176]

I'm retiring as soon as I win the lottery.

 

[pappy]

Retiring? Tick-toc.

 

[marcfj60]

Retiring? Tick-toc.

You have to be pretty close old man, especially with that government job with 20-year retirement.

 

[pappy]

I'm eligible to retire. With the City it's 25 years, unless you are old. Then they reduce the service years.

 

[mep1811]

Not to brag but I retired at 52.

 

[mep1811]

Juane, where are in in Colorado ?

 

[juane]

Juane, where are in in Colorado ?

In a 1908 farm house on the Rio Grande River between the south San Juan mountains and the San Luis Valley. Halfway between Monte Vista and Del Norte. Paradise!

 

[mep1811]

I bet it is beautiful.

 

[alia176]

Not to brag but I retired at 52.

 

[pappy]

x2

 

[2manycruisers]

You have to be pretty close old man, especially with that government job with 20-year retirement.

Sorry, Mark, but I betcha Jon didn't have a 20-year full retirement option. Those are mostly reserved for fire, police, military, etc. Not all government employees, even botanists. Federal service is 30 years, and with that, pension is a whopping 30% of the average of your 3 highest earning years (unless you started before 1987-ish). Mediocre pay, mediocre retirement. Save, save, save.

 

[pappy]

Normal retirement with the City is 25 years. But at 20 years and 60yo you can leave ... with reduced benefits.

 

[Poupon]

Frank and I are going Fri and Sat.

 

[alia176]

we'll be going probably and camping outside of the fairgrounds, in nearby forest.

 

[mep1811]

Sorry, Mark, but I betcha Jon didn't have a 20-year full retirement option. Those are mostly reserved for fire, police, military, etc. Not all government employees, even botanists. Federal service is 30 years, and with that, pension is a whopping 30% of the average of your 3 highest earning years (unless you started before 1987-ish). Mediocre pay, mediocre retirement. Save, save, save.

Federal employees hired after Jan 1984 are under FERS retirement

Sorry, Mark, but I betcha Jon didn't have a 20-year full retirement option. Those are mostly reserved for fire, police, military, etc. Not all government employees, even botanists. Federal service is 30 years, and with that, pension is a whopping 30% of the average of your 3 highest earning years (unless you started before 1987-ish). Mediocre pay, mediocre retirement. Save, save, save.

Federal employees hired after Jan 1, 1984 are under FERs . While a FERs pension is less than the old civil service pension that difference is made up by contributing to the Thrift Savings Plan which , upon retirement , supplement the pension. Manged correctly , a FERs employee will make more than the employee did working. Law enforcement can retire at any age after 25 years, 20 years at age 50. All benefits, pension, FERs, and Social Security are available.