G, Fly, Plum, Fred, and other humanoids
Feb 9, 2021 18:14:27 #
I've been reading Fishing Stage for a few months and contributed a little in the last month. I enjoy the friendly banter and jokes as well as fishing help. My question is what do you do for a living or what did you do before retirement? Do you have hobbies besides fishing? Do your kids fish with or without you? I was a machinist for 20 years. Then a stay at home dad for 13 years. Now I work part time in a property management company. The youngest of our 5 kids is my fisher girl, 23. How do you guys and ladies pass the time? Ed
Feb 9, 2021 18:25:29 #
PapaJ
Loc: South of Greenville, TX. Near Lake Tawakoni
Howdy,
I'm a manager in an IT department for a large company. I'm planning on retiring in the next 18 - 24 months. Besides fishing my hobbies are mostly dog related. We do agility. Before the pandemic we visited nursing homes as one of my dogs is a Certified Therapy Dog. We can't wait to resume that! I also volunteer with Patriot Paws. They are an organization that provides service dogs to veterans.
I'm a manager in an IT department for a large company. I'm planning on retiring in the next 18 - 24 months. Besides fishing my hobbies are mostly dog related. We do agility. Before the pandemic we visited nursing homes as one of my dogs is a Certified Therapy Dog. We can't wait to resume that! I also volunteer with Patriot Paws. They are an organization that provides service dogs to veterans.
Feb 9, 2021 18:42:55 #
Feb 9, 2021 18:50:32 #
Retired from US Navy in 1989, 21 years service. I was an Electronics Technician but most of my career was spent playing tennis. Went to work for Hewlett Packard after the Navy and retired this past September. I traveled all over the world in the Navy and was fortunate enough to get to fish most of the places I went. I have 6 grandkids, none of whom have much interest in fishing. 3 daughters and a son - it didn't rub off on any of them. What to do with all this gear before I move on?
Feb 9, 2021 19:04:50 #
Mistred, retired biology teacher here. Enjoy hunting as well as fishing and in retirement I’m renovating my youngest son’s home. He’s on the list for getting a new Brittany for grouse hunting ( his current passion) so when that rascal arrives I’ll assist him with training. Really looking forward to it.
Feb 9, 2021 19:15:23 #
agatemaggot
Loc: iowa
30 years prototype machinist gov. defense plant, tinker inventor still building designed mash. and Metal detecting
quite a bit, recovered $55.00 in pennies alone this Summer .
That's a bunch of deep knee bends
quite a bit, recovered $55.00 in pennies alone this Summer .
That's a bunch of deep knee bends
Feb 9, 2021 19:36:22 #
ghaynes1
Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN
mistred64 wrote:
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Welcome mistred64. I worked 30 years in the newspaper business as a reporter, district manager and circulation sales manager back when people read newspapers. Now I work as an in-home caregiver helping people. Done that for 9 years now. I live in rural TN. Love working on my acre of land, traveling, going out to eat. Plan on taking advantage of the great fishing near me.
Oh, btw, I am the unofficial grand poobah of the knuckleheads club(FS members) and wake them up every morning with some lame joke. I have 4 adult children, all in WI. None of them fish.
Feb 9, 2021 19:43:30 #
E.pa.al
Loc: Martin's Creek
I'm a golf course superintendent just outside of Easton,spent 20 years as a turf equipment mechanic, I do have cattle & still do a lotta hay.
Spend whatever time I can in treestand or boat
15 years to retirement, so I'm working w my oldest son to take over farming
Al
Spend whatever time I can in treestand or boat
15 years to retirement, so I'm working w my oldest son to take over farming
Al
Feb 9, 2021 19:50:42 #
mistred64 wrote:
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Mistred, I'm a senior Set-up man in a small (55 people)Screw Machine Shop. 42nd year there,45 in the trade. No children, used to hunt but gave it up about 15 yrs ago. Still riding my Harley. Should be retiring in just over a year. Planning to head down to South Carolina, where some good friends have settled. Fishing 99%freshwater now,but had a 28footer in the salt for 16yrs.
Feb 9, 2021 20:44:25 #
Worked at a paper mill for 42 years. 12 years making paper and 30 years as an Instrument tech and Electriction. Father was a boat motor mechanic and there for i was into skiing and fishing all my life. Hunt, camp, and fish both fresh and salt water. Retired 6 years ago and recommend it to all. Gordon
Feb 9, 2021 21:02:09 #
Rutinbuck
Loc: Haysville, Kansas
Mistred I spent 8 years in the navy, 6 1/2 years in IT. Stayed in IT until I retired 7 years ago. I hunt and fish, am a woodworker and a photographer. 2 kids and son is being forced into hunting and fishing by his son because of me. Got 6 grand kids 4 like to fish and 2 like to hunt.
Feb 9, 2021 21:34:17 #
Most of y’all know I’m a carpenter and son of a carpenter. I started working summers with my dad when I was 8 years old, building houses in KCK and Olathe, Ks. By the time I was a senior in high school, I was also drawing and designing house plans for the builder we worked for. About five years after graduating from HS, the interest rates skyrocketed and forced the new housing market into a downward spiral. That’s when Dad and I started our remodeling business, which lasted for 39 years till I retired in 2017. My body said “ENOUGH”!
My interests outside of work were/are fishing, bird hunting, traveling, and leading Praise and Worship at our church.
My main fishing buddy is my son, but I also love to take the grandkids out and teach them. My daughter and SIL don’t fish, so I’ve still got four of their five yet to teach (taught one so far).
My son is doing a great job of teaching his as shown below.
My interests outside of work were/are fishing, bird hunting, traveling, and leading Praise and Worship at our church.
My main fishing buddy is my son, but I also love to take the grandkids out and teach them. My daughter and SIL don’t fish, so I’ve still got four of their five yet to teach (taught one so far).
My son is doing a great job of teaching his as shown below.
Feb 9, 2021 21:35:47 #
I gave the Air Force 5 years as a crew chief on fighter jets, then worked for airlines for a few years after that but didn't care for it. I was a firefighter for a few years, then went back to school to learn electronics. That had been a hobby since I was a kid. I finished my working days as a field service engineer for a company that makes environmental sensors. I traveled all over the world for that job and loved it, then retired at 70. That was about 5 years ago. Now that I'm retired, I view all the jobs I've had and the work I've done and all the career building as just stuff I did to get to here. Being retired is where it's at!
Feb 9, 2021 22:03:41 #
Just celebrated my 31st anniversary at my company (we do high speed beverage packaging) currently a Project Manager trying to increase the business in our Italian branch. Have worn a lot of hats from assembling labeling and filling machines to Quality Control to Sales, to Service and have been in Project Management for about 15 years. Hoping to make it for a few more, then praying the body will hold up so I can continue with my hobbies of golf, hunting and of course fishing. 5 kids and 3 Grandkids. Looking forward to more.
Feb 9, 2021 22:20:39 #
40 years in industrial electrical and instrumentation along with NDT particularly in thermography, eddy current and ultrasonics. Hunting and fishing for 55 years. The first 25 mainly freshwater and the rest in salt. Hunting has been mainly ducks and doves along with small game.
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