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Retirement is a big word , could be done a couple of different ways ...At 75 I have decided time to pull the pin on the big jobs ... I will pick the jobs I want to do and only if I feel like working ..I insist on having a great time what ever I do ..I am not going to be a couch potato ...

Dang you @cowpucyou Lop eared fur-less wabbit. When did you sneak back in here. Turn my back on the site for a couple days and the trouble makers just sneak right back in again Now look since you is here and there aint nuthin more can be done about it. A may as well hep ya with ya weed er grass issue (iPSSSST it is just gass right...right) Ok forget all the advise ya got so far. The fact is we all know grass hates to grow were ya want it and prefers to grow were ya don't want it, like in drive cracks an such. Ya follern me so far good Cuss I can slow down if'n ya wants me to. So based on what we already knows the answer is simple. Alls ya gots to do is remove all the cracks in the ashphalt in the drive way and lay em all out spread out like a bit on the bald spots. before ya knows it them bald spots will just be coverd in grass. Course then ya be cursin caus ya gots all that there grass to cut but ya cna't has it boat ways ya know

After over 17 years, Friday was my last day at Veeder-Root! We laughed, we cried, we ate cupcakes! I chatted with so many people that had become a part of my life. I'm Happy and Scared to death at the same time. I am looking forward to what life puts before me as I join the ranks of the retired. Honestly, there were times that I thought I wouldn't make it, but here I am, on day one of my "New" life. Wish me luck!

@Saddlebum is not much of a salesman, he's a long talker and long winded, but not so good at selling stuff. That's where I come in to help out, you know me, always trying to be helpful. Yah, he is the producer and none other can produce as well as he can, so I just let him to it.

There you go Puc, enough of that fertilmilizer stuff to keep you and your neighbors going for years to come. Don't know how he manages to come up with so much of it all the time, just know that he is resourceful beyond belief. Be careful in how you use it though, I've heard too much will turn your grass brown and dead.

I'll give you a good laugh about grass. We moved from Northern OH to Houston 15+ years ago. 1st time I'm mowing a neighbor comes out and starts telling me how I shouldn't mow in the middle of the day. Asking why he's "you'll die of heat stroke" because your from the north and not used to this heat. After I get done laughing I explain that the 15 - 30 minutes it takes me to mow this postage stamp lawn we have isn't going to give anyone heat stroke. Well I finished mowing and just cleaning up and started pulling this 'vine'/weed. Ove the next few weeks and months these things just keep getting worse - I couldn't get rid of them. I was telling a friend about the issue since he's a native Texan and he comes over to take a look. I show him what I was talking about and after he stops choking on his beer he looks at me and goes "That's your grass, dumb@#$." 🤣 I had never seen St Augustine grass before. LOL

It say's phase 1 complete. I wonder what else they are doing. I found the info here. https://gastateparks.org/Vogel/Construction

Aw shucks now ya got me blushin. Oh and don't listen to @Marcarlthat brown grass took me years and effort to develop. He is just jealous cuss while he knows that brown grass is maintenance free and while I am busy having fun or just relaxing he is busy trying to rid himself of that green stuff which no matter how often he cuts it. That stubborn green stuff just keeps grown back on him.

Whatever you do, donut,,, I mean donnot cover the seed with a whole lot of dirt, actually lay the seed on top of the asphalt,, I mean soil and then just kind of walk it in. Then water it with a hose and gun enough so that the soil gets really shiny on top and makes a bit fluid mud, then move on. Look back to see if you can see any seeds and I think you'll find they are now mud colored. Perfect amount of soil! Oh and don't listen to @saddlebum, all he ever grows is brown grass.

How did you get that seed spreeder personalised?

I'm soooo Jelly !!! Congratulations!!! I'm very happy for you !!! I've still 5 or 6 years to go but it seems quite far off. Wishing you all the best in this, next, stage of you life.

Welcome back David. Just came back as well on three. But you might remember me as Ruffy.

Congratulations Earl. Stay safe and make it a long retirement.

Nice work! Please update once the final paint is on. I love doing woodworking, but it has also been many years. Took an evening "class" at a local high school wood shop many years ago, just to have access to more tools & space. Our instructor told us woodworking was nothing more than cutting up big pieces of wood into smaller pieces of wood and then putting them back together to make big pieces of wood again. LOL! Attached is the piece I started in that class, but didn't finish until a few years later. It was one my last and my best pieces, which I built for my Dad. My Dad was a barber back in the 50's/60's and when slow, he & the other barbers played checkers. He was a checkers master, no one could ever beat him! The base with two small drawers is made of cherry, the checkerboard is maple/walnut. Unfortunately, dementia & time robbed him of his checkers abilities by the time I finished it. One of my hard life lessons on procrastination. The photo is from Christmas 2004, when I gave it to him, my son was 2 then. He was already on the downhill slide then and we lost my Dad about two years after that photo was taken, will always be one of my favorite photos with him & my son. Enjoy what you do, do it with & for your family and make good memories today, tomorrow may never come!

Congratulations Earl, Well done now enjoy!

Congratulations !

FANTASTIC, CONGRATULATIONS Earl. Nothing wrong with mixed emotions, in short order they will just be JOY and HAPPINESS. All the best to you.