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  • Peaches
    Old broad
    • Oct 2002
    • 13933

    #51
    Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
    does he post here?
    He did - pretty much since the board opened. I don't know if he has recently though.

    OK, a quick search shows he hasn't posted since May 2004 under his Oprano_Serge username, but he had almost 10K posts on that username before that.

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    • Satisfaction
      WootWootCash.com
      • Jul 2004
      • 10900

      #52
      nah working and having fun at the same time..

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      • maxjohan
        Confirmed User
        • Dec 2002
        • 7219

        #53
        Originally posted by quiet
        yes, traveling the entire world for years on end, finishing a university degree in something you have no worries about making a career out of, and pursuing activities you previous had no time for, sounds boring as hell.

        :gluglug
        Depends a lot about what you want to do in life. If you really burn for business and entreprenuership then you don't want to do other stuff. Yesterday I read about a company with two owners who sold for $25 million, one moved to bangkok and the other continued working like normal. He said he was lucky if he got a 1 week vacation every year. Thats real entreprenuership
        I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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        • pxxx
          First African GFY Member
          • Mar 2004
          • 12114

          #54
          Nope, I am too young for that.

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          • Nicky
            Too lazy to set a custom title
            • Mar 2003
            • 30071

            #55
            Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
            does he post here?
            not anymore

            gfynicky @ gmail.com

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            • Nylz
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2004
              • 8285

              #56
              Originally posted by Franck
              I work 10 mins a day...does that count?
              TRANNY!!
              No sig.

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              • tranza
                ICQ: 197-556-237
                • Jun 2003
                • 57559

                #57
                Originally posted by Franck
                I work 10 mins a day...does that count?
                WTF! I've never seen you before and you have over 21k posts!!!
                I'm just a newbie.

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                • Peaches
                  Old broad
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 13933

                  #58
                  Originally posted by maxjohan
                  Depends a lot about what you want to do in life. If you really burn for business and entreprenuership then you don't want to do other stuff. Yesterday I read about a company with two owners who sold for $25 million, one moved to bangkok and the other continued working like normal. He said he was lucky if he got a 1 week vacation every year. Thats real entreprenuership
                  True, there's a guy in my town who sold his stake in WebMD for about $90mil and he still works - probably more than I do

                  No one in my family has ever actually retired though they all had enough money to live on comfortably w/o working.

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                  • maxjohan
                    Confirmed User
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 7219

                    #59
                    Originally posted by Peaches
                    He did - pretty much since the board opened. I don't know if he has recently though.

                    OK, a quick search shows he hasn't posted since May 2004 under his Oprano_Serge username, but he had almost 10K posts on that username before that.
                    Isnt Soul_Rebel his other nick, or maybe I have made up that myself
                    I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                    • Peaches
                      Old broad
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 13933

                      #60
                      Originally posted by maxjohan
                      Isnt Soul_Rebel his other nick, or maybe I have made up that myself
                      Doubtful. Serge has never been real shy about posting under his usernames

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                      • maxjohan
                        Confirmed User
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 7219

                        #61
                        Originally posted by Peaches
                        True, there's a guy in my town who sold his stake in WebMD for about $90mil and he still works - probably more than I do

                        No one in my family has ever actually retired though they all had enough money to live on comfortably w/o working.
                        Yeah, we are all so different. But saying that you will retire is just a too big move in my opinion. Isnt it better to take a one year vacation and travel and stuff and go from there.. looking too much in the future is the root of all evil.

                        I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                        • maxjohan
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 7219

                          #62
                          Originally posted by Peaches
                          Doubtful. Serge has never been real shy about posting under his usernames
                          Might be true.. atleast he was a master to work the board ;=))))

                          I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                          • Nylz
                            Confirmed User
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 8285

                            #63
                            Originally posted by tranza
                            WTF! I've never seen you before and you have over 21k posts!!!
                            lol

                            Franck is the artist formerly known as Battuss (TAFKAB)
                            No sig.

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                            • Rui
                              web
                              • Dec 2001
                              • 9533

                              #64
                              Originally posted by KRL
                              Retire and do what? Watch TV like a moron all day long? Play golf with half dead people? Go shopping everyday? Fly around on airplanes to different cities like a rich vagabond?

                              Working is fun if you have lots of deals and businesses to play with all day long.

                              Fuck retirement, when I go down, my head will be hitting my desk like my father's did.
                              Shit now those are some impressive words...

                              I think you will become my idol, we should have a chat one of these days

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                              • Basic_man
                                Programming King Pin
                                • Oct 2003
                                • 27360

                                #65
                                Originally posted by Franck
                                I work 10 mins a day...does that count?
                                You work 10 minutes per day, and post 10 hours !
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                                • Dirty F
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 59204

                                  #66
                                  Originally posted by Nylz
                                  lol

                                  Franck is the artist formerly known as Battuss (TAFKAB)
                                  Hahaha yes yes

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                                  • KRL
                                    Entrepreneur
                                    • Oct 2002
                                    • 31429

                                    #67
                                    Originally posted by Rui
                                    Shit now those are some impressive words...

                                    I think you will become my idol, we should have a chat one of these days
                                    Thanks!

                                    I just really feel I was put here to learn, create, innovate, work hard, build, and help others up the path, and that is what I am doing with my life. That is my mission. Thus I see no purpose at all to retire. It just wouldn't sit well with my mantra.
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                                    • Rui
                                      web
                                      • Dec 2001
                                      • 9533

                                      #68
                                      Originally posted by KRL
                                      Thanks!

                                      I just really feel I was put here to learn, create, innovate, work hard, build, and help others up the path, and that is what I am doing with my life. That is my mission. Thus I see no purpose at all to retire. It just wouldn't sit well with my mantra.
                                      That part of "help others up the path" still has any "free slot" ?

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                                      • slapass
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Nov 2002
                                        • 14625

                                        #69
                                        I just spent the last year traveling quite a bit. And have been going once every two months for several years. It gets old. It is cool like all things but you can only have so much fine trying to order breaksfast in a foreign language so many times.
                                        Quiet, i see these threads of yours a lot. You do not like what you do. That is a shame. You should change what you do then.

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                                        • dirtydesignz
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Apr 2003
                                          • 1815

                                          #70
                                          By your definition of retired...then I guess we are We moved to Cancun, work a bit just to keep things moving along and spend our time either on the beach, shopping, seeing all the myan ruins, traveling or napping......some days we work more than others, but we don't have to go very far to feel completely retired.

                                          My hubby (Adult Site Traffic) said he wanted to retire by age 40 and he is already 39, so I guess he is on the right track. So far, bordom hasn't been an issue. Maybe we will end up working just like we did before we moved here, but I don't want that anytime soon.....
                                          LIZZIE

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                                          • Shoplifter
                                            Richest man in Babylon
                                            • Jan 2002
                                            • 5863

                                            #71
                                            I imagine Ibill will be notifying you of your retirement (or not) very soon now.
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                                            • austinth
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jul 2002
                                              • 1770

                                              #72
                                              i was till i joined forces with Pinky and The Brain.
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                                              • Screaming
                                                I can change this!!!!!
                                                • Feb 2004
                                                • 18972

                                                #73
                                                i dont wanna retire now, i wanna work and keep active, when you slow down thats when shit starts going bad

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                                                • Drake
                                                  Hello world!
                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                  • 12508

                                                  #74
                                                  Originally posted by Herb Kornfield
                                                  I could retire at any time but, my creditors see things in a different light.



                                                  I tried to retire once but found I had no place to sleep at night.

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                                                  • Spunky
                                                    I need a beer
                                                    • Jun 2002
                                                    • 133978

                                                    #75
                                                    I have another 20 years to go

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                                                    • fuzebox
                                                      making it rain
                                                      • Oct 2003
                                                      • 22363

                                                      #76
                                                      Originally posted by quiet
                                                      here's a few off the top of my head:

                                                      - travel the world
                                                      - hike all the best mountains
                                                      - snowboard/ski all the best mountains
                                                      - climb very difficult mountains
                                                      - do several university degrees beyond your first one (if you have one to begin with)
                                                      - spend more time reading
                                                      - sail across the pacific
                                                      - help other people

                                                      much more interesting imo, than running a business lol.
                                                      If I could live comfortably while doing all of the above and not working/running a business/thinking about money all the time, I'd be a very happy person.

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                                                      • felipeav
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jan 2005
                                                        • 423

                                                        #77
                                                        i wouldn't retire never ... i love this shit

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                                                        • L0stMind
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Sep 2002
                                                          • 1681

                                                          #78
                                                          I agree with quiet, but reality makes me side with Herb.

                                                          I can't wait till I can retire comfortably though. People who say they would be bored without this shit have little imagination.

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                                                          • KRL
                                                            Entrepreneur
                                                            • Oct 2002
                                                            • 31429

                                                            #79
                                                            Originally posted by Rui
                                                            That part of "help others up the path" still has any "free slot" ?
                                                            I have lots of good things right now. Just send me an e-mail.

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                                                            • reynold
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                              • 51271

                                                              #80
                                                              I get tired but I'm not retiring yet.

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                                                              • Rui
                                                                web
                                                                • Dec 2001
                                                                • 9533

                                                                #81
                                                                Originally posted by KRL
                                                                I have lots of good things right now. Just send me an e-mail.

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                                                                • DEA - banned for life
                                                                  V.I.P.
                                                                  • Nov 2004
                                                                  • 7886

                                                                  #82
                                                                  i live like a retired old man....get up at crack of dawn...long walks..go to bed early..smoke my pipe

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                                                                  • Theo
                                                                    HAL 9000
                                                                    • May 2001
                                                                    • 34515

                                                                    #83
                                                                    Originally posted by maxjohan
                                                                    Isnt Soul_Rebel his other nick, or maybe I have made up that myself
                                                                    Serge is old and rich
                                                                    im young and poor lol

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                                                                    • kuthi123
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Jan 2005
                                                                      • 6478

                                                                      #84
                                                                      it is fun for me not working

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                                                                      • polish_aristocrat
                                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                        • Jul 2002
                                                                        • 40377

                                                                        #85
                                                                        so quiet what do you do all day now?

                                                                        do you do all these things:


                                                                        - travel the world
                                                                        - hike all the best mountains
                                                                        - snowboard/ski all the best mountains
                                                                        - climb very difficult mountains
                                                                        - do several university degrees beyond your first one (if you have one to begin with)
                                                                        - spend more time reading
                                                                        - sail across the pacific
                                                                        - help other people
                                                                        I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                        • bobby666
                                                                          boots are my religion
                                                                          • Nov 2005
                                                                          • 21765

                                                                          #86
                                                                          i am sure - i not

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                                                                          • TheDoc
                                                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                            • Jul 2001
                                                                            • 13827

                                                                            #87
                                                                            I tried to retire once, lasted less than a year, never been so bored in my life. I can already play golf when I like, read, or travel, or buy whatever.. So work is my hobby.


                                                                            I do what I do because I love it, if I didn't love it, I would be doing something else. If I started to not enjoy this I would continue to work and not retire, not that I wouldn't take a long vacation in between.
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                                                                            • polish_aristocrat
                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                              • Jul 2002
                                                                              • 40377

                                                                              #88
                                                                              Originally posted by quiet
                                                                              Anyone?? if so, how are things going for you? If you don't mind me asking
                                                                              hey quiet, I heard you're retired already

                                                                              how are things going for you, if you don't mind me asking?
                                                                              I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                              • quiet
                                                                                we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                                                                • Sep 2001
                                                                                • 25115

                                                                                #89
                                                                                see sig
                                                                                we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                                                                • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                                  • 40377

                                                                                  #90
                                                                                  Originally posted by quiet
                                                                                  see sig
                                                                                  ah you mean, you're not doing any of these things, just trolling on GFY? that's kind of strange, I wouldn't expect you to do it, seriously

                                                                                  or do you mean that you're inviting me for a glass of wine with you? In that case it's quite tempting, though I didn't have plans to go to Canada this year...

                                                                                  I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                  • CDSmith
                                                                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                    • May 2001
                                                                                    • 51460

                                                                                    #91
                                                                                    Originally posted by jayeff
                                                                                    I wonder how many others like me, retired into this business?

                                                                                    For almost 10 years I have been suffering with serious heart problems. For a while after they were diagnosed I kept doing my usual work, but the stress was literally killing me. I have run my own businesses and been a workaholic all my life, so after a few weeks I was climbing the walls. Hence online porn...

                                                                                    Which mostly I don't enjoy. I have never been interested in porn, so for the first time I'm selling to a market for which I don't really have a feel. I'm an ideas/planning person, but now spend most of my time dealing with everyday details. I used to rely a lot on client/customer reactions for modifying my products and services and those hardly exist in online businesses. And at least until a couple of years ago, it was so easy to make money in this business, it has never given me any sense of achievement.

                                                                                    Still, I have very limited options and this beats watching soaps all day, so I shall probably be doing it until I drop...
                                                                                    I did exactly that... retired into this business. Mine was a back injury, incurred partially because of a pre-existing condition and partially due to the physical nature of my former job of health care worker.

                                                                                    But even back in my early 30's I made it a goal to retire by 40. Thanks to this business I did that (from my job) 3 years sooner than expected. I've never looked back.

                                                                                    Now I put in a few hours or a few minutes of "work" per day (can you really call this work?), networking online and over the phone, sitting at the computer, designing the odd page or banner for someone, posting on wm boards, updating a few sites here and there etc.... this is what I call retirement with extra icing. :D


                                                                                    But I think quiet is at a different level of retirement than most. I completely identify with what he's saying, and I've never understood the "I MUST work" mentality that so many average people have. It's insane. With that amount of money socked away you could afford to travel anywhere anytime, take your woman to the Caribbean or the south of France etc at the drop of a hat. And when you're back in your home town there's always some who is off that day and can go do something, go for lunch etc. Buy a nice cottage or villa somewhere and then go shopping to fill it with cool stuff.... then spend a few months there every year. Take up something you always wanted to do but didn't have time before because of "work".... the possibilities are endless and only limited by your own limited thinking.

                                                                                    I've been 'quietly' investing my money, nearly all of it, for nearly 10 years now (ever since getting into this business pretty much). I'm several years away from being "quiet retired" but I'll get there. For now I live a pretty modest life. For now.

                                                                                    :D
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                                                                                    • BucksMania
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Oct 2005
                                                                                      • 3758

                                                                                      #92
                                                                                      Originally posted by reynold
                                                                                      Everything's going well so I don't see any reason why I should retire.
                                                                                      yeah it needs to go very well for a lot of time, before considering retirement
                                                                                      at least for me....

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                                                                                      • CDSmith
                                                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                        • May 2001
                                                                                        • 51460

                                                                                        #93
                                                                                        Originally posted by dirtydesignz
                                                                                        By your definition of retired...then I guess we are We moved to Cancun, work a bit just to keep things moving along and spend our time either on the beach, shopping, seeing all the myan ruins, traveling or napping......some days we work more than others, but we don't have to go very far to feel completely retired.

                                                                                        My hubby (Adult Site Traffic) said he wanted to retire by age 40 and he is already 39, so I guess he is on the right track. So far, bordom hasn't been an issue. Maybe we will end up working just like we did before we moved here, but I don't want that anytime soon.....
                                                                                        Lizzie.... do you have a sister?
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