Has anyone that still posts around here, actually retired? - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

Peaches · 01-17-2005, 08:05 AM

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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.

Satisfaction · 01-17-2005, 08:09 AM

nah working and having fun at the same time..

maxjohan · 01-17-2005, 08:15 AM

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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

pxxx · 01-17-2005, 08:16 AM

Nope, I am too young for that.

Nicky · 01-17-2005, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

does he post here?

not anymore

Nylz · 01-17-2005, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

I work 10 mins a day...does that count?

TRANNY!!

tranza · 01-17-2005, 08:21 AM

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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!!!

Peaches · 01-17-2005, 08:21 AM

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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.

maxjohan · 01-17-2005, 08:23 AM

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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

Peaches · 01-17-2005, 08:27 AM

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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

maxjohan · 01-17-2005, 08:29 AM

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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.

maxjohan · 01-17-2005, 08:31 AM

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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 ;=))))

Nylz · 01-17-2005, 08:34 AM

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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)

Rui · 01-17-2005, 09:17 AM

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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

Basic_man · 01-17-2005, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

I work 10 mins a day...does that count?

You work 10 minutes per day, and post 10 hours !

Dirty F · 01-17-2005, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Nylz

lol

Franck is the artist formerly known as Battuss (TAFKAB)

Hahaha yes yes

KRL · 01-17-2005, 09:39 AM

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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.

Rui · 01-17-2005, 12:59 PM

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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"

?

slapass · 01-17-2005, 01:20 PM

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.

dirtydesignz · 01-17-2005, 01:48 PM

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.....

Shoplifter · 01-17-2005, 08:45 PM

I imagine Ibill will be notifying you of your retirement (or not) very soon now.

austinth · 01-17-2005, 08:49 PM

i was till i joined forces with Pinky and The Brain.

Screaming · 01-17-2005, 08:52 PM

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

Drake · 01-17-2005, 09:04 PM

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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.

Spunky · 01-17-2005, 09:05 PM

I have another 20 years to go

fuzebox · 01-17-2005, 09:14 PM

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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.

felipeav · 01-17-2005, 09:18 PM

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

L0stMind · 01-17-2005, 09:30 PM

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.

KRL · 01-17-2005, 09:40 PM

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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.

[email protected]

reynold · 01-18-2005, 01:23 AM

I get tired but I'm not retiring yet.

Rui · 01-19-2005, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by KRL

I have lots of good things right now. Just send me an e-mail.

[email protected]

Sent a mail to you yesterday

DEA - banned for life · 01-19-2005, 07:51 AM

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

Theo · 01-20-2005, 06:08 AM

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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

kuthi123 · 01-20-2005, 06:11 AM

it is fun for me not working

polish_aristocrat · 04-28-2007, 06:10 AM

so quiet what do you do all day now?

do you do all these things:

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- 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

bobby666 · 04-28-2007, 06:14 AM

i am sure - i not

TheDoc · 04-28-2007, 06:36 AM

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.

polish_aristocrat · 06-01-2007, 09:04 AM

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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?

quiet · 06-01-2007, 09:06 AM

see sig

polish_aristocrat · 06-01-2007, 09:18 AM

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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...

CDSmith · 06-01-2007, 09:42 AM

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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

BucksMania · 06-01-2007, 10:42 AM

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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....

CDSmith · 06-01-2007, 09:17 PM

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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?

01-17-2005, 01:48 PM	#70
dirtydesignz Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Playa de los Playas :) Posts: 1,815	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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01-17-2005, 08:52 PM	#73
Screaming I can change this!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 18,972	i dont wanna retire now, i wanna work and keep active, when you slow down thats when shit starts going bad __________________

01-17-2005, 09:05 PM	#75
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,949	I have another 20 years to go __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

01-17-2005, 09:18 PM	#77
felipeav Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 423	i wouldn't retire never ... i love this shit __________________ Promote our sites at SpiderDollars.com

01-17-2005, 08:09 AM	#52
Satisfaction WootWootCash.com Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 10,900	nah working and having fun at the same time..

01-17-2005, 08:16 AM	#54
pxxx First African GFY Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,114	Nope, I am too young for that.

01-17-2005, 01:20 PM	#69
slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,625	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.

01-17-2005, 08:45 PM	#71
Shoplifter Richest man in Babylon Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Posts: 10,002 Posts: 5,734	I imagine Ibill will be notifying you of your retirement (or not) very soon now.

01-17-2005, 09:30 PM	#78
L0stMind Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancity Posts: 1,681	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. __________________ http://cashcore.com - Make Money. http://ezprovider.net - Hosting.

01-18-2005, 01:23 AM	#80
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	I get tired but I'm not retiring yet.

01-19-2005, 07:51 AM	#82
DEA - banned for life V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: InYour Head Posts: 7,886	i live like a retired old man....get up at crack of dawn...long walks..go to bed early..smoke my pipe

01-20-2005, 06:11 AM	#84
kuthi123 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,478	it is fun for me not working

04-28-2007, 06:14 AM	#86
bobby666 boots are my religion Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Heart of europe Posts: 21,765	i am sure - i not __________________

04-28-2007, 06:36 AM	#87
TheDoc Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Currently Incognito Posts: 13,827	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. __________________ ~TheDoc - ICQ7765825 It's all disambiguation

06-01-2007, 09:06 AM	#89
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	see sig __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP