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Message 1595257 - Posted: 1 Nov 2014, 0:04:12 UTC - in response to Message 1595241.  

Some say Moose testicles are a delicacy.

In Canada it is:(
http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipe/moose-testiclesoysters/9711/
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Message 1595299 - Posted: 1 Nov 2014, 0:48:30 UTC - in response to Message 1595241.  

Some say Moose testicles are a delicacy.

*crosses legs* Ouch :)

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Message 1595415 - Posted: 1 Nov 2014, 5:14:54 UTC

To answer the original question, yes I am retired and I enjoy checking in here a few times every day to see where the conversation is heading. Regarding crunching, I have had at least one computer working the seti@home project 24/7 since 1999, with a little time off here and there during moves and such.
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Message 1595430 - Posted: 1 Nov 2014, 6:28:00 UTC

Retired here, but I still have to do some work to cover my power bills.

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Message 1595466 - Posted: 1 Nov 2014, 8:33:47 UTC

Not yet. I'm semi retired.
And I have no loan that must be paid:)
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Message 1595469 - Posted: 1 Nov 2014, 8:50:01 UTC - in response to Message 1595241.  

Some say Moose testicles are a delicacy.


But the smell?
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Message 1595770 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 0:18:06 UTC

Not retired yet here, will get much more time on my hands if I do at the blessed age of 65 here in Belgium.
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Message 1595775 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 0:33:44 UTC

Only 45...long ways to go until I'm retired.


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Message 1595785 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 1:16:38 UTC

no, not retired.
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Message 1595797 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 2:29:23 UTC

I get SSI since I am severely disabled since 2003 and not able bodied anymore, I like PCs, so Seti helps pass the time, that and either repairing/replacing stuff(Car, House, clothes, My PC, a TV, etc, etc, etc) or watching tv or I play a game online or holding My cat Grace. In a sense I'm waiting to die and I don't have much of a life left, it's not like I had a choice either, life happens, I deplore interference in what little I have...
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Message 1595803 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 3:20:13 UTC

Less than 3 years to go of working for wages.
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Message 1595807 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 3:32:06 UTC

Retired. Busy, though, but at a more leisurely pace.
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Message 1595815 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 3:59:27 UTC

I wish. Still doing that 40 hour a week thing. Might be able to retire at 72. Or is it 90 by the time I get there.

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Message 1595838 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 5:11:37 UTC
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Im 62. I have to work untill 66 to get medicade. If my health is still good, might work until im 67.
I need to fix a lot of things around the house first.
I used to spend a lot more time on the boards. At the moment it seems like I have a truck load of htings to do and not enough time. Things are picking up at work and overtime is need to make orders. So I have had to cut back on my time here. But my computers are running 24/7. I just check them daily to see how they are doing.
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Message 1595856 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 6:52:54 UTC

Semi-retired. Work 5 months a year for the USDA as a machiinery tech and supervisor. Rest of the year I live on investment income, US Navy retired pay, and a small VA disability compensation (hearing loss). Could draw reduced Social Security in two years, but will probably work until I can draw full Social Security at 66.

When I'm working, I only drop by the Forums for a short time in the evening, as I have no Internet access at work, but I spend more time here in thr off-season.
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Message 1595951 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 15:08:44 UTC
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Not retired here, but thinking about it...

I'm just amazed at the computing power some of you have contributed. I have 3 average computers on a router with a 3 Mbps download connection, and an upload connection at around .32 Mbps.
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Message 1595956 - Posted: 2 Nov 2014, 15:22:14 UTC

I may never be properly retired. Currently I am doing telephone support 24/7 for my old job and that mostly consist of having the support number routed to my cell phone so I can respond any where/any time. My second job is second in command land lord and second in command maintaining a trust that will run another 30 years.
In addition I am a unpaid odd job person for the family.
The landlord job tends to only be half a day ending around noon unless something major happens like the 4th of july. Last July we had a plumbing failure that required I stay with the plumber until noon to make sure the water was back on.
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