Where will you be (or where you want to be) when you are 65?

[Meat Grinder]

So the point that man was trying to get across is he is probably making $40+ an hour doing a trade, while the high school teacher that disparaged him is probably making $30k ish a year. Bottom line here in the USA is we need more individuals willing to work the trades.

 

[Badger73]

So the point that man was trying to get across is he is probably making $40+ an hour doing a trade, while the high school teacher that disparaged him is probably making $30k ish a year. Bottom line here in the USA is we need more individuals willing to work the trades.

There's a concerted effort in Wisconsin to make that so. There's a shortage of plumbers, electricians, HVAC guys, and so forth. High schools are re-evaluating graduation into college and doing a better job of evaluating aptitudes for students better served by going to Technical Schools instead. I think Europe is decades ahead of America on this.

 

[Louis]

wow, I did not know that there were several of us who exceeded 50 years

 

[mTk]

A lot of board game war gamers here.

 

[Buckykatt]

wow, I did not know that there were several of us who exceeded 50 years

Me neither...most of us are a bunch of old buzzards...and I mean that in a good way.

 

[Buckykatt]

Speaking of board wargamers @mTk I just bought this for my 10 year old grandson for X-mas. He is into this kind of thing.

 

[daisy]

I am 44 now and the organisation I work for will force me to retire at age 60 so I have quite a few years left yet.

I am saving for my retirement and hope that it will be enough.

As to where I will be at age 65 - hopefully living in either Graaff-Reinet or Port-Elizabeth, painting miniatures, playing some games and swearing at local politicians.

 

[mTk]

@Buckykatt Oh, my! The 2nd board game I ever played. The first was original Gettysburg by AH.

 

[Nelson1812]

A lot of board game war gamers here.

@mTk… who are you calling a bored war gamer... just because I was never a teacher, or a construction worker... doesn't mean I can't count!
72... Wow... That's catching Ted up!

 

[HOA_KSOP]

Speaking of board wargamers @mTk I just bought this for my 10 year old grandson for X-mas. He is into this kind of thing.
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Loved this game. Hope you play it with him. I started with boardgames (DDay, Tactics 2, Blitzkrieg) and it's been a lifelong hobby. I still have most of my boardgames but am well into the computer end of gaming. There is a very good gaming store about a mile from my house and they have a gaming room and an active community of gamers playing more modern stuff I have never heard of so maybe I need to take an old-school game over there and see if I can proselytize some folks to old-school gaming.

 

[Nort]

For me it was Panzer Leader and PanzerBlitz. I still have active CS games going with blokes from The Blitz.

 

[Buckykatt]

For me it was Panzer Leader and PanzerBlitz. I still have active CS games going with blokes from The Blitz.

Unfortunately up on the shelf

 

[HOA_KSOP]

Oh I have Panzer Leader and Panzer Blitz and Third Reich, which I see you do as well. I have a bunch, that's all I know.

 

[Meat Grinder]

I like the duct tape on the boxes. That means they were well used.

 

[Zinzan]

Just plain alive, everything else is bonus. (Happiness, money, health come second to the first prize - still being here.)

 

[Nelson1812]

@Zinzan
Good to see you getting out of your box...

 

[Hedgehog]

@mTk… who are you calling a bored war gamer... just because I was never a teacher, or a construction worker... doesn't mean I can't count!
72... Wow... That's catching Ted up!

Keep trying mate you will get there eventually

 

[Hedgehog]

I like the duct tape on the boxes. That means they were well used.

Well spotted Doug

 

[Hedgehog]

Having hit 72 recently I'm pretty much just happy to be here.
Was fortunate enough to be able to retire at 62 so there's that.

I could have retired at 65 but decided to go on, I finished at 72 no regrets I enjoyed my job, plus I thought while I have the energy keep cracking on Ted Boy

 

[Gunner]

A lot of board game war gamers here.

I was a big Avalon Hill board gamer.
I started probably playing around 1964 when I was 8.
I started with Tactics II and Blitzkrieg.
I had about every game they put out from Tactics II to Advanced Squad leader.

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