People have different definitions of retirement and I find that it often depends on how old they are. Being the figurehead here and also by virtue of being retired (in one of the definitions) I usually have to face the resulting confusion. Retired is what follows after you’re no longer capable of work. Let me [...]
Three different definitions of retirement and the resulting confusion
Published in August 30th, 2011
Posted by Jacob in Early Retirement
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Do you want to start a business/project with us?
Published in August 29th, 2011
My impression is that many who read this site are ambitious hard working people who have simple grown tired of jobs, you know, the places where you spend 9-5 doing work that could have been done in half the time if it wasn’t for meetings, time-wasting procedures, and projects that are going nowhere. Forsooth, there’s [...]
DIY improvisation of a patio table
Published in August 28th, 2011
This table was built out of a form I made to fiberglass up a new shower pan, hence the curious shape. The table top is therefore an exact copy of our shower—in case you were curious, now you know. The legs are from a potato tower. They are mortised together with 1x1s, also from the [...]
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