OT: Butch Retiring?

[Guest guest]

Hey Butch,

 

I enjoyed reading about your wild night out and commend you for

listening to the needs of your changing body. 'Tis true, " if you

don't use it, you lose it " !

 

Like you, I sit at this PC 12+ hours a day. My good friend is a rep

for Gaia Herbs and I recently helped her out doing inventory at a

couple of health food stores. Squatting and stooping and reaching for

almost 8 hours. OH MY. The next day I could hardly move! It was a

major wake up call to this once very active woman.

 

Enjoy your retirement and that SS check! It's the " American Dream "

that many of us will never experience.

 

All the best,

Michelle

 

Butch wrote: by the end of 2005 I will most likely fold. I'm tired of

the business ..tired of working 12-14 hours a day .. and I am now

eligible to draw Social Security .. which will be right about the

same amount I draw out of the business now. All I do now is sell one

HELL OF A LOT OF PRODUCTS at an extremely ridiculous low profit

margin and manage to keep three people employed in Maryland. I'm not

Catholic so the Pope is not about to consider me for Sainthood ..

best I go fishing. ;-)

[Guest guest]

Hey Kelly, Jan .. other good folks ..

 

> Oh nooooooooooo, Butch, you can't retire! :-O At least not without someone

> comparable to fill your shoes and me thinks that's not possible! :-(

 

Lots of good folks out there .. lots of bad ones too but there is no

shortage of good ones. Nobody is irreplaceable .. even those who think

they are. ;-)

 

But thanks for the kind words. :-)

 

> Kelly

> (I know, that's a very selfish thing to say, isn't it?!)

 

Probably not .. I recall having similar feelings a few times over the

years when good commanders or subordinates decided to retire. But the

first " official " step of planning to retire from a business is to make

it known in the business .. it sorta motivates one to follow through -

and that's why I am doing this. I don't want to talk myself out of it.

 

Jan wrote:

> Is Butch retiring.

 

Yes ma'am .. its a normal progression in life .. something most folks

look forward to. I'm not going to stop working .. I'm just gonna stop

working for money. ;-)

 

I need to do all the things I haven't done .. need to climb some more

mountains and fish some more streams .. need to travel a lot more and

visit old military friends afore they go under snakes .. and if I get

bored doing that I might like doing volunteer work for outfits like the

Sheriff's Ranches that teach little city yonkers how to survive in the

wild .. to appreciate nature and to build self confidence.

 

I MUST get out of this damn chair in front of this damn PC .. it keeps

me out of shape and I don't like it. There is no way I can continue to

do this and remain healthy. Just last night a buddy and I went to a

disco. I don't normally like discos but this one is a 60s disco .. has

an American Bandstand theme. I started showing off for a bunch purty

young gals and got into the twist, the stroll and a whole lotta shaking

going on .. it was fun cause it was my kind of music and brought back a

lot of good memories .. had a ball till 4 this morning. Hit the rack

around 5 and got up at 2 .. found muscles I didn't know I had. ;-)

 

I am not a young man but I am not ready to feel like this as a matter of

routine. I had not danced like that in maybe three years .. but I can

recall that I felt pretty good the next morning back then .. I am sorta

embarrassed at how I feel today.

 

And .. I can think of no reason to continue to work when I can draw my

Social Security and get damn near as much benefit as I do from working.

This EO business can be dealt with in a number of ways .. folks who run

a shop out of their home and sell only retail sizes EO can make a fair

amount of money .. but they must be willing to work a minimum of 12

hours a day. They can avoid the administrative requirements of detailed

book keeping and inventory control and such. When one gets into retail

and wholesale .. as I am .. and deals in high volume .. as I do .. they

need a walk in shop and employees and all the normal expenses that go

with running a company. Then they must have a heckuva large volume of

sales to pay all the monthly expenses and still have a buck or two for

themselves.

 

> He did say in the e-mail I just read that he can keep three people employed

> in Maryland. What's the scoop?

 

That's pretty much it .. I have three folks working there now but having

to manage people is a lot more of a hassle than I need also .. I need to

start taking care of myself and sitting on my butt in front of a PC

monitor is NOT taking care of myself.

 

> Jan

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

>>by the end of 2005 I will most likely fold. I'm tired of the business ..

>>tired of working 12-14 hours a day .. and I am now eligible to draw

>>Social Security .. which will be right about the same amount I draw out

>>of the business now. All I do now is sell one HELL OF A LOT OF PRODUCTS

>>at an extremely ridiculous low profit margin and manage to keep three

>>people employed in Maryland. I'm not Catholic so the Pope is not about

>>to consider me for Sainthood .. best I go fishing. ;-)