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Jethro Rocker

Jethro Rocker

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I realized the other day I don't know what most people here do, or what they did if retired. Just curious.

I worked at a pro photography equipmemt store for 20 years, was a manager. We had all the really neat stuff, Hasselblads, Leicas etc amd pro lighting, darkroom... small store the market changed and owner sold store.
I went to another larger chain store for 4 years and had enough retail so I quit at 49.
We had sold some of the wife's farmland at that point so she still worked but I didn't. Then in 2016 she had her brain surgery.

So that was that. She never went back and sold the rest of farmlamd in 2017/18. Done and retired very comfortably.
So I still dabble with photography as you know and play in the bands.
Good stuff.
 
I worked in IT support. Network/Desktop/etc. for 40+ years. The final 13 years I did IT work for our company's Capital Management subsidiary. When I hit 65, I decided I'd had enough.

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Jethro Rocker said:
I realized the other day I don't know what most people here do, or what they did if retired. Just curious.

I worked at a pro photography equipmemt store for 20 years, was a manager. We had all the really neat stuff, Hasselblads, Leicas etc amd pro lighting, darkroom... small store the market changed and owner sold store.
I went to another larger chain store for 4 years and had enough retail so I quit at 49.
We had sold some of the wife's farmland at that point so she still worked but I didn't. Then in 2016 she had her brain surgery.

So that was that. She never went back and sold the rest of farmlamd in 2017/18. Done and retired very comfortably.
So I still dabble with photography as you know and play in the bands.
Good stuff.
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Nice, Jethro. BUT, do you know what an f-stop is?

Lol. Kiddin'.
 
Graduated HS in 1972 and went to work full time at the local farm service. Basically as a general laborer.

Did that for about 2 years when I left to go work at the local JI Case tractor equipment dealer. Primarily as the truck driver. When not out picking up or delivering equipment worked in service department as a mechanic.

That lasted till 1980 when after the parts guy had his 2nd hissy fit in a few months and walked out the door for the 2nd time….. store manager invited me into his office and offered me the parts counter job. And that’s what I’ve done for the next 40 years. Worked for three different owners, but all in the same building till 2001 when the 3rd owner decided to go out of business. Moved 200 miles east to work in a Case Construction Equipment dealership. In 09 the recession finally bit me and went thru a fairly lengthy period of unemployment before landing my last job at a Lake Michigan marina.

October 2020 I decided to call it a day and retire. Have not for one minute missed the daily grind of having to go to work. Almost 50 years was long enough.
 
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