Well, it's finally gonna happen

[William Woods]

When I first started in my career, an old head told me that he had done some research on longevity in our field. I was told that the life expectancy of a career employee (twenty years or more) in our field, in our town, was fifty-eight. The average life expectancy of a career employee (again, twenty years or more) in our field, in our town, after retirement, was five years. I have retired. My wife says she will work until she is eighty, with or without me.

Congratulations. I wish you the best.

[Bill Murphy]

My last job before the Army was managing National Capital Skeet and Trap Club, a great Washington, D.C. area gun club. My career after the Army was 29 1/2 years. After my retirement from that "career" I never worked a day unless it was in a fine gun store. I have been retired almost as long as my career. The Lovely Linda followed me in retirement a few years later. I am not as talented or ambitious as many of my friends, but I may be happier with my decision as I enter my ninth decade of good health, bird dogs, and outdoor living.