Calling Net54 Retirees....tell us how Retirement has influenced your hobby activities

[tedzan]

Has retirement been good to you regarding this hobby ? My retirement story is short-n-sweet.
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TED Z

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[bbcard1]

Not exactly retired, but I sold my company right before Covid. The crazy run up in prices has kept me from participating as fully as I had hoped. I just can't get my brain around the new pricing.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

Not exactly retired, but I sold my company right before Covid. The crazy run up in prices has kept me from participating as fully as I had hoped. I just can't get my brain around the new pricing.

Hi Todd

We are in quite uncertain times. I'm with you, regarding the "new pricing" situation....it is very perplexing. It certainly is not being driven by true collectors.

The "investors" are taking over our hobby; and, who knows what the result of all this will be in a year (or two).

Take care,


TED Z

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[whiteymet]

Sold my businesses and retired at age 55 in 2006. How has it impacted my hobby?

It has given me a LOT more time I can devote to the hobby. Which can be both good and bad. More time to search the net, but also more sedentary ( read weight gain!! ) from sitting in front of the computer all day.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Sold my businesses and retired at age 55 in 2006. How has it impacted my hobby?

It has given me a LOT more time I can devote to the hobby. Which can be both good and bad. More time to search the net, but also more sedentary ( read weight gain!! ) from sitting in front of the computer all day.

Great to hear from you, Fred. You look pretty good to me, every time you stop by at the Philly Show.

I try to moderate the weight gain due to "computering" by playing Tennis (Singles, for 2 hours a day....twice a week).
Or, taking long walks in to town (when my left knee isn't bothering me).

Take care, my good friend.


TED Z

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[irv]

I retired at 55 in 2019 after 36 yrs working for OPG (Ontario Power Generation, formerly Ontario Hydro) and I can definitely say retirement has afforded me a lot more time to look for cards, namely 52 Topps, but other cards as well.

Other than that I enjoy our trailer in the summer and everything associated with that and I snowmobile in the winter.
With the recent acquisition of 2 kittens in Sept, (getting big now) I will say, however, my free time has definitely taken a hit as these 2 guys keep me busy!

[jingram058]

I retired from the Navy in 2007 after going from E-1 to O-3 and 3 aircraft carriers in 26 years. Now I will retire for good in July of 2023, God willing, with Navy pension, Florida Retirement System pension, and Social Security. I use the VA for health care. If I can't make do with that, well...

[SyrNy1960]

James, thank you for your service. I retired in January 2009 with 30 years of service in the Navy. Started out as an E-1 and retired as a CWO4. Continued to work another 13 years with the Navy, retiring this past February with 43 years. Fully retired, will never have to work again. Financially set, so I'm still able to collect as always, but am more selective on what I buy.

[JCRedbird]

I retired in 2020. I have been collecting since about 1980, besides the cards I had from my childhood. Between kids and work, collecting was all I accomplished. No organization. Just got the cards and put them away. I've had time to organize sell off some of the duplicates I bought (due to my lack of organization). I'm a big Cardinal collector so I've been trying to polish off my Cardinal checklist for sets back to 1900.

[FrankWakefield]

Great posts, all of you. Ted, glad you got this thread started.

I'm going to gradually slow down with work. I have given thought to taking on fewer new clients, eventually vacating my office, and then meeting clients somewhere in the courthouse. For me it won't be a sudden change from working to not working.

I think part of the change is focusing on exactly what you want to collect or to continuing to collect; and minimizing the random acquisitions of stuff that doesn't exactly fit with what your focus is. Then after that, do you start selling off, or do you leave it to a spouse or kids to sell?

I too confess that this is me: "some of the duplicates I bought (due to my lack of organization)." I have cards that I didn't initially realize were duplicates. JCRedBird's Cardinals Fan confession actually is a twofold confession. 1- having duplicates due to a lack of organization, and 2- "sell off some"... That's me, too. Having discovered unintentional duplicates, I have then sold or traded some of them, but not all.