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<blockquote data-quote="The Milkman" data-source="post: 529944" data-attributes="member: 22760"><p>I couldn't wait as the time drew near..You have to be feeling better everyday.And once you get eligible like I did I let the ctr know what was on my mind knowing that they couldn't do anything to me.I LOVED it..After all the loads,all the misloads,all the OCA at the end of your long day,The next morning getting reamed for production,The so called LIGHT day X-Mas eve and getting to family late, All the times they pulled me or you off your rte to accomadate a rookie ,all the times I had to put chains on my P-500 to get out of a snowy situation,the crappy heater boxes with electrical taped defroster(worthless) hoses in my P-600 ,the splinters from the wooden shelves, the dim (1 light) in the back,Then came the Nordic tracs,then Gateway and my bulkhead door was looking very small..From 50 to 70 then 150lbs...Sorry i am getting wound up and I know most of you can realte..Took me months to finally realize I don't have to climb in the ol 600 or 800 and strain my knees. Just make sure when you reach your time..LEAVE..don't hang on..I remember Parking my 7 my last day before going inside and I said to myself "it's another chapter in my life" I moved on and believe me you will not regret it.No reason to hangf around.The difference in my Pension and 40 hrs a wk was 165 bucks a month.$4.40 per hour to stay and work. If you need to work geta little Job like others I know who retired before me but don't stay. You can't buy time..Enjoy the years you have left as you may someday not be able to function physically. My back is Bad, Had Rotator cuff fixed(OUCH!) both elbows carpal tunnel on one hand...It's a tough Job and I will not repeat will not WORK again and I urge all of you to go int the 401K as I did in 87..I started out small and slowly increased it over the years and it really paid off for me as I could never save a dime..You get used to less take home pay. And the next thing you know 20,21,22...25 years go by in the wink of an eye and you see all big and small changes around you as you sail the SS Ups Ship..Once the rookie you now are the Senior Man and you earn every right to be proud to be Teamster and maybe not so proud how UPS sometimes does things but they still make $$$ no matter what. There is LIFE after UPS it's just that being wound up all these years you a like a big spring in awind up clock,it just takes a lot of time to unwind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Milkman, post: 529944, member: 22760"] I couldn't wait as the time drew near..You have to be feeling better everyday.And once you get eligible like I did I let the ctr know what was on my mind knowing that they couldn't do anything to me.I LOVED it..After all the loads,all the misloads,all the OCA at the end of your long day,The next morning getting reamed for production,The so called LIGHT day X-Mas eve and getting to family late, All the times they pulled me or you off your rte to accomadate a rookie ,all the times I had to put chains on my P-500 to get out of a snowy situation,the crappy heater boxes with electrical taped defroster(worthless) hoses in my P-600 ,the splinters from the wooden shelves, the dim (1 light) in the back,Then came the Nordic tracs,then Gateway and my bulkhead door was looking very small..From 50 to 70 then 150lbs...Sorry i am getting wound up and I know most of you can realte..Took me months to finally realize I don't have to climb in the ol 600 or 800 and strain my knees. Just make sure when you reach your time..LEAVE..don't hang on..I remember Parking my 7 my last day before going inside and I said to myself "it's another chapter in my life" I moved on and believe me you will not regret it.No reason to hangf around.The difference in my Pension and 40 hrs a wk was 165 bucks a month.$4.40 per hour to stay and work. If you need to work geta little Job like others I know who retired before me but don't stay. You can't buy time..Enjoy the years you have left as you may someday not be able to function physically. My back is Bad, Had Rotator cuff fixed(OUCH!) both elbows carpal tunnel on one hand...It's a tough Job and I will not repeat will not WORK again and I urge all of you to go int the 401K as I did in 87..I started out small and slowly increased it over the years and it really paid off for me as I could never save a dime..You get used to less take home pay. And the next thing you know 20,21,22...25 years go by in the wink of an eye and you see all big and small changes around you as you sail the SS Ups Ship..Once the rookie you now are the Senior Man and you earn every right to be proud to be Teamster and maybe not so proud how UPS sometimes does things but they still make $$$ no matter what. There is LIFE after UPS it's just that being wound up all these years you a like a big spring in awind up clock,it just takes a lot of time to unwind. [/QUOTE]
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