On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:44:56 GMT, "Bill Kiene"
wrote:

Hi All,

I was wondering how many people here are retired?

Any words of wisdom about preparing for retirement from the older retired
crowd?

The best advise, which I followed, was do not wait until you retire to
take up some activity. After 34 years with the school system, I
retired. I loved teaching and love sailing. Thus I am a cruising
instructor. That keeps me quite busy. Our company has a desk in a
travel agency; I man that two to three days a week. In the second
week of January I will be teaching coastal navigation for eight weeks.
Come boating season I will be on the water more often. Last year I
got in about 50 days of instruction.

I also got more serious about my golf. In the off season I play
squash three times a week.

Jack

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Jack Dale
Swiftsure Sailing Academy
Director/ISPA and CYA Instructor
http://www.swiftsuresailing.com
Phone: 1 (877) 470-SAIL (toll free)
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