Texarkandy
Member
Houston is another popular locality area to transfer to 3 years before retirement for that reason.
http://opm.gov/oca/09tables/pdf/HOU.pdf
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Retirement Talk
- Thread starter robo
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Houston is another popular locality area to transfer to 3 years before retirement for that reason.
http://opm.gov/oca/09tables/pdf/HOU.pdf
alevin
Well-known member
LOL, thank you guys, I know there are other high locale-pay places out there, I just choose not to strap myself to afford the housing costs on single income, even with them coming down. Not when I have a modest older paid-for home in RUS country. Not yet anyway, I'm still 8-15 years from retirement (2017-2024), depending. MRA+30? Full SS age? Somewhere inbetween? What's my TSP and other investment account going to look like by 2014?-not anywhere like what I hoped it would, more than likely. do I really want to throw more $ into paying mortgage interest for several more years instead of investing outside of TSP as well as within? For me it's pretty much been one or the other (mortgage or Roth), not both, the past 15 years.
I picked DC as an example, since I watched my dad do the daily commute for 20+ years suit and tie. it's more high-probability for me tho than other potential locations. Nobody in my agency wants to go there even for a 2 grade promotion, they have a hard time getting enough applicants for positions I could apply to. If I decide to try this hattrick, it'll probably be closer to retirement dates, minimize the life energy spent in a place I don't want to be any longer than necessary-big city, commuter life, formal office environment, east or west. OK to visit tho. SF someday might be good for a visit, never been there. Long time since been in TX, Seattle cousins are all Aggies, so's my dad.
I picked DC as an example, since I watched my dad do the daily commute for 20+ years suit and tie. it's more high-probability for me tho than other potential locations. Nobody in my agency wants to go there even for a 2 grade promotion, they have a hard time getting enough applicants for positions I could apply to. If I decide to try this hattrick, it'll probably be closer to retirement dates, minimize the life energy spent in a place I don't want to be any longer than necessary-big city, commuter life, formal office environment, east or west. OK to visit tho. SF someday might be good for a visit, never been there. Long time since been in TX, Seattle cousins are all Aggies, so's my dad.
budnipper1
Active member
nnuut
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And I can't wait, I think I'll get a boat like you and hang out at the beach all summer!!
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budnipper1
Active member
And I can't wait, I think I'll get a boat like you and hang out at the beach all summer!!
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GOOD IDEA...GO FOR IT, BUDDY!!!
and, THANKS for the TOW!
YOU'RE A LIFE-SAVER!!! (the BUD-BARGE is out of GAS!)
View attachment 5664and, THANKS for the TOW!
YOU'RE A LIFE-SAVER!!! (the BUD-BARGE is out of GAS!)
Buster
Well-known member
A day and a time in retirement:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on
the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As
I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up
from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the
car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under
the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going
to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the
bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one
check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the
house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking. I'm going to
look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't
accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in
the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a
vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -- they need water. I put the
Pepsi on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching
for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going
to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a
container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the
kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking
for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide
to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers . I
pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I
set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I
head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day: The car isn't
washed. The bills aren't paid. There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the
counter. The flowers don't have enough water. There is still only 1 check in my
check book. I can't find the remote. I can't find my glasses. And I don't
remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why
nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn
day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to
get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on
the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As
I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up
from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the
car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under
the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going
to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the
bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one
check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the
house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking. I'm going to
look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't
accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in
the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a
vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -- they need water. I put the
Pepsi on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching
for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going
to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a
container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the
kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking
for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide
to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers . I
pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I
set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I
head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day: The car isn't
washed. The bills aren't paid. There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the
counter. The flowers don't have enough water. There is still only 1 check in my
check book. I can't find the remote. I can't find my glasses. And I don't
remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why
nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn
day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to
get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
budnipper1
Active member
It's really not all that bad, once you accept it.
Anyways, there's always TOMORROW! :laugh:
Anyways, there's always TOMORROW! :laugh:
