WIND HUNTER'S Account Talk

[nnuut]

Are you over 3000 hrs yet? I still have a few to go:nuts:

I have 240 Annual and 700 Sick am CSRS, should have 5 months to count as seniority when I retire. Used a bunch of sick during BRAC in 1995!!:toung:
Wish I had 3000 hours sick, that's 17 months (month = 174 hours) and some change!!

 

[kar_crazy]

Boy that sounds really good, but I'm hear at work, trying to save leave so I can carry over 240 hours. Gonna cash those BABIES and more in when I retire January 2010!!
Oh YEAH!!

well we are here slaving too, still have 12years, to 17, to life just getting ready for a better new year, me i am on FERS dont get to carry S/L ,so i will be sure and use when needed

 

[nnuut]

well we are here slaving too, still have 12years, to 17, to life just getting ready for a better new year, me i am on FERS dont get to carry S/L ,so i will be sure and use when needed

By the time you retire your sick leave WILL count as seniority. They passed a law this year!!! GOGGLE IT!
OH Yeah!!

 

[nnuut]

Here's a link!! Never heard about getting CASH for sick leave though?
http://www.governmentexecutive.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40602&dcn=todaysnews

House backs new FERS sick leave policyBy Brittany R. Ballenstedt bballenstedt@govexec.com July 31, 2008
The House passed a measure on Wednesday that would grant federal employees hired since 1984 the same benefit as their counterparts in an older retirement system: credit for unused sick leave in their pension calculations.
Currently, employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (generally those hired in 1984 or later) cannot count unused sick leave toward their retirement annuity. Those under the older Civil Service Retirement System do receive such credit.
The measure, introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., was included in a larger bill (H.R. 1108) called the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The proposal is similar to legislation introduced in March by Rep. James Moran, D-Va., but is much more generous. Moran's bill would have provided FERS employees with a one-time payment of up to $10,000 for any remaining sick leave at retirement.
The House measure would give FERS employees retiring during the next three years credit for 75 percent of their accrued sick leave. Those retiring later would be able to count all their unused leave.
The bill also covers employees under the Foreign Service Pension System and U.S. Postal Service.
All federal employees receive 13 days of sick leave annually and may carry over unlimited amounts of sick leave from year to year. But the discrepancy between the two retirement systems has prompted more FERS employees to use up their sick leave as they approach retirement, the Congressional Research Service reported last summer and in 2004.
In responses to a 2004 survey by FPMI Solutions, an Alexandria, Va., human resources staffing and training company, 85 percent of CSRS employees said they conserved as much sick leave as possible, while 75 percent of FERS employees said they would use as much sick leave as possible as they near retirement.
"Our current use-it-or-lose-it system for FERS employees hurts productivity and increases training costs," Moran said. "We need to be incentivizing the accrual of sick leave, not encouraging people to call in sick in the weeks leading up to retirement."
Federal employees' and managers' organizations have long backed the sick leave measure.
"This is a very welcome and important step toward correcting some of the disparity in treatment of employees who often work side by side," said Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union.

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Cool! They fiinally got smart by letting our sick leave count to retirement. I might have to quit calling in sick and going SAILING......:nuts: NAH!!...

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

move it on over, time for a cool one crown, ice, and what else a splash of? done forgot

Crown and a splash of vermouth on ice. Manhattan, Oh Yeah! I had a few too many of those Christmas night...

 

[kar_crazy]

Here's a link!! Never heard about getting CASH for sick leave though?
http://www.governmentexecutive.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40602&dcn=todaysnews

House backs new FERS sick leave policyBy Brittany R. Ballenstedt bballenstedt@govexec.com July 31, 2008
The House passed a measure on Wednesday that would grant federal employees hired since 1984 the same benefit as their counterparts in an older retirement system: credit for unused sick leave in their pension calculations.
Currently, employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (generally those hired in 1984 or later) cannot count unused sick leave toward their retirement annuity. Those under the older Civil Service Retirement System do receive such credit.
The measure, introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., was included in a larger bill (H.R. 1108) called the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The proposal is similar to legislation introduced in March by Rep. James Moran, D-Va., but is much more generous. Moran's bill would have provided FERS employees with a one-time payment of up to $10,000 for any remaining sick leave at retirement.
The House measure would give FERS employees retiring during the next three years credit for 75 percent of their accrued sick leave. Those retiring later would be able to count all their unused leave.
The bill also covers employees under the Foreign Service Pension System and U.S. Postal Service.
All federal employees receive 13 days of sick leave annually and may carry over unlimited amounts of sick leave from year to year. But the discrepancy between the two retirement systems has prompted more FERS employees to use up their sick leave as they approach retirement, the Congressional Research Service reported last summer and in 2004.
In responses to a 2004 survey by FPMI Solutions, an Alexandria, Va., human resources staffing and training company, 85 percent of CSRS employees said they conserved as much sick leave as possible, while 75 percent of FERS employees said they would use as much sick leave as possible as they near retirement.
"Our current use-it-or-lose-it system for FERS employees hurts productivity and increases training costs," Moran said. "We need to be incentivizing the accrual of sick leave, not encouraging people to call in sick in the weeks leading up to retirement."
Federal employees' and managers' organizations have long backed the sick leave measure.
"This is a very welcome and important step toward correcting some of the disparity in treatment of employees who often work side by side," said Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union.

sweet this is the first i have heard of this , best start saving

 

[kar_crazy]

Crown and a splash of vermouth on ice. Manhattan, Oh Yeah! I had a few too many of those Christmas night...

vermouth i need to write this down , try it on new years

 

[kar_crazy]

keep us safe tomorrow and Tuesday W H I will be off , I know you can do this , i dont know if I will have a chance to look or do anything , my appointment is @ 10:00 good chance i will be floating on the lilly:nuts:

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Stocks is a risky play this week, but looking for a quick in and out.....:nuts:

 

[Steadygain]

Stocks is a risky play this week, but looking for a quick in and out.....:nuts:

Today is looking great...F going down and the others going up

I agree... a quick in and out reduces risk and gives you something to hold on to.


On to the musical side of life... I would imagine Stars are born in the Key of A probably die in E flat

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Today is looking great...F going down and the others going up

I agree... a quick in and out reduces risk and gives you something to hold on to.


On to the musical side of life... I would imagine Stars are born in the Key of A probably die in E flat

Ahh, chickened out today. At our deadline it looked like the markets would be up nicely and I hate buying in on big up days. So I will continue to be patient and wait for a nice entry. BTW I love E flat. Tune down a half step - Ala Hendrix's Voodoo Chile- Now there's a great jam to free the body and mind of frustration and then right into the "Bold as Love" solo and you will begin to feel an out of body experience.

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Well, we're iced in here, the base is closed, so hopefully I'll be able to make a good decision (with no distractions) on whether to use my 2 IFT's here or wait for the market give us a clear direction. As Tom said this morning in his commentary, if we have 10-15 yrs before retiremement we might want to take a chance here, and that would be me. So I might jump in if the market holds up in spite of all the bad news....:nuts:

 

[WorkFE]

I am with you WH. I am in that range now and bought in on the last low. Not sure if I'll wait it out or try and make little bits here and there on the rollercoaster. Sometimes I just want to set it and forget it.

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

I am with you WH. I am in that range now and bought in on the last low. Not sure if I'll wait it out or try and make little bits here and there on the rollercoaster. Sometimes I just want to set it and forget it.

I agree. This market is hard to time. I just went 50-C 50-S, hoping for a short rally and then gack to the lilly.

 

[WorkFE]

Currently 25-5-5-5-60
Probably pull back before week is over unless it tanks

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Yes, if it tanks big time, I'm in for the long haul, but looking for 1-2% and getting out.

 

[WorkFE]

Good call

 

[kar_crazy]

welcome back hope your in to make some ching ching had to take wife to work now i can relax:laugh: , dont tell her i said this:laugh:

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

welcome back hope your in to make some ching ching had to take wife to work now i can relax:laugh: , dont tell her i said this:laugh:

Hope to make a little. Well, I take that back, I hope to make a lot of $$$ But I'll settle for a little cha ching. See you manana if the base isn't closed again.