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Title: Last days of work....
Post by: Humpybong on July 06, 2008, 11:11:37 AM

Well on Fiday 11th July I retire and will now have more time to spend on my collections (that is after I do all of the jobs around the house my wife has lined up for me).  ;D

Also want to do a bit of travelling around Australia, visit coin shows, coin clubs (again if wife will let me)   ;D

Not sure how long each day I will be here in the castle but will be less that I have been when in my office.


So many coins, so little time.     ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: AdamL on July 06, 2008, 11:16:45 AM
Congratulations on your retirement!
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: longnine009 on July 06, 2008, 11:23:23 AM
Congratulations.  But I heard husbands never retire from the  "honey-do" list as long as  they're above ground.  ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Triggersmob on July 06, 2008, 11:53:39 AM
Congratulations on your retirement.

If you go travelling around Aus, don't forget to call in.

Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: scottishmoney on July 06, 2008, 12:39:50 PM
Congratulations on your retirement ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: CoinCrusader42 on July 06, 2008, 03:44:23 PM
Congratulations!!

I'm semi-retired, but one day soon I'll quit my part-time job also.

It's nice not to have to get up and go to work in the mornings.

 :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: ElleKitty on July 06, 2008, 06:17:02 PM
Congratulations, on your Retirement!
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Muckeye on July 06, 2008, 10:31:33 PM
Hi Barry,
First stop.
Due west to Nanango.
Beds available or room for a van.
Don't ask, just come.
regards,

(poor grammar)
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Paint Your Wagon on July 06, 2008, 11:10:51 PM
Congratulations

If you have an extralegal pension consider taking it all in a lumpsum to the bank of your choice . This is what I did since I do not thrust the American multinational nor the English multinational to continue paying untill my death . Now if I loose it I did loose it myself  ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: TwoShadows on July 10, 2008, 08:55:14 AM
So Barry is going to take on coin collecting as a full time job? I don't know if that will boost the Australian economy, with him not working, or put more of a burden on us? Guess we will find out if Australia raises it's coin prices? I would think, should the Aussie economy go down hill, they could force him back to work?  ???
We can probably offer HumpyBong our full time Sheriffs job right here! He would be just the guy to keep all these wild collectors in order. We can offer him the same salary that ElleKitty gets! But I can see we would have to pay all our tickets and fines in silver and gold. He won't take no scrap metal!!! ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: tiddyathome on July 10, 2008, 09:51:41 AM
Have fun today Barry  ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: CoinCrusader42 on July 10, 2008, 10:54:42 AM
I would propose to pay him at least twice what we pay Kitty!!

 :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Humpybong on July 10, 2008, 11:03:25 AM


Ahaaaa...The Sheriff of Nothingham      ;D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Triggersmob on July 10, 2008, 11:15:28 AM
Last day, today, is it?

Hope you have a good one.
Try not to cry on your way out. LOL

I've still got to wait another 16 years. it seems so far away.
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: ElleKitty on July 10, 2008, 08:30:10 PM
Hey, I wanna raise!

And Barry, Congratulations again!
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: GregK on July 10, 2008, 09:14:26 PM
Better late then never they say.  Barry, all the best Mate  :D enjoy.  If you ever get down this way, give me a shout!!
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: tyjulie on July 10, 2008, 10:09:14 PM
Well Done
enjoy you're retirement
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Muckeye on July 11, 2008, 11:38:29 PM
Two 'sherrifs' on double pay, both sides of the globe covered, both speaking reasonable English. I think we can afford if.

Hands up those who say Yea

Muckeye (1) Gizmo (2).  Come on, don't be shy. :D

regards,
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Humpybong on July 12, 2008, 11:08:31 PM

Thanks for all your kind wishes.

Not sure if I will have any time to be the sheriff of nothingham though!    :D
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Paint Your Wagon on July 12, 2008, 11:52:18 PM

Thanks for all your kind wishes.

Not sure if I will have any time to be the sheriff of nothingham though!    :D

Yes retirement is hell  :P
First you sleep late in the morning. Then you have to catch up with the news and the finantial world that could pose a threat to your retirement .
By then it is noon and you have to eat extravagantly cause you got the time to cook it that way . Then you need a few cognacs to brace yourself for the markets in europe and america to open and watch the price of gold . Then you have to work on a dozen projects in the one hour spare till supper . After supper you have to troll ebay for cheap coins whilst having a few whiskeys to digest dissapointment . That just leaves time for a single movie of your choice and go exhausted to bed . ;D
The only day off is Sundays on which you have to balance your bankaccounts  ::)
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: TwoShadows on July 13, 2008, 01:34:58 AM
The Sheriffs duties may be very extensive but one must remember YOU will still have all your Deputies to delegate ALL the work too! I think you can handle that while online checking on your market progress! Who knows, we will probably be referring to you as the Fuzz before long! ;D  I can see it now--------

FUZZ HUMPYBONG or should we go with HUMPYBONGFUZZ?  Humpybongfuzz would sure be a conversation starter as most U.S. folks don't have a clue what Humpybong is and FUZZ can be many things other than a cop! Humpybongfuzz is defintely it! ;D Wait till the feedback starts coming in on this one! :)
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Paint Your Wagon on July 13, 2008, 04:08:00 AM
This make me think of something I heard in a film which of course had no Flemish translation

Chunge los puercos

and they meant the cops or fuzz or flatfoots or coppers or heat
well you get the drift

Oh I don't mean our shariff o course  8)
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: ElleKitty on July 13, 2008, 06:06:01 AM
PYW, that definitely doesn't translate into something nice or family friendly!

"F--- the pigs." Pig being a slang term for police.

I certainly hope you don't mean Humpybong. ^^;
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Paint Your Wagon on July 13, 2008, 06:46:19 AM
PYW, that definitely doesn't translate into something nice or family friendly!

"F--- the pigs." Pig being a slang term for police.

I certainly hope you don't mean Humpybong. ^^;

I speak Spanish from Spain so I had a good idea what the american filmmakers meant and I was amazed they got away with it allthough it was an english spoken film and not even rated . I forgot the film but not the expression .
Would that spanish be Catalan ?
I know it is perfectly allright in Spain to Coger un Taxi whereas in South America that probably would entail something unspeakable with the exhaust pipe of the taxi  ;D
Anyways a spanish friend of mine told me never to use the verb coger outside spain  :D

PS I like them Aussies very much so no disrespect will ever be meant to Sir Humpybong or any other downunderknight(ess)
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: Tobyle on July 13, 2008, 10:07:11 AM
Congratulations on your retirement, Barry - hope you started out with a relaxing, enjoyable weekend!
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: ElleKitty on July 13, 2008, 05:54:32 PM
Mexican Spanish is as different from Castillean spanish as is British English to American English. 

You can generally read the signs, but you sure as hell can't talk to the guy on the street corner. ^^;
Title: Re: Last days of work....
Post by: EgCollector on July 13, 2008, 08:51:44 PM
Congratulations on your retirement.

Best Wishes