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I live in Washington state and we don't have a State income tax so I will only have to pay the IRS? My wife is disabled and so we won't be bringing in a ton of money. I am 65.33 years old right now and my full benefit age is 67 so I am only 20 months away from "Full Retirement Age". I know we will have to pay taxes on income we take out of our investment account as we use it but we don't plan on taking out any large amounts just a little here and there to supplement our income and we plan to cut down on our discretional spending like most do when they retire. I can also work a part time job as long as I don't make more then about $2,000.00 per month and around here that means 20 hours a week.

Ok here is my situation, I am 65 and will be 66 in August. My full retirement age is 67. I was just laid off from my job because Nissan might be going under and things got really really slow and I was one of the ones with very little time in there. This means I can collect Unemployment Benefits for about 6 months at about 65% of what I was making by working. I am old enough for Medicare already. I can try to find a job with health Insurance and wait until I am 67 or I can ride out my Unemployment and buy medical coverage through the State and when that ends I can either Retire and get Medicare and my SS benefit will be about 7% less for life then if I hold out until I turn 67. With the 3 previous Heart Attacks I am not sure just how long I have left to enjoy some free time. I have heard some people retire at my age and take their SS benefits that I have paid in to since I was 14 years old and get Medicare then pick up a part time job to keep me from getting bored being at home all the time and this would keep my wife from killing me for being under foot all the time. I am so close to retirement age I am also afraid that it will be hard to find someone to hire me full time. If anyone has gone through this situation and has some sound advice I would appreciate any advice you can give me. We have money saved and investments for retirement but the longer we wait to access it the bigger that fund will get. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide a OLD MAN

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Today is the day I celebrate playing Call of Duty 2 for 20 years. How many of you played COD United offensive on line before COD2 came out? How many of you had COD2 the first day it came out for PC like I did? Today is a very special day in my gaming life and less then a year after the game came out I had found the XI server and was a member. Good Times

Maybe a gaming Bench will work better for you or a Ergonomic Loveseat?

No I don't think you need a special gadget to cook meat. It is just most people don't think of cooking something for close to 24 hours in a oven at those low temps. With the new app controlled pellet smokers and some of the smokers out there I just thought since you live in BBQ central you had sumpin difnt. But it looked darn good

I am sure you have said before what rig you are using to cook things like this. For those of us late to class "Sorry" do you mind catching us up please on your equipment? Right now my longest cooking time is when I use my crock pot to make Pot Roast of Pasta Sauce.

Thanks @loaderXI for setting this event up again just like you do every year. Several people came in on Sunday and played like the old days to remember our Family/Friends we have spent so many hours with that we have lost. It is always a tough event on many levels because of the emotions we experience thinking about our friends and all the great times and the bonds that were built over sometimes multiple decades. I just wanted to express my gratitude to you and the entire clan for taking the time and spending the money to always make sure we have the chance to pay tribute to our Fallen Loved One's. Thanks @Ruggerxi and @WldPenguin and anyone else who also was involved in making sure this event continues. A big thanks to everyone who stopped in and to those who couldn't make it but were there in spirit. I know all of the Guys in Heaven were looking down and smiling because they know how much we love them and they will always be >XI<. Merry Christmas everybody