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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George Chaney, post: 4498581, member: 19137&quot;]That&#039;s an interesting question. </p><p><br /></p><p>My wife and I are now officially retired so I guess that makes me a free bird. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been self-employed out of necessity since I was twenty something and actually like to work. (lack of education and the limitations that puts on upward mobility forced me to create my own job) I met my wife on a trip to DC. She was up for local .gov business and I was up to meet with some members of congress over some industry specific legislation. I was smitten inside of an hour and told her then &quot;I am going to marry you&quot;. I am shocked she gave me her phone number all things considered...lol...</p><p><br /></p><p>I moved from FL to NC 12 years ago to make it official. I had enough of customers and huge tax bills and closed my business and &quot;retired&quot; for two years. My wife got tired of coming home from her .gov job and seeing me in my &quot;dressing gown&quot; playing video games....I inherited 3 teenage boys.... and told me I needed to find something to do......she said this during the middle of an episode of &quot;Storage Wars&quot; and said, that looks fun, why don&#039;t you go do something like that..... and so I did, and then I moved over to picking which is a lot more fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wife officially retired last year and we purchased a place in the mountains with some land. I&#039;ve been working the property for the most part and only get to do picking every now and again.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I am semi-retired, when I am working it is a full-time job because i really like what I do, but the IRS considers it a hobby business, which is basically what it is. Every sale kind of just funds my habit. Wifey pooh calls me a hoarder, I just happen to hoard &quot;small trinkets&quot; for the most part that don&#039;t take up much room...lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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