tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post7169136401995205826..comments2024-03-29T10:03:35.946-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Travel Penguin: Grumpy Sometimes Travelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post-68886067641449442192015-04-17T22:31:10.310-04:002015-04-17T22:31:10.310-04:00I wish I had fallen under the old Civil Service Re...I wish I had fallen under the old Civil Service Retirement System when I spent 15 years with the Army. I would probably never have left. But real money wooed me away, and my IRA is now a mere pittance of what I would have had. Thank goodness for the Virginia Retirement System. I'll be here until I retire (or die). <br /><br />I watched the Hunley get pulled out of the ocean (from a nearby boat carrying us press people). I think it's in the same boat as the Monitor. Preserved, but not visitable.<br /><br />Peace <3<br />Jay<br /><br />Peace <3<br />JayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978841487723754585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post-3032103045563732792015-04-17T10:50:59.398-04:002015-04-17T10:50:59.398-04:00Ron: One of the toughest decisions for me when I m...Ron: One of the toughest decisions for me when I moved to DC was retirement plans. In KY I was covered under the County Employees Pension System, I was laying plans to retire at 65 with a guaranteed monthly income for life. Moving here I went into a 401K plan, and have no guarantee of what will be there when I retire, not even a good choice of investment options. But, I doubled my income leaving the government sector and moving into the private sector - I also doubled my cost of living. But I love the work I am doing and I was ready for a change when this opportunity came up. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post-81216730021041068672015-04-17T09:32:05.829-04:002015-04-17T09:32:05.829-04:00David,
Those government pensions are generous. A l...David,<br />Those government pensions are generous. A large part of the gay retired population here in the Rehoboth Beach area are government pensioners, who have very generous indexed pensions. I could have had a government pension if I kept my NSA job that I had while I was stationed at Ft. Meade. But alas I was gay which was verboten in the Ignorant Sixties so I left and got a banking job. Those pensions aren't indexed and very modest compared to government pensions. But those retired government pensioners keep the Rehoboth economy going.<br />RonRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.com