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[Bill Wilson]

That is just pretty cool! Nice work.

[Bill Wilson]

There are quite a lot of people here at work, who are my age or a few years older, so retirement planing is a popular subject around here. Our employer has been pretty good about bringing in an advisor once or twice a year to offer retirement planning/SSI advice for the general consumption of those...

[Bill Wilson]

Nice train!

My daughter has a small, table top Christmas tree she decorates only with ornaments I've made for her over the past couple decades. I made a similar train set, to put around the base. Even made a lighted star for the top. The grandkids really liked it.

[Bill Wilson]

Well, at 59 my youth is in the rearview mirror. I'm at that awkward age where I have a lot of friends/family/coworkers who are retired or planning on retiring very soon. I expect to work well into my late 60's. It's hard not to get jealous. ...

[Bill Wilson]

All right you guys! Stop rubbing it in!

<still years away from retirement>

[Bill Wilson]

I've had similar thoughts. I've used plenty of tape over the years, but lately had become more of a skeptic. However, last Christmastime I was cutting a dinosaur puzzle out of a piece of cherry, that was left over from some long ago project. That wood started to burn immediately after I put a blade...