Kurt Lange here - I feel like I know a huge portion of the people here already from reading through the user names. Greetings and Salutations if we haven't already met.
I've poked around from time to time but just now officially joined up after all these years. Already made use of the "Approvals" section a few times this week - I can tell that will be dangerous for me so I'll have to pace myself there.
I even managed to have seen my name brought up already in past conversations - I'm that New York Stock Transfer Stamp website guy. If you're not familiar, they're a lot like Machins but even a bit more aggravating.
I like nearly all things U.S. "Back of the Book" - the further back in the catalog and the more challenging the better. But I also enjoy all of the WorldWide stuff. I have a wonderful wife, a daughter in college, I'm retiring this fall, we love to RV, I'm a big NASCAR fan, I re-manufacture/recondition/reload bullets about as fast as I can shoot them at the range, and I'm definitely looking forward to the next phase of life even if it includes some part time work (just not that full time career stuff that's for the birds).
I think that covers it all. That's all from the un-frozen Pacific Northwest. Take care if you're over there on the other coast that's getting hammered by the winter storm right about now.
Welcome Kurt!
From the the frozen East Coast, Philadelphia.
Enjoy your retirement, it sounds like you will have more things to do than you will have time to do it in. I found that out when I retired three years ago, I'm busier now then ever.
Hey Kurt. Welcome from Beautiful sunny Virginia. (Although it's 16 degrees right now with a wind chill of 3). I officially retired on Dec 31 2017 so it's ONE week for me so far. Plenty to do just to get Medicare and Social Security straightened out. Being new to all this, I'm focusing on the years my Grandkids were born, but amassing lots of other stamps to ensure a smooth transition to more topics.
Welcome from Manitoba, where after a couple of weeks of minus 30's we are basking in a minor heatwave of just -8 degrees centigrade and even warmer tomorrow.