On Jan 18, 1:12*pm, Michel > wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton > scripsit
> .com:
>
> >> My daughter took my mother's old mixer that worked so well.
> >> ÿI'm going to buy one when I retire in 17 months. ÿI say that
> >> because I got my retirement date today :-) ÿJune 17 2009 will
> >> be my last day of work.
>
> > You don't determine your own retirement?
>
> Yes, of course. *After discussing the matter with our pay clerk,
> we (my wife and I) agreed that my last day of work (if I want to
> retire with 20 years of service) will on that date. *I can retire
> any time with 90 days' notice for the paperwork to get done--I
> can skip that but it will still take 90 days to start getting my
> pension--but that is my optimal date. *What did you think I
> meant? *(I can guess, but I'm not a mind reader)

Oh, somebody with a pension! I'm a little envious.

I think that my impression was that you had to retire whether
you wanted to or not. No idea why I thought that. Seems silly
now as I type it. Oh, well; if that's the worst thing I come up with
today, I'm ahead of the game.

Cindy Hamilton