Quoted from Budman:

For all of you who are retired....did you have a plan of what you were going to do after calling it quits or did you just wing it? I’m getting close with no idea what I would do to fill my day. I think I need a purpose/ reason to get out of bed each day.

Quoted from seeburg220:

Once they were gone through, they were very stable. However, when I bought this one, like so many others, it was a nightmare to drive. I almost wrecked driving home from Ohio after I bought it. It was only after I had Jeff at Sirum GMC in Okeechobee, FL and his crew work on it, that it became a dream to drive.
I had the 403. The 455 was stopped mid-production in 1977, unfortunately. The 403 did okay, but it could have used fuel injection. I had forgotten how smelly a Quadrajet carb could be. Mileage 8mpg, like they all are.
I sold it in Florida, because I didn't have a garage to keep it in and the sun down there is brutal on fiberglass. I wish I would have kept it. I own an '08 Winnebago now, and while it's more comfortable and bigger, it's not as fun to drive. I may get another GMC someday.
footnote: here's one like mine, but a 1977. I cried when they crashed it....

Quoted from spfxted:

I still help people with their films and projects. I work on graphics for people. I layout 2 magazines. I'm working on my series of books...Candid Monsters (on volume 9 now) and finished my book on Making The Deadly Spawn. Lucky to be having fun every day. (usually ends up with tequila and a cigar!)
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Quoted from seeburg220:

I spent the first 6 months traveling across the U.S. in a 1978 GMC motorhome I had fixed up. 27 states. Landed in Florida and enjoyed year round sunshine and got a pt job at a small airport to stay busy. In essence, I winged it. No regrets![quoted image]

Quoted from seeburg220:

Thanks. I kept the interior original, only replacing the carpet (these pics don't show that, though). This was the Kingsley model. Models were differentiated by colors and floorplan layout. Also, they made GMC's in 23' and 26' versions. This was the 26' and more of those were made. 1978 was the last year they made them.
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Quoted from pinzrfun:

The spare tire cover is from '78 too!! Nice!

Quoted from seeburg220:

Yep, and the title track

Quoted from hawkmoon:

O-din,retiring is a state of mind! Most people( like my Dad) retire when the place their working at says your done! Most of us Baby-Boomers never worked in one place long enough for the free gold watch>so if you are financially self sufficiant,and head is above water,THEN,my friend, you get up each morning and do whatever your heart desires!!! Now,this will start you gaining weight, and,your joints will start to freeze up on you,like many of us, head to the gym!!Or,live a active lifestyle! Or figure something else.your retired and do whatever your heart desires,C??? Good luck, have fun,B safe!!!

Quoted from snaroff:

Was definitely blind-sided by the high cost of healthcare...the healthcare insurance business is a total scam.

Quoted from rotordave:

I can’t believe you guys haven’t all figured that out yet.
Example - I’m sitting right now waiting in a breast cancer clinic in NZ with someone. The lady had a mammogram (free every year) in December, they saw something, contacted her to come back the next week, now surgery is scheduled for February.
Cost ... $0.
Why wouldn’t anyone want a system like that?
Mind boggling.
rd

Quoted from CrazyLevi:

Dude, its about FREEDOM.
You wouldn't understand.

Quoted from rotordave:

I can’t believe you guys haven’t all figured that out yet.
Example - I’m sitting right now waiting in a breast cancer clinic in NZ with someone. The lady had a mammogram (free every year) in December, they saw something, contacted her to come back the next week, now surgery is scheduled for February.
Cost ... $0.
Why wouldn’t anyone want a system like that?
Mind boggling.
rd

Quoted from rotordave:

Yeah, I heard.
rd

Quoted from Kiwipinhead:

Did you lose your FREEDOM RD?

Quoted from snaroff:

My monthly cost for healthcare for my wife and I is $2,500 per/month. Now, you are probably thinking that I have some "platinum", 0 deductible plan Nope. High f-ing deductible. The high cost is because it's a PPO where I get to choose from the widest range of providers. Last year, my wife and I had 3 ER visits. Out-of-pocket cost was $20,000! No joke, rd. As I said, it's a f-ing scam. The ACA does well for subsidizing poor folks (which is fine), however the middle and upper middle class folks get screwed, big time.

Quoted from RWH:

That is exactly why I had to go back to work. I get medicare and medicaid so my health costs aren't to bad but wife isn't old enough to get benefits and as I said her health care alone is $1.800+ with an additional $1,500 for oxygen tanks. Her emphysema is advanced enough she really can't work work anymore and I'm lucky in that I'm in very good shape and can or it would eventually bury us and we both have good 401's and her pension when she can get it. I'll work for another 2-3 yrs, maybe on the outside if she wants to wait for full retirement age and then I'll call it quits again. Health care is a huge burden if you're not of age to get it.

Quoted from Gorgar666:

I can close my 401k at 55 with no penalty. I’m doing the same. Pay off my house and truck and get a eazy job at autozone.

Quoted from spfxted:

Boy did I read that wrong!!
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Quoted from snaroff:

I sat at a computer screen 60+ hours a week for 25 years...highly stressed. Quick path to obesity and other health issues! Fortunately, I was able to retire fairly young and reclaim my health. Became a gym rat, hired a cook and trainer who showed me how to eat clean and train hard (photo below).
Filled the past 10 years of retirement with music, live concerts, pinball, training and caring for my health. Was definitely blind-sided by the high cost of healthcare...the healthcare insurance business is a total scam.
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Quoted from PiperPinball:

What kind of work did u use to do?

Quoted from QuickSilverShelby:

Ted, you are awesome. When I grow up I wanna be just like you.

Quoted from spfxted:

Just start smoking cigars and drinking tequila....to start...

Quoted from Pinballer22:

Really depends on expenses and cash fund you have stashed. Speaking as someone that works on pins and arcades for a living...it’s not all fun and games! Health care is definitely a negative unless you have a spouse that can cover you. I will warn you it will ruin your hobby over time. I hardly touch my personal games anymore. Not fun playing pinball after working on them all day.
Start doing more side jobs while keeping your job and see if it want you want

Quoted from ovfdfireman:

Also, Healthcare is no biggie as long as you have like $1800/mo to cover it.

Quoted from RWH:

I have to make a correction, all this talk about retirement and insurance got me thinking so I ask my wife (she takes care of all that stuff for us) and low and behold all this time I thought I had Medicare and Medicaid, turns out I was turned down on state Medicaid because I'm not indigent... so we pay into this stuff our whole life and can't receive the benefit unless we lose all we ever worked for throughout our lives, what a load of BS. So all I have is Medicare

Quoted from jhanley:

I can't imagine what it would cost to live by the beach in Cali now. Is your mom doing well? .Mine is OK.