Another Shot at Positive-type Stuff
How about another shot at positive stuff?
When you retire, what are you going to do and where are you going to go? This could actually be a decent thread if people explain the reasoning behind it all.
When you retire, what are you going to do and where are you going to go? This could actually be a decent thread if people explain the reasoning behind it all.
- Are you going to rattle doorknobs or are you walking away from the whole police thing?
- Are you staying in town or bailing the entire corrupt Illinois structure?
- Are you moving because you're pension goes farther or are you going somewhere where the golf is good and the weather spectacular?
- Did the city pay for your degree and you're going to do twenty-and-gone and start anew somewhere else or are you just going to go fishing?
UPDATE: STAY ON TOPIC! We just went through and deleted all the stuff that wasn't on topic. If you need to spout off, find the open threads OR go get your own blog. It's cheap (free) and easy.
posted by SCC at 5:30 AM
81 Comments:
Im going to go wherever my kids go. Im going to forget as much as I can about this city. Im going to cherish everyday I wake up away from this city. Im going to pray everyday for all the young boys and girls stuck in this hell whole.
Im going enjoy as much as I can. Im going to be proud I never gave into the temtation of getting caught up in all the corruption that this city bleeds. That's as positive as I can be right now. ask me in 3 more years.
Im goin where ever i can find nice people like myself. any suggestions
I'ze finna smoke me a fatty an liv of da govt tit fo shizzle
I retired and moved to Knox Indiana property is cheap cost of living is less but I keep my pension address at my son's in Chicago because Illinois dosen't pay income tax on pension which Indiana does.
7:31:39 AM
AUSTRALIA!!!
You have to trust me on this, mate. I've visited every state, Canada, Mexico, Asia, many visits to Europe. Tuscany is great. The South of France, Provence and Nice are nice.
But for friendly folks, rare internal strife and virtually no violent crime among strangers, you can NOT beat the quality of life in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. As they say in Oz, "no worries, mate!".
Kick back at Circular Quay, cafes outside the Opera House, the topless-optional Bondi Beach (Sydney) or at the sidewalk cafes of St. Kilda (Melbourne) and enjoy life. Get together with your favorite lady for a matinee: grab a cold 6-pack of Victoria Bitter ("V-B"), a fine Cuban torpedo and have a picnic at a secluded suburban wooded park, a tranquil cemetery or golf course and watch a mob of kangaroos frolic only yards away. Great wines and cuisine, great American old time rock 'n' roll and love songs, topless-optional beaches, etc. Check out the beer gardens and seafood at Doyle's at Watsons Bay and the Vaucluse. Unlimited things to do and places to go with vibrant nightlife. Trips to the Outback, the wineries en route to the Blue Mountains, Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef, the enchanted forests near the Margaret River south of Perth (the most distant city in the world from Chicago and the entire contiguous 48 states).
Our police counterparts are great hosts. "The Brotherhood" is strong, even half-way around the world. Best time to visit: An extended SUMMER stay during the Chicago WINTER.
Only major problem: Oz lacks the USA's ethnic diversity. While all law-abiding visitors are welcome, regardless of ethnicity, the Aussies have an extremely low tolerance for assholes. Visit for at least a month if not a lifetime.
Australia is absolutely the best place to visit. But beware should you decide to immigrate there, you first have to prove that you are able to work or support yourself, even if you marry an Aussie. GOOD IDEA!!!!
I'm finishing an MBA, paid for by the City, just like my Bachelors was. I doubt I'll do the "20 and out " thing, but it is nice to know that I will have the opportunity to do so if I want.
My future plans include either teaching at the college level in this same general vinicity ( but out of the City itself ), or possibly a move to Vegas and running hotel security. I have some connections out there that could prove helpful, but I'd probably just get myself into trouble out there anyway. heh heh heh
Realisticly, I'll stay on this job until I'm 50, which will give me 26 years and then move on. Hopefully by then we'll see a 25/75 or even 25/80 option on the pension. But I won't hold my breath...
By the way, is it really that hard for you goofs to stay on topic? Geesh!
5 more years and I will retire to a beautiful stretch of land that I own in Montana. No crime, no noise, and no people for miles around. Paradise, to be sure. My wife and I will do some road traveling out west via RV, hunting, fishing and enjoy life.
I've been lucky to make certain investment choices over the years that will insure a comfortable and happy retirement.
And I wish you all the same!
I'm not going to be one of those guys who drops dead 6 months after retirement because this job was my life. And if I do, I'm giving St. Peter a West Side beat down right in front of the Pearly Gates!
when I retire I will be trying to impregnate every female on the Northside by the time Im 55 years old
I have been looking into getting some propety in Montana as of late as well. My plan is to spend the summers there and have a nice ranch in New Mexico for the winters. My wife and I have been collecting some real estate and a business or two the last few yrs and if everything goes right I am going to outlive more than my fair share from the pension.
2years 8 months to go,#1 move out of Chicago,and cook county,this is'nt the Chicago I grew up in.I lived in 3 differant southside neighborhoods,2 are now spanish speaking,and homie and his tribe took over the other one.I,m heading south to Will county because I want to see my kids and grandkids whenever I want and they live in the south suburbs.No more working,just fishing and traveling whenever I want.Maybe I can find a nice female senior citizen and a bottle of viagra and get lucky once in awhile.That would be the icing on the cake.
Still don't believe it.........Its been 7 months
sinceI retired and it can't get any better, I've finally gotten use to seeing my wife drive off to work....I'm no longer guilt ridden about it!!! 2 more years and she'll be retired We will live in the South during the winter and return to Chicago in the late summer....we'll keep this schedule so lone as we are physically capable of doing so...we are already empty nesters....Soalot will be about us, except for the grand children....Just waiting to spoil them rotten.. then dump them back on their parents and driving off into the sunset PLEASE that PAY BACK is a mother!!!!!!!!!!!!! for all of those days that my kids drove us absolutely nuts
I'm gonna buy me a fancy 3-bdrm. condo in the 3700 block of Lexington St., just off Independence Blvd. and not work another day in my life. Just fishing in Garfield Park lagoon with an ice cold 40-ouncer nearby. Vibrant nightlife. Midnight strolls through the neighborhood are exciting and spectacular.
Yes, sir! LIVIN' LARGE!"
"Sixteen-11?, 1611, attention units on City-Wide...we've got teens with shotguns at Wildwood and Hiawatha...we're getting more tickets now...make that two shot at that location. The offenders are fleeing eastbound on Tonty in a black Escalade with spinners..."
"zone 1 circa 2007" said...
"Sixteen-11?, 1611, attention units on City-Wide...we've got teens with shotguns at Wildwood and Hiawatha...we're getting more tickets now...make that two shot at that location. The offenders are fleeing eastbound on Tonty in a black Escalade with spinners..."
11/10/2005 12:49:21 PM
1611
Go ahead 1611
yeah we were about to take a personal, could you reassign that?
dont get your post, elaborate
NO!
The problem with 016 is that all the dogs from other districts that have enough time to bid to 016 are comming here and there is nothng anyone can do about that. The other problem is that when recruits came here from the academy alot of the ppo's sent here were fat useless broads and the other were certifably retarded. What we need is for the dept to open the districts back as training districts and send over a shit load of young males over then and only then can you attempt to stop the bleeding. P.S. cutting that district in half would help, people just dont grasp how 30.4 sq. miles is. Its fucking Huge!!!!
I'm gonna coach football
Its beem 18 years now and we picked the south, Florida, Ft. Myers. We have to put up with strong winds once in a while. And yes, we were snowbirds until two years ago, selling the one in Door County Wi.
Trying to keep up two homes is for the birds, and besides made one nice profit. I havn't been in the city since I retired only through it on a trip to Wi. in Aug 05.
As far as keeping busy, fishing is great, its a golfers paradise, but expensive until the snowbirds head north. As far as housing, its expensive. Sales tax 6%, no state income tax.
And coppers, lots of them from all over the country, state, local, federal, you name it. Interesting, if you cut your teeth on the CPD, you could work anywhere in policing.
Many of the smaller town retires are amazed at the starting salaries of the CPD. Well, so much for shooting the bull, hope you all find your paradise which should include excellent hospitals.
All most forgot, get your self one good physical that covers all bases before you retire. I didn't and had open Heart surgery one month after retirment.
12:49 More like "sixteen eleven" 1611 you sure you want to give that to us that's 1621's beat are they busy squad :)
Can't you people ever stay on thread? Does it always have to be about you and what you want? You act like the people you were hired to police.
Absolutely right! Bitching about 022, 016, & TRU is all you little kids want to do. I'd hate to sit next to you whiny bastards for 8 hours. You'd be miserable no matter what you were doing.
To "D016p1", You are 100% incorrect. We should never send recruits to 16 because the they should have to go to a busy district first and learn how to be the police.
I hope the best for those of you who are leaving this city.Load up all your personal treasures into a BIG uhaul and then on the way to your beautiful destination the fucking truck rolls over trapping your entire family inside while the fucking truck burns all of you to dead!
Who really gives a shit where you move to? assholes!
what
Hey "West Side = Best Side" at 12:28 pm.
Sounds like a plan, neighbor! You've definitely got it goin' on! I'm eyeing up a beautiful crib in the 4100 block of Wilcox. Jacuzzi, new kitchen with granite counter tops, wood-burning fireplace/barbecue, Louis XVI furnishings, two huge plasma TVs, speakers throughout, a garden out on the deck. Plenty of great clubs on Pulaski. Catch you on the set, my brotha!
Anonymous said...
I hope the best for those of you who are leaving this city.Load up all your personal treasures into a BIG uhaul and then on the way to your beautiful destination the fucking truck rolls over trapping your entire family inside while the fucking truck burns all of you to dead!
Who really gives a shit where you move to? assholes!
11/10/2005 02:49:21 PM
Nothing but class on this Department, I tell ya.
2:49:21 PM
Oh, my goodness gracious!
A course in rage management will only be more frustrating for you. Perhaps you should address your complex "issues" with rehab, if not self-commitment. Shock therapy or a partial lobotomy may prove helpful. This goes far beyond mere medication.
Best wishes!
2:49 can't be a copper. It's got to be a cop-hating outside troublemaker.
This is John Burge in Florida. Im just sitting back in the sun laughing at all you shmucks up there in Chicago. I really fucked it up for you before I left!!!
You all deserve what you got. I cant believe how much you hate each other up there.
We're hip to your bullshit, IMPOSTOR. The real Burge spells his first name "J-O-N".
dr, freud 03:22
this is 02:49 u did it i can't stop laughing...............
Has anyone else noticed that both 2:49 and 3:26 have the same twisted agenda: DIVIDE AND CONQUER!
Certainly, no Chicago politician or CPD boss would ever stoop that low under his/her cloak of anonymity to sabotage this site. I don't think so...but then again...
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
Austria in the Summertime-
Australia in the Winter (I'm sold- nice to already "sprechen ze deutsch"!)
Back here for Spring & Fall... or maybe somewhere a bit more quaint not too far away...
OR... more realistically...
Tooling around some rehab institute after my fourth major GRABBER or stroke! ;-O then back to that greeter spot at WAL-MART to pay the ASTRONOMICALLY expensive health care costs... and put some CAT FOOD on the TABLE!
"He's a little rascal... On his Little Rascal"! (Ullppp!)
Hell, we might have to live in some third-world backwater like TOGOLAND to offset the coming cost crush! Would we still be King-Like???
I'M REHABILITATED!
The more I read this thread, the more I wish I was in Australia or at least Montana.
07:31:39
MAY I suggest you hook up with 02:49:21 (crazy bastard)
I heard post 2:49 was Mayor Daley?
One common idea in all of these threads seem to be: "let's get the hell out of here!" That being said, and I'm not challenging that, anyone willing to comment as to why a career city employee would bail out (and I mean bail) just as soon as they could? Hello, Mr. Mayor, City policitians? Do you see something wrong here?
who ever wrote that we should bring back lt halpin formely ofthe the 009district is a complete idiot!!!!he was a jerk, will always be jerk and is not missed.
I am going to get as far away from this shit hole the Mayor likes to call his City. Never work another job that has anything to do with being the Police. Spend my days sitting on porch and watching the grass grow.
02:49:21 IT'S ME ONE MORE TIME NOW RESPONDING TO 04:24:50
maybe i can justify why a life long man of this city would want so badly to flee.
his frustrations of physical abuse as a young altarboy by a chgo parish priest? or perhaps the burning image of his wives legs spreadwide open and being mortality pounced by his partner, in that chgo bungalow? possibly when his neighbor entered upon him in his garage observing him masturbating to an 8+10 photo of his late grandmother?
Just remember your mind will follow you!
better yet on that lonely road to no where, take that duty weapon strapped to your hip place it into thy mouth and blow away those fucking sickening thoughts that forced you to take your family and flee this great city of chgo.
Good luck in all your endeavors!!! you sorry son of a bitch.
a red state is a callin
Going to central Illinois. Reasonable property, no crime decent fire dept ambulance for when I have the big one Loiuise.
Life isnt in the fast lane folks still have values.
5:40:28
Illinois IS a "RED state" that went for "Flip-Flop" Kerry.
While we coppers may be "blue", Daley, Blagojevich, Durbin and Osama are all "leftie RED" Democrats.
I meant oBama, not oSama.
Sorry about that.
06:48:28 PM
I know it's confusing,but here's how it goes:
Blue state = Democrat
Red state = Republican
I know. You're thinking, "But commies are called red, so why aren't Democrat states called red?" Who knows. That's just the way it is. The Republicans accept that too.
Dear 7:45:56 PM
Thanks for the assist. I stand corrected. Also, my apology to 5:40:28 PM.
6:48:28 PM
Florida, arizona and 2 or 3 other states dont tax your pension, i'm going where theres the least ammount of retired cops ang going to forget about this job, the bullshit, the city, the...
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Additionally, you can take two classes for this same amount. For the Spring term, (beginning in January 2006), we will be offering the following classes:
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I'm retired. I stay home with my dog and watch the clouds overhead.
We enjoy each others company. We don't work. We are retired. We have a home that's paid for, new boiler, roof, storm windows, sided garage, chimney, and cement driveway, and sidewwalks. I planned it before retirement. The cost that is. We are happy. My dog and I love this fucking city and do not want to relocate.
The grass is not always greener on the other side.
If you don't love this city leave it. Take a stand. Otherwise shut up and work to make it the way you want it to be. Whinintg piss ants.
Tully ( ret )
Me thinks one more drink and Tully will be spreading peanut butter on his privates and calling for his beloved dog!
Good luck with that, Tully, you crabby old fuck!
"Take a stand. Otherwise shut up and work to make (Chicago) the way you want it to be. Whining piss ants." - Tully
Been there. Done that, Tully.
We'll neither "leave" nor "shut up". Please advise on your Plan B for those of us who are passionately commited to bringing integrity and reform to the most politically corrupt promotional policies of any major municipal police department in the nation.
We've followed your advice so far. Why do you insult us as "whining pissants"?
Im sorry so many of you are so hateful of this world class city
I dont care much for politics and political correctness But its a great city
Daley sucks but the city is great and so is the job
Try to look at the glass as half full Its the same pay
this city is going to be like france when the mules decide to rape burn and pillage just for shits and giggles, fucking savages.
thank god for the D.O.C.!
If you live above a currency exchange chances are you should be pretty save! The mutt needs that first of the month check!
"safe"
All of the above plans sound pretty good.The only regret I have about taking this job is that I didn't apply sooner.I came on at 33 and only have 12YOJ.Accounting for the fact that the city won't be offering health insurance after 2013,I'll probably end up doing the full 29yrs & a day.By then I'll be 62 and medicaid should kick in (If it still exists).If I'm still alive,I plan to pack up and move to Charleston,S.C. Ocean views, freindly people, and a slower,simpler lifestyle.I plan to take up golf and do plenty of fishing.The wife and I also plan to do a lot of traveling as long as we're physically able.I agree with the previous blogger,"look at the glass as half full" I know a lot of times this job sucks and the bosses aren't as good as they used to be,but at least we have a job.One thing that's constant about being a beat officer and seeing all the rotten things we do (especially on the west & south side)is that things can always be worse.After doing a tour of duty and coming home,I thank God for my house,my wife,my family, my freinds,and my fellow P.O.'s who watch my back so I can come home safe.If you think you're not blessed,take a step back and take a good look at some of the dysfunctional people we serve and the enviorment they live in.Puts everything in perspective for me.
I plan to retire then find the first group of SOS coppers on lunch and mother fuck them all. Next I will get my ass beaten and head stomped and then arrested. This will all be on video and the city will settle out of court for 10 million dollars!!! I will then live retardedly ever after. The End!
I will go anywhere I can that has no snow. However, I will return only once to shit on the mayors headstone.
The CPD has a lot of good multi-talented people in its ranks. I think a lot of us had another line of work or profession before we joined the force. I feel that there was life before being a cop...and there will be life after. A person can find another job and use their talents wisely. A lot of employers respect the retired police and that is a fact. So plan ahead..there are many things we can accomplish...stay safe and healthy.
Well said 08:52. I have 10 more years to go and the last 10 will be setting up for retirement and another job when I get away from here. Live life and enjoy, dont get sucked into the city BS.
To: 7:29:21 AM
Only once!!!! Hell, make an annual pilgrimage out of it!
Every retired copper from Chicago will have to make the pilgrimage at least once in their lives. Like going to Mecca.
Muslim terrorists may now start their threats.
I'd like to see the Mayor buried at the center of Millineum Park and have a porta poty placed on top for a head stone. The entire city may then visit and crap on him and his entire masterpiece. That would be about the only way I would want to stay in the city after I retire. So I could make a "Daley visit" and donate to both him and the park. I'd even move closer to the downtown so I'd be nice and close when I get the urge.
Hey 1:20:04 am...This is my first time every responding to this blog, and until now, I have only seen the hatred, anger and immaturity in how we express ourselves on this site. Your message was very refreshing and I share the same sentiments. Thank you.
Let's just do our job and be thankful that we have one. In the process, let's look for positive thinking and dismiss the negative attitudes that surround us. Let us continue to protect each other regardless of race, creed or color and just see that we are all "blue". All of this hatred and anger will only make the rest of us miserable. That misery will follow us and grow until we retire! Are we going to retire happy or just bitter and angry? It won't make a difference where we decide to live if we can't fix our attitudes now.
The point of retirement is to enjoy our lives after we've put in our time of "hard work". There is no reason to make our jobs any harder by breeding hate and disgust. We need to learn how to speak to each other properly and work out our problems.
Let us stick together and have fun out there. We, as Police Officers, do not need to be like the muts we patrol. Let's show some class out there--be Professional!
why is it that it seems the most miserable coppers are the dog-asses from 016, 022, or 019 that have never done anything, and never will do anything... but the working police from working districts seem to be semi-satisfied with this job. you'd think it would be the other way around.
I dont see it as the coppers from those districts as the morons complaining about them....its the supercops of this world that think every cop should be like them.....
I work in 022 and am very satisfied. My commute is 1. 2 miles. Most of the coppers are good people. Bosses are average at best. Brand new station. Ample parking. Stop by my home went I want, watch my kids games etc....
But no I cant sit in a bar and brag about working in the csary west side, Englewood or SOS. The pays the same and some day you my friend will realize that and bid to 022.
every cop should give 100 percent that is why we are the police. supercops give 150 percent because they want to! the fucking dogs are just like the mutts on the street just collecting a check and not even giving 20 percent.
i would never help a mutt copper!
let the fucker lay there and dead!
die and become a dead stiff!
you know i hear it all the time i copper who will say to a victim or complainant call you aldermen,call the commander,call the caps officer,call the desk. i think what the fuck is this copper saying. the answer to the incident should be tell me the problem "ma'am" i'm a copper with police powers!
I hate worthless coppers!
S U C K E R S ! ! !
You keep worken' hard morons!! When you get a cap in yo ass fo chasen the brotha wit a bag a weed -I come by an laugh at yo dead white boy ass!!
AND I'LL BE DOIN YOUR GIRLFRIEND THE DAY AFTER YOU DEAD!!!
REMEMBER: We can only speculate about the identity, gender, race and occupation (not even a copper?) of these ANONYMOUS posters.
The above "#1 dog ass copper from the west side" may not even be a P.O., let alone a black officer.
One thing we do know: (s)he is a world-class asshole.
I am a M/2 and a copper.. and you can kiss my white ass. I’ll work 29 years and a day AND N E V E R BREAK A SWEAT!! I’ll N E V E R get one day of bad time because I have the brains to follow directives, I know the system. And I know how to get promoted (STUDY INSTEAD OF BITCHING)
You keep chasing the shithead for a lousy rock.. when you’re at court, I’m at your house banging your old lady in the can and studying my general orders.
---SUCKERS!!
(yawn)
Looks like you've been listening to too much Snoop on the west side. "Fuckin yo bitches, makin my money, takin from da system;" dumbass.
This was suppose to be about retirement plans......
Wherever your go, and whatever you do...may you collect more pension checks than paychecks.
And wherever you go to live...keep a Chicago address, and vote absentee for a mayor that will restore our benefits.
I got ten years to go. The wife and I are using my vacation time to explore other parts of the country and the world to see where we would like to land. Basically I am going to land anywhere but Chicago and Illinois. Get me a nice little spread (Which I will probably pay for with what I take from my house the way property is soaring), kick back for a bit before I decide what to do with my life. I probably will buy one of those little tax write off businesses just to keep me busy. With my luck I will buy something that will turn into a Microsoft and I will find out what it is to work for a living after I retire.
Cheers to all you retirees out there. You all have laid the groundwork for us working stiffs. Enjoy your relaxation.
eight years to go - while I will never leave chicago (born and raised) I will have my flower farm in South Wisconsin and raise beautiful blooms
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