Reeder Custom Guns - well the Labor Day weekend isn't even half over

Gary Reeder
well the Labor Day weekend isn't even half over
Sunday, September 01, 2019, 12:01

and I am already bored shitless. I did the Gun Notes last night and got up early today and did a large batch of bluing. I have another batch of fire blue to do tonight but other than that I'm ready to go back to work. My Dad was a workaholic, retiring from the army after 25 years. He stayed retired about 6 months, driving my Mother crazy. He had a friend who was head of the eastern office of the plain clothes Pinkertons and asked my Dad to run the Nashville branch. Dad jumped on it and stayed with them for 22 years. He stayed with them until he turned 80, then retired again.

I retired from radio after 22 years back in '85 and got into doing this full time. I had been building custom contender barrels and custom XP-100s in a small garage shop the last 5 years that I was in radio. Now almost 35 years into doing this and I don't look forward to retiring at all. I can't hunt year round and I can't go to Africa every few months, and I sure can't sit on my ass and watch Oprah all day, so why retire? I enjoy what I am doing so why quit? I have thought about selling Reeder Custom to one of my guys and just working for him, and that is still a possibility. But retire completely, not a chance. You guys that are enjoying the long weekend are better men than I am.

well the Labor Day weekend isn't even half over - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-01, 12:01
- I DON'T DO HOLIDAYS OR VACATIONS VERY WELL. MY - JT, 2019-09-01, 15:32
  - back many years ago when I was in radio we could go pretty - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-01, 16:47
- No need to explain - Paul, 2019-09-01, 14:08
  - Well, as they say - doh!, 2019-09-01, 14:22
- I saw Gary Saturday, he’s not retiring soon! - Larryh, 2019-09-01, 13:40
- what will you (or any of us) do - curious, 2019-09-01, 13:26
  - Man, you will be surprised beyond your wildest imagination! - Marco, 2019-09-01, 16:30
  - I am hoping they call it the Happy Hunting Ground for a - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-01, 13:49
- We were made for work. - Marco, 2019-09-01, 13:19
- You are doing fine Gary. (nm) - SPB, 2019-09-01, 12:49
- You could take up rock hounding - John W, 2019-09-01, 12:41
  - John, it's a bit early in the day to be drinking (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-01, 13:51
- Don't retire then. My boss has kids your age and going - Huey, 2019-09-01, 12:34
  - That is one strong will. (nm) - Andy S, 2019-09-01, 15:00
    - Had a great day - Alcorn, 2019-09-01, 18:47
      - I will have to hand it to Alcorn. I think every hunt - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-01, 19:48