classic33
Leg End Member
You've not travelled with Arrival or Northern then.I read this about three times before I saw "rain" and not "train"!!!
I wondered why WD was so excited about a train.
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I fully get where you're coming from. When our poessions are sold off I guess this would raise £10-15000. Realistically I think my bikes would be 20/25% of this value. Second-hand TV - £50?Hang on a minute...
£20 for this, £100 for that, premium bonds, bank balance, 35 year old guitar, 20 year old bikes, 3 year old laptop...
Wow, you are right - I thought the sum total would be about £3,000 but I reckon on a really good day, the surviving members of my family might be able to scrape together about...
£4,750!
Thing is I saved for a pension for 30+ years, paid £23k for my house now worth £400k. Theoretically we are wealthy but in reality we can never spend the £400k we live inside. I did nothing to earn this increase. I don't deserve it.
It's only paper value and means nothing till we die. In some ways a sad reflection of the world we live in.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Oh I have 😭😭😭
Good evening all virus dodging retirees.
It's raining nicely outside at the moment.
I have spent a lovely afternoon in the garden at the Mitre. Undercover and distanced from my mates. Got to support the governor of our best pub.
Now, after eating a Chinese takeaway we are listening to Tony Blackburn on R2. A bottle of Merlot is open and we are setting in for the evening.🍷
It's raining nicely outside at the moment.
I have spent a lovely afternoon in the garden at the Mitre. Undercover and distanced from my mates. Got to support the governor of our best pub.
Now, after eating a Chinese takeaway we are listening to Tony Blackburn on R2. A bottle of Merlot is open and we are setting in for the evening.🍷
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
That's one of the reasons we are thinking of selling up and renting instead.
We'd have free choice of where to live and the ability to move on anytime we wished.
Money is no use to you if it is tied up in property and you've no one to leave it to.
You could rent a very nice place for a long time with 400k...........
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I didn't read it, but as you say, these things often take a turn for the worse.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Or take equity release to fund some expensive treats ?That's one of the reasons we are thinking of selling up and renting instead.
We'd have free choice of where to live and the ability to move on anytime we wished.
Money is no use to you if it is tied up in property and you've no one to leave it to.
You could rent a very nice place for a long time with 400k...........
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
We've looked into that, but it's not for us.
Too many restrictions and limitations.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
We've looked into that, but it's not for us.
Too many restrictions and limitations.
I don't fancy doing that at all. It's not for me either.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Just booked a week away in the van on Dartmoor from next Wednesday.
Why not rob your local bank,you could have a time share at the big house on Dartmoor for several years with no financial outlay.
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
