Drago
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Mrs D has let slip that she plans to buy me a campervan for my 50th. Ding dong!
The Retirement Thread
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I think you'll find that most camper vans have a horn rather than a bell.
Well, that'll be the end of summer!
Just been out and bought a roll out sun canopy for the caravan.
Going to the Seaton Cycling Festival on Friday, for a few days.
http://www.seatoncyclefest.co.uk/
You'll know who to blame if it rains.
Just been out and bought a roll out sun canopy for the caravan.
Going to the Seaton Cycling Festival on Friday, for a few days.
http://www.seatoncyclefest.co.uk/
You'll know who to blame if it rains.
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Drago
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Firing up the Ford Fusion of Elderliness in a bit. Got an appt in MK at the private hospital (Blakelands if anyone knows it). Final appt with the nurse prior to my shoulder op on the 11th.
Just pitched up with the caravan about a mile out of Branscombe.
Having a spot of lunch and a cuppa and then off for a doggie walk.
Local pub only 600yds down the road, will give it a go tonight.
Seaton Cycllng Festival starts tomorrow.
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Weather forecast looking good for the coming week. Site owner says we can stop a few extra days if we want - will probably take her up on the offer.
Having a spot of lunch and a cuppa and then off for a doggie walk.
Local pub only 600yds down the road, will give it a go tonight.
Seaton Cycllng Festival starts tomorrow.
-Weather forecast looking good for the coming week. Site owner says we can stop a few extra days if we want - will probably take her up on the offer.
Flick of the Elbow
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Visited my IFA today, looks like I should be able to join this thread on Friday 28th June 2019. Keep a seat for me please.
They will be the longest 2 years of your life.
I had a chart on the wall, behind my desk, ticking off the last 18 months of my working life, day by day. I found it helped me get through having to go to work, once I'd decided to retire. Sort of light at the end of the tunnel kind of thing.
It really peed my boss off though, as he really wanted to retire but couldn't afford to.
Drago
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Yep, after retirement comes more retirement. Its great!
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Yes retirement is great, its the thought that the grim reaper might be breathing down my neck thats slightly unsettling
Drago
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The reaper doesn't bother me. Sure, when he comes I'll go down fighting, but I'm not going to spend my life worrying about it because I'll be going to Valhalla.
Once my shoulder is mended I'm going to spend some time getting fit, then bulked then ripped.
Once my shoulder is mended I'm going to spend some time getting fit, then bulked then ripped.
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I've had two run ins with him already and won, at some point I recon he might win.
I'm not retired. The vauge plan was at 65 I would stop working full time and go sort of part time, y'know a couple of days a week. More if necessary less if that was how it panned out.
Pension wise I don't have much to call on in all honesty, so I will need to be doing a couple of days a week anyway. That would be bringing me in as much if not more than a pension.
So here I am 65th birthday came and went some 9 months ago and I am still full time. 6 days a week at times.
I stopped all my advertising last year, no more local mags, no more Yellow Pages, Yell and associated web pages. Other web sites I knocked on the head. In reality things are slowing down but as one who has been self employed since I was in my early 30's, it comes hard, really hard, not jumping on enquiries like they are gold dust. Getting people to call you with an enquiry is hard and it's very costly. Even then you still have to go out and actually get the order.
The phone still rings of course, old customers and recommends one or two commercial contacts still want work doing. I have work booked out through until the end of September. After so much time of course I am fortunate to have lots and lots of old customers who come back time and again.
It is terrific, in a way. In a way it isn't. Those days in the sun seem almost to be as far away as ever they did. I only wish I had been this busy 15, 10 or even 7 years ago.
So going from working full time to part time isn't quite as straightforward as I expected. Of course I could simply stop and refuse all work, but money wise I know I can't do that, and it isn't as if I feel over burdened by the daily grind. I enjoy my work, it's satisfying, turning out work that people appreciate is good for the soul, and I like the people I meet. Work isn't a chore for the most part.
One reason I haven't been out riding so much is simply because I am so busy. I am getting there bit by bit and I know I'll get there soon, but it's been a long time coming.
Pension wise I don't have much to call on in all honesty, so I will need to be doing a couple of days a week anyway. That would be bringing me in as much if not more than a pension.
So here I am 65th birthday came and went some 9 months ago and I am still full time. 6 days a week at times.
I stopped all my advertising last year, no more local mags, no more Yellow Pages, Yell and associated web pages. Other web sites I knocked on the head. In reality things are slowing down but as one who has been self employed since I was in my early 30's, it comes hard, really hard, not jumping on enquiries like they are gold dust. Getting people to call you with an enquiry is hard and it's very costly. Even then you still have to go out and actually get the order.
The phone still rings of course, old customers and recommends one or two commercial contacts still want work doing. I have work booked out through until the end of September. After so much time of course I am fortunate to have lots and lots of old customers who come back time and again.
It is terrific, in a way. In a way it isn't. Those days in the sun seem almost to be as far away as ever they did. I only wish I had been this busy 15, 10 or even 7 years ago.
So going from working full time to part time isn't quite as straightforward as I expected. Of course I could simply stop and refuse all work, but money wise I know I can't do that, and it isn't as if I feel over burdened by the daily grind. I enjoy my work, it's satisfying, turning out work that people appreciate is good for the soul, and I like the people I meet. Work isn't a chore for the most part.
One reason I haven't been out riding so much is simply because I am so busy. I am getting there bit by bit and I know I'll get there soon, but it's been a long time coming.
