The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Very dark and windy here. Up late and just had a cuppa.
Got to go out after..... I need a 'Set of padlocks'. You know the ones where the same key fits several padlocks. Been on line but they are silly prices so am off to JTF..... who happen to be offering free bacon baps with the voucher I have

Worth a gander
CH Wood (Security) Bradford.

 

[Dave7]

Worth a gander
CH Wood (Security) Bradford.

Thanks. Got them now from JTF.. ..weatherproof £12 00 a pair (don't need good security are they're only for the side gates).

 

[Dave7]

The sink cupboard door fell off the hinge broke.......so £5.99 poorer and 10 minutes later it's all swinging again

So why are you (w)hinging.
Get it ? hinging/(w)hinging.
Good one yes

 

[Drago]

Felt a bit run down this morning. Had an early lunch at,11 and then snoozed. Just woken up, had a cuddle with the dog, and now enjoying a hot Clooneys.

 

[Dave7]

Same here. The kids are grown up and are financially independent and have left home. We have been mortgage free for 9 years so just have the normal bills to pay. My pension is good, have a house in a desirable area and money in the bank. Life is sweet.
Some of the guys and girls from my cycling club who retired some years ago told me many times that retirement was the way forward.

I count myself fortunate.
I left school with absolutely no qualifications. Had many, many jobs. In my forties I landed a decent job but had never had a private pension.
In my mid fifties I set up a company that did very well and enabled me to pay off the mortgage. Left the company to my best customer for a lump sum.
So.....a very small private pension but enough in the bank to see us out (providing we dont live till we are 125 )

 

[numbnuts]

I count myself unfortunate
good job, married badly, accident at work left disabled, divorced she got everything, lived on the state until retirement, a tiny works pension plus state pension.
Financially if I don't live long I'll be OK........just

 

[Dirk]

Think @Drago has started a new business ......

 

[welsh dragon]

Think @Drago has started a new business ......

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OMG. That is so gross. Drago should patent that one using his own Y-fronts. .

 

[Dave7]

Think @Drago has started a new business ......

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That's brilliant. I will shamelessly steal that.

 

[Dave7]

OMG. That is so gross. Drago should patent that one using his own Y-fronts. .

But they are Drago's aren't they? Ohh no...........his are (or once were) white.

 

[172traindriver]

I was talking to a mate on Sunday before our game and haven't seen him for three years. He's a few months younger than me so hasn't reached 60 yet but he informed me he retired in June shortly followed by his wife a couple of months later. He said he loves having all this time but he doesn't have the money he'd like so he's pretty much the opposite of me. I've got the money (which I like) but not the time to spend it while I'm working full time. It's a tricky one, isn't it? I've got another mate who's been made forcibly jobless and he's on the verge of having to use a food bank and hates it!

It is a difficult one that is for sure. Whilst retirement appears a good option and the thought of all the time to do what you want, when you want the reality is that you need money to carry on living a similar lifestyle that you are accustomed to.

 

[172traindriver]

I have an HP printer and the cost of HP ink is very expensive. I always buy ink from an ink shop nearby at a fraction of the cost. The printer tells me off, but they work just as well.

Epson original ink is really expensive compared to the compatible stuff on ebay. It works fine and have bought a fair bit over the years

 

[172traindriver]

I am sorting my finances. It won't take long.

Sorted now?

 

[172traindriver]

Felt a bit run down this morning. Had an early lunch at,11 and then snoozed. Just woken up, had a cuddle with the dog, and now enjoying a hot Clooneys.

Feeling better?

 

[172traindriver]

But they are Drago's aren't they? Ohh no...........his are (or once were) white.

Think of the damage to the environment, if they go in their rightful place........the incinerator