The Retirement Thread

[Lonestar]

I could have stayed on to complete 30 years. In the end, after a little thought, I decided to pack it in on my 60th birthday. This meant I did 29 years 4 months and 2 days.
The extra 8 months freedom could be quite a high percentage of the time I have left to enjoy retirement (who knows?) and they made little difference financially.
At the end of the day, time is more precious than money.

I've done 35+ years so farand I have to get to 40 definitely.By that time I will be 59 but then I have to wait till i'm 60.

Lord, fifty years is a good craic in this day and age. What do you do?

One of those overpaid railway barstewards.

 

[Lee_M]

I spoke to my pensions man yesterday and he confirmed I can afford to retire (obviously this is only opinion, but its the same as mine)

So next week I will be terminating my current 1 day per week contract :-D

I know a lot will ask why not keep going, but only being there one day a week means I don't have the control over the operational team that I used to have, so I spend most of my day working out what they've messed up in the previous week. The rest of the day is spent trying to get the executives to understand that IT is fundamental to their business and they need to invest in it but to be honest their behaviour is soul destroying, and I've had enough

 

[Dirk]

I spoke to my pensions man yesterday and he confirmed I can afford to retire (obviously this is only opinion, but its the same as mine)

So next week I will be terminating my current 1 day per week contract :-D

I know a lot will ask why not keep going, but only being there one day a week means I don't have the control over the operational team that I used to have, so I spend most of my day working out what they've messed up in the previous week. The rest of the day is spent trying to get the executives to understand that IT is fundamental to their business and they need to invest in it but to be honest their behaviour is soul destroying, and I've had enough

Good for you boy!
You won't regret it

 

[screenman]

Just spending the day servicing the garage, others may call it pottering.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Just spending the day servicing the garage, others may call it pottering.

Yesterday was spent giving the bathroom a coat of paint and freshening it up a bit, I've been to Yoga this morning and I'm going to do the housework this afternoon.

 

[Dirk]

Sprayed the weeds locally this morning.
Living on a private road, I seem to have inherited this job from old George who passed away the other year.
Still, I got my Brownie points in with the other residents.

 

[Drago]

Eating some sarnies.

 

[Lavender Rose]

I probably won't retire until I'm 75 at this rate. Or I find a rich man? Or win the lottery....or Ryan Gosling wakes up one day and realises that actually I am the love of his life and whisks me off my feet in his helicopter.

 

[screenman]

Just been watching two guys service my garage door, tomorrow or the next day I was going to fit all the electrics too it, but for £60 extra the job is theirs. Job creation at it's best.

 

[petek]

I spoke to my pensions man yesterday and he confirmed I can afford to retire (obviously this is only opinion, but its the same as mine)

So next week I will be terminating my current 1 day per week contract :-D

I know a lot will ask why not keep going, but only being there one day a week means I don't have the control over the operational team that I used to have, so I spend most of my day working out what they've messed up in the previous week. The rest of the day is spent trying to get the executives to understand that IT is fundamental to their business and they need to invest in it but to be honest their behaviour is soul destroying, and I've had enough

Good idea mate. I stopped..full stop and it didn't agree with me at all. Far better to 'taper off' working than in one fell swoop IMO.

 

[Dirk]

Just got back from the Doc's after having my yearly MOT.
Clean bill of health.
I'd recommend anyone of a 'certain age' having this done regularly.

 

[Drago]

Just enjoying a Big Mac.

Well, the burger of that name tastes foul, so you must have been doing something enjoyable to a large Scotsman.

Sprayed the weeds locally this morning.
Living on a private road, I seem to have inherited this job from old George who passed away the other year.

Oh, old George who passed away from complications arising from weedkiller exposure?

 

[screenman]

Well, the burger of that name tastes foul, so you must have been doing something enjoyable to a large Scotsman.

It was very early morning and had not eaten for 14 hours.

 

[Drago]

You're only digging yourself in deeper!

 

[Dirk]

Oh, old George who passed away from complications arising from weedkiller exposure?

Yes - it finally got him at the age of 94.
No age at all.