The Retirement Thread

[screenman]

That's a delusion.

I doubt many experience it.

 

[Dirk]

I doubt many experience it.

You're the only one I've come across.

 

[Drago]

Just the thought of work makes me feel ill, and needing a beer to recover.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4927744, member: 43827"]The thought of work made me feel ill when I used to work. It doesn't bother me now that it's just a thought.[/QUOTE]

That is so sad, fancy all that misery for a lot of your life, must have been terrible. Could you have had a change of career to something you would have enjoyed.

 

[Dirk]

Just the thought of work makes me feel ill, and needing a beer to recover.

Wine for me and the hound.

Well, she has walked 8 miles today.......... and she's 12 years old........... and ate a whole pasty!

 

[Dirk]

The Dykes on Bikes have hit the road in their campervan this morning.
We've got the CL all to ourselves again.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Wine for me and the hound.

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Well, she has walked 8 miles today.......... and she's 12 years old........... and ate a whole pasty!

I thought you meant you were going to drink the wine and

Nah, not me you must be confused that is not a job.

It's definitely a job.

job1
dʒɒb/
noun
noun: job; plural noun: jobs

1. 1.
   a paid position of regular employment.
   "the scheme could create 200 jobs"
   synonyms: position of employment, position, post, situation, place, appointment, posting, placement, day job; More
   occupation, profession, trade, career, work, field of work, line of work, line of business, means of livelihood, means of earning a living, walk of life, métier, pursuit, craft;
   vocation, calling;
   vacancy, opening;
   way;
   informalberth;
   informalgrip;
   archaicemploy
   "my job involves a lot of travelling"
2. 2.
   a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.
   "she wants to be left alone to get on with the job"
   synonyms: task, piece of work, assignment, project; More
   chore, errand;
   undertaking, venture, operation, enterprise, activity, business, affair;
   detail
   "a job that will take him three months to complete"
   • a responsibility or duty.
     "it's our job to find things out"
     synonyms: responsibility, duty, charge, concern, task; More
     role, function, contribution, capacity, mission, commission;
     informaldepartment;
     informalpigeon;
     datedoffice
     "it's your job to protect her"
   • informal
     a difficult task.
     "we thought you'd have a job getting there"
     synonyms: difficult task, problem, trouble, struggle, strain, hard time, trial, bother; More
     informalheadache, hassle, performance, pain, hard mountain to climb, hard row to hoe
     "it was a job to get here on time"
   • informal
     a procedure to improve the appearance of something.
     "someone had done a skilful paint job"
   • informal
     a crime, especially a robbery.
     "a series of daring bank jobs"
     synonyms: crime, felony; More
     raid, robbery, hold-up, burglary, break-in, theft;
     informalstick-up, smash-and-grab (raid);
     informalheist
     "a series of daring bank jobs"
   • Computing
     an operation or group of operations treated as a single and distinct unit.
     "this feature allows your computer to queue print jobs"
3. 3.
   informal
   a thing of a specified nature.
   "the car was a blue malevolent-looking job"

verb
verb: job; 3rd person present: jobs; past tense: jobbed; past participle: jobbed; gerund or present participle: jobbing

1. 1.
   do casual or occasional work.
   "a jobbing builder"
2. 2.
   buy and sell (stocks) as a broker-dealer, especially on a small scale.
   "his game plan is to buy in then job the shares on at a profit"

 

[dodgy]

I found this thread useful at first, but it just feels like a couple of regulars posting smug messages.

I'm sure it's possible to be both relieved to be comfortably retired and post interesting stuff. Maybe.

 

[screenman]

I found this thread useful at first, but it just feels like a couple of regulars posting smug messages.

I'm sure it's possible to be both relieved to be comfortably retired and post interesting stuff. Maybe.

That are just having fun, you have to be patient with older folks.

 

[LiamW]

I generally found that those people who retired from my place of work (public transport) died quickly afterwards.

Seems the job was keeping them alive.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We've spent the afternoon down the club, we've been shopping for my sister in law, we're having a and then I've got a washing line to put up and a plant to repot.

 

[LiamW]

Rock and roll lifestyle there Dave

 

[screenman]

Had 2 hours in the gym this morning, then spent time with some friends whilst topping up the bank account, just about to go out on the bike and then a nice dinner with the wife. Life is great.

 

[Venod]

we've been shopping for my sister in law

I thought they came with marriage, I had no idea you could buy them.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I thought they came with marriage, I had no idea you could buy them.

The ladies in her 80's and has hurt her foot so we nipped in the supermarket on the way back from the club and did her shopping for her.