The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

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.

My neighbour Tom, who is 84, lived in Princetown during the war years and into the early 50s.
His dad was a prison officer when Dartmoor nick was a high security establishment.
Tom takes great delight in recounting his experiences on Dartmoor during the winter of 1947.

 

[PaulSB]

"Well the rules are clear, but they're there for breaking" said the d******d on the 10.00 news.......with his mask only covering his mouth.

I despair. This is going to get very, very bad before it gets better.

 

[welsh dragon]

"Well the rules are clear, but they're there for breaking" said the d******d on the 10.00 news.......with his mask only covering his mouth.

I despair. This is going to get very, very bad before it gets better.

I saw that as well. Pea brain springs to mind.

 

[classic33]

"Well the rules are clear, but they're there for breaking" said the d******d on the 10.00 news.......with his mask only covering his mouth.

I despair. This is going to get very, very bad before it gets better.

It's the new "fashion statement" amongst politicians.

 

[Dirk]

It's the new "fashion statement" amongst politicians.
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That's a gag, not a mask......

 

[welsh dragon]

Just goes to show the intelligence of labour members.

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night GranMa

 

[Exlaser2]

Night night every one. All this talk of retiring and money has made me very reflective. I have to say I am very careful with money. Probably because my dad wasn’t. He spend the last decades of his life living beyond his means on credit cards. . By the time I had to step in because of his memory loss, he was living off the state pension and owed £50,000 pounds to 8 credit card companies which meant the minimum interest payments were more than the total money he had coming in . Luckily I managed to sort it out before he died ( thank god for citizens advice ) , which means my mum has at least has lived to 86 in a semi comfortable retirement .
I only bring this up as a warning, to anyone thinking of retiring early . Please please make sure you have done all the correct calculations. Self delusion at this point only brings pain to your family going forward.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm on the night shift

 

[FrankCrank]

Happy pumpkin day to you all

 

[screenman]

Morning all, but day planned here as I am going to go through the drawers and cupboards in the garage and have a good chuck out, I hope to fill 1/2 a dustbin bag. In reality find that pot of racks for my tack gun.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Wet and windy as forecast. Going to be a long day!

 

[Dave7]

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?

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.

I agree there.
My situation is slightly different as in I have money in the bank but our house is not high value. It a big, solid house with 3 good gardens but the close is next to a council estate the USED to have a bad reputation. But reputations stick and the house would fetch less than £200K.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people