The Retirement Thread

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Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
I'm cooking a cottage pie with vegetables for today's dinner. :hungry:
 

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
I’ve ben supervising Granddaughter at the Bouncy Castle at the local sports centre. It’s a couple of hours session but an hour was enough. Went up to the café afterwards and Mrs TKK and granddaughter asked for waffles. They were mahoosive! Both covered in syrup, mini smarties and two scoops of ice cream. I really struggled to finish off what they couldn’t manage, especially as I’d had a portion of “ Rocky Road “ with my coffee.
 
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Deleted member 1258

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One for the carnivores on here, a nice piece of pork for us tonight, I've got jacket spuds and mixed veg to go with it.

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Mo1959

Legendary Member
Walk done. The sun appearing brought everyone out in their droves. Good to get out though. I think tonight‘s tea will be a baked spud with corned beef and beans.

Apart from Countryfile there’s not much on tonight so it will be old stuff for me. A Lewis on ITV3 then a Rebus on the Drama channel.
 
Tried to go out for a ride a few time today

First attempt was halted when I spotted a circle of feathers in the back garden - and then noticed a hawk having his lunch under the holly bush

He was plucking and eating it for over an hour and I didn;t want to disturb him

then tried later and it was drizzling - that nasty stuff that seems light but soaks you

then it stopped after lunch and I got the bike out and put the rack bag on and got everything ready to go - I was just about to go when it started chucking it down
ended up throwing the bike back in the shed and giving up

Anyway - some nice shots of the hawk
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Exlaser2

Veteran
at 64, as I approach retirement age at 66, it comes up in a few conversations at work. Despite quite bad OA I still love my work but do feel fairly knackered at the end of the day...but equally do seriously consider working on till maybe 67, 68...for mental health reasons rather than financial, I don't have any notable hobbies and can't stand having nothing to do, it sends me stir crazy, I actually get agitated, tense, its not good for me.
Talking to a guy slightly younger than me...he intends, all things being well, to work till about 70. Phhhh, thats a push, even for me.
Retirement is often seen as a celebration, freedom...but not by all. Are we that unusual?

I don’t think it’s unusual at all, it all depends on the person and how they find the job they do . A friend mine could have retired at 65 with a full works pension but worked on until he was 72 because he still enjoyed it . Even after he did finally retire he spent his days restoring vintage cars and sailing every time he could . He had to keep busy.

I am different,I was always hoping to retire early if I could after 30+ years with the same employer( who I disliked but the pension scheme was great 😊) so I always had 60 to 62 in my mind as a age to retire . But when the company decided to move across the country when I was 58 and a redundancy package was offered , I jumped at it.
I really enjoyed it so far , doing things when I want rather than be ruled by the clock . And even if I have to do a little part time work to tide myself over to 67 , I still feel I’ve done the right thing for me
 
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