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The Retirement Thread

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Hanneke
Hanneke
Oct 2023
11:49am, 17 Oct 2023
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Pix, imagine your mileage! And the points you gain me in trader 😂
EvilPixie
EvilPixie
Oct 2023
11:53am, 17 Oct 2023
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tee hee
I would really like to be able to run when I want rather than having to get up at stupid o'clock to run - I know Ness does but I am a fan of my bed LOL
Last week I didn't set an alarm all week but was up by 8 which is just perfect :-)
EvilPixie
EvilPixie
Oct 2023
11:54am, 17 Oct 2023
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plus ATM I have to decide - run or weights (etc) I don't have time to do both in a day unlike Ness and Vrap
then if I plan everything in I end up with no rest days!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Oct 2023
12:12pm, 17 Oct 2023
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Exactly!
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
Oct 2023
12:15pm, 17 Oct 2023
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Mrs Axe and I have tentatively discussed a 1 year delay to summer 25 for our retirement. While summer 24 remains the aim, that extra year saving and with a July 2025 wedding would just remove any doubt. We will keep this under review

HG - you wife sounds like my parents. Well my Mum. She worked to 65 and my dad until his early 70s. Any talk of my retirement is frowned upon.
bigleggy
bigleggy
Oct 2023
12:16pm, 17 Oct 2023
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I cycle to work at the moment so I like to think I use work for exercise :-) But the idea of not having to get up and cycle to work is much more appealing :-)
Rosehip
Rosehip
Oct 2023
1:15pm, 17 Oct 2023
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*applauds* Though slightly caveat (that I know HappyT will get - as a fellow horsey person) - horses, innit?! Once house paid off, the horses are a massive financial burden. So my missus would happily work until in grave to support her horse habit. Me, not so much! G


Sister lasted less than a month retired and has gone back to full time work - probably to pay for her horse habit. Think she’s mad, how can she enjoy the horses properly if she’s working all the time? But each to their own.

I thought I might get bored, but really get irritated that my life still isn’t really my own and don’t get to do half as much as I want to
Johnny Blaze
Johnny Blaze
Oct 2023
1:21pm, 17 Oct 2023
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I have to say work could be pretty boring at times.

Also:
Hectic
Stressful
Demanding
Fruitless
Spending time with people you would rather not spend time with
Bosses

Don’t get much of those when you are retired.
HappyTimes
HappyTimes
Oct 2023
1:28pm, 17 Oct 2023
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HG I only partially agree. Yes horses/ownership can be fairly costly.
However with your own place and knowledge on doing some of the nursing stuff you can get a lot of "horse" for those say c. £400/month car payments (which are also life choices)
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Oct 2023
1:30pm, 17 Oct 2023
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This is very true, JB. I have gone to work while ill in the past because it was preferable to being at home, but that was because I had a home situation that needed to change.

I'm where Rosehip is with regard to sometimes finding it frustrating that I'm still on other people's timetables to some extent, but I'm hoping that will improve when eL Bee! stops work.

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Schnecke (end of school term 07.23)
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