The Retirement Thread
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Nov 2023
10:37am, 8 Nov 2023
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SarahWoo
So exciting, eL Bee and LG! 😁
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Nov 2023
11:12am, 8 Nov 2023
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ThorntonRunner
As per eL Bee's comment: I worked developing the same software suite for 40 years and felt a real sense of ownership, but post-retirement - haven't missed it at all. I let go without even realising it.
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Nov 2023
11:19am, 8 Nov 2023
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jda
I have a scientific paper under review. I haven't bothered to look at the first set of review comments, which I was emailed about a couple of weeks ago. I suppose I ought to get round to it some time, but I really wouldn't lose any sleep if the paper sank without trace...it's hardly legacy-making stuff, just the last thing we bothered to do. |
Nov 2023
2:00pm, 8 Nov 2023
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Rosehip
As per eL Bee's comment: I worked developing the same software suite for 40 years and felt a real sense of ownership, but post-retirement - haven't missed it at all. I let go without even realising it. I worked on two similar drugs for at least half of my 25 year career, the second one launched just as I ‘retired’ the first time. I did care about it for a few months, but after a few post-leaving bits and pieces with patent laywers and the like I soon realised I really didn’t care that much! |
Nov 2023
2:26pm, 8 Nov 2023
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Lip Gloss
Ally_C , hope your wife is getting a good send off today. Tomorrow is my Friday this week and I don’t go back until Wed. |
Nov 2023
2:41pm, 8 Nov 2023
35,848 posts
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Ness
Lovely! It's going to be great for you. And eL Bee! 😁😁 |
Nov 2023
3:02pm, 8 Nov 2023
39,692 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Odd isn’t it, the B4 job I was forced to take and now resigned from, is not going to be filled, they are using the hours to put with a B3 part time vacancy to make a WTE B3, so maybe they should have offered redundancy!
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Nov 2023
3:58pm, 8 Nov 2023
23,361 posts
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Sigh
Today is Day 100 of retirement for me; I can confirm that I do not miss a thing about work, and I'm glad we both managed to get out at the age of 55. Raising the pension access age to be always 10 years lower than state pension age - whilst encouraging folks to pump loads into their pensions - is a cynical way of keeping future generations longer at the grindstone. Bastards, the lot of them. |
Nov 2023
5:59pm, 8 Nov 2023
4,440 posts
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Ally-C
She’s home with plenty of swag LipGloss, a bit upset her main boss never showed though.
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Nov 2023
6:01pm, 8 Nov 2023
17,664 posts
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Mandymoo
Sorry she was let down by big boss but glad she is home with swag
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