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The Retirement Thread

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Jan 2024
11:25am, 3 Jan 2024
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macca 53
Well done TROSaracen. I hope to pass your 20 year target (agewise at least)!
Jan 2024
11:34am, 3 Jan 2024
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Hibeedeb
Congratulations TROSaracen

I’m still planning on this year, but spring is looking increasingly unlikely.
Jan 2024
12:47pm, 3 Jan 2024
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Sigh
I've done that for you, bigleggy
Jan 2024
12:51pm, 3 Jan 2024
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Sigh
Congrats, TROSaracen! Do you want bumping back up the retirees list? :-)
Jan 2024
1:37pm, 3 Jan 2024
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bigleggy
Thanks Sigh :-)
Jan 2024
6:40pm, 3 Jan 2024
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Bazoaxe
I love hearing these tales of retirement as it makes it all sound feasible

Day 1 back to work for me today and it feels like I haven’t been away and nothing has changed. I have unofficially heard that management have signed something that if true is either very foolish, cannot delivered (but willl be paid for) or in fact both.

I will wait for it to officially land on my desk and then see what we have signed up to and then see what the fall out is.
Jan 2024
7:06pm, 3 Jan 2024
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Fields
One of my friends has retired from full time work today at age of 41. He will be doing some consultancy work but probably a day or two a month.
Jan 2024
7:50pm, 3 Jan 2024
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Sigh
My old boss messaged me today with a query on an old matter that she couldn't work out. I replied with all the information within a minute, and she thanked me. What's not surprising is that this is a matter which has dragged on since 2019, cannot be solved by anyone in the UK and needs ownership at corporate level in Zurich. Never gonna happen.
Jan 2024
3:54am, 4 Jan 2024
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
I officially retired on 31st December, and I returned from holiday yesterday, today is the first day of not having anything in particular to do :-)
Jan 2024
6:04am, 4 Jan 2024
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Totriornottotri
*not having to do what others want you to do!

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Retirees Hall of Fame

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Jigs (25.09.24)
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Hibeedeb (02.08.24)
Winniefree (08.07.24, 2nd attempt)
EvilPixie (24.06.24)
Snail (21.06.24)
GregP (14.06.24) (after part retirement 31.03.23)
Fizz :-) (13.06.24)
Jaks (15.05.24) (third time of retiring)
HellsBells (31.03.24) (orig. May 2018)
TROSaracen (07.02.24)(semi retired since mid 2019)
Hanneke (01.02.24)
Jenni-far-far (28.12.23)
FergusG (22.12.23)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) (11.12.23)
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Lip Gloss (22.11.23)
jda (28.08.23)
RFJ (23.08.23)
Sigh (28.07.23)
Schnecke (end of school term 07.23)
Sharkie (05.07.23)
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Rebel (12.05.23)
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Bob! (30.03.23)
Velociraptor (21.03.23)
Garfield (provisional, 27.02.23) (see p.699)
ThorntonRunner (20.12.22)
DrMags (30.07.21)
MaltDrinker (30.07.21)
DoricQuine (15.06.21)
Mandymoo (21.05.21)
Eynsham Red (06.05.21)
GimmeMedals (31.08.20)
Steve NordRunner (01.08.19)
um (May 2017)
macca 53 (31.10.17)
XB (07.07.16)
Flatlander (November 2011)
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Ness
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Shades
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Nick Cook

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