The Retirement Thread

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EvilPixie
EvilPixie
Jun 2022
8:54am, 16 Jun 2022
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EvilPixie
I fear you may be waiting some time gents
TROSaracen
TROSaracen
Jun 2022
9:09am, 16 Jun 2022
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TROSaracen
My life expectancy is May 2023.....
GregP
GregP
Jun 2022
9:30am, 16 Jun 2022
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GregP
I’ve pencilled in my six Spurs games for next season. One of them is the Forest match in March. Lunch at Chick King, nico? My treat 😎
EvilPixie
EvilPixie
Jun 2022
9:31am, 16 Jun 2022
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EvilPixie
(optimistic this is WH we are talking about)
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jun 2022
9:47am, 16 Jun 2022
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Hanneke
We are in Shetland just now & the organising it took was a nightmare, booking everything from car parking, accommodation, a cabin on the boat, food on the boot, car hire, trips, race entries. Eventually it will be; I can’t be arsed😀


I got to this point because of Covid.
Thought about my first holiday since December 2019 and boy was it tricky and expensive: a week in Greece!!!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Jun 2022
9:54am, 16 Jun 2022
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Hanneke
My (NHS) life expectancy is 2025... I survived their "you have 3-6 months" by nearly 9 years already... So I better not live totally like my death is quite imminent, especially as I am not showing any signs of deadly illness yet 🙄😎

Joking aside:
It is a balance between being too careful and being overly callous with your money. When I decided to go free lance and work the minimum I did realise I could no longer retire aged 58, which is next year.
The alternative would have been an extremely stressful job, moving back to London for it, selling my gorgeous property that allows for a self sufficient, holistic life style.
Yes, I would have retired next year but I would probably have succumbed to serious stress induced illness.
And this is personal but I have enjoyed living stressfree and on a shoestring! I know that earning so little can be a cause for stress for some but for me, leaving the ratrace was the best thing ever.
Nicholls595
Nicholls595
Jun 2022
9:59am, 16 Jun 2022
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Nicholls595
I’ve pencilled in my six Spurs games for next season. One of them is the Forest match in March. Lunch at Chick King, nico? My treat 😎


Ooooooooooo, a trip to That London, that'd be nice.
Hills of Death (HOD)
Hills of Death (HOD)
Jun 2022
10:23am, 16 Jun 2022
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Nichols beat me too it TRO ;-)
GregP
GregP
Jun 2022
10:24am, 16 Jun 2022
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GregP
Wow. ‘Nice’ and ‘Chick King’ in the same sentence.

This truly is an age of wonders.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jun 2022
10:26am, 16 Jun 2022
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Ally you reckon about 70 is the cut-off point for 'doing stuff'? OH got to that point in his childhood I reckon ;-) (his parents' influence). Luckily (or not) for him he married me and *my* mother's influence is that I shall want to keep doing stuff til I'm about 90 :-)

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