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Bob! Apr 2023 2:50pm, 29 Apr 2023 4,135 posts	Quote Pin Bob! How many eL Bee! ?
Lip Gloss Apr 2023 2:54pm, 29 Apr 2023 69,027 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss Not including any holidays I have 135 working days till my birthday
eL Bee! Apr 2023 4:35pm, 29 Apr 2023 20,815 posts	Quote Pin eL Bee! If I *was* counting....... 85
HappyG(rrr) Apr 2023 4:46pm, 29 Apr 2023 46,532 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) Morning spent at model flying club with 60, 70 and 80 year olds. All singing the praises of retirement. G
Nick Cook Apr 2023 9:41pm, 29 Apr 2023 36,410 posts	Quote Pin Nick Cook Got my state pension letter today telling me how much I'd be getting, and when. I didn't realise it would be 4 weekly rather than monthly.
Hills of Death (HOD) Apr 2023 9:44pm, 29 Apr 2023 36,722 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) I’m used to it Nick I’ve been paid like that since 1993 13 pay days a year 😜
alpenrose Apr 2023 10:23pm, 29 Apr 2023 59,439 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose I find it a bit annoying Nick as I don't know when it's coming. I've gone through my diary marking the days.
Winniefree Apr 2023 8:18am, 30 Apr 2023 4,694 posts	Quote Pin Winniefree And of course it dodges about when there’s a bank holiday. Not that I get mine until I’m 67, but I do like spending Mr W’s.
Bazoaxe Apr 2023 8:47pm, 30 Apr 2023 24,767 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe My state pension forecast has been updates with the 22/23 tax year and I am only one year shy of the full state pension. Even if I didn’t contribute this year it’s only £2.50 per week I had a look back over a few years and something odd appears as going back about 6 years I was paying more NI for about four years than I do. I don’t recall the rates chang8ng significantly but they must have done
CogNoscensme AHA Apr 2023 10:25pm, 30 Apr 2023 748 posts	Quote Pin CogNoscensme AHA Last and final paycheck received. Much to my surprise, our HR payroll seems to have carried out my requests accurately including the salary sacrifice to pension. Now it's about spending wisely and enjoying it while we have the energy

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