En el artículo , Bob Eager escribió:
A colleague said to me that he was busier in retirement than he ever had been when working, the only difference being he wasn't getting paid for it.
I thought at the time, "nah" but having retired myself, can confirm he is absolutely right.
One of mine was always cross that he now had to take his holidays in his own time, not the company's.
That's why harry thinks wind turbines always work.
Might not make mush difference if you have a dog. ;-)
Hopefully, being a DIY group, most will have hobbies to keep them busy.
En el artículo , Norman Wells escribió:
Heh, I like that. I spent much of my career working abroad, it's odd being at home so much now.
You are over-eager.
Bill
Life is like a fairground roundabout. At the centre is stillness.
Today the gf correctly reconnected her cooker to the cooker outlet point.
She said "easier than wiring a plug".
Reminds me of my friend Howard, a retired colleague whom I encountered in B&Q one day, before before I myself retired. He was bemoaning that he had no time for anything now, and burst out "It's alright for you people who work: you've got your weekends!"
J.
I didn't get up for work every day anyway!
I have a lot of stuff to do...probablt three part time jobs and two volunteer ones, and that's without the DIY and hobbies.
greasy shafting
Owain
Got your season tickets to Howletts & the wildlife park?
Not yet...! Got the bus pass though.
Senior Railcard (the Disabled one is better if you can get it though, you can take a companion on discount too)
B&Q card
Wiltshire Farm Foods catalogue
Owain
There speaks a wage slave. B-)
I've never in all my working life done the 9-5, always been "irregular hours", so any time, any day, used to be roughly 0930 2130
3 or 4 days/week, then a period of 0700-1900 10 days/fortnight. More recently only 0900 1800 on a weekend but with up to 6 hours travel to add.Looking forward to taking one of my pensions but going to sit on it for as long as possible, it grows by 6% year as the "take it early" reduction disappears but part of it is also growing at 7.5%... I like Final Salary pension schemes with the rules set 30+ years ago. B-)
Gosh, you astonish me. Well, I can't say as I blame you, although it's clear that FS schemes are a scam and that company pensions should be outlawed.
Oh, by roughly the amount your life expectancy is reducing then?
In message , Dave Liquorice writes
For those without a FS scheme, one point to consider. Should any of you have old (pre 1988) pension plans, particularly what were called Retirement Annuities, do check whether the contract includes a guaranteed annuity rate. Some did, others not. One of mine did, and the guaranteed rate at 60 was better than the then current rate at 65. Check the policy wording carefully, or ask the insurer.
Without wishing to teach Grandmother, ALWAYS look at open market annuity rates whatever the pension provider offers.
One of the many benefits we had from being in a largely unionised industry that most today can only dream about. ;-)
It's not a career I'd choose today.
Don't talk daft. As long as its a funded scheme it is not a scam, its something you have already paid for.
If its like the government ones where its funded out of current taxes its a scam. There are no private schemes like that AFAIK.
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