OT: Danger! Time warp!

James Wilkinson Sword · 2017-10-28T23:47:53+00:00

For the next 5 months (I always assumed it was 6) we can see one hour into the future, as our clocks are out of step with reality. If we put the clocks FORWARDS, we'd get MORE daylight in the evening....

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rbowman 9 years ago

In the US it's a gamble based on the actuarial tables. File earlier and get a reduced amount for longer or wait and get a greater amount for what statistically will be a shorter period. The full benefit is paid at

66, reduced benefits at the minimum enrollment age of 62, and increased benefits at 8% per year if you delay past 66 up to 70. Inflation also enters into it but the break even age is somewhere around 85.

You do get your pension and salary but the pension is taxable up to 85%. It turns into a real accountant's game plus rolling the dice on how long you personally will live versus the actuarial tables. If you're sickly, grab the money at 62 and run.

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rbowman 9 years ago

I'm an exempt employee so there's no overtime. otoh, that gives me flexibility to come and go as I please as long as I'm available as needed. Theoretically I can be reached by phone but for some reason I tend to lurk in areas with no cell phone coverage. Oh, well.

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Sam E 9 years ago

I suppose you know the clock has nothing to do with it. You get more daylight in the evening, by getting things done earlier.

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Ed Pawlowski 9 years ago

True if you work your own schedule. Most of us have gone to school and jobs where the ours are dictated by someone else.

Personally, I'd like to see longer periods of daylight in the winter. The politicians in Washington should just change the orbit of the earth.

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Terry Coombs 9 years ago

I figured out which way would give me the maximum payout based on how long my ancestors lived giving me an idea of my LE . Filed at 62 and haven't looked back . My breakeven was around 92 IIRC , I figger to die in a fiery motorcycle crash long before that . Or maybe get shot by a jealous husband ... -- Snag

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

Presumably you're talking about state pension, which is f*ck all in the UK. Private pensions presumably have their own rules.

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

We should stop living in stupid places. Everyone should be around the equator.

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rbowman 9 years ago

My brother made it to 92. Personally I'd go with the fiery motorcycle crash. Life was sort of closing in on him in his last years.

Was out on the bike yesterday but the end draws near... I keep the DR650 ready to go since that's the closest thing I've got to snow tires on a bike. The Harley is already hibernating since it really doesn't like cold mornings.

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

Not sure what you mean. What penalty? Surely you just get paid less for longer, or get nothing for 5 years?

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rbowman 9 years ago

A small nuclear war might do the trick... Gonna spiral into the sun sooner or later. Might as well get it over with.

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Mr Pounder Esquire 9 years ago

Prick.

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Mr Pounder Esquire 9 years ago

I get more per week in state pension than you get in a month of your dole. I also get more in a private pension per month than you will ever get on your dole for life. You disgust me Hucker. Wankers have always disgusted me and you are a wanker. Just kill yourself Hucker.

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Dean Hoffman 9 years ago

Real time is based high noon like in our old western shows. It seems silly that things had to change because the old trains messed things up.

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Huge 9 years ago

Wrong.

Where is it otherwise?

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Mark Lloyd 9 years ago

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That would actually do something.

Also:

Months are overly complicated things, with 4 different lengths none of which are related to weeks. If we had 28-day months, 13 of them would be

364 days. Just an extra day or 2 to make a year.

Put those extra days at the end of the last month so they don't interfere so much with each month starting on the same weekday. Or, speed the earth up so an orbit takes exactly 364 days.

Of course that totally leaves out the fact (that's really better left out) that the number 13 is female.

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