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retirement
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Jean | Report | 18 Nov 2012 00:18 |
who loves being retired? i love it. i get up the morning, have a brew, read the paper. then have breakfast when i want. dont have to rush about anymore. can do things at my pace. have more than enough hobbies to keep me busy. the amount of people who have said to me...dont you get bored...no i dont.. what do others think? |
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Suzanne | Report | 18 Nov 2012 00:27 |
oh dont Jean. |
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JustJohn | Report | 18 Nov 2012 00:38 |
I think retirement must be wonderful if you have your health and enough money and an active mind with some imagination. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 18 Nov 2012 00:53 |
strange innit? |
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Jean | Report | 18 Nov 2012 01:16 |
i dont miss having to defrost the car on an early shift, then having to do the same when on a late shift. i can turn over when i hear the rain and wind beating on the windows if the weather is ok i can do a bit in the garden or greenhouse. when weather is bad, i can stay in. cook a nice stew then bake a cake or a few buns. i can also stay up late as i dont need to set the alarm clock.... |
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JustJohn | Report | 18 Nov 2012 08:50 |
Jean, You are making me soooo jealous. Saturday is the only day of week I am not in a work routine :-( :-( |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 18 Nov 2012 09:07 |
glad in one way that I don't have to go to work any more but I do miss the company, the daily banter and the laughs - I was so looking forward to retirement and then a year in my lovely OH developed a rare incurable untreatable lung condition and within another year he was gone - so really we only had one great year together before things went pear shaped - sorry to bring doom on here :-) |
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AnninGlos | Report | 18 Nov 2012 10:03 |
I have enjoyed every minute of my retirement so far. Unlike Ann we have been fortunate and so far had 12 years of retirement together. My OH took early retirement so retired before me and had an established routine until I retired and messed it up :-D He got used to doing housework and ironing while I was still at work so I haven't tried to change that :-D :-D. He has played golf three days during the week but is slowly cutting it down to two (he is 74), so we get time apart doing our own thing. I have plenty of hobbies and am rarely bored. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 18 Nov 2012 10:18 |
For different reasons, both OH and I are effectively retired, although not of pensionable age. I gave up work a couple of years before him. |
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Janet | Report | 18 Nov 2012 11:59 |
I have been fortunate to have had six years of retirement and I count my blessings for every year. Things could change at any time. |
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AnnMarieG | Report | 18 Nov 2012 12:58 |
Really enjoy my retirement although as others have said I miss the company of my work mates.I love being able to just as we like,( health permitting) go where we like,(funds permitting) and generally enjoy things at our leisure.We are so lucky really. :-D :-D :-D |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 18 Nov 2012 13:12 |
OH and I are retired. He took early retirement when his employers were hoping to reduce staffing levels and it was great for him not to have the daily commute to London, which meant we used to get up around 5 a.m. |
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Lyndi | Report | 18 Nov 2012 14:30 |
I love being retired!! Changes and red tape at work meant the job I loved turned into a nightmare of paperwork, stretching staff to do more work with no financial rewards and being the one in the firing line when the proverbial hit the fan. |
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SpanishEyes | Report | 18 Nov 2012 14:44 |
For those on this thread who helped me to leave my work and retire I want to say THANK YOU!! |
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GinN | Report | 18 Nov 2012 15:15 |
I've been retired since I was 50, and have never regretted it. Husband retired early a year ago, so it's great to have him around the place. We are snowed under with DIY projects and family commitments, but make sure we have time to ourselves. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 18 Nov 2012 15:29 |
One thing we do try and do is to go out at least one day a week together, this may be to the shops for a wander then lunch out or, in warmer months to NT places, gardens, somewhere different, even a different garden centre. And even if home we try and pop out for a coffee as we find that when we are sitting drinking a coffee in a garden centre or somewhere we tend to chat to each other rather than fleeting conversation as we go about doing things around the house. We also chat in the mornings before we get up on non golf days. (well we chat once I have put my hearing aids in :-D Otherwise he chats and I say 'pardon?' Luckily we both have a sense of humour and after 52 years are tolerant of each others foibles. :-D |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 18 Nov 2012 15:58 |
We love it. |
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Robert | Report | 18 Nov 2012 16:07 |
I retired 21 years ago having worked for the same Company (with mergers and takeovers) for 45 years. |
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ann | Report | 18 Nov 2012 20:40 |
All you lucky people.All my working life i was waiting to retire when i was 60.Working since the day i turned 15.I have taken off 3 months work with all of my children.I have never been out of work and i do think i have been lucky there.That never happened as the goverment put the age limit up.I still have another 2 years and really ready now.I have loads of hobbies and loads of grandkids so i could use these extra hours doing things i want to do.I seem to be always rushing around,grabbing a quick chat here and there.Some days i dont even get the time to take the dog out.Bring on the retirement my dog will be very happy lol |
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JustJohn | Report | 18 Nov 2012 21:31 |
Bob I suspect that is why many men put off retirement. The boss at work is nothing like as fearsome and task orientated as the boss at home :-( ;-) |
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