The Retirement Thread

[Exlaser2]

Night night all.

Update on todays hedge laying , we got it finished and I am still rubbish at doing it 😂😀.

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night Mary Elle

 

[PeteXXX]

<yawn>

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. We are in for a wet and windy day. I will head out early and attempt a walk before it gets too bad.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. This week has been a bit odd, I don't seem to have settled. Anyway here I am. Awake!! Recently this is very unusual. I started taking magnesium before Christmas to aid sleep. It seems to work as I regularly get 6/7 hours unbroken kip these days......other than unscheduled pee stops in the middle of the night.

All is good. Today's plan is to replace five fence panels. The forecast is winds of 28mph, gusting to 50. I may reschedule and concentrate on putting shelving in my new shed.

I think I'm awake as I saw my FA yesterday. The household income will reduce significantly sometime in the future. I needed her reassurance that I'll be financially stable. I will be. To my surprise she suggested one consideration would be annuity.

 

[PaulSB]

Ye gods, browsing bikes and this came up at £12500 to £16350:

https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/...ne/madone-slr/madone-slr-9-axs-gen-8/p/46151/

Would anyone in this thread pay that?

I wouldn't, even if I was a heaps better* cyclist than I am now.

*Not difficult.

That seat post is horrible. Pure aesthetics rules that one out!! The money? No, definitely not. I couldn't justify it.

I'm looking seriously at a new summer bike. My budget is £6k. I feel this is justifiable. My Cervelo, the new one will replace her, was £3k eight years ago. That's £375pa. Over eight years £6k is £750pa. I'll be 79 then, this may be the last manual bike I buy.

This year Mrs P's gym membership is £1400pa (£115/month). That sounds a lot but broken down over her activities it isn't. Included are all classes, gym, swimming, sauna, steam, squash and crucially tennis. The local indoor LA tennis courts are £20/hour. Mrs P usually plays for two hours at a time. Six hours tennis in a month would be £120.

Lots of folk I know gently smile at the price I'm happy to pay. It needs to be in perspective.

 

[welsh dragon]

Cooooeeeee. 12 deg and a tad breezy here.

More pottering for me.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Mo1959]

Walk/run done in the pouring rain. Glad I’ve been out though as it’s to be on most of the day and to get much windier later too.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
It is still raining and a bit breezy out there, but it's due to pass by mid day. So it will be another damp dog walk first thing.
There is a meeting of the escape committee this afternoon at the Railway Bell.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Wet and windy here. 50+ mph winds forecast.
It's Fish Friday, so we'll venture down to the harbour later.
Tomorrow, we are all off to the Bristol Classic Motorcycle show at Shepton Mallet. Always a good do.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
A good 'pee free' sleep last night and I came around at 7.45.
Just chilling then bedding to strip and wash/dry.
After that, not much.

 

[Gunk]

That seat post is horrible. Pure aesthetics rules that one out!! The money? No, definitely not. I couldn't justify it.

I'm looking seriously at a new summer bike. My budget is £6k. I feel this is justifiable. My Cervelo, the new one will replace her, was £3k eight years ago. That's £375pa. Over eight years £6k is £750pa. I'll be 79 then, this may be the last manual bike I buy.

This year Mrs P's gym membership is £1400pa (£115/month). That sounds a lot but broken down over her activities it isn't. Included are all classes, gym, swimming, sauna, steam, squash and crucially tennis. The local indoor LA tennis courts are £20/hour. Mrs P usually plays for two hours at a time. Six hours tennis in a month would be £120.

Lots of folk I know gently smile at the price I'm happy to pay. It needs to be in perspective.

They just leave me cold, I know they’re built to do a job for successful thin 40 somethings who live in Richmond, but not my thing at all.

 

[fossyant]

Morning all. Can I be a junior member.

Why ? I hear you ask.

Well I received my first monthly pension today from one of my schemes. Hitting the magic age of 55 recently this was a case of taking it now or at 67 with a tiny hit on the monthly amount. That's going into savings.

Now classed as retired on that pension.