The Retirement Thread
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
That would concern me, what with her being born a man and all.
Currently in Moggo for an early lunch while the tyre jockeys do their bit.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I don't mean this as a lecture. Only the way I'm beginning to think. Time is so precious.
I'm with @Dave7 on this. Again. My wife is ill and I'm very likely to be on my own by the end of 2025. I pray not, but it's likely. I feel it's important to think about one's future, to be prepared. I hope this will stop me falling apart in the long-term. So.....in any week:
Day 1 - granddaughter
Day 2 - granddaughter
Day 3 - cycling
Day 4 - cycling
Day 5 - allotment and garden
Day 6 - u3a, shopping, minor domestics
Day 7 - ???? perhaps cycling
Obviously it won't be this rigid but my week will be full. I don't want to waste time cleaning the house. Time is more important than money. If I can buy time, I will.
Definitely nothing Manish about this girl.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Personally I think you need to keep taking your blood pressure tablets!!!!
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Agreed.
If you can afford to offload tasks you dislike, and can use the saved time more productively, then it's a no-brainer to do it.
We just have trouble offloading tasks to other people, it's very hard to find cleaners, gardeners, etc, hereabouts.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Apart from being called Bernard.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Is that the little blue ones?
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
My house seems to have become a refugee camp for every insect there is. First spiders and their webs and now ladybirds. I had to get rid of at least a dozen from the bedroom window the other day and I've just got rid of another couple.
We have 2 steak pies leftover from yesterday so we will have them with a few fries. The bin won't be here this weekend as he has gone to the Midlands to see his girlfriend, so we will have peace and quiet as long as his twin doesn't turn up.
We have 2 steak pies leftover from yesterday so we will have them with a few fries. The bin won't be here this weekend as he has gone to the Midlands to see his girlfriend, so we will have peace and quiet as long as his twin doesn't turn up.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
That would explain the events documented in "Drago's special thread"!!!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Bought 10 x 50L bags of compost from The Range, very cheap.
Now home, quick Foorest Gump then out to fill my new planters.
Now home, quick Foorest Gump then out to fill my new planters.
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Play your cards right, you might end up with enough bits for a third onePhew! Job done.
Got it totally stripped and removed all bearings without damaging anything.
I've got another engine in bits on my other bench, so now I can start to build a good one out of the two.
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
We have a lot of small businesses locally who offer these services. I want to garden etc and while I'm happy to clean I have better things to do.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
2nd lot of washing done and on the line drying. Houseworky stuff done.
