The Retirement Thread

[PeteXXX]

A beautiful bright orange sunrise here in the tropical midlands.
You know what they say: red sky in the morning, shepherd’s hut on fire 🤪

'Red sky at night, your car's alight' as they say around here....

 

[Dave7]

Good day to each and all.
A balmy 2° here.
A decent sleep considering I was in bed very early.
Not a lot on today but the guy doing the bathroom may be here......he has has the upchucking virus for the last week.

 

[PaulSB]

Good morning. Well another day dawns. It's supposed to be grey, dull and 6⁰. My window suggests it could turn out bright, sunny and 6⁰. The plan for today? Bike ride. I'm trying to make all my rides 50+ miles. Generally that's not a problem but when time is short it means setting off an hour early to get an extra 12-13 while battling in Monday morning traffic etc. Finding the motivation to do this is difficult. I have a PT session at 3.30pm meaning I must be home by 2.00pm to get cleaned up etc. As we don't meet till 9.30 that only allows 4⅓ hours ride and coffee time. My PT is a good friend and fellow cycling nut but she wouldn't appreciate a sweaty cyclist in her pristine gym! Nor would I be so rude as to do that.

Now I have two important emails to compose.

That is my day.

 

[welsh dragon]

Coooooeeee. 1 deg here, no frost
Looks a bit dull though.

Stay safe peeps

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
It's another cold but sunny start to the day here. Another day in the garden beckons after a long walk with Millie.
The first of the bin lorries have been down our road, the second one will be down in an hour or so.🚚

 

[Drago]

Frosty here, about -0.5 Celsiuses.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Shopping day today.
Off to Tesco in Minehead for a few bits and pieces.
Nice sunny day by the looks of it.

 

[yello]

My wife's 1st (private) pension payment hit the bank account last month. A strange feeling in itself. Are we officially old now?

 

[yello]

Clear and bright, a chilly 2 C this morn.

I've just seen the neighbour's cat, it's probably taken a dump in our garden somewhere. Not pleasant to find, not at all. How does one stop that? I've tried inspiring our dog to do the cartoon dog thing of chasing cats but there's no apparent interest.

 

[Paulus]

My wife's 1st (private) pension payment hit the bank account last month. A strange feeling in itself. Are we officially old now?

Only on paper.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My wife's 1st (private) pension payment hit the bank account last month. A strange feeling in itself. Are we officially old now?

Well she is!!

 

[yello]

Well she is!!

I'd not dare suggest that.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Today's plan

firstly SWMBO's son is coming round for a visit this morning after he has dropped the kids off at school
or kicked them out and shoved them in the the direction of the train station in the case of the eldest

which is nice

I presume that it is something to do with it bing my birthday tomorrow and she can;t get out on her own so a parcel will probably be sneaked in when I am not looking
but I don;t know about that

which is a handy reminder that it is her birthday in 13 days time


Have I mentioned that when we first met she LIED to me and said she was 2 weeks younger than me
AND SHE IS OLDER THAN THAT!!!
(1 day - but whatever - she is still the only "proper girlfriend" I have ever had that is younger than me!!!)

after that Tesco - or maybe ASDA

 

[yello]

after that Tesco - or maybe ASDA

Living on the edge.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

My wife's 1st (private) pension payment hit the bank account last month. A strange feeling in itself. Are we officially old now?

No. Not unless you are >70 years old according to my GP.

We found it strange when shifting from a combination of earned + passive to purely passive income.

Almost felt wrong to not having to earn anything via work, anymore.