The Retirement Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

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.

Yup same for me
I got used to it quite quickly though

helped being a teacher - so in a way I was getting paid for 6 week sover the summer every year without having to go into work
(although I did do a lot - really we do - teachers have been working from home for decades!!
Honest)

 

[BoldonLad]

I'd not dare suggest that.

Very wise 🙂

 

[BoldonLad]

Yup same for me
I got used to it quite quickly though

helped being a teacher - so in a way I was getting paid for 6 week sover the summer every year without having to go into work
(although I did do a lot - really we do - teachers have been working from home for decades!!
Honest)

Daughter No2 is a teacher, and, one of my drinking Pals is a retired teacher. I make a point of referring to teaching as a “part time job”, in the earshot, they never fail to bite. 😂

 

[PaulSB]

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

You're only old if you feel it.

 

[PaulSB]

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

I have to take issue with this..........i have practical experience in the matter......🤣 Please refer you GP to me.

BTW our practice says 80..........I intend to prove them wrong.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I have to take issue with this..........i have practical experience in the matter......🤣 Please refer you GP to me.

BTW our practice says 80..........I intend to prove them wrong.

That's good News then. I now have 12 years until I am old and not just 2!

 

[yello]

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

I get you, it is exactly that kind of feeling. In my case, I haven't 'worked' for near on 20 years so, yes, it is strange having this money coming in seemingly out of the ether. We've been on a fairly restricted budget in that time too so it eases finances up a little.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That's good News then. I now have 12 years until I am old and not just 2!

As the man said
you are only as old as the woman you feel
(other genders may have to modify it a bit!)

In my case that makes me 2 weeks (minus one day) younger than my birth certificate says - so not a lot of help!!

 

[PaulSB]

Gosh. Paul's back early you say to your collective selves. Sadly Paul only managed ¼ mile before the battery failed in his right shifter. I've been to the LBS and asked them to replace it. The owner simply said yes, ready tomorrow. The entire shifter.

Regular readers will recall I've had issues with the Shimano app. As I got in my car an email from Shimano pinged up on my phone. The email confirmed that following a recent update the app doesn't work properly. You really couldn't make it up. No one would believe you.

@SpokeyDokey you asked for my experiences and I apologise for not doing it. My overall opinion is this. Every concern I had regarding electronic shifting has proved correct. If, as I do with broken fingers, you physically benefit from it then yes, good idea. If you don't need it for similar reasons stick with cables. Shimano truly are an appalling company.

 

[Dave7]

That's good News then. I now have 12 years until I am old and not just 2!

I was 63 and it took me at least 5 seconds to get used to it. Never once looked back.

 

[postman]

Nice here but nippy,just been sorting through a few things in the shed,fingers are frozen.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Gosh. Paul's back early you say to your collective selves. Sadly Paul only managed ¼ mile before the battery failed in his right shifter. I've been to the LBS and asked them to replace it. The owner simply said yes, ready tomorrow. The entire shifter.

Regular readers will recall I've had issues with the Shimano app. As I got in my car an email from Shimano pinged up on my phone. The email confirmed that following a recent update the app doesn't work properly. You really couldn't make it up. No one would believe you.

@SpokeyDokey you asked for my experiences and I apologise for not doing it. My overall opinion is this. Every concern I had regarding electronic shifting has proved correct. If, as I do with broken fingers, you physically benefit from it then yes, good idea. If you don't need it for similar reasons stick with cables. Shimano truly are an appalling company.

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Not so good then!

I am way off from new bike time so have ages to ponder this decision.

Sorry to hear about your shifter issue & thanks for the update.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Yup - I am really not a great fan of basic devices that suddenly absolutely rely on an app on a phone to even work

sounds great but just sets up a load of possible problems
and apps don;t work for ever - so it does suggest that the device has a limited life span by design

 

[PaulSB]

Not so good then!

I am way off from new bike time so have ages to ponder this decision.

Sorry to hear about your shifter issue & thanks for the update.

No, not good. As a shifting method it's excellent I wouldn't argue with that. The difficulty is with all the peripheral things which make it work! The app is dreadful. The manual equally poor. Both written by someone whose first language is not English. Shimano should address that. The only real way to gain information on how the system works is via Google. The ergonomic design of the rear derailleur is poor. When things go wrong, it's big style.

If I didn't have finger problems I would replace it with cables.

 

[welsh dragon]

The bin is an associate teacher. He will be fully qualified in July. He might not carry on though as teaching jobs are a bit scarse around here

Chicken curry with rice today