The retirement thread

VRODE

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Oldie but goody this thread. Three years since my last post here and I am now well and truly retired for about 2 months. My first project is to take care of my bum left knee, which I suspect will require replacement. I’ll know more next week. No time to tend to it while working full time.


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Good luck. I retired in May '20 and just got my left knee replaced in Aug '21. I could work around it, so I never got it taken care of. A fall in Feb. hastened the replacement. Full range of motion for the first time in over 30 years and no arthritic pain.
And as a bonus, it makes this big ADV easier for me to handle. Good luck on a diagnosis and solution!
 

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Thanks VRODE, similar story to yours working around it, no fall or anything but recent accelerated decline in mobility and increase in pain says it’s time. Also my left knee and I suspect at some point the right as well.


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*BUMP*

anyone still retired?
Yes, I am retired and no intentions of ever going back to work although I do miss sometimes, but hey! I’m 70 this year. However, I really don’t know how I ever fitted everything thing in back then! Right now, I go to the gym 3 or 4 times a week, I practise Pilates, I walk my dog twice each day and my guilty pleasure is racing slot cars at our club on Wednesday evenings and I have a campervan too, so the World is my oyster.
 
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Yep, retired at 56, still enjoying doing what I want, when I want. Do get a bit bored every now and again, more so in the winter months. No work commitments make bike trips so much easier. Currently have a Wales, Norway and Scotland trip brewing. Perhaps a French jaunt as well.
 

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I had a life-changing injury to my right hand in May 2005 when I was 52 years of age which led to me retiring in January 2008. I went self-employed as a consultant for a couple of years before taking a year off but then decided to take a different path and went to work for an international media company. They closed the centre in Wales and offered me work in Scotland and so I decided to retire properly in 2014 when I was 61 and I haven’t looked back since.
 

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Most motorcyclists in UK seem to be old gits like me. Young folk dislike the discomfort and effort required for motorcycling. I retired 17 years ago. 66 this year and no intention of ever working again. I agree, naff weather is boring in winter, but there’s always here near Carcassonne, where it’s been 21c this week.
 

WJBertrand

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Retired now about a year and a half. Got my left knee replaced last May which has allowed a lot more activity and a resulting loss of 45lb. Goal is -50. These last few pounds are proving to be a lot of work! Unfortunately, other health issues have popped up for wife and I, so we’ve been busy in not a good way. Bright spot was marrying off my youngest daughter though. Work seems like such a distant memory now, I can’t imagine going back.


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I don't have the benefit of retirement… Normally, in my field (farmer), one retires when one leaves for the afterlife… and that's when your wife's new boyfriend appears and exclaims:
- What a nice house your ex built…
.-And that bike? Is it an S10?… why do we want it if I don't know how to drive, I like music an play guitar, let's sell it and go on a Mediterranean cruise…:)
 

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Retired now about a year and a half. Got my left knee replaced last May which has allowed a lot more activity and a resulting loss of 45lb. Goal is -50. These last few pounds are proving to be a lot of work! Unfortunately, other health issues have popped up for wife and I, so we’ve been busy in not a good way. Bright spot was marrying off my youngest daughter though. Work seems like such a distant memory now, I can’t imagine going back.


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Did you inform your new Son in Law about your exchange/return policy?

My daughters did not find it amusing……

hopefully he rides motorcycles, works on old cars and drinks beer?
 

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I think of retiring, then I think of how much I play. I'm almost 60 and it aint happening soon but that's ok. Most of my friends are working into their mid to late 60's, so what would I do alone when everyone else is working. Plus not ready to give up the joy of being young in mind, powersports is expensive hobby.
Plus the wife is still working at 65, it wouldn't look good to retire before her with my hobbies.
 

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I think of retiring, then I think of how much I play. I'm almost 60 and it aint happening soon but that's ok. Most of my friends are working into their mid to late 60's, so what would I do alone when everyone else is working. Plus not ready to give up the joy of being young in mind, powersports is expensive hobby.
Plus the wife is still working at 65, it wouldn't look good to retire before her with my hobbies.
Quite similar to my story. But I don't have an expensive hobby. My wife asks when she can retire, and I tell her when she's worked somewhere that gives a pension. (she did jobs she liked/wanted but not for 20 years or so)
 

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I retired 9 years ago at age 57. Hunting, fishing, motorcycles, shooting, grandkids, snowmobiles, boats and projects keep me more than busy. I highly recommend retiring as soon as you can. Don't wait, you can't get that time back. Last employer used to call to see if I would consider coming back...No thanks, I didn't retire early so I can go back to work.
 

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I was set to retire next February, but things happen and the economy has made it unwise for me to retire next year. Doable? Absolutely, but not wise.
I'm now on the 6 year plan and hoping the economy rebounds and inflation subsides. If we end up with decade long inflation à la the 1970s, then my retirement date jumps another 3 1/2 years for a total of 9 1/2 more years... God, I hope not. But, it's either keep working and building my retirement accounts or convince the wife to follow my brother and sister in law who retired to Costa Rica and are living the good life. Not sure my wife would go for that so I'll work now and save for tomorrow.

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Very interesting topic. Retirement means something different for everyone. I’m turning 57 this year and planning on retiring end of next year. But how much $$$ is enough to carry us through to the golden years? My dad turns 89 and my mom 85 this year, longevity it in the genes. They don’t spend much anymore and their old age security covers their senior lodge expenses. My pension plan at work is a defined contribution, so it’s very dependent for growth on the market we have it invested in. Expenses in the first 10 years of retirement should be the most expensive, as we hope to travel some and continue biking. But after that who know???
 
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