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Retirement

Roaring Chubby said:
The thing on my mind is that work stops you spending money because you are working, if you have all your time as your own most activities cost money.
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As it stands I would quite happily spend the winters doing little apart from reading books from the library - although with the cost of having the heating on, that might be dearer than I originally envisaged :)
 

Roaring Chubby said:
Most are closed now marra :lol:
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Not near me, fortunately, we have a main library and one near me. Local one has plenty of parking, comfortable seats and warm in winter. If I want to use city centre one just catch bus (using my bus pass of course!)
DaveH said:
I suppose it is different when you have been away a lot.

In the good old days before children, we did a big Australia trip, honeymoon in Namibia with some trekking in the desert and a couple of years later South Africa, scuba diving off the coast then a week in Kruger Park with some trekking and camping amongst the wildlife. Those are the holidays I’ve missed and want to start doing again either with my kids now they are getting old enough to appreciate it or when I’m retired.

I agree, being on a plane is shit, and I’ve very little interest in cities.
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I'm lucky, being paid to visit these countries and usually off the beaten track in many. Airports in general are crap even using 1st Class lounges and flying even in biz not a pleasure once novelty wears off.
 
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cfg said:
I'm lucky, being paid to visit these countries and usually off the beaten track in many. Airports in general are crap even using 1st Class lounges and flying even in biz not a pleasure once novelty wears off.
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Totally this... I am fortunate that my company stumps for Business Class and, especially BA, First when the premium is under 15%.
The amount of times i hear mates at home say "stop moaning. You travel the world First Class. It must be great".
1. I travel the world to work. I work 6 days a week. See little more than office, site or hotel.
2. Business / First is obviously better than economy. It's is still a necessary chore. Still get off knackered, especially when doing the NCL - Tokyo route.
 
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Biffo The Bear said:
Totally this... I am fortunate that my company stumps for Business Class and, especially BA, First when the premium is under 15%.
The amount of times i hear mates at home say "stop moaning. You travel the world First Class. It must be great".
1. I travel the world to work. I work 6 days a week. See little more than office, site or hotel.
2. Business / First is obviously better than economy. It's is still a necessary chore. Still get off knackered, especially when doing the NCL - Tokyo route.
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Couldn't think of anything worse tbh
 
Biffo The Bear said:
Totally this... I am fortunate that my company stumps for Business Class and, especially BA, First when the premium is under 15%.
The amount of times i hear mates at home say "stop moaning. You travel the world First Class. It must be great".
1. I travel the world to work. I work 6 days a week. See little more than office, site or hotel.
2. Business / First is obviously better than economy. It's is still a necessary chore. Still get off knackered, especially when doing the NCL - Tokyo route.
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I used to get time off between jobs to have a good look around, if I wanted to. Flying back from Japan used to knock me for 6, southern Africa not so much as have no prob sleeping on planes.
 
Roaring Chubby said:
Agree, it’s very personal. Just on the basis that many people live within their means ie they spend most of what they earn, retirement will feel miserable if your retirement income is a small fraction of your final take home pay. The thing on my mind is that work stops you spending money because you are working, if you have all your time as your own most activities cost money.
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That is true. I've said on this thread before about sailing. I've always loved the water or the idea of being on the water but never done much about it. I used to watch all sorts of boats going up and down the Ouse in York and then moved to the coast where I live a 15 minute walk away from a relatively sheltered bay, popular with people sailing. Yet apart from a couple of day sailing experiences, I've never done anything about it apart from get a couple of kayaks in recent years.

I'd love to learn how to sail a small boat, just head out for the day enjoying the sea air and the coast line, make sure it is a boat with a small seating area and a galley for a cup of tea. Perhaps sail to one harbour, have some fish and chips then sail back. Feels like living the dream to me, the wife thinks I'm daft.

Now all of a sudden I'm adding in the cost of a boat and moorings into my retirement plans, as one of the biggest challenges I have at the minute is time.
 
DaveH said:
That is true. I've said on this thread before about sailing. I've always loved the water or the idea of being on the water but never done much about it. I used to watch all sorts of boats going up and down the Ouse in York and then moved to the coast where I live a 15 minute walk away from a relatively sheltered bay, popular with people sailing. Yet apart from a couple of day sailing experiences, I've never done anything about it apart from get a couple of kayaks in recent years.

I'd love to learn how to sail a small boat, just head out for the day enjoying the sea air and the coast line, make sure it is a boat with a small seating area and a galley for a cup of tea. Perhaps sail to one harbour, have some fish and chips then sail back. Feels like living the dream to me, the wife thinks I'm daft.

Now all of a sudden I'm adding in the cost of a boat and moorings into my retirement plans, as one of the biggest challenges I have at the minute is time.
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If you plan on doing that, try crewing for someone experienced and work towards RYA qualifications before doing it yourself. You’ll save the RNLI a job!
Do RYA inshore yachtmasters in winter when you can’t sail.
 
cfg said:
If you plan on doing that, try crewing for someone experienced and work towards RYA qualifications before doing it yourself. You’ll save the RNLI a job!
Do RYA inshore yachtmasters in winter when you can’t sail.
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There are a few places around here that do the RYA courses. There is no way I'd just buy a boat and head out without doing the courses first.
 
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DaveH said:
There are a few places around here that do the RYA courses. There is no way I'd just buy a boat and head out without doing the courses first.
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Crewing for someone is good way to see if you like it. I believe the RYA exams are demanding, have a look online at Colregs and see if you fancy learning them and being examined in them? Buoyage is good as well (IALA Buoyage).
 
DaveH said:
That is true. I've said on this thread before about sailing. I've always loved the water or the idea of being on the water but never done much about it. I used to watch all sorts of boats going up and down the Ouse in York and then moved to the coast where I live a 15 minute walk away from a relatively sheltered bay, popular with people sailing. Yet apart from a couple of day sailing experiences, I've never done anything about it apart from get a couple of kayaks in recent years.

I'd love to learn how to sail a small boat, just head out for the day enjoying the sea air and the coast line, make sure it is a boat with a small seating area and a galley for a cup of tea. Perhaps sail to one harbour, have some fish and chips then sail back. Feels like living the dream to me, the wife thinks I'm daft.

Now all of a sudden I'm adding in the cost of a boat and moorings into my retirement plans, as one of the biggest challenges I have at the minute is time.
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Boats are an even bigger money pit than cars.

Great fun but they’ll eat your money, do a little belch then demand more.
 
Hair Flick said:
Boats are an even bigger money pit than cars.

Great fun but they’ll eat your money, do a little belch then demand more.
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We had a week in the Norfolk broads a while back, our accommodation was in sight of a river so in the evening we’d watch them go by from our decking.

One night a boat broke down, I took a cuppa over to the bloke as he looked a bit miffed off.

It turned out that he was sailing it home straight from buying it, there was a lot of black smoke.

It’s apparently a well known fact that buying a boat is an easy way to lose money.
 
Ned Land said:
We had a week in the Norfolk broads a while back, our accommodation was in sight of a river so in the evening we’d watch them go by from our decking.

One night a boat broke down, I took a cuppa over to the bloke as he looked a bit miffed off.

It turned out that he was sailing it home straight from buying it, there was a lot of black smoke.

It’s apparently a well known fact that buying a boat is an easy way to lose money.
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Looks like incomplete confusion to me ;)
 
DaveH said:
That is true. I've said on this thread before about sailing. I've always loved the water or the idea of being on the water but never done much about it. I used to watch all sorts of boats going up and down the Ouse in York and then moved to the coast where I live a 15 minute walk away from a relatively sheltered bay, popular with people sailing. Yet apart from a couple of day sailing experiences, I've never done anything about it apart from get a couple of kayaks in recent years.

I'd love to learn how to sail a small boat, just head out for the day enjoying the sea air and the coast line, make sure it is a boat with a small seating area and a galley for a cup of tea. Perhaps sail to one harbour, have some fish and chips then sail back. Feels like living the dream to me, the wife thinks I'm daft.

Now all of a sudden I'm adding in the cost of a boat and moorings into my retirement plans, as one of the biggest challenges I have at the minute is time.
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Are you going to call it Dignity?
 
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