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[Misc] Retirement



dazzer6666

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Global travel can be fun and is good for conversations about what countries you've been to, but it can be tough on the mind and body. I once did 3 return trips to Australia in a 6 week period. I had two young children at home too. One of the perks for me was, back in the days when golf clubs went free on longhaul flights, I always took my clubs and tried to arrange my trips to include a weekend, so I was able to play many courses in the US, Australia and South Africa. Lots of good food and drink also.
Now I'm retired I made the decision to live in the algarve so summer holidays are not required and I prefer to travel to warm places in the northern hemisphere winter. I retired at 56 and I'm not that loaded so I don't go mad with my lifestyle. Beer at 3 euros a pint and wine at 2 to 3 euros a bottle helps the process. I also don't have a car. 400m from the supermarket, 1km from the bars, restaurants and the beach, pool in the garden, busses and ubers for longer journeys (bicycle coming soon).
3 euros ? The place we use in Alvor was 1 euro, until last autumn when they outrageously upped it to 1.50.
 








dazzer6666

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Not for a pint surely? Must have been a half or a bottle. I can get a pint of Sagres for 2 euros during the 6 hours of happy hour.
Nope, a pint. Never understood how they did it but last year our driver explained they had some kind of deal with the brewery based on volume.

 






sparkie

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This is one of my favourite threads on NSC.

My retirement date is any time up to 12 years away - and it won't be beyond that.

It's all about boosting my pension pot for now - but if a redundancy comes my way, the stress and misery of job interviews may well be a "pleasure" I decline in favour of early retirement.

This thread fills me with optimism.
 


dazzer6666

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This is one of my favourite threads on NSC.

My retirement date is any time up to 12 years away - and it won't be beyond that.

It's all about boosting my pension pot for now - but if a redundancy comes my way, the stress and misery of job interviews may well be a "pleasure" I decline in favour of early retirement.

This thread fills me with optimism.
Good plan…..I wasn’t intending to stop as early as I did but when the opportunity came…….
 


sparkie

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12 days until the budget and I'm getting really worried about how much meddling Hunt will do with pension drawdown rules ( I think anything here will be longer term and not in the next year - in which case I'll be alright, Jack ), and state retirement age ( I think there's a reasonable chance he'll chain me to the desk for an extra year, but we'll see ).

Hopefully I'll be happy after the budget, not mightily cheesed off.
 




timbha

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Jul 5, 2003
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12 days until the budget and I'm getting really worried about how much meddling Hunt will do with pension drawdown rules ( I think anything here will be longer term and not in the next year - in which case I'll be alright, Jack ), and state retirement age ( I think there's a reasonable chance he'll chain me to the desk for an extra year, but we'll see ).

Hopefully I'll be happy after the budget, not mightily cheesed off.
I doubt he’ll do anything to pee off those planning retirement in the next few years.
 


WATFORD zero

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Global travel sounds pretty glamorous to me. Like a poor man’s James Bond. I’m guessing the reality is different.
I always found that being in a hotel on your own after, if you're lucky, being 'entertained' for dinner when you're completely knackered and still trying to remain 'professional' wasn't very glamorous at all. When I was younger, if there were a couple of you (or even better a few) you could keep yourselves amused. I even did a couple of 4/5 day business 'cruises' at sea where it was DJs for dinner (very James Bond) :wink:

I didn't have kids until I was 35 and by then, I'd had enough and wanted to be there to see the kids in the morning and be home for dinner. I never took roles that required significant travel and probably only travelled a dozen times in the next 15 years and never more than a couple of nights. I was renowned for it and had the nickname 'The Olympic Flame' at a few companies because I never went out :lolol:
 


LamieRobertson

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This is one of my favourite threads on NSC.

My retirement date is any time up to 12 years away - and it won't be beyond that.

It's all about boosting my pension pot for now - but if a redundancy comes my way, the stress and misery of job interviews may well be a "pleasure" I decline in favour of early retirement.

This thread fills me with optimism.
It’s one of mine to..even if it’s unfortunately mainly irrelevant 🧐

This could be me

 




Doonhamer7

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Jun 17, 2016
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Global travel sounds pretty glamorous to me. Like a poor man’s James Bond. I’m guessing the reality is different.
to start with it does feel glamorous but it just becomes a soul sucker. I’ve been too many countries and seen nothing except hotel /office. jet lagged kills when you’ve early meetings after crap flight. It can be very lonely in a hotel on your own. You’re away from family and friends. You miss games at Amex. When I‘ve been to the states I come back feeling ‘poisoned’ by the too sweet / too salty food, in the Middle East you stink of smoke (not banned in bars). And the whole travel of getting to airport, queuing through security, queuing at immigration, taxi etc etc
 


Weststander

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to start with it does feel glamorous but it just becomes a soul sucker. I’ve been too many countries and seen nothing except hotel /office. jet lagged kills when you’ve early meetings after crap flight. It can be very lonely in a hotel on your own. You’re away from family and friends. You miss games at Amex. When I‘ve been to the states I come back feeling ‘poisoned’ by the too sweet / too salty food, in the Middle East you stink of smoke (not banned in bars). And the whole travel of getting to airport, queuing through security, queuing at immigration, taxi etc etc

Their diet (away from a minority of skinny obsessives in California and the North East cities) is shocking. Half way through hols in the US, I’ve abandoned the grease/salt for healthy options.
 


um bongo molongo

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Jul 26, 2004
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I always found that being in a hotel on your own after, if you're lucky, being 'entertained' for dinner when you're completely knackered and still trying to remain 'professional' wasn't very glamorous at all. When I was younger, if there were a couple of you (or even better a few) you could keep yourselves amused. I even did a couple of 4/5 day business 'cruises' at sea where it was DJs for dinner (very James Bond) :wink:

I didn't have kids until I was 35 and by then, I'd had enough and wanted to be there to see the kids in the morning and be home for dinner. I never took roles that required significant travel and probably only travelled a dozen times in the next 15 years and never more than a couple of nights. I was renowned for it and had the nickname 'The Olympic Flame' at a few companies because I never went out :lolol:
That is a fantastic nickname that I shall be stealing
 






sparkie

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Tim Over Whelmed

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Maybe, as Spring arrives, we could use this forum to post walks / get togethers?
 










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