Are you Retired poll

[DownWest]

Put semi.. Since I have been self employed for over 55 yrs, I still take on work as people keep asking. But, not the big projects like bridges or steel framed buildings. Quite enjoy it (still..) and meet some interesting people.

 

[Momac]

Put semi.. Since I have been self employed for over 55 yrs, I still take on work as people keep asking. But, not the big projects like bridges or steel framed buildings. Quite enjoy it (still..) and meet some interesting people.

Retirement is not mandatory and does not suit everyone .
I am just under a year into not doing any paid work and so far haven't missed the work aspect .

 

[john_morris_uk]

I put semi as I’m officially retired from full time employment but still work as and when I want to. (Tops up the sailing funds)

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Being a workshy communist layabout I haven't retired, I never started work in the first place.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

I suspect that makes more sense if written in German.

It's complicated like most things in Germany.... bottom line is 3 years on holiday at 88% pay before you have to touch anything pensions related.

 

[DownWest]

Being a workshy communist layabout I haven't retired, I never started work in the first place.

Sounds an interesting situation, any more info? I thought that communists worked for the common good? Actually, more like they worked for their own enhancement...

 

[Wansworth]

Sounds an interesting situation, any more info? I thought that communists worked for the common good? Actually, more like they worked for their own enhancement...

Interesting why quite a few “interlectuals “fall for Communism…

 

[Dellquay13]

Being a workshy communist layabout I haven't retired, I never started work in the first place.

I tried that, but I found I was tricked into exchanging my labour in return for a set of capitalist chains and a paltry wage, then the tax man took a big chunk of that. I haven’t found a way out of this shameful state of affairs yet, but I can afford some sailing these days

 

[The Q]

Very glad to have retired, work was getting too stressful, they replaced me with two people.

Just started year 3 retired.
I had hoped to do a lot more sailing, but that hasn't happened..

I do volunteer one day a week here..
Home | RAF Air Defence Radar Museum

 

[Sticky Fingers]

I retired three years ago. Don’t miss the work but I do miss my friends. Fill my days volunteering.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Sounds an interesting situation, any more info? I thought that communists worked for the common good? Actually, more like they worked for their own enhancement...

I was called a workshy communist layabout by someone here once.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Interesting why quite a few “interlectuals “fall for Communism…

Don't worry. I haven't.

 

[Wansworth]

Don't worry. I haven't.

Was a bit concerned ,I said to the wife what’s YBW coming to ?

 

[westernman]

I am retired but still have to go to work.

 

[veshengro]

Next month, on 16th of April, I will have been retired for 2 years longer than I worked at the job which pays one of my pensions..

 

[GEM43]

I was once looking rather anxiously at the Meteo forecast in a French marina office at the same time as another chap . It was a Friday and I had to be in work on the Monday morning ( Budget meeting) The forecast was a bit iffy and I muttered something about it shouldn't be too bad once we cleared land and were in free air to which he opined I am in no hurry of course I am retired now. I skulked away muttering unkind things thinking one day I will be able to say the same to some unfortunate, sadly the chance never arose.

I started boating on the Gt Ouse at Ely, 31 years ago as it happens. Out on the river aboard our Viking 20, I was chatting to the skipper of a newly moored, smart and new looking 58ft narrowboat. Thinking of my own impending Monday morning return to the office in Cambridge i cheerily asked “when are you heading home” to which the skipper responded “September”. It hurt then and I still remember it now, but I have had the pleasure of being able to deliver that line myself.

 

[Concerto]

Having to return to work on a set Monday was always a challenge, especially on a foreign cruise. The Netherlands especially was always difficult. You could be back at Ostend on the last Thursday with a low passing over only for this to leave a NW F5 in its wake. There was no possibility of doing ninety miles in the open sea with this dead on the nose and a family crew. Realistically, one might make maybe 3 knots, more likely 2 in a small boat, leading to the end of a happy relationship and a hobby at sea. I think my record of only leaving the boat and ferrying home once in twenty consecutive years at work going foreign is not at all bad.

I can remember an October half term in the late 1960's, my parents decided to sail from the Medway to Ostend. Great sail over. The return was going to be a stiff beat, but we were game. Once outside the breakwaters, the wind was stronger than we expected and with a number 3 job and double reefed main we were on over our ear. After an hour we decided to turn back. As we were entering the breakwaters, there were 2 Belgian minesweepers leaving. They all gave us a fantastic wave, probably thinking we had just come from the UK.

After mooring up we then headed to get a ferry. The only one due to leave was The Prince Phillipe, a passenger only ferry built in 1948. Once aboard we found standard class was deck chairs on deck, so we transferred to first class which were pvc bench seats with tables between. We nabbed one at the forward end of the cabin with a view to the bow and expecting a rough ride. The normal time to get to Dover was 6 hours. Well after a couple of hours, we were asked to move away from the windows as they had one break in the past and they roped off the first row to tables. We found out from a crew member it was now a force 9 from the west, or in other words almost directly on the nose. The bow kept going under despite the reduced speed. Most of the passengers were sea sick, but none of us (my parents and older brother) were. We felt sorry for the second class passengers. The toilets stank of vomit. I ended up going on deck to get away from the smell. We eventually arrived three and a half hours later than schedule.

The following weekend we took the car ferry back to Ostend as passengers to collect the boat. The weather was still bad and the North Sea Yacht Club said we had to move our boat as the were going to remove their pontoons the coming week for the winter. The only place to go was the Mercator dock. It was then back on a car ferry.

The following weekend, we returned again. A lovely sail back at the third attempt. My father said we would not use a half term for cross channel trips. My brother and I were not so pleased as it meant no possibility of missing school.

 

[Gurrig]

Work - the curse of the sailing classes...

Work is a four letter word ending in 'k' Now retired 3 years and I honestly don't know or make plans for more than 3 days in advance