Do you have a 'figure'?

**EternalOptimist** · 9 May 2009, 09:00

a third of a million

**gingerjedi** · 9 May 2009, 10:07

Yes, when the mortgage is gone I'm joining the public sector for a nice long holiday until I retire on a final salary pension.

**OwlHoot** · 9 May 2009, 10:10

I do, but it's a bit like constellation of Orion - It hovers over my head out of reach, and never seems to get any nearer

**BolshieBastard** · 9 May 2009, 10:27

When I win a million or more on the lottery!

**BrowneIssue** · 9 May 2009, 11:26

When I was a permie I was on good money.

One day (many, many moons ago) I phoned my parents to announce I had had a pay rise and was now on £10,000. I was seriously loaded; earning many times more than my mates.

"Brownie," said my Mum. "Your father and I agreed when you were born, that we would retire when he finally made it to £10,000 per year. Now he's paying that in tax and we've no savings to speak of."

Now I consider £10K to be more like an annual VAT bill.

When at college, we worked out how, with £1,000,000 capital, you would never have to work again. Just live off the interest on the interest. What's the interest rate these days? Is it 0.5%? That about £2 per week!

Work till you drop. It's the only option.

**zara_backdog** · 9 May 2009, 17:59

No, I have kids!

**thelace** · 9 May 2009, 18:03

42 - 28 - 38

Would help if she was loaded

**zara_backdog** · 9 May 2009, 18:04

Originally posted by thelace View Post

42 - 28 - 38

Would help if she was loaded

Have you been spying on me ?

**d000hg** · 9 May 2009, 19:25

Well, even at 1%, £5m gives enough for a reasonable lifestyle... if you already have a property or even renting outside expensive cities.

But I wouldn't want to stop doing software. With maybe £1m saved, or even 1/2 that, I'd stop getting paid work and take maybe a year to do my own stuff, and see how that goes.

Do you have a 'figure'?