The pound in your pocket

[BrilloPad]

That's my target date now. remembering that I retired at 50 and then went back to work through boredom and then bought another house etc and took out another mortgage and sold my soul to the capitalist devil and now face a lifetime of poverty unless I work til I drop

I thought you were aged 78 now? To retire at 75 are you building a time machine?

Seriously - I reckon sassy will end up back in work soon - shame he does not learn from you.....

[BrilloPad]

I will be lucky to live to 75 with my families health history

My step father-in-law had all his family die aged about 50. Mostly heart related. He is now 73 and lives on a diet of egg and chips getting almost no exercise.

There are probabilities - but that is all they are.

When I die this is how I want to go BBC News - Turtles fossilised in sex embrace

[Doggy Styles]

When I die this is how I want to go BBC News - Turtles fossilised in sex embrace

Shagging a turtle?

[ChimpMaster]

My step father-in-law had all his family die aged about 50. Mostly heart related. He is now 73 and lives on a diet of egg and chips getting almost no exercise.

There are probabilities - but that is all they are.

When I die this is how I want to go BBC News - Turtles fossilised in sex embrace

You need to find a turtle first, and hope that it's willing.

[MarillionFan]

That's my target date now. remembering that I retired at 50 and then went back to work through boredom and then bought another house etc and took out another mortgage and sold my soul to the capitalist devil and now face a lifetime of poverty unless I work til I drop

Annoying. I've got a song in my head now I was going to post but I don't know what it is. I think it has the lyrics 'Work all day long' or 'Work all night long'. It's like an 70s/80's song with a heavy beat and all I remember it goes 'Dum dum de dum dum dum All day long'.

Anyone name that tune?

[ChimpMaster]

When I was young(er), I thought I would retire at 35 with a residual income of £1k a month. But I was single, living with my parents, and naiive.

Then I thought maybe 40 - 45 (no I'm not quite that age yet); this was deduced when I was married, had a kid, bought my own home and had been contracting for a little while. To some extent 45 could still be achievable, but only if I could continue contracting at this pace/rate for another 5 years or so, but that is highly unlikely given the direction of my skillset and of the economy as a whole.

And recently, we've thought about private schooling the kids. Of course, when that ball starts rolling, you can't just put one kid in private education, you've got to do all 3.

And so, 45 is now a pipe dream and I think it's more likely I'll never stop working, especially as my income falls and expenses escalate.

Ho hum

[Doggy Styles]

Annoying. I've got a song in my head now I was going to post but I don't know what it is. I think it has the lyrics 'Work all day long' or 'Work all night long'. It's like an 70s/80's song with a heavy beat and all I remember it goes 'Dum dum de dum dum dum All day long'.

Anyone name that tune?

Is it "Sixteen Tons"? Here's the chorus but I'm not so sure now:

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

[MarillionFan]

Is it "Sixteen Tons"? Here's the chorus but I'm not so sure now:

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Not even close.

[Doggy Styles]

When I was young(er), I thought I would retire at 35 with a residual income of £1k a month. But I was single, living with my parents, and naiive.

Then I thought maybe 40 - 45 (no I'm not quite that age yet); this was deduced when I was married, had a kid, bought my own home and had been contracting for a little while. To some extent 45 could still be achievable, but only if I could continue contracting at this pace/rate for another 5 years or so, but that is highly unlikely given the direction of my skillset and of the economy as a whole.

And recently, we've thought about private schooling the kids. Of course, when that ball starts rolling, you can't just put one kid in private education, you've got to do all 3.

And so, 45 is now a pipe dream and I think it's more likely I'll never stop working, especially as my income falls and expenses escalate.

Ho hum

Strangely I never planned early retirement. It doesn't concern me at the moment if I have to work beyond 65. I might actually prefer it. My dad was able to take early retirement, did a few things, then he got a bit nostalgic for his old job.

[BrilloPad]

all I remember it goes 'Dum dum de dum dum dum All day long'.

Anyone name that tune?

Is it the wheels on the bus?