OT - 1100 days to go before I retire

Gongrats Vince just be careful that you're not labelled as having given up on your work! My bride reckons I'm overly focused on my retirement to the detriment of wanting to improve my financial position via promotion. I have slightly less to go at Xmas 2010.

I just tell her that I'm in training for retirement so that I'll be retirement fit when the day arrives - ah yes without wishing my life away!

Kind regards

My retirement is the end of 2009. If you are really serious, you deduct all the weekends, public holidays and leave days you are likely to take and you come upi with a much more comfortable number of "days-to-be-worked". This keeps you mentally/mathematically trained prior to retirement! :-)

cheers

David

if your that keen to retire why wait you could drop dead on any one of those 1100 days if your worried about the money you will never have enough. i retired from work at 50 misses hit the roof when i said i was retiring. we do a lot travelling money always comes in from some where and we dont miss out on anything. just remember your not that important to your work if drop dead today there will be some body new tomorrow. in 6 months time they will be saying vince who?
get out there and enjoy.
just my 2 bobs worth
al

Hi All

With out being to inquisitive, how old are you Gentlemen, shortly
I will go from full on with my plumbing business, to Semi Retirement,
but, still have an interest in it. looking at 2 months on 1 month off
sort of thing, taking little excursions every two months,just to get
the feel of full time retirement, currently we take a long weekend
once a month and get away up the beach fishing.
I am 61 this year and the Cook has been asking me to retire for the
last two years. she reckons I am to bloody greedy, oh well, a blokes
got a feel the water.

Cheers
Daza

Good onya Vince.
You will enjoy the countdown - I have just 22 days left !!!! And the advice to just count working days is sound - worked better for me.

Vince,

I am retiring on Wednesday as long as I win the Lotto ($40 million) LOL

Cheers Kev

G'day
Heres a calculator to help you blokes watch the countdown

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcount.html

I know the feeling ! I am currently using the leave I have had unused for last 25 years
I doubt if I will go back to work
Only if the stockmarket has any more major downturns
But like someone said earlier in the thread ; any one of us could be dead next month or year so would it matter then ?

Happy counting
Garry

Geez, after 7 years, it still seems like a few days ago I retired! But after nearly 38 years with the one job, I guess 7 years is nothing.
What do I do now? Well, I've got a haircut planned for Wednesday, so I will have to plan for that. And I think my brother wants me to go fishing with him later this week. Busy busy...
Gerry

blimey...... reading this makes me feel like I'm just reaching puberty, and im that close to the big 50 that ... if i just stand on tippy toes i can see it.

Vince,
977 days to go for me. Can't wait. Very boring after 45 years in the same job.
Cheers,
Bros.

I officially retire in 3 weeks!!

But really retired 15 years ago... I get to access my super in 3 weeks.

But.... retirement is just a state of mind.

Retirement? What's that ?
I'm busier now than I've ever been. And yes it can take half a day just to get a haircut. (I've scheduled that for tomorrow).
Today I had to do lunch with my bro from Sid knee. By the time I'd checked everything online, had a shower and gotten ready it was almost time for lunch! Mind you I did a bit of posting while I was waiting.
But the REALLY cool thing about doing the lunch thing was passing my old workplace and giving it the finger :))
The kids have an expression.."get a life"...well after going through hell for 35 years, I retired and finally got one.

I'm with Footloose. I retired in 1995 at 55 and I am so busy I don't even have time for morning smoko any more. Lucky if I get to happy hour before dark. No I'm not one of those rich buggars when it comes to money but in terms of satisfation I'm on top.
Health wise the body is well and truely aware that the years are catching up but I'm not listening when it complains and the joints ache.To hell with it theres not much a couple of Neurofen won't ease... or a good glass of red at the end on the day.
I too spent my working life 24/7 for the job and missed a lot of the kids growing up. Well I'm making amends and saying thanks to the Minister for Home Affairs by being around and doing what she wants done around the house whern we are home.
We go bush at every opportunity as volunteers on the stations and when home there is always something to do on the van or tug
If I could offer advice to those who are looking at retirement just look at it as a chance to do things that you enjoy or that gives enjoyment to others.

When the epitath reads 1940 - 20?? let it be said that the dash between the dates was something special.

Kevin J