Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,610

    pblakeney said:

    Logging off form work for the last time.
    Not trivial. 😃😎

    Congratulations, can I ask what age?

    My target is 62 but I have a fear that my target retirement date is always on a 5 year horizon.
    60. Was going to be 55 but the oil industry downturn ruined that.
    Contract ended. Sod interviewing, inductions and commuting. Feet up, or pedalling. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    pblakeney said:

    pblakeney said:

    Logging off form work for the last time.
    Not trivial. 😃😎

    Congratulations, can I ask what age?

    My target is 62 but I have a fear that my target retirement date is always on a 5 year horizon.
    60. Was going to be 55 but the oil industry downturn ruined that.
    Contract ended. Sod interviewing, inductions and commuting. Feet up, or pedalling. 😉
    I think I will need that sort of push to get me to fold my tent
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,610

    pblakeney said:

    pblakeney said:

    Logging off form work for the last time.
    Not trivial. 😃😎

    Congratulations, can I ask what age?

    My target is 62 but I have a fear that my target retirement date is always on a 5 year horizon.
    60. Was going to be 55 but the oil industry downturn ruined that.
    Contract ended. Sod interviewing, inductions and commuting. Feet up, or pedalling. 😉
    I think I will need that sort of push to get me to fold my tent
    It is a bit easier when 1/2 the decision is taken out of your hands.
    There might be nagging doubts if you choose to leave.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    Congratulations pb, must confess I'm a little envious.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    I know a few people who retired early-ish and then un-retired as they found that they were getting under the feet of their new 'boss'. And worse, they didn't get any pay or appreciation for their work :o
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Stevo_666 said:

    I know a few people who retired early-ish and then un-retired as they found that they were getting under the feet of their new 'boss'. And worse, they didn't get any pay or appreciation for their work :o

    I know a few people who have retired early including myself and have stayed retired. I would suggest some people might be lacking in imagination if they can’t find things to occupy themselves.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    webboo said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    I know a few people who retired early-ish and then un-retired as they found that they were getting under the feet of their new 'boss'. And worse, they didn't get any pay or appreciation for their work :o

    I know a few people who have retired early including myself and have stayed retired. I would suggest some people might be lacking in imagination if they can’t find things to occupy themselves.
    It wasn't the lack of being occupied that made them go back...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    That’s even sadder.
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    If spending more time with your wife puts you off retirement, possibly early retirement wasn't the poor decision...
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    Also people who really don't want to go back might have had a job they didn't like. Sounds like a few people on here are keen to throw in the towel for that reason.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    If having a wife paid a salary, I may be willing to put up with one I didn't like so much.

    If my job didn't pay a salary, I wouldn't be going in tomorrow.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,610
    Thankfully I have so much going on in my life that work was just a hindrance. Freedom!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    monkimark said:

    If having a wife paid a salary, I may be willing to put up with one I didn't like so much.

    If my job didn't pay a salary, I wouldn't be going in tomorrow.

    The people I was talking about were in the opposite situation to your liittle hypothetical situation. So you can probably understand why they went back.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    Yes, that's pretty much everyone's situation isn't it?

    Nope, I would quit tomorrow given half a chance.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,720
    pblakeney said:

    pblakeney said:

    Logging off form work for the last time.
    Not trivial. 😃😎

    Congratulations, can I ask what age?

    My target is 62 but I have a fear that my target retirement date is always on a 5 year horizon.
    60. Was going to be 55 but the oil industry downturn ruined that.
    Contract ended. Sod interviewing, inductions and commuting. Feet up, or pedalling. 😉
    Welcome to the club. 🥂

    Was 57 for me. Best thing ever.
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  • drhaggis
    drhaggis Posts: 1,150
    edited May 2023

    morstar said:

    ddraver said:


    Whoosh!

    I have no idea what I’m looking at beyond a literal interpretation.

    Now somebody has liked it which suggests there is something to get.

    Explanation please?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4OnBYrbCjY
    Doppler effect meme. The vehicle sound coming towards you and how it changes sound as it passes you. Because sound can’t be accurately shown in an image, it uses the car changing colour to replicate the effect.
    The car size is also different, being short in the way in, but long in the way out. Clearly a representation of wavelength, but it's incorrect because, if the car's moving so fast to change colour that dramatically, it'll be going fast enough to undergo noticeable relativistic length contraction... which is symmetric.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    edited May 2023
    monkimark said:

    Yes, that's pretty much everyone's situation isn't it?

    Nope, I would quit tomorrow given half a chance.

    Is that due to a poor job/career decision?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Stevo_666 said:

    monkimark said:

    Yes, that's pretty much everyone's situation isn't it?

    Nope, I would quit tomorrow given half a chance.

    Is that due to a poor job/career decision?
    If I won £3m on the lottery tonight i would not be back in Monday.

    not because of poor job/career decisions but because I have better things to do with my time.

    I feel very sorry for your friends who have to go to work to get away from their wives. They really should grow a pair.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990

    Stevo_666 said:

    monkimark said:

    Yes, that's pretty much everyone's situation isn't it?

    Nope, I would quit tomorrow given half a chance.

    Is that due to a poor job/career decision?
    If I won £3m on the lottery tonight i would not be back in Monday.

    not because of poor job/career decisions but because I have better things to do with my time.

    I feel very sorry for your friends who have to go to work to get away from their wives. They really should grow a pair.
    Don't feel sorry for them - they're not my friends, just people I happen know or know of. That said, not everyone's marriage turns out great so seems to a fairly common theme. Golf seems to be an alternative solution for those that don't need the money.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,914
    Weird that the idea of actually enjoying your job seems so unusual.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    rjsterry said:

    Weird that the idea of actually enjoying your job seems so unusual.

    True, I enjoy what I do and getting paid a decent whack to do something you like really is a good thing. I actually feel sorry for people who feel they have to retire to get away from their job.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,089
    rjsterry said:

    Weird that the idea of actually enjoying your job seems so unusual.

    That's why people get paid. Plus even if you like the core of what you do, work comes with a mountain of other stuff that is draining.

    Given the money I would retire tomorrow, but I would likely continue to do something to keep myself occupied. The big difference is I would choose to do that based on my enjoyment and flexibility, and when I got bored of it, I would stop.

  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,972
    I don't hate my job (in fact I rather enjoy a lot of it) but I do it for money. When I have enough money I will stop. I have apretty long list of things that I enjoy more.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,610
    edited May 2023
    My thoughts on the retirement decision.
    Q1. If you won a multi rollover mega Euromillions would you continue working?
    "Yes" - You enjoy working, don't retire. "No" - Retire, but see Q2.
    Q2. What would you do with your time?
    "Loads" - Retire. "Don't know" - Keep working (if it's tolerable) till you can answer that.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    monkimark said:

    I don't hate my job (in fact I rather enjoy a lot of it) but I do it for money. When I have enough money I will stop. I have apretty long list of things that I enjoy more.

    This 100%
  • Munsford0
    Munsford0 Posts: 680
    Post uni I initially did a job I really enjoyed, but in order to earn more I had to move into less and less enjoyable roles. That and the companies I worked for were constantly restructuring / merging / being acquired and often the choice was job X or nothing. Eventually a restructure led to redundancy at 62, generous payout and immediate access to pension with no actuarial reduction. I felt like I'd won the lottery!

    Didn't fancy suddenly being at home, so took a job as a DT Technician in the school where my son was teaching. Virtually stress free hands-on practical job I love, handy extra income, 12 weeks holiday a year, and a workshop the size of Belgium stuffed with very useful woodworking machinery. What's not to like? Wife similarly works part time at a local hospice. I'm 66 this year and will get my state pension, but to be honest I'm in no hurry to fully retire.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,990
    pblakeney said:

    My thoughts on the retirement decision.
    Q1. If you won a multi rollover mega Euromillions would you continue working?
    "Yes" - You enjoy working, don't retire. "No" - Retire, but see Q2.
    Q2. What would you do with your time?
    "Loads" - Retire. "Don't know" - Keep working (if it's tolerable) till you can answer that.

    There's also the in-between option of going part time. I've seen quite a few people ease into retirement by dropping down to 4/3/2 days a week while they sort out what they want to do post work. I think some people who struggle with retirement are those go from full time to zero without having answered the above question #2.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited May 2023
    It's a tricky one. When I was a monkey I hated work.

    Now I'm building something myself, I have real purpose, and ultimately I love being a salesman.

    But if I were to land £10m, I'd lose a lot of the drive to go and build something. So it would all matter less and I'd be much less emotionally involved, so I doubt it'd be a success.

    Would I be happier with the £10m? Who knows. I'd probably be healthier physically. Not sure about mentally.

    I guess the grind is find if it's going places. As soon as that stops it's that isn't it, a grind?

    Then again, I'm hardly gonna turn down that kind of money.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,302

    My work today. 😎 Enjoy yourselves desk jockeys.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,687
    monkimark said:

    I don't hate my job (in fact I rather enjoy a lot of it) but I do it for money. When I have enough money I will stop. I have apretty long list of things that I enjoy more.

    Yeah, nailed it. If I have to work then what I’m doing is fine (when not with an employer that gets every last drop of blood before they’ll accept you need support). There’s other work I’d rather do but doesn’t pay enough and then there is all the stuff I’d do with my time if I didn’t need an income.