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I think I might be almost ready.

I retired a little early (regardless how old I look in the photo)... 59 is a good time to get out. Still young enough to enjoy it.

I kept being told you were male....i knew it wasnt true!

Btw..... you're missing a couple of penfold grange in your collection.

I'll be going pretty soon, I think. Work is beginning to interfere with my life.

Rimless glasses?

Not just Rioja but Castillo Catadau? And the bottle of Kimbao Carmenere?

Come on, what are the odds.

This is, I might add, the very first selfie I've ever attempted.

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That selfie was well worth the wait.

LarsMac;1511755 wrote: I'll be going pretty soon, I think. Work is beginning to interfere with my life.


I got the impression a little while ago that you had retired.

I am semi retired, 20 hours only, I actually enjoy working most of the time, especially because I don't need to.

Looks like fun to me. I love red wine

spot;1511756 wrote: Rimless glasses?

Not just Rioja but Castillo Catadau? And the bottle of Kimbao Carmenere?

Come on, what are the odds.

This is, I might add, the very first selfie I've ever attempted.


Well done, fellow red lover.

I forgot to include this photo. I put seeds down for the mourning doves and this little rascal decided he'd get an easy meal. It didn't work out for him but i got a nice photo.

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Snooz;1511752 wrote: I retired a little early (regardless how old I look in the photo)... 59 is a good time to get out. Still young enough to enjoy it.


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Hey Snooz, good to see you got to retire!

I retired over 11 years ago, (I took early retirement too) as I saw too many of my friends waiting for their full retirement age, and before they got to retire they checked out! (went to heaven)

Anyway, after only a few weeks into retirement I said to myself how in the hell did I ever like working! I can't imagine ever having had to work.

And you're right, enjoy all you can do now while you are still young enough to do it! As you get older, you may slow down some on wanting to travel and go sightseeing all over a foreign country, or wherever!

Retirement is Grand! (You'll see) Enjoy it to the fullest!

Well, our retirement just hit a delay.

A major repair job is needed to the Dancer. It will take a nice chunk of our meager retirement fund. another few months of working to replenish.

LarsMac;1511901 wrote: Well, our retirement just hit a delay.

A major repair job is needed to the Dancer. It will take a nice chunk of our meager retirement fund. another few months of working to replenish.


That's a bummer. Sorry to hear that.

LarsMac;1511901 wrote: Well, our retirement just hit a delay.

A major repair job is needed to the Dancer. It will take a nice chunk of our meager retirement fund. another few months of working to replenish.


Is the problem drivetrain, body, or ???

Wandrin;1511906 wrote: Is the problem drivetrain, body, or ???


Body. The overhead area got water in it, and the plywood disassembled.

Apparently, it had happened before, and someone had glued it back together before we bought it.

Then we had a pretty massive wind storm blow through.

It took out my nephew's barn. I didn't notice the damage on the Dancer, until after a week of rainstorms.

By then, there was plenty of water in there, which I discovered when I moved it to give it a bath, and water started pouring out of the paneling.

Hopefully Insurance will cover some of it.

Ouch!

What is the retirement age in your countries? In Australia its 70 years of age.

I'm not entirely sure what "retirement age" means these days but it used to be the age at which the state pension benefit begins unless the recipient asks for it to be deferred. In the UK it was 65 for men and 60-61 for women until the last couple of years when these were equalized at 65 years and the retirement age started to drift upward. The drift has so far only involved a few months. Where the government intends to take it is undecided, so they claim.

https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age

magentaflame;1511947 wrote: What is the retirement age in your countries? In Australia its 70 years of age.


In the US, we can begin collecting a reduced pension at 62, and depending on age, full pension starting now at 66, or wait until 70 and collect an increased amount. All of those depending on what you earned over the time you have been working. Well, the last year and a half, at least.

LarsMac;1511912 wrote: Body. The overhead area got water in it, and the plywood disassembled.

Apparently, it had happened before, and someone had glued it back together before we bought it.

Then we had a pretty massive wind storm blow through.

It took out my nephew's barn. I didn't notice the damage on the Dancer, until after a week of rainstorms.

By then, there was plenty of water in there, which I discovered when I moved it to give it a bath, and water started pouring out of the paneling.

Hopefully Insurance will cover some of it.


Slap a bit of Plastic Padding or Silicon in the holes, whatever is easiest.

magentaflame;1511947 wrote: What is the retirement age in your countries? In Australia its 70 years of age.


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As was mentioned in another's post, 62 is the age at one here in USA can start to receive "government" benefits.

However, "55" is the age where one here could retire and start to receive "company" benefits.

Then at age 62 begin to receive government benefits as well. Ain't life grand.

This is worth looking out for too. Just thought I'd mention it. Stand-out excellence, I thought.

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I wanna retire.

While it's true in the US that the retirement age can be as low as 55 in the private sector and even as low as 38 in the military, most people when they retire that young go out and get another job.

xfrodobagginsx;1513897 wrote: While it's true in the US that the retirement age can be as low as 55 in the private sector and even as low as 38 in the military, most people when they retire that young go out and get another job.


They are not retired then are they ?

They have...........................changed jobs.

This is why I don't know what people mean by retirement. I've always assumed that since the fifties it has meant triggering payments from the state pension. If the pension is a state pension then the minimum age at which you can trigger it is fixed for the whole population - that's what I'd call the retirement age. If you have private means then you can cease all employment and live on those private means, which might include a private pension or investment fund, but I wouldn't call that retirement.

These days I often have people tell me that I'm "semi-retired" because I am more selective about the contracts I accept and prefer those that don't require an elaborate development system or access to bulky specific hardware. That way it doesn't really matter where I am when doing my work. I also often give myself some time between contracts to do some serious wandrin.

App development for mobile devices is almost relaxing. The development system is a laptop (or two) and it works out just as well if I am in a campground in Oregon or Utah as it does at home in my office. Besides, most of these apps are rather simple in their scope, compared with the projects I used to undertake, which is relaxing in its own way.

spot;1513903 wrote: This is why I don't know what people mean by retirement. I've always assumed that since the fifties it has meant triggering payments from the state pension. If the pension is a state pension then the minimum age at which you can trigger it is fixed for the whole population - that's what I'd call the retirement age. If you have private means then you can cease all employment and live on those private means, which might include a private pension or investment fund, but I wouldn't call that retirement.


Retirement has nothing to do with when your government or insurance company pays out, it's when you stop getting paid for work.

I am receiving a couple of pensions and working 20 hours for a wage, I am not retired, despite the pensions.

Bruv;1513901 wrote: They are not retired then are they ?

They have...........................changed jobs.


They are retired in the sense that they get their full pension from the job that they retired from.

xfrodobagginsx;1514012 wrote: They are retired in the sense that they get their full pension from the job that they retired from.


They changed jobs when the previous job's benefits started paying out.

They changed jobs and have an additional income from a pension.

They are in paid employment.............not retired.

Bruv;1514019 wrote: They changed jobs when the previous job's benefits started paying out.

They changed jobs and have an additional income from a pension.

They are in paid employment.............not retired.


Every American who retires from their job and gets a pension calls it retired, EVEN if they get another job.

xfrodobagginsx;1514058 wrote: Every American who retires from their job and gets a pension calls it retired, EVEN if they get another job.


Of course they do.............so what about burglarize ?

In your corner of America they use robbery......despite several other Americans debating the use of burglarize, and the difference between that and home invasion ?

Bruv;1514092 wrote: Of course they do.............so what about burglarize ?

In your corner of America they use robbery......despite several other Americans debating the use of burglarize, and the difference between that and home invasion ?


We don't use that word much. It's Robbed. Where do they say Burglarize more than the word robbed? Home Invasion is when someone illegally enters your home, it doesn't necessarily mean that you were Robbed. Burglarized and Robbed are the same thing.

xfrodobagginsx;1514193 wrote: Where do they say Burglarize more than the word robbed?


In the headlines of the LA Times.

spot;1514200 wrote: In the headlines of the LA Times.


One place is your source for the whole nation? I didn't say that it was never used, but Robbed is used way more. Maybe when speaking proper English as in a News Article the former is used more.

xfrodobagginsx;1514273 wrote: One place is your source for the whole nation? I didn't say that it was never used, but Robbed is used way more. Maybe when speaking proper English as in a News Article the former is used more.


Box of Rocks keeps coming to mind.

xfrodobagginsx;1514273 wrote: One place is your source for the whole nation?Not at all. You asked for an example of where it happens, I pointed you back to the opening post.

LarsMac;1514280 wrote: Box of Rocks keeps coming to mind.


It's not an important thing to argue about now is it? Let's get back to the topic on hand. When you retire, where would you like to go live?

xfrodobagginsx;1514329 wrote: It's not an important thing to argue about now is it? Let's get back to the topic on hand. When you retire, where would you like to go live?


I would not like to "go live" anywhere.

I have wandered about for nearly my whole life. Being on one place for the rest of it would seem silly.

That's why we got the SunDancer.

We have places to go and people to see.