So how's retirement, Jim?
 

What adjustments have you made in your life? I know when I have semi-retired a few times, I got a lot of stuff done, but eventually ran out of things to do, TV shows and movies to catch up on, friends to visit.... How's it going?

Not as well as I hoped Neal tbh...hobby wise I now realise I was ill-prepared for and gardening is one of the tasks I hate most in life.

My biggest regret is witnessing my wife going to work due to the fact she never had the opportunity to enrol in the gold plated/final salary pension schemes that were available to me before we met.

I'm already starting to consider looking for a part-time driving job or something along those lines.

Can't grumble too much though when I consider how some folk are finding it hard to meet their fuel bills and put food on the table for their kids during this current period of austerity and even whilst holding down a job in many cases.

Kind of you to ask mate :sunny:

While I am young Jimbuna I have Known several retirees and they all found another job that was partime or in some cases full time... They told me and I quote "retirement was killing me".

Well I guess I'll find out during the course of the next six months or so :)

You need to get yourself a good "Director's uniform" as curator/president of the Buna Aeroplane Museum. You can hire your daughter to work in the giftshop.

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One of the good aspects of not scraping by financially and being retired, you can take other jobs and if they don't suit you--quit and try something else. Since I left Dow I have been a Crowne Plaza Hotel manager, Cycle Gear salesman, Suzuki/Honda salesman, school teacher, and ranch hand. It keeps life interesting and helps you keep your mind fit--learning and training on a regular basis. I got my commercial driver's license Wednesday and will be driving cross country in a few weeks. Looking forward to it. What kind of driving were you considering?

Congrats on the CDL Neal.:up: Have fun dodging the lunatics.:O:

Thanks, man. I have years of practice doing that on 2 wheels. :shucks:

Some retirees I have known took up volunteer work in local hospitals doing anywhere from 1 to 3 days a week for several hours a day.

Not given it any serious consideration yet but I don't have a heavy goods so I can only drive up to a maximum of 7.5 tonne.

I recently passed my forklift licences for reach and counterbalance but honestly can't see myself humping pallets of stuff from one location to another.

If anything jobwise does crop up it'll probably be via word of mouth at the most unexpected time.

Two wheelers stop much faster than eighteen and they are much more agile.:03: Safety first, always.:arrgh!:

Congratulations on the CDL, Neal. Maybe sometime I might see you up here.

My new train should be in by May and with that I will be able to haul clear across Canada.

Jim, I really cannot see you as a 'rent-a-cop'. H-Bs' job sounds interesting, though.

More chance I'd become a 'rent boy' :)

Is that like a boy-toy?:hmmm::O: