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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: STEMO on 08 November 2020, 20:01:45
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Have a look at this, it's quite scary:
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
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Me too , something to look forward to Lizzie 😄😄😄
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
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Me too , something to look forward to Lizzie 😄😄😄
Yes, we can both look down at it all :D :D ;)
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
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I'll be 51.
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
My problem is I was TUPEd out of BT to HP in 2004, so my Section C (yes, I'm that young ;D) was frozen then, so doesn't have many years in it. DC pensions since have not done very well due to the financial crisis, Brexit, and now Sniffle, to be followed by Brexit SNAFU.
My Sect C plus state pension should be enough to live on when I get the state pension at 67. I dont have enough in my DC pensions to live off until then.
Hence, no cigar yet :(
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
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We do alright on our pensions , to be honest we haven't noticed any difference financially ,still manage to put a bit away as well.
At the present time there's not a lot to spend it on.
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
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We do alright on our pensions , to be honest we haven't noticed any difference financially ,still manage to put a bit away as well.
At the present time there's not a lot to spend it on.
Civil Service golden pensions are a pipedream to anyone in the private sector.
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
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We do alright on our pensions , to be honest we haven't noticed any difference financially ,still manage to put a bit away as well.
At the present time there's not a lot to spend it on.
Civil Service golden pensions are a pipedream to anyone in the private sector.
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Yes I was lucky or clever at the time , the new entrants to HMPS will not be as good , just glad I took some advice in my younger days.
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
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We do alright on our pensions , to be honest we haven't noticed any difference financially ,still manage to put a bit away as well.
At the present time there's not a lot to spend it on.
Civil Service golden pensions are a pipedream to anyone in the private sector.
Only if the government doesn't go bust.
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There's that...
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Strangely enough, due to where we are run from and a waning appetite to keep proving what happened last time we tried one of these new ideas they come up with, my colleague and I were looking at retirement options.
Turns out we both need to work for longer. Bugger.
Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
My wife, after being moved from final salary to career average in 2016 will end up with a great pension when she's 67. But, if she wants to enjoy her retirement a bit earlier, say 63, she will still get a very reasonable pension and I might still be able to walk.
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We do alright on our pensions , to be honest we haven't noticed any difference financially ,still manage to put a bit away as well.
At the present time there's not a lot to spend it on.
Civil Service golden pensions are a pipedream to anyone in the private sector.
Only if the government doesn't go bust.
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Funny enough we were talking about this same thing a few weeks ago with some friends ( ex colleagues) some surprised me by saying that they had no savings at all & would not survive without the pension from the Prison Service , luckily we are not in that position having sold properties a while back so would get by ok.
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The Govt. doesnt go bust. It just borrows or prints more money , so your safe.
My pension did the hokey cokey with SERPS years ago. Im completely lost with it and wont know if its right or wrong, even when Im living off it.
What I do know is that if I dont work until Im around 70, it will be spuds and only spuds, with no Poteen to wash it down with until I go to the incinerator. ::)
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The Govt. doesnt go bust. It just borrows or prints more money , so your safe.
My pension did the hokey cokey with SERPS years ago. Im completely lost with it and wont know if its right or wrong, even when Im living off it.
What I do know is that if I dont work until Im around 70, it will be spuds and only spuds, with no Poteen to wash it down with until I go to the incinerator. ::)
You make poteen out of spuds. But you must have done that thousands of times at home in Ireland. ;D
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Yep, and some who seem to know these things predict that the total World population will hit 12 billion by 2050, or something like that ;D ;D ;D
Thank! God I'll be dead well before then! 8) 8) ;D ;D :)
97 is not a massive age these days, Lizzie. We might still be posting on here, telling Jaime he should he should be settling down now he's 80. ;D
Maybe not, but both my parents lived to 88, my great aunt, 95, for me that is well long enough Steve. I will need constant rest by 80 anyway as my body will be completely knacked! :D ;)
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as my body will be completely knacked! :D ;)
Mine already is. But I've had an "interesting" life that has definitely taken its toll...
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Same here.Could really do with a new skeleton. I think my heart may be starting to play up now ffs. ::) But if i dont go and see a quack to diagnose something, then I can carry on in ignorant bliss................until I cant. ;D
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The Govt. doesnt go bust. It just borrows or prints more money , so your safe.
My pension did the hokey cokey with SERPS years ago. Im completely lost with it and wont know if its right or wrong, even when Im living off it.
What I do know is that if I dont work until Im around 70, it will be spuds and only spuds, with no Poteen to wash it down with until I go to the incinerator. ::)
When my firm closed their final salary scheme and went over to "money purchase" one, i was advised to stay in SERPS. When i retired in 2009 i was getting more from my state pension per month than my last job paid. Along with a top up from the works pension it's made retirement a lot more comfortable. :y
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Same here.Could really do with a new skeleton. I think my heart may be starting to play up now ffs. ::) But if i dont go and see a quack to diagnose something, then I can carry on in ignorant bliss................until I cant. ;D
When I think of what I've put my body through, I must be one jammy bastard.
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as my body will be completely knacked! :D ;)
Mine already is. But I've had an "interesting" life that has definitely taken its toll...
Getting knocked off my motorbike at just under a ton didn't help my body. The sliding didn't hurt, the abrupt stop as I hit a concrete post did. ::)
When I get out of a chair, I walk like a penguin for a few seconds until my hips, knees and ankles come back to life. ;D
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My right leg hasnt come back to life since 12th October 1976. I wouldnt know what to do with it now if it did. ;D
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When I get out of a chair, I walk like a penguin for a few seconds
Uncle STEMO tells me thats a sign you've shat yourself....
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Motorcycle accidents seem common with gentlemen of a certain age.
My bike scars only hurt when the cold gets in....
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When I get out of a chair, I walk like a penguin for a few seconds
Uncle STEMO tells me thats a sign you've shat yourself....
Not unless it's accompanied by a warm feeling down the back of the legs and a smell like a sewage farm ;D
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When I get out of a chair, I walk like a penguin for a few seconds
Uncle STEMO tells me thats a sign you've shat yourself....
Not unless it's accompanied by a warm feeling down the back of the legs and a smell like a sewage farm ;D
Ah, must be YZ's pants are too tight then ;D
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Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
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I agree. As I've posted before, my parents did have a substantial amount of savings from when my dad took early retirement and took twenty five percent of his pot as a tax free lump. The sad thing is, they saved for so many years afterwards that they had to self fund when they needed care as they were well over the savings threshold. They are now both on social care as the money has gone on care, so they may as well have spent it and enjoyed it.
I'm lucky to have worked for the same company for fourty years and have a damn good pension, so when the company asked if I'd be interested in retiring early (I'm 58), with full consent as it is at company request, it was a no brain'er so I jumped at the chance. I have twenty working shifts left before retiring.
Just need to work out where to hide my money so that I don't lose it if I need care. ::) Mrs YZ assures me that it won't be a problem spending it, which worries me slightly. ;D
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Depends what you want from your retirement. There's no need for a lot of dosh if you're too old to enjoy it.
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I agree. As I've posted before, my parents did have a substantial amount of savings from when my dad took early retirement and took twenty five percent of his pot as a tax free lump. The sad thing is, they saved for so many years afterwards that they had to self fund when they needed care as they were well over the savings threshold. They are now both on social care as the money has gone on care, so they may as well have spent it and enjoyed it.
I'm lucky to have worked for the same company for fourty years and have a damn good pension, so when the company asked if I'd be interested in retiring early (I'm 58), with full consent as it is at company request, it was a no brain'er so I jumped at the chance. I have twenty working shifts left before retiring.
Just need to work out where to hide my money so that I don't lose it if I need care. ::) Mrs YZ assures me that it won't be a problem spending it, which worries me slightly. ;D
PM sent. You know you can trust me. ;)
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Mrs YZ assures me that it won't be a problem spending it, which worries me slightly. ;D
Check her cooking ingredients for poisons ;D
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When I get out of a chair, I walk like a penguin for a few seconds
Uncle STEMO tells me thats a sign you've shat yourself....
Well yes, there is that as well. ;D Laughing and farting go hand in hand after a couple of beers when you get to my age. ;D I'm pleased to report that I've had no accidents yet, although I've come close..... very close. ;D
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Mrs YZ assures me that it won't be a problem spending it, which worries me slightly. ;D
Check her cooking ingredients for poisons ;D
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She'd miss me too much. :y I'm her personal builder/carpenter/electrician/plumber/car mechanic etc. ... That's why she'd miss me. ;D
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I have a friend who was made redundant a few years ago , worked for the same company since leaving school so well over 40 years got around £15,000 redundancy but had never had an occupational pension, I really couldn't believe anybody could be so stupid for that length of time.
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When I get out of a chair, I walk like a penguin for a few seconds
Uncle STEMO tells me thats a sign you've shat yourself....
Well yes, there is that as well. ;D Laughing and farting go hand in hand after a couple of beers when you get to my age. ;D I'm pleased to report that I've had no accidents yet, although I've come close..... very close. ;D
As Billy Connolly said about getting old... " Never pass up the chance to pee, never trust a fart and never waste a hard on! " ;D
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The Govt. doesnt go bust. It just borrows or prints more money , so your safe.
My pension did the hokey cokey with SERPS years ago. Im completely lost with it and wont know if its right or wrong, even when Im living off it.
What I do know is that if I dont work until Im around 70, it will be spuds and only spuds, with no Poteen to wash it down with until I go to the incinerator. ::)
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I would like to think that we are 100 percent safe re our pensions but as I learned years ago always expect the unexpected , and that will assist your survival.