Is it time to drop the Retirement to 60

Virus will be about for years , each year increasing the Risk ..

Wont be the money to pay much of a pension. More likely it will rise up to 75 and be frozen for a few years.

I recently took my deferred pension of 30 years early(I have another active one and am still working) .
I can at least look after my wife and son with this , I am very glad I choose to do it.

Young and fit Less likely to be affected by the Virus , you are looking at About 4 % of the population Lets say 2.5  million ?

Unemployment may well far exceed that ,Percentage wise 60 plus more likely to be Sick / Hospitalized  than younger people

Going forward as people age More and more Jobs freed up ,Of course as said that is if a Pension can be paid ??

This Virus is Going nowhere , so the Less exposure to older people the Better ??

It's a pity there are more part-time opportunities out there. ( Pity there aren't more FULL-time jobs out there actually ). I'm recently retired and wasn't  sorry to call it a day but I didn't want  to stop completely. I wouldn't have  minded a few hours, ten or twelve perhaps, just to keep active but there you go.

pension will go up to 68  soon to part pay for this current holiday

1/10  18-24 are unemployed Coach Payments to them would far outweigh the Pension payments ,Spec with them in the System paying Tax or Ni
,
18-24 Very unlikely to become seriously ill as opposed to 60-66 .... so a saving to the NHS there if the 60> mob follow some Islotaion

Rules masks etc ,Honestly makes sense

Dream to go by than
But it’s all about the dollar
If you can afford to live rest of days
On what you’ve got and got to come
But I think the age be going up rather than down
My father in law got the money he’s 70
But he couldn’t cope after two years when his business stopped
Now doing but driving 3 days week
He’s ****g mad he doesn’t need it
Its in head Can’t cope with life with out work

I can relate to that WHITEY.

My worlkife WAS... my life. Now it's gone, I have no life.

And... it's difficult.

Apr 25, 2020 -- 6:33PM, ericster wrote:

It's a pity there are more part-time opportunities out there. ( Pity there aren't more FULL-time jobs out there actually ). I'm recently retired and wasn't

I mucked that up.

should read "pity there AREN'T more part-time opportunities ".

A couple of my retired friends have driving jobs - one delivering cars the other working for motor factors delivering parts locally.

Both part time/caual.

Sounds good t'me Jack.

sounds sad to me,its like you have got nothing but work in your life

what about extending school leaving age to 20 instead ?

Apr 26, 2020 -- 8:44AM, ericster wrote:

I can relate to that WHITEY.My worlkife WAS... my life. Now it's gone, I have no life.And... it's difficult.

ericster, Always charities looking for volunteers. Keep yourself busy physically and mentally plus have the pleasure in knowing you are helping folks in need.

Apr 26, 2020 -- 9:21AM, GAZO wrote:

sounds sad to me,its like you have got nothing but work in your life

Yep, it's sad, tragic even, but what's a person to do?
I don't go anywhere.
I don't know anybody.
Don't DO.... anything.
And that's not a retirement issue.
That's me.

I'm sitting here waiting for night-time to come so I can go to bed and sleep for a while.
That's it, my life.

Apr 26, 2020 -- 9:35AM, politicspunter wrote:

Apr 26, 2020 --  7:44AM, ericster wrote:I can relate to that WHITEY.My worlkife WAS... my life. Now it's gone, I have no life.And... it's difficult.ericster, Always charities looking for volunteers. Keep yourself busy physically and mentally plus have the pleasure in knowing you are helping folks in need.

polipunt, I have a problem with people. I'm just no good with them.

ericster, what type of work did you do?

Warehouse work, some manual-handling, forklifting, Night-shift.
tbh, I cream-cracked.
Wouldn't mind something not too demanding mentally OR physically.
Having a few books to read would be a big help.
I wouldn't mind getting involved with those tree-huggers who go picking up litter out in the sticks. Just give me a hedgerow and a bin-liner.

Well, off the top of my head what about...

1. Joining a local political party- always looking for folks just to go round sticking leaflets through doors.
2. Join a local chess club or similar, new members always welcome. Don't have to interact too much, just sit down and play your game.
3. Are you inland or near the coast? Local organisations always looking for folks to do beach cleans, tidying up in local parks and walks.
4. Join the local library- do some research on your local area history/ research your ancestry and track down parish records, visit places of birth.

1. Don't like being in streets and letter-boxes not for me.
2. Haven't got the mindset for Chess.
3. I'm in the midlands, would love the beach-cleaning thing. Now THAT would be great.
4. I am a member of my local library but they'ye closed. Can't go online because I got a problem with my screen. Don't go there.

Ok, Have you got a local reservoir, fishing beat on local rivers? It might not be the beach exactly but just going along the riverbank/ round the reservoir picking up rubbish gets you out in the open air, helps nature and the environment.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/10-outdoor-swimming-spots-birmingham-9628519

https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/volunteer/become-care-project-volunteer

Here are some links worth a look.

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/volunteers-wanted-to-help-clean-up-west-midlands-canals

Must be plenty of canals in your area that need volunteers to tidy up also I would guess.

There is a river and old gravel-pits running through the valley that my town is situated by but they're nature reserves. Buzzing with twitchers, there's a neatly laid out network of gravel paths and woe betide anybody who offends.

ericster,after seeing your other thread unless you are taking the p,go and see a doctor

I was watching breakfast television a few weeks ago and this fella was on whose pastime was recording, visiting and taking photographs of all the art deco cinemas remaining in the UK. Most of them are sadly now bingo halls or amusement arcades etc but a few have retained their former glory. I was interested in it because my father was a movie fan from the golden age of Hollywood. He had incredible knowledge of the stars and production companies. He passed away in 1990 but just a few years later I was on holiday in Mallorca where I met two sisters, one from Scotland who had just retired from Rolls Royce and her much older sister who was from America. It turned out the older sister had worked in the head offices of MGM and had met many of the stars personally, dad could have spent hours talking to her. Anyway, it just seemed an interesting thing to do in art deco picture land because he never knew what he was going to find.

After seeing a doctor
Go And work on farm Fields picking get you out about !

Apr 26, 2020 -- 11:12AM, GAZO wrote:

ericster,after seeing your other thread unless you are taking the p,go and see a doctor

I don't  "THINK " I'm taking the p GAZO.

" See a doctor " ? I've thought about that but don't know how to approach it.
What does a person SAY to a doctor?
And anyway, all that's on hold right now because of this covid business.
" Doctor, I'm fed up".
" Ohhh really".

You don't appear to want to do anything or go anywhere,sure you aren't sufferiing from depression,what about going racing plenty of meetings around if you've got the money what's wrong with going racing once,depends if you have the money of course..Even wolverhamptons ok on your doorstep,you could travel by train uttoxeter,haydock,hereford,bangor,worcester would heck the doctors out first though he might help ypu out a bit.

I think people who can't live without work are afraid to discover themselves.


I shan't develop that point for i'd be here a very long time.

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