Is it time to drop the Retirement to 60

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.

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 ??

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.

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
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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

I can relate to that WHITEY.

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

And... it's difficult.

I mucked that up.

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

Sounds good t'me Jack.

what about extending school leaving age to 20 instead ?

ericster, what type of work did you do?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.