Thread: It has been six days now

Warning: flippant follows ... ;-}

For anyone used to unproductive work, here are some suggestions for unproductive retirement:

1. Start telling your partner how do do things the right way.
2. Tell the offspring that as you now have more time you plan to get more involved in their lives.
3. Regularly ring your financial advisor or fund manager saying that you're thinking of changing your investor profile.
4. Watch and worry daily about the swings in your retirement fund value.
5. Kick yourself for not buying gold after the GFC.
6. Carefully scrutinise any change in your body and spend a lot of time on medical websites doing self-diagnosis.
7. Make forum posts like this one.

What have I missed? .... I'm worrying about my memory. Where did I read that exercise helps it? Must Google it.

The dog has me sussed already, she nags me every morning and takes me for walkies

Originally Posted by rsser

Warning: flippant follows ... ;-}

For anyone used to unproductive work, here are some suggestions for unproductive retirement:

1. Start telling your partner how do do things the right way.
2. Tell the offspring that as you now have more time you plan to get more involved in their lives.
3. Regularly ring your financial advisor or fund manager saying that you're thinking of changing your investor profile.
4. Watch and worry daily about the swings in your retirement fund value.
5. Kick yourself for not buying gold after the GFC.
6. Carefully scrutinise any change in your body and spend a lot of time on medical websites doing self-diagnosis.
7. Make forum posts like this one.

What have I missed? .... I'm worrying about my memory. Where did I read that exercise helps it? Must Google it.

You need a hobby Ern.... maybe woodturning.

I have been retired for 11years now and made that choice myself,can understand how you feel about it all coming to a end so quickly ,not in your planning can make it hard.I saw it happen in the group I worked for and some were really taken by suprise so had a hard time.
The things I really enjoy now are being able to spend time building stuff for my kids and grandkids,what I used to tear around trying to do this or that at lunch time or weekends now happens without the rush.
The wife told me when I retired don't expect me to make your lunch or get in the way of my golf,lunches,coffee with girlfriends,works out well with us both having our oun space when we need it.
We have been lucky to be able to travel a bit and meet some great people whom we have formed good friendship,preople we never had time to meet while working.
Never seem to have a day sitting on the butt very often.
Life's good which I'm sure you will see with time.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

You need a hobby Ern.... maybe woodturning.

Yep!

For 9 weeks all I've had is a pile of skis for the alps up the road, and the laptop and a pile of books.

If there was a vice attached to the bench outside the granny flat there'd be the chance to play with ski edge tuning.

Next year I'll get the motorbike up so if there's another r.s. snow season at least some fanging can be done.

Overall though this temp spell of being a ski bum is my biggest experiment in semi-retirement and worth repeating.

It's great to be out of the city, amusing to see folk's reactions when they ask a grey-haired old phart what he does, and regular XC touring and telemarking mean no back pain.

There's a vacant block of land next door with the 2 car garage still standing. That's a sign! ... if only I'd taken my own advice and bought gold after the GFC

Hey ho. Time for my nap

Originally Posted by rsser

if only I'd taken my own advice and bought gold after the GFC

Hey ho. Time for my nap

Ern,

You should have bought gold in the 70's when it was still only US$ 35. per ounce. Could have made a fortune.

Peter.

B*gger ... something else to regret unproductively!

Whatever. As my kids say.

Still count myself v. lucky despite the rough ride out of the f.t. workforce.

Ski bum for 10 weeks is a blessing.

Bucket item to ski Mt Bogong has been ticked off. (Crikey it was hard work; pic link below if interested).

Now if it'd only dump overnight! LOL.

Sorry Phil; this is something of a hijack.

Yeah, it often helps to have something to pull us into something new; a mutt is good; would like one myself.

* Bogong ski trip 2011 - a set on Flickr

Originally Posted by rsser

Bucket item to ski Mt Bogong has been ticked off. (Crikey it was hard work; pic link below if interested).

Can't see the point of snow skiing why go all that way to to get a cold thingy (not allowed to say #### on this forum)

LOL.

There's a long and a short story.

Short story, it's demanding work so it doesn't get short ;-}