After 52 years of working my body has given me instructions to stop.
Tomorrow is hopefully the last day of my employment anywhere!
I am looking forward to enjoying more time with family, friends, layout and garden.
Wish me luck as I set out on a new adventure!
Regards, Peter.
The very best of luck. Really enjoy your retirement and have fun.
I have exactly one year and 3 weeks to go before I can retire at 60 and to be honest, I cannot wait.
You'll now have plenty of time to enjoy your life - especially the model railway.
Enjoy yourself to the full and I wish you prolonged good health.
I hope you have a long and happy retirement Peter
Having hobbies helps greatly when you suddenly find you have every day to yourself :claphappy:
cheers John.
Good luck to you Peter. Well done on 52 years and I hope the comment "my body has given me instructions to stop" does not bode of ill health. all the best, Bill.
Happy retirement Peter.
Quote from: port perran on November 30, 2013, 07:34:40 PM
The very best of luck. Really enjoy your retirement and have fun.
I have exactly one year and 3 weeks to go before I can retire at 60 and to be honest, I cannot wait.
You'll now have plenty of time to enjoy your life - especially the model railway.
Enjoy yourself to the full and I wish you prolonged good health.
Lucky you to retire at 60, I'm rapidly approaching 67 and if it were not for bad feet, knees andd hips I would have continued working!
Thanks for your comment and all the best when you have the opportunity to do the same!
Regards, Peter.
Have fun with your retirement Peter, best wishes. Apart from a few days here and there, working from home, I'm nearly retired, but I'm a youngster, I've only done 43 years
All the best for your retirement Peter.
Now you can do all those chores and all that decorating that SWMBO has been asking you to do for years :laugh:
You will soon wonder how you ever found time to go to work
( Its a great life though )
Happy Retirement :claphappy:
Happy retirement peter, I was 65 in August but was fortunate to finish 3 months early at the end of may. If we had not had such a good summer ( not complaning )I might have done more on my railway in the loft but I am catching up now. Enjoy yourself I am, swmbo said I would be bored, I am not !, I have worked since I was 16 thats long enough.
Enjoy your retirement Peter.
After a while you will wonder how you found time to go to work, I know I do.
Regards
Ray
Hope you have a long and enjoyable retirement Peter.
I was lucky enough to be able to take early retirement 3 years ago, and must admit the old adage regarding not knowing how you found the time to go to work really does ring true. Having hobbies that hold your interest certainly helps, especially during the winter months when you can't spend so much time outside.
Best wishes,
Gerry
Congratulations on your retirement, Peter :beers:
Now life can really begin :)
I retired in June this year aged 60 and it was definitely time after 43 years of working, so well done on clocking up 52 years :thumbsup:
Sit back, relax, enjoy. That's what they tell us to do - so do it.
I'm looking forward to the enjoy part myself when the time comes (another 6 years yet) ! :tv:
I have worked for 43 Years now, and will retire as soon as I "possibly can"
How on earth they expect men well into their mid 60s to carry on in physical jobs beats me? I remember in the 1970s being told we would all start retiring progressively earlier, and that energy bills would become lower and lower, to a point they would become insignificant!
What can possibly be nicer than a day without having to go to work, and sitting down to do some relaxing modelling?
Enjoy yourselves!!!
Enjoy your retirement I suspect very soon you will be wondering how you managed to find time for work, I wonder that all the time and I am still working
Welcome to OAP status, I've been at it for nigh on 15 years now it has its ups and downs like any other part of life.
Hi Peter. I retired 20 months ago at exactly 65 after 47 years at work. Before I retired I worried that I would miss all my work colleagues and that I would swop managerial excitement for boring domesticity. My Doctor even warned me that he had retired patients who were just filling their days.
Like others who have replied having three hobbies that complement each other has prevented my fears becoming a reality and it has been great since Day 1. My wife has proved to be possessive about the domestic chores and doesn't want me interfering in her daily routines. So I cycle in the mornings, photograph train locations some afternoons, and make my model railway other afternoons.
There is absolutely no time left to go to work - and I wouldn't want to anyway.
Jump in with both feet. It's great.
Relax and enjoy your trains !
And best wishes from me too :)
Congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy retirement Peter. I think you've deserved it after 52 years in the saddle. :beers:
Now let's see some real progress on that layout. :D
My Father retired 4 years ago now. He said it's the best thing he has ever done.
Time for other persuits such as gardening, catching up on all those projects that work prevented and more importantly layout building!
Best wishes to you Peter, :thumbsup:
Kind Regards
Dave
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on November 30, 2013, 07:58:22 PM
Lucky you to retire at 60, I'm rapidly approaching 67 and if it were not for bad feet, knees andd hips I would have continued working!
Thanks for your comment and all the best when you have the opportunity to do the same!
Regards, Peter.
Thats a worry I have Peter, the old knees are not what they were! Not sure that I want to retire though even at 65, I enjoy my work and like having the income. If anything semi retirement will be my choice, say 3 to 4 days a week.
Anyway enjoy all that available time you now have on your hands, and try and do all things you planned you will do! ;)
Happy, retirement, Peter, bonny lad! All those years in the saddle... you've earned it, mate.
I feel like I opted out, reading all these stories.... I walked off the job after only 38 years! However, I still do one or two days a week (sometimes more), and am quite happy doing so.
Travelling takes up a lot of my time (and money) these days - so layout progress is still slow, but hey, it's your retirement, buddy!
Enjoy it, in whatever way you wish to do so. :beers: :beers:
All the best, George.
Hello Peter,
Welcome to the old codgers club,I was 65 in July unfortunately I had to take early retirement a few years ago due to a stroke.
I left school at 15 Started working for B.O.A.C then British Airways,did 40 years in the airline industry,did I see some changes in Aviation over those years,from Turbo Prop ( Britannia's )aircraft through to Concorde,
I still enjoy travel,model railways and photography,flying can be fun after a stroke,at airports where they still use steps to get onto aircraft they quite often put you onto a catering truck and lift you up to the aircraft door,the one advantage is they usually put you on first.
Mike
Well done, Peter enjoy every moment you've earned it.
I retired last July and SWMBO retires in 2 weeks looking forward to doing the things we enjoy most Gardening, Heritage railway visits, building our new layout and relaxing.
Graham
Congratulations Peter
I also called it a day at 67 [I did a couple of years part-time from 65 to wind down] and it was retirement that got me back into railway modelling. At least it's a hobby you can do mostly sitting down so the knees etc will get some respite!
Enjoy!!
Congratulations Peter, I hope you can use your retirement to do all the things you want to do; a colleague who recently retired told me that she was just as busy after retiring but doing all the things she enjoyed!
What line of work are retiring from?
All the best!
Lucky bugger - I've still got another 33 years to go (if I last that long!).
Seriously though, all the best for your retirement. Peter.
Peter,
Congratulations, and I wish you all the best.
You will find that his retirement malarchy takes up more time than you ever had for work!
Jerry
Quote from: Chris on December 01, 2013, 04:09:49 PM
Lucky bugger - I've still got another 33 years to go (if I last that long!).
Seriously though, all the best for your retirement. Peter.
If it's anything like my working life it will feel more like 33 months. Time flies.
Congratulations on your retirement. Everyone I talk to who've retired tell me afterwards that they don't know where they found the time to work!
Take the time to enjoy what you like.....you deserve it.
:beers:
Does this mean we will be entertained with even more tails of disasters befalling you on your modelling journey. I do hope so, and I do hope you stay fit and well enough to keep us entertained for many years to come yet Peter :thumbsup:
Have a good retirement Peter you deserve it :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Now as Trevor said lets see some progress on your layout :D
Quote from: upnick on December 01, 2013, 07:58:53 PM
Have a good retirement Peter you deserve it :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Now as Trevor said lets see some progress on your layout :D
All in good time, there are improvements but I just haven't taken images! I keep forgetting! Must be my age! OAP, you know!
Regards, Peter. :D
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on December 01, 2013, 08:00:59 PM
Quote from: upnick on December 01, 2013, 07:58:53 PM
Have a good retirement Peter you deserve it :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Now as Trevor said lets see some progress on your layout :D
All in good time, there are improvements but I just haven't taken images! I keep forgetting! Must be my age! OAP, you know!
Regards, Peter. :D
That sounds good Peter :bounce: :bounce:
One of the best ways to keep a record i find is to have my mobile phone handy on the bench take a picture as you go :claphappy:
Quote from: upnick on December 01, 2013, 08:03:45 PM
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on December 01, 2013, 08:00:59 PM
Quote from: upnick on December 01, 2013, 07:58:53 PM
Have a good retirement Peter you deserve it :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Now as Trevor said lets see some progress on your layout :D
All in good time, there are improvements but I just haven't taken images! I keep forgetting! Must be my age! OAP, you know!
Regards, Peter. :D
That sounds good Peter :bounce: :bounce:
One of the best ways to keep a record i find is to have my mobile phone handy on the bench take a picture as you go :claphappy:
Now thats pretty good advice and one I will remember....cheers Nick. :thumbsup:
As everyone else has said, congrats on retirement, may it be long and fruitful. I have just turned 60 and retirement isn't that far away now.
Ian
Quote from: upnick on December 01, 2013, 08:03:45 PM
That sounds good Peter :bounce: :bounce:
One of the best ways to keep a record i find is to have my mobile phone handy on the bench take a picture as you go :claphappy:
Little bit difficult that advice, I haven't got a mobile 'phone!
Nor me, Peter. Intrusive little blighters from what I have seen of them. Have managed to live into retirement without one so don't think the situation will change anytime soon.
Regards
Gerry
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on December 02, 2013, 07:07:37 AM
Quote from: upnick on December 01, 2013, 08:03:45 PM
That sounds good Peter :bounce: :bounce:
One of the best ways to keep a record i find is to have my mobile phone handy on the bench take a picture as you go :claphappy:
Little bit difficult that advice, I haven't got a mobile 'phone!
Ah i see Peter well they are very handy i took all my pictures at the Colne show & still do even at home the camera on the phone is better than my normal one ;)
Quote from: GerryB on December 02, 2013, 08:32:30 AM
Nor me, Peter. Intrusive little blighters from what I have seen of them. Have managed to live into retirement without one so don't think the situation will change anytime soon.
Regards
Gerry
I've been given 3, all sit in a drawer, uncharged, any minutes left have timed out (as have not been used for over than 6 months) Neither do I have a pad or tablet nor kindle, no farcebook nor taitter account. I'm reasonably computer literate having worken in and taught electronics in the RAF and industry.
Quote from: GerryB on December 02, 2013, 08:32:30 AM
Nor me, Peter. Intrusive little blighters from what I have seen of them. Have managed to live into retirement without one so don't think the situation will change anytime soon.
Yep, I agree. I had one when I worked but it kept ringing and I became a slave to it. So when I retired I got rid of it. Besides you don't need a mobile phone to take photographs - a camera will suffice and will take better quality photos.
H.
Quote from: Dorsetmike on December 02, 2013, 11:22:53 AM
I'm reasonably computer literate having worken in and taught electronics in the RAF and industry.
Apologies for going off topic for a mo, but was that at RAF Halton Mike?
QuoteApologies for going off topic for a mo, but was that at RAF Halton Mike?
No, my instructing days were mostly at Cosford, plus a spell as I/C continuation training in the Electronics centre at Marham; I must say I did find the RAF much better than working for a living" I stuck it for 23 years with only one full overseas tour - Middle East -and a few 6 to 10 week detachments to Singapore, Penang and Darwin.
Quote from: H on December 02, 2013, 11:26:57 AM
photographs - a camera will suffice and will take better quality photos.
But I can't read n gauge forum on a camera. Never had a problem with the phone ringing, it lives on 'silent'.
Alan
:laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: That's right, you can't :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost:
Quote from: EtchedPixels on December 02, 2013, 05:31:27 PM
But I can't read n gauge forum on a camera. Never had a problem with the phone ringing, it lives on 'silent'.
Oddly enough on my phone you cant read NGF on it as well as not being able to take a photo with it. :P
H.