….what will you do?
….I will spend all my time writing to Scottish Widows trying to locate my LOST pension policy, that’s what I’ll do…. actually I won’t because I have found it!!!! In the attic. In a box that hasn’t been opened since the mid-nineties. And it is no longer with Scottish Widows, so I have been bestowing calligraphic bribes upon them that they do not deserve.
Anyhow, this begs the question: When work is finally over, what will you do? What will I do?
I think I might blog more. The 10 days I spent blogging were uplifting, and quite frankly, it’s all I can afford! I might have an ice cream every now and then as well.
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Well done! I haven’t managed to locate a vital document in the 10 years since Russell died (he’d removed it from where it should have been and lord knows what he did with it) and it’s all come back to haunt me. But I do have my pension sorted.
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Z – I was incredibly startled to clap eyes on it again! If your lost documentation is anything to do with insurance or pensions try Phoenix Life, or ReAssure, as they’ve taken over just about everything. Whatever type of document it is that’s missing somebody, somewhere will hopefully have a copy.
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Glad you Found what you were looking for, sweetpea! (I was humming the U2 song as I typed that, BTW) That commercial is a hoot! xoxo
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Savvy – I shall use that for this Sunday music on, er, Sunday! Yes, the commercial is a hoot considering these plans we invested in back in the 80s might not have done as well as they suggested!
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Retire? I couldn’t afford to…
My pitiful amount of pension would never be able to keep me in the style to which I am accustomed, so I fully expect to work until I drop.
Unless I win the Lottery!
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Jon – I couldn’t afford to live in London, with all the temptations it offers! Maybe you will tire of the bright lights one day, but I doubt it! I can’t imagine you stomping through the rivers of mud in a pair of wellies.
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“The countryside” is my idea of hell. Even coming back from Essex, I cheer at the first sight of a London Underground roundel sign! Jx
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Jon – I miss pavements, and street lighting, but I don’t like noise when I’m trying to sleep. And, I don’t have to look smart all the time now – which was very expensive – although, as you know, I miss dressing up!
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I remember my old (retired) blogmate Ramana saying that when people asked him what he did he replied “as little as possible”. So what do I do? Read lots of books, keep the blog going, go to my book club meetings, follow the news, go for walks, watch movies. What I love is that I can do exactly what I want when I want without some boss breathing down my neck.
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Nick – I think that’s the key point about retiring – not having to jump through hoops for somebody else. You can stay in bed when you want to and please yourself. Some people find it difficult to adapt to all the freedom, which is a shame.
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I’m so glad to hear you tracked down your lost pension, I was prepared to write them myself on your behalf and be very starchy. I retired in 2011 and have done, as Jon would say, fuck all. I discovered early on that I like to stay up all night and sleep all day so that’s what I do. The few hours I am awake, I drink coffee and look at pictures of naked men.
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That would have been very kind of you, Mr Peenee! I’m sure you would have had better luck than me!
I sort of semi-retired early, I’ve been part-time doing bits and bobs for a long time – keeping my own hours is important to me. If I lived on my own I would probably go to bed at 9pm and get up at 4am – that would be perfect – kind of the best of both worlds. I love having mornings all to myself.
I’m one of nature’s natural potterers!
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Feel free to have as much ice-cream as you want, FarmFoods have an offer on Magnums 8pk full size magnums Mix any 2 for £5 I’ve paid over £2 for 1 ice-cream at the Shell garage before now, the dirty rob dogs.
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Mitzi – Thank you for the heads-up re the ice-cream! Our Shell garage sells locally made cake at a good price and it is very fattening because I eat too much of it. I’ve banned it this month.
Wow, I have looked up ice-cream prices around the country – you are doing well with a £2.00 cone, on average £3.15 in the south, and an almighty £4.50 in East Anglia!! Poor Mr Devine.
Mr Whippy ice cream is even more expensive and in some parts of the country a 99 can cost up to £5.00.
My favourite is a tub of Coffee ice cream from Waitrose, with a flake, and drizzled with Tia Maria. This is also banned until Christmas.
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Fortunately, I’m not a big fan of ice-cream, but if I was, £4.50 a cone would quickly make me reconsider.
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Same here, Mr Devine, plus my teeth are sensitive.
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How much!
We have an ice-cream van that comes regularly down our cul-de-sac playing Green Sleeves, by the time the maid has put her shoes on, the van has buggered off.
I bought a Kumio ice-cream maker with built in compressor for less than £100 from Amazon, it looks like a kidney dialysis machine, its very good, makes ice-cream in 25 minutes, though I must stress I never use cream, only fat free yoghurt. Skimmed milk and Angel Delight powder (I’m a great experimenter). It also makes excellent sambuca & black/Limoncello slush puppies too.
The coffee ice-cream sounds delicious I’ve never tasted Tia Maria before. Yes definitely reserved for Christmas.
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Mitzi – Apologies for the tardy reply – I passed out after reading that you’d never tasted Tia Maria????!!!! It’s very sweet – I liked it more when I was younger, and it’s great with coffee!
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ke to imagine that you did (while covered in dust and cobwebs – although maybe you have a very tidy attic? Charmaine must do something to stave off the boredom while she’s up there, musn’t she?)
Anyway, when work is finally over (not for another ten years at least – probably 15!), I’d like to be a full time ditherer, potterer, and/or procrastinator. I’m pretty good at those things now, but when I’ve finally got all day to do them, I think I could become an expert! I’ll probably also blog more – I might even take up the Ten Day Blogging Challenge. Will blogs still be a thing in ten years time??
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Oh. The beginning of my comment has been cut off! (A copy-n-paste calamity*)
I said (I think): Hooray! Did you cackle madly when you found your lost pension paperwork? I like to imagine you did etc. etc.
*The first go at commenting was taking ages so I copied what I’d typed in case it didn’t publish, but it seems I only copied part of it. Oops!
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Oh, I do copy and paste all the time – even for 3 word comments – such is my faith in technology, and my own memory!
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Mr Devine – I was in a state of shock when the policy was discovered, as I had been denying that it actually existed – and then there it was along with a crystal clear memory of sitting on the sofa in 1996 and tossing it on top of a pile of Cosmopolitan magazines in a fit of pique. When I eventually tidied up for a move in 1998, it must have been put in a packing box and that is where it has been ever since!
Back in 1996 I was on the brink of writing a best selling novel; being interviewed by Terry Wogan; and having an exhibition at the Tate gallery – why the hell would I need the peanuts pension, pfft…. 28 years later, with none of those ambitions achieved, I am not so piqued! I just wish I’d left all my dithering and pottering until now.
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that’s a great question!
I see more of the same: family, coffee, general mooching.
I’m assuming I’ll be less able than i am so I might be limited to quite a sedentary life.
I might actually read instead of just identifying as a reader
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Kylie – Yep, I’m one of life’s natural moochers. Maybe I will read all the books on my list, and watch all the films I meant to see. I will keep walking and exercising as long as I can, and be agog at what goes on in the world.
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