Joining the ranks of the Unemployed

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Pete75
Happy retirement I hope it's a long and healthy one

[pwa]

Yes but most of my real work went a while ago and I was just left with the so called managerial stuff. Have now handed over my three accountants to a different gaffer and the rest of my folks have been distributed to different IT teams. First day after redundancy is Easter Sunday so I may well eat a chocolate egg to celebrate.The next day is my mother's 90th birthday.
We're having a bit of a micturate up on the 28th March. I'll keep in contact with some of them.
Have a few things arranged - well cycle tour in Holland in April. Early May spending a few days in Paris with a friend who's an AI Prof at the Sorbonne. Always interesting to get her ideas on the future of man and intelligent machine - they're often very different to newspaper articles on the same.

Hej Pete
Today is your last day
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Diolch

Hi it is indeed though I actually finished on Wednesday. Have got all the final figures now and I don't think I'll bother working again. Annual income will be slightly below the uk average wage. Lots of people manage on that or less so I should be able to.

The average wage is of course for people who are working. You need less when you retire. To get just below average wage is pretty good. No mortgage to pay? No commuting costs. No kids to feed and clothe. That is a good situation to be in at retirement. If you looked at average retirement income you must be fairly high up. Happy days!

[tatanab]

^^^^ exactly! My total retirement income (includes state pension) is 0.6 of the average salary/wage and I consider myself pretty well off. Having no mortgage or rent and no dependants helps, but I do have a fleet of hungry pedal cycles to use and maintain