Happy Corner

[Derek27]

The Brighton cat killer jailed for five and a half years.

[Trader Pat]

The Brighton cat killer jailed for five and a half years.

Good!

Hopefully the nutter meets a few cat lovers inside

[Realrocknrolla]

The Brighton cat killer jailed for five and a half years.

Good!

Hopefully the nutter meets a few cat lovers inside

The prosecution was very Purrr-suasive.

[Trader Pat]

The Brighton cat killer jailed for five and a half years.

Good!

Hopefully the nutter meets a few cat lovers inside

The prosecution was very Purrr-suasive.

Awful!

[The Silk Run]

Good!

Hopefully the nutter meets a few cat lovers inside

The prosecution was very Purrr-suasive.

Awful!

Pussy

[The Silk Run]

I expect his skills are transferable on release. Cat Burglar ....

[Realrocknrolla]

The prosecution was very Purrr-suasive.

Awful!

Pussy

Say what..

[sniffer66]

I just retired today. 55 and never need work again

Does trading count as work ??

[jamesg46]

I just retired today. 55 and never need work again

Does trading count as work ??

That's a solid achievement, wow 55 & retired. Many congrats.

I don't see something I love to do as work, more of a passion.

[sniffer66]

I just retired today. 55 and never need work again

Does trading count as work ??

That's a solid achievement, wow 55 & retired. Many congrats.

I don't see something I love to do as work, more of a passion.

Thanks James.
I lucked out a little. 30 years with the same company and they offered me silly money to get out of the Final Salary Scheme.

I agree on the passion argument. Love to trade and code so that's my hobby\passion from now on

[jamesg46]

I just retired today. 55 and never need work again

Does trading count as work ??

That's a solid achievement, wow 55 & retired. Many congrats.

I don't see something I love to do as work, more of a passion.

Thanks James.
I lucked out a little. 30 years with the same company and they offered me silly money to get out of the Final Salary Scheme.

I agree on the passion argument. Love to trade and code so that's my hobby\passion from now on

Well, trading, coding & figuring ways to keep up with inflation should keep you plenty busy.

[ShaunWhite]

I just retired today. 55 and never need work again

Does trading count as work ??

Nice one sniffer66 I'm shaun64 by your naming convention, getting access to that pension pot certainly makes you breath a sigh of relief. The potentially tricky bit is moving it to a product where your spouse gets 100% if you peg it. My old work schemes capped her benefit at 50% of my pot if I died. Not sure what your scheme was like but mine had been growing at about 8% which was amazing so getting out and only earning 2% or something is a proper gamble. Keep it there and stay fit, or pull it out so the benefactors get the lot. I ended up taking all of mine, paying the tax (ouch!) and used it to pay for our house. Slightly uncertain pension income now obvioulsy but our outgoings are now almost nothing and I know Mrs will have a roof bought and paid for. I'm not the healthiest of people so stick rather than twist felt like the right call. Do you take the money you've won already or gamble for the speedboat

[sniffer66]

I just retired today. 55 and never need work again

Does trading count as work ??

Nice one sniffer66 I'm shaun64 by your naming convention, getting access to that pension pot certainly makes you breath a sigh of relief. The potentially tricky bit is moving it to a product where your spouse gets 100% if you peg it. My old work schemes capped her benefit at 50% of my pot if I died. Not sure what your scheme was like but mine had been growing at about 8% which was amazing so getting out and only earning 2% or something is a proper gamble. Keep it there and stay fit, or pull it out so the benefactors get the lot. I ended up taking all of mine, paying the tax (ouch!) and used it to pay for our house. Slightly uncertain pension income now obvioulsy but our outgoings are now almost nothing and I know Mrs will have a roof bought and paid for. I'm not the healthiest of people so stick rather than twist felt like the right call. Do you take the money you've won already or gamble for the speedboat

Cheers Shaun.
I had 30 years in the company Final Salary Scheme and they offered me a silly amount to transfer out. Took IFA advice, as you are required to, and it's now sitting in a decently performing fund and I can take less drawdown than it's earning in interest . Plus I took the tax free lump and bought a cottage and a camper. If/when I go the missus gets the lot and any that's left after can go to the kids. Win all round so it's happy days

[ShaunWhite]

Win all round so it's happy days

Happy days indeed.
18 years growing
37 years working
....and hopefully another 37 after that.

That sounds alright to me.

btw one bit of bad news about your retirement, Anne Robinson is absolutely rubbish at hosting Countdown

[sniffer66]

Win all round so it's happy days

btw one bit of bad news about your retirement, Anne Robinson is absolutely rubbish at hosting Countdown