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RogerM wrote:Welcome back! Hope it all works out for you.
Andyp wrote:No need to catch up on Mark's workshop build, nothing's changed while you have been away.
Good to see you back.
SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:Tusses, don't know your circumstances, and wouldn't dare to presume, but I'm in a similar boat to Bob; LOML has the Big C., so we are moving from Northern Ireland to Northumbria to be near our children. We worried too about finances, but discovered - to our intense surprise - our place here was worth more than we'd ever dared to hope, making the £5k movers quote, lawyers fees, the capital gains tax etc, etc, MUCH more easily borne. Relocating or downsizing seems a HUGE step, but if you can (financially or circumstantially) consider either, we'd say to you it hasn't been as traumatic as we'd feared and has actually been beneficial in some respects. Good Luck Mon Ami; I was in trepidation giving up a stable job after 36 years, four years pre-pension, and in the cetain knowledge that Meggie would get very little in benefits and could not consider a job at all; things worked out in the end. Hope thay do for you too. keep posting.
Sam, in the transit zone.
SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:Tusses, don't know your circumstances, and wouldn't dare to presume, but I'm in a similar boat to Bob; LOML has the Big C., so we are moving from Northern Ireland to Northumbria to be near our children. We worried too about finances, but discovered - to our intense surprise - our place here was worth more than we'd ever dared to hope, making the £5k movers quote, lawyers fees, the capital gains tax etc, etc, MUCH more easily borne. Relocating or downsizing seems a HUGE step, but if you can (financially or circumstantially) consider either, we'd say to you it hasn't been as traumatic as we'd feared and has actually been beneficial in some respects. Good Luck Mon Ami; I was in trepidation giving up a stable job after 36 years, four years pre-pension, and in the cetain knowledge that Meggie would get very little in benefits and could not consider a job at all; things worked out in the end. Hope thay do for you too. keep posting.
Sam, in the transit zone.
9fingers wrote:Go for it Sam! We found our outgoings dropped significantly when I retired aged 55 No suits to buy any more just cheap overalls for the workshop. Its been over 9 years now and quality of life has improved, reduced stress etc. Best move I've made to date!
Bob
SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:... LOML has the Big C., so we are moving from Northern Ireland to Northumbria
Woodbloke wrote:9fingers wrote:Go for it Sam! We found our outgoings dropped significantly when I retired aged 55 No suits to buy any more just cheap overalls for the workshop. Its been over 9 years now and quality of life has improved, reduced stress etc. Best move I've made to date!
Bob
Same here, but I finished at 59. Retirement is the best job I've ever had.SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:... LOML has the Big C., so we are moving from Northern Ireland to Northumbria
Sam, hope everything works out OK. I sincerely hope that you and Rog enjoy the weather 'oop Narth'...but after NI, it won't be much different - Rob
Rod wrote:Just before I retired I was sent on a “Retirement Course” one speaker showed a graph of expected life spans - the younger you retired the longer you lived!
Rod
Rod wrote:I seem to be getting a number of double posts - from other people too??
Rod
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