Retired

[TWR]

Am I right in thinking a lot of us on here are now retired! what do you miss about your place of work?

[jno]

nothing much. Driving back and forth through London was tiring and time-consuming. I can make better use of my time, even if most of it is spent playing computer patience. The pension comes in every month and I don't have to do anything for it.

[EDDIE51]

One thing I missed was at Xerox where the ONLY work we did on Friday morning was deciding which pub we were going to for the weekly works booze up! It was normal back then (1971 to 74) to go out from work at lunchtime and have several drinks. My first employer has a club on site with a bar that opened for the lunch hour!, you could even buy wine and beer in the company canteen to drink with lunch!

[-SharonA-]

I miss my friends! We had a good work team and often met up after work (by then I was working at home) to have drinks and meals! Still do in fact and that is when I catch up on the gossip!!!

[driverdale1]

i miss nothing

[ubasses]

Nothing now. At first I missed the people and the routine, but as the Boss I certainly don't miss all the pressure and targets. Now I have made a lot of friends in the village and have a different type of life that is much more sociable and stress free.

[paddywak]

I spent most of my life working underground in conditions which to put it politely were ***.Coalfaces from 3ft high,headings full of water oil and gas and roof which was liable to fall with no warning and I don't miss it in the slightest.What I do miss though are the guys I worked with you'll NEVER meet better workmates then a team of miners

[gness]

Evening, Sweetie....I had to retire when I was about fifty.......but OFSTED and a new head had spoiled the school anyway so what I'd have missed once had already gone.....I do have the same group of friends from school which is great.....

Because I had to be at home I did a massage course and became a massage therapist til about four years ago......that was a nice ten years or so but I'm glad not to be working at all now.......just living and enjoying......x

[TWR]

Bok me in for a session!!!!!!! tomoro Gness, lol xx

[Old_Geezer]

Nothing really.
Well maybe the routine, as it forced one to get on with things. I should miss the income but it's not been a problem yet. I meet fewer people, sure, but that was going to be forced on me anyway by an uncaring employer. So little negative for losing all the rat race stress with all it's impositions and appraisals. I'm free at last. Now if only someone would come up with a cure for old age.

[jno]

there's a cure already, OG...

[TWR]

You've found your cure for Old Age OG, AB keeps you on your toes with the young.

[EDDIE51]

paddywak You have earned my unstinted admiration! coal mining is just about the hardest job in the world. I have been down mines but a copper mine is way different from a coal mine. The copper mines I worked down had underground busses with set routes, timetables and garages just like 'up top'.

[OldBather]

We are,and we both miss nothing.We didn't hate our places of work,but we wouldn't want to go back.We have both been retired for 5 years,and the longer it gets the better it gets!

[woofgang]

zip zero nada bob all SFA