Been reading the Torygraph again and came up with this. Interactive: how many years of healthy life can people expect after retirement? - Telegraph Obviously there will be wide variation within the regions, but it does make you stop and think.
certainly does...looks like the scots, irish and welsh are well fooked.. ive got a job but im a lazy good for nothing bastard...so i guess i'll be ok as ive been sort of retired for years on that basis.
Bad move. It is well proven that reading the Torygraph damages mental health, and can reduce the number of remaining years of useful life to a negative figure.
lol pete.. seriously im like funky - I goto work and tow the line. my days of working wonders and shitting cucumbers are over. I do only what I can get away with, never work overtime. always stretch break times as long as I can get away with. I learned a long time ago loyalty in the work place is one-way. now im loyal to me and stress free
What a load of borax............ According to this, my old man should have lived 'minus 2 to 0 years' after he retired at 60........ ......so, I guess that means he should have died at 58 or immediately when he retired.............. .....as it was he died 25 years after he retired..... My father in law retired earlier at 55.......he is now 84 and still going strong, but the article reckons he should have lived until he was 60. Me?.....I want to retire and could do with it right now..............got too many things to keep me occupied without having to contend with work as well..........according to the article, I have five years to do it in, if I retire now............... .................so, suppose I don't retire and trick them?? AL
Got to get there first- Japanese authorities ignored US warnings over Fukushima water leaks - Telegraph
hmmmm, im doomed after retirement age! good job i can retire between 2 years and 352 days and 5 years and 352 days time then.......
Bingo! You're dead! (As a Californian once shouted to me at a 4-way stop in that sunny state when I was out on my push bike.)
Arthur is 90 years old. He's played golf every day since his retirement 25 years ago. One day he arrives home looking downcast. "That's it," he tells his wife. "I'm giving up golf. My eyesight has got so bad that once I'd hit the ball I couldn't see where it went." His wife sympathizes and makes him a cup of tea. As they sit down she says, "Why don't you take my brother with you and give it one more try." "That's no good" sighs Arthur. "Your brother's a hundred and three. He can't help." "He may be a hundred and three," says the wife, "but his eyesight is perfect." So the next day Arthur heads off to the golf course with his brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing and squints down the fairway. He turns to the brother-in-law. "Did you see the ball?" "Of course I did!" "Where did it go?" says Arthur. "I can't remember."
Whilst on track last weekend I met a retired chap. Must be mid 60's. He still rides in the French Pro- Twins championship and was a full 7 seconds a lap quicker than me! Hope I am like that in 20 years time.
I think some of you are misreading the information. The scales refer to 'healthy' life after 65 not total life expectancy, click on the region to give a life expectancy. It also referes to averages and within the average there will be considerable variation. So yes Glidd, you did miss something . But then we often see what we want to see
I am now the age my father was when he died (54). i am not waiting for "retirement", hence the Diavel, and the full Termi system being fitted next week!!!!
Wish I was like that now. :biggrin: But on the bright side if I move a couple of miles then apparently I will live 5 years more
I am now the age my father was when he died - 63 - and my brother also went at 63. Maybe I'll go the same way too, maybe not. No worries, eh?
