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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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I'm 24, and TBH by the time I retire I expect the pension age will be 70+.
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:21 pm |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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What makes it even more amusing is that they were both started by the same person. 
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:49 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:03 pm |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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I have the rather depressing thought that I may never actually retire. The age will creep further up as I get closer (currently it's less than 20 years away) but I'll never reach it. In the end, my guess is there won't be such a thing as a state pension. Everyone will be encouraged to start saving for their retirement in some form or another as soon as they manage to find any paid work. If they don't save, they can't retire and will have to carry on earning a crust until they drop dead. 
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:59 pm |
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ShockWaffle
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:50 am Posts: 1911
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Oh dear, it seem's Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise is coming back after 2,500 years to strike you in the pension pot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_p ... e_tortoise
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:18 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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The problem is that the government have imposed the costs of NHS reforms on the public and many other screw ups which means that we have little to put aside for pensions. I was discussing with my dad today the lack of pension savings. It will cause a surge in taxes in years to come otherwise people will simply not be able to retire. In the meantime the rich will have funnelled their wealth offshore out of reach of the tax man.
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:08 pm |
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ShockWaffle
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:50 am Posts: 1911
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Well in that case this is obviously a peril specific to the UK and not one that other countries will be experiencing. After all, if our government's claim that demographics are the root cause is accurate, then other countries with similar demographics to ours would have exactly the same looming issue. But you have cunningly noted that local economic policy is what it's all about, not demographics at all.
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:58 pm |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I don't expect to retire to be honest and nor do I think I want to. Retirement seems a bit dull to me. I will be up for a bit of winding down, but doing f-all for twenty years doesn't appeal.
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:16 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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When you do plan to retire exactly? Bearing in mind the average age of death for a man in the UK is 75-78 (depending on area).
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:05 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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I plan to die at work. And to make life really interesting I plan to qualify as an airline pilot  . (actually, maybe today isn't a good day to make that joke....) Jon
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:24 pm |
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mikepgood
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:23 pm Posts: 710
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hey,i'm over 50. intend to go out at the most cost efficient point to benefit the family.
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Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:50 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Working longer isn't a major issue. Getting people to employ over 55's is. If you lose a job at that age it's very very hard to get another one.
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Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:32 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Actually I'm finding it hard to get another one and I've not even reached 50. But that's another tale for another thread. I don't think I'll ever really retire as such. In my line of work, there's scope to continue working until you're simply not capable any more. Hopefully there'll be a pittance of a state pension to help me along, but I have a retirement plan already schemed out. I can tell you one thing: I don't intend to moulder in an armchair when I stop working. I ought to clarify that if I remain self-employed as a freelance artworker/wannabe pro photographer, then I will mostly enjoy working until I pop my clogs. 
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Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:19 am |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Well, I don't plan to retire. I was just using my grandparents as an example - one retired at 50 and died in his late 80s, the other retired at 60 and died in his late 80s. I've no ideas how long I'll live, predictions made now aren't necessarily reliable as things will have changed by then. I doubt my grandparents thought they'd live as long as they did, or they wouldn't have retired so early.
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