You get free bus travel and a third off train fares, plus your state pension and any other pension....without having to get up and go out and some ungodly hour in the morning, you can do what you want really and please yourself and get paid for it The downside is the income tax, however that nice Mr Osborne has put the threshold up so I am not quite outside the tax bracket, but not far off now!!!! Plus my house is all paid for now, everything is spends, I love being an OAP
Will get my teachers pension at 60, think I have to wait until 62 1/2 for my state pension. I gave up work about three years ago and certainly have never missed it or the 6 a m alarm clock. Fortunately, Maska takes a dim view of being woken up before 8 a m, so apart from school run mornings, I usually have a very easy start to the day . I volunteer to help at my granddaughters junior school a couple of times a week and that is enough for me!!
I took early retirement at 55 so did have my work pension a bit earlier, and I took a lump sum as well, but it just helped me start up freelancing, which I did for 5 years, and it was great that I could work around Tawney, then when she went it was even better that I could work around the 2 baby Norties. Like you Joce I have never missed the early starts, sat in traffic for an hour or more, especially when it is a bad morning
Happy Belated Birthday Wishes to you and hope you had a lovely day.
I took half pension from Coats when it shut down and I got full State pension at 60!! I hate being retired, if it wasn't for Loki, I don't know what I would have done!!
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