Category : Retirement Planning

Session 154 - No Wine Till After the School Bus


25th April 2007
When I was at work, in the days before I retired and got really busy, my day was filled with important decisions. Policy had to be set, timetables worked out and budgets fixed. I couldn’t just turn up at the canteen at 10 o’clock and decide if it was to… more »

Session 153 - A Day Out to John Lewis


20th April 2007
Yesterday we decided to have a day out. To put down the paint brushes, put away the garden spade, forget the new patio at the back of the house, leave the fence posts that need renewing and have a day out. Christine also decided she needed a break from h… more »

Session 152 - Ruin Tesco's Forecasts


17th April 2007
I notice that Tescos have announced £2.6b annual profit this morning. That is a lot of profit and they still sell fruit and vegetables that if it hasn't gone off before you manage to get it through the understaffed tills they will have done before you ha… more »

Session 151 - The New Bikes


13th April 2007
Whilst out in Barcelona last trip Christine and I took to borrowing the kids’ bikes and going for rides along the promenade next to Alex’s house. The promenade is probably seven or eight miles long which takes you to the next town, Castelldefels, and aft… more »

Session 150 - My Generation


12th April 2007
Alex just sent me this link and I just had to put it up the Blog. Think of the pensioners I have described over the past hundred and forty odd sessions and you come up with old folk who always start each conversation with "I'm 84 next year you know" or… more »