arbster
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Post by arbster on Sept 10, 2015 9:19:54 GMT
I'm interested to know what kind of people I'm interacting with on the forum, and especially whether this P2P lark is a sideline for people or a primary income stream. With the increasing blandness of sites, such as FC, the opportunities to find an "edge" seem to be diminishing, which might be more of a worry for some than others.
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JamesFrance
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Post by JamesFrance on Sept 10, 2015 10:33:52 GMT
I retired 20 years ago and became a traveller for several years, but now France in summer and Spain in winter.
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jonno
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Post by jonno on Sept 10, 2015 10:45:00 GMT
I retired 20 years ago and became a traveller for several years, but now France in summer and Spain in winter. Wow it's a hard life;poor you 
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JamesFrance
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Post by JamesFrance on Sept 10, 2015 10:58:37 GMT
Wow it's a hard life;poor you Old age has some compensations, but I wouldn't choose it .
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Post by bracknellboy on Sept 10, 2015 12:44:55 GMT
Wow it's a hard life;poor you Old age has some compensations, but I wouldn't choose it . Well I wouldn't choose to not experience it
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registerme
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Post by registerme on Sept 10, 2015 13:55:41 GMT
I'm 44, and after successfully exiting the investment banking business technically (or at least financially) don't need to work again. I hesitate to call myself "retired" though (partly because it's simply ridiculous at my age), but I don't know what, if anything, I want to turn my hand to..... I've been mulling things over for a year and am still none the wiser.
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arbster
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Post by arbster on Sept 10, 2015 14:52:08 GMT
I'm interested that having had 25 respondents, no one is working part-time. This is very much my aspiration, once the kids are all grown up and a bit more independent. Backed by a reasonable pension (hopefully) and a mix of investments to draw down on as little as possible, I'd like to turn my hand to part-time working doing something I enjoy and get a little of the work-life balance that has been elusive all my working life. Maybe you're all so successfully flipping and stripping (cashback) that you don't actually need to work at all!
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Post by uncletone on Sept 13, 2015 10:22:02 GMT
I hesitate to call myself "retired" though (partly because it's simply ridiculous at my age), but I don't know what, if anything, I want to turn my hand to..... I've been mulling things over for a year and am still none the wiser. I understand: I'm seventy next birthday and still haven't decided what to do when I grow up, beyond hoping it never happens....
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j
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Post by j on Sept 14, 2015 7:54:57 GMT
Wow it's a hard life;poor you Old age has some compensations, but I wouldn't choose it . At least you're tri-lingual (I'm assuming) 
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j
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Post by j on Sept 14, 2015 7:57:38 GMT
I'm interested that having had 25 respondents, no one is working part-time. This is very much my aspiration, once the kids are all grown up and a bit more independent. Backed by a reasonable pension (hopefully) and a mix of investments to draw down on as little as possible, I'd like to turn my hand to part-time working doing something I enjoy and get a little of the work-life balance that has been elusive all my working life. Maybe you're all so successfully flipping and stripping (cashback) that you don't actually need to work at all! My wife thinks I'm mad but I've always fancied working in a library or book shop part-time. It's the smell of books that does it so I can understand how my other half thinks I'm weird that way!
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Post by markr on Sept 14, 2015 12:11:20 GMT
I'm interested that having had 25 respondents, no one is working part-time. I was widowed at 44, but luckily(!) I was left financially secure, so I now work 2 days a week for the same company I worked for full time before. I could probably just about survive on investment income/capital drawdown alone but it would be tight so 2 days work is about the right compromise between avoiding money worries and the f**k-it attitude that comes with widowhood.
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arbster
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Post by arbster on Sept 14, 2015 16:04:41 GMT
I was widowed at 44, but luckily(!) I was left financially secure, so I now work 2 days a week for the same company I worked for full time before. I could probably just about survive on investment income/capital drawdown alone but it would be tight so 2 days work is about the right compromise between avoiding money worries and the f**k-it attitude that comes with widowhood. I'm sorry to hear that, but glad to hear the eventuality had been prepared for. Do you have plans to fully retire early, or find that working 2 days a week leaves you enough time to do everything you want to do outside work?
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markr
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Post by markr on Sept 14, 2015 19:37:46 GMT
I'm sorry to hear that, but glad to hear the eventuality had been prepared for. Do you have plans to fully retire early, or find that working 2 days a week leaves you enough time to do everything you want to do outside work? I enjoy the work and have a good bunch of colleagues so it suits me for now. I've bought a "project" property which is occupying non-work days, and I'm enjoying the change from programming to something more physical. Eventually I think I'd like "work" to be something other than coding, with coding being for fun, maybe for an open-source project or just my own amusement.
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Post by ablrateandy on Sept 14, 2015 21:45:44 GMT
j1 - that's my dream. I want to own a bookshop where I don't care about silly things like "profit" and "turnover". Just a nice little shop with lots of books and maybe a bottle of Chablis on chill in the corner. Slowly bankrupt myself whilst I read to my heart's desire!
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Sept 14, 2015 22:12:49 GMT
j1 - that's my dream. I want to own a bookshop where I don't care about silly things like "profit" and "turnover". Just a nice little shop with lots of books and maybe a bottle of Chablis on chill in the corner. Slowly bankrupt myself whilst I read to my heart's desire! Guess we'll have to call you Bernard from now on.  Oh bizarrely j's real name is zippo so you have tag him as @ zippo (without the space) to get j . Though I can never remember and always type rocky & have to correct it. Thats Penguins!
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