What Did You Do Today (2017)

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Decided at age 73 and have been working for 58 years time has come to retire , gonna feel strange not going to work every day but am looking forward to it, how have others found it?

Mick

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Tell you in ten years…. I'm not sure if when you meet your designated retirement age you have to retire, ie your employer forces you to, or did the law change recently to make it optional?

[HowiParticipant @howi]

At 65 I retired and got my life back ( I actually took early retirement at age 50) worked continuously from age 16 and enjoyed every minute, but I was ready to retire when my time came. I could have worked longer, it was my decision to go. Lots of folk regard retirement as something to fear, sad,sad people.

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

Got made redundant at 60. Best thing that ever happened. But time goes a lot faster than it used to

Roy

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

I retired three weeks ago at the age of 63,I know I’m in the holiday period but not missing the 500 – 1000 miles a week driving to customers but I do miss the van and have to now learn how to pack my camping gear in the
car when I go to steam rally’s with my engine.

Edited By martin perman on 23/07/2017 09:18:59

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Posted by Mick Henshall on 23/07/2017 08:39:44:

Decided at age 73 and have been working for 58 years time has come to retire , gonna feel strange not going to work every day but am looking forward to it, how have others found it?

Mick

There will be times when you wish you were back at work… it's amazing how many people call on your time for this that & the other…especially family… 'Oh mam/dad can you pick the kids up from school… can you do this/that on such & date… can you look after the dog while we …. They seem to forget you want some time to your self after all the years of working & bringing them up… still, it's family so you can't say no can you…😕

George.

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

I worked from age 14 and was made redundant at age 78 so i got 64 years in. Now I find that the time passes much quicker and I still cannot fit in all I want to do or has to be done. I am fed up watching TV, repeats on repeats gets boring I can tell you so get outside and be active.Trouble is every job seems to find a job behind it.

Of course things still,happen, crisis occur and you still have to pay bills etc. Get out and walk at least a couple of miles to get a paper, read the funnies and do the crossword. Motivation is the biggest thing, 'Seeing something to do and saying I will do that tomorrow' is not good enough as tomorrow it will still need doing.

Clive

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

All sounds good advice chaps, I am determined to enjoy myself, not really a going out person but I love reading especially Roman history, I do enjoy tv but use catch up so can watch when it suits me, my workshop is my main joy, always been a practical bloke and always had one, spent my childhood with my Gramps in his workshop most evenings, I think tools are the greatest invention ever and hope I am worthy of his legacy,I have all his tools and look after them and no I don't lend them out, and yes retirement is to be valued and enjoyed so here we go

Mick

[Iain DownsParticipant @iaindowns78295]

Have you read the roman whodunnits by Lindsey Davis? Cracking stories, but the appear to be very well researched. I love them.

Iain

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Got made redundant at 60. Best thing that ever happened. But time goes a lot faster than it used to

Roy

Life is like a toilet roll, it goes faster as you get older

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

No haven't read those Iain,will have a look. Favourite authors are Adran Goldsworthy and S J A Turney especially the "Marius Mules" series a mixture of  non fiction and history around Legate of the 10th Legion and Caesars campaigns

Mick

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Just ordered "Course of Honour" by said author

Mick

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

If things are going right you'll find that you are that busy that you wonder how you had time to go to work, don't just put your feet up and watch TV, you'll last longer if you always have something to do(other than bashing away at the B@#$% computer), Best wishes on your retirement.

Ian S C

[Iain DownsParticipant @iaindowns78295]

I'd have recommended you start with the first one. 'The Silver Pigs' which is set (mainly) in the UK. It sets the scene for the rest.

I think the later ones work better as an extension of the story rather than standalone.

Iain

[Iain DownsParticipant @iaindowns78295]

Actually, I'm just thinking that I may not have read that one. Ignore my advice.

Iain

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Mick Henshall on 23/07/2017 13:04:27:

No haven't read those Iain,will have a look. Favourite authors are Adran Goldsworthy and S J A Turney especially the "Marius Mules" series a mixture of  non fiction and history around Legate of the 10th Legion and Caesars campaigns

Mick

I like the Lindsey Davis books too, but for me the very best Roman-based novels are 'I, Claudius', and 'Claudius the God'. by Robert Graves, Lot's of of unsavoury goings on and it's hard to tell fact from fiction.

One thing you mustn't do. A 'my job is everything' ex-boss of mine had a male-menopause fling with his secretary just before retiring. It destroyed his marriage and estranged his only son. After an expensive divorce he moved to the seaside and ended up living alone. With no hobbies, friends, family or interests he sat in front of the telly and spent 4 years drinking himself to death. If only he'd bought a lathe!

Dave

[HughEParticipant @hughe]

I second Iains choice of reading . Lindsey Davis Falco series are great read, 15 odds books, Silver Pigs is the first in the series. When finished visit Rome and following in his footsteps. Don't expect to visit the workshop for at least 6 to 8 months whilst "er indoors" produces a list of jobs to be done! It took 18 months before I did any serious work. Converting my S7 to VFD,. I wish I had retired at 60.

Hugh

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Diverting from Roman history, as good as it is, I fitted a new capacitor to my bench drill that had gone up the swanee last week, I hoped it wasn't the motor but a word with a leckytrician colleague who confirmed it would probably be the capacitor. Contacted MMart 'Clarke' service centre who managed to procure me a replacement for £4 & a few coppers, plus postage, all in all drill fixed for just under £ 8.50p… result .

​George.

[Peter DuckettParticipant @peterduckett54090]

Ordered a new 4 jaw for my Kerry this morning as one drive screw eventually "gave up the ghost". This afternoon partially stripped the old 4 jaw (can't get the 4th screw out) and started repainting my small machine vice that I found in an antique shop. It's comming up very niceely!

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Oh go on George lets get back to the Romans, I did look at Lindsay on wikip….a and understood that "Course of A was her first book , I'll have to find a list. The Romans made very good capacitors, not to mention concrete

Mick   😆

[Anonymous]

After flying was cancelled this afternoon I hit the workshop. The intention was to get the speed setting worm and worm wheel fitted to the governors. Holes were drilled and rods made, and 1mm holes cross drilled for split pins. Having stupidly made the worm wheels to the drawings some while ago I now know they don't fit; and can't possibly fit. I had a perfunctory go at making the existing worm wheels smaller – failure. So make some more blanks, diameter roughly according to an integer number of teeth. Dug the previous fixture out of the box and started machining. Bogged it up, so had to make some more blanks. Messed two of those up; made two more blanks. Why is it the bog ups occur when using expensive material? This time the machining of the worm wheel teeth went properly:

Worm wheel is about ½" diameter and the spiral flute tap is 7/16" UNC.

More holes were drilled to fit the worm and worm wheel:

I think that's all the holes drilled in the governor body, so after I've tidied up the speed setting worm and worm wheel I can get on with other parts.

Supper now calls; chicken chow mein. The chicken has been marinating in soya sauce and chillies for the last 30 minutes. Time to hit the wok!

Andrew

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Thanks to you guys I have just bought my first Lindsey Davis Falco title on Kindle. If I'm bleary-eyed in the morning, having stayed awake reading for most of the night, I shall know who to blame! Seriously, it will make a welcome change from today's race of hi-tech detectives.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

A few of the Falco stories have been adapted for Radio, and these days can be heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra from time to time.

They seem to come around on a regular cycle, as does everything on 4 Extra

[David Scott 4Participant @davidscott4]

Got up early on Sunday as we were camping in Oxford and was the second Loco going round the track?

Yes, she is the battery driven 0-4-0 as seen in Model Engineer… Well someone has to be the first to do it!!

go 11 circuits out of 3 batteries… Must work on the steam version but will miss the smiles, yes Model Engineering can be fun. Lovely to see my wife in matching Bosch colours of red and Reading Club green top!!!

David and Lily.

[john carruthersParticipant @johncarruthers46255]

Posted by Mike on 23/07/2017 21:21:08:

Thanks to you guys I have just bought my first Lindsey Davis Falco title on Kindle. If I'm bleary-eyed in the morning, having stayed awake reading for most of the night, I shall know who to blame! Seriously, it will make a welcome change from today's race of hi-tech detectives.<<<

Ah, yes Marcus Didius Falco and his dodgy family, hours of fun

I would also recomend Lawrence Block's "Burglar Who…. " series

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