Well, the time have come ( well almost ) to chuck it all in, work that is, after 45 years of non stop work, it's now time for my love Shas and I to get some, us time. The 3rd July is retirement date, done and dusted. Pretty sacry really, but once the decision was made its amazing just how releived you feel. Now the excitement builds, but I think I might be driving everyone crazy with the count down app on my iPad. There isn't anyone that passes me that I don't show, My staff are really getting sick of it as many of them are younger and have many more years to wait. Look out playground here comes two more Crazy Grey Nomads.
hi, hope to see you and the misses in the playground sometime. rocket n strop
Glenelg said
04:23 PM Mar 8, 2015
I worked for 55 years give it away last June , best thing since RED was on tap .???
Weevil said
04:58 PM Mar 8, 2015
Well done, and now time to enjoy your retirement. Not so much a Sea Change as a Land/Lifestyle change.
Enjoy
woolman said
05:01 PM Mar 8, 2015
Just tell they younger ones that by them working they are funding our travel around the country. That should make them feel better with such good use of their taxes.
Neil
elliemike said
05:44 PM Mar 8, 2015
Gee 45 years non stop work. You must be loaded. All that double time, All that holiday pay, Long service leave pay.
Enjoy it. Keep fit, Keep healthy. Have something to get up for every day, as this is a wonderful world.
Regards
Mike
gregnshas said
06:26 PM Mar 8, 2015
Thanks everyone for the great encouragement, the positive feedback we all get from this great forum just can't be measured in words, thanks again and Yeh!!! se ya out there.
Cheers Greg & Shas
Dougwe said
06:54 PM Mar 8, 2015
Glenelg wrote:
I worked for 55 years give it away last June , best thing since RED was on tap .???
They didn't mean....put it in your water tanks in your 5th though Dave. That is supposed to be water and the wine in the cask on the bench .
Dougwe said
06:57 PM Mar 8, 2015
Grenshaz.........
peterblack said
06:28 AM Mar 9, 2015
hi all. I have been semi retired since I was 55 and never regrated it I must say
but all to there own I think
hope u have fun when the time comes
enjoy
jules47 said
08:25 AM Mar 9, 2015
Keep the countdown going Greg - you will love it out here - fantastic places to go, and many great people to meet!
aussietraveller said
07:20 AM Mar 10, 2015
I found it took a bit of time getting used to not being a worker when I first retired, we initially did three months travelling around Western Australia and when I returned home I became more involved in volunteering in our local community and that was seven years ago now.
We have continued our annual 3-4 month trip to explore another State with regular short trips for a couple of weeks and our gardens
Look great giving us a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction, we also see heaps of our Grandchildren. We certainly couldn't sell up our home and go on the road full time as so many others have done because our van is not big enough to have the Grandchildren over for sleep overs.
gregnshas said
06:21 PM Mar 10, 2015
Thanks everyone, we are all different and have different needs, this is becoming abundantly clear.
However we all have the love of traveling. This is our common goal. I intend to pretend I'm on holidays for the first short period, until I realise every this bliss is forever.
Don't worry I am a sixties hippy, and have been accused of wearing rose colourd glasses before today.
Reality will settle and my life will be the better for it.
Bring on July .
Cheers
Greg
Aus-Kiwi said
12:52 PM Mar 12, 2015
Good on you .. Some don't like the idea .. But most have never given it a go at traveling around this great country ..
Don't tell too many .. Keep it to ourselves .. Aha ..
gregnshas said
09:23 PM Mar 12, 2015
Hi Graeme, mate we must be neibours, we are in Kingswood. I feel guilty now as I just read a thread about talking on the wrong thread and I think I should have started this in " I digress " not on general , I just got excited about my retirement sorry all.
Well, the time have come ( well almost ) to chuck it all in, work that is, after 45 years of non stop work, it's now time for my love Shas and I to get some, us time. The 3rd July is retirement date, done and dusted. Pretty sacry really, but once the decision was made its amazing just how releived you feel. Now the excitement builds, but I think I might be driving everyone crazy with the count down app on my iPad. There isn't anyone that passes me that I don't show, My staff are really getting sick of it as many of them are younger and have many more years to wait. Look out playground here comes two more Crazy Grey Nomads.
Way to go gregnshas.
Aussie Paul.
hi, hope to see you and the misses in the playground sometime. rocket n strop
Well done, and now time to enjoy your retirement. Not so much a Sea Change as a Land/Lifestyle change.
Enjoy
Just tell they younger ones that by them working they are funding our travel around the country. That should make them feel better with such good use of their taxes.
Neil
Gee 45 years non stop work. You must be loaded. All that double time, All that holiday pay, Long service leave pay.
Enjoy it. Keep fit, Keep healthy. Have something to get up for every day, as this is a wonderful world.
Regards
Mike
Cheers Greg & Shas
They didn't mean....put it in your water tanks in your 5th though Dave. That is supposed to be water and the wine in the cask on the bench
.
Grenshaz.........
but all to there own I think
hope u have fun when the time comes
enjoy
We have continued our annual 3-4 month trip to explore another State with regular short trips for a couple of weeks and our gardens
Look great giving us a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction, we also see heaps of our Grandchildren. We certainly couldn't sell up our home and go on the road full time as so many others have done because our van is not big enough to have the Grandchildren over for sleep overs.
However we all have the love of traveling. This is our common goal. I intend to pretend I'm on holidays for the first short period, until I realise every this bliss is forever.
Don't worry I am a sixties hippy, and have been accused of wearing rose colourd glasses before today.
Reality will settle and my life will be the better for it.
Bring on July .
Cheers
Greg
Don't tell too many .. Keep it to ourselves .. Aha ..
Cheers
Greg
ps Graeme, hope to catch up sometime.