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Thought I would be working till I drop but have decided to knock it all on the head and start enjoying myself, going to get my motor home this winter and spend a few months travelling round England until the old dogs are gone then winters in the sun have a few months left to tidy up some loose ends and then I,m out, happy days life’s to busy for working have so much I still want to do and realise that time is running down

“Defined by my work”….that’s a brilliant and very overlooked observation there mate. I didn’t realise how much a part of my personality my way of earning a living was…….I feel like almost a completely different person and in some ways I miss “that bloke” now and again. However, things are always better in the memory than in reality and what I don’t miss is how the world of business is full of pricks now instead of proper chaps, I don’t miss traffic wardens and £2k a year in parking tickets and fixed penalty’s and VOSA, I don’t miss the government helping themselves to my hard work, I

Good luck Paul mate,get it done and enjoy it Ive had enough myself tbh....lifes not all about working...by the end of this yr we will be morgage free and a nice nest egg in the bank....been thinking about setting something up for myself to get my kids involved and set them up.... Mrs sent me this ,few miles from us..her words was 'get a machine,and dig a fishing lake'

I tried to retire a couple of years ago but ended up working again having been brought up with a strong work ethic I found myself riddled with some sort of working class guilt for not working. I didn't realise how much I was defined by my work. Roll forward 2 years and I now feel more ready/buggered . Good luck enjoy it. We've only got one shot.

There's a bit of a story behind this one that I may elaborate on later ............ the missus started on Cuban beef a couple of days ago and, finished it up as dinner for us all last night - it was lovely.

This is what happens when I do cooking with my 16yr old daughter lots of giggles..lol

Its very hard to watch dogs and people get old and fade even harder as oneself is ageing, walking past a mirror looking into it and thinking who's that old fecker staring at is also hard lol

I’m hoping to retire in the next few months 60 in May I’ve had enough you can sit there doing the maths worrying if you have enough money but the amount of blokes I’ve seen die in service you gotta bite the bullet and go for it, all the best @Greyman you are making the right decision.

Spatchcock poussin and salad tonight

Rib Eye and a Sirloin sliced up because wifey made a mistake and bought two different steaks. And wifey's who don't like mushrooms, onions or pepper corn sauce. Cheers Arry

Fckin hell greb you mad c**t

A set of work shy SOB's on here! I look forward to working until my mid 90's, we have an ageing population, why not contribute for the good of the nation?

Good old Spud...

Here is my old fellow. Closing in on 13 years and still runs a little when the mood strikes. Couldn't care less about rabbits though.

Congratulations mate hard work being a spread I’ve more or less hung my trowel up now our company is the process of beinging bought out so hopefully get paid off and retire myself

hes took more from bulldog in looks hes gotta wicked nose on him and is very drivey beautiful dog imo

you might be right , but the way i see it, if the old dogs in question have deff give 100% in the hunting field all there life , i think it only fair to the animal to show some compassion to it . dont get me wrong if you had fecker dont hunt for and only him self, picks his runs, or wont do a fox, or bigger stuff, etc. i wouldn't keep it . so if they been hard working dog for 8- 9 years i look after them. it very rare that you have kennel full of all similar ability , thats why there lot in pounds etc .My last 2 dogs bryn who was very good rabbit dog, but nothing else . i wanted dog do

Soon to be the chick brooder shed...

I retired 20 years ago, aged 51. I think the secret to retirement is to keep busy with something you enjoy. Ive got the dogs, two allotments with hens, ducks, quail and a few game fowl, I like to grow veggies, it’s almost a full time job, but I enjoy it. I just thought one day “ kids are gone, house is paid for, bit money in the bank, keep my travel benefits with the airline, why work until I’m too old to enjoy my retirement ?” I wanted to retire at 50, but was asked to stay on for a year, which in retrospect was a good thing, it gave me time to be sure I was doing the righ

I know exactly what you mean mate, "working class guilt" is a great way to describe it... I'm not ready for retirement, but even booking holidays, having a day off etc and I get that weird guilt feeling.. self employed all my life, no boss, no one to answer to but still feel like it! lol

get it done mate i find it mental how people are conditioned to slave away until there old and f****d to then have some freedom lol instead of enjoying there best years

Good luck iv been thinking the same just need to do the maths I’ve got 5 years before retirement age I don’t think I can do this shite for much longer

Chicken, chilli pasta for me chicken, mushrooms creamy pasta for her

My favourite cut is rump/chump steak with an inch of fat over the back of it, fried and sitting on a plate of buttery champ with gravey

Sausage and egg sarnie from the girls in the kitchen at work this morning then the remainder of the butter chicken from last night for tea Edited to say spoon on the right for shark lol

You know I'm born to loose And gambling is for fools

like genital warts he’s back lol ain’t got a jack in him lol

70 on March 3rd. Had some cabins for the family up in Ashbourne. What a weekend we had. Wifey just booked a nice little holiday end of April on Cape Verdi. She’s just done a deal with the bosses for 2 day week for the next 2 years in an administration capacity. All in all happy days. When you’ve run the race it’s time to give up. Jok.

Making a start on my next motor to sell for a bit of pocket money they even dropped it off for me and it came with a clutch kit, bottom arm, drop link, oil and filter and a timing chain kit, full service history, 4 new tyres and a new turbo fitted a month ago and she said to me if I find out it needs anything else let her know and she’ll supply the parts for free got to be a few quid in this at 1200 quid

And never forget the Jews took us to war and never forget the rats of Palestine celebrated in the street after 9-11 and 7-11. all equal RATS

I had just driven over the QE2 Bridge when my wife phoned me and said “America is under attack, can you come home please” She was working in Lakeside and they had shut that down and she had been sent home. I was heading back to my warehouse to unload then heard on the radio that they had evacuated Canary Wharf and most of London was heading home. Turned round, went home and we went round my mums because she was old and lived alone and it seemed like an appropriate course of action. Sat and watched it unfold on the telly, can still remember watching those poor b*****ds jump

When I was young, even though I always loved my dogs they had to do their bit and old ones and inferior ones couldn't. My dogs now are like my family to me, be they old or young. I think I admire the loyalty now more than ability and because they are with me 24/7 the bond with them is the strongest ever. A guy offered to buy my grew off me the other week and I said, would you part with one of your kids? fck off. That's how I feel now.

Home made KFC and home made Croquets. Wifey didn't want the KFC coating or beans, it's like having a fussy kid at meal times. Cheers Arry

FFS kid's sticking knives in each other up and down the country and fekin clowns in the media think this is news worthy of the government's attention.

I reckon a lot of us change as we become older,...I certainly have.... Its a natural part of advancing into old age, nothing to be ashamed of,.. but,.. it does take some getting used to.. Back in the day, I never used to keep my old dogs,....but now, my mind set has changed and whilst it would perhaps be foolishly andromorphic to think of a canine in quite the same way as a human,.. or some kind of fur baby.......I no longer begrudge them a well deserved retirement....

Something I’ve found a bit strange lately is if I’m driving my work van is if i see someone walking a really old dog a thought comes in my head of good ol dog or maybe even bless or something of that nature i don’t know if it’s I’m getting a bit sentimental with age or if it’s because I’ve a old runner here that keeps the sofa warm. I never used to think like that I seem to get the thought of I bet that’s been a good loyal dog for its owner even if it’s only a pet dog. Any of you lads/lasses as you’ve aged/matured abit sort of think like that or am I just going soft in the head

Diana....I was working in a club in Nottingham called Essence....finished work at 3 sat in the bar area with a few of the barmaids doing a bit of gear when the manager came I and told us....I was off me nut to be fair... 911....living in ibiza ...my room mate came in and and woke me and my girlfriend...went straight downstairs to watch on the telly in the bar below

Went to a little Colombian place with a friend for lunch,really nice atmosphere with Cumbia and salsa music,I was the only English person in there,then tonight stopped off in kebab kids coming home.

Another few of same estate

3/4 grey 1/4 beddy if I remember rightly As I sometimes tell people, apart from the things I cannot remember, I don't forget very much

I honestly prefer them to go young out doing what they was bred for....than watch them shrink and wobble about in old age

Butter chicken raita and popadoms all home made bar the popadom

Worlds gone mad rather see my grandkids with a catty than plugged into bloody x box.

country boy nosh.................the gravy was devine...have some left over that will go on a Pukka pie an'chips tomorrow...happy days

Anyone know what bands they using for Roe?

Well, I have promised some cooked produce photos. Tonight's tea, double pork chops....... Bloody gorgeous and now I am stuffed! Genuinly have grown to appreciate food more. We have all got used to accepting shite for convenience. Was also thinking tonight, whilst I am not personally religious, I can understand the history of saying grace and being thankful for the produce of the land.