76 and still working....

[pritch]

That's odd - I would have though he would have been given compulsory retirement at that age in that job.

There is no complusory retirement now, that would breach the Human Rights Act.

When I was in the Army they had rules about retiring age according to rank, I understand that has gone now. Some jobs like the armed forces and Police can have tests of physical fitness but failing those won't mean you're out, typically it would mean you'd be reassigned to lighter duties. Promotion prospects would be zero though.

Where I was working most seem to retire at seventy now.

The government will need to be careful reviewing the retirement age. People in sedentry occupations can hang in there for years, but people in physically hard labouring jobs just might not be able to keep working until 67 or 70 or whatever. There might need to be an earlier retirement option for people in physically demanding jobs?

[george formby]

There's entertainment?

I must admit to posting that quip with Axolotl's penchant for hookers and cocaine in mind. Each to their own, I keep buying more bikes and bigger tools.

Good point on retirement age and physical ability, it's the reason I'm moving into something new. The last 35 years has taken it's toll on me physically and I realised my days in the front line are numbered, so abandoned my comfort zone, professionally and financially.

[Akzle]

There might need to be an earlier retirement option for people in physically demanding jobs?

science reckons 86% of jobs are going to be done by machines a'fore too long.

the very idea of "a job" will need to change.

[pete376403]

He came into a great deal of money earlier this year .

That could help a lot, but most people probably wont have that advantage.

[Grumph]

The government will need to be careful reviewing the retirement age. People in sedentry occupations can hang in there for years, but people in physically hard labouring jobs just might not be able to keep working until 67 or 70 or whatever. There might need to be an earlier retirement option for people in physically demanding jobs?

There used to be an interim retirement benefit available from 60. It was available if you had been on sickness or invalids benefit and were not likely to be available for work again. National scrapped it afaik.
For those in hard physical jobs in the next 10 - 15 years or so and approaching 65, something similar may have to be reintroduced.

[Voltaire]

science reckons 86% of jobs are going to be done by machines a'fore too long.

the very idea of "a job" will need to change.

[awayatc]

Normally work 5 months a year....ish
Have been forever and a day...
Think of slowing down a bit though
Be pushing doing 3 months next year...

Is plenty
Love my time off

[mrchips]

If you are physically able.. why not.

I have the fortune of experiencing those coming up through the ranks, full of enthusiasm & all answers (tui add)

All I know is, as I start to ripen & mature at age 47, I have developed the utmost respect for my elder work colleagues.

The experience & wisdome & compassion that comes with age is priceless.

As the saying goes... young, dum & full of cum.



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[Akzle]

Most people must be coping with the transition very well though otherwise there would be no need to raise the retirement age as everyone would be dropping dead through not being able to cope with the transition as you say.

this is why we can't have nice things.

fuckwittus ad absurdum.

[Maha]

fuckwittus ad absurdum.

Now regretting getting that tattoo?

[TheDemonLord]

All I can say is, that without puzzles to solve and things to create, I'd probably go batshit crazy.

[pritch]

science reckons 86% of jobs are going to be done by machines a'fore too long.

Science says that ghosts have neither mass nor energy therefore they can exist only in the minds of men.
Science though has neither mass nor energy so it too can exist only in the minds of men. *

Science may not have thought this one through. If 86% of the population are unemployed and the few people with all the money won't pay their full share of tax, how does that work? It'd be very difficult to talk Kiwis into a revolution, they're far too apathetic. That might just about do it though?



* I'm a believer in correctly attributing quotes but I don't recall where I got that, nor can I find it now.

[Akzle]

Well will you at least let me lick your ring hole?

no. moohard.
now fuckaway, the adults are discussing shit.

Science may not have thought this one through. If 86% of the population are unemployed and the few people with all the money won't pay their full share of tax, how does that work? It'd be very difficult to talk Kiwis into a revolution, they're far too apathetic. That might just about do it though?

it's not that SCIENCE hasn't thought it through, just that glabalist-capitalist-jew cunts (/ "society") haven't.

there's been a fair inevitability about it since the industrial revolution.
the "labour market" simply can't absorb the thing. the monetary metric is fucked.
humans might have to come up with some other way of dealing with each other...


vote akzle.

[Ocean1]

Hmmm, that could have merit. Live fast, die young, don't burden the system. And no need to save money which could be spent on, er, entertainment.

Was the father in law's stock advice: "Live fast, die young and have a good looking corpse."

That, and: "Son, never buy anything with a handle."

Me, I'm retiring gradually. This year I got it down to about 50 hrs/week, next year will be 40, year after 30, etc. Figure I'll still be in attendance and working full time (ish), but it'll be increasingly just for me.

[Black Knight]

Your father in law and James Dean