ketteringram

I'd say that's a reasonable starting point, but wouldn't just leave it at 15%. If possible, I'd increase it each year, or at least if you get a pay rise. 

Put as much as you can afford in and then pray Liz Truss doesn’t become PM again 

Good luck and well done. Do you have any kind of plan? It's always said that you should retire into something, rather than just retiring from something. Obviously the something could be anything. Travel, holidays, voluntary work, hobbies etc. You have , hopefully, a very long retirement ahead of you!
I'm terrible for this. Will turn 65 this year, and thinking of stopping at Christmas, as it seems a natural break . Or possibly carry on til the end of the tax year, and finish March 2025. 
 I won't be stopping though, because there's loads of things I want to do. More a case of I've just had enough of work. Like you, been full time since aged 16. 
I have no interest in doing the vast majority of what a lot of retired people seem to want to do. But I'm going to have to find something, and some kind of structure to stick to. 

I retired at 53 from RR, Took my pension and chilled out for 6 months, Then re set, I went and worked part time, I did this for 13 years, Chilled out between jobs when I felt my time there was up so moved on to other PT work...mostly cleaning or supervising cleaners.
Now retired fulltime...I'm 68 today 😊 🎂 and I find life is great and I enjoy everyday 👍 

Yeah, that seems like the 1990s to me too 😀

Yeah, that seems like the 1990s to me too 😀

Yeah, that seems like the 1990s to me too 😀

Soon be at the stage where you buy a few more yourself, just to see the number go down!

That's a shame. You and I in the past have enjoyed the same shows. Well, apart from the comedy you watch 😀
Only the other day I added it to the watchlist. Didn't really know anything about it, but it did seem to be my sort of show.

@ketteringram Just bought The Lighthouse Sisters. It was only 99p on kindle 

Not sure if you've read it, but The Lighthouse Sisters by Gill Thompson is excellent. Well, for me anyway. 
Set in Jersey during WW2. 
I've read all of her books, and though they can get a bit samey, I've enjoyed all of them, but if you're only going to read one, make it The Lighthouse Sisters. 

Finished Queen of Dirt Island the other day. Unusual writing style, and I'm not keen on the way he does speech, but overall, I enjoyed it enough to try more. 
So have moved onto The Spinning Heart, which got delivered yesterday. Only a few pages in at this stage, but I think I'll enjoy this one more than Queen of Dirt Island. 
Did you get around to reading any of his other books?

I can browse books on my kindle but can’t buy them. I have to use Amazon on a phone etc to buy books 

I just don't care anymore. I don't care who's cheating or who isn't, to what extent they're cheating, or whether the rules are fair. I didn't develop an interest in football because I liked accounting and bureaucracy. Modern football is s***. Fans celebrating accounting tricks and balance sheets, whether in favour of or detrimental to their clubs, is pretty pathetic.

This is next on my to read list. Will probably be starting it tomorrow or Sunday. 

Finally finished Love/Hate last night. 
Long time since I've seen anything as good as that. Even though I really didn't like season 3. The rest of it was brilliant. 
As I've nothing in particular lined up, I may go straight back into a re watch. Really liked the way it wasn't afraid to twist and turn with what happens to the main characters, or what you think at the time are main characters. 
They nailed the ending too. So much happens in those last three episodes, as it builds to the final moments. 
 

Back to Love/Hate. I've just watched the last episode of S4, and the first one of S5. 
It's definitely getting better again, after the awful (to me) S3. 
That last one of S4, as a stand alone single episode, was absolutely brilliant. 

Naughty from the social media team posting the corner flag today, thought he was gone.

Can’t hate it when Holiday Grainger is centre stage 😉

Re Kin....
I've finally finished the second season. Great ending. 
Left me puzzled though, about the delightful Mollie from the pharmacy storyline 🤔

I've just finished 3. 

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