Ex-Dons

[57vintage]

Ray McKinnon has heart attack.

No smart-ass, studiedly-cynical unkind words, please. We’re better than that.

Get well soon, min.

https://news.stv.tv/sport/former-dundee-united-player-and-manager-ray-mckinnon-suffers-heart-attack?utm_source=app

[RED_JOHN]

Ray McKinnon has heart attack.

No smart-ass, studiedly-cynical unkind words, please. We’re better than that.

Get well soon, min.

https://news.stv.tv/sport/former-dun...utm_source=app

I agree, hope he recovers quickly.

[TheDeeDon]

Not good to read this. As someone of the same age who has had heart issues the past couple of years he has nothing but my good wishes.

[sheepcrooky]

Not good to read this. As someone of the same age who has had heart issues the past couple of years he has nothing but my good wishes.

Which is exactly why I handed in my (3 month) notice last week to go to early retirement at 56. Bugger this falling doon dead at work and not enjoying life.

[57vintage]

Which is exactly why I handed in my (3 month) notice last week to go to early retirement at 56. Bugger this falling doon dead at work and not enjoying life.

Good for you, min. I did the same in November 2019, but at a slightly more advanced age.

Of course “wait until Spring, and winter’s sleet and darkness is past” didn’t quite go to plan. Then again, sitting on my erse reading books, and suburban flaneuring were probably as much as I was ever going to do/be able to afford, and I have embraced that lifestyle. With coffee. ****ing gallons of it, M&S strength 4.

[Mason89]

I’ll never be able to afford retirement. I’ll die dressed as a lollipop man

[Mason89]

I have embraced that lifestyle. With coffee. ****ing gallons of it, M&S strength 4.

I’m no doctor but do you think that may be connected in some way to your insomnia?

[Shetland Don]

I’ll never be able to afford retirement. I’ll die dressed as a lollipop man

Keep your bedroom secrets to yourself min! 🥲 With a free bus after 60, you could spend it drinking and eating cheaply in Spoons maybe!?

[Shetland Don]

At the not quite vintage age of 62 I’m guessing, 57?

[57vintage]

I’m no doctor but do you think that may be connected in some way to your insomnia?

No, ruled out a decade and more ago, but thanks for the concern. I just manage it, mo caffeine after 4pm.

[57vintage]

At the not quite vintage age of 62 I’m guessing, 57?

Nearer 63, but you’d be right.

[donsdaft]

I'll be able to retire .....if the doc gives me 3 months to live.

Even then only if I tell the government to stuff their repayments on the bounce back loan.

Actually, I'm ALWAYS on about retiring, but this would seem a dodgy time to do it.

INFLATION is the latest wolf at the door.

My folks sold their flat in Rosemount in 1969 for £950
They were hoping for £1000 but no chance, the lack of that £50 cause a lot of problems.

Still, before you think my rambling is getting worse.

If you had retired in 1969 with £1000 in the bank, you would have been forgiven for believing that that was enough to "see you oot".

The price of a flat in the bank.....today's equivalent must be around £150,000
If I had £150,000 in the bank I would certainly consider retirement.

Now, before long, that £1000, instead of being the nest egg you thought it would be, was not much more than a months wages.

I accept that Vintage is going to answer this with exact figures of average earnings but you get the general jist.

BEWARE INFLATION !

It's time to stay in the game, not pack it in.


As a small aside.

If and when I am found dead in the back shop, halfway through a particularly awkward rimless, don't let anyone tell you "it's how he would have wanted to go"

Because it f'uckin isn't.

[donsdaft]

Nearer 63, but you’d be right.

Dottled auld b'astard.

You're 64 if you're a day.

[57vintage]

Dottled auld b'astard.

You're 64 if you're a day.

I’ve been 64, I’m not now, and some of it was fun.

The holidays on the Isle of Wight, the birthday greetings and bottles of wine, although some of the postcards stating points of view were written in green ink, and obviously from zoomers, roasters, and wallopers. Oddly reminiscent of posts on here by zoomers, roasters, and wallopers somehow.

Vera, Chuck and Dave didn’t even send a birthday card though, the grippit little ****ers.

Born under a bad sign
I bin down ever since I began to crawl
If it wasn’t for bad luck
I wouldn’t have no luck at all

[Shetland Don]

I'll be able to retire .....if the doc gives me 3 months to live.

Even then only if I tell the government to stuff their repayments on the bounce back loan.

Actually, I'm ALWAYS on about retiring, but this would seem a dodgy time to do it.

INFLATION is the latest wolf at the door.

My folks sold their flat in Rosemount in 1969 for £950
They were hoping for £1000 but no chance, the lack of that £50 cause a lot of problems.

Still, before you think my rambling is getting worse.

If you had retired in 1969 with £1000 in the bank, you would have been forgiven for believing that that was enough to "see you oot".

The price of a flat in the bank.....today's equivalent must be around £150,000
If I had £150,000 in the bank I would certainly consider retirement.

Now, before long, that £1000, instead of being the nest egg you thought it would be, was not much more than a months wages.

I accept that Vintage is going to answer this with exact figures of average earnings but you get the general jist.

BEWARE INFLATION !

It's time to stay in the game, not pack it in.


As a small aside.

If and when I am found dead in the back shop, halfway through a particularly awkward rimless, don't let anyone tell you "it's how he would have wanted to go"

Because it f'uckin isn't.

£150K wouldn’t be enough unless your expiry date is imminent so keep working so you can live rather than exist I’d say.