Enjoying Retirement
Discussion
GT3Manthey said:
OldSkool, always good to see your posts along with MikeIOW and Alscar.
I've been away from PH's for a while as i've just had my head down trying to get things my end moving which has been far from straight forward!
You might remember i had a flat i was selling. We'll thats taken well over a year which has meant reductions and also falling into new CGT changes but all being well thats over the line at the end of this month.
The next stage is buying another flat close to London for our daughter ( again another long story!) and of course paying the CGT on the flat thats about to go through. Bloody bad timing and massive headache!
Anyhow, retirement is still in the crosshairs so i'm still on the same path and it'll happen.
Plan is to get another flat ( once the other once goes through) then set a date which means chatting to my employer as i'm under contract and have to be seen to work with them.
As always these things are complicated but it WILL happen !
Great to see the thread is still motoring on, so please keep it going, its still inspiring me and i'll try and check in a little more regularly.
All the best guys
How's things going with your plans? (havent seen you on the thread for awhile, hope all is ok)I've been away from PH's for a while as i've just had my head down trying to get things my end moving which has been far from straight forward!
You might remember i had a flat i was selling. We'll thats taken well over a year which has meant reductions and also falling into new CGT changes but all being well thats over the line at the end of this month.
The next stage is buying another flat close to London for our daughter ( again another long story!) and of course paying the CGT on the flat thats about to go through. Bloody bad timing and massive headache!
Anyhow, retirement is still in the crosshairs so i'm still on the same path and it'll happen.
Plan is to get another flat ( once the other once goes through) then set a date which means chatting to my employer as i'm under contract and have to be seen to work with them.
As always these things are complicated but it WILL happen !
Great to see the thread is still motoring on, so please keep it going, its still inspiring me and i'll try and check in a little more regularly.
All the best guys
alscar said:
I had an email exchange recently with GT3 who seemed well but a lot still going on - perhaps he will post again when he gets time.
Good to hear. He was clearly juggling things about - life throws curveballs - but hopefully he is sorting out the way to join Team Unemployable - the water is lovely! At 77 I've been thinking about how to dispose of the detritus of decades.
Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me. Will hang onto the 991RS and 992RS for a while though, prob sell the Panamera and keep the Cayenne as a daily.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
At this stage I have little interest in accumulating more stuff and would rather have new experiences. I am thinking of doing a 4x4 trip in the Atacama Desert area-never been to Chile or any of South America despite a lifetime of travel, so maybe next year.
Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me. Will hang onto the 991RS and 992RS for a while though, prob sell the Panamera and keep the Cayenne as a daily.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
At this stage I have little interest in accumulating more stuff and would rather have new experiences. I am thinking of doing a 4x4 trip in the Atacama Desert area-never been to Chile or any of South America despite a lifetime of travel, so maybe next year.
RDMcG said:
At 77 I've been thinking about how to dispose of the detritus of decades.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
Looks like you've got some duplicates there so good place to start. Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
RDMcG said:
At 77 I've been thinking about how to dispose of the detritus of decades.
Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Ffs, my dad buggered off when my mum got pregnant. A Porsche and some watches, I've never even had a hello Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ffs, my dad buggered off when my mum got pregnant. A Porsche and some watches, I've never even had a hello
Nice gift RD.
I "only" had the GT3 version (also 997.2) but in Riviera Blue so my eldest was most upset when I sold that after a decade.
He can't decide what of my existing cars he would now like after I depart !
There will be specialist dealers for your toy/collectible cars if you want to save your other half a job.
RDMcG said:
At 77 I've been thinking about how to dispose of the detritus of decades.
Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me. Will hang onto the 991RS and 992RS for a while though, prob sell the Panamera and keep the Cayenne as a daily.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
At this stage I have little interest in accumulating more stuff and would rather have new experiences. I am thinking of doing a 4x4 trip in the Atacama Desert area-never been to Chile or any of South America despite a lifetime of travel, so maybe next year.
Whilst I'm a big believer in simplifying life as you get older and passing things on to people who will appreciate them and use them, I also think that you need to hang on to things that give you pleasure. If you're bored of the tinplate cars, then get rid of them somehow, but if they still give you pleasure then keep them. Just make sure your OH has some idea of what's got some value and what's junk. Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me. Will hang onto the 991RS and 992RS for a while though, prob sell the Panamera and keep the Cayenne as a daily.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
At this stage I have little interest in accumulating more stuff and would rather have new experiences. I am thinking of doing a 4x4 trip in the Atacama Desert area-never been to Chile or any of South America despite a lifetime of travel, so maybe next year.
Don't underestimate the amount of sentimental value your OH might attach to what you currently consider to be your collections.
Having had the unfortunate situation of losing my dad 4 years ago, and now my mum last month, I can only say, try and sort thru as much of the "stuff" you have prior to leaving this earth.
Mum put off sorting Dads stuff, and now it's down to me.
Sadly much of one persons "gold" is anothers junk. And when faced with the overwhelming propsect of having to streamline collections/trinkets/photgraphs etc, it's much easier if this stuff is done sooner rather than later.
Mum put off sorting Dads stuff, and now it's down to me.
Sadly much of one persons "gold" is anothers junk. And when faced with the overwhelming propsect of having to streamline collections/trinkets/photgraphs etc, it's much easier if this stuff is done sooner rather than later.
First time I have heard of a 997RS described as detritus!
Must be difficult to be going through such prized and personal possessions deciding what should stay or go. We have been doing something not entirely similar recently after my partner's father died earlier this year, but in our case this has been limited to old computer gear, clothes and furniture. Not ready yet to thin out the really personal things. Still need to buy a 911 let alone get rid!
Must be difficult to be going through such prized and personal possessions deciding what should stay or go. We have been doing something not entirely similar recently after my partner's father died earlier this year, but in our case this has been limited to old computer gear, clothes and furniture. Not ready yet to thin out the really personal things. Still need to buy a 911 let alone get rid!
Having had a roof issue we were forced into actually looking at what we had in the loft properly!
Given that our children have said that pretty much of the stuff would be put in a skip after our demise, we have managed to get rid of some stuff that we have hung onto on the “you never know or just in case” basis.
Next job will be the garage……. Sadly no Porsche dispose of though!
Given that our children have said that pretty much of the stuff would be put in a skip after our demise, we have managed to get rid of some stuff that we have hung onto on the “you never know or just in case” basis.
Next job will be the garage……. Sadly no Porsche dispose of though!
RDMcG said:
At 77 I've been thinking about how to dispose of the detritus of decades.
Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me. Will hang onto the 991RS and 992RS for a while though, prob sell the Panamera and keep the Cayenne as a daily.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
At this stage I have little interest in accumulating more stuff and would rather have new experiences. I am thinking of doing a 4x4 trip in the Atacama Desert area-never been to Chile or any of South America despite a lifetime of travel, so maybe next year.
If you’re looking to sell the toy cars I’d be heading in the direction of a toy collectors fair, something like BP fairs which are held all over the country, I’ve attended such things for my hobby, entomology, and they are attended by knowledgeable people who pay good prices and know what they’re looking at.Some is easy enough.
Cars can be sold, though recently I had a conversation with my son who lives in Europe and is an also Porsche enthusiast. My 997RS was bought new in October 2007, so it will be coming up to 20 years old in a while. At that stage it will be possible to import it back to Europe without a huge amount of difficulty or duty, so I offered it to him as a gift. He always preferred manual older cars and this one fits the bill. Perfect nick and 27000 miles on it. The nice thing is that it will not disappear from view for me. Will hang onto the 991RS and 992RS for a while though, prob sell the Panamera and keep the Cayenne as a daily.
Although I am not a watch collector I do have a small number of very good watches so he can have those too.
Still, what do I do with a large collection of antique toy cars , mainly tinplate stuff from the thirties through to the fifties?..or a massive 150 book Porsche library?. The latter I expect I can have my son pick over and the rest I will give to some of the fellows I meet for cars and coffee on Saturday.
I suppose I can put the toys up on eBay or somewhere..as I am ten years older than OH the likelihood is of course that she will be left to try to sort this all out, and these things are no interest to her. I imagine a lot of stuff will be thrown out.
At this stage I have little interest in accumulating more stuff and would rather have new experiences. I am thinking of doing a 4x4 trip in the Atacama Desert area-never been to Chile or any of South America despite a lifetime of travel, so maybe next year.
ExBoringVolvoDriver said:
Having had a roof issue we were forced into actually looking at what we had in the loft properly!
Given that our children have said that pretty much of the stuff would be put in a skip after our demise, we have managed to get rid of some stuff that we have hung onto on the you never know or just in case basis.
Next job will be the garage . Sadly no Porsche dispose of though!
Decluttering is great. We've moved house 2 or 3 times in the last ten years and each time we've managed to get rid of so much "what if" type stuff you never actually use. Given that our children have said that pretty much of the stuff would be put in a skip after our demise, we have managed to get rid of some stuff that we have hung onto on the you never know or just in case basis.
Next job will be the garage . Sadly no Porsche dispose of though!
Very therapeutic.
I finally got around to clearing out a storage locker, which in itself will save over a grand a year. Pretty much everything went onto eBay, most with a starting price of 86p (and a few people got real bargains like a barely used Sony video tripod for a quid plus postage). Made around a grand from the sales, going to tackle the loft over this winter (similar reasoning, it's about not leaving a load of junk for someone else to have to deal with)
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