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    Do you have a 'figure'?

    A final checkout number?

    "When I get to £X.xm I'm off travelling forever...."


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    #2
    a third of a million
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    ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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      #3
      Yes, when the mortgage is gone I'm joining the public sector for a nice long holiday until I retire on a final salary pension.
      Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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        #4
        I do, but it's a bit like constellation of Orion - It hovers over my head out of reach, and never seems to get any nearer
        Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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          #5
          When I win a million or more on the lottery!
          I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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            #6
            When I was a permie I was on good money.

            One day (many, many moons ago) I phoned my parents to announce I had had a pay rise and was now on £10,000. I was seriously loaded; earning many times more than my mates.

            "Brownie," said my Mum. "Your father and I agreed when you were born, that we would retire when he finally made it to £10,000 per year. Now he's paying that in tax and we've no savings to speak of."

            Now I consider £10K to be more like an annual VAT bill.



            When at college, we worked out how, with £1,000,000 capital, you would never have to work again. Just live off the interest on the interest. What's the interest rate these days? Is it 0.5%? That about £2 per week!



            Work till you drop. It's the only option.
            Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

            Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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              #7
              No, I have kids!
              Just call me Matron - Too many handbags

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                #8
                42 - 28 - 38



                Would help if she was loaded
                'elf and safety guru

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by thelace View Post
                  42 - 28 - 38



                  Would help if she was loaded
                  Have you been spying on me ?
                  Just call me Matron - Too many handbags

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                    #10
                    Well, even at 1%, £5m gives enough for a reasonable lifestyle... if you already have a property or even renting outside expensive cities.

                    But I wouldn't want to stop doing software. With maybe £1m saved, or even 1/2 that, I'd stop getting paid work and take maybe a year to do my own stuff, and see how that goes.
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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