I suppose I qualify as semi-retired, after 2 redundancies is the past 5 years in the social housing sector, then the last outfit I was 2pd over to said I would be made redundant again I said tell you what I'll save you the paper work and quit....took some time off last year after that to sort out my blood pressure which wasn't great and went to visit the new grand daughter on Vancouver Island in July. Now I work part time at a local car auction and we take in french students, who are out all day on outings. As were now empty nesters, except 2 dogs, life is fairly quiet but I have to keep a positive account balance to satisfy the Home Office as still on a Visa here, oh well, more time for dog walks and fiddling about in the shed now its warming up a bit. Wife is expecting spinal surgery soon on L4 5 and 6, but daughter number 2 will come home to help me sort her out...