[dazmond]

Hopefully ive got another 30 years left then I'll retire at 81....

[deeege]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

[SB Cleaning]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

I know a couple of windys well into their 70s still going strong and enjoy the job.

[simon w]

Hopefully ive got another 30 years left then I'll retire at 81....

You get less than that for murder

[deeege]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

I know a couple of windys well into their 70s still going strong and enjoy the job.

So do I, I’m not saying it’s not possible, I’m just saying I’d feel sorry for Daz if he was doing that.

[SB Cleaning]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

I know a couple of windys well into their 70s still going strong and enjoy the job.

So do I, I’m not saying it’s not possible, I’m just saying I’d feel sorry for Daz if he was doing that.

Why?  He loves it 

[dazmond]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

Why?my dad was still working at 74 and my missus dad is 81 and still working as well as a window cleaner I've known for years who's 78 now....Still on the glass....

There is nothing sorry about having a work ethic no matter what age you are if your fit and healthy....

[dazmond]

Some of us don't actually hate the job  mate...if anything I feel sorry for people who hate their job now and dream of retirement in 20 years time!

[deeege]

Some of us don't actually hate the job  mate...if anything I feel sorry for people who hate their job now and dream of retirement in 20 years time!

I don’t hate the job, I actually enjoy it also.

 I hope I’ve worked hard enough and invested wisely enough though to spend my later years doing something I enjoy more, which there are many things. Each to their own though.

I’m only saying the things that you were angling for when you posted this thread though Daz 

[simon w]

Will you sell your business when your 81 Daz and then spend the money during your retirement years? probably fetch a million by then easy, maybe you could charge young up start WC's and be their inspirational business coach 

[NWH]

Maybe not as old as that Daz but I could scale down to 1 day a week and get far more than I would have ever got scrimping and depriving myself over the years paying into a pension,if you get to that age you’ve done well if you are able to work in any capacity you’ve exceeded yourself if at 75-81 years of age you are able to work 3-4 days a week you really would be considered in the top 1%.

[DJW]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

Why?my dad was still working at 74 and my missus dad is 81 and still working as well as a window cleaner I've known for years who's 78 now....Still on the glass....

There is nothing sorry about having a work ethic no matter what age you are if your fit and healthy....

Isn’t one still on his arse?
Fell off his ladder I recall?

[dazmond]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

Why?my dad was still working at 74 and my missus dad is 81 and still working as well as a window cleaner I've known for years who's 78 now....Still on the glass....

There is nothing sorry about having a work ethic no matter what age you are if your fit and healthy....

Isn’t one still on his arse?
Fell off his ladder I recall?

Yeah he s fooked mate!I wouldn't want to be climbing ladders at 75!I doubt he ll be window cleaning again

[simon w]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

Why?my dad was still working at 74 and my missus dad is 81 and still working as well as a window cleaner I've known for years who's 78 now....Still on the glass....

There is nothing sorry about having a work ethic no matter what age you are if your fit and healthy....

Isn’t one still on his arse?
Fell off his ladder I recall?

Yeah he s fooked mate!I wouldn't want to be climbing ladders at 75!I doubt he ll be window cleaning again

Your ex Boss?

[NBwcs]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

Why?my dad was still working at 74 and my missus dad is 81 and still working as well as a window cleaner I've known for years who's 78 now....Still on the glass....

There is nothing sorry about having a work ethic no matter what age you are if your fit and healthy....

Says the part timer 

[Slacky]

I’ll be at it for a couple more years, then that’s me all done brushing glass.

I’ll be emigrating then.

[deeege]

If you still want to be cleaning windows when you are  aged 70+ Daz I actually feel sorry for you.

Why?my dad was still working at 74 and my missus dad is 81 and still working as well as a window cleaner I've known for years who's 78 now....Still on the glass....

There is nothing sorry about having a work ethic no matter what age you are if your fit and healthy....

Says the part timer 

Price higher……work harder 

[dazmond]

Who wants to work every day and long hours?not me and I haven't for many years now....but doing some work every week is good for you IMO....

Price higher,work harder is a motto I gave myself when i switched to wfp 13 years ago......

[Jay Le Huray]

I'm going to be 70 this coming May and still going strong, I do it because I enjoy it and it also tops up my pension giving me a better life style.

This week I bought a new van as the old one was getting on a bit having done almost 100000  miles.

I reckon I still have a good few years left in me to carry on doing what I enjoy after all age is only a number

[AuRavelling79]

I like the reduce it down as you get older bit. My vague plan is to keep my turnover where it is by continuing to only take on good work and prune the less good work. At the moment I do 3 to 4 days with about 6 hours on the glass per week.

State pension kicks in in just under two years and one half years time so I might drop a grand a month at that point which at my £250 a day will put me on 2 to 3 shorter days a week.

A couple of years after that I shall possibly start using a smallish private pension pot and drop to an average of two short days a week to keep active.

I wouldn't mind keeping a few cream jobs at say 70 to keep me active.

Health is the lottery. Fingers crossed!