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Hello Hello Silver Bloggers and hello hello Dreemers

And hello hello dreemers dreaming of being Silver Bloggers and hello hello Silver Bloggers dreaming of dreeming!

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Right then, if you know me then you know I like positive things and positive terminology and don't like the N (-ve) word.

For example .... bucket list ... get that to f...luff

It is a list to do before you kick the bucket, as in keel over, check out, visit the big man in the Sky! ... I prefer a positive spin your to do list is fine.

Likewise retiring is associated with stopping.

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Retire from what, stop from what... life?

Naw I love life I love fun and I will keep going!

I might tire, but I will be fluffed if I retire!

I remember retirement it was like a death sentence.

Oh there is so and so, he retires next week, ah well he will be goosed in 6 months. It was like they did nothing after they stopped working. Or they golfed or bowled, well that is fine in the summer, but the UK winter nah you don't do that.

However times have moved on, and gone are the days when people spent 40 years at one job in one place.

I have trouble enough staying in one continent let alone a county or a city!

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Money, we will always need money...

I know some people can barter their way through life, me I need money. Passive income now that is what I would want, and in some respects that is why have been dabbling in crypto for the last ten years.

You might have seen some pictures in this post ... I took them all today and they will add to my answer when I get to the question!

So back to the collaboration and the prompt in question ...

I suffer from boredom ... I get bored very easily. I am spontaneous and a bored spontaneous person can do some strange things...

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I think I have the wanderlust of the wizard shown Sir Michael Scott.

The one beauty of technology advancing so fluffing fast is that in theory we can do so much workwise from home or from anywhere. That can also mean we can choose what hours we want to do things.

For those of us with health problems and in particular irregular sleeping patterns that is a godsend.

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As long as there are still companies wanting things from me then, I will carry on with consulting.

Mrs T for those who don't know hails from the US but prefers here to there.

Although we have discussed getting an RV and driving all over America more North than Central of South.

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Free as a bird, is what I want to be, well don't we all.

Fun is what we need.

Take today for example, this morning we had great weather and being Friday, Mrs T was not working, so it was a case of let's fluffing go and get some fresh air.

That is the beauty of retirement that I envisage ,,, having the time to do what you want, when you want. The only missing in that recipe is having enough money to do it ...

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I have been wanting to bring Dreemport and Silver Bloggers together for ages, and thanks to @dreemsteem and @coquicoin for pulling out all the stops when Virgin media decided not to have any internet for us!

There have been some wonderful thoughts on retirement, it has been a joy to read.

The bottom line is I will keep busy and active till the day I drop, I think retirement is a word that really no longer has a logical meaning for most of us!

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So all those pictures were taken by me today on our walk when people were doing the traditional working day.

That is what I want retirement to be, doing what we want when we want.

I had fun reading Tired of... not being Retired! by @bluefinstudios.

He talks about his want to go retire so to speak and travel the world by boat. For us we are wanting to do that on a smaller scale and on the canals of England and Wales in a narrow boat, similar to something like the boat below.

If crypto recovers then that most certainly is more than a possibility!

Never bet against a spontaneous mad Scotsman!!!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

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All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.
@tengolotodo April 14th 2023

DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND DO IT OFTEN

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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 151 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
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Retirement isn't too far off for me, and I too love passive income.

Nice post.

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... a bored spontaneous person ...

😬

Lovely pictures - that is one of the joys of calling your time your own, you can get outside when the sun is shining!

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Yes it is our time and we should own it. That is the aim anyway!
Thank you, yes when the sun is shining, it is hard not to get lovely pictures :)

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Certainly the reason why I am traveling.. I'm not getting younger anymore.. So I want to see more places as much as possible ..coz once I get back to my country .. Not even sure if I can travel again..it's expensive there lol

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Finally getting caught up with Hive so I do apologise for the delay in answering you JaneyJaneyJane!

I'm not getting younger anymore

Well that applies to the whole living population hehe but you are still a bonnie wee baby Jane 😄

I think you will still travel when you go home, the word travel varies, you would be amazed what you find on your doorstep once you look for it!

!LUV

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Haha.. Let's see.. It's expensive to travel there 🤣

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I know what you mean, we are going to an island in Scotland in June and the flight my god I could travel to Asia for the same price and the accommodation I could have a hotel in Asia for a month! It seems things in our own countries become expensive!

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Haha.. Of course, for foreigners, it is less expensive to travel to Asia

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COOL! I never knew that about Mrs. T.
You know, Canal life sounds so much fun. And for that month or three when the Canal and River Trust shuts a lot down, maybe they, take a big ole' bird and come west, and rent that RV. Maybe then, travel, and see some of the big National Parks?

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Yes still not lost her accent after being with me for many years!
That is a great goal, the boat and in the winter, moor her up in a marina and bounce around in a RV exploring those big ole parks of yours!
Well we never know what will happen!
cheers for that😄

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As always, nice shots!

When I am bored, I just go for a walk or draw on my tablet, hehe.

All the best, Teng!
!PIZZA

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Ah yes walking is fun, and in your case drawing on your tablet is fun and productive JiJi

Nature makes for me to take easy nice pics!

!PIZZA

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having the time to do what you want, when you want.

This is the freedom we have when we are not tied up with 9-5. Money is necessary and we sure need passive incomes that help provide necessities when we are out but from the rat race.

Love that you and Mrs T had a wonderful day out :)

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Yes we have freedom with no 9-5 but then is the money there, it is finding that balance I guess CJ!

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That's true, Tito Ed. The balance is there, all we have to do is find our way into it hehe

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That is what the a is for ..
to join the bal and the nce

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Hehe, that's a nice way to put it, Tito Ed. 🤩

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It's good to always have a nice time when ever you are free, it makes roy you know your real you and then give you the time to explore

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Oh that is so very true! Thanks for reading and commenting:)
!PIZZA

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I can relate it to easily that why you easily get bored, i also get bored easily and find something new for me to do, your pictures are beautiful especially the fighting bird's look great

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Thank you les, the fighting birds are great, and that is an example of patience. Sometimes I get funny looks from people as I wait patiently, but sometimes I get the results!
Bored ah so you are like me, hehe you know how it feels then!
!LOLZ
!PIZZA

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You do get bored easily! Which is why I love talking with you because when you get bored is when you do things no normal old man would do. Lol. I love your spirit towards this. Retire...what? From taking pictures of swans checking their butt all day? Ahhh. No thank you very much. I like my butt checking geese!

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haha oh Deraa your words they crack me up!

no normal old man would do

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hehe if I lost my spirit I would have lost everything!
Miss you wee D💙

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Fluffing heel I am loving the posts for this prompt!

What you said 👏🏻

I have a t-shirt pending but did not get my stuff together for the deadline.

But it's your post in a one liner :D

Sorry to hijack your feed. But heck yeah! There is too much to learn and do to retire! 👀

Impossible, really.

Perhaps the www changed this. The bowling clubs must be a bit miffed

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Oh Nicky
Oh Nicky

Oh Nicky
oh my god

I was saying that and Toni Basil shot into my head ....

albeit a one word variant...

Oh Nicky, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Nicky, hey Nicky
Oh Nicky, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind
Hey Nicky, hey Nicky

And I have totally lost my line of thought!

Oh yes ....

Don't forget week 2 GENERATIONS .....

And in the meantime since I now have this earworm and it seems a tune/theme for next weeks ttt!!!

Without further ado, I present Hey Nicky!

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Oh I do adore you so, T!

I loved this one when I was too young to retire! Super catchy. Thanks for the thoughts and the music!! 💕

I still have most of the retirement post but it fits into the GENERATIONS theme as well so... to follow if when I get my stuff together.

I even had three tunes in it for #ttt and now it's Thursday. :( But I do know @ablaze is very forgiving when it comes to participation so I'll either just punt ThreeTuneThursday or wait until next week and be two steps behind as usual.

Found some great stuff on ThreeTuneTuesday this week, btw.

I think I'm gonna catch up soon so all good.

Sending good vibes and earworms.

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I suffer from boredom ... I get bored very easily. I am spontaneous and a bored spontaneous person can do some strange things...

Jaja! I love a lot of the strange things you come up with spontaneously Super Ed.
And I hope that ease of boredom never makes you bored of being my friend jeje 😉
Free as a bird always 💙 and the word retirement for me was deleted from the Dictionary as I told the Dude...

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Ah Super Eli, you know you were behind with Hive and I said behave you have no idea what the meaning of behind is!

Here I am trying to catch up ... and answering you 4 days after you commented!!!!!

And I hope that ease of boredom never makes you bored of being my friend jeje

I can't believe I read that!!!

You are so much more than just a friend Super Eli, well and truly in my 💙 so that will never happen!

Yeah strange and spontaneous keeps us Super, Super Eli 🌀💙🌀

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Aww Super Ed!!! I was teasing you, but you are in my heart as well. And you won't be able to get rid of me 😉💙🌀

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Getting a good source of passive income could be the icing on the cake when it comes to retirement.

Living a free life with not-so-much to worry about sounds like a perfect retirement plan✨.

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You know crypto is a source of passive income, sometimes great sometimes not so passive you have to grind on hive 🤣🤣🤣

I am way behind on Hive with my engagement, that's why I am never on the winners podium anymore!

As for your last comment ....

Living a free life with not-so-much to worry about sounds like a perfect retirement plan✨.

We just need to omit one word to turn it into the perfect wongi prize, can you guess the word ....

Living a free life with not-so-much to worry about sounds like a perfect retirement plan✨.

Actually no need to omit as such, just replace it with a word ....

Living a free life with not-so-much to worry about sounds like a perfect life plan✨.

Thank you wongi, there is a plan for us all💙

!ALIVE

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I am way behind on Hive with my engagement, that's why I am never on the winners podium anymore

I'm guessing that you've got a lot on your plate? Or the motivation isn't just there?

Life plan and not retirement plan..noted😃

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I'm guessing that you've got a lot on your plate? Or the motivation isn't just there?

A bit of both, as I do other Hive stuff behind the scenes.

On a roll today though ....

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Yep... the freedom to do what we want, when we want... now all we need to do is ensure that the money is available to do it! Looks like you and Mrs T had a gorgeous day doing walk-a-bout. I can picture you cruising the canals one day. I hope that dreem gets fulfilled, Ed! Come visit when you get down to my corner of the island - I'd love to see you both! !LUV !ALIVE !hivebits

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Oh yes it is always fun going walkabout Sam!
Ah yes down your neck of the woods, has the Kennet and Avon I think.
!ALIVE

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The Kennet and Avon... correct hehe... I'll look forward to seeing you !LUV !hivebits

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I was on the Wiltshire paper website yesterday hearing how theywere trying to evict a 62 year old boater from the K&A.. Need to see what happened!

Good morning Sam, and I just wanted to say thank you Sam for all that you do.

Seriously it is appreciated by many😄

!LUV

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Oh, I haven't heard of the eviction... but then it's a localised thing more Reading/Newbury way I think...

Aw shucks 😊hehe I can say the same thing to you, Ed... we all do what we can to make our little communities and Hive a better place to be, right? 🤗!LUV !ALIVE

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Nice post - and I like your approach of ignoring negativity. Heres hoping it works out the way you want - that would be great !
!ALIVE
!LOLZ
!PIZZA

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Cheers Hoosie, yeah I learnt a long time ago to ignore that negativity!
Kinda hard at times when we live in Scotland but I pretty much manage easy enough!

!PIZZA
!ALIVE

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Never bet against a spontaneous mad Scotsman!!!

Why, we would never dream of it Uncle T! Trust you to make the concept of retirement so incredibly fun. Much !LUV in all your endeavours.

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Hehe you know I like fun, I enjoy things and will do anything if it is fun!

I hope you are going to join in with week 2 prompt, I have found my fun twist on it .....

!ALIVE

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Yes, I definitely am. I did drop a question though on the post. Once it's answered, I'll begin writing.🌺

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That is awesome, thank you so much, here is to a few more !

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Wanderlust from a Wizard? Hehe. That sound fluffing great and I do agree with you, let's empty the bucket list😁😁

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hehe yeah wanderlust from the wizard!
Hello my fluffy chopper :)
Sorry it took so long to answer, I got soooooo far behind with hive!
!PIZZA

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Haha, it is okay my fluffy mate. Take your time.🥰🥰

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I guess the concept of retire has different meanings for different people, it is a matter of perspective, for me retiring is the day I quit working and make hobby my job, I have always wanted to be a livestock farmer but never had enough to put it all together, so my job right to now is to make hobby a reality in the future, it is not about dying, it us associated to a job kind of thing.

Pop in from dreamport

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That is back to if you do something you enjoy doing then it is not a job, just a well paid hobby😁

Thanks for popping in from dreemport😁

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You make retirement sound like some kind of prison sentence 😭😂😂😂

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I think that it was exactly like that in the olden days, a prison sentence or worse a death sentence!

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I was just smiling while reading your post, of course, this kind of life I want too, that's why it's important to work now, then when I retire still feeling strong to go anywhere I want to go...
And being free to do anything without disturbance, just like you said... oh!! That's what's I'm craving for 😂

came across your post via dreemport, and it's fun coming around..

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If we can make someone smile in our day then that is a blessed day!
Thank you for your kind words and thank you dreemport.
!ALIVE

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