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Paul Wills
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| Posted: 17 December 2025 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | 1
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Thanks to the miracle that is Ozempic, I am below 200 pounds for the first time since my 20s.-------------------------- Definitely a positive with having diabetes! The advancement of medicine is pretty amazing. If it wasn't for Imitrex, I would be in bed mostly with migraines
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Phil Frances
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Joined: 08 August 2009
Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted: 17 December 2025 at 7:31pm | IP Logged | 2
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'Not on your foot, I hope'
Haha - no ! A stone in weight ... thankfully, the bathroom scales started to recognise me as a single unit instead of a coach trip.
And - lazy is good - one of my best afternoons is doing nothing and then having a good ol' rest afterwards.
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Phil Frances
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| Posted: 17 December 2025 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | 3
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Phil, I am also 59 -- turn 60 mid-2026 -- I hope retirement is not too far away... Your pottering sounds great! Congrats
It is certainly to be recommended, Jonathan - pity that it comes that bit later in life ! And - as a number of my former colleagues also agree - I'm not quite sure how I ever found time to fit in a job ! Now I can fill my days with cooking, painting, twiddling a bit on the guitar, nodding off at random moments, wondering what day it is or if I can remember my own name ...
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Craig Earl
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| Posted: 18 December 2025 at 11:49am | IP Logged | 4
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Enjoy, Phil!
At the moment, I'm working from 6.30am until 5pm without nary a break (electronics is a crazy business!). I still check on work stuff in the evening and at weekends too, which has hindered my side hustle as a writer.
The endgame is four years away, when I can retire comfortably at 60. I have a huge bookcase of omnibuses (omnibi?) waiting for me and a plan to get a four-legged friend then too (there's too much of a dog-shaped hole in my life at the mo!).
Counting the months... |
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Casey Sager
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| Posted: 18 December 2025 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | 5
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Congrats on your retirement!
I was recently let go from my job of nearly 25 years and decided to just retire. I definitely feel blessed to be in a position to do so comfortably.
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John Byrne
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How did my fans get so old while I haven’t aged a day since I left X-Men?
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Michael Hogan
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| Posted: 18 December 2025 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | 7
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JB: How did my fans get so old while I haven’t aged a day
since I left X-Men?
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Time travel. Gotta be time travel.
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Gundars Berzins
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| Posted: 18 December 2025 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | 8
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JB: How did my fans get so old while I haven’t aged a day
since I left X-Men?
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Could be it's your mutant power?
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Robin Taylor
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| Posted: 18 December 2025 at 9:52pm | IP Logged | 9
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I am ten years away from retirement but I think about it every day lol
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