As you know I pretend to work by being involved in a number of local committees.
Apart from editing and publishing the village magazine (5 days work every other month) I also sit on a couple of fund raising committees, for both I act as Secretary as I am available during the day and have 'pooter etc. I get paid expenses and that takes care of my telephone bills (including broadband). The magazine pays for my 'pooters and printers, ink, paper and stamps etc. I am a Trustee of the charity that runs the village hall and also act as the Board of Trustees Secretary and Treasurer which means one day a month I do their invoices (to people who rent the rooms at the hall for various functions), the banking, pay any bills that come in and keep the books.
I do a little writing and a lot of family history research. I occasionally speak at various venues on the subjects that interest me. The likes of the WI, the Round Table, The RAOB, etc all pay expenses (I charge a flat £25 for 40 minutes and usually get a free lunch or supper)
What with that and my share of the Home Education of the Boys plus playing in here life is pretty full. I sometimes wonder how I found time to go out to work. Seriously I do all this to fill my time as I hated being forced out of work and into an early retirement. The choice was replace work with something else or sit in the chair and wait to die.
A quick edit to add ~ I do see Uncle's problem and that is one big advantage to the whole family and probably my biggest contribution in that I am here to deal with all manner of things that otherwise would have to be crammed into weekends (which nobody wants to do)
