On 23/06/2013 20:28, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
Recliner wrote

On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 13:35:16 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:
[...]
It's called "independently wealthy" and several questionnaires do
recognise the concept.

Not the ones I seem to get. In any case, I wouldn't call myself
wealthy, just that I have enough to generate enough dividend income
to
live on comfortably.


Congratulations, you are a rentier (it's in the dictionary)

Rentier (1847)

A person who lives on income from property or securities

Bertie Wooster ?

Almost anyone whose main retirement income is a private pension lives on
income from property or securities.