Alex 34909 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 I don’t know if it qualifies as a midlife crisis. Events tend to overtake these dreams, ambitions or whatever. But I think I’ve quite fancied the idea of it for as long as I can remember 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 32824 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 28 minutes ago, Andrew said: Were you the corrs brother in this scenario? I don't dream about incest, funny enough. (I'm guessing he must've had a wife and lived somewhere else?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 57 minutes ago, Alex said: They’ve found a body in Symi apparently Aye very sad. On the beach so I assume it's been washed ip after he's fallen off a cliff or something. Obsessed with health and the ageing process and then this happens to you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, strawb said: To people around my age (40ish). How often do you day dream of selling everything you own and buying a little house with some land in the middle of nowhere and keeping some animals? I think I might be having a little midlife crisis I definitely watch things where people lead an extremely simple, stripped-back life, and wonder whether they haven't got the right idea, aye. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11158 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, strawb said: To people around my age (40ish). How often do you day dream of selling everything you own and buying a little house with some land in the middle of nowhere and keeping some animals? I think I might be having a little midlife crisis Used to until I remembered I have none of the life skills required to live that life successfully. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21392 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 On 07/06/2024 at 10:58, Monkeys Fist said: I was sacked from the same job three times. 17-18 yrs old , Kielder Calvert Trust working as instructor. 1st time was for being late- I even lived on site, but slept in When the gaffer told me I was sacked I replied “ But I’m a volunteer- you can’t sack me” Which, whilst cheeky was technically correct, so he told me to “fuck off home for a week and then we’ll see” They rang me three days later asking if I could come back. 2nd time was for chinning this lad who was there building an extension, when I heard him saying some pretty unpleasant things about one of the lasses that worked there. I was full time employed by this point, and the lad was a proper little fucking rat that even his workmates hated- so, the sacking was pretty half-hearted. They rang me week later and offered me my job back, again. 3rd time was for banging the shit out of a visiting carer- Pixie cut hair, ballet dancer, flexible as fuck and filthy with it. 100% worth it. Again, they rang me a week later but I fucked them off this time as I’d got a job as a climbing instructor near Keswick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21392 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) On 08/06/2024 at 02:44, RobinRobin said: I'd need a ladder to even get that far. 🙂 Ladder, aye right. Edited June 9 by Renton 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11158 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 29 minutes ago, Renton said: Ladder, aye right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3956 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Proof that the Bay City Rollers could raise the dead 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7008 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 12 hours ago, strawb said: To people around my age (40ish). How often do you day dream of selling everything you own and buying a little house with some land in the middle of nowhere and keeping some animals? I think I might be having a little midlife crisis I think most people our age have that fantasy. Largely because you're young enough to remember what it was like to live without responsibilities, and not old enough to be mortgage and kid free (and live largely without responsibilities). It's probably not all it's cracked up to be though. It would be nice for a few weeks, but people are social creatures by nature. There's a reason farmers have a higher suicide rate than most (and living in isolated rural areas is a contributing factor) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19976 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 12 hours ago, strawb said: To people around my age (40ish). How often do you day dream of selling everything you own and buying a little house with some land in the middle of nowhere and keeping some animals? I think I might be having a little midlife crisis A lot. But then I love been out in the countryside. A mate who's worked in engineering all his professional life moved to Hong Kong in '18 made a fuck load of brass, came back last year and did exactly what you said. He couldn't be happier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21846 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 11 hours ago, Gemmill said: I definitely watch things where people lead an extremely simple, stripped-back life, and wonder whether they haven't got the right idea, aye. I reckon it would be good for a bit then would be dead boring. I’m sort of dreading retirement for this reason. I’m going to have to take up golf or something or become a raging alcoholic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19976 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 10 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: I think most people our age have that fantasy. Largely because you're young enough to remember what it was like to live without responsibilities, and not old enough to be mortgage and kid free (and live largely without responsibilities). It's probably not all it's cracked up to be though. It would be nice for a few weeks, but people are social creatures by nature. There's a reason farmers have a higher suicide rate than most (and living in isolated rural areas is a contributing factor) And working in a fucking hard hard industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4187 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 38 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I reckon it would be good for a bit then would be dead boring. I’m sort of dreading retirement for this reason. I’m going to have to take up golf or something or become a raging alcoholic See I think it would be the complete opposite, wake up with no pressures, decide ah I’m going to (random diy task) today. Feed the animals, walk the dogs etc. Loads of ways to fill the time. Then become an alcoholic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44491 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 8 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: I think most people our age have that fantasy. Largely because you're young enough to remember what it was like to live without responsibilities, and not old enough to be mortgage and kid free (and live largely without responsibilities). It's probably not all it's cracked up to be though. It would be nice for a few weeks, but people are social creatures by nature. There's a reason farmers have a higher suicide rate than most (and living in isolated rural areas is a contributing factor) I'm in the same Myers Briggs pot as the Unabomber. The isolation would be a net positive for me, I wouldn't be remotely concerned about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7073 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 I’ve just learned that there's no Bob Geldof statue in Ethiopia. What more must he do? Unbelievable. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19976 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Dipper has turned up pissed again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 55 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Dipper has turned up pissed again How hasn't he been fired for this shit yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19976 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 15 minutes ago, The Fish said: How hasn't he been fired for this shit yet? Fuck knows. A gaffer that doesn't sit in our room and seems detached? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, wykikitoon said: Fuck knows. A gaffer that doesn't sit in our room and seems detached? Does his nonsense put any extra pressure on you? I'd be fucking livid if I was having to mop up someone else's mess because they couldn't get their shit together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19976 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 No. If it was then I would be having words with the main guy. I've told him several times he needs to sort himself out, but it's ignored. The main dept manager knows he likes a beer but has said on several occasion's that if it's not effecting his work what goes on in his private time isn't up to us. Personally I don't know how coming into work hanging out of your arse or half cut isn't having an effect on his work and I think we also have a certain degree of care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10776 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 5 hours ago, wykikitoon said: No. If it was then I would be having words with the main guy. I've told him several times he needs to sort himself out, but it's ignored. The main dept manager knows he likes a beer but has said on several occasion's that if it's not effecting his work what goes on in his private time isn't up to us. Personally I don't know how coming into work hanging out of your arse or half cut isn't having an effect on his work and I think we also have a certain degree of care. I used to have a job supporting the MET Police, and did 7-7 shifts, the night shifts being just two of us and the security guard in the office. Each of the lads who hadn't yet turned 40 would turn up in messy states from time to time, but the understanding was that you'd immediately go "On A Call" for an hour to sort yourself out, and not take an hour for your break later on. I remember getting a call at 6pm to cover when I was out for a mates birthday at the time and pretty soused already. The hour I took was not nearly enough to sober up and so the bloke I was on with kindly let me fuck off to the boardroom to sleep it off. He didn't wake me until 5, and only because he wanted to give me enough time to get freshened up and catch me up on what I'd missed before the handover. I miss Clayton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21392 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) 5 hours ago, wykikitoon said: No. If it was then I would be having words with the main guy. I've told him several times he needs to sort himself out, but it's ignored. The main dept manager knows he likes a beer but has said on several occasion's that if it's not effecting his work what goes on in his private time isn't up to us. Personally I don't know how coming into work hanging out of your arse or half cut isn't having an effect on his work and I think we also have a certain degree of care. I'd say so. Aren't you working in an engineering team? Edited June 13 by Renton 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19976 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Aye. So all work is checked. I was meaning more care of him. Is there anything we can do to help him. He's clearly an alcho imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4187 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 51 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Aye. So all work is checked. I was meaning more care of him. Is there anything we can do to help him. He's clearly an alcho imo. Imagine letting one lad design a bridge, nobody would be an engineer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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