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I don’t think he could deal with people who earnings were 20% of his, had bigger houses, smaller mortgages, less stress, worked less hours and could park in front of their own house.
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In their own driveway. 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Give it a rest
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Hah! The Ruskies were thrown out of Courchevel when one too many plane loads of hookers landed at the airport there! It was some years before Covid and certainly pre-sanctions. But they did love the 3 vallees and destroy some of the charm with their outragous desire for expensive bling.
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No idea, TBH. Most of us here have a relief valve of humour, and use some sort of humour to get points across, but it didn't really seem to be part of RC's make-up. Put that with a bit of obsessiveness, and it's probably not surprising that a fuse blew if stuff we don't know about got a bit heavy. I never had him down as un flounceur, I'll admit.
Whatever, I hope he's OK and in a better head-place.
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Yes, basically.
Completely off topic but I see this sort of unsustainable approach in a lot of people in their 30s. Definitely in the legal business.
But even my neighbour who is a building contractor is out of the house for about 12 hours and has three young kids. Doing up his house as well. There's just no way that's sustainable into your 40s. We do all slow down gradually, or hit a wall.
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I think there's a pernicious pressure on people to achieve all sorts of things and meet others' expectations (financial and otherwise) and 'status' through work. And put that with (for many people) external financial pressures, and it's no wonder so many struggle mentally.
I know I just couldn't have done it, not least as I've got an inherently lazy streak (which has the upside of always asking "What's the point of doing this?") If I was having to work so hard I couldn't enjoy family (if I had one) or where I lived, or have time to bugger about doing not very much for shits and giggles, I'd seriously wonder what the point was.
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Most of don't know the sweet spot until we are past it.
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Why. Someone bangs on about how much they earn, gets some stick flounces off. Excuse me if I haven’t got a great deal of sympathy.
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I've never thought of any 'sweet spot', just making stuff up as I hurtle towards oblivion at an ever increasing speed. I can't take any of it with me when I go 'splat' on the wall at the end of this wild ride of mortality, so I might as well try to have a bit of fun before that moment. And not being an arse while I do it, I suppose, and maybe adding a bit to others' lives while I'm here.
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You are young. It only gets worse. And then the day comes when you look in the mirror and see someone who looks like your father.
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Sounds fairly normal for a small contractor.
I would also say that none of us know what else was going on in the background.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
4 hours of commuting a day isn't normal.
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As kinda referenced in my "What's the point of doing this?". I just can't imagine a significant part of my limited life being spent in commuting hell. I wouldn't last a week.
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