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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.2 -
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.
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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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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Brian beat me to it, I'm in a snowy Chamonix which codes well for the conditions up top tomorrow. Currently carb loading for tomorrow in a micro brewery that does some rather nice beers 🙃
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
Agreed, but we are all different and the World is a better place for it. Key point is that only one person moaned about circumstances which derived from their choices.
Anyway, I'll get back on topic when Putin does something noteworthy. Hopefully making the dead pool thread.
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.1 -
Lots and lots of people do that. Mostly at the lower end of the pay scale.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Why?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I know. But it gets harder as you get older and it gets harder if you have more responsibilities and intensity at work or at home.
I left home at 8 and got back about 8 or 9 for about 5 or 6 years before COVID and I could not do it now. Crept up on me, that routine.
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It's like a gossipy WI meeting in here.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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You are showing your age.
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You can talk, your hairs receedding, not to mention that facelift has made your eyebrows pull wheelies.
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I’m starting to feel I’ve gone too far the other way. Working from home full time with no commuting is great but whilst I have a decent amount of work I’m starting to get bored so starting to think about moving on again somewhere with hybrid working especially as in most places I could earn 40-50% more.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d still retire tomorrow if I could but if so have to be at a desk for the best part of 40 hours a week I need a bit more stimulation. However, I know that any move is likely to result in long hours and higher stress again so I’m wary. I’ve concluded that finding the sweet spot is even harder than finding that other infamous spot.
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How long have you been in the role? I got stale during year 4 and in my whole career never worked anywhere for more than 4 years. Variety is the spice of life.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Well someone needs to.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I know what you mean. I'm looking around at the moment, because I need something that will get me out of my office. I feel busy and stretched at the moment, but in a way that makes me feel like one of the batteries in the Matrix. I know that I would get just as much done in less time if I was fitting it in around other things.
9 1/2 years in the same company and I think I have one big move left.
"Open to Work" as they say on LinkedIn. "Experienced Patent Attorney with short temper and juvenile sense of humour".
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I happily admit that I would easily live the life of a flâneur if I could, I have absolutely no desire to work and really couldn't care less about status. As I run a business my only real interest is keeping all my staff in jobs as they have all worked here a long time and their loyalty demands mine in return in my book.
Fortunately I worked out in my late 20's that I didn't need to work 50 hours a week so I have been part time ever since. I know I am lucky that I have been able to make that work financially, if my circumstances suddenly changed and I had to work full time or for someone else then I would struggle.
As for Chasey, I hope he is doing okay. I do agree that in real life he perhaps got caught up in the whole money/job/status thing, but many do so that is understandable. Personally I did find his (seemingly genuine) hatred of old people distasteful and rather odd. I said it at the time, but you don't blow up like he did just because of what people say on an anonymous forum, there are clearly far bigger life issues which are the tinder and often a small and seemingly innocuous flame suddenly becomes a big match.
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While I stayed at the one school for 24 years, it's only been part of my very modest 'portfolio' of work, and that's meant I've never felt stale. Just spitballing - would there be any option, say, to do your day job for three days a week, in or out of an office, and do something related or completely different otherwise? Maybe you're just too young to consider a not-five-days-a-week professional life.
I did do the herdsman thing five days a week for 14 years, but that was certainly never dull, if very shitty. And all the while I was doing plenty of music otherwise.
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Oops, maybe I need to send this lot after me. I think this belongs somewhere else.
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