mjmooney Posted January 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2020 23 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: Pfffft to anybody who says they'd get bored not working/retiring. Quite so. Although I was musing on this "winning the lottery and giving up work - good or bad?" debate. And I think it would be different if you're young or middle aged, and all your friends and family are still working. Whereas I have a whole social circle of folks my age living the same sort of life. Wouldn't want to be the only one doing it (or have to hang out with other lottery winners). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2020 58 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Brexit aside, I've had a great week. Monday - won the pub quiz. Tuesday - Villa beating Leicester, and a great gig by Rachel Laven. Wednesday - didn't have any childcare, so a chilled day with a boozy lunch. Thursday - my birthday. Nice riverside walk with the missus. Open mic in the evening, and smashed it - got an encore, which is pretty much unheard of for a support act. Headliner was an old mate of mine from footballing days, and he was great. Today - visit from daughter and the new baby. Planning on going out for a post-birthday meal at the weekend. Good times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 On 29/01/2020 at 12:14, villaglint said: Oh this is a can of worms. It's Sensible Soccer for me, although I spent far too many hours playing both. Together with Championship Manager that is basically the only computers games I've ever played. Sensi soccer on the Megadrive and CM2 on my old PC - mid 90's. I think I wasted a whole year of my life, but it was worth to lead Peterborough to an era of unsurpassed glory! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Tilt in the city centre has good craft beer and loads of arcade machines, but it is expensive. Kongs as well, although never been inside https://www.kongsbars.com/bars/birmingham/ I imagine there is a serious hipster vibe in there! @AVFCDAN beaten me to it! Edited January 31, 2020 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Xela said: Sensi soccer on the Megadrive and CM2 on my old PC - mid 90's. I think I wasted a whole year of my life, but it was worth to lead Peterborough to an era of unsurpassed glory! Kaiserslautern all the way on Sensible Soccor ..purely for that moment when your striker scored and " Kuntz " appeared on screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Brexit aside, I've had a great week. Monday - won the pub quiz. Tuesday - Villa beating Leicester, and a great gig by Rachel Laven. Wednesday - didn't have any childcare, so a chilled day with a boozy lunch. Thursday - my birthday. Nice riverside walk with the missus. Open mic in the evening, and smashed it - got an encore, which is pretty much unheard of for a support act. Headliner was an old mate of mine from footballing days, and he was great. Today - visit from daughter and the new baby. Planning on going out for a post-birthday meal at the weekend. Good times. My Dad always says to me now "I don't know how I managed to fit a full time job in!" Since retiring my folks are out every day. Even if its just for a walk, or a drive to a new village and lunch or a poke around old book stores or antique shops. I think its important to stay active, both physically and mentally. Happy belated birthday! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: This. Eleven **** years left for me Every ounce of my being now is working to retire as early as possible. Upping my pension contributions, continually tweaking my investments, etc. Obviously not at the expense at living now, but i've trimmed a lot of wasteful spending. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Clicking my fingers and joints. So satisfying, especially this one I get in my wrist every few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lombardo Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 Nostalgia drove me to post on VT again after a number of years. Good to be back. Cheered me up having the banter on Twitter earlier. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 The Cotswolds. What a bloody lovely area. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Xela said: The Cotswolds. What a bloody lovely area. It is. But but such an air of "smug white well-to-do English Tories" about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, mjmooney said: It is. But but such an air of "smug white well-to-do English Tories" about it. I know, great isn't it Seriously though, chatting to a few people in the bar for a couple of nights and you could count the Labour and Remain fans on the finger of an amputated hand! That was people of all ages as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just got a text from one of my daughters: Quote So I made it to 11.45pm on 31st of dry January before I had a vodka and cranberry. Felt like giving up at the last 100m of a marathon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 11 hours ago, Lombardo said: Nostalgia drove me to post on VT again after a number of years. Good to be back. Cheered me up having the banter on Twitter earlier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Always make me smile, seem to be everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seat68 Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 3 and a half year old leans in. Kisses me and says "you're my favourite fat grandad". Little shit be trolling me. 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2020 Ooh, it's that Jones girl on University Challenge again... yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 41 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Ooh, it's that Jones girl on University Challenge again... yum. She's excellent, but there's a lass called Hourihan who's even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 4, 2020 Moderator Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 31/01/2020 at 22:39, Lombardo said: Nostalgia drove me to post on VT again after a number of years. Good to be back. Cheered me up having the banter on Twitter earlier. Welcome back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2020 I've been "on call" (taking literally 0 calls) for over a year. It turns out I've been underpaid for it, over weekends they've "only" paid me for 8 hours a day of doing bugger all instead of 24. I never noticed because I just looked at my payslips and thought "yup, that's loads of money for doing nothing". They've asked for the records for all of the weekends I've been covering for the last year, and are talking of calculating how much they owe me. Which is ridiculous, because I literally did nothing, but that's an extra 32 hours of on call pay per weekend. I can't help but feel they'll find a way of getting out of it, but if they actually pay, i'm withdrawing it all in cash so I can Scrooge McDuck in the bath. 9 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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