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@Snowy said in Happiness Scale:
Nah they didn't give a toss whether I was there or not. They all think that the plane flies itself.
Mate of mine was a BA Captain. Used to hate having ex-RAF blokes as co-pilots as "they want to bloody well fly the plane all the time"
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
@Snowy said in Happiness Scale:
Nah they didn't give a toss whether I was there or not. They all think that the plane flies itself.
Mate of mine was a BA Captain. Used to hate having ex-RAF blokes as co-pilots as "they want to bloody well fly the plane all the time"
Yep. We had a heap of ex BA guys (known as Nigels) that were ex RAF cadets that got laid off with cut backs in defence spending, and came to us. I tried to explain that if you fucked with controls, touched switches, pushed buttons on computers, things tended to go wrong. So "leave thing fucking thing alone, it is doing perfectly well" was a common comment from me.
We had one captain that would put the auto pilot on, just after takeoff, even if the F/O was flying, and then order his meal. I agreed with this policy, but I never did it.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
Epiphany was during a visit to NZ and looking over Auckland harbour, drinking Sauvignon Blanc and eating fish and chips. Came back and pretty much resigned there and then, though stayed for a year then set myself up doing freelance work.
Very similar. Came home, realised what I was missing, decision made. I miss flying jets but not the job.
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@Snowy said in Happiness Scale:
We had one captain that would put the auto pilot on, just after takeoff, even if the F/O was flying, and then order his meal. I agreed with this policy, but I never did it.
Steve's attitude was "I'm really only there for when things go wrong". You got the very strong sense he'd do OK when things did go wrong though...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
Steve's attitude was "I'm really only there for when things go wrong". You got the very strong sense he'd do OK when things did go wrong though...
I'm with Steve. It is pretty much what we were trained to do - wait for shit to happen and fix it.
Having said that, they don't fly themselves. Try doing nothing at VR and things don't end well.
Anyway, happiness is sense of purpose for some, my job used to give me that and I'm only just finding it again. "Retirement" is a strange thing - I have no time spare other than the time I spend on here.
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@Bones said in Happiness Scale:
@Snowy you own a hardware store don't you? I grew up in one.
Sort of. We do all home decoration, paint, flooring, curtains, blinds, etc, rather than saws and hammers. Works for doing up houses, so I see your point about "gentrification" (used loosely) of houses to make money. That is what I have done last few years.
So was it a hammer hardware? One of the old Mitre10s before they became mega? Or your parents own individual one? I love hardware stores.
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@Snowy yeah was independent (Mackies Store), then Value Rite, then True Value, then something else I think and then Hammer. Was a bit of a bazaar as was a newsagents and sold some toys as well as being a dry cleaning agents in the independent years.
I'm the most disappointing son of a hardware store owner though.
And just to be on topic for once, I'm sure I'm a shitload happier than my parents were at the same age. No kids though.
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@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@Bones said in Happiness Scale:
@Snowy probably to at least know what end of a hammer to use.
I was more interested in sitting on the paint shaker.
To be fair, that does sound fun
Kinda like this but bigger and looked more old school, had a perspex top so you could see the oil sloshing around inside. Reckon the old man must still have it sitting in a garage, interested @Snowy?
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@Bones said in Happiness Scale:
Ok I've only got as far as people saying 3 mill isn't enough to stop working and m4l saying 2 mill would hardly change his life and fucken hell I'm flabbergasted.
What the fuck do you guys earn and spend on that you couldn't live off 50k a year for the next 60 years?
I could easily turn 1 mill pounds into pretty much retirement with the odd spot of work on property or what have you here and there.
I wouldn't need much because I can sell the house for profit, my superannuation is in good position as well as having a defined benefits scheme and we already have our retirement block (300+ acres with existing house) although the house will need some work/ renovations but that will keep me occupied. I already have toys and the more cash you have available the more expensive the toys and the return isn't linear so not too bothered with having the latest, fastest and greatest. Then all I need is travelling money. And a lot of it because SWMBO doesn't do economy on long stretches.
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i think there has been a couple of threads that have touched on similar topics and im not really sure the best one so i'll stick this in here and move if needs be
so, i decided during lockdown last year i was going to get back into playing rugby, wife was working long hours and quite honestly i just got a bit lonely at night
found a club not too far away here in melbourne and preseason started training started late Jan.
jeez, a real wake up call, apparently jogging just doesn;t cut it on the fitness scales, having a proper conditioning coach is helping and can at least finish a session without having to take a break to "stretch"
some real trouble with knees/achilles/calf's as have had issues with them in the past. slowly coming right though through proper training
can i also just add the back of the lineout seem a lot further away that i remember from the last time i played!
preseason games started this week, if anyone wants to feel a but queasy i can provide photos of my back from the first game, black/blue and red
in general i feel good though, great to meet loads of new blokes ranging from the 20 years olds trying to go pro to some older hats waiting for the squads to sperate so the 3rds can spend at least one training run at the pub
and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon
will settle down i think as i have no expectations above the 3rds and so should get a night back a week
just interesting how things change a bit
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@kiwiwomble going back to play is a huge move. A little jealous to be honest.
I hope you have a fun season.
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