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Crying.
Top notch ferning.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Kevin Hart's latest special has a ripper of a bit about how women always have to find a fuck to give.
This is a brilliant meme, guaranteed to piss off female and male archaeologists!
On another topic, I moved to Melbourne from Sydney. Never got any hassle about that, perhaps due to my velvety Snagglepuss tones.
On a Happiness scale, I should be a 1. But hey shit happens even to us deludedly idealistic fuckers...still, why does karmic shit so seldom happen to those bastards who deserve it? I've decided karma only happens 1/20 times but positive reinforcement, Hollywood formula movies, pulpJoseph Campbell lit and schadenfreude means that is enough for most to keep plodding on..
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@nostrildamus said in Happiness Scale:
On another topic, I moved to Melbourne from Sydney. Never got any hassle about that, perhaps due to my velvety Snagglepuss tones.
I know exactly one person from Sydney in Sydney, and he couldn't tell you which street is George St, he's the worst local ever!
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@nostrildamus said in Happiness Scale:
my velvety Snagglepuss tones.
You are not quite who I thought you were.
Stay away from the GOM thread - you are likely to fail there.
Oh, and Karma I have found to be far better than 1 /20. I go out to shoot a possum and get a broken rib? Spooky ay? It's all around you...
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@nostrildamus said in Happiness Scale:
On another topic, I moved to Melbourne from Sydney. Never got any hassle about that, perhaps due to my velvety Snagglepuss tones.
I know exactly one person from Sydney in Sydney
How is that possible???!!!!!
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@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@Nepia said in Happiness Scale:
@nostrildamus said in Happiness Scale:
On another topic, I moved to Melbourne from Sydney. Never got any hassle about that, perhaps due to my velvety Snagglepuss tones.
I know exactly one person from Sydney in Sydney
How is that possible???!!!!!
Well I'm sure "I know" more but there's only one I hang out with and nearly all my workmates are from places other than Sydney as well.
Bloody hell, what is the Fern coming too, we can't exaggerate for effect anymore.
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@nostrildamus said in Happiness Scale:
my velvety Snagglepuss tones.
You are not quite who I thought you were.
Stay away from the GOM thread - you are likely to fail there.
Oh, and Karma I have found to be far better than 1 /20. I go out to shoot a possum and get a broken rib? Spooky ay? It's all around you...
- Oh it's a life goal. Certainly don't look like him. Or sound like him tbh (I just don't have a strong accent). But he had the best lines.
- Recoil?
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@nostrildamus said in Happiness Scale:
Recoil?
No.
I wasn't using a blunderbuss to scatter bits of possum all over the garden, although I would like to.Was the wife's fault, a clumsy oaf never admits to it. The whole embarrissing saga is in here somewhere - I think earlier in this thread.
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so, in the spirit of this thread, was talking to a guy on saturday night who was confronted by some of these very questions
had a good, if high pressured job that paid well, but took all of his time and energy. He had nothing left to give his family. So he resigned and took a job at Boating Camping Fishing for a third of the pay, but twice the time at home.
I can't imagine the guts that took. But he doesn't regret a bit of it. He's really fucking happy with where he is now.
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@mariner4life awesome.
I don't get people who say they'd keep working if they won the lottery. Sure, it needs to be enough of a win to quit work, but FFS anything north of $3M and you can't quit, you need to have a look at yourself...
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@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
so, in the spirit of this thread, was talking to a guy on saturday night who was confronted by some of these very questions
had a good, if high pressured job that paid well, but took all of his time and energy. He had nothing left to give his family. So he resigned and took a job at Boating Camping Fishing for a third of the pay, but twice the time at home.
I can't imagine the guts that took. But he doesn't regret a bit of it. He's really fucking happy with where he is now.
a mate of mine did this recently, lost his high paid IT sales job directly cos of COVID, decided he had enough of that field and is now literally on the tools ( always one of those pretty handy types so that made sense ). I'm fairly sure apprentice chippies don't quite earn six figures.......
Sales jobs ( well, ANY jobs ) are incredibly stressful when things aren't going your way. I'm so thankful I'm in one that I'm thriving in but still gives me the balance to go and grab the boys after school whenever I feel like it.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life awesome.
I don't get people who say they'd keep working if they won the lottery. Sure, it needs to be enough of a win to quit work, but FFS anything north of $3M and you can't quit, you need to have a look at yourself...
i couldn't retire on $3M! how the fuck can you?
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@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life awesome.
I don't get people who say they'd keep working if they won the lottery. Sure, it needs to be enough of a win to quit work, but FFS anything north of $3M and you can't quit, you need to have a look at yourself...
i couldn't retire on $3M! how the fuck can you?
All the money he's saved on haircuts over the years.
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@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life awesome.
I don't get people who say they'd keep working if they won the lottery. Sure, it needs to be enough of a win to quit work, but FFS anything north of $3M and you can't quit, you need to have a look at yourself...
i couldn't retire on $3M! how the fuck can you?
Didn't say retire - just quit your job. Come back to something else later if you want/need.
If you do it right, deposits on a couple of investment properties, get the loans approved while you're still working, then quit. Set up an annuity with the bulk of the remaining funds, and never pay tax.
Depending on the actual amount I'd either pay off the mortgage or just sit the offset on its arse for a couple of years while I figure out what to do with my life. Because what I'm doing now isn't exactly fulfilling.
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Worth noting that I have no desire to buy a massive 4WD or a boat or jetskis or any of those kinds of "toys".
Would I be tempted? Fuck yeah. But if you're asking me to choose between continuing the rat race or keeping my aging X-Trail another 5 years, I'll take option B thanks.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life awesome.
I don't get people who say they'd keep working if they won the lottery. Sure, it needs to be enough of a win to quit work, but FFS anything north of $3M and you can't quit, you need to have a look at yourself...
i couldn't retire on $3M! how the fuck can you?
Didn't say retire - just quit your job. Come back to something else later if you want/need.
If you do it right, deposits on a couple of investment properties, get the loans approved while you're still working, then quit. Set up an annuity with the bulk of the remaining funds, and never pay tax.
Depending on the actual amount I'd either pay off the mortgage or just sit the offset on its arse for a couple of years while I figure out what to do with my life. Because what I'm doing now isn't exactly fulfilling.
My brother in law in Canada recently quit the Police after 30 years, got the pension and now does fishing charters ( ie turning something he loves into something that pays ) for shits and giggs. He's gotten fat, grown the beard and couldn't possibly look happier if he tried.
Police don't earn enough but he was fucken smart with what he got and good on him.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Worth noting that I have no desire to buy a massive 4WD or a boat or jetskis or any of those kinds of "toys".
Would I be tempted? Fuck yeah. But if you're asking me to choose between continuing the rat race or keeping my aging X-Trail another 5 years, I'll take option B thanks.
I'm a true Scotsman, I get a nice car and fuel card through work. I nearly had a coronary when I took it on leave and actually had to pay for my own petrol.....( I couldn't justify using the fuel card )
The thought of forking out my own money for a nice 4WD makes me want to curl up and die.
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@mariner4life said in Happiness Scale:
i couldn't retire on $3M! how the fuck can you?
You can't. Low interest rate environments. I'm not old enough for any government help for another 15 years or so, probably means tested anyway so will get nothing.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life awesome.
I don't get people who say they'd keep working if they won the lottery. Sure, it needs to be enough of a win to quit work, but FFS anything north of $3M and you can't quit, you need to have a look at yourself...
mate, we've got a heap of people in our business who could walk away and don't. Depends on what you're doing, and how pressured it is. Three key elements of job satisfaction are autonomy, mastery and a sense of purpose (according to Daniel Pink). When things go well, we smash all three boxes and it's just awesome to be part of. Solving real problems, leaving a meaningful change in communities and having fun doing it gets me out of bed in the morning.
There are shite weeks and months, but being part of an employee owned business making a difference is a great spot to be. I'd probably drop a few hours, but I'm not sure I'd fully step away if I won lotto. It's good fun too often
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