The middle aged thread

Come here! My father in law is planning on teaching us. He does loads of conservation volunteering and is planning on bringing a crew of friends here at some point.

Ok then I accept your you go girl

the rotting stink that no amount of aftershave will cover

https://nuudcare.com/

I was in a meeting and a supplier sales guy was rambling on. He was your typical basic bullshit artist 40 something red in the face, tried to have some bants and stank the whole room out with his aftershave that didn’t so much mask his hairy man-arse stench as present it. This gave me a synesthesia episode where now if I hear a nickelback song I am reminded of being in that room.

Is jacking in your job and becoming a Handyman some kind of middle aged rite of passage now? Because fucking no thanks I did enough manual labour when I was young and I reserve the right to bonk when I’m riding a bike, not while I’m precariously pushing a wheelbarrow up a plank to load a skip.

My neighbour packed in being a graphic designer to become a gardener, joining the host of other middle-aged male gardeners cutting hedges in my North London neighbourhood. He sports a pony-tail and permanent workwear and his wife is now the main breadwinner.

yep,,,I know guy who sold his estate agents business,,, bought a strimmer and does lawns,,,,

Probably folks who didn’t have to do any labouring when they were younger might feel the need. But I think I’m with you - did plenty of that when I was younger and hurt less. Got it as a fallback option but I’m in no hurry to go back to it.

TBF Anything's better than being a graphic designer... IME anyway... My plumber in London used to be an A&R guy at London Records, it's a thing I guess... Less stress, doing something with your hands, etc... I can relate...

I went from graphic design to being a support worker, now I've moved onto the management side it feels a bit more like a normal office job... At least it feels like I'm doing something a little more worthwhile than filling the gaps between ads in a magazine...

just put a snotty note under someones windscreen wiper.

Parked right outside our gaff and has somehow managed to spread themselves over 3 spaces. which is quite an achievement in itself.

You need this https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/299441/
You old fucker .

Passive aggressive, or just aggressive? ;)

3 is the sort of parking that requires GCSE maths or high levels of 0 fucks.

pass ag af. even included a little <3 at the end.

worked tho! car's moved up, note's still there... which is weird.

😘

Lol maybe they are keeping it for future use 😁

Etc:

https://www.boredpanda.com/windshield-notes-bad-drivers-parking-fails

i have developed a chummy, conversational relationship with the delightful lady that works in the pharmacy down the road from whom i purchase fisherman's friend lozenges, vitamin supplements and off-brand berocca fizzy tabs.

Lockdown getting to you and you need a chat? ;)

I'm on nearly on first name speaking terms with the local Spar post office staff so can't judge :)

Heaven forbid we might all chat to each other...

I'm tongue in cheek here.

I think it's actually much better if everyone is happy to always just talk to each other.

With Covid though it's probably even more important, we are in "fire breaker mode" ATM in NI.

No pubs, no museums, no visits, no nothing, so shops and neighbours is all that's left.

And outside (but yes it rains a lot now) / bubbles.

Yeah sorry I was with you on the irony. I'm just sad that community chit-chat is not the norm in the UK.

see i've never got that characterisation.

i've lived in the UK (the north and in london – rural and urban) as well as in france and in germany and i honestly don't think there's a huge difference. people are people.

Surely it's;

i purchase fisherman's friend lozenges

Not that he's got a friend.

I'm currently sitting with a hot water bottle on my lower back because it's sore thinking about a Ti bike.

This thread feels close.

Vienna is less social than Norn Ire, and people in Belfast that sit next to you in a pub will extract your whole life story.

Which in the Netherlands would be less usual. So there are some differences but shop chat seems quite common everywhere.

And the weather of course. Add complaining about public transport when in the Netherlands 😁