Army Thread Thursday 25th July

[sweetpea29]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

Afternoon folks :hallo:

Sorry disappeared yest eve- baby bro landed with his pal, they're just left again now so peace has been restored!

Reccie- glad to hear ye have got the eyes sorted:goodjob: What happened to the optician btw?! And yeah that outfit of JC's could come in handy should one ever hafta deal with MrD's boxers, wonder does she loan out?!

MrD'Arsey- think its great that you've become involved with those groups- fair play to ya What sorta performance are ye gonna be doing in Glasgow? Enjoy your lunch with yer pal too- will s/he be allowed to munch some crisps?!

Alll the Dubbers folks-- Molls, Satz, Foxy et al.- hope yis are ok? Heard there's been some fierce flooding down that way.

Hiya MrsA, Pinky, Jacks and MrT and anybody missed :hiya:

Feeling a tad blue or blah here- not sure which or why just wanna hide under me duvet and forget the world forabit -might just do that! maybe see yis later xxx

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

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sweetpea29;1536414 wrote: Afternoon folks

Sorry disappeared yest eve- baby bro landed with his pal, they're just left again now so peace has been restored!

Reccie- glad to hear ye have got the eyes sorted:goodjob: What happened to the optician btw?! And yeah that outfit of JC's could come in handy should one ever hafta deal with MrD's boxers, wonder does she loan out?!

MrD'Arsey- think its great that you've become involved with those groups- fair play to ya What sorta performance are ye gonna be doing in Glasgow? Enjoy your lunch with yer pal too- will s/he be allowed to munch some crisps?!

Alll the Dubbers folks-- Molls, Satz, Foxy et al.- hope yis are ok? Heard there's been some fierce flooding down that way.

Hiya MrsA, Pinky, Jacks and MrT and anybody missed :hiya:

Feeling a tad blue or blah here- not sure which or why just wanna hide under me duvet and forget the world forabit -might just do that! maybe see yis later xxx

:l Hope you ok Piddlepants.

Late check in here into Skiverville.

Sorry if I caused a 'thinky thinky' syndrome in the camp this morning -
Simples really : I have time on my hands - no kids - no grandkids - boring job I'm scared to leave in case a redundancy package comes up as I drive away out of the car park :egad:

So thought I 'd love to do something else - paid / unpaid - don't care - that will hopefully help someone else.
Perhaps it is ommmmmm stuff further down the line.
The only benefit I'd expect is to have helped someone and filled some hours with something DIFFERENT and interesting.
It can't be ALL ABOUT ME - can it ? Doesn't seem right somehow.
Maybe it's as simple as finding a job I love - like JC & Molls ( usually)
I have my diploma course coming up in September - so let's see what that unearths.

I'm off now to get me nails done - yes - that is the highlight of MY day - FFS:upset:
Anyway catch yiz later back at the ranch

[Zenstyle]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

Recluse;1536283 wrote:
Ok...off to catch up on the tail end of yesterdays's thread.

He really does need glasses. Totally missed what I posted to him on yesterday's thread... :goodjob:

Well, I bought myself two pairs of sandals and four tops yesterday... and got the lot of them on sale at excellent prices. All in all, feeling much better about things. Retail therapy helps... )

Here's MY moan du jour... The weather is DISGUSTINGLY hot and humid. It registered 95F (35C) outside temp on the car thingy while I was out yesterday afternoon. And we have around 80% humidity which makes it bloody insufferable. :upset:

Been doing housework, laundry and cleaning out a couple of drawers and now off to the post orifice and other errands... here comes the heat & humidity... yuck.

Hope everyone's having a lekker Thursday... X

[tiptronic_ct]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

:wavin: Army

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

mollyka;1536476 wrote: Hello all!!! Home from the Tardis --- phew!!!
What's the craic lads??

well that'll be not a lot then :H

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

RunningCourage;1536485 wrote: well that'll be not a lot then :H

Well I spilled my guts earlier !

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

satz123;1536489 wrote: Well I spilled my guts earlier !

One mo, Benjy-o...

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

satz123;1536489 wrote: Well I spilled my guts earlier !

And I had to clean it up.



Evening ,me lovelies.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

mollyka;1536495 wrote: Evenin Jackie --- did you have a good day at work?

Hot as Hades and as boring as all shite but I get paid for this job.

mollyka;1536495 wrote:
I DIDN'T - and YES I'm lookin for sympathy:H

Come here then and sit on me lap and I'll do the there, there never mind,it's all over now, while watching the TV over yer shoulder.

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

satz123;1536455 wrote:

Sorry if I caused a 'thinky thinky' syndrome in the camp this morning -
Simples really : I have time on my hands - no kids - no grandkids - boring job I'm scared to leave in case a redundancy package comes up as I drive away out of the car park :egad:

So thought I 'd love to do something else - paid / unpaid - don't care - that will hopefully help someone else.
Perhaps it is ommmmmm stuff further down the line.
The only benefit I'd expect is to have helped someone and filled some hours with something DIFFERENT and interesting.
It can't be ALL ABOUT ME - can it ? Doesn't seem right somehow.
Maybe it's as simple as finding a job I love - like JC & Molls ( usually)
I have my diploma course coming up in September - so let's see what that unearths.

I'm off now to get me nails done - yes - that is the highlight of MY day - FFS:upset:
Anyway catch yiz later back at the ranch

How's yer nails, btw?!

Right... it is both all about you and NOT all about you. If you're not doing something that makes you happy and gives a sense of well being, of purpose, then it is likely, in my humble wee opinion, that you wont be doing a great deal for anyone else. If you are doing something for you, that gives you a sense of purpose and happiness and, even if you have shit days, cos all jobs and work and hobbies have shit days, you should still feel a sense that yes, this is ok - this is good - and this is something i am happy to spend my time doing... and benefiting others along the way

You say to me don't think so much and i sometimes think (:H) that we overthink the moment and miss the experience... and i also think that times we do overthink are often times we are not engaged... me at work sometimes, e.g.

And yes maybe it is about finding the job you love... or maybe it is about looking at the life balance thingy... some folks work for money and find their lives fulfilled outside of the work place. Some are the other way round. Some do something else all together. But it is about finding what it is for you.

The diploma sounds a grand start - wots it in again? (sorry if you mentioned this and i forgot already)...

OK, i'm gonna post you a link to a an excerpt from Sir Ken Robinsons book: Finding your element - dunno, sometimes the guy does me head in but he is big in the arts and education sector...seen as bit of guru "wooooooo":H

Ken's Finding your element excerpt

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

Glad you asked about the diploma, D'Arsey, cos I've forgotten as well.

I just fell into my volunteer jobs. Starty gave me this link and I just typed in my interests.

Do-it - Volunteering made easy

Being perfectly honest I did it for meeeeeeeeeeeee. Just to get back into a routine of getting up, getting the bus/train, interacting with other people.

My Aunt's just lost her husband after 8 squillion years together and is talking about volunteering. It's either that or sit at home wearing his slippers for the rest of her life.

I'd actually :h to work in a high class jewellers.

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

mollyka;1536493 wrote: Yes you did - was waitin till you got back from your nail job

Sounds like you need summat to fill a void alright Benj. Are you really miserable or just a bit blah?

Not miserable -just feel I'm time-wasting at the mo Molls is all
A kinda - "what's it all for" type space I'm in !
I can't be the only one can I ?
I know the peeps in work live for the weekend to go get drunk etc ..... but that doesn't interest me these days.
or even if drink wasn't involved - it's always seems to be some other 'ME' indulgence at the weekend isn't it ?
Oh God - think I'll join a nunnery :H

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

Sorry I disappeared orff. Son and heir just arrived.

Like you Molls, if I was a normie I'd be looking forward to a good few at the weekend, but we have to remember a normie wouldn't go into mourning if they couldn't go out on a weekend if something else cropped up.

Sir Pee hasn't been out with the lads on a Friday night for yonks and it hasn't bothered him. He often does a duty over weekends and he doesn't go into decline.

My life may be mundane and boring a lot of the time, but we're allowed to be bored. We don't have to fill up 24 hours of thrill seeking. Remember Sundays when we were 12ish, I'd rather not.
Look back and think what we did when we were drinking, a few drinks in and we think we're invincible. 7 days a week, how fecking boring is that.

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

I met me old friend for a drink at lunchtime. She was with two of her school pals from way back when. I remember them, though haven't seen them in years. Anyway, they were all down having a girlie time in Glasgow. I met them at 1pm "Drinks?!" said my friend Charly. "I'm driving" I said... which got me out of any awkward "EH?!? WHY have you given up?!" So the girls had their gins and I had my lemonade.

At this point I would like to say that i still find it difficult to say to some friends - those I have not seen in a while - that I have given up the booze. All the folks who know me at work know I don't drink, and a few others. But yeah, still find that one difficult.

Anyway, what was real nice was just chilling outside with them, having a bit of a laugh and just feeling very relaxed. Not a drink needed for that. It was good to experience. And know that i was sober and complicmentice and lucid at all times. If it were a whole afternoon / evening of it, i think i'd be put off on the outset... but yeah, it was nice for the hour... just to STOP for a bit.

I sat at work later on - at the table where we always sit and have 5 o'clock pints. I was working later so was just sitting there with coleagues/friends to catch up on a work thing. The temptation just to go into the drink was still there. I felt the quite real sensation/psychology of comradeship of us who had finished work and were sliding into the evening with the drink. I thought that would be so nice just to slip down in there. And then I thought why don;t I just? And then I thought what do i have to do tomorrow morning...and then I remembered i run. And i wouldn;t be able to run. So that tempered any notion that the drink would be good.

It's very much about the then and now with drink. If i had that drink then - it would be good. That one and the one after and the one after that. BUT it is after that that it would be pointless.... Pointless because even if I didn;t drink anymore, i'd be useless. I wouldn't be here typing merrily to youse. I wouldn;t be writing up writing I'd done today. I wouldn't be being much at all. At the very least there is more time to be and do.

I've said this all before, but it came to me again today so just posting it. I am still stewing at times of whether i do drink again... just saying... being very honest and stuff... but I know it wont be for a while. Well i say i know, but you know what i mean - i have no plans to.

Still learning...

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 25th July

Dear Army

My posts seem to be quite long these past few days.

Apologies for being too prolix.

Kindest regards,

F F D'Arsey