Hi all,

If anyone is at a loose end and wants to meet new people, how about trying Leamington & Warwick Rotaract?

We do a lot of social stuff (meals, cinema, pub nights, bowling etc), and we raise money for local charities into the bargain (through organising and running casinos, quizzes and balls). We meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Roebuck in Warwick, down Smith Street.

Want to find out more, email [email protected] or call 07761 205097.

Matt

18-30 30 - 100
why is it once your past 30 you get classed as too old to mix with anyone younger. I'm 36 , i'm not an oap

Mad, i think you're in that awkward age range of 30-65, a sort of no mands land if you will whereby you are too old for the 18-30 clubs but too young for the retirees clubs. I witnessed some of those old folks playing tennis in the park the other morning having a whale of a time (I was walking to work BTW, hrmmph)

So whats the answer for folk like us then? I'm 38

I believe the received wisdom on this subject is that we (that is, no-mans-land blokes) huddle together in groups in real ale pubs. It's in our genes.

We are doomed to wander round supermarkets with baskets instead of trolleys, with the occasional trip to the pub when our married mates are allowed out once in a blue moon. Most women we meet will have 2 kids and the firm conviction that all men are ******s just because they happened to marry one who was.
We will pay more tax than anyone else because politicians like giving tax breaks to 'families'.
We have to have lodgers because there's no way a single person could buy a house round here, and then people look at you funny cos, you don't own your own home.
Still, not having to go 'shopping' and wearing boots indoors, watching films with spaceships and explosions, and not having to put up shelves on Sundays for no apparent reason makes up for most of that....


Anyway, you kids be careful out there....

Hi Chiilit,

Yes, you correctly identified that there are indeed a few positives to being a no-mans-land bloke. In fact if I look around the office at work mostly what I see is blokes who have some combination (usually all) of the following:

1) Oppressively sized mortgage forcing them to live right on the edge of financial viability = stress.

2) The large house is required because they have several kids that consume vast swathes of time and money (whilst simultaneously destroying the house)

3) A wife that is forever calling them at work with the kind of queries that would cause me personally to be quite rude, and in fact they usually are (after they've put the phone down).

4) A commute that takes several hours, eating even more into what little time and money of their own they had left.

I could go on but I'll leave it there before I ramp up into full scale rant mode. Don't get me started!

Cheers

Surprise!! Even women come in the too young for one group and not ready for the short, permed, grey hair, twinsets, pearls and tartan skirt brigade at the local bridge / bowling club other group.

There are positive and negatives with having your own company. No one argues with you, so that's a good start. Small place, less work and smaller mortgage. No kids to leave it to so why build up a huge bank balance for any beneficiaries to fight over? The council currently give you a discount on your council tax if you are living on your own.

As for wandering around supermarkets with baskets instead of trolleys. Worry when the day comes that you exchange the basket for one of those trundlers. Only then do you realize you have stepped into the next dimension, that of the twilight years.

At the end of the day life is only going to be what we make it. Getting older isn't all doom and gloom. The most important thing is to keep your sense of humour. I have to reign mine in frequently or it will get me into bother.

Oh locster --Oh dear --so sad man.
Still, "trust you -you know what you are doing"- ---and you are not alone
There is quite a large army of you brave lads knocking around town, but this life you are leading does not go on forever.

Mortgages come to an end , kids grow up and become friends . The wife who was bravely moaned about ('only in front of unmarried mates in the pub /office) is usually still there to enjoy life with.

The others------who surprisingly do get older ---------they wear cardigans and slip on shoes-and odd whitish socks and hover around supermarkets with carrier bags -to fill in time --and love it when old ladies say "poor soul he lives alone, how on earth does he manage "
which makes them stand up straight shoulders back ,and feel brave again.

Ihope too you have a sense of humour -or I am doomed.

Err well first up I'm not sad (in the traditional sense of the word!), I was just making an observation that those guys that chillit was placing on a pedestal of sorts aren't necessarily living a life of bliss, many of them anyways. The grass is always greener 'n' all that.

Also, I personally use a trolley in the supermarket, but maybe I'm just greedy?

Also, "this life you are leading" sounded a teeny bit presumptuous/condescending, I personally do very well thanks very much. Can't speak for t'others though obviously. Not being funny, just making a point.

BTW has anyone recognised my avatar yet? Non?

Locster
Erm.......This may come as a shock to you d a h l i n g , but I don't have a telly , so I am just going to hazard a guess at your avatar . Is it J.R. Ewing ?

If so, what is the significance anyways ?

I have noticed you have used some American expressions

If you are a music artist, which venues do you perform at ?

By the way..... on the subject of entertainment..... I am going to see
KEN DODD , next week at THE ROYAL SPA CENTRE. we saw him last year, he was amazingly on form considering his age now.
We had a fun packed 5 hours !!

Cheers.

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Locster
Erm.......This may come as a shock to you..... d a h l i n g , but I don't have a telly , so I am just going to hazard a guess at your avatar . Is it J.R. Ewing ?

If so, what is the significance anyways ?


I have noticed you have used some American expressions

If you are a music artist, which venues do you perform ?


Talking about entertainment...we are going to see KEN DODD next week at THE ROYAL SPA CENTRE. We saw him last year at the same venue, and he was on sparkling form, for 5 hours !
Amazing for his age .

Cheers.

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I had not intended to be presumptuous/condescending. That is just not me. It is how I read it -perhaps too quickly and answered without putting brain into gear.
Also I was trying to be funny (ha-ha funny) and I did know what you meant!

I seem to remember a tv series from a long time back called Sledge Hammer... which, would fit with your "Trust me. I know what I am doing."

Hey, is this the crazy Dude ??


YouTube - Sledge Hammer! (1986) Teaser1

Shizara you got it! Now be honest did you cheat and lookup the catchphrase? I recently re-watched a few episodes on DVD half expecting them to be rubbish (curtesy of a rose tinted memory), but they were actually very funny. I guess my sense of humour hasn't changed that much in 20 years, which is disturbing given that I'm 33.

Other favourites would be Police Squad, Married Without Children (that one doesn't seem so funny anymore, ah well), Muppet Show, err should I mention some British stuff, well there's Blackadder of course (II was he best right? I think that's universally excepted), just watched some old Fry and Laurie episodes also, all good stuff. Now has anyone been watching Modern Toss on channel 4 - probably not everyones cup of tea (putting it mildly) but very funny in places.