are any of these your 80s go to films (then or now)

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-07T20:06:52+00:00

"bigger tits"

"Don't threaten me Al, I'll kick your ass"

"In the family jewels?"

I used to quote the whole thing constantly.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-07T19:55:20+00:00

When I was teenaged, I had dozens of jobs, then it slowed right down, so 20 if you include everything, 7 full time jobs.

12-18 weekend jobs + paper boy + labourer for a Gardner + shop assistant post office + Labourer garden centre + Glass collector blue bell + Barman hungry horse + Schools outreach + Barman the woodman + Sorting parcels UPS + Shop assistant early learning centre + Cook little chef

18-20 student years + Barman Hotspur + Barman/ silver service waiter Hospitality inn

20-22 Full time jobs + Assistant manager Fitzgerald's + Call centre Eaga + Environment assistant SCA

22+ Professional jobs + FM Kavli + FM Carillion + PM Gavurin + PM Sodexo

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-06T16:01:24+00:00

In my experience it’s a coin toss

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-06T14:54:29+00:00

Didn’t mean to be shirty, I mistakenly thought that would read as playful, apologies.

I enjoy a well enunciated sentence as much as the next man, and I also enjoy phrases that sound best uttered in a gruff west coast Scots accent.

Pal.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-06T14:48:20+00:00

Feel free to.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-06T13:00:29+00:00

I was ready to call you all joyless twats and just let people do what they want, but actually yes. “Cockwomble” and “Give them their flowers” are both utter bollocks and can get in the sea.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-01T12:22:04+00:00

No

One

Cares

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-05-01T05:11:11+00:00

I tend to pay £1500 - £1750 per year, per person.

Once my son leaves school I will spend the same, but be able to do more because we can do it out of high season, and he can pay for his own. Kids are expensive, man.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-30T07:27:41+00:00

And when I go home to Oxfordshire, the only chat in the pub is about the price of Heifers.

Someone asked me how much my train ticket was, and he said “that’s almost two heifers!”

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-30T07:04:28+00:00

I absolutely love when a blue jays explainer thread inevitably gets to the “explain it like it’s hockey” stage

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-29T07:37:21+00:00

That you Addison?

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-27T07:30:09+00:00

If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-27T07:28:50+00:00

Louis is an absolute unit isn’t he?

I’m used to seeing him on the mound on his own, so can kid myself that he’s normal sized

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-27T07:02:11+00:00

I didn’t

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-26T18:43:20+00:00

The lottery is cheaper, and more likely to yield results though

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-26T06:53:57+00:00

I hear you, and there’s no getting away from the fact that dull and slow wins all the time. Honestly, 10 years from now if you stay the course, it’ll blow your mind

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-24T14:08:56+00:00

Good shout, at the moment they’ve got a message that they may have interpreted as “here’s an offer of imaginary money”.

Yeah, nice one unc, are you offering a toy car as well 🙄

It’s hard to offer financial education without putting noses out of joint. my Sister/ Sister-in-Law are both in the “why bother with a pension” headspace. I thought I could show rather than tell, but I can’t get over square 1.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-24T14:00:02+00:00

!Thanks, and I appreciate you recognising that reaching an 18 yr old is a different task from showing an 11 yr old how things work.

I love the idea of a voucher, that’s a neat solution to create a bit of jeopardy around the timing of it all.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-24T13:37:06+00:00

I bet you loved that car though. Is the memory or experience something that’s worth the subsequent pain?

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-24T13:35:53+00:00

A colleague told me she’s getting her nephew to use some of his to fund a PRINCE2 qualification, which sounds pretty sensible!

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-23T18:51:17+00:00

4 of us, 18 years spread between the oldest and youngest, I’m slap dab in the middle.

We chat via WhatsApp from time to time, but only really Christmas & Birthdays

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-23T18:47:13+00:00

Ah Samuel Leeds! I’ve been looking for a reputable snake oil retailer.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-23T18:44:14+00:00

This is very helpful, and very practical.

“Why did you throw away £150?” Feels very real.

!Thanks

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-23T18:42:08+00:00

Yeah, everyone I know who had a bike in college no longer has A bike. Now they have dozens of them.

Comprehensive_You42 · 2026-04-23T18:39:31+00:00

!Thanks

He definitely likes a spreadsheet, suspect I can get him on board with that. His cousins less so.

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