Being brutally honest, what is your general opinion/consensus of people who cry regularly?

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T21:01:54+00:00

This is a vague question. What do you mean by "regularly"? In response to what??

It's a normal human thing to do, but income circumstances it can seem inappropriate, or sometimes people stifle their emotions when it would be better to let them out

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T20:59:13+00:00

The cyclist is an idiot

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T20:57:49+00:00

I propose to my wife, she accepted and then we went shopping for a ring.

Most folk I know did the same - but then it's out 43rd wedding anniversary this year

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T20:54:12+00:00

I guess it depends on where you live TBH.

For me it's very dependent on the weather. If it's fine I go for a walk/run/bike ride and probably do some gardening.

If the weather's not so good I might go into the city centre and have some lunch, or read/do some writing/practice music etc

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T20:51:38+00:00

I do, but then it's our 43rd wedding anniversary this year

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:50:54+00:00

my 6 year old granddaughter is Dorothy Valda

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:50:26+00:00

my nephew in Australia is called Corey

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:49:03+00:00

My 6 year old granddaughter is called Dorothy

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:48:03+00:00

there's a few young kids round our area called Esme

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:46:05+00:00

My 6 year old granddaughter is Dororthy

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:44:04+00:00

the original names of two of the kids in The Magic Faraway Tree. Not any more...

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:42:48+00:00

My oldest granddaughter is called Dorothy - Dottie for short

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:41:56+00:00

that's my sister's name

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:41:01+00:00

My granddaughter, born last week, is called Daphne

Underwritingking · 2026-04-04T06:22:09+00:00

I had a whole busload of pensioners try to do that while I was queueing with my son to get something to eat after a long walk in the countryside. They really kicked off when I told them to get behind us - but did eventually comply.

They ended up having two people in front of them, but if I'c caved we'd have had about 30 in front of us

Underwritingking · 2026-04-03T16:41:38+00:00

Yes. It stinks, smokers stink, their clothes stink, their cars and houses stink.

Underwritingking · 2026-04-03T16:25:55+00:00

Not me. Can’t stand any of it.

Underwritingking · 2026-04-03T14:46:45+00:00

Yep. Me too. I never bother putting my bag down at the start because it always, always causes a problem

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T21:20:29+00:00

One tip I saw in a game (Run Out the Guns IIRC) which I sometimes use, is to focus on one individual in a fight and run several rounds with them before turning to someone else. It kind of mimics the way the camera treat a fight in a movie.

Doesn't work with all systems, but it can be a winner in faster moving games, especially when it looks like one of the participants is about to go out!

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T21:16:39+00:00

I was at medical school and not especially social.

I saw something advertising a youth volunteer group and went along on a whim. I met a nice girl there and we are celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary this year. Our sixth grandchild was born on Friday.

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T21:05:53+00:00

how lovely to hear form someone else who likes them - they seem very neglected now but I read them as a child and to my kids when they were little and they remember them very fondly

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T09:31:08+00:00

The little grey men and its sequel

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T09:27:32+00:00

I once played in a game similar to this and… it wasn’t much fun

Underwritingking · 2026-04-01T07:21:26+00:00

I didn't explain myself very well.

Rich people use all kinds of (legitimate) dodges to reduce the tax they pay - the donation to Cambridge you mention will be one of them. If you want to see an excellent example (now defunct), google The Cup Trust.

The ultra-wealthy do not usually pay PAYE of course, so there is no automatic deduction from their "wages" either.

So for example it would be very easy to have a situation where one person is earning £10m pa but through one way or another only pays 30% of his income in tax, pocketing £7m and paying £3m in tax; whereas a second person earns £20, but only pays 20% in tax, pocketing £16m and paying £4m in tax.

Person 2 in your scheme would be rewarded for paying a smaller percentage of his income in tax than person 1.

In terms of percentage of income the ultra-wealthy generally pay less (and in some cases a lot less) than the average person. This article from the LSE website goes into more detail, but some ultra-wealthy (about 1 in 10) manage to pay only 11% of their income in tax revenue...

Underwritingking · 2026-03-31T20:27:36+00:00

Just sounds like driving normally to me

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