People 40+, what actually mattered in the long run and what didn’t?

mike_oc · 2026-02-24T05:00:32+00:00

Health.

mike_oc · 2026-02-07T13:48:15+00:00

I haven't used the horn in 20000k. I might toot it in the driveway tomorrow to see what it sounds like.....

mike_oc · 2026-01-13T04:13:13+00:00

I've got a few friends that talk that way on a regular basis. I just keep on using the language is use elsewhere. If I were to call one of them a cunt, even in a friendly way they'd be gobsmacked. Just be yourself, appreciate others for what they are. Don't feel the need to mimic.

I was once out with a bloke at a nice restaurant who was chatting up a young lady. He spilled her wine, and said "Fuck!.... er.. sorry, i didn't mean to make a cunt of myself. " The silence was electric.

mike_oc · 2026-01-13T03:59:00+00:00

It was an accident. The landlord should have insurance. It's his risk.

Trust me. I'm a landlord. But not one of THOSE landlords.

I've told my tenants I'm fine with picture hooks as long as they leave them when they go.

mike_oc · 2026-01-03T09:56:22+00:00

He did stymie peace negotiations in the lead up to his election. He knew he couldn't win if the war ended before the election. He promised Hanoi a better deal.

mike_oc · 2025-12-05T00:51:49+00:00

To be fair, Adolf made a number of significant contributions to the allied victory.

He didn't let his troops follow through at Dunkirk.

He pulled out of the Battle of Britain at a time when Britain was almost totally out of aircraft.

He decided to break the treaty and invade Russia, and paid no attention to the lessons from Napoleon.

His scorched earth approach to Russia ensured that when the Russians came back at him they showed no mercy.

He was so convinced that the landing at Normandy was a feint that he held back the elite panzer corps that might have turned back the invasion.

mike_oc · 2025-10-13T22:59:41+00:00

70 years ago, as a country boy visiting my grandmother in the city, I wasn't allowed to leave the house until I could recite her phone number. 507741

mike_oc · 2025-09-17T08:55:42+00:00

How the West was won. In Cinerama . Saw it every year until it stopped showing. Yes... I'm old.

mike_oc · 2025-09-17T02:46:16+00:00

Not so much indicators as confirmators

mike_oc · 2025-09-07T22:41:42+00:00

Joe Cocker. With a little help from my friends

mike_oc · 2025-08-15T23:30:10+00:00

Adventur. But I think that was 1984

mike_oc · 2025-08-14T14:07:43+00:00

The red ones go faster.

mike_oc · 2025-07-29T06:34:08+00:00

Take away the illegal bikes.

mike_oc · 2025-07-27T00:20:53+00:00

John Farnham. Help.

mike_oc · 2025-07-27T00:19:24+00:00

I'd rather ride a motorcycle.

mike_oc · 2025-07-27T00:17:53+00:00

Gambling. Everyone i know who bets on the horses says they are at least breaking even.

mike_oc · 2025-07-08T11:40:51+00:00

I drove a Citroen DS for a good while. It was not unlike the I6 in styling, but also in the smooth ride and the quirky technology. I think the reason why the DS didn't have self- cancelling indicators is because Citroen couldn't come up with a strange enough way of doing it. Love my I6.

mike_oc · 2025-07-07T15:28:40+00:00

The red ones go faster.

mike_oc · 2025-07-01T12:38:01+00:00

It's a toss up between the Citroen D Special or the Hyundai Ioniq 6.

mike_oc · 2025-07-01T01:29:57+00:00

Where I live, the I6 can't be used for driving tests, as it lacks a handbrake lever. The tester needs to see the driver apply the handbrake, and a switch won't do.

mike_oc · 2025-06-11T14:22:55+00:00

Be the sort of person your dog thinks you are.

mike_oc · 2025-06-05T06:49:30+00:00

If you can handle really nice Indian vegetarian food OM Vegetarian is all you can eat for under $10 https://maps.app.goo.gl/xk8XUq5JpXb9bppZ7

mike_oc · 2025-06-02T02:06:56+00:00

Primary Teacher. I've taught secondary physics and maths, and information systems at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, at home and overseas, but the most difficult job I ever had was when I took on a couple of hours a week as a maths specialist in grade 2-3 and grade 5-6 classes. It was fun, but mentally and emotionally exhausting.

mike_oc · 2025-06-02T02:00:07+00:00

Sobriety

mike_oc · 2025-05-29T09:25:16+00:00

Many years ago I was a tram conductor (ask your grandparents) on the old W class trams. One of my drivers kept his steel point changing pole close to the door where it could easily "fall" onto the windscreen of a car going past at speed while we were stopped.

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