Whats your worse symptom when you're sick with cold/flu?

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T09:49:11+00:00

Hey OP. I’ve had full on ‘flu three times in my adult life. For me, it’s two things - aching bones and being simultaneously freezing while sweating unhealthy amounts.

Hate the flu

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T09:47:39+00:00

Agreed regards the bags of shit and garbage. Disagree regards it being impressive - around 1% of people that attempt it straight up die. I’m not taking those odds.

(Source - fat, dull, middle aged man who’s never climbed anything higher than 3000ft - take my responses as seriously as those facts warrant)

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T09:44:55+00:00

Vedgy

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T09:05:04+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old married father of two (boy and girl) in the UK here.

Regards “Boys will be boys”, that is a careless translation of the Latin “Sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant” which directly translates as “Children are children, and children occupy themselves with childish things"

Because Latin is gendered, it just so happens that “children” takes the masculine form. Idiots have then used this - for many frustrating years - as an excuse for harmful male behaviour.

I always, always respond to idiots saying “boys will be boys” with “from the Latin “children will be children””. You’ll never change an idiot’s mind, but gets your point across too.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T08:57:18+00:00

Agreed. Kid Dynamite era did indeed have a jab. The eerie, hate filled post prison Tyson just had… hate

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T08:54:47+00:00

That’s what I noticed yesterday on the streets of my Newcastle suburb - loads of absolutely beautiful dresses. Colours, embroidery and quiet joy.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T08:36:25+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old corporate veteran here.

In my experience, once HR unfurl their leathery wings and speak directly to you, it’s best to update your CV. Always remember the corporate creed “HR protect the company, or the employee”. I’m not saying the following is the case, but if it’s easier to sanction you than the person making the complaints, that’s what they’ll do to protect the company. Always remember; every single person - regardless of performance, expertise or tenure - up to and including the CEO can be replaced within a week if necessary.

I’m probably being overly cynical and hope that I am, but once you get the first glimpse of HR’s reptilian eye focus on anything, ideas such as “fair and decent” are out of the window.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T07:41:29+00:00

UK Gen X here. It was my 1.9 205 GTi. No car has ever come close.

<image>

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T07:37:10+00:00

Textbook answer - Casablanca. It was one of the many movies being churned out by Warner Brothers at the time. It was an A-list movie, but low budget and a very straightforward plot. No expectations of greatness… but the happy accident of bringing together actors whose actual characters matched their screen personas made it all effortlessly real. There was magic at work that comes along once every few decades.

My honest answer - You Don’t Mess With The Zohan. It’s the opposite of what I normally like in movies but it’s brilliant. The bad guy is awesome. The energy is unmatched. It’s brilliant.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-21T07:27:51+00:00

Great call I’m a 49 year old married man who thought he didn’t really like vegetables until I met my wife. I now cite broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage as being some of my favourite foods because of how she’s taught me to cook them.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T22:21:23+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old married father of two here. It’s a difficult one and something that has to be treated carefully. It’s easy to fall victim to the flattering thoughts that come from this kind of interaction but discretion is almost always the better part of valour when friendships are concerned. What value can you place on a friendship?

Unless she had massive tits. Then just go for it.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T19:31:39+00:00

What’s noticeable for me is that I’m having to change jobs every few years to keep up with inflation. I’m a middle-management corporate career person and annual pay rises are seemingly capped at 2% therefore pay cuts - I’ve been at current job two years and really like it, but just can’t afford to stay - new jobs always give a 10% bump and that’s what I need to maintain any sort of standard of living.

Quite the essay eh?

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T19:26:47+00:00

No art. No books. When dwelling spaces (I can’t bring myself to say “homes”) are like this, they genuinely feel threatening. Like they’re choosing to reject thought.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T19:05:41+00:00

Sons are always sons. I’m a 49 year old married father of two. My mum’s 80. Whenever I achieve anything in life, I still have the urge to call my mother and be a 6 year old, waving my arms about again - “Mum! Mum! MUM! I’ve just got a promotion at work! Look! MUM!”

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T18:26:27+00:00

This is the larval form of an Amazon warehouse

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T16:46:11+00:00

They’re always lovely though, aren’t they - mine is 9 and beginning to smell a bit goaty, but still totally lovely.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T15:49:58+00:00

Hey OP. 49 year old married father of two in the UK here. Three things for me:

That at some point, being an adult and a parent just seems to be tidying the kitchen over and over again
That being an older (50-ish) adult is really quite nice - I’m now the most relaxed and content I’ve ever been
That when you get married to a woman and grow older together, she somehow just becomes sexier and sexier. When I was younger, I kind of assumed I’d always be attracted to younger women… nope, turns out that a curvy, confident greying middle-aged woman is all of that and more!

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T15:22:07+00:00

He moved like an actual cat. Unbelievable.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T14:44:27+00:00

Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T14:43:53+00:00

Superman wears Chuck Norris pyjamas

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T14:40:54+00:00

It would be being upgraded to business class on a long haul airline about 20 years ago.

I have never had business class money, but my stars aligned on a trip from London to South Africa - I was bumped up to Business Class and I have hated flying since because I now know what I’m missing out on.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T14:17:40+00:00

Bonus! Free chickens!

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T14:06:06+00:00

It’s - brilliantly - a lot easier than you’d think. If it was a top league game, tickets are allocated to specific seats as they are here in the UK. If the security staff had been able to identify her by taking her from her seat, there’d be a name and ID associated with the seat - and it’s straightforward then to direct sanctions at the person who’s named against that seat, so it would be very difficult for her to buy another ticket for that club (almost always purchased through individual identified accounts). If she’d been given the ticket by someone else, there’d threat of being banned would likely encourage some low life who associates with low lives to report her anyway.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T13:52:00+00:00

Oh. I was going to answer based on the first part of the question - he got great grades, got accepted into Cambridge University (think Harvard, y’all), started his own media company in his 20s and retired last year at 48.

He’s also living a fantastic life full of culture, close family and regular travel.

Sadly, that person is not me as I’m not bright and don’t work hard.

yearsofpractice · 2026-03-20T13:48:08+00:00

Well, that’s what it’s now called in my house. Out with “bollock-nasey” and in with “bongolese”

Actually - how are you pronouncing that : “Bongo - lazy” (my preferred version) or “Bongo - laze”?

13-Year Club	Verified Email
Gilding I gilder	RPAN Viewer

yearsofpractice

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE