Extreme Habits ?
Discussion
swerni said:
Agreed
Also, does “mancave” belong in the council thread ?
If it refers to a back bedroom with a playstation in it or a single garage with a lawnmower and rising damp, yes.Also, does “mancave” belong in the council thread ?
If it's purpose built or fully converted to bloke-spec and, say, 500+ sq ft then it's still OK (I hope
).irocfan said:
glad to see I'm not alone in my parents telling me this! My mum seemed most put out when I mentioned that (despite me putting on waaay more weight than is good for me) my BP has gone down over the last 5 years and my cholesterol is actually very low! (I do need to hit the gym though 
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Going on the family history I know of my heart is guaranteed to explode like a hand grenade. )I do not see that as a bad thing.
Would you rather have your chest cavity blown to pieces in a few seconds or slowly die in agony from months of cancer eating you?
Shuvi McTupya said:
JuniorD said:
well done gramps - there's nothing worse than the inheritance being diverted away from the blood relatives
My dad has just remarried , his wife will outlive him and she has kids and grandkids of her own.Goodbye inheritance!
h after his death (TBF it was always there, I think she just kept the extent of it to a low level whilst married to him), she has 1 son and 2 grandsons, she's done ok for herself though; walking away with approx £half a million; £100,000 a year for almost 5 years of marriage, no inheritance for myself, my sister or my dads grandkids!!
Edited by HTP99 on Saturday 25th November 15:36
HTP99 said:
Anyway; extreme habits.
My sister drinks absolutely nothing but full fat coke, she's done this for as long as I can remember, she's now 37; morning, afternoon, evening, meals etc.... full fat coke!
How them chompers of hers doing? My sister drinks absolutely nothing but full fat coke, she's done this for as long as I can remember, she's now 37; morning, afternoon, evening, meals etc.... full fat coke!
Edited by Henners on Saturday 25th November 23:09
HTP99 said:
My dad re-married, he died almost 3 years ago, the woman he married turned into a complete bh after his death (TBF it was always there, I think she just kept the extent of it to a low level whilst married to him), she has 1 son and 2 grandsons, she's done ok for herself though; walking away with approx
£half a million; £100,000 a year for almost 5 years of marriage, no inheritance for myself, my sister or my dads grandkids!!
You can't really blame her for the fact that your father chose not to leave you anything, y'know...h after his death (TBF it was always there, I think she just kept the extent of it to a low level whilst married to him), she has 1 son and 2 grandsons, she's done ok for herself though; walking away with approx £half a million; £100,000 a year for almost 5 years of marriage, no inheritance for myself, my sister or my dads grandkids!!
He must have explicitly made a will leaving everything to her - because even if he'd died intestate (and any previous will would have been cancelled on his marriage), you'd have had a share of the rest - the living spouse gets the first £250k plus half above that, while the rest goes to his natural kids - you and your siblings.
TooMany2cvs said:
HTP99 said:
My dad re-married, he died almost 3 years ago, the woman he married turned into a complete bh after his death (TBF it was always there, I think she just kept the extent of it to a low level whilst married to him), she has 1 son and 2 grandsons, she's done ok for herself though; walking away with approx
£half a million; £100,000 a year for almost 5 years of marriage, no inheritance for myself, my sister or my dads grandkids!!
You can't really blame her for the fact that your father chose not to leave you anything, y'know...h after his death (TBF it was always there, I think she just kept the extent of it to a low level whilst married to him), she has 1 son and 2 grandsons, she's done ok for herself though; walking away with approx £half a million; £100,000 a year for almost 5 years of marriage, no inheritance for myself, my sister or my dads grandkids!!
He must have explicitly made a will leaving everything to her - because even if he'd died intestate (and any previous will would have been cancelled on his marriage), you'd have had a share of the rest - the living spouse gets the first £250k plus half above that, while the rest goes to his natural kids - you and your siblings.
However she has not carried out his wishes at all, even £1000 for the grandkids when they reach 18 years old, mine are 18 and 25.
I have chased her for the £1000, I have a solicitors letter stating that she would be providing the £1000, I chased her she said any future contact to go through her solicitor, I contacted him, he said he had no authority to act on her behalf and there was a note on her file stating that she had asked for no further contact from them.
Edited by HTP99 on Saturday 25th November 17:14
HTP99 said:
...and the house being in joint names
Ah!If they were joint tenants, then the house was 100% hers the minute he drew his last breath - his ownership of it simply didn't exist any longer, so his will wouldn't have made any difference.
Whether she then promises to later "honour his wishes" is, of course, entirely her choice.
TooMany2cvs said:
HTP99 said:
...and the house being in joint names
Ah!If they were joint tenants, then the house was 100% hers the minute he drew his last breath - his ownership of it simply didn't exist any longer, so his will wouldn't have made any difference.
Whether she then promises to later "honour his wishes" is, of course, entirely her choice.
Anyway, I know she will end her days a lonely and bitter woman, she created many enemies before her true colours finally came out to me.
The thing that gets me more than anything though is the the way she treated me, my wife and my daughters, she hated my sister (she is an acquired tasted), I welcomed her into the family and caused a rift between myself and my sister for standing up for this woman and her relationship with my dad as it made him happy, I saw them both regularly (3-4 days a week) as my dad lived 2 roads away, I treated her like my second mother, my youngest saw her as her second grandma (she wasn't too keen on my eldest, which caused issues with my dad who was very close to her), I was very close to my dad; he died and she gives me the big FU.
If she had been honest and said "Alex, it was all about the money, the moment your dad died I thought kerching, I'm set up now, I no longer have any use for you or your family" then I would have at least had a bit of understanding of the situation, but no she just lied, cheated, covered up and snuck away and continued to lie a bit more.
HTP99 said:
Anyway; extreme habits.
My sister drinks absolutely nothing but full fat coke, she's done this for as long as I can remember, she's now 37; morning, afternoon, evening, meals etc.... full fat coke!
hate it when people refer it as full fat coke. just say coke, and ad diet/zero if it's that. nobody would assume it's meant to mean something else.My sister drinks absolutely nothing but full fat coke, she's done this for as long as I can remember, she's now 37; morning, afternoon, evening, meals etc.... full fat coke!
J4CKO said:
Was talking to a bloke in the pub, was in the smoking hut as a mate of mine has recently returned to smoking to go with his 6 to 10 pint a day habit.
Chap said he smokes sixty a day and his wife 40, £1500 a month spent on fags ! thought that kind of smoking was from times gone by and nobody really smoked that much these days, I had an uncle that did and had a lung removed and carried on smoking, as you can imagine, he is no longer with us.
I used to smoke 50-60 per day thirty odd years ago, started winding it down, and quit cold turkey about 25 years ago.Chap said he smokes sixty a day and his wife 40, £1500 a month spent on fags ! thought that kind of smoking was from times gone by and nobody really smoked that much these days, I had an uncle that did and had a lung removed and carried on smoking, as you can imagine, he is no longer with us.
The one thing that brought it home to me, about the smoking I mean, was one time in the very early eighties, I lived alone in a house in Welling, Kent, and I had three American girls staying with me for a week, one I was involved with, the others were at Uni with her, they were all exchange students.
I suggested a few days in Paris, and took them over in the Fiat 1800 that I had at the time.
As I pulled to a halt outside a hotel, near the Jardin de Luxembourg, I lit the last cigarette from a pack in the breast pocket of the shirt that I was wearing.
I said to the girls, I'm just going to the tabac on the corner, wait up and I'll check you in, (as I speak the language).
When I came back, one of the girls said, "Do you realise that you've smoked three packs today, you opened a pack as we left your place, you bought a carton on the ferry, opened one pack while we could still see the White Cliffs, and then another one twenty minutes after we left Calais."
This rattled around my brain for ages, and I eventually decided to quit when I could one day.
Still knocking back the vodka though, around a litre a fortnight, I enjoy it too much to knock that on the head, and I honestly can't remember the last time that I was drunk.
Years ago, I worked with someone who just ate cake- Mr Kipling, mostly!
He wasn't fat ,but, he was a bit strange!!
I sometimes wonder why I bother with my lifestyle- I think its just for a clear head, really- I don't drink much, don't smoke, good diet, do a lot of full-on strength-conditioning training, at 46, in great shape but i've always said, I don't want to live beyond 75, but, the way I am going, I will make a ton!!
He wasn't fat ,but, he was a bit strange!!
I sometimes wonder why I bother with my lifestyle- I think its just for a clear head, really- I don't drink much, don't smoke, good diet, do a lot of full-on strength-conditioning training, at 46, in great shape but i've always said, I don't want to live beyond 75, but, the way I am going, I will make a ton!!
I had someone in my last job who would take his shoes off for the entire afternoon and walk around in his socks all over the office, even in 'front of house' areas where clients would come in. his reasons were because for blood circulation.
it was a nasty habit which i can't understand why everyone tolerated.
it was a nasty habit which i can't understand why everyone tolerated.
ambuletz said:
I had someone in my last job who would take his shoes off for the entire afternoon and walk around in his socks all over the office, even in 'front of house' areas where clients would come in. his reasons were because for blood circulation.
it was a nasty habit which i can't understand why everyone tolerated.
Worked with a guy who would take his shoes and socks off in the office. Think someone had a word with him.it was a nasty habit which i can't understand why everyone tolerated.
i can kind of understand the shoe thing, for different reasons. I used to be in the Army and wearing boots all day would cause athlete's foots pretty bad, like i had been in a bath all days.
used to wash and air my feet after work. Now i run my own company and im the boss i kick my shoes off through the day sometimes and wander about in my socks. Sorted my feet out, but we dont really have people visitting as its ecommerce. Had the accountant visit before and i noticed she had clocked the no shoe thing, i said feel free to take your shoes off. She didnt but wasnt fussed.
used to wash and air my feet after work. Now i run my own company and im the boss i kick my shoes off through the day sometimes and wander about in my socks. Sorted my feet out, but we dont really have people visitting as its ecommerce. Had the accountant visit before and i noticed she had clocked the no shoe thing, i said feel free to take your shoes off. She didnt but wasnt fussed.
Had a mate who would never dry himself with towels, hated them, said they just felt horrible and couldnt use them. Instead he had two huge hairdryers in his bedroom that he would use to air-dry himself. Daftest thing about it was he pretty much always had a shaved head 
was a pretty harmless habit really but he still got the light hearted pisstaking as much as possible.
was a pretty harmless habit really but he still got the light hearted pisstaking as much as possible.Meridius said:
Had a mate who would never dry himself with towels, hated them, said they just felt horrible and couldnt use them. Instead he had two huge hairdryers in his bedroom that he would use to air-dry himself. Daftest thing about it was he pretty much always had a shaved head was a pretty harmless habit really but he still got the light hearted pisstaking as much as possible.
I don't think I want to know why you were in this mate's bedroom with him naked so often. was a pretty harmless habit really but he still got the light hearted pisstaking as much as possible.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff