Extreme Habits ?

[jdw100]

Had a friend who would get into drugs in a big way.

Never content to dabble he would throw himself in whole heartedly.

When I first met him he was doing tons of speed.

Lost a year or two to dope, just sat in all day every day smoking it.

Then it was coke - couldn’t just do a bit on a Saturday night, no it was a full on coke habit.

Crack cocaine was next. A proper horrible crack addiction.Lost a load of weight, looked bloody awful.

Ditched that and spent two years skydiving to a very respectable level.

Heroin was next, every night. He quit that to get married and have a family.

Another friend just can’t do things by half - rock climbing: lived it for a few years, then it was raw food - swore he’d never eat anything else, lasted a few years. Cannot take up an interest or hobby without throwing himself in to an extreme level. Moved to Aus to train with a specific Akido teacher. He’s a bit bonkers!

[glenrobbo]

captain_cynic said:

Mac users have the man-bun, skinny jeans, hipster goatees and would never dream of drinking something as "mainstream" as diet coke, they've got organic, gluten free, caffeine free, dolphin safe, skinny-mocha-chino-soy-vagina-lattes. They are tools, if they claim to run Linux, they're lying. They're not even competent enough to handle Windows, which is why they have a Mac.

Us Linux superusers are proper neckbeards, with unkempt hair (head and facial)... in fact little regard for our appearance at all wearing old T-shirts with geeky or sarcastic slogans with jeans or sweatpants (true hardcore Linux superusers find trousers restrictive, when you see one in a mumu or Kilt you know he understands Sendmail intimately). We also do drink coke, diet, full or otherwise. We are the L337, but worry not, you are beneath our notice.

In all seriousness, I run Windows most of the time because I'm a gamer.

[ambuletz]

AndStilliRise said:

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.

apparently there's a woman in my new job who takes her shoes off (no wearing socks) and puts her foot in between one of the legs of her office chair. i assume to scratch the jap in between her toes. nasty.

[HTP99]

ambuletz said:

AndStilliRise said:

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.

apparently there's a woman in my new job who takes her shoes off (no wearing socks) and puts her foot in between one of the legs of her office chair. i assume to scratch the jap in between her toes. nasty.

Whilst I hate wearing shoes and socks, I'd never go barefoot in an office.

[oldbanger]

Colin Sadd’e extreme habit has amused me for many years. Compulsive Car valeting

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1458882/The...

[alorotom]

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.

Lmao ... I air dry by preference, just natural ambient air though, not dryer assisted lol ... always have done

[oldbanger]

Strela said:

oldbanger said:

Colin Sadd’e extreme habit has amused me for many years. Compulsive Car valeting

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1458882/The...

I used to know Colin. When I was a boy, I had my own rather extreme habit of collecting every car magazine I could get my hands on and my obsession was featured in a little article in Auto Express sometime in the late 80s. A few weeks later I received a letter from Colin, who was doing time somewhere and wanted to have another petrolhead as a pen pal. With my mother's approval, I exchanged letters with Colin for a couple of years including during a brief period when he was at liberty.

He was a gentle and rather simple soul whose life was destroyed by this compulsion. When he wrote to me, in letters lasting at least four or five pages each time, his girlfriend was raising their child (a son, I think) on her own. He cropped up quite a bit in the media and was in and out of jail, mostly in, all his life. He was clearly not getting whatever assistance he needed.

At some point we stopped corresponding. Many years later, long after I'd forgotten about him, I was reading a newspaper and came across an article reporting that Colin had just been killed driving the car he had just stolen off the garage forecourt. Terribly sad. One of life's misfortunates. If things had turned out differently, I suspect he might have been a very active and well-liked PHer.

Oh dear, I had wondered if he was still alive

[davhill]

ambuletz said:

apparently there's a woman in my new job who takes her shoes off (no wearing socks) and puts her foot in between one of the legs of her office chair. i assume to scratch the jap in between her toes. nasty.

And what was the jap's name? Itchyto?

[davhill]

It's the Clouseau 'bermp'

[jdw100]

Marmite.

Had a lady working for me a few years ago that would get through a jar of marmite at work every week.

Not a small jar - one of the large ones.

On toast for breakfast, then whenever taking a break and sometimes for lunch.

Did tell her that such a quantity was not good for her . Extreme marmite addiction.

[austinsmirk]

I've just watched an obese member of staff start on a can of coke at 8.05 am. she'll now spend the next hour eating breakfast. Brings her food in, in a great big bag and works her way through it all day.

goes to weight watchers each week, spends hours the next day talking about the 1/2 pound she has lost/gained.


smoking's a good one: I recently visited someone's home- they moved in, in 1981. I reckon decorated last in 1981.

The house was so impregnated with nicotine damage the wallpaper had soaked it up and rotted off the walls/ceiling. The bare plaster underneath had turned oak brown with smoke damage. Every bit of once white woodwork, was black brown and sticky.

the lady of the house was a near death skeleton, in a hospital bed. big telly on, fag on the go. As was the husband.

let alone the fact the house had never had a vacuum pushed around or a wipe down. Yet apparently family visit daily to help and clean.

Now that's some serious smoking. Still I'm sure they enjoyed it. Probably not for much longer though.


Anyway, for me the house is too bad too work in without massive renovation, so good luck to them.

[TooMany2cvs]

alorotom said:

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.

Lmao ... I air dry by preference, just natural ambient air though, not dryer assisted lol ... always have done

I have to ask... How long does it take you to drip-dry...? And aren't you bloody freezing doing it in winter?

[FoxtrotOscar1]

TooMany2cvs said:

alorotom said:

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.

Lmao ... I air dry by preference, just natural ambient air though, not dryer assisted lol ... always have done

I have to ask... How long does it take you to drip-dry...? And aren't you bloody freezing doing it in winter?

I know! As soon as your out the shower there's nothing like a vigorous towelling all over with a ever so slightly rough pile.