Life

[Run n Spread]

If my goal of becoming a successful billionaire playboy doesn't work out, my plan is to retire at about 70 or so (that's where we're heading anyway), spend whatever money I've saved up on some holidays and experiences, and then when it all runs out and I can no longer support myself financially, off myself.

I can't see any joy or even contentedness in spending years in some retirement home, watching re-runs of the Big Bang Theory, playing cards with Phil and Albert next door, struggling to get up to take a shit... just sitting there waiting for the day the Grim Reaper finally taps you on the shoulder. **** that.

I'll find a job and just work in that having experiences along the way then offing it when I call time. Bit like the ultimate retirement. Why call time/artists/writers call time on thier careers of their choice but we can't on our lives when enough is enough?

 

[JG22]

Living is still enjoyable without doing anything thus wouldn't mind living a while.

Could become depressed but old people homes may stop that.

 

[Silent Alarm]

If I get to 70, and I think I'll just get a pension (but I'm a lazy ****er so hope I con myself out of work before then), I'll probably spend my days in a little one bedroom where my biggest battle will be not drinking until 2pm and the sun's glare on my TV while watching Sunday Too Far Away. I'll literally just piss around with my 600,000 bigfooty posts while nursing a beer that's borderline obsolete.

All the while still lamenting how Freo haven't won a flag.

 

[edgie]

Never better been a better generation to grow to be old as ****. I'll always the internet and video games and the like to keep company with. Just keep myself in reasonable nick and hope my brain does the same.

I'm going to live forever or die trying.

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[Brad Goodman]

I saw a TED talk a while back and it was about how the number 1 factor in longevity in this (I think) Italian town known for its plethora of really old residents was social interaction, above healthy eating, exercise, not smoking etc. I reckon there's definitely some merit in that, my 86 year old nana was ready to go a couple of years ago but she's moved into a bigger village with loads of activities etc and she's found a whole new lease of life since going there. As long as I'm physically and mentally capable of existing I hope to do so for as long as possible, at least until her age.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Why call time/artists/writers call time on thier careers of their choice but we can't on our lives when enough is enough?

You can. Many do.

 

[Cuzz09]

I saw a TED talk a while back and it was about how the number 1 factor in longevity in this (I think) Italian town known for its plethora of really old residents was social interaction, above healthy eating, exercise, not smoking etc. I reckon there's definitely some merit in that, my 86 year old nana was ready to go a couple of years ago but she's moved into a bigger village with loads of activities etc and she's found a whole new lease of life since going there. As long as I'm physically and mentally capable of existing I hope to do so for as long as possible, at least until her age.

Im ****ed then. Not a fan of doing stuff or talking to people.

Does social interaction include bigfooty? [emoji41]

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[Gough]

Living is still enjoyable without doing anything thus wouldn't mind living a while.

Could become depressed but old people homes may stop that.

My gran was flat out depressed when she died, she still had her family but all of her mates were dead, she was the last of her brothers and sisters still living, her mind was sharp but her body was buggered. It was sad because there was nothing you could do.

 

[ioppolo]

My gran was flat out depressed when she died, she still had her family but all of her mates were dead, she was the last of her brothers and sisters still living, her mind was sharp but her body was buggered. It was sad because there was nothing you could do.

Euthanasia needs to be in place for those who are mentally sharp but physically ****ed. My greatpop was the same, was wheelchair bound for the last five years of his life but was as mentally switched on as ever.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Do that at lunch. I find that if I eat too early I'm really tired and/or hungry the rest of the day. Not good for a full days work.

Yet if i sleep in I tend to wake up starving.

Yeah, I tend to risk feeling sick all day if I have anything solid before around 10:30 or 11. Unless I'm doing something physical in the morning, which doesn't need to be much but walking to the bus and from bus to office doesn't really cut it.

 

[PP34]

My gran was flat out depressed when she died, she still had her family but all of her mates were dead, she was the last of her brothers and sisters still living, her mind was sharp but her body was buggered. It was sad because there was nothing you could do.

Yeah, the part I would really struggle with would be outliving all the people I knew my age I reckon. I'd happily sit around watching sport all day but not having your friends around anymore because they're literally dead must be pretty horrific to experience. Can't imagine it will get any better with today's generation seemingly wanting to stay connected with their friends 24/7.

I've always wondered how the hell some of those war veterans lived well into their 90s or even past 100 after seeing their mates die on the battlefield. Must have some sort of impact on your mental health coming back from war and getting to live for 70 odd years while you think back to your pal Tommy who never got out of Europe.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Yeah, the part I would really struggle with would be outliving all the people I knew my age I reckon. I'd happily sit around watching sport all day but not having your friends around anymore because they're literally dead must be pretty horrific to experience. Can't imagine it will get any better with today's generation seemingly wanting to stay connected with their friends 24/7.

I've always wondered how the hell some of those war veterans lived well into their 90s or even past 100 after seeing their mates die on the battlefield. Must have some sort of impact on your mental health coming back from war and getting to live for 70 odd years while you think back to your pal Tommy who never got out of Europe.

I think they had a more rounded approach to death and life and probably took solace in the fact it can come and go like that.

I think having no friends wouldn’t suck because you’ve got no one to hang around with - ffs you don’t have enough energy to make dinner after a crap and two pisses in the day - but just the fact they are gone and life has no real... your connection to the world has almost gone... you’re seeing things change, culture isn’t what it is, the people you shared things with have gone... it isn’t your world anymore.

I believe human nature is amazingly well done: after ten years of those decade, drinking piss is boring. After having young children, you want independence. Things come in the right time and we grow and want the next thing. And with old age comes the fact that you have seen enough death to accept your own.

 

[PP34]

I think they had a more rounded approach to death and life and probably took solace in the fact it can come and go like that.

I think having no friends wouldn’t suck because you’ve got no one to hang around with - ffs you don’t have enough energy to make dinner after a crap and two pisses in the day - but just the fact they are gone and life has no real... your connection to the world has almost gone... you’re seeing things change, culture isn’t what it is, the people you shared things with have gone... it isn’t your world anymore.

I believe human nature is amazingly well done: after ten years of those decade, drinking piss is boring. After having young children, you want independence. Things come in the right time and we grow and want the next thing. And with old age comes the fact that you have seen enough death to accept your own.

Yeah I guess their experiences are so much different to ours.

The disconnect from the world would definitely be the thing that would get to me. Nobody around anymore to talk about the old days, that amazing footy game you witnessed together and I feel like as people get older they pretty much give up on keeping up with pop culture, technological trends etc so it's not like you'd relate to others there.

 

[Gough]

Yeah, the part I would really struggle with would be outliving all the people I knew my age I reckon. I'd happily sit around watching sport all day but not having your friends around anymore because they're literally dead must be pretty horrific to experience. Can't imagine it will get any better with today's generation seemingly wanting to stay connected with their friends 24/7.

I've always wondered how the hell some of those war veterans lived well into their 90s or even past 100 after seeing their mates die on the battlefield. Must have some sort of impact on your mental health coming back from war and getting to live for 70 odd years while you think back to your pal Tommy who never got out of Europe.

My gran was the only person I've ever known who could remember when WWI ended, she lived through WWII and then the Rhodesian civil war just for good measure. War she would tell me, is hell.

 

[craigos]

How many of you would continue your current life and all it's activities (be it playing sport/work/family/relationships) if you didn't really have to?
If someone gave you 100k a year to walk away from it all, would you? Is there a higher price that it would take for you to walk away?

 

[Cuzz09]

I think social media is going to make it tough for kids in the future. I agree that they all need to be around someone 24/7 being told they're special etc

Being a bit older than the kids of today (nearly 40) I bloody love being by myself for long periods. Love a good solo road trip. Love just chilling with some beers watching the footy or movies. Dont get me wrong love family and friends but I dont hate solitary confinement at all.

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[perthblue]

If I get to 70, and I think I'll just get a pension (but I'm a lazy ****** so hope I con myself out of work before then), I'll probably spend my days in a little one bedroom where my biggest battle will be not drinking until 2pm and the sun's glare on my TV while watching Sunday Too Far Away. I'll literally just piss around with my 600,000 bigfooty posts while nursing a beer that's borderline obsolete.

All the while still lamenting how Freo haven't won a flag.

Oh my god I can just picture how insufferable your "kids these days....back in my day..." rants will be

 

[mr bagcroft]

Umpiring coach on Sunday.

"You have a girlfriend yet? You have a boyfriend yet"

Me: "nope"

Him *shakes head in disappointment*

Does everyone need to have a wife, kids and mortgage, even at the expense of doing a day job they don't like?

NO. **** those people. And who gives a shit anyway. By the way Im in a 25 year relationship.

 

[mr bagcroft]

I think social media is going to make it tough for kids in the future. I agree that they all need to be around someone 24/7 being told they're special etc

Being a bit older than the kids of today (nearly 40) I bloody love being by myself for long periods. Love a good solo road trip. Love just chilling with some beers watching the footy or movies. Dont get me wrong love family and friends but I dont hate solitary confinement at all.

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This. Totally comfortable watching the footy by myself at home or whatever, no problem.

 

[Cuzz09]

This. Totally comfortable watching the footy by myself at home or whatever, no problem.

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[ioppolo]

I love having the house to myself. I very much take solace in solitude.

 

[edgie]

Missus is going out of town next week and I'm looking forward to a day with the house to myself more than Christmas! Might even take the day off work.

I love my partner but yeah, a bit of me time is never unwelcome.

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[Cuzz09]

I think its a male thing. Dont know too many chicks that wanna be alone

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[edgie]

Irony being I'll still be socialising via social media

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[craigos]

Irony being I'll still be socialising via social media

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Not sure cam girls fall into the category of social media.