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Weekly Prize - Join Any Time - Tip Round 9
The Golden Ticket - MCG and Marvel Medallion Club tickets and Corporate Box tickets at the Gabba, MCG and Marvel.
Living at home whilst working casual
I moved out at 21, and all my closest mates, except one, have moved out. I'd hate to be late 20s and having to be told to take the bins out or to get the washing in. I'd also hate it if I had parents who still did everything for me at that age.I'd say living at home in general.
I moved out at 18 though so maybe I'm biased.
Yeah can’t agree on this one. Headphones are infinitely better than that alternative of making a pest of yourself and blaring your music in public.Wearing headphones in public.
I wouldn't go to a music festival like Listen Out, Defqon or Tomorrowland over the age of 30.
Staying in youth hostels.
Now I am over 30 and have stayed in hostels over 30, and they range from 'yeah this isn't really aimed at me' to 'they probably should have turned away my business'. I'm happy to go on the odd pub crawl and sit around and talk s**t with people 5, 10 years younger or older, but if you want to sit quietly and read and get a nice early night then don't book a 10 Euro bed in a 16 bed dorm FFS.
I'm torn on what's worse between people who stay in hostels and expect them to be like hotels (i.e. private and nice) and people who try to live the hostel party life and come across like Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused.
I have never stayed in a shared room when I have utilised hostel accommodation.
I like my privacy and security. And I want to sleep when I want to.
I'm currently studying a mature age Astronaut course at TAFE.
We're hoping to land at Planet Rottnest by 2020.
I moved out at 21, and all my closest mates, except one, have moved out. I'd hate to be late 20s and having to be told to take the bins out or to get the washing in. I'd also hate it if I had parents who still did everything for me at that age.
Yeah, or drowning out the absolute s**t people talk in public.Yeah can’t agree on this one. Headphones are infinitely better than that alternative of making a pest of yourself and blaring your music in public.
I wouldn't go to a music festival like Listen Out, Defqon or Tomorrowland over the age of 30.
Wife and I started Spanish lessons three months ago, at the age of 31 and 30 respectively. Don't know if we will ever get t the point of fluency, but picking it up so far has been relatively simple.You can certainly change careers after 30, or 40 or 50 or 60, but something like becoming a surgeon is a massive undertaking. You'd need to effectively fund yourself through 6-7 years of undergrad study and then however much postgrad study and on the job training that is required after that. Best of luck to anyone who wants to take that on at 30+ but I'm out. There's also something reassuring about medical specialists in their 40s (give or take). 'Don't worry, I've done this operation 100 times - it's routine' is comforting. 'I'm 47 and haven't done this on a real person yet' isn't.
I wonder how I'd go trying to properly learn a language now. I reckon the basics aren't beyond most people (excluding BigFooty) but there's a big difference between making conversation by mental translation and genuine fluency. Young kids soak languages up, adults not so readily. I've had the pleasure (if you can call it that) of working with South Africans that live in mixed English/Afrikaaner households. They switch back and forth between the two languages like it's no big deal. I reckon my biggest obstacle would be having no one I was forced to talk to in a LOTE.
You can certainly change careers after 30, or 40 or 50 or 60, but something like becoming a surgeon is a massive undertaking. You'd need to effectively fund yourself through 6-7 years of undergrad study and then however much postgrad study and on the job training that is required after that. Best of luck to anyone who wants to take that on at 30+ but I'm out. There's also something reassuring about medical specialists in their 40s (give or take). 'Don't worry, I've done this operation 100 times - it's routine' is comforting. 'I'm 47 and haven't done this on a real person yet' isn't.
Staying in youth hostels.
Now I am over 30 and have stayed in hostels over 30, and they range from 'yeah this isn't really aimed at me' to 'they probably should have turned away my business'. I'm happy to go on the odd pub crawl and sit around and talk s**t with people 5, 10 years younger or older, but if you want to sit quietly and read and get a nice early night then don't book a 10 Euro bed in a 16 bed dorm FFS.
I'm torn on what's worse between people who stay in hostels and expect them to be like hotels (i.e. private and nice) and people who try to live the hostel party life and come across like Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused.
Aside from that, by the time youre 30 you have a good idea of what you enjoy and what you don't. I don't see any harm in people doing what they enjoy regardless of their age. If thats clubbing or going to festivals or whatever good luck to them.