All over for another year

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

Paul when I was doing the travelling thing like you - I clocked up in a year nearly 2 months of overtime/TOIL. In a year I could never take it all, yes I did go on about 4/5 holidays a year, but even then I couldn't use it all up. After 6 years of clocking it up I was KNACKERED. When I handed in my notice I had a huge 3k payout plus my monthly salary and expenses owing to the fact I had accrued so much time off. Don't be lackadaisical with it - don't let them walk over you. Yeah you're young, but it can still affect you.

Well I don't get overtime but my basic salary does make up for it It's not like I'm travelling all the time as Jan-Aug I can normally work from home one week in three to recover. It's just the Sept-Dec period that is crazy. I probably should have taken more holiday earlier in the year but like I said earlier I don't take holiday for the hell of it and had no reason to take it.

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

BTW (Off Topic), you've lost lots of weight, and since when did you get so handsome?! You were always a minger at uni!

About 18 months ago. I put on a load of weight in my last year at Uni and then even more in my first year at work. Think when I went to Uni I was 11 stone (very skinny) and by the end of my first year at work 5 years later I was 16 stone (very fat). About 18 months ago I sorted out my diet (stopped drinking heavily 4-5 nights a week (seriously) and cut down amount of crap I was eating) and dropped 3 stone in 3 months which instantly made me attractive to totty (looked better and therefore was a lot more confident). Done better with the opposite sex in last 18 months than I had done in the previous 18 years

[Will]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

Well I don't get overtime but my basic salary does make up for it It's not like I'm travelling all the time as Jan-Aug I can normally work from home one week in three to recover. It's just the Sept-Dec period that is crazy. I probably should have taken more holiday earlier in the year but like I said earlier I don't take holiday for the hell of it and had no reason to take it.




About 18 months ago. I put on a load of weight in my last year at Uni and then even more in my first year at work. Think when I went to Uni I was 11 stone (very skinny) and by the end of my first year at work 5 years later I was 16 stone (very fat). About 18 months ago I sorted out my diet (stopped drinking heavily 4-5 nights a week (seriously) and cut down amount of crap I was eating) and dropped 3 stone in 3 months which instantly made me attractive to totty (looked better and therefore was a lot more confident). Done better with the opposite sex in last 18 months than I had done in the previous 18 years

Even just chilling out at home? Or catching up with friends? I guess some people just feel better doing something rather than nothing - I'm a lazy arse though! I love my time off!

[Mark]

Me too. I'll quite happily do nowt even though there's always stuff to be done.

[Garp]

I need to look at my holiday. Part rather depends on a certain Hawaiian girls plans...
Still, whenever I'm single I find it very hard to find the motivation to take a holiday. I enjoy my work for the most part. I didn't enjoy my previous job as much, in that I got more stressed and holiday was becoming essential for me to survive.. now I've changed department everything is relaxed and great and I find myself less in need of holiday. Chester was great, it allowed me to relax and wind down from last role at work so I can focus on the new one. I always end up coming up to January and realising I've got two weeks holiday left to take and just throw it away doing random stuff. Still its better than losing it!

Both my previous and current companies are very keen on their staff taking all their holiday. My last one used to enforce it on me that if I didn't take time off during the leave year I'd be forced to take anything I couldn't carry over to the new year (3 days) off during the Easter break. Pretty much similar occurs here. Come Christmas the department heads get memos reminding them how many days each staff member has left to take and then getting them to encourage their staff to take the time off..

Originally Posted by froggy dude

Even just chilling out at home?

Bores me more these days. Hate it I'd rather be out and away doing something, but I find it hard to motivate myself when I'm single. I like to go places and do stuff with people or a person.

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by kitten_caboodle

not surprised with a fetching pink hat like that!

The ladies loved the pink hat No piccys from the club that night but suffice to say the ladies in Vegas are rather direct and I must admit I was rather tempted but managed to be a good boy

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

Even just chilling out at home? Or catching up with friends? I guess some people just feel better doing something rather than nothing - I'm a lazy arse though! I love my time off!

My priorities in life at the moment.
1. Lotus - though that will be gone when I can find a buyer who isn't a complete toss pot.
2. Job
3. Girlfriend
4. Mates
5. Other random stuff

I do love sitting around doing bugger all but I've made the decision that for the next few years my priority will be my job. For me money is a huge motivator and if I put the work in now it will pay off 18-24 months from now. I want to buy a house next year and living where I do I'm looking at a ~£180k self funded mortgage. That probably gives you an idea of what I need to be earning just to get on the property ladder

[Will]

Tell me about it... I'm looking at high percentage mortgage as my deposit would only be a small 5 figure sum :/ It's scary ****.

Well as long as you're happy and you feel in control and not knackering yourself out then it's all good.

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

Tell me about it... I'm looking at high percentage mortgage as my deposit would only be a small 5 figure sum :/ It's scary ****.

I about to drag this thread rather OT

Thinking about it I'm getting more and more convinced that in hindsight (yes that wonderful thing) going to University was not the best idea for me and I would have been much better off getting a job and getting on the housing ladder much much earlier.

I think back to 1999 when my sister bought a nice flat in Birmingham for £40k that's now worth close on £120k (she sold it for £80k in 2002 IIRC) and one of my friends in Cambridge who bought a tiny 1 bed flat for £80k back in 2000 that's now worth over £200k

I'm now at the point where I really want to own my own property (my goodness if I'd seen this post a year ago I would have never believed it was coming from me) but I just find it utterly exasperating that I need to spend so much just to get a foot on the ladder. Anyways, if you got on the ladder before it went mad I officially hate you*











*I love you really but I'm currently doing a rather good hulk impression as I'm so green

[Mark]

Well, expectation is house prices are going to be flat or falling for the next year or so (yeah, heard it before, but the numbers seem to agree this time), so maybe that'll help with climbing on the ladder.

[Admiral Huddy]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

Awwwwwwwwwww huddy Boo.

*huggles*

All you need to do is close your eyes and you can be anywhere in the world with whoever you like doing whatever you like! You don't need holiday time for that!

Ok I tried that this morning... Unfortunately and I bumped into some young lady carrying her Coffee.. She had a lovely pair of Grande Starbucks

[Pheebs]

Genius Huddy! I have taught you well! Keep up the good work of dreaming and bumpage!