Chubbs
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« Reply #29370 on: Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 12:10:36 » |
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Manual or electric?
Manual.
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Barry Scott
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« Reply #29371 on: Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 21:01:42 » |
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Barry, he'll come good mate. As you've recognised he's an intelligent lad but just isn't cut out for the defined path of academia. There's plenty of hands on roles he could carve out and enjoy doing. Under your guidance (if you wish to) I'm sure you can point him in the right direction.
It's a common trait of 'rebellion' in that he'll likely end up running his own business. Look up 'rebel talent'. I'm sure he has an answer for everything and good at reinventing himself. If he can harness it (with or without guidance), he can break the rules in all the right ways.
Thanks, I'll give the book a read, although I'm not sure I'll get him in the same room as a book to be honest. The large majority of kids like that in my year at school went out and learnt a trade and have done well for themselves.
Certainly not the be all and end all like the school make it out to be at the time.
Yeah, we fully expect him to get a trade. The only thing he's ever shown even a tiny bit of interest in was how much we paid our plumber and he then wanted to become one (for about 20 seconds, before his phone beckoned him away from reality once more). How easy is it for a 15 year old to get a job these days though?
No idea. But he's not living rent free doing nothing but snapchat and Xbox for an indefinite period. (That's according to his Mum. I'm too soft and only good at being "good cop".)
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« Reply #29372 on: Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 21:18:27 » |
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Barry its interesting reading you comments, my son was the same and I thought he'd never buckle down. Then one day he smelt a nice ladies bever and he changed into a workaholic. A fine piece of arse will turn him around.
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Red Frog
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« Reply #29373 on: Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 23:35:39 » |
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Barry its interesting reading you comments, my son was the same and I thought he'd never buckle down. Then one day he smelt a nice ladies bever and he changed into a workaholic. A fine piece of arse will turn him around.
You should become a motivational speaker.
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« Reply #29374 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 07:24:14 » |
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Barry its interesting reading you comments, my son was the same and I thought he'd never buckle down. Then one day he smelt a nice ladies bever and he changed into a workaholic. A fine piece of arse will turn him around.
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« Reply #29375 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 07:37:10 » |
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Beaver, it's beaver
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« Reply #29376 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 13:14:58 » |
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Sure it's not a nice warm hat or jacket? https://www.bever.nl/
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Fuck you Leggett, fuck you.
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« Reply #29377 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 13:17:53 » |
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If it's made out of velvet, could they not be one and the same?
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'I'm gonna tell you the secret. There's a threat, you end it and you don't feel ashamed about enjoying it. You smell the gunpowder and you see the blood, you know what that means? It means you're alive. You've won. You take the heads so that you don't ever forget.'
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« Reply #29378 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 13:31:12 » |
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255 quid to fix the garage door today and another approx 300 quid on the missus car this weekend.
Merry fucking Christmas to me.
The missus always suggests that we don't do presents for each other but i always "forget" or make out its from the boys and that way she cant be mad at me. The way this month is going, she might get her wish this year.
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« Reply #29379 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 13:53:09 » |
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Get her an FA Cup ticket Chubbster, only a tenner
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« Reply #29380 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 14:34:30 » |
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Get her an FA Cup ticket Chubbster, only a tenner Or just come straight out and tell her you want a divorce instead of beating around the bush!
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« Reply #29381 on: Thursday, November 22, 2018, 18:12:13 » |
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So, Brussels. Hungry and the pub has stopped serving food. In desperation visit the McDonald's nearby and have a go at one those auto order station things. Failed miserably at the 'enter tracking number' stage. What the fuck is that? Possibly some app related phone thing? The place didn't have an option of ordering at the till and I didn't have the heart to engage the smiling fresh faced cherub at the counter in Brits Abroad English.
Net result was going elsewhere to look for unhealthy food.
Hopefully one of the fast food experts on here will be able to put my mind at rest in a McDonald's for Dummies type way.
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Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? Crap!
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The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey
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« Reply #29382 on: Saturday, November 24, 2018, 20:06:46 » |
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So, I have to sit through Strictly and then what do I get?
Fucking Michael McIntyre.
Talentless twat
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« Reply #29383 on: Saturday, November 24, 2018, 20:11:27 » |
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So, I have to sit through Strictly and then what do I get?
Fucking Michael McIntyre.
Talentless twat
Know exactly how you're feeling, thought the dinosaur was the star ?.
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« Reply #29384 on: Saturday, November 24, 2018, 20:14:57 » |
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Wait til later, fucking Casualty - to the pub thinks me.
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Life is a Rollercoaster - Just gotta ride it.
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