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@voodoo said in Happiness Scale:
@Bones said in Happiness Scale:
@Snowy probably to at least know what end of a hammer to use.
I was more interested in sitting on the paint shaker.
To be fair, that does sound fun
Kinda like this but bigger and looked more old school, had a perspex top so you could see the oil sloshing around inside. Reckon the old man must still have it sitting in a garage, interested @Snowy?
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@Bones said in Happiness Scale:
Ok I've only got as far as people saying 3 mill isn't enough to stop working and m4l saying 2 mill would hardly change his life and fucken hell I'm flabbergasted.
What the fuck do you guys earn and spend on that you couldn't live off 50k a year for the next 60 years?
I could easily turn 1 mill pounds into pretty much retirement with the odd spot of work on property or what have you here and there.
I wouldn't need much because I can sell the house for profit, my superannuation is in good position as well as having a defined benefits scheme and we already have our retirement block (300+ acres with existing house) although the house will need some work/ renovations but that will keep me occupied. I already have toys and the more cash you have available the more expensive the toys and the return isn't linear so not too bothered with having the latest, fastest and greatest. Then all I need is travelling money. And a lot of it because SWMBO doesn't do economy on long stretches.
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i think there has been a couple of threads that have touched on similar topics and im not really sure the best one so i'll stick this in here and move if needs be
so, i decided during lockdown last year i was going to get back into playing rugby, wife was working long hours and quite honestly i just got a bit lonely at night
found a club not too far away here in melbourne and preseason started training started late Jan.
jeez, a real wake up call, apparently jogging just doesn;t cut it on the fitness scales, having a proper conditioning coach is helping and can at least finish a session without having to take a break to "stretch"
some real trouble with knees/achilles/calf's as have had issues with them in the past. slowly coming right though through proper training
can i also just add the back of the lineout seem a lot further away that i remember from the last time i played!
preseason games started this week, if anyone wants to feel a but queasy i can provide photos of my back from the first game, black/blue and red
in general i feel good though, great to meet loads of new blokes ranging from the 20 years olds trying to go pro to some older hats waiting for the squads to sperate so the 3rds can spend at least one training run at the pub
and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon
will settle down i think as i have no expectations above the 3rds and so should get a night back a week
just interesting how things change a bit
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@kiwiwomble going back to play is a huge move. A little jealous to be honest.
I hope you have a fun season.
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@mariner4life have to say, had to do a lot on my own, down the local school on the off mornings to practice throwing against a back board, googling videos of AB hookers going through throwing
it will be a test if it just take too much time out of the week, dont want to go too far the other way and piss the wife off
just some mates a bit closer to home that want to watch some rugby every so often was the real catalyst
did get to buys some new boots thought whish was cool
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@kiwiwomble i bought new ones for touch. enjoyed the process.
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@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:
i think there has been a couple of threads that have touched on similar topics and im not really sure the best one so i'll stick this in here and move if needs be
so, i decided during lockdown last year i was going to get back into playing rugby, wife was working long hours and quite honestly i just got a bit lonely at night
found a club not too far away here in melbourne and preseason started training started late Jan.
jeez, a real wake up call, apparently jogging just doesn;t cut it on the fitness scales, having a proper conditioning coach is helping and can at least finish a session without having to take a break to "stretch"
some real trouble with knees/achilles/calf's as have had issues with them in the past. slowly coming right though through proper training
can i also just add the back of the lineout seem a lot further away that i remember from the last time i played!
preseason games started this week, if anyone wants to feel a but queasy i can provide photos of my back from the first game, black/blue and red
in general i feel good though, great to meet loads of new blokes ranging from the 20 years olds trying to go pro to some older hats waiting for the squads to sperate so the 3rds can spend at least one training run at the pub
and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon
will settle down i think as i have no expectations above the 3rds and so should get a night back a week
just interesting how things change a bit
Brilliant mate
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@kiwiwomble I bought new ones when I played Golden Oldies, cos I needed boots!
I miss it, and do often think about having another crack at it, but not sure the body would hold up to the rigors of it week in week out, havent had to deal with the contacts like that for too many years now.
But good on ya bro!!
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@taniwharugby i had my touch/football boots but first scrum we put down just showed they had nowhere near the grip needed
yeah, the contact is full on and has taken some work getting use to sticking your head in dangerous places
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@Kiwiwomble yeah it's amazing trying to get back into the drills you didn't bat an eyelid at and now absolutely dread! I lost interest when it became apparent we wouldn't be playing but will get back when there's actual rugby on the horizon...
Been asked to help out coaching the 2nds too so might as well take advantage of club funds to do some courses.
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Awesome!! Im a long time retired and I can only imagine how the first few weeks of contact will feel!
Fuck I miss it!! I love the gym and weights but being able to unleash on the paddock is something else.
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@paekakboyz said in Happiness Scale:
Awesome!! Im a long time retired and I can only imagine how the first few weeks of contact will feel!
Fuck I miss it!! I love the gym and weights but being able to unleash on the paddock is something else.
And when a forward pack really starts humming its a magic thing to be a part of.The running and conditioning was a bit rough...but that first scrum felt pretty good
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@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:
@paekakboyz said in Happiness Scale:
Awesome!! Im a long time retired and I can only imagine how the first few weeks of contact will feel!
Fuck I miss it!! I love the gym and weights but being able to unleash on the paddock is something else.
And when a forward pack really starts humming its a magic thing to be a part of.The running and conditioning was a bit rough...but that first scrum felt pretty good
Spoken like a true hooker
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@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:
i think there has been a couple of threads that have touched on similar topics and im not really sure the best one so i'll stick this in here and move if needs be
so, i decided during lockdown last year i was going to get back into playing rugby, wife was working long hours and quite honestly i just got a bit lonely at night
found a club not too far away here in melbourne and preseason started training started late Jan.
jeez, a real wake up call, apparently jogging just doesn;t cut it on the fitness scales, having a proper conditioning coach is helping and can at least finish a session without having to take a break to "stretch"
some real trouble with knees/achilles/calf's as have had issues with them in the past. slowly coming right though through proper training
can i also just add the back of the lineout seem a lot further away that i remember from the last time i played!
preseason games started this week, if anyone wants to feel a but queasy i can provide photos of my back from the first game, black/blue and red
in general i feel good though, great to meet loads of new blokes ranging from the 20 years olds trying to go pro to some older hats waiting for the squads to sperate so the 3rds can spend at least one training run at the pub
and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon
will settle down i think as i have no expectations above the 3rds and so should get a night back a week
just interesting how things change a bit
Womble, that's awesome!
And just because it's the Fern, and it's human nature to at least try and match your story ... I'll share mine
How old are you Womble? And how long since you played? Where? When? Who? How?
I suspect I have a similar story, in that I chucked footy on the back of a back injury and general disinterest at about 28.
But took it up again at about 34 in Adelaide.
Had an agreement with Mrs Boo that I'd only trsin once a week which restricted me to 3rds and 4ths, which was OK. I was a star in 3rds, and enjoyed playing 4ths as they were the good players who didn't bother training at all
Kept that going when I relocated up here to Hervey Bay.
As very few peeps were prepared to play in the front row I kept a place in firsts pretty much as long as I wanted.
Eventually chucked it for good due to working away at about age 42, but still played the odd game till 43 ... oh, you're short? I've got my boots in the car ...
Now 52 with heart issues I'm still waiting for Fozzie to give me that call ...
Awesome way to meet and get to know people.
As for throwing ... I was always crap ... did a bit of hookering in my day ... but seriously I was a crap thrower ... but the routine I worked out was that the height of the crossbar was roughly where you'd ex9ect a jumper to get to. So I'd pace off the distance the jumpers would be along the try line from the post from the different sort of jumps (hard flat, front lob, back lob etc) and then try and hit where the cross bar met the post.
Was still a crap thrower ...
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@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:
and interesting development is the wife, started making comments about missing me being out 2-3 nights a weeks and Saturday games still on the horizon
Yea boi. Get out there and show her how independent you are. That's the spirit. The ladies LURV a challenge.
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I've been only a fill-in the last few years as I continued my quest to bring the club back from the brink of collapse. Now that I've avoided (or at least, delayed) that, this year I'm BACK, BABY!
Have 92 caps for the club, and would have been well over 100 if I'd not taken a hiatus back in 2012-2014. Will probably end up playing hooker and the moulded studs will get me thru to the ton. At that point I might shift my attention more to refereeing and helping address bigger issues in the game.
Have been pushing myself at training 1.5 sessions a week (have to leave early on Wednesdays) but really enjoying it.
Like you, the social aspect I think I need despite very much enjoying the WFH situation with COVID. And this year I'll enjoy a few beers after the game a bit more than I was.
I'll be 45 in June and I reckon that's around the time I start to think about retiring - but there is a complete dickhead who racked up 123 caps through various dodgy means years ago, and I think I need to knock him out of 4th place on the club's all-time.
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