agentundercover
Active Member
Mmmmm....
I've got a horrible feeling he will end up laughing. He's going to have Cameron sucking from the hose.
How's Your Decade Been?
- Thread starter Buckley
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Mmmmm....
I've got a horrible feeling he will end up laughing. He's going to have Cameron sucking from the hose.
agentundercover
Active Member
They have always been there tho. You would think there was one on every street corner the way society has gone. Parents helping out at village fetes being vetted for instance. Collective madness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye#Paedophilia_special_.282001.29
Still the best commentary on the subject ever.
true - but I'm not sure how either can hold back the tide of the internet? unless, you go down the chinese route and restrict people's access altogether? (but how, in a free society?) The traditional newspaper business model is being forced to adapt to the 21st century and that will inevitably lead to an atomised industry with far less influence - and I really do think the tycoons know this and are kakking themselves - if the advertisers don't keep up then those papers will die... if one paper charges for its site, people will just flock elsewhere (pay a weekly subscription for Clarkson or Gaunty? I. don't. think. so.) so I just don't see how Murdoch will get away with charging people?
beatpusher
New Member
evne though the decade still has a full year to go...
You still with same partner you entered the decade with? No partner
Same home? No.
Moved country? Twice
Loss: Father to cancer, innocence, a few brain cells
Gains: Experience, appreciation
You still with same partner you entered the decade with? No partner
Same home? No.
Moved country? Twice
Loss: Father to cancer, innocence, a few brain cells
Gains: Experience, appreciation
Yes, but the internet has made it a 24hour, 365 day open shop for them.
Its like giving an alcoholic a key to every bar and off license on the planet.
Buckley
Well-Known Member
In fairness I feel like I spent the first half of the decade in a bit of a wilderness catching up with myself and 'putting right what once went wrong' (as they say in Quantum Leap)... So I look back at myself at the turn of the century with immense fondness as I'd never then imagined how things have turned themselves around. If I was with the same woman (urgh!), in the same house (technically the en suite in Brighton, but for the sake of arguement...), had all the hangups I had and all the other things I was into at the time I wouldn't nearly be answering this thread with such relish
Though since more than made up for lost time, developed an army of friends that I genuinely feel sorry for those without; became Uncle to the most beautiful, cute, genius, darling Neice, and with the recent purchase of The Flat that I thought was genuinely originally beyond my wildest dreams when I first viewed it, it's sealed this decade as smashing the back doors in of the other two for fun and memories and progression into making me what I am today!
Regrets I've had a few etc, some of the heart, some of the brain, one of a stubborn mate which I fell out with in bizarre circumstances that all felt like armageddon at the time, but at the end of the day they're all massive adventures that will warrant a chapter in the memoirs and as yet haven't killed me 8)
So after having far too much fun with a view to making the most of my youth in the last 10 years I hope to continue in that spirit and maybe now incorporate a touch of responsibility into my diet 8) Cheers!
Where did it all go right?
http://www.spotlight-forums.com/showthread.php?t=11115
tristanbaldock
Active Member
You still with same partner you entered the decade with? No
Same home? No. Still in same town though (St. Austell in Cornwall), renting a 2 bed house with a mate
Moved country? I wish - I would like a villa in Ibiza and a townhouse in New York - maybe Euromillions will come through for me soon!
Losses: Hair, brain cells, innocence, certain morals, money, a couple of cars, free time
Gains: Weight, debt, some bad habits, some good habits, confidence, addiction to t'internet, happiness, learned to be a lot calmer, Golf (the sport), love of cycling, love of Ibiza, love of festivals - in particular Glastonbury, love of food, certain morals, lots of music, diplomacy, morris dancing, knitting novelty woollen xmas jumpers
Same home? No. Still in same town though (St. Austell in Cornwall), renting a 2 bed house with a mate
Moved country? I wish - I would like a villa in Ibiza and a townhouse in New York - maybe Euromillions will come through for me soon!
Losses: Hair, brain cells, innocence, certain morals, money, a couple of cars, free time
Gains: Weight, debt, some bad habits, some good habits, confidence, addiction to t'internet, happiness, learned to be a lot calmer, Golf (the sport), love of cycling, love of Ibiza, love of festivals - in particular Glastonbury, love of food, certain morals, lots of music, diplomacy, morris dancing, knitting novelty woollen xmas jumpers
That was the first time we met
(And please stop it with the threads, or you won't get to hear The Story next time we're out
!)You still with same partner you entered the decade with? Not quite - got together in 2000
Same home? no, moved twice
Moved country? yes, edinburgh to london. moving to barcelona in 2010 for a year, maybe more...
Losses: brain cells apart from that been lucky enough to not lose anything really important unless you count the 2 vespas that were nicked within 6 months of each other. broke my heart! oh and 5 grueling years working for a bully boss.
Gains: husband, cat, many amazing friends, 5 houses (investments!), conversational spanish, travel experiences ranging from thailand and australia to all over europe plus bi-annual pilgrimages to ibiza and a 10 year career that I'm about to abandon
Same home? no, moved twice
Moved country? yes, edinburgh to london. moving to barcelona in 2010 for a year, maybe more...
Losses: brain cells apart from that been lucky enough to not lose anything really important unless you count the 2 vespas that were nicked within 6 months of each other. broke my heart! oh and 5 grueling years working for a bully boss.
Gains: husband, cat, many amazing friends, 5 houses (investments!), conversational spanish, travel experiences ranging from thailand and australia to all over europe plus bi-annual pilgrimages to ibiza and a 10 year career that I'm about to abandon
Morbyd
Moderator
Que?
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Well technically one is Scotland and the other is England mate. Its a bit like moving from the US to Canada!
Buckley
Well-Known Member
Morbyd
Moderator
More like moving from Texas to New York!
Im not with the same partner thank god!
Moved house twice since the start of the decade.
No real losses
Gains, A wife and a lot of really great friends!
Im still working for the same company but now in my third job.
All in all i think the 00's have been awesome best decade yet with hopefully more of the same to come!
Moved house twice since the start of the decade.
No real losses
Gains, A wife and a lot of really great friends!
Im still working for the same company but now in my third job.
All in all i think the 00's have been awesome best decade yet with hopefully more of the same to come!
ibizagal
Active Member
Am i still with the same partner?...was single then, and after a few in between relationships...single again!
Moved house 3 times since
Losses: some great friends, a boyfriend, my great social life!....what went wrong!
Also several good jobs like working for myself!Lost weight too! Yay!
Gains: A sister in law, who lives in the states (with my bro) so great holidays for me, Seen loads of countries on lots of holidays, gained 3 puppies, some new friends- new social life! yay!
I prefered the 90's to this decade...so many fantastic memories, especially in ibiza!
Lets hope the next decade is the best!
Moved house 3 times since
Losses: some great friends, a boyfriend, my great social life!....what went wrong!
Also several good jobs like working for myself!Lost weight too! Yay!
Gains: A sister in law, who lives in the states (with my bro) so great holidays for me, Seen loads of countries on lots of holidays, gained 3 puppies, some new friends- new social life! yay!
I prefered the 90's to this decade...so many fantastic memories, especially in ibiza!
Lets hope the next decade is the best!
WeLuvIbiza
Active Member
You still with same partner you entered the decade with? Yes, married for eons
Same home? No, moved around quite a lot, same house now for 4 years though.
Moved country? No, spent 4 years in channel islands at the start of the decade my best offer!
Losses: A couple of friends died way too young
Gains: Little boy 4, and girl 1. Children have been the most profound experience imaginable. Wish we had started sooner and had 5 or 6. Finding Ibiza.
Same home? No, moved around quite a lot, same house now for 4 years though.
Moved country? No, spent 4 years in channel islands at the start of the decade my best offer!
Losses: A couple of friends died way too young
Gains: Little boy 4, and girl 1. Children have been the most profound experience imaginable. Wish we had started sooner and had 5 or 6. Finding Ibiza.
