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I spoke to an 84 year old guy in a cafe the other day. He said to me “you have to learn to be happy with less.”
I thought that is words to live by.
Compound interest.
“Mine bitcoin in 2012”
I spoke to an 84 year old guy in a cafe the other day. He said to me “you have to learn to be happy with less.”
Tell me you dipped his pocket
Don’t poke pin holes in the eyes of your Wayne Gretzky rookie card.
Don’t spend money you don’t have.
Stick with the programming and get a decently paid job no matter how boring you find it.
Learn a foreign language and make use of it to live abroad, for a time at least (probably Italy).
Move to Sydney.
It’s okay not to eat vegetables. That If I were to eat just beef, butter and eggs I would never be overweight and would literally be fitter than a butchers dog.
All you love, you lose.
It’s okay not to eat vegetables. That If I were to eat just beef, butter and eggs I would never be overweight and would literally be fitter than a butchers dog.
By way of contrast.
"Don't be such a fussy eater you wee shitehawk"
Also.
"Get a dog asap"
And.
"Get help sooner its a million times less worse than where doing nothing gets you"
And also.
"But when you ignore all of this, one day it will all click and you'll be grand"
and the worst. Don’t stick with something that you find boring
Boredom is like smoking, you'll go years without realising then one day you'll look in the mirror and think '****'
Don't sweat the small stuff
When the curtain closes at the crematorium, your last cheque should bounce
Wear good quality socks
Listen to the birds
Never kill a wasp
A good shit is better than a bad shag
Always say hello
That Santa Claus is definitely real.
When you’re 19 years old you’ll get invited by Elaine to a party after work at her place. This time, sat yes. There is no party, she was inviting you back to her house. You’ll only find this out 2 years later when she asks why you turned her down.
That credit card you’re going to take out from the nice fella from Barclaycard at the uni campus who gave you a free super soaker for signing up? Yeah, say no, you can’t be trusted with it and it will screw your credit for a good chunk of your 20’s.
You know how you hate your body? Well in time you’ll realise it’s stronger than you can imagine. And you’ll take great pride in your lanky physique.
If they ask you your national insurance number, and it hasn't yet been issued to you. DON'T make one up.
Sure you get some money, but 20 years down the line trying to explain to the tax office where you've been for a ten year period, can be a bit of a tricky one.
Wear gloves
It’s only going to get worse.
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buy apple shares, go to ibiza more often, take your chances in life, dont sit back..
enjoy your youth as the years fly by in later life..
It’s okay not to eat vegetables. That If I were to eat just beef, butter and eggs I would never be overweight and would literally be fitter than a butchers dog.
Veg doesn't make you overweight.
Veg doesn’t make you overweight.
Doesn't it depend on how many you eat?
Good luck trying to eat the quantity of veg you need to, to make you fat.
Don't worry - in the future bikes will work and be much, much better and as you will no longer be just about the only person riding in the local forest the LBS will no longer be 50km away.
Definitely the dentist thing and brush your teeth more. Also the Sunshine thing, getting burnt all the time is not a good idea.
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed a quite specific theme running through several of these posts? 🤔
I wonder if the female half/halves of these could-have-been trysts are still lamenting their lost opportunity...
Elaine, Gwen & Claire, 'French Girl', Michelle H, etc, to the forum?
#unlikely 😉
Don't let your sister feed your Action Man to her pet rabbit.
Move to Sydney.
This ^^.
Or alternatively:
Actually work at your language lessons, get extra tuition, do whatever it takes to learn a language properly then emigrate to that country and get citizenship, because the UK will end up as a total basketcase.
Don't worry, it won't send you blind.
It does. It ate off his hands and face.
Loving the posts saying I’d tell ten year old me to study harder, learn languages and buy shares. How ****ing switched on were you people at ten? I’d think future me was a nutter and go back to making lethal rope swings in the local woods and playing with my He-Man figures.
Which reminds me, don’t let James use you for ‘Moving target’ practice with his black widow catapult. Yes, you’re a fair way off, but it’s going to really hurt when that stone hits your thigh!
Don’t worry about what other people think, their are loads of other people like you out there, you will meet them one day.
And in contrast to some of the above, don’t try and chase the popular girls (although your teens might be fun). When the one comes along she will find you (and be hotter than all the netball players and party girls).
Buying something means you bought it. Bringing something means you brought it. They’re, there, their. Don’t send a letter to or go on Jim’ll Fix it.
For me it would be "Don't worry you did alright in the end"
Don’t send a letter to or go on Jim’ll Fix it.
That is sound advice for a time travelling STW’er
Avoid joining bicycle forums. Few if any actually own or ride a bike, and its a deep dark hole you don't want to go down.
It all kind of works out in the end so don't worry too much as long as you don't ever expect to be rich.
Maybe do some work at school despite what everyone thinks you are clever enough to be a vet if you want, but by the time you do a levels and prove it the dream has gone.....mind you if you do follow that dream whilst it may be great, you will miss some cool stuff...
Oh and when you go to uni try and avoid that goth girl........
Listen to me kid . You are clever enough to pass o levels if you actually put in a tiny amount of effort now. A few hours a week now will reap huge rewards for the rest of your life and not leave you looking like a moron with an empty CV .
You will be more employable , be able to earn alot more money, and not feel the need to work like a slave to hang on to your job as if you won't ever be able to get another one.
Never put your face where you wouldn't put your feet..... and leave this shit hole country as soon as you can.
I wouldn't say much as right now I'm in a good place and wouldn't want to Marty McFly today out of existence. But I would say, that university course you choose, stick at it, it may seem tough at the time.and you'll think about running a bar instead of finishing, but it turns out that whilst the stuff you're learning is obscure, you'll put it to good use and have an interesting career.
Also, Phantom Menace, go.to the pub instead, and wait until you have kids to watch it with 😀.
Actually. I would tell 10 year old me .
You know how you like building dams , forts , finding out how things work etc
Forget academics, put up with the bullies and learn to be a builder. Get a basic qualification in plumbing and electrics .
You will never be out of work and will be able to earn more money than most people.
Dear young me,
You know that Canadian prog rock trio that you're really into? Well 48 years later they'll still be your favourite band. Sadly though they never get to be cool. And neither do you.
Girls aren't scary, they are actually quite nice.
Do a wider range of hobbies and clubs, especially when young and when at university. You'll not get your chance to try things as cheaply as you very older and you'll meet more fun people.
Work is boring so go for a high paying career.
Thought of another one. Your parents aren't always right, think for yourself and not how they tell you.
Don't be the guy who's in the bar/club every night, be the guy who's in there occasionally when it's worth it.
Do something new every month even if it's only small.
If you're wondering whether to kiss her, then kiss her.
Some things are the most fun the first time, then never quite as good again, others get more fun the more you do them. Concentrate your energy on the second.
Make a budget and get your finances under control, start saving a bit now.
The reason that you're not as good at sport as the rest is because most of them are older than you.
Oh, and "just be yourself" means work out the things that you want to do, and let other people come along for the ride, don't try and do things because you think others will be impressed by them.
Stick a small sum away in savings and a small sum into a pension right from the off.... but not too much, spend some on fun too.
Wear ear plugs at raves and gigs.
When you are 18 and you slam your mum’s 3 week old car into reverse in a darkened car park so that you take off like a ****ed cat, in order to bang your drunken mate’s head on the dashboard. DON’T!
There is a pay and display machine behind you lurking in the darkness and the tariff board will try and slice the car in half like something out of Laurel and Hardy.
Nothing original, it seems.
Mine bitcoin / buy yahoo / buy apple / buy a flippin big house on a 0% deposit crazy mortgage.
Don't hang around with crap mates.
Hard pass on Louise*
*not actually called Louise of course, but this is STW.
Make a budget and get your finances under control, start saving a bit now.
At ten? 😂
Yeah, this whole thread seems to be either stuff you could find in a fortune cookie, or stuff a 10 year old just isn't going to remember after the 10-20 years it's going to take to become relevant.
I wish I'd listened to what my dad told me when I was ten. But I didn't so I'll never know what it was. Chances of ten year old me listening to ancient me are zero
Yeah, this whole thread seems to be either stuff you could find in a fortune cookie, or stuff a 10 year old just isn’t going to remember after the 10-20 years it’s going to take to become relevant.
Good job that nobody has invented a time displacement machine then eh?