Slowly going mental.

**James Deuce** · 2nd January 2007, 08:54

Weather. Fekking freezing. Power bill for December/January will be like a Winter one. Yay for the return of the cyclical, weak El Nino weather pattern.

Work. On-call for 4 weeks. Can't go anywhere or do anything. Looks like I'll probably end up on-call full time this year. Too old for that sort of life style. Not exactly what you'd call "hungry" to succeed at my job. In fact I hate it with a passion, but it gets us by.

New tyre is barely scrubbed in. Still waiting for bits to turn up (not bike shop's fault) from my off about 3 months ago. Haven't been on a ride longer than 17kms except for the Christmas Eve round the Bays ride and Uncle B's funeral over the last 6 weeks.

Rooted a helmet commuting FFS.

Even BMW is sounding happy. She's supposed to be miserable and I'm supposed to be apathetic. I can't even reach the lofty heights of apathy.

Happy New Year everyone.

**Crisis management** · 2nd January 2007, 08:57

Morning Jim, must have been a hell of a new years if your still this hung over two days later!

Sorry its starting off badly but if its any help I'm working too....the joys of self employment!

**Fatjim** · 2nd January 2007, 08:59

Cheer up bud. Another couple of weeks and summer will be here.

I too had a shit December, including the work side of things, but the missus and me got back together, so thats kinda covering all that stuff, but I still feel sorta flat.

You must have one good news story to share from the last month. Focus on that, I am.

**James Deuce** · 2nd January 2007, 09:04

Awesome news Fatjim!

**RT527** · 2nd January 2007, 09:16

Hey I know how to ruin it more, Ill come visit ...ROFLMFAO.

Seriously dude you still with us , that in itself is enough to be happy for.

Dont like the job ...your a braniac youll find something better.

Something you love doing.

**yungatart** · 2nd January 2007, 10:39

At least you can ride....
My foot is itchy - the one encased in blue plaster, of course.
Its fecken cold in Aucks.
Mstrs had a go at me for demanding my share of the blankets in the midddle of the night.
The boys are off for a ride - I am allowed to follow in the car, so I guess I should be grateful.
Happy New Year, ya grumpy old git

**Str8 Jacket** · 2nd January 2007, 10:46

Jim, we should team up and be grumpy and go mental together. Im supposed to be on 6 weeks holidays but I think im gonna have to cancel them and go back to work as thanks to my bike I have absolutely no money to do any bloody thing....

Oh yeah, Happy New Years.

**SPman** · 2nd January 2007, 11:07

Its too hot to ride in anything but tee shirt and shorts.......particularly with the heat rash I've got for the first time in my life! Even the roos are just lying under the trees

Haven't been on a ride longer than 200K except for the last commute on the 20th

All we can do is lie under the aircon unit......

The office doesn't reopen until the 8th, so I have to use up precious holiday allowance now, not when I want to.....at least it gives me time to divert grey water to the orchard and garden and think of other ways to save this precious commodity........(shower with a friend...)......and the parrots stripped the fruit off the peach trees!!!!

The CB350 needs the new top end gasket set thats been sitting in the drawer for the last 6 months........

My gammy leg is giving me gyp, the roosters are trying to kill each other and I got a speeding ticket on OUR road, by an out of district cop! Bastidge!

Yeah - things are pretty normal.

**MattRSK** · 2nd January 2007, 11:54

Originally Posted by Jim2

Weather. Fekking freezing. Power bill for December/January will be like a Winter one. Yay for the return of the cyclical, weak El Nino weather pattern.

Work. On-call for 4 weeks. Can't go anywhere or do anything. Looks like I'll probably end up on-call full time this year. Too old for that sort of life style. Not exactly what you'd call "hungry" to succeed at my job. In fact I hate it with a passion, but it gets us by.

New tyre is barely scrubbed in. Still waiting for bits to turn up (not bike shop's fault) from my off about 3 months ago. Haven't been on a ride longer than 17kms except for the Christmas Eve round the Bays ride and Uncle B's funeral over the last 6 weeks.

Rooted a helmet commuting FFS.

Even BMW is sounding happy. She's supposed to be miserable and I'm supposed to be apathetic. I can't even reach the lofty heights of apathy.

Happy New Year everyone.

I was wondering where you were on the 31st. Let me down you did.

**mstriumph** · 2nd January 2007, 12:08

Jim2 - sounds as though u need to hop a plane, come have a 'mental health break' over here with us .......... i mean ANYTHING's gotta be better than having the fit of the glooms and glums you are currently having, right?

happy new year anyway!

**Toaster** · 2nd January 2007, 12:22

The whole weather thing is nuts... we are supposed to get regular rain this time of year where I live, but it's so dry I am spending hours watering the new trees/plants etc with the lack of decent rain and too much wind.... oh joys of being rural and needing rain! Poor old Wellers has had a tough year (06) for weather, I must say I don't miss living down there.

**RantyDave** · 2nd January 2007, 12:27

Originally Posted by Jim2

Looks like I'll probably end up on-call full time this year.

Fuck that. Get them to train up some other bugger and if they don't, leave. Remember that your fine employers have a commitment to their clients to have someone around 24/7 to look after their shitbox windows rigs (?) and if you leave and are genuinely the only one who can look after it, they've broken the contract and are in deep shit.

Anyway, hiring season starts monday so CV season starts now. Perhaps put your spare time to some use?

Dave

**forkoil** · 2nd January 2007, 12:54

Originally Posted by Jim2

Weather. Fekking freezing. Power bill for December/January will be like a Winter one. Yay for the return of the cyclical, weak El Nino weather pattern.

Work. On-call for 4 weeks. Can't go anywhere or do anything. Looks like I'll probably end up on-call full time this year. Too old for that sort of life style. Not exactly what you'd call "hungry" to succeed at my job. In fact I hate it with a passion, but it gets us by.

New tyre is barely scrubbed in. Still waiting for bits to turn up (not bike shop's fault) from my off about 3 months ago. Haven't been on a ride longer than 17kms except for the Christmas Eve round the Bays ride and Uncle B's funeral over the last 6 weeks.

Rooted a helmet commuting FFS.

Even BMW is sounding happy. She's supposed to be miserable and I'm supposed to be apathetic. I can't even reach the lofty heights of apathy.

Happy New Year everyone.

You have my sympathies, and identification. Suspect you're also in IT and past the 'young and enthusiastic' stage, me too. This year both Mum and Dad died (good long innings both tho), and I found I had a brain tumour mid November. Now the good news, tumour turned out to be benign, and treatable by drugs (phew), but not allowed to ride for 6 weeks after the biopsy, so out of action til end of Jan. The weather up here in Aucks is shite but not nearly as shite as down in Welly. My bro in law down there said he had to light his fire a couple days ago, so cold. Grew up in Lower Hutt so know the weather

Anyway, I'm sure it will get better, hang in there.