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danbaseley said:
I'm okay work and housing wise.
I messaged her today, in terms of what is happening with her and the kids over the next year. Obviously, I would like to be reasonably close to them, so I am not travelling hours to see them.
Her response was "It's not up to me to tell you what to do with your life. You know how I feel about you having the boys right now and in the next year, or so. I'm not going to comment on how I may feel in the future".
Just remember - she hit me, twice, in the last year. I never so much as laid a finger on her. But, she has convinced herself I am the issue.
A mate of mine who is a clinical psychologist, said that she has a classic narcissistic view of herself: she can never view herself as the antagonist - only the victim, or hero.
So, she does mental gymnastics - and extols her continual control freakery - to convince herself, that I am a bad person: and she is beyond reproach.
Which is somewhat challenging for me. To say the least.

danbaseley said:My girlfriend of five years left me, and took our two children aged 2 and 3 with her, at the start of Lockdown 1.0.

She kept me on the hook at the family home, whilst she lived at her parents, for 6 months - saying she did not know how she felt.
Then in the space of a day made, effectively made me carless, jobless - by disconnecting the Internet - and homeless.
The car she took, then sat - unused on her parents gated drive for almost a month. At that point she had two SUVs, in a house which had 7 cars.
Had it not been for a local mate, who is a landlord at a pub, I'd have been jobless and on the street at the start of October.
She "allows" me to see my children for 3.5 hours a week, twice a week.

She tells me that I should be grateful for this - as its more than a lot of fathers get.

Still, it means I have not been hit by anyone in a while.

On the plus side, I have a six pack for the first time ever.

danbaseley said:
You can save your passwords to Chrome and login across multiple devices.

AdamT said:I never competed strongman

Is it a case of when you're older, it is just harder to recover between events?

I doubt Brian or even z is much weaker, but with the increase of age, recovery is a major issue. Also just wear and tear on the body that younger athletes don't have

I don't or never have claimed to be strong, but in my 20s/early 30s I could lift heavy every day while doing cardio if I wanted

I'm as strong now as ever and still quite fit, but I can't train with the same intensity and if I do? My recovery goes up the left

Cardio and lifting on the same day is not something I look forward to

Gone are the days of a max effort lift and then go for a run for an hour

unit94 said:Martins would be a great presenter to have

Wayne_Cowdrey said:I missed this first time around.

Ha ha ha, brilliant!!!!!

"the mirror"

danbaseley said:Jonathan Edwards was a special athlete. Weird to think he is 54. Almost as weird to think he has held the triple jump record since 1995.

When Michael Johnson described Usain Bolt as a once in a generation athlete, he hit the nail on the head. High praise from an absolute nebuchadnezzar of a runner.

PeteHodgson said:
A nice thought. As was my thought that the government will start to appreciate key workers including NHS staff and maybe not they'd get a pay rise and not get shat on.
Ho hum.

unit94 said:
Absolutely but people seem to care less about that annoyingly

AdamT said:
With cash it is easy for small businesses to not declare what they earn
Think of a hairdresser for one. Imagine ball park figure they cut 20 heads a day, but just declare 15. The tax will not be what it should be
What about workmen doing odd jobs at weekends for cash? Do you think they declare everything?
I personally know a window cleaner who on a good week earns well over 500 quid a week. He admits to never declaring much more than 350
Governments are missing out big time on undeclared tax
If everything is by card, or through computer? Then the government will have higher percent takings for tax, as it is much more difficult to fraud

JohnGym said:I already live a cashless life. It’s great.
My work is completely cashless and I haven't drawn cash from a machine in a very long time. I usually pay for things with my mobile phone.
I can’t see any downsides.

Rick said:
It wouldn’t. There is decent evidence for some protection for the wearer, and, more to the point, excellent evidence for significant prophylaxis against infection carried by the wearer. This has been known for MONTHS.