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@r-l said in Happiness Scale:
@bones I get it now...😂
If anything, I would have hoped that would teach you to watch your phrasing!
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@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
Ook ?
Are you referring to the Alaskan white owl or the modulation technique I can (just) recall was used in the ancient telecoms systems I train on as a spotty teenager...?
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@victor-meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
Ook ?
Are you referring to the Alaskan white owl or the modulation technique I can (just) recall was used in the ancient telecoms systems I train on as a spotty teenager...?
A reference to my favourite Discworld character by Terry Pratchett: The Librarian.
His vocabulary is limited to varying emphasis on "Ook".
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@booboo said in Happiness Scale:
A reference to my favourite Discworld character by Terry Pratchett: The Librarian.
His vocabulary is limited to varying emphasis on "Ook".Ahh. now I understand
Samantha is more than just a librarian though as Humphrey Lyttleton explains:
"Samantha has just started keeping bees, and already has three dozen or so. She says she's got an expert handler coming round to give a demonstration. He'll carefully take out her 36 bees... and soon have them flying round his head"
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Kind of happy to not be playing rugby tomorrow due to COVID after waking up with a sore lower back - training up second rows is a tough gig and sometimes they push early and twist the scrum machine. Ugh. Also recovering from this MCL to a degree.
I'm stuck on 95 caps. Last Saturday was meant to be 96 but one of the opposition got flattened trying to make a tackle, and needed an ambulance so we had to abandon the game.
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@nta said in Happiness Scale:
Kind of happy to not be playing rugby tomorrow due to COVID after waking up with a sore lower back - training up second rows is a tough gig and sometimes they push early and twist the scrum machine. Ugh. Also recovering from this MCL to a degree.
I'm stuck on 95 caps. Last Saturday was meant to be 96 but one of the opposition got flattened trying to make a tackle, and needed an ambulance so we had to abandon the game.
You made the field? Surely would count?
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Sunny day, great bike, uncrowded roads, beautiful time of year.
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@r-l said in Happiness Scale:
@bones father of 11!! Wow. That is really sad... Poor Fiancée
Poor choice of thread
Not really. I think it probably gives context to the bottom of the scale.
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ok, as with a few times ive posted in here....im not sure this is the best place but why not, it will at least touch on several topics
Mrs Womble has a job opportunity in Hobart, Crown Solicitor so a big deal, but we're really struggling to make a call, is hobart too small and family orientated (we dont have kids), we like Melbourne a lot, i can move with my job so thats no issue
it just the stress of moving again, and we would normally go for a long weekend to get a feel for the place but we cant because of covid
She is not leaning towards not taking it because i have things like my rugby club and she saw how much i enjoyed it this year and i am leaning towards going because its amazing opportunity for her
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@kiwiwomble I moved on account of my wife's job (reasonably easy decision because it was a good opportunity for her and she earns more than me). This entailed leaving friends and family in another State and moving to a place where the weather sucks 75% of the year and there's nothing to do.
Upside was it had a net benefit to my career, made some good friends down here and Palachook aside, I can go back when I want to catch-up.
Would still go back in a heart beat, but I like my wife more than what I miss.
Probably unhelpful but I'd say nothing ventured, nothing gained and a decision to move isn't permanently binding.
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@antipodean yeah, thats where i lean, we've moved several time for her career for exactly the same reasons, her job enables us to live the life we do, i came to terms with it years ago but i think she honestly only clicked in the last couple of years when we had a fight and i pointed it out
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i know a guy heavily involved in a rugby club in Hobart, so there's a hook up
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@mariner4life really? is it a good scene? which club? i had a look but wasn't sure if it was just going to be much smaller
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@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:
@mariner4life really? is it a good scene? which club? i had a look but wasn't sure if it was just going to be much smaller
dunno, never been there
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@kiwiwomble said in Happiness Scale:
...we like Melbourne a lot, i can move with my job so thats no issue
Key question is probably how you'll both fare in a new, small city. 200k is a massive difference with 5M in Melbourne. That said, there are pros and cons - if you're a self starter who likes getting outdoors, then smaller can be better. If you love lots of variety in restaurants, nightlife, etc, then it'll start to grate quite quickly.
I always wanted to live rural, but realised after a few years in the city that actually the things I enjoyed were linked to big city life - access to lifestyle, people, events, etc. You can do it all rural - but you have to be really determined and make an effort.
So really, weigh up the commuting, house buying, lifestyle tradeoffs. I think there's a lot to be said for living in smaller centres, and being able to get around. You have to be comfortable with a reduced variety of experiences though (that Melbourne sporting complex is truly world class, for instance).
Good luck - and whatever you choose will be the right decision for you I'm sure!
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