Mostyn6

sadly, a colleague of my girlfriend had been struggling with mental health for a while, people were aware of his struggles, yet someone saw fit to complain about his standard of work, and reported/complained, eventually, he reached a cruel and devastating state of mind and decided to end it all. Some of my GF's friends are absolutely heartbroken having worked more closely with him (than my GF). We were in Prague over the weekend, and we had a few natural beers and it suddenly hit her quite hard, and she was totally bewildered and struggling to understand why this lovely fella had decided to take his own life.
In answer to some of her questions, I made reference to my own struggles, which I try to play down as low mood nowadays, but back when I started this thread, I was really struggling to find a reason to be alive. This shocked her a lot and I was mentioning some of the stories and explanations in this thread, and ultimately how it helped me.
I'm in a good place now, as I said a few weeks back, and I also know how to spot my decline and what to do to halt and reverse it. Basically, I jump on a treadmill 3 times a week for a month and I'm automatically on top of the world. I'm a rubbish runner, and it hurts, but sense of achievement is immense. I remember wanting to get to 1km non-stop, then 10mins, then 2km, then 2.5km nonstop, then all the way up to 5km nonstop, and then it was doing 5km in under 30mins, and eventually did it in 26mins, which for me was amazing having been medically advised to never run.
Anyway, what I am saying is, awareness is the first step to recovery, then needing to find your little cure is vital.

I love posts like this as men seldom "out " their feelings and sometimes the feeling of belonging is the start you need.
I met Mostyn many years back via another forum (rj) and a meet up at the Brewery Tap pub along with Mucker and others, he is a top bloke and I am so glad to hear your life is now shaping up.
As a man of a certain vintage, dealing with family issues aplenty, prostate problems, retirement issues etc, I can offer some insight into many of life's traumas as I have probably already been there.
For me retirement from a busy business, proved to be far more traumatic than I had first envisaged. Wifey encouraged me to try an allotment as I have always had a keen interest in growing stuff.
At first I was dubious thinking I was just exchanging one type of work for another. Anyways on the principle "it cant hurt to try"I got my name down and eventually got my first half plot. Two years on I have 3 further plots and a group of friends with similar age and outlooks.
The improvement in my mental and physical well being is immeasurable, and whilst I doubt it would suit some people, the principal of joining in with the group of any activity can provide a focus and an outlet. We usually have coffee together around ten each day and get stuck in to all kinds of topics. Once we have put the world to rights its back to the weeding lol.
Just hope you can all enjoy your later life as much as I am, and don't  be shy about meeting people, they will welcome you warmly into the group in most cases 🦍
 
 

Dont normally put stuff like this , but kinda feeling like im wasting my life. just seem to work , have my tea and go to sleep. Any ambition has gone out the window. quite tragic really. So iv started bodybuilding/weightlifting again after many years away and im taking up archery and gonna try and grow my own veg in garden to feel like iv actually accomplished something 

Hello all. This thread has gone nearly a year since a post, which surprises me given how open we have been over the years.  Personally, I've been in a good place,  in a relationship for 14 months now,  got a dog at home,  just got a promotion at work, and building good relationships with family I only discovered in September 2022. All that said,  I've just lost a friend to cancer, got another friend going through recovery after cancer treatment and I'm definitely feeling sadness and woe that the gods saw fit to take B4 away from us. 
This time of year is usually very lonely for me as I usually try and stay out of the way so as not to intrude or burden people.  This year will be different as I'm going to Becky's mum's for Christmas and will be with her family. 
This isn't one to gloat, more one to remind people that the world moves on and situations change. Nothing is permanent,  especially sadness. 
Hope you all have as wonderful a Christmas period as is possible, and if it isn't, that doesn't mean it won't be again x

Uk and Europe trip just about booked, leave Brisbane 28 April, end up in Inverness then a 6 day hike leaving from Fort William. A few days floating around Scotland then a week in Dubrovnik and Split, flying back into Manchester. Staying in Belper for 12 days in King st above the fish bar then down to London for 4 days before flying back to Brisbane via Perth. 6 weeks all up.

We never know these things but I think there was a long standing groin issue (behave 🤣) You can see how that would limit him, I remember having a hernia / pull there, you just can’t press the loud peddle but you don’t know until you have to.
I liked him, cocky sod, but you need em like that sometimes and that Leeds game was pure magic. He’ll always get a big clap from me. 

After the win at Charlton and going 2nd, B4 would have been over the moon, really hope we can go up for B4, in the name of B4. Once A Ram Always A Ram. 

No words.

Well, perhaps that's because the fans seem to think that we are in the championship, near the top and should be playing McLaren era football..... 
We arent, we are in League One and we are fighting to get out, and Warne, like it or not has us very near the top of the table with a very good record over the last quarter of the season. 
I'd love for us to play like we did with Russell and Thorne and Ward and Martin, all of those players but sadly that's not gonna get us out of that league and sadly we can't afford those players nor will they want to play in league one even if we are Derby County.
Quality players will impact games within a coaches instruction.... I don't know where everyone seems to get this kick and rush idea from but that isn't how we play, look at the stats, Bird and Hourihane have more than enough opportunity to influence the game from where they are.
They still take corners (occasionally badly) and they still have shots at goals (occasionally badly) and they still pass the ball (occasionally badly) all of which are midfielders bread and butter no matter the formation or the league or the instruction. 
The payers we have are not held back by Warne, they are just not quite as good as they were, playing in a side that isn't as good as it was, in a league that's full of pressing and tackling and chasing.
Bird is a quality player, is young and I think will be much better in a championship side, it's a shame it won't be with us but I can't blame him, he's stuck with us through pretty much everything and deserves his shot, there's no guarantees in football so go while you can. 
 

That's the second time I've heard that today, caught one of my wife's friends saying it to her, funny, didn't know she was into football transfers!! 🤔🙄😁

Only really Malia is the party resort. Stalis is really quiet, for couples and families. Hersonnissos appears to be a bit more cosmopolitan nowadays, with lots of Dutch, German and eastern European holiday makers. but that said, is still very orderly and civilised, with people sitting down in bars etc.
I will be visiting Stalis twice in 2024, once with some 40-50 year old mates to watch the first week of the Euros, and back in September with the missus. What I would say is that many places don't start their spruce and decorating until May, for June opening.

I enjoyed Kin, but I've only seen the first season. It tried too hard to be mean and moody sort of thing. The conversations were slow, with all those pauses. I've never met anyone who speaks like that. 
I'm half way through season two of Love/Hate, and for me, it's way better than Kin. More natural, better pacing, better characters etc. 

Also watched the first 2 episodes of Masters of the Air, from the team that made Band of Brothers and The Pacific, which were great and good respectively. 
If you like poor acting, bullpoo bravado, historical inaccuracy and rampant anti-English sentiments then I'd heartily recommend it. 

Hello all. This thread has gone nearly a year since a post, which surprises me given how open we have been over the years.  Personally, I've been in a good place,  in a relationship for 14 months now,  got a dog at home,  just got a promotion at work, and building good relationships with family I only discovered in September 2022. All that said,  I've just lost a friend to cancer, got another friend going through recovery after cancer treatment and I'm definitely feeling sadness and woe that the gods saw fit to take B4 away from us. 
This time of year is usually very lonely for me as I usually try and stay out of the way so as not to intrude or burden people.  This year will be different as I'm going to Becky's mum's for Christmas and will be with her family. 
This isn't one to gloat, more one to remind people that the world moves on and situations change. Nothing is permanent,  especially sadness. 
Hope you all have as wonderful a Christmas period as is possible, and if it isn't, that doesn't mean it won't be again x

Hello all. This thread has gone nearly a year since a post, which surprises me given how open we have been over the years.  Personally, I've been in a good place,  in a relationship for 14 months now,  got a dog at home,  just got a promotion at work, and building good relationships with family I only discovered in September 2022. All that said,  I've just lost a friend to cancer, got another friend going through recovery after cancer treatment and I'm definitely feeling sadness and woe that the gods saw fit to take B4 away from us. 
This time of year is usually very lonely for me as I usually try and stay out of the way so as not to intrude or burden people.  This year will be different as I'm going to Becky's mum's for Christmas and will be with her family. 
This isn't one to gloat, more one to remind people that the world moves on and situations change. Nothing is permanent,  especially sadness. 
Hope you all have as wonderful a Christmas period as is possible, and if it isn't, that doesn't mean it won't be again x

Who cares about Keogh, tell us more about the exciting "season ticket refund waiver day" sounds like fun family day out!

@Mostyn6 come on home now...

Hello all. This thread has gone nearly a year since a post, which surprises me given how open we have been over the years.  Personally, I've been in a good place,  in a relationship for 14 months now,  got a dog at home,  just got a promotion at work, and building good relationships with family I only discovered in September 2022. All that said,  I've just lost a friend to cancer, got another friend going through recovery after cancer treatment and I'm definitely feeling sadness and woe that the gods saw fit to take B4 away from us. 
This time of year is usually very lonely for me as I usually try and stay out of the way so as not to intrude or burden people.  This year will be different as I'm going to Becky's mum's for Christmas and will be with her family. 
This isn't one to gloat, more one to remind people that the world moves on and situations change. Nothing is permanent,  especially sadness. 
Hope you all have as wonderful a Christmas period as is possible, and if it isn't, that doesn't mean it won't be again x

Hello all. This thread has gone nearly a year since a post, which surprises me given how open we have been over the years.  Personally, I've been in a good place,  in a relationship for 14 months now,  got a dog at home,  just got a promotion at work, and building good relationships with family I only discovered in September 2022. All that said,  I've just lost a friend to cancer, got another friend going through recovery after cancer treatment and I'm definitely feeling sadness and woe that the gods saw fit to take B4 away from us. 
This time of year is usually very lonely for me as I usually try and stay out of the way so as not to intrude or burden people.  This year will be different as I'm going to Becky's mum's for Christmas and will be with her family. 
This isn't one to gloat, more one to remind people that the world moves on and situations change. Nothing is permanent,  especially sadness. 
Hope you all have as wonderful a Christmas period as is possible, and if it isn't, that doesn't mean it won't be again x

Found out my cousin took his own life today… 
3 years ago he had a car accident that left him paralysed from the waist down, knew he was struggling with it but not enough to do this. 
 
RIP Jordan ❤️ having a beer for you tonight mate. 

I saw what you did there...

I think he's an especially easy man to like, on and off the pitch. Humble, courteous and eloquent off it, an absolute warrior on it. What's not to love? And FWIW, I think a lot of folk share your view, myself being among them.

I really am an aging newbie when it comes to DCFC. 10 years a fan and ST holder but that means little compared to most on here who have it in the blood from an early age. 
 
But for what it’s worth, Curtis is the most “right” player I have ever seen in a Derby shirt. He was no youngster when he joined. We were his Indian summer and boy did the sun shine. Sure there were days when he got out paced by some young guns and he wasn’t a silky ball playing CB. But as a man who read the game, stood tall gave absolutely everything on the pitch… and some…., Curtis is my favourite player by a huge margin. Some skill but more than that .. pride, integrity guts. Bloody love the guy.  
 
If I could have been a player I would have liked to be like him.

I blame the parents.

Give me a cat over a dog any day of the week