i was bought up in a council estate in edinburgh but left in 69 when i was 15 lol
my dad was a train driver who was made redundant like father like son i joined and became a train driver when i was 18 [ok trainee driver second man untill i was 21 in 75]i worked at coulsdon north and redhill until 1994 when i was sacked for having someone in the drivers cab

anyway i have had some sh1t but from people frightend off there own shadow rather than free thinking reasonable people

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Bloody hell Royal, can't you move out a bit that sounds a terrible environment to live in.

DWD

Guys, if you are comparing present with past, then you need to take a good look at the past.
Get yourself a copy of The Road to Wigan Pier, written by George Orwell.
He wrote about working men's lives in the 1930's.
Try it. It will make you reconsider everything in your daily circumstances.

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Laird

If all else fails, use 6 inch nails

The strange thing about human psyche is our inability to find contentment. I do not really think what level of life you live in you still have the same worries and problems and few live in blissful acceptance of their lot. The thing is that you would gladly take on others issues if you perceive them to be far less onerous than your own but to the person concerned they can dominate their very existence. If you can be arsed this is worth a read as it does make it all a bit easier to understand http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm

If we and our loved ones are healthy, if we have somewhere comfortable and safe to live, if we have food and enough money to get by and we have reasonable mobility and social contact then we should be thankful. Of course it does not work that way.

DWD

I started to read DWD's link.

After a short time I found that I was rapidly losing the will to live...

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I should be dead; I've cheated the Grim Reaper yet again by surviving my third heart attack in June.

You have to skip through it to the section 'How to be bored quickly'

DWD

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist is a good read too!

SSM

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Measure twice, cut once!

It has took me 3 years to chill out and stop wanting to kill every one lol.

Should have gone a fecking long time ago and bought some where for cash. Long story, don't ask but something is missing so we are stuck! A lot is missing lol. We will get there in the end if it is meant to be.

perhaps ending up here was meant to be a big lesson for me.