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Andor season 2 was better than I expected. Felt more like a quality political/spy thriller than a Disney star wars production. A brave nod to current world events too.

I agree with that, he's done something daft in this instance, and the BBC must be delighted to have him out of the way now. But well done to him for speaking out on this issue generally; a 100 people a day have been murdered every single day for over a year and a half and most of his fellow celebrities havent let out as much as a squeak. (pun not intended)

When I was a youth and working at the Calvert Trust, we had a lass turn up as an instructor that was married to a local TV news presenter- she was fit as fuck, proper flirty, and soon made it clear that her bones were there to be jumped. She wanted me to teach her how to climb, which I (correctly) saw as an opportunity to get ahead in the bone-jumping queue, and I took her out to a crag that had a lot of chimney routes- basically ones that meant your legs were splayed on either side of the route, and poor old me would be forced to get an eyeful as she made her way up I was 18 at the time, she would’ve been 26-27 I guess, and she had me sussed straight away, but didn’t mind in the least. It would be ungentllemanly of me to say whether bones were in fact jumped that day, but I can say that I have fond memories of a certain lay by near West Woodburn She and the newsreader husband split not long after, and he married his co-presenter who he’d been getting stuck in to on the side, so I have no guilt whatsoever about “teaching climbing” to his then Mrs.

@PaddockLad Sorry to hear about the current Mrs. PL’s problems mate, and I fully agree with the gist of your post- sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re not.

I cant think of many people who would have navigated this downturn as well as you have Rayvin, in terms of still managing to get by and opening up new avenues for yourself in a brutal market. That's not to say what you're feeling is invalid of course, it must be gut wrenching having to go through it. I agree with what MF said (not the stone climbing blart), but as much as things like houses and careers are important to us in the grand scheme of things they dont define us. Getting through life without being a major cunt to others is unfortuantely rare and I suspect you are particularly good at it. Having said that the frustration of these problems is very real and I hope something goes your way very soon. A few years ago when I was stuck in terrible job in Dubai I couldn't leave, I'd apply to new listings every day desperately. Went on for almost 3 years, tons of interviews no luck. Eventually I got absolutely sick and resigned for the sake of my health, and believe it or not during my 30 day notice a recruiter reached out, I had one interview and got offered a job paying 40% more . I was delighted but also furious that this couldnt happen a year or two sooner. Life is just fickle and often doesnt make sense, but ride it out long enough and I'm positive something will go your way. Having mates to vent it out with regularly over a beer (non alcoholic preferably ) or something is absolutely crucial too.

@Rayvin Sounds to me like you’ve made perfectly logical choices at the time and are now probably paying the price for the industry you’re in changing in ways that were completely unforseeable. Trying to sound as unpatronising as possible but that mate is just life. When the entire world when tits up in 2007-09ish I really struggled to find work, I was completely unprepared for it as I was, in a game that is very cliquey, just about the most “unclubbable” cunt that you’d come across. It’s not that I wasn’t “a nice guy” it’s just I didn’t play games with people, am not two faced and I tell people the truth (with monotonous regularity some would say) So some people would say all that is admirable but in reality it was naive as fuck; did it help me get work? Did it fuck (I wasn’t the only one, but there were groups of lads in work that I was friendly with that all had better mates/better contacts at management level) On a brighter note, that was also around the time I came across this board so my life has been even fuckin worse since then 😆 I eventually hid out the next 4/5 years in the RN shipyard in Portsmouth, eventually doing a bullshit QC desk job which I wasn’t cut out for but paid a ludicrous amount of money… I didn’t plan any of that, it all just happened. And what you’re describing is “just happening” to you. Obviously, your way out of what you’re describing may well “just happen” too…although it goes without saying people such as yourself don’t leave things as much to chance as I have in my life; educated professionals such as yourself have definite plans and ambitions; that is something that I should’ve changed when I was a lot younger than I am now, and it’s fair to say I’m still trying to work out what to do with my life even now in my mid 50s ☺️ All joking aside you’re just not ahead in life at the moment, sometimes folk are and sometimes folk aren’t. That is the nature of it. I’ve been ahead for years but this year has been very challenging indeed due to my wife pretty much having a breakdown in the new year; it was mostly brought on by the grief of us having to put our dog down due to it’s deteriorating behaviour (ie biting). She couldn’t stop bursting into tears, she works at a solicitors so it wasn’t good (they’ve been very supportive tbf) She was off work all of January and February. She went back gradually and is now back full time but she didn’t go in Monday and Tuesday last week as she’d been trying to ween herself off the anti depressants she’d been prescribed and had a drop in mood. So it’s still one day at a time but it she is a lot better and we’re off to my neice’s wedding on Saturday in North Berwick so we’re both really looking forward to that. So now I’m going to close my copy of “THE BIG BOOK OF BULLSHIT CLICHES” and fuck off to bed but remember…. Sometimes you’re ahead and sometimes you’re not…

Oh aye, now it becomes clear. "Erm, you lead and I'll second love" "And while your ahead, can you remove that annoying gettyimages watermark from your arse love, cheers 👍" YOU DISGUST ME.

I went to see High on Fire last year, just after drummer Des Kensel has left. I fucking loved Des and was genuinely concerned the "new guy" might not cut it. The new guy turned out to be Cody Willis, who was the Melvins second drummer for a lot of those tours. Absolute fucking magician.

I appreciate that man, thanks. Though I will say, I do actually hope my friends are as happy as they seem to be. Aside from not wanting to pull anyone down, it gives me some hope in the end. But you're right, we all go through things. I dunno, at least I'm fortunate with having good people around me, this board very much included.

Hey @Rayvin, you've already got great replies from pretty much everyone here. I'm just jumping in to say it sounds like we're roughly similar ages and I can categorically tell you you have absolutely not failed at life and have absolutely nothing to be ashamed about. You were so fucking close to reaching your goal, and it must be devastating to have to write that off for now and use those savings as a safety net, but you can get back there. You mentioned that a lot of your friends or peers all have their own houses, partners and kids. I'd bet my left testicle most of them have gone through (or are going through) long periods of uncertainty and felt the same way you do now. And I'll bet my right testicle that some of the ones who look like they've got it all worked out and are just cruising through life are actually fucking miserable. People who judge you on your employment status, job title, relationship status, or stuff like whether or not you own your own home are miserable cunts. Don't judge yourself on their standards.

You know you can quote two posts at once right?

He'd be absolutely fucking mental to make that move, so many clubs are after him that are better prospects. They've ruined everyone they've signed in the last five or six apart from Fernandes. He'd be better off coming to us to compete with Isak than going and being first choice there ffs

Liverpool have proper chucked it in since winning the title, 4 losses all season and three have been since the start of April. Salahs given up as well since getting his new contract. Hopefully this all bodes very poorly for them going into next season.

Wrong dickhead. I’m not doing mental gymnastics on what others need to do, I’m saying we need to win our game and not worry about what other teams are doing. The delicious irony is you’ve screenshotted the post that was aimed at taking the very piss out of your bedwetting endeavours

Lucy Pinder went there apparently

Aye, the voting system needs an overhaul. Two years in a row now the Israelis have engaged in widescale online promotion to mobilise the public vote for their entry (funded by the government), and there are enough people around Europe who think the Gaza genocide is a good thing that it keeps working a treat. It makes sense really - if you don't want to vote for Israel, you've got 25 other songs to choose from so the vote gets fragmented, whereas if you want to "support" Israel then that's the one that gets your vote, and you don't even have to watch the show because you've been fed YouTube and Facebook ads with the voting details for weeks beforehand. Add in the fact that you can vote up to 20 times using each payment method you have at your disposal, and guess who ends up getting most of the public douze points and will keep doing so for the foreseeable future? Obviously in a way it's no different to Ukraine always getting massive public votes these days (other than, you know, one of those examples is clearly the wronged party whereas the other case is something of a grey area at best). But plenty of governments and their associated broadcasters have no interest in condemning Israel at a level that actually matters, never mind at the level of a silly song competition, so here we are. Uk getting zero from the public made total sense on the other hand - the song takes about ten listens before you get the hang of what it's doing, which is nine more than anyone gets on the night. Still, it's been a few years since we were represented by people who can actually sing, so that's a step forward.

@Rayvin Not much more I can add that hasn’t been said , but keep your chin up mate. I went through the wringer career-wise and financially a few years back thanks to my cunt former partner, but it made me realise that money is not the be-all and end-all. Get yourself down to your local climbing wall, it’s a great way to de-stress, superb exercise and the blart is usually top notch

People just can’t stump up the cash anymore.

Theyre well know for paying like that.

I haven’t seen the video but wasn’t it just a small rat logo on the screen? It’s easy to miss but when you’ve got his profile you need to carefully vet everything you share.

Delap probably going there as well. Not sure those players are really making good career decisions.

It isn’t £62m though afaia. That’s the release clause if the fee is paid up front but Man U want to sign him on tick.

Ah, that makes sense then. He’s clearly worth a punt at that price and will have plenty of suitors. It’d be quite a weird decision to pick Man U if they lose the Europa league final and miss out on CL

I know, rite? Terrible time to be getting in to the hospitality trade.