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Some Things I've learned/forgot in 2009
Posted by woodface on 30 December 2009 - 7:31pm.
Here goes:
1) Chocolate bars are expensive, my son found 50p and could not buy a regular chocolate bar. Twix, Snicker, Kit Kat all 65p +. Who knew?
2) Further to the above I no longer know the cost of most everyday items
3) A lot of new (music) releases have little appeal to me, it is a real struggle to find things I like outside of back catalogue.
4) You become out of touch sooner and more suddenly, I am 38 and do not get twitter, facebook etc etc
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Don't get Twitter, Facebook etc
Me neither!
I don't own an iPod, and have been told (by the kids) to get my first mobile phone.
I will now be joining the 21st Century (apparently)
And totally agree with the music statement. Remember Spotify the Noughties? 2000-2006: fairly easy to find tracks, 2007: getting difficult, 2008: I'm really getting stuck now, 2009: I think I've only got about 10 albums with a 2009 Date Stamp - most of this years purchases has been back catalogue stuff (thank god for Amazon, high street shops haven't got much a range/depth anymore)
Snickers
49p at my local co-op
Boycotted
Since they did away with Marathon
You're a more principled man than me,
tried to boycott them, but damn, they're so bloody good
I've learned
that...oh now what was it?....no, forgotten it.
And why did I come upstairs again?
ah, bless
I think you were looking for your special iPod ear trumpet :)
Is this your song?
Kit Kit
I think the RRP of a KitKat is 44 pence - that's how much they cost in the vending machine at work and they claim they charge RRP. That should leave change out of 50p for 6 penny chews!
I believe
penny chews are now 3p. So you'd get two.
Gasps!
3 for a penny when I were a lad. Any permutation of Black Jacks, Fruit Salads or Mojos.
Inflation
We used to get 4 for a penny (an old one), Black Jacks or Fruit Salads. Actually I think they may have been priced as 2 for a ha'penny. Never heard of a sweet called a Mojo.
My mum used to work in the
My mum used to work in the Mojo factory in Liverpool.
Facebook, I like
I can't think of another place where I can:
1) Keep in touch with friends who have emigrated.
2) Display my photos, and see those posted by my nearest and dearest.
3) Exchange music-related videos/links with like-minded pals.
Maybe the Massive will give me a hundred alternatives, but Facebook does seem to allow me to do, very easily, a few specific things that I particularly want to do.
Twitter, though - yes, you've lost me.
I don't buy choccie bars.
I practice what I preach.
Facebook? Naah. A huge timewasting exercise. Twitter? Yes. Hyperfacile but still rather good fun in its way. Enjoy it while it lasts.
This year has been very, very poor for music. The industry is at a crossroads; the big companies are holding back, scared. The little people who will be big are just working out exactly how they can do this without the big companies.
bums
double post..
2009
I've forgotten Oasis already. Sorry.
As usual
I've learned nothing and forgotten everything.
65p?
Must be in London or the SE, yes?
I'm always surprised by how much cheaper everyday items, such as chocolate bars, are when I visit the north of England and Scotland.
No, WH Smiths in Sheffield!
No, WH Smiths in Sheffield!
Out of touch.
I'm around your age, woodface & I tried Facebook - a friend from a previous life found me - I decided I didn't want to be found & closed my account - I can see the point in it, but it ain't for me. Maybe I'm anti-social. I've got other friends across the globe, but they don't use it either. Maybe they are as anti-social as me.
Twitter: lennylaw nails it - hyperfacile (good word... Shakespeare would have approved, I suspect...). Which might be a good thing. But for me, was a bad thing. But I did give it a try. Again, I found a pal in the USA via Twitter, but he never checked his account. Good systems, susceptible to human failing (i.e. can't be arsed to check it...)
Something I learned in 2009: you get to a certain age & if you are lucky you find your niche (hopefully I'm on the verge of this), the greasy pole of career climbing is all I expected it to be (awful), and, yes... I prefer a quiet life. I also learned over Xmas, that the ukulele might be the best instrument I've ever tried to play. Small is good.
Enjoy 2010. Carpe diem.
Indeed
This very much chimes with me. Pretty much given up on the greasy poll, far too much arse kissing and corporate schmoozing involved. I can see how face book can be useful but it is all a bit school reunion for me; only the obviously successful or needy need apply. I think you do get a little anti-social as you get older, especially if you have kids as they tend to take over.
Saw a t-shirt
on Oxford Street today - in big bold letters - "No, I am not on f***ing facebook".