[NSC] Your new year's resolution

[WATFORD zero]

Not as famous as when he said two out of three ain’t bad

I'm being kind to @Wrong-Direction, an absolute diamond geezer

 

[Eeyore]

To lose 2 stone in weight in the first six months and walk half an hour a day. I've done it before so there is no reason why I can't do it again

 

[BN9 BHA]

To lose 2 stone in weight in the first six months and walk half an hour a day. I've done it before so there is no reason why I can't do it again

Where did you end up on your walk?

 

[Albion my Albion]

Not as famous as when he said two out of three ain’t bad

Baby, we can talk all night
But that ain't gettin us nowhere

It's not easy, I keep opening my laptop involuntarily.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Fitter happier
More productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
A patient, better driver
A safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
Sleeping well (no bad dreams)
No paranoia
Careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
Keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
Will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in the wall)
Favours for favours
Fond but not in love
Charity standing orders
On Sundays ring road supermarket
(No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
Car wash (also on Sundays)
No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
Nothing so childish
At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape
Now self-employed
Concerned (but powerless)
An empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tyres that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
A good memory
Still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva
No longer empty and frantic
Like a cat
Tied to a stick
That's driven into
Frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
Calm
Fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig
In a cage
On antibiotics

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

2024 was a tough, tough year for me.

I want to make sure I spend 2025 focusing on enjoying things in life, and trying to concentrate on what matters rather than focusing on what doesn’t matter. Minimising unnecessary stress is the key.

Also, I want a single figure handicap again.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Fitter happier
More productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
A patient, better driver
A safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
Sleeping well (no bad dreams)
No paranoia
Careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
Keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
Will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in the wall)
Favours for favours
Fond but not in love
Charity standing orders
On Sundays ring road supermarket
(No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
Car wash (also on Sundays)
No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
Nothing so childish
At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape
Now self-employed
Concerned (but powerless)
An empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tyres that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
A good memory
Still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva
No longer empty and frantic
Like a cat
Tied to a stick
That's driven into
Frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
Calm
Fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig
In a cage
On antibiotics

I'm not seeing 'Bin off NSC' on that list!

 

[pasty]

Never usually make resolutions but this year I am.

Recently had a health check mot and that showed up hypertension and my cholesterol is waaaay too high.

I have my first (step) grandchild due in April so am now determined to knock the fags on the head once and for all, start doing some sort of exercise (I’m a couch potato) and start looking after myself properly.

I turn 60 in February and want to enjoy my grandson.

 

[Flounce]

Cut out sugar from diet / stop smoking / try to give up booze

How’s it going so far?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Regarding NSC, be nicer to other posters. I started this two years ago but still feel there’s some room for improvement. Puns and shit dad jokes (and boastful meals) is the way to go.

 

[RandyWanger]

Dry Jan and after cut down to weekends.
Get fitter, as close to pre covid levels for me.
No gambling. Not an addict, but probably waste about £100 a month.

 

[Bodian]

I have already achieved mine. It was 'Throw out your old slippers so as not to slide down the stairs on your backside again like I did yesterday evening!'

They are in the bin.

 

[Bry Nylon]

No gambling. Not an addict, but probably waste about £100 a month.

Tenner says it’s more like £110

 

[tedebear]

Regarding NSC, be nicer to other posters. I started this two years ago but still feel there’s some room for improvement. Puns and shit dad jokes (and boastful meals) is the way to go.

I agree, but unfortunately it winds me up so much I'm actually thinking I'll swerve NSC and all social media for a while, getting wound up by the attention seeking patronising know it all loons is starting to grind..

I'll start tomorrow methinks...

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Usual stuff. Lose some weight but more importantly try to sort out lower back pain

I had lower back pain last year. I've had scans, physio, and orthopaedic insoles to sort out twisted pelvis, but the thing that has done most to get rid of the pain is regular stretches.

Lower back pain is often linked to issues with the sciatic nerve. There are several different causes and it's important to understand what is causing your pain before trying to fix it. If you can get an MRI then talk to a sports physio that's probably the best route to getting the right stretches for your condition.

Good luck.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I agree, but unfortunately it winds me up so much I'm actually thinking I'll swerve NSC and all social media for a while, getting wound up by the attention seeking patronising know it all loons is starting to grind..

I'll start tomorrow methinks...

Keeping out of the political threads will go some way to achieving those goals, for me at least

All things considered, I prefer to stay on social media , but outside of NSC I only use Facebook and Insta to follow bands, acts and restaurants. NSC itself, has a lot to offer and some threads are impossible to get into an argument on e.g. music and restaurants. Many are hugely supportive e.g. running, lose 7 lbs, mental health and most weeks there’s always something really diverse but enlightening and fascinating e.g. the Bob Grover thread. Most of the humor is right up my street as well, i love puns and dad jokes…a groan is as good as a laugh. Some posters are great to tease. It’s all good.

Happy new year.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I agree, but unfortunately it winds me up so much I'm actually thinking I'll swerve NSC and all social media for a while, getting wound up by the attention seeking patronising know it all loons is starting to grind..

I'll start tomorrow methinks...

I manage to rise above most of the shit and can 'ignore' certain posters without actually bothering to put them on ignore, if that makes sense.

I find that this sentiment helps:

 

[Han Solo]

Main one: to not smoke any weed before 21.00 in the evening.

I'm not smoking anywhere near as much as I did a couple of years ago (and barely had time smoking anything at all this autum/winter), but when I smoke, I smoke.

This summer I counted that on average I smoked away 8 summer days per month in May, June, July, August. BOOOOOO, was how I felt.

So rather than smoke a billion joints from morning to evening eight days a month, I'm switching over to smoking one or two evening ones maybe 14-16 days (not the main thing) a month instead.

 

[chip]

Main one: to not smoke any weed before 21.00 in the evening.

I'm not smoking anywhere near as much as I did a couple of years ago (and barely had time smoking anything at all this autum/winter), but when I smoke, I smoke.

This summer I counted that on average I smoked away 8 summer days per month in May, June, July, August. BOOOOOO, was how I felt.

So rather than smoke a billion joints from morning to evening eight days a month, I'm switching over to smoking one or two evening ones maybe 14-16 days (not the main thing) a month instead.

The trouble with weed is it is a gateway to hard and addictive drugs like nicotine. Are you looking at this like alcohol usgae in the sense that you'd start thinking you had a problem if you had a Stella after breakfast? I hope it works out for you

 

[Zeberdi]

I manage to rise above most of the shit and can 'ignore' certain posters without actually bothering to put them on ignore, if that makes sense.



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