Ha ha, some / all of you may well be aware of this problem associated with being sober.

You tend to stop taking S**t, you tend to be more honest.

For the Blokes, When your woman says ' is my arse looking big in this?' it's not deplomatic to reply that it would look big in the Melinnium dome (thankfully i've not done this).

For anyone with a job. When they do your yearly review, it's not good to describe your job as being the same as a battery hen. (yes I have done this).

The whole of your life may need to change. Thankfully my partner is with me on the change, my job is not,. (eventhough the management are supportive, the job is not for me).

Being honest to other people and also to your self are things that I've descovered since I became sober. Both good results and bad.

Bye for now.

Best wishes to you all

Chris.

Howdy Chris. I keep lookin at your avitar pic. And people think Im outa my skull-hehehe.

Ide hate to run into you in a dark alley. Youde scare the supreme s^^t out me bouy.

But its ok--beauty is only skin deep, and I love yu anyway.:)

Liked your post--youre getting married soon. I wish you and your partner all the best that life has to offer. yup-support and true love. great gift.

Have a great weekend my freind.

HI Phil, yeah it's true, ugly as a $16 bill! Thats not one of my collection though, (Will send you an email pic) and my real face is ten times worse, it speaks! (chuckling and laughing).

Married as from 29 Dec this year, on a beach in New Zealand, gotta go 12000 miles to avoid my drunken friends ha ha! If she can put up with me she's obviously the one, love her to bits, it takes a strong charicter to put up with me!

Have a great weekend too Phil.

Bye for now.

Chris.

TACT..

Gawd...I don't think my name should really even appear in this thread.

I started trying to get a handle on tact when my kid (who was then about 3-ish, I think..) reached out of the shopping trolley and slapped the lady in front of us at the checkout, on the rump with a mighty clap-clap.

The lady turned round surprised and Gypsy said, "You need to go to the gym with my mum. You got a very big bum!"

Ah! I just about died...just stood there staring at this woman...unable to speak. The woman smiled and tried to make light of it with a little laugh, waiting for me to say or do something. Feeling pressured I just blurted out the first thing that came to mind...

"Oh kids...they just say it as they see it, don't they?"

Gypsy may have got away with it, but she certainly wasn't letting me off that easy. I got the whole lecture on a dysfunctional thyroid gland and family history, and the whole time I'm standing there thinking...

'Oh, shutup Big Bum'

...and nodding politely of course.

P.S.

Cabbage is not ugly. Don't let him trick ya!

He will make a very fine matrix man at his wedding...no doubt about it. I can see him now stepping out from behind a totem pole looking every bit, the man of the moment.

P.P.S

Please put my name down for collection pics too. I have asked about the skulls several times and my posts disappear into never never land.

P.P.P.S. (or is it P.S.S.S.?)

Phil, do you think there would be any chance of our board being set to rotate new posts to the top, so newbies / later comments don't get missed?

Ha ha, rolling round laughing, nice one Gypsy! Excelent!

Skull pics have been sent Nic.

Bue for now.

Chris.