| Rate your 2024 10:30 - Dec 17 with 5452 views | artsbossbeard |
Ups:
* Trips to Hawaii, Vegas, LA & Southern Italy
* Met up with the Oz Relo's (relatives) in Hawaii
* Agreed to go down to a 4 day week from Jan next year & then 3 days if it all works well
* ITFC Promotion
* Still relatively fit and able to play 5-a-side a couple of times a week
Downs:
* The Big C has rocked a couple of very close friends and families
* Starting to realise that my parents aren't going to last forever
* My BFF losing his Dad after a long battle - one of the greatest blokes to walk this earth.
7/10
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| Rate your 2024 on 10:34 - Dec 17 with 4087 views | ITFC_Forever |
Loads of ups.
Only real down was losing my auntie in March only five months after losing my Mum (sisters). |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 10:48 - Dec 17 with 4000 views | chicoazul |
I saw David Gregory in Sudbury. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 10:55 - Dec 17 with 3967 views | EJP |
Ups:
*ITFC promotion
Downs:
*Shedloads ...
3/10
Talk to your friends people, and if you need help, don't be afraid to ask. |  | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 11:29 - Dec 17 with 3884 views | brazil1982 |
Ups:
My 50th year so lots of holiday, including south of France, Venice and India.
Proposed at the Taj Mahal.
Won a fiver on a scratch card for the first ever time.
ITFC promotion.
Downs:
Knee injury first six months of the year.
Re-organisaiton at work. I don't like change and still see it as completely unnecessary.
Mum's dementia declining, Dad refusing care assistance.
Unable to get tickets for an ITFC match.
Cat died.
7/10 |  | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 11:50 - Dec 17 with 3836 views | Dubtractor |
Ups
- itfc promotion
- got fully settled into my new house
- still playing football once a week and holding my own against all the young uns
Downs
- some nonsense at work resulting in me suffering quite badly from stress (my job is safe and sound, more an issue with other people!)
- one of my cats was run over and died
- despite the above football comment, I'm really starting to feel like I'm getting older.
Overall a 5 or 6 out of 10. Those first 2 downs really did mess up a few months of my year. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 12:03 - Dec 17 with 3799 views | Benters |
Ups :
Lasting another year.
Serving the 5th year of a self ban from the local,thus saving over £13k.
Staying fit(ish).
Taking on two cats from a rescue home.
Town back to the big time.
Downs:
Burying the Father in Law at the beginning of the year.
Seeing the pain in my good ladies face sorting all his stuff out.
Moving the Mo in Law out to a new home.
Spending so much time away from house the jobs I wanted to do this year didn’t get done.
Crashing on my bike,doing my hip and elbow in.
Over all some good but a lot of crap.
6.5/10.
Still there is always next year. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 12:35 - Dec 17 with 3695 views | Illinoisblue |
Ups: trips to Dominican Republic, Savannah, New Orleans and England.
Almost every minute of ITFC promotion and crying more than a grown man should when watching and re-watching Town in 5, and also Brenner’s commentary.
Getting to watch two prem Town games while back in England
Taking a lot of Fridays off in the summer to spend time with mate suffering from MND. Perspective ++
Downs:
Losing that mate to MND.
Wife getting quite ill on that Dominican trip and still fighting with the U.S. health insurance company over the $7k they owe us.
Losing both Town games I was able to see
6.5/10. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 12:44 - Dec 17 with 3671 views | Swailsey |
Ups:
Seeing town get promoted and a Hoopoe in consecutive days - two bucket list items
My cat is still alive
Completing 100% on all Spyro games
Surviving 12 months longer than I predicted I would this time last year
Downs:
Numerous health issues - having to almost cut all food out
A band breaking up
Massive heartbreak
Severe depression and some bad relapses
No end in sight to any of the sadness
Bit of a negative post, but probably all in 2/10. There have been times this year when I came close to jacking it all in. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 13:04 - Dec 17 with 3604 views | IPS_wich |
Ups:
- Town promotion and the fact my Dad recovered from near death in 2023 to witness it
- 25th wedding anniversary with the love of my life
- £250k inheritance from an estranged relative of my wife that we had no idea had a sizeable estate or that he would leave a penny to a family member he has only seen twice in 30 years
- A lot more fitter than I was a year ago
- lovely holiday in Bali
- playing a standard of golf I never knew I was capable of
Downs:
- turned 50 and still can’t reconcile I’m that old
- teenage son having significant mental health issues
- made a big career move in 2023 and not enjoying the new role, really wondering if I’ve made a big mistake
- mother in law’s early onset dementia has got to the point she doesn’t recognise anyone and is living a non-existence in a care home
Would ordinarily have been a 6/10 - but the unexpected inheritance means that it should be more like an 8 |  | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 13:15 - Dec 17 with 3556 views | giant_stow |
| Rate your 2024 on 12:44 - Dec 17 by Swailsey |
Ups:
Seeing town get promoted and a Hoopoe in consecutive days - two bucket list items
My cat is still alive
Completing 100% on all Spyro games
Surviving 12 months longer than I predicted I would this time last year
Downs:
Numerous health issues - having to almost cut all food out
A band breaking up
Massive heartbreak
Severe depression and some bad relapses
No end in sight to any of the sadness
Bit of a negative post, but probably all in 2/10. There have been times this year when I came close to jacking it all in. |
Sorry to hear this fella. Have you got people to talk to?
I can only hope for a better 2025 for you. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 13:27 - Dec 17 with 3496 views | Swailsey |
| Rate your 2024 on 13:15 - Dec 17 by giant_stow |
Sorry to hear this fella. Have you got people to talk to?
I can only hope for a better 2025 for you. |
Yes, I have a therapist and have had good medical support. Sometimes it can’t always be enough - and sometimes people’s time is up.
Anyway, don’t want to derail this thread - thank you for your concern :) | |
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| Rate your 2024 on 14:03 - Dec 17 with 3398 views | Churchman |
Ups:
Mrs C recovering from the Big C
Good trips to Finland and Gran Canaria
A fun golf tour to Alicanti
Watching ITFC get promoted
Seeing ITFC in the Premier League - something I never thought I’d see
My own good health
Plenty of good times with my buddies all of whom seem to have had a pretty good year.
Downs:
Mrs C being diagnosed with the above 3 days after my dad’s funeral (he died Dec 2023 so can’t count that)
Trying to support/help Mrs C get through the above
6/10 [Post edited 17 Dec 2024 14:04]
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| Rate your 2024 on 19:20 - Dec 17 with 3159 views | WeWereZombies |
Ups:
Trips to Namibia and Botswana, Hungary, Cyprus
Being able to see most Town games on various live streams
Three excellent music festivals and discovering many new bands
Having more communication from my son
Being able to cope with eight nights in a bothy as part of a work party
Spending some time, including five nights camping, on some wilding sites and seeing cranes (the birds) unexpectedly.as a result
Downs:
An occasional problem with bowel control
Completely losing my hearing for a few hours on a couple of occasions
Very few romantic opportunities
A good friend has had two significant health scares
The roofer still hasn't turned up
Another 7/10 I guess |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 19:27 - Dec 17 with 3126 views | Reus30 |
| Rate your 2024 on 12:44 - Dec 17 by Swailsey |
Ups:
Seeing town get promoted and a Hoopoe in consecutive days - two bucket list items
My cat is still alive
Completing 100% on all Spyro games
Surviving 12 months longer than I predicted I would this time last year
Downs:
Numerous health issues - having to almost cut all food out
A band breaking up
Massive heartbreak
Severe depression and some bad relapses
No end in sight to any of the sadness
Bit of a negative post, but probably all in 2/10. There have been times this year when I came close to jacking it all in. |
Swailsey, hope your alright but I just wanted to point out that a friggin Spyro completion note was not on my bingo card and that is immense. |  | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 19:56 - Dec 17 with 3048 views | Churchman |
| Rate your 2024 on 13:27 - Dec 17 by Swailsey |
Yes, I have a therapist and have had good medical support. Sometimes it can’t always be enough - and sometimes people’s time is up.
Anyway, don’t want to derail this thread - thank you for your concern :) |
Of course we are concerned. Part of the point of the forum is sharing stuff and whatever differences of opinions on the trivial or stuff we cannot affect, we all know what is important and what is not. Number one is well-being.
So post away and shamelessly use anyone that may be able to help or at least listen. | | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 20:08 - Dec 17 with 3028 views | Freddies_Ears |
Ups: Town promotion... pre-season trips to Austria & Germany... Still managing a week's skiing holiday, 2025 will be the 38th annual trip... my perennial (15+ year) skin cancer issues have been controlled by an excellent expert dermatologist though she did admit I've been lucky to last so long... Mrs FE continues to inspire me with her ridiculous commitment to ITFC... volunteering is brilliant... wonderful support from my church & church friends... Great music released & live, classical / folk / prog rock...
Downs: my mum died in Feb (not unexpected), followed by her brother 4 weeks later. 7 hours after I had sorted her probate, my bro-in-law died suddenly in my arms, aged 60 (his wife, my sister, died 3 yrs ago). Sorting out his various chaotic stuff, complex assets & debts, house 250 miles away north while his mum is 93 & 200 miles away on the south coast has been just horrible; that's pretty much the end of my side of the family (no-one in the next generation).
5/10 at best... | | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 20:13 - Dec 17 with 2990 views | Swailsey |
| Rate your 2024 on 19:27 - Dec 17 by Reus30 |
Swailsey, hope your alright but I just wanted to point out that a friggin Spyro completion note was not on my bingo card and that is immense. |
Thank you! Technically it was 100%, 120% and 117%. | |
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| Rate your 2024 on 22:12 - Dec 17 with 2859 views | Keno |
Ups
Still alive
town getting promoted …. Again
Works/business sorting out and have new role new year
Family all well
Trip to Guernsey, meeting a new old friend
Downs
Knowing I’m getting older
Various friends passing suddenly
Having a cold since the end of October I can’t shift
Losing the ability to sleep properly, it’s happened before so I guess it will pass but so tiring
6/10 maybe 6.5 |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 23:01 - Dec 17 with 2793 views | suffolkpoker |
Ups:
* 10 days away from quit smoking for 1 year. That’s no nicotine, vapes or weed. Quit cold turkey and best thing I’ve done n ages.
* feel much fitter, from not smoking and occasional exercise
* diet has improved dramatically, not perfect still some take outs etc but doing ok
* I’m manager for U12’s and beating the best team in our league set up (2 divisions above and top of the table) in the first round of the cup.
* decent holidays
* more time off work than ever before
Downs:
*winding up family business (could also be a plus)
* my fathers health gone down hill
6.5/10 |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 23:06 - Dec 17 with 2767 views | Oldsmoker |
Ups - I don't have cancer.
Downs - someone stuck their finger up my a*se. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 23:54 - Dec 17 with 2658 views | Churchman |
| Rate your 2024 on 23:06 - Dec 17 by Oldsmoker |
Ups - I don't have cancer.
Downs - someone stuck their finger up my a*se. |
I hope you got the money up front 
Had the old camera job as part of the screening programme a few years ago. Not the happiest hour of my life and the bus ride to work after was not an joy either. | | | |
| Rate your 2024 on 06:41 - Dec 18 with 2531 views | WeWereZombies |
| Rate your 2024 on 23:06 - Dec 17 by Oldsmoker |
Ups - I don't have cancer.
Downs - someone stuck their finger up my a*se. |
Ha, that's nothing. I had a really severe haemorrhoids a couple of decades ago and a scalpel got stuck up mine.
But at least the doc didn't say 'Ahm gonna cut yo ass, mofo.' | |
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| Rate your 2024 on 07:47 - Dec 18 with 2444 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Ups.
-After 7 years of looking we bought a lovely old house back in April (Miss Slave's inheritance after losing both parents), have been introducing it to central heating and the likes ever since and will sleep in it for the first time on Christmas Eve.
-Some fantastic away days, many up North with Junior who BTW makes me more proud every day.
- Another year of realising how lucky I got with Love.
- GB put me on ignore...
Downs
- We bought a house, haven't had a day off work since Easter and are skint.
- I turned 60, inescapably old and just read on here I'll be lucky to get another 10 years.
- As the year has progressed it has become unavoidable to admit that my mother is developing dementia.
- The World is going to hell in a hand cart.
- Junior revealed she has her own demons (she has faced them and is doing well)
- Apparently I now have to vote Conservative.....hence....
.....a solid 1/10. |  |
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| Rate your 2024 on 12:36 - Dec 18 with 2247 views | WeWereZombies |
| Rate your 2024 on 07:47 - Dec 18 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Ups.
-After 7 years of looking we bought a lovely old house back in April (Miss Slave's inheritance after losing both parents), have been introducing it to central heating and the likes ever since and will sleep in it for the first time on Christmas Eve.
-Some fantastic away days, many up North with Junior who BTW makes me more proud every day.
- Another year of realising how lucky I got with Love.
- GB put me on ignore...
Downs
- We bought a house, haven't had a day off work since Easter and are skint.
- I turned 60, inescapably old and just read on here I'll be lucky to get another 10 years.
- As the year has progressed it has become unavoidable to admit that my mother is developing dementia.
- The World is going to hell in a hand cart.
- Junior revealed she has her own demons (she has faced them and is doing well)
- Apparently I now have to vote Conservative.....hence....
.....a solid 1/10. |
Being put on ignore by GB must make the year at least 5/10, surely? | |
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| Rate your 2024 on 13:18 - Dec 18 with 2183 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Rate your 2024 on 12:36 - Dec 18 by WeWereZombies |
Being put on ignore by GB must make the year at least 5/10, surely? |
A brief high followed by realising I now have to vote like him!  | |
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