August1
Oh how I would have loved to head this with ‘prodigal’ rather than ‘frugal’ but only because it’s a well known saying.
My Son’s 19 and is a typical stereotypical computer geek. Long hair, and I mean long, down to his waist! Doesn’t shower and moves in half time.
He spends 24/7 either on a computer, building one, upgrading, tweaking, overclocking or gaming. Having just completed a two year BTech he’s now ready to embark on yet another course based on programming. His aim is to write bespoke software from scratch. And I know he’ll achieve that
But for now I’ll will contact the Ministry of Defence to start talks about a new kind of biological warfare based on my Son’s underpants.
So with him doing geeky computer stuff and my Daughter being in love with photography & styling, I’m happy that both my children wont be stuck in jobs they hate. Instead, having a lifetime of fun doing stuff they love.
So, we had Sam on the boat for a week. He gave my main rig a good clean whilst I was at work and kindly installed Windows 7 so I’m up to speed. I even had him reinstall my laptop that’s only 6 months old
His toes curled and his hair straightened when I mentioned that we’d take him out on the boat for the weekend and there’d be no electric to run a computer and no internet connection. With that, we stayed hooked up to the mains umbilicus and I drove him home today
I remember on our one and only Narrow Boat holiday that he spent the entire week in his bunk playing his Gameboy! Loser
‘Cringe’…. I even gave up a weekend of Souling in the feint hope he’d want to go out boating; never mind, there’s always another weekend.
Yet again, nothing boaty to report about! It’s becoming a habit I don’t like… must make amends!
Marvin’s really grown in the few weeks we’ve had him. I’ll have to let him outside soon but it’s like letting your child out to play for the first time and it’s scary that they’ll come to harm. Must… have…. faith….
When he’s on our laps and we’re stroking him, we feel like Dr Evil
My new job is TECHNICAL to say the least. They didn’t put that on the JOB DESCRIPTION! But I’ve decided to put defeatism out of the window and grab the bull by both horns. Being that it’s so diverse and complicated means that I’ll never stop learning or become complacent. Therefore, this job’s definitely for me
More from the ‘cut’ soon I hope! Meanwhile, get your arses over to Cut Connect - the latest and greatest online community for boaty people.
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