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Options For A Low Cost Mid-Life Crisis

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MrBumpMrBump Frets: 1244
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Thinking of having one, wife won't let me have a motorbike, and I can't be arsed with an affair.

What other options are out there for me?
Mark de Manbey

Trading feedback:  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/72424/
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  • CHRISB50CHRISB50 Frets: 4324
    Facial tattoo. She'll love it (that is of course if you don't already have one).

    I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

    But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to

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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16301
    Restore old camper van/ sports car/ tuk tuk. Chances are you'll never actually complete it so it can be your retirement project as well.  
    Join a band. 
    Develop a porn addiction 
    Start preparing for an Iron Man  competition. 
    Grow an artfully shaped beard. 
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 28715
    Whittling.
    "[Sporky] brings a certain vibe and dignity to the forum."
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13959
    Free porn and vigorous w*nking sessions are one route.

    or you could do what has happened to me:

    Start watching and enjoying test cricket
    Get a good pair of binoculars and start bird watching
    Moan a lot about how things aren't as good as they used to be
    Collect random nostalgic items

    The latest useless artefact I had to have was a genuine ACME Thunderer brass whistle, I saw ACME featured on Great British Railway Journeys with Michael Portillo and had to have one as they are still made by hand in the same factory as 100 years ago to the same design. I also had to have a copy of Bradshaw's guide. Both sit idly unused. 

    Oh, and start watching programs like Great British Railway journeys...


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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5774
    MrBump said:
    Thinking of having one, wife won't let me have a motorbike, and I can't be arsed with an affair.

    What other options are out there for me?
    How about growing a pair of balls?

    Manchester based original indie band Random White:

    https://www.facebook.com/RandomWhite

    https://twitter.com/randomwhite1

     

     

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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13959
    and get a Custom Shop Historic Les Paul...


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  • Moe_ZambeekMoe_Zambeek Frets: 3431
    edited September 2016
    Getting into motorbikes is not 'Low cost'. At least not if you do it properly

    Surely cycling is the new midlife crisis du jour?

    Feedback thread here: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60727/
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  • IamnobodyIamnobody Frets: 6908
    Cheap hookers - 2 No.
    Previously known as stevebrum
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  • RavenousRavenous Frets: 1484
    MrBump said:
    Thinking of having one, wife won't let me have a motorbike, and I can't be arsed with an affair.

    What other options are out there for me?


    Scalextric.

    Just get one. You know I'm right.

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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9741
    Low-cost options...

    Bandana
    Long hair/pony tail/man bun
    Ridiculous sunglasses (which for a true midlife crisis need to be worn indoors as well as out)
    Facial hair

    If you can't have a motorbike, how about an old sports car?

    As an aside I did once consider using Midlife Crisis as a band name.
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • SkippedSkipped Frets: 2371
    Year of Birth truss rod cover.

    https://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-gibson-es-335-truss-rod-c-1965-black

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  • Panama_Jack666Panama_Jack666 Frets: 2989
    Take up a drug habit?
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  • vizviz Frets: 10727
    Learn a musical instrument such as the guitar and start a pop or rock band.
    Roland said: Scales are primarily a tool for categorising knowledge, not a rule for what can or cannot be played.
    Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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  • RocknRollDaveRocknRollDave Frets: 6534
    Learn a foreign language. Extra points if you go for an off-beat choice, even more so if you have no intention of ever travelling to its home contry.
    Icelandic, maybe?

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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3595
    HAL9000 said:
    Low-cost options...

    Bandana
    Long hair/pony tail/man bun
    Ridiculous sunglasses (which for a true midlife crisis need to be worn indoors as well as out)
    Facial hair

    If you can't have a motorbike, how about an old sports car?

    As an aside I did once consider using Midlife Crisis as a band name.
    As far as I can tell there is a band called Mid Life Crisis in nearly every county. They must be popular.
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16301
    Tis true. ESBlonde said:
    HAL9000 said:
    Low-cost options...

    Bandana
    Long hair/pony tail/man bun
    Ridiculous sunglasses (which for a true midlife crisis need to be worn indoors as well as out)
    Facial hair

    If you can't have a motorbike, how about an old sports car?

    As an aside I did once consider using Midlife Crisis as a band name.
    As far as I can tell there is a band called Mid Life Crisis in nearly every county. They must be popular.

    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16301
    I was thinking about this before I saw your post and felt I really should work on my French beyond coffee,  hot chocolate and pizza toppings. I'd like something like a conversational French group though rather than some intense course. 

    RocknRollDave said:
    Learn a foreign language. Extra points if you go for an off-beat choice, even more so if you have no intention of ever travelling to its home contry.
    Icelandic, maybe?

    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • kossofffankossofffan Frets: 551
    Mountain biking hit hard with my midlife crisis, Great fun too!
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  • midlifecrisismidlifecrisis Frets: 2343
    my namesake, my mlc was to take up guitar again but if you are on this forum you probably already play so cant help
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  • SnapSnap Frets: 6265
    Skinny jeans, regardless of how daft you look in em.
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