Bored

[wullie]

Hello people,
i've recently left the army after 25 years, and start my new career as a management consultant on 01st Aug but im going to be bored witless until then, any suggestions on how an ex Para officer can stay focused?

[redcrx]

why not just take a break for a week and enjoy the weather and not having to be at work?

Or do some decorating, gardening, diy etc?

if really wanting a challenge (may not be for a para) then try doing this next weekend www.toughguy.co.uk

[mccfluff]

book a last minute hol and go somewhere fun or as redcrx says some house maintenance

[warpig1]

Wullie - if you are really bored you could fit some window locks for me!!! Alternatively as redcrx says relax and enjoy the weather. Have an nice week.

[B00]

For $1200 a day I'll bl00dy do it!

[Ethel]

wullie - you're showing very poor initiative for an ex-Para.

[Hellion]

Wullie - contact local youth workersand put your training to good use and get involved in some activities with young lads. There are so many youth clubs DESPERATE for positive male role models to get involved with some of the more difficult kids ....and you sound just the man for the job. I promise you you'd find it very rewarding.

[jiggy-gb]

Why not go to the other extreme for a couple of weeks and become a chav? It would seem all you have to do is sit around most of the day watching Jeremy Kyle, Trisha, Jerry Springer etc, browse through the Argos catalogue (in particular the Elizabeth Duke section) for hours, mentally spending your next benefits cheque, then tuck your trousers in your socks and head for the local shopping centre to hang out with your scally mates. Adding an affected limp as you walk will enhance your status within the chav ranks too!
Give it a go wullie, let me know how you do, I might join you when I get some time off too! ;o)

[wullie]

Mrs wullie says to do the garden, not exciting enough.
Im going to the lake district to instruct a bunch of managers from a food company in Corby?????next week, need something to keep me going till then
Ward~Minter what were you? I started as a simple private soldier in 2Para way back in '81, worked my way up to Major (Ops +Training). Perhaps we met? Were you in Northern Ireland? Falkland Islands,1st Gulf war? UN tours in Cyprus, Bosnia? Kosova? Sierra Leonne? Afghanistan? 2nd Gulf war?
I was offered �5k per week to go back to Iraq as a bodyguard however Mrs Wullie threatened to divorce me and after 23 years of marriage I dont quite relish being back on the dating game

[wullie]

friend of a friend, (wink wink) you know what I mean?
Int Corps eh? nice one mate we cant operate without help from the spooks, when were you at Sandhurst? I did EOC in '96 right after I was RSM, have you trie www.armor.com? they have "interesting" stuff on the pipelines in Iraq/ mid east area

[wullie]

PS its a yank outfit but dont hold that against them, their ok,

[wullie]

nuthin wrong with the old school tie networ kwardy, you dont mind me calling you wardy do you?
I see you were in Rwanda, didnt get there (obvious rteasons), christ, how many typo's can one get on one site?

Do you know of any more ex service pers on this Answerbank? I havnt been on long and your the only one I've met so far, maybe we can meet up fopr a re-union?

[wullie]

Sh1t!!!!!!!!!!
sorry Ward~Minter, bad idea you being ex Int Corps, you dont wantv to give away your ID,

[davidicus]

Wrong place to look for ideas wullie, apart from me everyone else are nutters, losers, no hopers and dreadfully boring. You do not have to believe me read the kwrap they write for yourself. Good luck in your new job

[wullie]

who said that?
cheersa davidicus but i'll decide who's a nutter and loser. What have you ever done for your country, now Ward~minter, there is a guy I can respect

[wullie]

and I Ward~Minter, and I, although I've never heard of Int being called Royal before I suppose that you know best. They probably never rose any higher than Pte eh? All I know is that I worked dammed hard to become an Officer. Getting my 2 "pips" was the highlight of my career

[wullie]

Mrs wullie wants me to take her to the local pub. Night night Ward~Minter, pleasure chatting to you, see you soon