anyone else find it depressing at this time of year?

[dombanks]

get up in the dark, go to work in the dark, sit in a office with crappy strip lights, go home in the dark....

 

days like today where its miserable i sort of envey people who can get to work outdoors a bit..... ( in know its probably not rosy in the damp cold etc but still it must be nice to get out)

[alexander72]

Dom,it's not the time of year - this is the best time - busy all day from 5 am to 7pm 7 days a week cutting wood :-) change jobs mate

[Stuart]

No I'm with Dom - as well as the short days I just hate this grey, grey and more grey.  And I do get out 'cos I'm retired.  But it's still grey

[alexander72]

Hunting, shooting rugby skiing hot fires and no wasps :-)

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

You need to move to Sunny Manchester 

On Tuesday morning I went for a little walk, 10 minutes from my front door I was here.

 

 

So why is life depressing? treat everyday like it's your last, cos' you never know, it might be 

[IanG1]

Feel exactly the same as you Dom, I think its called SAD syndrome or something like that and due to lack of exposure to day light. I do make an effort to get out and execise at weekends though and find a good long walk or 40 miles on the pushbike makes me feel a hell of a lot better.

[s2rrr]

The first bonus is that you woke up, the rest is optional.

 

Bob

[TAFKARM]

You need to move to Sunny Manchester 

On Tuesday morning I went for a little walk, 10 minutes from my front door I was here.

 

 

So why is life depressing? treat everyday like it's your last, cos' you never know, it might be 

 

Lymm?

[s2rrr]

Don't think so Lymm is further afield

 

Bob

[TAFKARM]

Thats the only bit of green near manchester!

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

Daisy Nook Bob 

Russ you obviously dont get to Sunny Manchester much   

[blue ass fly]

Grass is always greener dom

Up at 4am drive 120+ miles in rain and fog

Get held up cause some polish lorry drivers fell asleep or on his laptop and killed some poor b*******- usually when ime breaking my neck for the loo

Get to the job- then start the dirty bit

This time of year i always wish i was 9-5 in clean clothes in a warm office

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

When I worked the last few year were spent Setting Out, basically re-drawing the Architects stuff in a way it could be made, to be a Setter out you needed to have experience on the tools, on site fixing and in the works on the bench, Our drawing office was a shed within the works, no natural light, no ventilation, noisy Joiners banging away all day, if we opened the door the place filled with sawdust, stifling hot in summer, freezing cold in winter, And we would sit behind our cadstations from 8 till 6, 5 days a week and saturday mornings, we had half an hour for dinner, I would gulp down my sarnie and brew in 10 minutes then go for a walk around the block for the next 20 minutes or so, come rain or shine I was out there, no one would join me, most took the pi$$ when it rained, but I wanted some air and daylight so that was my routine for the last 12 years of my working life. 

And don't get me going about working outside on site 

[jeff oakley]

We have become programed to be depressed when it is winter. Yes the grey days do get me down, but the alternative is moving to sunnier climes or to wait to die.

 

I always worked in cold workshops as a mechanic but now office or car bound I feel the cold so much more as heating is now always too hot. I often find myself sitting in a T shirt instead of turning the heating down. This makes you sleepy, but when I brave a cold day, crisp underfoot, or go for a blat on New years day it makes life good for a while.

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

 but the alternative is moving to sunnier climes or to wait to die.

 

You think a grey day is depressing?

Wait til' you have lie still in a box with the lid screwed down for all eternity, NOW THAT IS DEPRESSING.

Like i said earlier live every day like it's your last, cos' you never know