Depression

[nomadd]

Think it must be the time of the year...

It must be - as I feel fabulous.

The kids next-door aren't screaming and bouncing on their trampoline until 9:00 p.m. every night.
The two piss-heads over the back aren't smoking, drinking and shouting until midnight every night in their garden.
The DIY fanatic neighbour on the other side isn't spending all week drilling, sanding, welding and generally making a racket in the back garden.

They've all gone into hibernation until Spring.

Long live Winter. I have found peace.

I love this time of year.

[_V_]

It must be - as I feel fabulous.

The kids next-door aren't screaming and bouncing on their trampoline until 9:00 p.m. every night.
The two piss-heads over the back aren't smoking, drinking and shouting until midnight every night in their garden.
The DIY fanatic neighbour on the other side isn't spending all week drilling, sanding, welding and generally making a racket in the back garden.

They've all gone into hibernation until Spring.

Long live Winter. I have found peace.

I love this time of year.

Strikes a chord with me. I should look forward to summer, but dread it for similar reasons. Decided recently, had enough, even though my house is just as I wanted it, neighbours and people opposite ruin the street and I'm going to move in early Spring.

[WTFH]

Downsides of this time of year: needing a torch for the morning dog walk. Lighting the Rayburn.
Upside: need to wax skis. Holiday before Christmas (takes my mind off all the advertising BS). Time to start thinking about next year - what to plant, where to go on holiday, what house maintenance to do. Lighting the Rayburn. Oh, and walking the dog on a crisp (or snowy) morning. Clears your head.

[minestrone]

Downsides of this time of year: needing a torch for the morning dog walk. Lighting the Rayburn.
Upside: need to wax skis. Holiday before Christmas (takes my mind off all the advertising BS). Time to start thinking about next year - what to plant, where to go on holiday, what house maintenance to do. Lighting the Rayburn. Oh, and walking the dog on a crisp (or snowy) morning. Clears your head.

"Look at me, I have a fancy oven, dogs and go skiing"

[shaunbhoy]

Maybe THIS will help??

[VectraMan]

"Look at me, I have a fancy oven, dogs and go skiing"

WHS. Nothing more depressing than hearing about how great it's going for somebody else. Surely someone here must have a life so sucky it'll cheer the rest of us up.

[shaunbhoy]

WHS. Nothing more depressing than hearing about how great it's going for somebody else. Surely someone here must have a life so sucky it'll cheer the rest of us up.

Yeah, but sasguru is still banned at the moment.

[WTFH]

Depression

"Look at me, I have a fancy oven, dogs and go skiing"

I realise you have unbridled hatred for me and follow my every post to try to get a dig in, a bit like your sidekick shaun, but:
1. A Rayburn isn't a fancy oven. It's a very old one that burns oil on two wicks. It costs a fortune to run, is unpredictable and takes up a lot of space. It provides heat in the kitchen.
2. I have a dog. I don't have kids.
3. I go skiing because I enjoy it and it gives me something to look forward to in the depths of winter. As others have said, looking forward to things is a good way to ease depression. Just cause the things I look forward to don't confrom to yours doesn't make me wrong and you right or vice versa.

As nomadd says, now' the time where there aren't screaming kids next door, or lots of unnecessary noise from other neighbours.

[SueEllen]

"Look at me, I have a fancy oven, dogs and go skiing"

You obviously having been paying attention to the many studies that state owning pets you can stroke and cuddle make people less likely to be depressed.

In the case of dogs because they have to be walked it means their owners have to get outside, this also helps prevent their owners being depressed.

Edited to say: Lots of people have cats cos they don't have the time to walk and be with dogs. Unfortunately unlike dogs not all cats are affectionate to their owners while others are affectionate to everyone.

[minestrone]

I realise you have unbridled hatred for me and follow my every post to try to get a dig in, a bit like your sidekick shaun, but:
1. A Rayburn isn't a fancy oven. It's a very old one that burns oil on two wicks. It costs a fortune to run, is unpredictable and takes up a lot of space. It provides heat in the kitchen.
2. I have a dog. I don't have kids.
3. I go skiing because I enjoy it and it gives me something to look forward to in the depths of winter. As others have said, looking forward to things is a good way to ease depression. Just cause the things I look forward to don't confrom to yours doesn't make me wrong and you right or vice versa.

As nomadd says, now' the time where there aren't screaming kids next door, or lots of unnecessary noise from other neighbours.

"It's completely horrendous how much oil my rayburn is using now, I wish I could go gas like the working class"