How can people be so pessimistic all the time?

carolt

But the Johnny Depp ogling is the best bit.

Maybe you're just not cut out to be a girlie....

lostinrates

carolt wrote: »

But the Johnny Depp ogling is the best bit.
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Not for me...:cool:

carolt

Just shows what a truly broad church we are here.

We even welcome people who don't recognise the vision of loveliness that is Johnny.

Look - we're on first name terms, now.

treliac

lostinrates wrote: »

I love that you are proud.:D:beer: I was (and am still) horrified at having types so much drivel in here ...

edit...ah, meaning I type rubbish, not that you do. Which might be why you're proud and I'm embarrassed!

Thanks lir and everyone else. Yes, I recognise the drivel syndrome within myself. Lots more of it to come, I'm sure.

But even if we produce only the occasional little nugget ........

neverdespairgirl

carolt wrote: »

But the Johnny Depp ogling is the best bit.

Maybe you're just not cut out to be a girlie....

Bleurgh - all yours, love!

PasturesNew

Mr.Brown wrote: »

Nice extrication there. Could have gone badly wrong. I'll be fairly content to get to one hundred posts, let alone 6, er, 2,000.

How many is it though if you add up all the posts you've made on this board ..? That's probably over 2,000.

Conrad

Pessimists are a necesary component in Human groupings, indeed a Darwinian imperative to further the longevity of the gene pool. The pessimist acts as an early warning beacon, albeit one that could be likened to a car alarm that constantly goes off.

I read a great book on psychology that set out out clearly why certain brains take on the pessimist role.
It stated the empty young impressionable brain may be exposed to more 'negative' experiences even in child birth. That is not to assume the parents are at fault, as negative experiences may have been accidental or resulted from lack of expereince. For example being left too long without a feed, or being dressed to cold to sit in a windy pushchair (I see this quite often), or overdressed and then exposed to the opressive heat of clothes shops for hours on end - see that a lot too.

I'm fairly pessimistic and I think it largely stems from my experience of changing enviroments as an army child, shipped around the world. One moment I have some little freinds in nursey, then next they've all gone and I'm somewhere new - repeated several times.

Braveheart100

Originally Posted by Braveheart100
Posting doom and gloom on the internet seems to be an equal waste of time and waste of a life imho

I suppose it's harmless in the end? Unless, of course, you were one of those peeps who should have bought last winter and will be buying in Spring 2010.

Davesnave wrote: »

Posting bigging-up stuff, smugly, as though you know something the rest of us don't, is an equal waste too, IMHO.

What don't the rest of you know? That house prices are trending upwards?

Try reading this for starters:-

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/house-price-index/november-2009

Sorry if you've lost money. That's just the way it goes I suppose?

Sell low buy high.

Toddle Pip:D

the_ash_and_the_oak

they've trended upwards over the last 10 months. they may continue to rise or they may not - different people have diff opinions about what is going to happen although tbf they tend to agree more about what has already happened imo

eg if you think prices have trended upwards for the last 10 months but will fall again at some point then buying low and selling high is a good idea, but to buy in feb 09 and sell in dec 09 isn't easy imo

caveat: I Have lost quite a bit of money recently so you should take my opinion with a pinch of salt

the_ash_and_the_oak

But tbf while betting on West Ham might be a good way to lose a lot of money it at least proves a lack of pessimism imo