"Dude, who'd have thought years ago we'd all be flying overly-expensive, high-depower 4 line kites today?"

"Yeah man, and riding state-of-the-art champagne coloured 6-finned kite surfboards."

"Dude, I was so poor back then, I didn't even have a proper kiteboard."

"Wow man, I had nothing but I was happy. My first kiteboard was an old surfboard snapped in 3 pieces with no fins."

"Dude, back then, I was so broke I used to dream about old surfboards ....riddled with holes and rot."

"Yeah man, in those days I was glad to even have a 2 line kite."

"Dude, a 2 line kite was luxury. The best I could manage was a crappy polesurfer."

"And man, try and tell that to the young people of today ...they won't believe you."

"Right dude."

I'm pretty much like a pig in **** this week........ the Labour party conference is on and for me a good conference is like "sexpo"...... yeah, I know, sad isn't it. But anyway , Gay marriage........ are we all for it, or ???????

Seems to be a bit of angst around lately,

People seem to flare up over really small stuff and when the do (which seems to be more and more frequent) the flare ups seem to be more agro then they warrant by a significant margin (see the Good, bad, ugly topic!!).
Its coming onto Christmas, a time when the levels of good/love in our lives generally go up however it can also lead to people who may have less of it getting more tightly wound. Combined with the non stop financial pressures that really hit a peak around this time and the increase (already too high ) in drinking levels and end of year rush to get your work squared away it creates a bit of a perfect storm of events/stress/pressure that can lead to you being a dick and making some really bad decisions. The ramifications of which can vary massively. Some of us will be dicks at the office party,others will chose to tell Uncle Gary what you really think of him. Sadly some will chose to drink and drive and they or other people will not see the new year.Others will take their frustrations out on the people they love the most

Maybe its time to take stock a little.

We all . YES ALL!! . Every single one of us has so much to grateful for.We live in a beautiful country.Opportunity is everywhere if we chose to seek it. Compassion ,empathy or a helping hand are never far away if we let it be known we could do with a one (or two).

Hopefully we can all just cruise through this holiday period, not get wound up over dumb stuff or stressed about cash (theres always a low cost option thats just as fun or memorable)and most importantly look after your family and mates!!



Best wishes to you all and try to be an example you can be proud of!!