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There have been some quite heavy issues going on lately on the Accyweb, so I thought I'd try to introduce something a bit lighter. How do you like to relax?
I enjoy coming home from work and either spend an hour in the pub on the way home when my partner is home, or come home maybe to a lovely glass of red wine (definitely no more than two when working the day after!)
I love absolute peace and quiet at home and also relaxing music, and my favourite time of day is early morning with fresh black coffee and toast, outside in summer preferably, weather permitting.
Also time with children and grandchildren, it's really good when my older grandchildren call round without warning.
Another thing I enjoy doing is baking, although I have to do it for other people now, otherwise I'd eat it all myself and be thirty stone and on telly!
I also love trashy tv, whilst I've been off work I've become addicted to daytime tv and might have to record it when I go back to work next week, and reading is my most favourite.
I hope I don't sound a bit smug because reading this back I think I might and I'm not at all, but I would be interested in how other people like to relax and spend their spare time.

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Walking with Max up the Coppice and blwing the cobwebs away. Coming home to a can of something refeshing and chillng teaching Max new tricks.

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Taking Oscar fer his constitutional i find very relaxing, more so now as hes getting old, the little swine don't leg it no more.:D

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Do they come in tins or bottles?

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I don't think of anything I do as relaxing, just doing different things at different times - watching TV, going to the pub, doing things to the house, working in the garden, going to concerts, going out for the day or weekend. My favourite thing is being on my own doing things in the garden - tidying, potting, planting, spreading compost, making paths - anything. I do like my own company best and have always been very active.

Of course I've hardly done any of this for the past few months, being laid up and undergoing treatment. It's frustrating seeing lovely days outside and wanting to be in the garden, or having a half renovated house and wanting to knock some plaster off a wall, or do some decorating or make some cushions, or even do some tidying up. You make think that doing nothing much all day is relaxing but it can get very boring, even with TV, PC and books to occupy me. Roll on recovery!

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I think I need a dog, when I eventually retire probably when I'm at least seventy I intend to get a Westie and call it Fluffy with a pretty pink collar much to my partner's disgust!

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Get a proper dog.

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Though the hour wi the lads in the Oaklea when Stanley are at home is very relaxing as well as very humorous.:D

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Susie your life sounds idyllic and I hope that your health improves and you are able to get back to it very soon. I've been off work for a few weeks and used to dream of having nothing to do, but it is indeed very very boring! In fact I can't wait to get back to work at the moment and I never thought I'd say that!

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Sitting in the Micro Bar in the back of Manchester Arndale, watching the world go by as I get steadily rattarsed on Bogart's Rum Porter, before
verbally abusing the various God botherers and politicos who inhabit Market Street on a Saturday afternoon.

Alternatively, standing on the Clayton End, listening to Cashy verbally abuse any opposition player or match official who displeases him. ;)

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That's what my partner says!!!

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Can't fault it cashy can't fault it:):alright:

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Only joking Westies are cracking little dogs. There use to be a family of them doing agility with us.

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Through the week on principle no Beer :( When I do eventually get home it's boots off, a big mug of Spiced Tea (Masala Chai), turn on the puter, and have a smile, groan, head shake at the goings on on here. :) Then a bit of scoff, Shower more Chai & a bit more puter then off to me pit.

Weekends out & about doing stuff (with Wifey & Hound), across to Holland, following the mighty Stanley on line, meeting friends, having a couple of Beers & the odd sweety nippy ;) & again arguing & being obnoxious on here :D

Ah, simple pleasures for a simple soul. :)

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I know, I had one when I was younger and they really are good dogs - I'm joking about the Fluffy name and the pink collar...I think.....!

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Nowt wrong with that

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Steve2qec has one of them says its a rabid killer guard dog so beware:D

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Max thinks they are litttle sheep

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Anne-- I agree the lighter topics are very much welcomed.

Anything that takes my mind off things Is relaxing to an extent. Playing guitar, writing songs, reading & listening to Audiobooks(i do the latter most). I would like to say computer games but some of those are stressful.

Walking up the coppice is quite relaxing though I prefer to walk up there in the summer.

My new android phone has 3D camera option. It can take a panoramic picture. Next time I go up the coppice I am going to test out this feature and I will post pics here. I find taking pictures(up coppice for example) to be quite relaxing.

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And they're Jockanese, shifty little boogers. We Houndsat one for some friends once, little sod widdled on everything then rolled over all nice as pie as though he was sorry & ours was giving us this look that said "Well go on then, rub his nose in it !" she walked off in disgust when we didn't. :o

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Thank you Restless I look forward to seeing your pics, I can't do computer games because they tend to turn me a bit violent (as do board games, jigsaws and ironing!) Much better to avoid them and remain chilled!

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She had a right to one rule for one and another for the visitor, consistency thats all dogs ask for:D

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We were gonna get a "Caution, I Live Here!" Westie sign for the front door but decided against it.

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I had one a long time ago, before I got married in 1975, he was lovely (the Westie not the new husband!), but I believe they can have a nasty temperament apparently - both dogs and ex husbands oh dear I think I might be digging a hole here so I'll shut up!!

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Valid point WM221, but she was spoilt rotten the following week for putting up with the little Jockeen ratbag. :)

And getting back on topic, it was also fun taking the pair of them out & seeing them play together also quite relaxing.

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I am a bit boring just a good book or a ride on the mountain bike does me.Used to be a good game of rugby but to old fat and soft for that now.

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Oh dear:o:D

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For me it's restoring old clocks or making model boats, with the odd tinnie thrown in. :D:D

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Ah, ballast ! :)

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Empty tins do tend to float rather well, but with all the ticking and chiming i think the mrs would like to see me used as ballast. :D:D:D:D

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Find it hard to relax, but do like reading a good book and spending time on the computer. Also i like coming home to an empty house after a day at work. As i like the peace and quiet for the first hour before the family starts arriving home.

Stick your address on here, leave the front door unlocked & I'll get the lads to call around. All proceeds will of course go towards new software for AccyWeb!

;)

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Ours is a good-natured, friendly little chap.....unless you're a squirrel!!!

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Westies are like any other dog . Their temperant can be down to the way they are trained. But again they can have an off day as we do.

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Reading.

Always read a lot, though I hadn't lately, as I struggled holding books with paper pages.

Got a Kindle for Christmas, and haven't stopped since.

Fantastic to get the books I want to read at the click of a button, and not have to order, then wait for them.

I love it, for allowing me to read lots again. Best ever present.

Reading in bed, making one of the little Italian pastels Mobertol has got me hooked on, is my guilty, relaxing pleasure.

:)

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Just looked again at what i wrote and it does sound like an invite. But it's not totally empty i have my dogs, which one of them is quite vicious if he doesn't know you.

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Be careful Steve, my parents had three Westies and if you don't keep your eye on them they have a tendency to give people a vicious lick:D

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Relaxing um well sitting watching the telly on a Saturday night with a beer in my had knowing the Rovers have won, ain't been too relaxing for quite a while now:D

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I like reading too......books, the kindle(glad you are enjoying yours G)newspapers(especially with a really good cup of tea and a slice of toast).
I like doing puzzles, I play word and number games on my DSXL(the bigger version is kinder to my lamps).
I spend time on the computer.......write my blog from time to time...Photography is another of my ways to relax.......especially the editing and messing around with the pictures.

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When was last time Rovers won. Must be very stressful for you.

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You don't need all the hassle of your own dog, you can take mine for walks any time. She likes to run and run and run, oh and she likes to play in the brook/res as well. Just watch out for rabbits, she chased her first one the other day but gave up when she was to far away from me and came back all worried I may have left her :D

I enjoy taking her out for walks and do find it relaxing.

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Cleaned the kitchen and bathroom and dusted and swept up. No time for relaxing so far, but I might get out a P G Wodehouse later on and have a read for an hour or so. Oh, and happy Easter everyone!

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What Breed have you got?

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You're sorely in need of a break then Jay. Or how about relaxing when they've lost, you'd be practically comatose. :D

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Thank you Michael, and to you too.:egged::gif_12:

I had meant to post the same thing earlier but forgot!

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Thats what I said:D

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No I've just become oblivious to it Dave, but things should pick up on Tuesday:D

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Every dog is proper;) My JRT is old, deaf, scruffier than my beard, and dumber than a bag of hammers. Wouldn't trade her for the world. Just looking at the little scruffkin helps me relax.:alright:

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That's what dogs are for to take away the days stresses. I used to do voluntary work for a charity PAT Dogs (Pets As Therapy) I used to assess volunteers dogs to see if they were suitable to go visiting in hospitals, nursing homes and Hospices etc. The joy that some people get from stroking a dog when they have had to give theirs up is unbelievable.

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I swear they know what you are thinking too.

I got the clippers out to trim Gizmo's nails the other day....and he was growling before I got anywhere near the drawer where they are kept.

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Sometimes I like to do ... well ... nothing. But only after I've done something ... dishes, floors, laundry, basement ... all that kind of stuff. Makes "nothing" seem a little more precious. Trying to restore a couple of old Lee Enfields. Trying to master the airbrush I bought last year. And fishing. Nothing like fishing ... from the shore, in a boat, through the ice. Some days, like today, I'll go out and drive my cab, followed by a stop at the Beer Store, or the liquor store. Sparking up a big fat one and watching my fish tank .... But nothing really planned; relaxing has to be a spur-of-the-moment thing.:alright: Well, for me it has.

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You are right Eric....doing nothing has to be punctuated by doing something.
You never really know when you have finished doing nothing.

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Margaret I've become well versed at doing nothing, I've been practicing it for about four years now and have got it of to a tee:D

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For some reason this brings to mind an exchange I had with my gran, back in the days when the Earth was young and you could still see piles of horse manure in the cobbled street.;) Gran: "What ti doin' lad"? Of course, immediately on guard, and on edge, wondering what I was in trouble for, I answered, "Nowt, gran". In a weaving-shed voice, one that could have been heard over a dozen looms: "WELL DO SUMMAT, SUMMAT USEFUL." Sometimes, I feel a little guilty about doing nowt. I know who to blame for that.;):D

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We have similar programs in K'town. And there is another one .... I've been trying to find a link in the archives of the local rag, but no luck so far .... a dog that goes into schools to help kids who have difficulty with reading, usually those in the poorer areas of town. Kids who refuse to read to a human, will quite happily read to this dog. Amazing critters!:alright: Can you imagine how empty your life would be without a dog? :dancedog:

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They are part of the family

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Can't beat them, they seem to know instinctively how you're feeling & will respond accordingly, absolutely grand animals Dogs. :)

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When I come home from work I just have to look at Max and say " Have you a job to do?" and he responds by bringing my slippers to me from wherever he has left them. He plays with them when I am out but never wrecks anything.

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Don't know about Max ya should have called him Jeeves :D

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going to teh caravan...

leave work at 4pm stressed and busy in my head as anything, pick up wife and kids, drive to blackpool to our van on Marton mere

Open beer, order take away, sit down and RELAX......

get kids into bed after food and the nights our own... read a magazine(classic cars usually) listen to some classical or Real Radio if that takes our fancy...

spend weekend playing with the kids and just enjoying what life is around us..


no stress, no pressure, no fuss

Bliss

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Exactly what Mrs H says to me! ;)

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Seems Mrs H as you weighed up to a tee Wyn:D you must be the boss in your home and you have her permission to say so:D

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Relaxed is my normal state of being.
I only experience stress when outside influences/undesirable persons encroach on my reclusive lifestyle.

I appreciate that for those of you unable or unwilling to live as I do, then some stress relieving practices are neccessary.

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Ya Margaret but there's a reason why you live like you do, and I fully understand your reasons, but if you were in perfect health would you still live your reclusive lifestyle, although I've never met you, I have heard a lot, in fact picked a lot up from you about your earlier life and I don't think for a moment that you would be reclusive if your health was better

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It is true that a reclusive lifestyle was forced on me by circumstance, but now I have found it I am more content than I have ever been, so I doubt that I would resume my former lifestyle.

It doesn't have that effect on everybody but it suits me.

Alone, But Not Lonely | Psychology Today

"Solitude is something you choose. Loneliness is imposed on you by others"

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I can see your point Margaret, but I doubt you would have taken up your present lifestyle, but for health problems. In someways we live a parallel type of existence, but I would swap it today for the freedom to go out and fend for myself, its not my idea of the way I wanted my life to peter out, but I suppose its each to his or her own