A decade summarized

As of this week I've been out of Ireland 10 years. Tempus fugit and all that mularky. I was only supposed to be gone for 3 months. HR manager in Esat Digifone at the time said, "If you take that contract you'll never get a permanent job again". Looking back over the last decade I think, eh ok, suits me.

10 years, 3 countries, 4 cities, 3 companies, 3 cars, 2 serious illnesses, 1 engagement, 73000 cigarettes, 9 apartments, no regrets.

What do your quick-stats look like since you left your homeland?

10 years, 1 country, 5 cities, 7 flats, 1 bike, 0 cars, two marital near-misses, 5 actual proper long-term boyfriends, 2 work placements, 2 contracting posts, 3 permament jobs, 0 pets, 2 operations, 0 children, 10 people I'd eat bloken glass for, 2 personal trainers, 7 touch rugby tournaments with 1 as co-organiser, 0 things I can change about the past apart from my attitude towards them, 2 nieces, ca. 150 concerts, beer? Not enough fingers or toes.

Does it show I work in stats?

Over the past ten years: 1 uni degree, 3 countries, 4 cities, 2 companies, 3 cars, 1 engagement, 8 flats, 2 cats, a few regrets.

work,work,work,work,work,work,work,work,work,work,work,work...

Just the end of another miserable decade I guess over here.

10 years: 2 countires, 3 cities, 3 jobs, 2 redundencies, 3 flats. 3 long term partners. smoked for 8.5 of the years and not for 1.5. Overall a good decade i must say.

24 years, 9 countries, god knows how many cities.

2 marriages, 1 son, several heartbreaks and lots of great people i've met.

eleventeen million beers and fags / cigars and a treasure trove of memories to warm the winter nights.

Last ten years:

1 wife, 2 children, 1 country, 1 city, 4 appartments/houses, 1 company, 7 motorcycles, 10 cars, own house, 4 promotions

Wow, you managed to cram 24 years into one decade, bluedave. That's fast living!!

RTFM

the 3/4 of my life in Germany summarized:
37 years, 1 country, 6 towns/cities, 9 apartments, 1 house, 1 marriage, 2 children, 1 divorce, 1 hand-held marriage, 1 widowed bridehood, 9 steady jobs, 8 odd jobs, 6 languages, 1 company of my own, 5 cats, 1 hamster, 1 guinea pig, 2 cars, 1 scooter, enough Weißbier to float a ship

Alot, 2 Uni degrees, 1 marriage, 1 child, 1 more on the way, 2 dogs (one I have had to entire 10 years), 5 cars, 3 countries, 4 cities, 2 apartments, 3 houses, bought a house on 2 continents, loads of booze. Basically I went from a student to a family man, with a move to Europe in the mix. Great 10 years now that I think of it.

10 Years, 1 univ degree, on the verge of completing another, lived in 2 countries, Visited another 10, 0 cars, 1 Bike, 1 long term relationship (Still going on steadily), 10000+Litres of beer

@adrainlondon,
Well admittedly the topic title and first post are a bit confusing. Most people are summing up what hey have done in the last decade but keydeck asks at the end of the post what your stats are since leaving your homeland. So which should I post , my last 10 years or the 8 years since leaving Ireland?

I would have done it the same as BlueDave

10 years, 3 countries, 3 states, 7 schools, 9 dorm rooms, 1 apartment, 1 serious illness, 7 sports, 3 languages attempted, 3 jobs, 8 new family members, way too many hours spent on Facebook...

Since I first left - gasp 19 years. Basically I've reached a half life here. Shit, that's scary. Thanks for depressing me, keydeck.

1 country, 2 cities, 4 flats, 4 real relationships, 4 longer term dating attempts, 6 flatmates (though one brought his entire extended Irish "family" (friends) to camp in my living room for a few weeks), 1 marriage, 1 divorce, 2 kids, 2 cats, 2 jobs, 1 career, 2 cars, 0 property, 3 continents and 21 countries visited.

In the last 10 years: 1 divorce, 1 of the kids, 2 cats, 1 career, 1 car. 15 countries visited. Oh, and I quit smoking. (Never thought that would happen)

13 years... 4 countries, 5 cities, 7 moves, 5 jobs, 2 kids, 2 house renovations, 2 house sales, number of acres I still own in Australia -10, number of times flown back and forth to OZ/NZ - 12.

Do whichever you fancy. It's just for fun, there won't be marks handed out afterwards.

it has been over 15 years since I permanently left the UK. In that time I have had:

4 countries, 6 cities, 4 companies, 1 assignment to another company, 1 student digs, 3 halls of residence, 6 rented apartments, 1 owned apartment, 2 engagements, 1 marriage, 1 divorce, the love of my life, the best friends ever, no kids, 2 hamsters (deceased), 2 cats, too many cars for me to remember but probably at least 20, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Always knew there was something i liked about you . .

Ah, I RTFtitle instead of RTFpost ;)


The latter I guess.

Gosh, it was just a jokey comment rather than a direct order. I should join the army; the power's starting to go to my head ...

10 years, 4 countries,1 bird, 1 baby, 1 dog, and such a fortune blown away on beer and herbs that I can't remember much else.

Since I left Ireland (6 years)

1 lt relationship , 1 marriage ,1 rented apt , 1 purchased apt , 2.6 years of continually improving happiness , 21 lost kgs , 0 heartbreaks , 1 completion of actuarial exams , 1 job , billion reasons to be thankful

25 years, 3(4) countries (Germany twice), 9 cars, 1 wife, 2 children, 1 house, 1 ex-wife, 10 jobs, 2 new languages, a huge amount of beer and a lot of fun and new friends.

Last 10 years:
1 country, 2 towns/cities, 1 apartment, 1 house, 1 hand-held marriage, 1 widowed bridehood, 3 steady jobs, 3 odd jobs, 1 language, 1 company of my own, 5 cats, 1 hamster, 1 guinea pig, 2 cars, 1 scooter, enough Weißbier to float a boat

Left Denmark, where I was living, got pissed off with Duesseldorf (which seems remarkably easy to do) and moved to Munich. The next seven years here passed enjoying the easy life of beer, wine, food, mountains, lots of work that was challenging, rewarding and fun, and as much sport as I could manage. Then I met Mrs. Angel and after a half year long trip to India we got married. Now enjoying married life in Bavaria, and beer, wine, food, mountains, work and sport...

Edit: So in numbers that would be 4 cities, 3 countries, 2 cars, 1 wife, 1 flat, more beer than I can count, several hundred thousand air miles and over two thousand TT posts

Since leaving Ireland:
8 years, 1 country, 1 city, 3 companies, 2 kids, 1 flat (soon to be 2 hopefully), 1 car, 1 haircut, about 10kg+, 80 quizzes as quizmaster, 3 baseball caps and loads of grey hairs!

3 countries, 5 cities, 8 moves, 2 employers, 5 clients, 5 cars, 1 apartment(own),1 house(own),1 marriage,2 bikes, 4 laptops, 1 desktop, 5 certificates, abstinence,overindugence, 1 bout of depression. (not in that order)

38 years, 10 countries (Edit: 11 - forgot the UK! ), goodness knows how many cities/towns, 4 jobs, 14 years self-employed (of that 6 years de facto unemployed!), one long term GF, 1 wife (not the same person!), 7 motorbikes, ~11 cars, 6 houses, 1 flat, no serious illness thank God! 2 languages fluent, 3 enough to get by and do the job ("no problem" in 11 languages)

Last 10 years, 1 country, 4 towns, 2 jobs, still married!, 2 houses, 3 cars, 0 motorbikes ("no problem" down to 4 languages )

Guess I must have settled down a bit.

2 (and a half) countries, 2 cities, 4 jobs, no car, one dishwasher, two new computers, loads of meaningless one night stands, two serious relationships, no serious illness, too many hours spent in front of a computer, more fucking material possessions, more misery, life sucks.

Got to watch those 3 months contracts. Got me 7 years in Scotland and now 7 in Germany and counting.

2 jobs , 2 countries, 1 marriage , 1 separation, 2 kids, 4 homes, 1 sale of property in Scotland, few short term relationships, 1 great girlfriend, watch one destruction of parents marriage.

Last 5 years: 4 countries, 5 cities, 1 alcohol addiction (not present), a few meaningless one night stands but more meaningfull one night stands, a Masters, 1 heartbreak, 1 property, 5 long-term(ish) relationships, 1 car, no marriages (not inlcuding Vegas), no children.

Next 5 years...

in the last 10 years: 3 countries, 6 different addresses, 2 degrees, 2 jobs, obtained 1 husband + still got him, 6 bikes (of which 4 bikes + 1 saddle were stolen), 2 new languages tackled (ongoing struggle with 1), 2 cars, countless flights around Europe, 1 massive carbon footprint.

Last 10 years: 2 countries, 4 states, 6 apartments, 1 owned house, 1 broken engagement, one marriage, 1 cat, 5 jobs, 14 cars, and, unfortunately, 40 extra pounds.

Interestingly enough, the last 8 years in Germany: 1 country, 1 apartment, 1 house, 1 marriage, 1 cat, 1 job, 12 cars and 40 extra pounds.

Germany does seem to do that... 8 of my last ten years were exactly like that and only changed because I met the wife

Ooooh ooh, I wanna play!

5 years since I left Atlanta: 1 country (lived) dunno how many countries visited, 1 drink driving incident , 1 crazy psycho bytch, 3 ST relationships 1 LT relationship, 1 perfect match/fiance (or so it seems now ), 1 dog, 3 apartments, 1 house, 3 cars (soon to be 4), 3 jobs 2 cities , countless friends and now family, 1 godson, 1 niece, 1 death of the best granddad ever, countless hours in flying time, so many drunken nights I should be embarrassed!, 4 crazy roommates, 6 credits away from finishing my first degree, and unfortunately and AMAZINGLY 30 pounds lost!

Oh, I thought you meant the 40 extra pounds from beer and pretzels.

I had similar thoughts this morning. I was going to write something about my life in numbers. This thread is very interesting and entertaining to read, thanks for posting it.

(I will come back to add my summary when I have some more time later today, hopefully...)

Another one of your temps turned lifers: Scogs

Original contract 3 months, stay 9 years, 2 apartments, 1 house, 3 cars, 3 cats, 127,322.5 airmiles (estimated), 15 contracts, 8 countries, 0 languages, 1 pneumonia, stopped smoking, total loss of teeth 7 (2 were kicked out 3 decades ago - rugby), a few hektoliters of Guinness, scores of good times with friends, too many pain-pills, 1 death

18 years after leaving Ireland;

1 son, 1 daughter, 3 long term relationships, 1 ex-wife, 1 ex-house, 1 battered camper van, now in Angola, 1 period of delusion, 2 motorbikes, 1 dog , 1 cat, 1 life changing experience, 15 jobs, 1 close shave, 3 motorcycle helmets, a handful of real friends

So it's only been 9 months since I left Texas, but so far I've had 1 1/2 jobs, 1 host family, 1 borrowed Smart car, 1 fling with a Scotsman, 1 dirndl, 1 pair of lederhosen, 1 best friend (here's lookin' at you, CanadianGal), 1 long-term relationship with an Irishman, 4 other countries visited, 1 afternoon topless in the sun in the FKK section, 1 visit from my mother, 1 German class, and a strong desire to live here forever. Not too shabby.

I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea, to travel the world alone and live my life more simply.

I have no idea what's happened to that dream, cos there's really nothing left here to stop me. It's just a thought, only a thought.

@JE, a Dido fan prehaps?

Remember your thread about things that sound like a good idea but aren't.

Girlie music really - she must be due another album soon? Lazy cow.

Last ten years: 3 countries; 3 houses, 1 apartment; 3 jobs; 1 husband; 1 dog; 6 cars; 1 boat; 1119 skydives; 1 close call; >100 bottles of whisky.

Last 10?...well, I wasted 5 of it on Toytown.

Stop then.

Last ten years:

3 countries, 5 cities, 1 LT partner (with mid-term lull), 1 flurry of dates mid-lull with 4 people, 1 masters degree, 1 PhD, 7 jobs, 1 career change, 1 career change back, 0 marriages, 0 kids, 0 cars, 0 bikes, 1 ill-advised pair of rollerblades, more shoes than I can really recall, a passel of awesome friends and 0 regrets.

well, at the end of August I will be back in Germany 7 years!
in the last 10 years- 3 cross Atlantic moves
2 countries, 2 cities, 8 jobs ( the last one now 7 years), 1 storage locker in Canada full of my previous life, 0 cars (sold to a cousin before I moved back here), 3 continents visited, 1 near arrest, 4 operations, 2 serious illnesses, 3 rented appartments, 1 rented house,too many beers and cocktails to mention, 0 marriages, 0 kids, 0 homes, but share 67 acres of land with my brother back home.
Met some wonderful people along the way, taking all the good and the bad and making a positive life forcast.