Is this childish?

Brad Hamilton: Why don't you get a job Spicoli?
Jeff Spicoli: What for?
Brad Hamilton: You need money.
Jeff Spicoli: All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

 

I'll be 63 come Feb., still surfing every good day , worked for the gov. then retired but always stressed ( while I was still working ) over waves I missed , and it was a compromise between work and surf , but the job was secure and had benefits ... but didn't pay much .. my friend who was far more ambitious than me entered the corporate financial world , paid his dues , still surfed when he could , but focused on his career and reaped the rewards of his efforts ..beautiful 5 acre estate , a home in Hilton Head , a chalet in Aspen Co. , a townhouse in Costa Rica ,and is part owner in a surf camp in Telos ...moral pay your dues and work hard and advance your education there will always be time to surf .... but will you be renting or owning the dream that's the question that you should be asking .

 

why would someone want a house on this island...

 

First of all, let me commend the author of this thread. Congrats, for you have shown keen wisdom by axing people on a Surf Predicting Website Message Board for life advice.

Ahh I remember Bill Cosby's Nephew had some troubles with his occupational and social life.

Of course, everybody loves to toss-off their ideas because, of course, everybody knows what they are talking aboot.

After absorbing the life philosophies of dudes who spend their work days posting on a Surf Predicting Website Message Board, where is BCN? Is he dead? On heroin? Hey, WaveslidderAC, your kids ARE on heroin.

Now, just above I mentioned that most people on here spend their work days on here. So, that should tell you something aboot their work ethic and productivity. Please, don't listen to anybody on here about career advice.

And the dudes on here who actually work at their jobs........well they don't know enough aboot surfing to make any offerings either.

Dude, your memories will be made of days when you ditch work and score Holyoke. You will not look back on your deathbed at age 58, and wax poetic aboot your frickin job. Live.

We'll all be banned from surfing in ten years anyways once ISIS installs Sha'ria Law upon the USA.

 

i think i finaly understand the si forum.its kind of like e harmony,but not for hooking up,more like so geezers can talk shyt to groms lol.if im on this thread when im 50 somebody please shoot me.i know u older folks cant be on here for surf knowledge,im sure if ur over 30 u know what ur doing.and if u hang around schools or playgrounds the police will issue amber alerts so come on si.iv learned very little off this forum,but laughed a ton.it should be called funny shyt surfers say.

ok now to the 21 year old.21 was a good year for me,i didn't work,i partied,surfed,ran from cops,etc.but u have to remember u only go to school once.i honestly miss school.everybody needs to experience it.sure they don't teach u anything worth knowing,but its good times.then u get old and the only communication u get to have with other people like u is to come on a website like this.work sucks,dont matter what u do,it sucks.i love my job but I hate it at the same time.i don't mind the work,i just don't like waking up at 430 am 6 days a week.after 8 my brains off autopilot mode and I can actually be productive.if I were u id drop out of school,move to so.cal,surf everyday,impregnate several women,then move back to the eastcoast lol.just remember the more kids u have the better chance of one of them to make it in life,then whos supporting who.

 

I will slap isis with bloody pigs the day they enter the us.i just wish a muddapharker wood

 

They're already here, Arnold Schwarzeneger Einstein.

 

It depends on the job, attitude and the amount of satisfaction and sense of purpose one gets from what one does for a living.

Skilled and demanding professions like doctors/surgeons, lawyers, engineers, pilots, to name a few, require a lot of study and training. If one is not willing to sacrifice and put forth the necessary time, effort, and perseverance, the needed skills and knowledge to perform these professions will not be attained.

Many will settle for the easier path and then rely on hobbies, sports, or other recreational activities for happiness, sense of purpose, and identity. The realities of life also can force one into a job not of one's aptitudes or interests.

After Navy military service, I continued to work for the Navy in civil service. At the time I took the civilian job in logistics because it was available and the location great (Ventura County, CA). I thought it would be a temporary thing, and that I'd go on to something else. That was in 1984. A few years later, I was married. Then the kids came along.

I still work for the Navy in civil service. I've worked hard but really don't have many truly satisfying memories or sense of accomplishment job-wise over the past 30 years. My memories and sense of purpose come from supporting my family and seeing my children's achievements.

 

One of the things I enjoy and consider good about this Forum is the wide range in ages, experience, and interests of its members.

 

agreed.
now if we can just get the ladies to chime in.

 

as far as i remember, neither of these guys actually seduced Phoebe.

 

I think there are many ways to go about it, but as a few others have said, don't lose sight of the long game. We all want to surf as much as possible, that's a given. But barring a career as a professional surfer, you gotta do something else to pay the bills. I would hesitate to listen to those who encourage you to say screw it, drop out of school/quit your job/whatever and just surf. While it sounds fun and exciting, I think that's incredibly short sighted. Think of it as saving for a new board. You make some small financial sacrifices now, to get that board you've been frothing for in a few weeks/months. The same thing goes with careers; if you make some sacrifices now with school, working those days you'd rather not and missing some swells, putting up with a crappy boss for a few years, you'll find that down the road you will have a better job, and more financial freedom to take trips, get boards and gear. Combine that with hustling to find employers who have flexible work schedules, are understanding with you taking the occasional wednesday off, have good benefits (including lots of vacation days), and all that crap. Suck it up and pay your dues now, and reap the rewards down the road. And lastly, you don't have to let your job define you. Not to be cliche, but some live to work, others work to live. Find a job you are good at and you can make a decent living, and use it to fund the things you are passionate about.

 

haha. that's a fine nugget of advice right there Just another example of the 1st rate medical, physical therapy, psycho therapy, hell...brain surgery advice you can find on this site.

I guess once you have enough groms no one will ever expect that you could pay all of that child support.

 

just as long as you don't smoke crack your life should be OK

 

Wait what? Are you asking if skipping work for the possibility of scoring waves is childish? Then you say 'Should I grow out of this phase???
What the hell are you talking about? There is no 'growing out of this phase' if you truly enjoy surfing. I'm 51, two jobs, three sons, a crazy wife, and I just moved almost 2 hours from the ocean back in July. I've never lived this far away from the ocean but I still find a way. You need to realize that you will miss swells. I missed the "doomsday swell" I spent the entire day at work punching myself in the face. But I more than made up for it by scoring big time in PR a month after that. The sh!t always comes back around. The unpredictability of surfing is what keeps you hungry and keeps you from getting jaded. Looked at how stoked some of the older guys on here still are. I'm pretty sure all of them work hard and have managed to find a way to incorporate surfing into their daily lives

 

Maybee emass seduced her long lost twin. Hell I wish I did.

 

and show their nekkid buttocks

 

shocking features.
small wonder he was wanking in the bathroom.....