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Appears he once tried to venture out and try a pizza instead, but was thwarted by Pizza Hut: https://twitter.com/WilfDavies3/status/1244888108413394944 Edit: Yes, just a different Wilf Davies, but also from Wales.
Appears he once tried to venture out and try a pizza instead, but was thwarted by Pizza Hut: https://twitter.com/WilfDavies3/status/1244888108413394944 Edit: Yes, just a different Wilf Davies, but also from Wales.
It's great he's happy with the life he has chosen. But I personally find people who are even slightly like that (i.e. closed off to new experiences) depressing to be around. My parents are kind of like that, and have been as long as I can remember. But to each their own.
Seventy one sheep? And he makes a living? Something missing here.
Appears he once tried to venture out and try a pizza instead, but was thwarted by Pizza Hut: https://twitter.com/WilfDavies3/status/1244888108413394944 Edit: Yes, just a different Wilf Davies, but also from Wales.
LOL, good find. I wonder if the whole story is made up.
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> work with them to tell their story Hmmm... Suspicioun that this is heavily editorialized intensifies.
suspicion of editorializing Not editorialized, but likely transcribed from one or more interviews and the interviewee and interviewer edit lightly. There are people who couldn't write something like that given weeks but get them to start talking and they do a marvelous job. Drawing that out of people is one of the things that marks good interviewers.
> To present an opinion in the guise of an objective report.
As in, I'm suspicious that the words the farmer spoke were heavily edited by the journalist before being published to better fit the narrative.
There is value in finding your place in life and being content with it. Yes, you might be able to change it, perhaps to conform to more traditional standards of 'success', but why bother if you're happy as you are? If we humans optimize by happiness, then we should have nothing but envy for a life like Wilf Davies leads.
I came to this realization in university - I love software, I love writing programs and solving problems, but I really don't love office work or the idea of sitting at a desk all day. I dropped out of a software engineering program to work on a factory floor, a decision I haven't regret once in five years (even if my parents would consider me a failure). The hours are good, the wage is good, benefits are good, I get…
When I didn't have my CS degree finished and no IT experience, I've applied to thousands of factory and warehouse jobs and got nowhere. I only got a curier job through a family connection.
A britishism I've never come across—does anybody know what "sandwiches with paste" are?
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> but his diet has clearly worked for him. Is it clear, given the multiple strokes? We don't know with certainty whether the diet was a significant factor, but it's possible.
I know of people who do not eat veggies an have lived into their 70s before they have a stroke. The are also people who have strokes or other problems before 70 even if they eat their veggies. I fully expect that my high stress and sedentary life of a software developer will kill me long before 70. Such are the trade offs of a well paying profession.
Surely you want some time to live life without the obligations of work? Otherwise what is it all for?