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Mrs.Mechmoggy is on the verge of accepting a new job in B'ham, the catch is the financial headquarters is in Kent and if she does accept the job she'll, no we'll, be expected to move there in a year or two. I don't want to stand in the way of her career and I hear that Kent is lovely but......I dunno.

oh! thats a toughie!

hey, you love her, right? what does your hart tell you?

go to kent it might surprise you in a positive way

Kent is great, but a lot more expensive that Birmingham when it comes to buying a house.

Plus prices on one side of Kent can be completely different to the other side. If we sold out little terraced house in Dartford and moved about 50 miles further out from London then we could probebly get a 4 bedroomed detached for the same money....

write down all the positives to this move on the left side of a sheet of paper, and all the negatives on the right hand side. This will give you an idea what the balance is, would this move be a positive or negative. Look at the big picture, job, housing, cost of living (food, fuel, petrol, rent, mortage, proximity to stores), transportation, house and car insurance rates, distance to family, commuting, school for your children, child care, church, future job growth for both of you, your own job future--what will you be doing? your job status? Bored now? Time for a new adventure?

Thankfully for us Keo, a lot of those things don't vary by that much between the regions.

Remember, you could fit the land space of England into most of the States of the US.

Good point though, I think the key ones are Property Prices (Rented or Bought) and Motor/Property Insurances

Things like Motor Fuel, Food/Groceries, Utilities and Mortgages don't really change that much at all.

Obviously the location of schools, public and private transportation networks and stores need to be considered but Kent is pretty well equiped as a whole, even in the villages nowadays.

As far as Church goes, if it's good old Christain faster, son and the holy ghost then you won't have any problem there and most other denominations are pretty well covered unless you're planning on going right out in the sticks.

Childcare is a biggy, though I seem to remember that it doesn't effect the moggy's at this time.

Mechmoggy, if you want anything specific on Kent then you might try the Kent website run by the Kent County Council

http://www.kent.gov.uk

Also, if you want anything specific, drop me a line and I'll see if I can help out.

We're putting the decision off till the weekend. Think I'm just frightened of change. If I remember correctly there are always engineering jobs being advertised for Kent, so work for me shouldn't be a problem, except I'll have to loose my partnership stake in my business, but I've been thinking about a change soon anyway.

Go for it.

Yerss its heart! not hart!*tut*

sorry
won't make the mistake again!

I didnt have to correct you. I just felt like being nice.

but you are already nice!

Mech, what kind of Engineering do you do?

I don't know mech..it seems like 24 is a bit young to be anchoring yourself to any one place..I say take the chance while you're both still young and you don't have a big family to worry about.

GO FOR IT, MECH. HAVE AN ADVENTURE WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG. Don't wait until you have 6 kids.......

6 kids!!! You know I'm not really a cat don't you Keo?

I'm a manufacturing engineer RC. Sometimes called that or production engineer or mechanical support engineer. Many guises have I.

If I were you Mech I'd go for it. Besides, in a country like ours it's not a massive move to make.

I would always say it is better to take the risk than to ignore it and be constantly wondering 'What if?' If it turns around and bites you on the ass then at least you will have given it a go.

Besides, no one has a 'Job for Life' anymore so chances are you'd be looking to move on sometime, why not use this as the ideal opportunity to broaden your horizons at the same time.

I'm still in shock that your advising me to move RC. You do realise that house prices in Kent will fall rapidly on my moving there?

go for it, mech; have an new adventure now, and support your lady in her career. Most women have to follow their men around and never get to follow their own employment dreams. Let her have hers, and you never know, it may turn out you got the better deal in your own employment status.

Okay, so it seems everyone is in agreement..mech should move to Kent

So, when do you start packing your bags, young man?

A Kent party would suit me fine

If I sell my house and all my worldly possesions I may be able to afford a shoe box in Kent methinks. Lets hope RC has a spare room for me and Mrs.MM!

Yeah the attic

I'm not fussy, and besides I'll get to look at all the presents he's bought. Won't the kids be gutted when they open thier selection boxes to find I've scoffed the lot.

*backs up truck, and unloads packing boxes in mech's yard*
Have fun packing !!! This is when you get to do your spring cleaning early.

Well, actually..I guess they have a year before they have to move huh?

About that, yeah. I really was hoping to go to UCE to finish off my degree because B'ham is a very industrial city and has great links to multi-national engineering firms.

ah, hah, here's where the rest of the story comes out. well, I don't know where your school is, or if you can do most of it by correspondence, but you're got to set your priorities and make tough choices. Yes, I would be the first one to encourage you to finish your schooling, but........ sometimes, you hafta consider the opportunities, too. Tough one, mech, I wish you good luck in setting your goals, priorities, and choices.

I'm not all bad Keo, I've been looking into ways of finding an employer who'll support my degree studies. I've even got some info coming from the Royal Navy and Air force, but when I told Mrs.MM she went spare!

"Papa take a look at your boy
He's a military man
Mama take a look at your boy
He's dying
Mama take a look at your boy
He's fighting
Mama take a look at your boy
He's frightened" Gary Moore & Phil Lynott

go for it mech and remember live life to the full!

Don't join the military unless you actually want to be in the military. If you join for the wrong reasons, you'll be the most unhappy camper there, and your wifey will be a most unhappy spouse, too. Not good for your marriage.

well at least you got an option, not so in Norway. Here the military is mandatory and after serving my country I get enlisted in the mobilizing reserves (double )

Looks like the decision has been taken out of our hands now. Mrs.MM accepted the job and they then said there was an internal candidate for the job and she'd have to wait for a decision from them, and she hasn't heard from them since. Good job she hadn't handed in her notice though I thought. So now she's back on the job market again.

never hand in a notice until you've been confirmed for the job in writing.

they learned it the hard way...

Uh huh yerss, she never handed it in (thankfully).

have I said that?

Now I'm all confused?

woohoo!

mech, welcome to our corner of the great confused out there.

I'm never confused!

My arse you aren't.

YOUR arse? YOUR?

what about his?
Nothing can be THAT ugly!

so, mech, what's happening now?

He has to find himself before he kan answere that question

Is he lost? Lost in space? Lost in time?

lost in Stavanger? Not likely, only one person there!

it takes only one to confuse Yers, at least you should know that.
You confused yourself.

very weak reply,
please do better next time

weak replys for the feeble minded

so you are saying that you can't do any better because otherwhise you can't follow?
ok, I won't complicate it all!

Yerssot; master of misinterpretations !!!!!!!!!!!!

at least I do something good!

a maultini, please?

Get your butt to the bar then.

keo can't drive: already drunk

Sorry Keo, been away on business again. You won't see much of me this week and then nothing over Chrimbo cus I'll be off work. Lets all have a quick group hug before I depart into the great unknown.....

*hugs mech* stay safe, buddy

Ow, somebody is obsesed with grouphuggs here!

*Hugs Keo right back*

(Keo walks away with two oily hand prints on her bum! )

Now, isn't this a Kodak-moment?

*takes picture of it*

*looks at bum*

*backs up to mech's backside, and bumps him, leaving his 2 oily handprints on his own bum*

You saying that reminds me of my favourite practical joke at work, when someone becomes a member of staff they are changed from a blue jacket to a white jacket. I wait till my hands are black with oil and put both hands on thier shoulders whilst talking to them about something. They usually don't realise but for the rest of the day they walk around, with what looks like, the evidence of some serious violation that occured!!

Damn I'm childish.

we know, we just didn't want to say it

I couldn't give a tiny rats ass.

ratcat? hey! don't insult him!

mech, since you don't give a tiny rat's ass, would you give a biggee rat's ass?

Mmmmm, Biggus Posterious Ratus..... maybe Keo, maybe.

Biggus Posterious Ratus rules !!!

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. . .. .

Hey Keo, thanks again for the Star Wars trailer download!

Keo, he's so damn cool he should get his own chat show.

She, Mech.

That's okay, mech. I though queeq was a girl. Why he has a picture of a girl for his avatar doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps queeq is a cross dresser?

queeq has an awfully deep voice for a lady, perhaps another sultry Lauren Bacall?

Hey keo, if he starts to talk to you about fashion, smack him for me!

*gets out cane*

ok, ToMac

You mean he ISN'T a girl?
Wow, go figure: Holland

like Hollandaise sauce???

eurgh! I don't want to know what they use to make that!

*Lurch's voice* You rang?

Anyway, I have Lara Croft as my avatar because I put in there what I like. Now I did notice a lot of guys tend to put pics of guys in there, so who's weird?

*kicks queeq away*
I didn't rang!

Didn't RING, yerss, RING.

whatever...
You just earned yourself a full hour of slapping on the ToMacco Slapping Machine...
*grabs queeq, puts his head in the right place*
shoot! your neck is too big!

Can't touch me, I'm Chaos. You better not mess with me.

you like to be chaos, I'm a god, learn to life with it!

Where's the vent?

for crying out loud, get yourself glasses!

It's just that you have so much hair.

shame you don't have any huh?

No shame, no pride, no ego. I am free!

what keeps you alive then?

Who's hairy? We have a Chewie relative here?

hahaha

It's yerss. Armpit hair all the way down to his knees.

then he needs to have his armpits braided; won't drag the floor.

queeq, are you jealous?

he might be, if he's as bald as mace.

Mace has more hair then queeq

THat's not true at all...

Dimmy, how do you know?

Because I just know

Were you peeking?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...no! *looks innocent*

I'm to close this one..