What happened to that Victor Meldrew bloke....?
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 5:38 am
I'm almost there, not quite but nearly.....
Vicky failed her MOT... Not a small fail, a proper fail. She needed serious money spent on her to get her back to the condition she deserved and I made what I think was a sensible decision to put her on a SORN.
The offshore Oil industry has been on the wind down for a while now and I knew I had to get out and free from it. I stepped back from Lotus for a while to focus on my escape plan. I wanted to retire at 55. Not easy to do even with a good salary. In the end I didn't get a choice. My platform was shutdown and I was cast aside. There is no place for people with my skill set in Scotland, the green agenda don't want hydrocarbon processing specialists anymore. I know Mr McKeen has been hit with the same sh*t stick that got me. Neil I wish you the best in finding something else to focus on because it isn't Oil and Gas anymore.
I have not worked since May 2025. I was 53 years old with no option but to live on my redundancy, savings and investments to get me through till August 2026 when I can grab the Golden Goose. The pension pot, the tax free lump sum that will change my life.
Please, Please, Please, if you are not putting extra cash into a private pension do it now. For all you daft young ones out there it is the single most important thing I have ever done.
Four months to go before I pull the trigger on the biggest step change in my life. Come August everything changes. Elise parts will get an order for around £8k of parts needed to bring my baby back to the condition she deserves. Craig, be ready I will be giving you a call to do the bits I can't do myself. I'm too sore to be crawling around on the floor fitting exhausts. I already know you will look after me as you have always done.
I'm coming back bitches, and you better be ready for me because I have high expectations......
Vicky failed her MOT... Not a small fail, a proper fail. She needed serious money spent on her to get her back to the condition she deserved and I made what I think was a sensible decision to put her on a SORN.
The offshore Oil industry has been on the wind down for a while now and I knew I had to get out and free from it. I stepped back from Lotus for a while to focus on my escape plan. I wanted to retire at 55. Not easy to do even with a good salary. In the end I didn't get a choice. My platform was shutdown and I was cast aside. There is no place for people with my skill set in Scotland, the green agenda don't want hydrocarbon processing specialists anymore. I know Mr McKeen has been hit with the same sh*t stick that got me. Neil I wish you the best in finding something else to focus on because it isn't Oil and Gas anymore.
I have not worked since May 2025. I was 53 years old with no option but to live on my redundancy, savings and investments to get me through till August 2026 when I can grab the Golden Goose. The pension pot, the tax free lump sum that will change my life.
Please, Please, Please, if you are not putting extra cash into a private pension do it now. For all you daft young ones out there it is the single most important thing I have ever done.
Four months to go before I pull the trigger on the biggest step change in my life. Come August everything changes. Elise parts will get an order for around £8k of parts needed to bring my baby back to the condition she deserves. Craig, be ready I will be giving you a call to do the bits I can't do myself. I'm too sore to be crawling around on the floor fitting exhausts. I already know you will look after me as you have always done.
I'm coming back bitches, and you better be ready for me because I have high expectations......
