Thread: Hello from Northern Ireland

Originally Posted by Nightblade

well just a quick comment before I'm off to work. I guess I'm just a giant wuss as I share most all but the clown fear. Height's are the worst and tight space. I get like Mick with both and deep dark OH F*** !! What's in there water too.

I'm a very logical and rational person. I know the odd of something grabbing me in the dark is slim and if it's a big/bad enough thing I'll not know anything about it. So why worry.
I have more fear about something happening to my family than happening to me

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

My wife also hated the reverse park but I think that's because she can't do it.
Do you also sleep on the side of the bed closest to the door?

When I am at home yes.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

When I am at home yes.

My wife read up on that and apparently it means your protective if her. I've always been adamant it's just so I can get a quick exit if anything happens lol

do you face the door from bed? ive been told its like a major confidence thing, a lot of people cant sleep without being able to see it

Originally Posted by bombay

do you face the door from bed? ive been told its like a major confidence thing, a lot of people cant sleep without being able to see it

I constantly move in my sleep, so I don't know if that applies.
Funny thing is if we are in a strange room with a different layout, we always end up the same way without thinking about it

well your eyes are shut when your asleep so no that does not apply.

Good point

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

Don't think anyone can make fun of those fears Mick, they're pretty rational.
Don't think I have any real fears, any irrational one anyway. A lot of people here have a fear of guns but I've always liked them, though with a very healthy respect for them.
One thing I don't do though is sit with my back to the door of a pub. Call it fear or habit or superstition

Never understood the fear of inanimate objects like guns and knives, but I'm one that likes and respects them too. As for facing the door at the pub/restaurant etc. I call that a healthy sense of survival. Just a little bit of paranoia is a good thing.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I always like to see who is coming, and.I always try to park facing outwards, just in case. My.wife.hates the reverse park, but it has lots of benefits apart from making quick getaways.

Again, I call that a sense of survival and good security. I park for fast escapes as well. I spent years doing it while working in the security industry.

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

My wife also hated the reverse park but I think that's because she can't do it.
Do you also sleep on the side of the bed closest to the door?

Another security thing there, but my wife actually chooses the side nearest the door, so she doesn't trip over anything when she gets up to pee in the middle of the night. Me. I have three swords, a Nulla Nulla and a self crafted Shillelagh beside the bed, so that I can fight my way to the real arsenal in my wardrobe .

Originally Posted by MickR

Never understood the fear of inanimate objects like guns and knives, but I'm one that likes and respects them too. As for facing the door at the pub/restaurant etc. I call that a healthy sense of survival. Just a little bit of paranoia is a good thing.



Again, I call that a sense of survival and good security. I park for fast escapes as well. I spent years doing it while working in the security industry.



Another security thing there, but my wife actually chooses the side nearest the door, so she doesn't trip over anything when she gets up to pee in the middle of the night. Me. I have three swords, a Nulla Nulla and a self crafted Shillelagh beside the bed, so that I can fight my way to the real arsenal in my wardrobe .

I keep my trusty Hurley stick beside the bed but to be honest the crime rate in my village is pretty much zero. Any unscrupulous characters come into the village, we take care of it ourselves. We learned to be self sufficient during the bad days, no point waiting on the police doing anything

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

I keep my trusty Hurley stick beside the bed but to be honest the crime rate in my village is pretty much zero. Any unscrupulous characters come into the village, we take care of it ourselves. We learned to be self sufficient during the bad days, no point waiting on the police doing anything

Well, we have an average crime rate around my area, but to date, have not been personally effected by it. However, I feel it pays to err on the side of caution. There is not a room in the house, aside from the kids rooms, that I don't have access to...something an intruder might regret. And I have the all important mindset and willingness to use said something's if needs be.


Mick