Also, I read that as "I was at B&Q this weekend...". I've recently been saddled with a mortgage and have a builder. Your post rings true.
No work.

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It's political correctness gone mad!

• Most people chubbier - check.
• No grey hair was in evidence.
• Only odd cars were 2 refurbed classic cars
• Anyone who'd gone outside Europe was still there and hence not at the BBQ
• One person brought cheap burgers, and they were subtly placed in the freezer and ignored
• Stella filled the fridge. Make what you will of that.
• There was non-drinking due to driving and work in the morning, but none abstain life-long

In uni, I drove a 1987 Mercury Zephyr station wagon, a slow, wallowing boat that died before making 100k mile, a typical sad American car. Today I drive a small Tercel.

I really don't have anyone reporting to me, unless you count all the people pestering me with problems and questions.

I suppose being a debug engineer counts under the IT umbrella, and I'm fine with it.

Me, who doesn't drive at all these days, and has no one answering to them. Same size essentially as university. And I drink whiskey these days, instead of beer.

One unemployed person (drinks, drives and owns a large van). One community resource person, who also teaches (drinking non driver, but owns a small car). One alternative therapist (non drinking non driver). One academic/developmental aid organisation head (drinks, drives, doesn't own a car), and one manager in the private sector, with several hundred people answering to him (drinking non driver).

All childless.

Conversation largely about hammocks, Italian food and houses, fiddles, accordions and sex.

Cheap wine, foreign beer, bellinis. Excellent food.

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Arms my only ornament...

I'm slightly thinner than I was as a student. Only slightly mind.

* Some of us have greying hair

Still so dyed it's hard to be sure, but I don't think there's any grey.

* People have bigger cars, for dogs or babies

No dog, no baby, no car come to that.

* People have holidayed outside Europe in the last 12 months

Only holidays I've had in the last lost-count years have been festy's really. Was vageuly planning a trip to egypt, then my girlfriend left me so I used up all my vacation time on more festys instead.

* We bring things like tuna steaks, home marinated chicken or real butcher's sausages instead of yellow-pack frozen burgers

I still just take beer and drugs really.

* We bring wine or Belgian beer or organic cider instead of cans of dutch gold or scrumpy jack

Scrumpy cider, always has been when I can get it. Usually still has to be the crappy filtered, sweetened, carbonated crap though coz of poor availability

* Some of us don't drink alcohol

Wow. Strange.

* Conversation with those we have not met in a while is 'oh, how many people do you have reporting to you now'

Damnit, I fail one. I have a minion and some volunteer minions. Don't want 'em though, I'm fantasizing about quitting my job and getting something where I can work from home. Maybe next year.

* People are ready to dump their careers in IT to become alternative practitioners

Can I altarnative practision from home? ;)

I'm doing the thing where I go to a bbq style party with all the old uni friends next weekend as it goes. The birthday girl has had another baby this year. Nice to be forewarned, will have to try and get a bad reputation....

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