Good for you. Who cares if you haven’t had a “typical /normal” life whatever that is. You come across as a decent human being which is what counts Tony.
Thanks for sharing your life story. Please don’t change your channel too much chasing the subs. Your channel is totally honest and is you. Keep up the good work. All the best Pete 👍
Hi Pete, hopefully you still enjoying the "new" content, I think it's definitely still very much me, just added or reusing older more consumer friendly kit that may or may not (so far limited success but early days) find some new people out there. We are still totally mad here, thank you for stopping by sorry for delay in reply.
Cheers for the reply Tony. Yes still enjoying the content and you being you. Seems to be even more channels that are following the trend of sacrificing content for subs. Glad your your not. Keep up the great work. All the best Pete 👍
Well done Tony. I'm not the least bit surprised by your story ... you're not a conventional type of guy - neither am I (well, I hope not anyway 😀😀) and you were never likely to be in the 9-5 world. Keep on enjoying what you do and making us smile with your 'work'. Cheers!
Being anti social isn’t rare so don’t worry about thinking you’re the only one. We love other people but we prefer not to spend any time with them 😂 It’s just so much easier being away from everyone. But, it is nice to see them now and again 😁 Keep enjoying your own experiences 👍🏼
Hello, yes so correct. Great to meet up occasionally as I’ve now done for first time in years lol three so far in last 8 months but definitely nice to have time to oneself thank you for stopping by
At least your honest Tony. You didnt have to tell us the story so respect for doing so. I have a wife and no kids; we’re absolutely loaded 😉 . Wifey runs her own business and I run a department in a food company. You play the hand your dealt!
Tony, it was really good to hear you. I jumped across to live feed and came back to watch rest of this. I think that you probably needed to share that stuff. I’d usually find someone doing that on a platform like this as a bit self-seeking but I didn’t have that experience listening to you because you’re authentic and that is a quality that your vlogs have that I really don’t see in anybody else’s.
What a brilliant story , I left school with very little qualifications to , went to collage to do food preparation and cooking got to level 3 and stayed in the industry for 24 years, 24 tough years working every holiday period and special occasions, Love working through your archives Tony
you've been extremely honest. Warts and all. If you don't need to work why would you, As long as your parents are happy doing what they are doing then what business is it of anyone else.
Thanks Nick There's a few new bods knocking around the place which is great to see. Some may have come via Bjorn others maybe RUclips being kind or just plan luck some new faces finding my unique corner 😊 normally one two three new subs a day and one of those leaves lol but last two days at least 15-20 new subs 😊
Thanks for sharing this. I was a Reagan conservative and I loved Margaret Thatcher. The woman invented soft serve ice cream so how could I not! I'm a retired FedEx courier. Got on with them after a stint in the Air Force. My grandfather was a well driller and could do just about anything mechanical and was also was an accomplished carpenter and electrician. I told him once that if FedEx fell through I'd be in a world of hurt because I couldn't do much else. Got married at 51 and we don't live together anymore. A lot of things kept from me before marriage like pot smoking. Her grown daughter moved in and let's just say I would rather live in a Honda Element than live with her very angry daughter. Which I did for 7 months. Went to Mexico for 3 months then moved in with my dad when he had knee surgery at 82. Then I had a heart attack and double bypass last March. And now in Argentina living on about $400 a month while paying off bills at home. In an Airbnb now after 3 weeks of camping. Intend to get together enough savings to live in state parks in New Mexico living out of a Toyota Prius and a yet to be figured out camping outfit. Leaning towards rolling out the MLD bivy every night then tossing it in the back of the Prius every day. Or I may go back to Argentina. The U.S. is getting very expensive. All this to say you are a RUclips influencer. At this point in my life trying to figure things out your videos have given me some inspiration. Keep up the good work!
I got a more than my fair share of grief at school too. And similarly was mad on old planes. I used to have to tape the Battle of Britain film (1969) whenever it came on telly cause I would wear the tapes out watching it literally everyday. I now own it on DVD. Thats a win right there. All I wanted to be was a Spitfire pilot, was never great a school work so when I got glasses at age 12 I totally gave up on school. Pat the dog for me eh? John.
Hi John hope your well, Lassie patted, yes and the Dam Busters, great music score too. Need to watch BoB again some famous folks in that film. Thank you as always and take care
Interesting watch Tony. At the end of the day, the dice land differently for us all and it is what it is. Keep doing what you enjoy doing :) Take care and ATB, Dave
I really enjoyed this Tony, very interesting life you have lived so far. 👍 A very enjoyable listen. Have you thought of doing podcasts as I would happily listen to more Tony story's whilst working.
My god what a story, not sure if I would have shared it, but there you go. Seen you in sainsburys the other day, but you looked like you didn't want to be bothered so i carried on, probably should have stopped you :)
I always look like I don't want to be disturbed lol but yeah say hello for sure. I'm probably always in a rush as time short for everything but fine to say hello 👋 🙂
So where do you sit on The Sunday Times Rich List, Tony ? Ha. . You've answered a question that I've wondered for nearly 10 years and I'm glad you did, but not the back story which you chose to add. I'd come to the conclusion that you were a professional, full-time photographer who had added a drone service to his offerings. When you started warbling, I thought he's an undertaker ! :-) Waist I worked very hard in my employment, I always thought that being comfortably retired was a better way of spending your 'time'. You've done that, so quite an achievement. . It does beg the questions of why you don't camp more often, travel further afield and not buy a tent with a sewn-in groundsheet ? :-) (I guess it's to do with duties in Bristol). ATB, Tony, don't change.
@@Super.Quasar thanks for giving it a crzck. I nearly lost it to not enough sales but a couple appeared and they kept it running . It costs you nothing which is always a bonus lol take care and thanks again 😀
Good for you. Who cares if you haven’t had a “typical /normal” life whatever that is. You come across as a decent human being which is what counts Tony.
Thank you, nice to hear
Thanks for sharing your life story. Please don’t change your channel too much chasing the subs. Your channel is totally honest and is you. Keep up the good work. All the best Pete 👍
Hi Pete, hopefully you still enjoying the "new" content, I think it's definitely still very much me, just added or reusing older more consumer friendly kit that may or may not (so far limited success but early days) find some new people out there. We are still totally mad here, thank you for stopping by sorry for delay in reply.
Cheers for the reply Tony. Yes still enjoying the content and you being you. Seems to be even more channels that are following the trend of sacrificing content for subs. Glad your your not. Keep up the great work. All the best Pete 👍
Well done Tony. I'm not the least bit surprised by your story ... you're not a conventional type of guy - neither am I (well, I hope not anyway 😀😀) and you were never likely to be in the 9-5 world. Keep on enjoying what you do and making us smile with your 'work'. Cheers!
Big respect for your honesty in all your videos Tony. You can't put a price on that.
Thanks Dom great to see uou enjoying the channel
Being anti social isn’t rare so don’t worry about thinking you’re the only one.
We love other people but we prefer not to spend any time with them 😂
It’s just so much easier being away from everyone.
But, it is nice to see them now and again 😁
Keep enjoying your own experiences 👍🏼
Hello, yes so correct. Great to meet up occasionally as I’ve now done for first time in years lol three so far in last 8 months but definitely nice to have time to oneself thank you for stopping by
At least your honest Tony. You didnt have to tell us the story so respect for doing so. I have a wife and no kids; we’re absolutely loaded 😉 . Wifey runs her own business and I run a department in a food company. You play the hand your dealt!
Tony, it was really good to hear you. I jumped across to live feed and came back to watch rest of this. I think that you probably needed to share that stuff. I’d usually find someone doing that on a platform like this as a bit self-seeking but I didn’t have that experience listening to you because you’re authentic and that is a quality that your vlogs have that I really don’t see in anybody else’s.
What a brilliant story , I left school with very little qualifications to , went to collage to do food preparation and cooking got to level 3 and stayed in the industry for 24 years, 24 tough years working every holiday period and special occasions,
Love working through your archives Tony
Great to hear you're enjoying 😀
Take care thanks for sharing your little bit of life 😀
you've been extremely honest. Warts and all. If you don't need to work why would you, As long as your parents are happy doing what they are doing then what business is it of anyone else.
Nice to hear your story, brother.
Thank you
Tony don't change one bit. Always enjoy your adventures and keep smiling your doing good 👍
Thank you certainly intend too 😊
Nice insight to your life thanx for sharing Tony enjoyed it all the best
Enjoyed watching that - you were very nice company while I had dinner despite us being different in almost every way 🙂
interesting, thanks for sharing, all the best.
I get it now.... bullying, we need to talk sometime. You have inspired a lot of viewers 🙂
Thanks Nick
There's a few new bods knocking around the place which is great to see. Some may have come via Bjorn others maybe RUclips being kind or just plan luck some new faces finding my unique corner 😊 normally one two three new subs a day and one of those leaves lol but last two days at least 15-20 new subs 😊
Interesting life story. Thanks for sharing some of it. Sorry to hear about your wife. Keep doing what you enjoy. Happy camping.
No judgements from me. Good for you! Normal is overrated anyway. Not particularly conventional myself.
Thanks for sharing this. I was a Reagan conservative and I loved Margaret Thatcher. The woman invented soft serve ice cream so how could I not! I'm a retired FedEx courier. Got on with them after a stint in the Air Force. My grandfather was a well driller and could do just about anything mechanical and was also was an accomplished carpenter and electrician. I told him once that if FedEx fell through I'd be in a world of hurt because I couldn't do much else. Got married at 51 and we don't live together anymore. A lot of things kept from me before marriage like pot smoking. Her grown daughter moved in and let's just say I would rather live in a Honda Element than live with her very angry daughter. Which I did for 7 months. Went to Mexico for 3 months then moved in with my dad when he had knee surgery at 82. Then I had a heart attack and double bypass last March. And now in Argentina living on about $400 a month while paying off bills at home. In an Airbnb now after 3 weeks of camping. Intend to get together enough savings to live in state parks in New Mexico living out of a Toyota Prius and a yet to be figured out camping outfit. Leaning towards rolling out the MLD bivy every night then tossing it in the back of the Prius every day. Or I may go back to Argentina. The U.S. is getting very expensive. All this to say you are a RUclips influencer. At this point in my life trying to figure things out your videos have given me some inspiration. Keep up the good work!
Good luck hope it all pulls together for you
I got a more than my fair share of grief at school too. And similarly was mad on old planes. I used to have to tape the Battle of Britain film (1969) whenever it came on telly cause I would wear the tapes out watching it literally everyday. I now own it on DVD. Thats a win right there. All I wanted to be was a Spitfire pilot, was never great a school work so when I got glasses at age 12 I totally gave up on school. Pat the dog for me eh? John.
Hi John hope your well, Lassie patted, yes and the Dam Busters, great music score too. Need to watch BoB again some famous folks in that film. Thank you as always and take care
Well done Tony and bless you keep up the great videos 👍
Interesting watch Tony. At the end of the day, the dice land differently for us all and it is what it is. Keep doing what you enjoy doing :)
Take care and ATB, Dave
All this time I thought you were a lumberjack 😁
Thanks for sharing Tony it was quite interesting.
ATB Mike
StayCornish😬
Lumberjack, more like Mad Hatter ;-)
I really enjoyed this Tony, very interesting life you have lived so far. 👍 A very enjoyable listen. Have you thought of doing podcasts as I would happily listen to more Tony story's whilst working.
All the best to you Tony 👍
Very many thanks 😊 you too
Hope you enjoy the channel 😀
Ah Steven? Hope you're well too 😊
Very interesting and enlightening.
Tony, well respected for being so honest, love the video
Thank you
Enjoyable video Tony
Interesting perspective Tony, all the best!
Thank you kindly
My god what a story, not sure if I would have shared it, but there you go. Seen you in sainsburys the other day, but you looked like you didn't want to be bothered so i carried on, probably should have stopped you :)
I always look like I don't want to be disturbed lol but yeah say hello for sure. I'm probably always in a rush as time short for everything but fine to say hello 👋 🙂
Enjoy it all!!!
Cool story
I always thought you had shares in MLD.
So where do you sit on The Sunday Times Rich List, Tony ? Ha.
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You've answered a question that I've wondered for nearly 10 years and I'm glad you did, but not the back story which you chose to add. I'd come to the conclusion that you were a professional, full-time photographer who had added a drone service to his offerings. When you started warbling, I thought he's an undertaker ! :-) Waist I worked very hard in my employment, I always thought that being comfortably retired was a better way of spending your 'time'. You've done that, so quite an achievement.
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It does beg the questions of why you don't camp more often, travel further afield and not buy a tent with a sewn-in groundsheet ? :-) (I guess it's to do with duties in Bristol). ATB, Tony, don't change.
Lots of reasons but Bristol definitely one lol life is odd for sure. Thank you for stopping by again always good to see old faces 😊
@@TonyHobbs I've put an Affiliated through on Amazon this afternoon. I can see why it's not a popular process.
@@Super.Quasar thanks for giving it a crzck. I nearly lost it to not enough sales but a couple appeared and they kept it running . It costs you nothing which is always a bonus lol take care and thanks again 😀
I always thought you were some secret undercover agent like Mr Bean
But I’m a Labour supporter Tony! I feel betrayed - I’ll chase you all over Dartmoor with me walking pole if I ever see yer. Naughty Tory! 😂😉
i thought you had hand outs from your brother Russel's kettle company 😁
Lol all the profits from kettle crisps come my way 🤣
“Good ol’ Mum” - I hope that my kids say that about me someday.
I'm sure they will, and probably "mum went mad, we blame that odd English camper for screwing up her brain" lol :-)