Life vomits on your eiderdown

No regrets in life but sportingwise was getting picked for Under 18 Irish Schoolboys squad and coming on a sub and not get a touch of the ball. Still have my cap on the wall.

It must feel the same for Roy Keane...champions league medal but didn't play the final :D

Took me a long time to admit to people that I never touched the ball...:(
 
Not working harder at school and going onto to follow my desire to get into journalism

Not pursuing golf for many years after I turned 18

Not having the balls to go for a job I knew I could do but got persuaded I wasn't their preferred choice (or second or third)
 
Another 3" and could have been a keeper at a decent level - had all the other stuff and could shot stop till the cows came home.

And wish I'd had the nerve to ask out Marie Kirkwood's younger sister when I was 23 and she was 20 - I think she actually quite liked me but I was shy so hid behind us been good mates and part of the gang. Marie was miss Scotland and her wee sister was even better looking but like me very shy
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Not working harder at school and going onto to follow my desire to get into journalism

Not pursuing golf for many years after I turned 18

Not having the balls to go for a job I knew I could do but got persuaded I wasn't their preferred choice (or second or third)
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This is very spooky homer,but all three are mine,got a place at MANCHESTER to do journalism but decided not to go when offered a well paid job,leaving my original club when i turned 19 to spend time in the company of women,drinking and night clubs,not going to Australia with a family friend to work in his uncles factory,now multi millionaire employing 300 people,life sucks if you look back.
 
Have to say, since I lost both parents, and while they leave a huge hole in my life each and every day, things have taken an upturn. I managed to reconcile some huge differences with my mum after my dad died that had been simmering for many years, since I left school early to work at the golf club (she had her heart set on me going to uni). When she died we inherited enough money to buy our new build four bed outright and be mortgage free. At this time of life and in the current unpredictable climate with jobs that's obviously a huge weight off our minds. Mind you there are many days, especially when the footie is on when I'd rather be down the pub with the old man watching it and my wife, a talented gardener in her own right would love the input of my mum who was superb and won many awards locally.

Still I'm a believer that things happen for a reason and going through the pain of watching both of them fight cancer, and caring for my mum in particular in the last few months was very hard, it actually made my wife and I stronger as a couple and realise that life is precious and to embrace each day and the time we have together. It's something we are trying to do and so to coin a song "the future's so bright I gotta wear shades"
 
Whenever I think of what might have beens I always come back to this Don McLean lyric...

"Crossroads"

I've got nothing on my mind,
Nothing to remember,
Nothing to forget.
And I've got nothing to regret.
But I'm all tied up on the inside,
No one knows quite what I've got,
And I know that on the outside
What I used to be
I'm not
anymore.

You know I've heard about people like me
But I never made the connection.
They walk one road to set them free
And find they've gone the wrong direction.
But there's no need for turning back
Cause all roads lead to where I stand;
And I believe I'll walk them all
No matter what I may have planned.

Can you remember who I was?
Can you still feel it?
Can you find my pain?
Can you heal it?

Then lay your hands upon me now
And cast this darkness from my soul.
You alone can light my way.
You alone can make me whole
Once again.

We've walked both sides of every street
Through all kinds of windy weather;
But that was never our defeat
As long as we could walk together.
So there's no need for turning back
Cause all roads lead to where we stand;
And I believe we'll walk them all
No matter what we may have planned.
 
AmandaJR said:
Whenever I think of what might have beens I always come back to this Don McLean lyric...

"Crossroads"

I've got nothing on my mind,
Nothing to remember,
Nothing to forget.
And I've got nothing to regret.
But I'm all tied up on the inside,
No one knows quite what I've got,
And I know that on the outside
What I used to be
I'm not
anymore.

You know I've heard about people like me
But I never made the connection.
They walk one road to set them free
And find they've gone the wrong direction.
But there's no need for turning back
Cause all roads lead to where I stand;
And I believe I'll walk them all
No matter what I may have planned.

Can you remember who I was?
Can you still feel it?
Can you find my pain?
Can you heal it?

Then lay your hands upon me now
And cast this darkness from my soul.
You alone can light my way.
You alone can make me whole
Once again.

We've walked both sides of every street
Through all kinds of windy weather;
But that was never our defeat
As long as we could walk together.
So there's no need for turning back
Cause all roads lead to where we stand;
And I believe we'll walk them all
No matter what we may have planned.
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It's the crescendo in the energy of this song in the last verse/chorus that makes this song what it is. Shows the power of music to be uplifting.
 
sev112 said:
It's the crescendo in the energy of this song in the last verse/chorus that makes this song what it is. Shows the power of music to be uplifting.
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Yep, That album has so much more than American Pie and Vincent. Empty Chairs is so...words fail me. Saw him live once and he was amazing.
 
virtuocity said:
Loads!

1. Quitting tenor horn in primary 7 because my mates had quit their instruments
2. My choice of uni degree and not having the guts to quit early doors. 3 years wasted
3. Sticking by a poor driving instructor through THREE failed tests. Passed with ease a few weeks later with a new teacher.
4. Trying (and failing) to be 'cool' at school.
5. Golf related: learning the 10 finger grip
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If I had been your foster dad you would have been better. :ears:
 
Christ what a good thread!
Its actually revealed that some of the forum members are human after all!
Seriously, there some really nice sentiments being expressed here!
Bravo chaps!!
 
MarkA said:
Christ what a good thread!
Its actually revealed that some of the forum members are human after all!
Seriously, there some really nice sentiments being expressed here!
Bravo chaps!!
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Scratch below the surface Mark most of us have the same dreams , Worries , Troubles & smiles , slight variances but generally the same


EDIT just noticed i spelled Worries & Troubles with capitals but dreams & smiles with normal .. mmmm :eek:
 
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