Share a random fact......

On a brighter note:
my grandfather designed the machines and oversaw the manufacturing of after eight mints. He's also responsible for putting the bubbles in aero's. (so to speak!)
 
I can chuck a cricket ball over 100 yards...
I bought a ticket from John Barnes...
Seen two holes in one in the same round...
Pulled someone out from a smoking rolled car...
Switched the Xmas lights on with Anthea Turner...
 
Jan 31st 1987 - wrote off me old dears car.Jan 31st 1988 - stuck in a falling lift (now thats an experience)Jan 31st 1989 - In a car which stacked on the M23Jan 31st 1990 - took the day off and didnt go out!
 
Tried crossing a dual carriageway in a Fiat Panda and got broadsided, I ended up on the pavement opposite and car who hit me ended up in a park in the flower beds, 1 hr later I was playing competitive squash, nothing phased me in these days.
 
Cricket seems to be a theme here. Also got 10 for in an innings. Lance Klusener dislocated my little finger but I had him caught the next over. KP, Hashim Amla and Shaun Pollock have also been victims.
 
I have a black belt in both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu &Tae Kwondo.

Just yesterday I was accused on another forum by one of their admins for being someone I'm not, was told I was a former member that was banned from there merely because I live in the same town! Wouldn't mind but never come across the fella he said I was!

When I was a kid I got to punch Gary Mason RIP in the face for charity....
 
My (golfing) partner and I won the grand final of the Marley Trophy (the building trade equivalent of the Volvo matchplay) on the Brabazon in 2000.

43 points and won on countback.
 
Almost forgot, I met Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson at the bar during the Open at Royal Troon one year, was so shocked I had no idea what to say, still regret not saying something!
 
I come from the same Village as A.P McCoy and played football in his garden one summer when he was recovering(almost fully) from a broken leg gained through the horse racing.

Someone commented he must be loaded as he is playing on wet grass in Armani jeans. As a young teenager I had no clue what they were on about.

Nice fella, but not the best at Headers and Volleys lol
 
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