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Title: Time off - What do you do?
Post by: concept on March 07, 2013, 08:59:26 pm
Following on from Richy's "burnt out" thread, wondered what you lot do for rest and relaxation?

I play football twice a week, and enjoy weekends away with my family. Don't get away often enough, so looking at getting something to force us out and away, like a T5 camper, or a holiday home somewhere.

So whats your thing?
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 07, 2013, 09:01:49 pm
Hill walking. Fair weather cycling. Occasionally visit heritage railways, museums, airshows.
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Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on March 07, 2013, 09:02:58 pm
Gym after work every day. Play football 3 times a week. Fishing in the summer. Out on the lash most weekends. Chill out watching football week nights. On here for a spot of window cleaning talk.


Easy life  ;D
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Post by: DG Cleaning on March 07, 2013, 09:07:28 pm
Play football, about to take up mountain biking, snowboarding, play with my little lad :D
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Post by: Frankybadboy on March 07, 2013, 09:13:02 pm
i trian 3/4 times in the swimming pool in the morning at 6.30

i ride the bike on saturdays and sundays,now the summer kicking in add tues and thursday to that.last week total miles on bike was 175

i also run min 2 times a week ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

but there again i am training for my 1st full ironman in august
http://ironmankalmar.com/
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Post by: deeege on March 07, 2013, 09:19:03 pm
Weekends with the family and photography.

Finding a healthy work / family life balance is crucial to a happy healthy life IMO.

I'll also be having a 2 week and 1 week Mediterranean holiday again this year.
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Post by: dazmond on March 07, 2013, 09:36:30 pm
i try and get my girlfriend in bed any chance i get! ;D ;D ;D

failing that i do a bit of swimming and drumming,chill out at a few AA meetings,get away in my car for a walk in the hills/park.go and visit family and friends.

id like to go abroad on holiday later in the year if girlfriend can get any time off from the shop and hopefully ill get away on a few camping weekends if the great british weather gets hot and sunny! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D

i love eating out at nice restaurants as well and going for sunday lunch! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: colin purewater on March 07, 2013, 09:36:58 pm
Mainly drink  :P

Since I've stopped smoking I now treat my
Self to posh bottled beer as a reward!   ;)
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Post by: mgba_78 on March 07, 2013, 09:39:27 pm
I like just being at home with the family and dog.
I also have a big interest in Koi and such spend hours upon hours looking at my fish swim around  ::)roll
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Post by: Granny on March 07, 2013, 09:41:55 pm
Play my guitars -  multi-track ideas as they come to a 12 track Digital Recorder - build them up layer by layer - then mix them down to a master track and burn to a CD - listen to it - decide I could do it better and start all over again ;D ;D
Just like that bloke who was destined to push a giant rock up a hill for eternity - Sisyphus.
G.
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Post by: mick hay on March 07, 2013, 09:42:13 pm
I go snowboarding 3 - 4 times a week, mountain bike, mainly at Llandegla, carp fishing.

Very close to buying a new bmw tourer (bike) so will be spending a lot of sunny days on that this year  :)
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Post by: Nick_Thompson on March 07, 2013, 09:53:41 pm
I love getting high on a sense of wellbeing from days of raw food and recumbent triking.

And I really dig trying to increasing my power to weight ratio through researching and the application of weight training and nutrition.

Man, am I cool or what!
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Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on March 07, 2013, 10:06:25 pm
I spend most of my spare time drinking brake fluid, I'm not addicted, I can stop anytime! :)
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Post by: Frankybadboy on March 07, 2013, 10:15:24 pm
I spend most of my spare time drinking brake fluid, I'm not addicted, I can stop anytime! :)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 07, 2013, 10:16:35 pm
I go snowboarding 3 - 4 times a week, mountain bike, mainly at Llandegla, carp fishing.

Very close to buying a new bmw tourer (bike) so will be spending a lot of sunny days on that this year  :)


Llandegella that's very nr to me
Title: Re: Time off - What do you do?
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 07, 2013, 10:18:20 pm
Build scooters ( lambrettas)
Build minis
Buy very expensive 
Records
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Post by: richard jagger on March 07, 2013, 10:19:38 pm
I hunt and have sex. When I am not having sex I hunt for something to have sex with. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: gavinb on March 07, 2013, 10:32:11 pm
I like to drink
Have sex
Sleep
Play on the ps3
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Post by: deeege on March 07, 2013, 10:38:06 pm
Build scooters ( lambrettas)
Build minis
Buy very expensive 
Records



Tell us about your collection Gav. Most valuable record? Best find? Rarest record?
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Post by: colin purewater on March 07, 2013, 10:42:28 pm
Build scooters ( lambrettas)
Build minis
Buy very expensive 
Records



Tell us about your collection Gav. Most valuable record? Best find? Rarest record?

I'd love to see this collection of gav's
I believe it's northern soul!
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 07, 2013, 10:43:32 pm
Probably gene McDaniel
Walk with a winner £200
Barbara McNair your gonna love my baby£400
Invitations whats wrong with me baby £250
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 07, 2013, 10:46:06 pm
Loadsa £100+ records
But they only worth what anyone
Wants to pay
Also none of mine are ever for sale till I die
Then my Lil girls will sell the lot !!
Colin your right "northern soul"
And quite a bit of Motown
Title: Re: Time off - What do you do?
Post by: deeege on March 07, 2013, 11:04:44 pm
A mate of mine was left a load (3k +) of records, most of them from the Northern Soul era aswell. He reckons his uncle who left him the records was a DJ at Wigan casino way back when.
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Post by: richywilts on March 07, 2013, 11:05:20 pm
Loadsa £100+ records
But they only worth what anyone
Wants to pay
Also none of mine are ever for sale till I die
Then my Lil girls will sell the lot !!
Colin your right "northern soul"
And quite a bit of Motown

i like a bit of motown
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Post by: roundbuilder on March 07, 2013, 11:27:13 pm
I go dogging
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Post by: KS Cleaning on March 07, 2013, 11:45:53 pm
I do football coaching twice a week then game on a Saturday with a few beers in our social club after it. Also like to indulge in a game o cards now n again,am hosting a card school on Saturday,so might have to work a few more hours next week if a don't play ma cards right! Other than that it's family time,a have a 5 year old daughter(as well as 2 grown ups)who keeps me on my toes :)
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Post by: bobplum on March 08, 2013, 07:04:50 am
base jumping
crocodile  wrestling

not at the same time thou
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Post by: colin purewater on March 08, 2013, 07:15:15 am
base jumping
crocodile  wrestling

not at the same time thou

Don't tell fibs bob! I've seen what you do
In your day of!

Walking round your local shopping centre
Trying to get free bees and picking pennies
Up of the floor  :) ;)
Title: Re: Time off - What do you do?
Post by: bobplum on March 08, 2013, 07:24:45 am
base jumping
crocodile  wrestling

not at the same time thou

Don't tell fibs bob! I've seen what you do
In your day of!

Walking round your local shopping centre
Trying to get free bees and picking pennies
Up of the floor  :) ;)


its an age thing :D
Title: Re: Time off - What do you do?
Post by: colin purewater on March 08, 2013, 07:32:47 am
base jumping
crocodile  wrestling

not at the same time thou
  ;)
Don't tell fibs bob! I've seen what you do
In your day of!

Walking round your local shopping centre
Trying to get free bees and picking pennies
Up of the floor  :) ;)


its an age thing :D
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Post by: simonr on March 08, 2013, 07:36:23 am
Probably gene McDaniel
Walk with a winner £200
Barbara McNair your gonna love my baby£400
Invitations whats wrong with me baby £250

did you go to wigan ??
i went in the 70's when i was 15 , good god  :-[ 40" soul bags
theres a film out called soul boy lmao its ok though
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Post by: simon w on March 08, 2013, 07:45:57 am
I don't get much time for hobbies, what with working for HMRC as a tax inspector and part time window cleaning  :'(
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Post by: Sean Dyer on March 08, 2013, 11:08:12 am
Moutain biking , gym (not enough though), football twice a week, and  play gutar in a local band , also learning the guitar in order to get to a level where i can teach eventually , wasting time on the net and reading, the wife thinks i do to much , i dont think i do enough :)
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Post by: steven ainger on March 08, 2013, 12:42:04 pm
Ive been known to play golf once or twice per week,
I also like doing up motorbikes & occasionally i have been known to clean some windows !!
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Post by: SB Cleaning on March 08, 2013, 02:45:18 pm
Fishing and golf
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Post by: bobplum on March 08, 2013, 03:02:56 pm
Ive been known to play golf once or twice per week,
I also like doing up motorbikes & occasionally i have been known to clean some windows !!

steve......you spelt "once or twice a week wrong",,,its spelt "five"or "5",,,,,,,,,,you essex boys ::)roll
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 03:38:45 pm
Probably gene McDaniel
Walk with a winner £200
Barbara McNair your gonna love my baby£400
Invitations whats wrong with me baby £250

did you go to wigan ??
i went in the 70's when i was 15 , good god  :-[ 40" soul bags

theres a film out called soul boy lmao its ok though

Yup Wigan at an early age with my m8s
Elder brothers lol grew up in stoke
Where soul boy was filmed
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Post by: DaveG on March 08, 2013, 05:05:30 pm
Build scooters ( lambrettas)
Build minis
Buy very expensive 
Records

Same as Gav, apart from I build Vespas... oh and I ride them  ;D ;)
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 07:17:52 pm
Dave wot vespas u got???
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Post by: steven ainger on March 08, 2013, 07:25:44 pm
About time we saw some pics of your scooters gav & dave
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 07:30:29 pm
Right i`ll join in especially now we talking Northern Soul and scooters,i`m a massive northern soul fan and the best all-nighters in the world are at my local kings hall in stoke,and my scooter is a px200e  ;D
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 07:32:15 pm
Mine is being airbrushed
In stoke
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Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on March 08, 2013, 07:32:39 pm
 we dont have time off. i enjoy  the  time with me loveley wife.
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 07:33:18 pm
Mine is being airbrushed
In stoke

whos doin that Gav ?
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 07:34:14 pm
Right i`ll join in especially now we talking Northern Soul and scooters,i`m a massive northern soul fan and the best all-nighters in the world are at my local kings hall in stoke,and my scooter is a px200e  ;D


Ow old are u A W C???
And where in stoke u fr I'm fr Bucknall
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 07:35:24 pm
Mine is being airbrushed
In stoke

whos doin that Gav ?


Emo fr 'castle m8
He rides daytona RB 250
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 07:38:18 pm
Mine is being airbrushed
In stoke

whos doin that Gav ?


Emo fr 'castle m8
He rides daytona RB 250

Im 43 and back in Meir mate,move up the road to Newcastle-under-lyme for 20 odd years used to live over the road from Emmo  ;D
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 07:43:20 pm
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/560573_358170774234828_794571749_n.jpg

Thats my vespa when i first bought it i`ve changed a few things on it since
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 07:51:12 pm
Mine is being airbrushed
In stoke

whos doin that Gav ?


Emo fr 'castle m8
He rides daytona RB 250

Im 43 and back in Meir mate,move up the road to Newcastle-under-lyme for 20 odd years used to live over the road from Emmo  ;D

Bet we know each other m8
I know most of Emo s m8s and vast
Majority of stoke boys
I used to live in Lansbury grove
Off brookwood drive lol
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 07:54:26 pm
Mine is being airbrushed
In stoke

whos doin that Gav ?


Emo fr 'castle m8
He rides daytona RB 250

Im 43 and back in Meir mate,move up the road to Newcastle-under-lyme for 20 odd years used to live over the road from Emmo  ;D

Bet we know each other m8
I know most of Emo s m8s and vast
Majority of stoke boys
I used to live in Lansbury grove
Off brookwood drive lol

Never right mate lol,i  was born in brookwood drive right down the bottom end by the fields  ;D
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 07:59:52 pm
Small world do you no
John bate fr the moat???
I worked with him doing
All the Meir back in 85
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 08:05:43 pm
Small world do you no
John bate fr the moat???
I worked with him doing
All the Meir back in 85

This just gets more weird,i worked for John for 12 months thats how i started as a window cleaner
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 08:07:21 pm
Lol superb
Is he still going aint seen him
In years ?? Tidy Vespa m8
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 08:09:37 pm
Lol superb
Is he still going aint seen him
In years ?? Tidy Vespa m8

Ye he`s still going still doing trad hes lost his curly hair and hes a bald as kojak now  ;D ;D
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 08:17:45 pm
Me and him had some laffs
Back in the day working and
Boozing round longton
The dunrobin on a Friday nite
And latrecs on Weston road
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 08:20:28 pm
Me and him had some laffs
Back in the day working and
Boozing round longton
The dunrobin on a Friday nite
And latrecs on Weston road

Ye sadly both The Dunrobin and latrecs both gone now mate,just like most the pubs in Meir even the kings arms has gone  >:(
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 08:38:54 pm
Yeah sign of the times
So who you ride with???
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 08:43:07 pm
Yeah sign of the times
So who you ride with???

No one really,i sometimes go Stoke-On-Trent scooter club do`s iv`e known Micky Slater for years since i was about 14 when i use to go up Norman & Birch up hanley on a saturday dreaming of having me first scooter  ;D
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 08:52:47 pm
Do u know wolfy???
Repairs all the scoots
He as a unit up nr ritz ??
Another gud m8 of mine
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 08:59:49 pm
Do u know wolfy???
Repairs all the scoots
He as a unit up nr ritz ??
Another gud m8 of mine

Ye know wolfy aswell know him for years ever since i had my vespa 50 special when i was 16
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 09:05:56 pm
He as jus rebuilt a m8s Vespa
And as me a load of bits for me
Lammy I think Emmo thinks its his
Now he's had it that long !!!
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 09:11:13 pm
He as jus rebuilt a m8s Vespa
And as me a load of bits for me
Lammy I think Emmo thinks its his
Now he's had it that long !!!

Best scoots use to get done by Issy he could make anything,i hav`nt seen him for years
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 09:17:10 pm
Carl??? Splinter ???
Chopper man???
Yeah I know him
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Post by: A-W-C on March 08, 2013, 09:24:31 pm
Carl??? Splinter ???
Chopper man???
Yeah I know him

Ye he rebuilt my last lamby an Arthur Francis 175 stage 4 tuned all the frame and panels were powder coated i ended up selling it to Norman Birch for £600,oh how it makes me feel sick knowing how much its worth now  :'(
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 09:29:32 pm
Lol oh yes lol
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 08, 2013, 10:26:38 pm
AWC u gota number??
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Post by: dan hughes on March 08, 2013, 10:46:09 pm
Relaxation for me = CROSSFIT !!
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Post by: A-W-C on March 14, 2013, 06:47:39 pm
Gav i bumped into Emmo today,he`s sold your scooter  ;D
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on March 15, 2013, 07:08:10 am
Lol lol
He's knows me of old my friend
He also knows the world ain't big
Enough of a hiding place for him
Never mind stoke lol
I'm calling up on Sunday to surprise
Him !!!!"
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Post by: Ian101 on March 15, 2013, 08:32:08 am
play poker online   8) but not for money .... gonna join nuts poker leauge very soon and start playing in pub leauge
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Post by: A-W-C on March 15, 2013, 04:23:39 pm
Lol lol
He's knows me of old my friend
He also knows the world ain't big
Enough of a hiding place for him
Never mind stoke lol
I'm calling up on Sunday to surprise
Him !!!!"

Weather permitting Sunday I`ll be out on me scoot it`s the stoke egg run  ;D
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Post by: Paul H on March 15, 2013, 05:48:45 pm
Manage and coach an under 14s football team , train a night a week and play matches Sunday morning

Support watch follow newcastle united - been to Brugge Bordeaux Ukraine and last week in Moscow supporting the lads be now just booked to go to benfica next round  ;D ;D..

Do a bit a fitness training do a bit drinking watch most footy on tv ....

From the job I had and shifts I worked this self employed lark is the best thing I done ... Only regret I didn't do it sooner so trying to make up for it now

Thanks
Paul
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Post by: Danny Guest on March 15, 2013, 08:08:49 pm
I look for other ways to make money  ;D
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Post by: SunShineCleaning on March 15, 2013, 09:00:31 pm
Cycling and running when I get the chance despite what my 'signature' says.
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Post by: Tom White on March 15, 2013, 09:03:54 pm
Meditate.

Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I should be enlightened by June, I reckon.
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Post by: escorttdi on March 15, 2013, 09:15:05 pm
Manage and coach an under 14s football team , train a night a week and play matches Sunday morning

Support watch follow newcastle united - been to Brugge Bordeaux Ukraine and last week in Moscow supporting the lads be now just booked to go to benfica next round  ;D ;D..

Do a bit a fitness training do a bit drinking watch most footy on tv ....

From the job I had and shifts I worked this self employed lark is the best thing I done ... Only regret I didn't do it sooner so trying to make up for it now

Thanks
Paul

what team do you train paul?...... do they play in russel forster league?
ive a kid who plays for wolslingham in thet league
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Post by: Paul H on March 15, 2013, 09:30:18 pm
Manage and coach an under 14s football team , train a night a week and play matches Sunday morning

Support watch follow newcastle united - been to Brugge Bordeaux Ukraine and last week in Moscow supporting the lads be now just booked to go to benfica next round  ;D ;D..

Do a bit a fitness training do a bit drinking watch most footy on tv ....

From the job I had and shifts I worked this self employed lark is the best thing I done ... Only regret I didn't do it sooner so trying to make up for it now

Thanks
Paul

what team do you train paul?...... do they play in russel forster league?
ive a kid who plays for wolslingham in thet league

North of water mate nabc league
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Post by: scud on March 15, 2013, 10:44:33 pm
  I like to spend as much time as possible throwing myself at the scenery on a motorcross bike, failing that I try it on any other sort of motorcycle I can get my hands on.

  I also have involvement with the local Air Cadet Squadron and put a fair bit of time into that as the secretary of the civilian comittee,