Interesting thought.........

SammyC said:
MR HANKEY!!!!

Hiiiiiiidiiiiii Hooooooo everybody!!!!!
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:lol:

im sure i could have used Cartman saying 'Screw you guys, im going home..' a little while ago :D
 
mr hanky the Christmas Poo....Southpark....
 
Wait - when did this thread degenerate into a discussion about South Park? :shake:
 
GfK said:
Wait - when did this thread degenerate into a discussion about South Park? :shake:
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Yesterday at about 20:12.

HTH
:)
 
Hmm. When I was 18, I had my first girlfriend. She was out with her ex-bf one night and in my fit of jealousy, I drove rather dangerously trying to get to her. The back end stepped out more than once but I just kept flooring the accelerator. Thinking back, it was the most stupid thing I've ever done and since then I've become a more responsible driver. I'm quite ashamed of it really, but luckily I didn't cause an accident or involved anyone in an accident.


Also, I've had dinner with Louise Nurding (now Redknapp). :love:
 
P-E said:
Everyone tells me I will regret not contacting her and deep down I know I will but I can't explain why I don't.......it's a personal torment I have and will probably live with for the rest of my life.
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I'm guessing, don't shoot me if I'm totally off the mark, that it's fear of being rejected plus guilt of not making the effort to see her sooner and confronted with that guilt fully when you have to face her.

You just have to bite the bullet, meet up with your daughter, apologise and hope that she will forgive you and still want to form a father-daughter relationship with you.

The longer you wait, the harder it will be. The guild will only get worse, not better. Make the effort now. You only change the present and the future. The past cannot be changed, don't let it weigh you down.
 
In all the years I have been taking photographs I still don't consider that I have taken a GREAT photograph yet.
When I see some of the work that is posted on this forum it puts me to shame that I make a living out of it.
 
A great thread, Gandhi and well done to all who have contributed - particularly those who have had to do some real soul searching. After reading some posts I think my life must be abnormally normal so I'll just add a few bits of trivia.

1 I've been introduced to the Queen three times

2 I married a Croatian woman, in her hometown, and the reception lasted three days.

3 My daughter is called Tara which is, in fact, a man's name.

4 I have had three, totally different careers and enjoyed them all.

5 I once had a Mini with a Chrysler V6 engine where the back seats were and concrete ballast in the front.

6 I was an extra on Quadraphenia

as I said just trivia compared to some people's problems.

regards
 
Gandhi said:
Just thought I'd drop another one into the mix........

My user name is so because my so called mates happen to think I look like Ben Kingsley, only less handsome.


I've never worn a lungi (sp?) or had anything to do with the overthrowing of the Raj!
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Another illusion shattered :lol:

[Edit - I once saw Jack Hargreaves at a Steam Rally in about 1485 - oh yes. /waits for the "who?"s]
 
milou said:
Another illusion shattered :lol:

[Edit - I once saw Jack Hargreaves at a Steam Rally in about 1485 - oh yes. /waits for the "who?"s]
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Wasn't he the bloke who appeared on Sunday morning/lunchtime TV in programmes about the countryside.
 
Out of Town....near Beaulieu, Hampshire, I loved watching his programmes, my Dad used to watch him religiously, he was a fisherman too :)
 
Marianne said:
Out of Town....near Beaulieu, Hampshire, I loved watching his programmes, my Dad used to watch him religiously, he was a fisherman too :)
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Yep, Out of Town... sunday lunchtime just after Thunderbirds, smell of a joint wafting thru the air (joint of meat, I may add ;) )

I wrote to Jim'll Fix It in my childhood, wanting to go fishing with Jack Hargreves... hardly likely, as he was on the other tv channel. Apparantly Jack was a devil with the drink and plenty of stories around about him being drunk whilst filming.

Top bloke, even though they sometimes attached pre-caught fish to his line for the sake of filming. Of course, he's well remembered for 'How' as well.
 
In fact, the late Jack Hargreves was a significant influence in my childhood...leading to myself becoming a bird photographer and making my living in the nature/wildlife world.
Have a double on me, Jack, I'm having a great time :thumbs:
 
stepheno said:
5 I once had a Mini with a Chrysler V6 engine where the back seats were and concrete ballast in the front.
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Jeepers! That's scary!

milou said:
That's another illusion shattered
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Yeah, sorry about that one. I know you'd all rather I was a petite indian gentleman with a very persuasive attitude and rather dry, smelly flip-flops. Apparently.



Now then, who hasn't 'fessed up with somehing interesting :suspect:
 
For the original Arcade layabouts......I clocked Williams Defender ...eg. Over 1,000,000 . When you get to that magical figure, everything you hit gives you an extra life & smart bomb....great noise. From memory it took about 90 mins. Oh & I did own a s/h Defender machine at the time ;)
 
I once told Bono of U2 to put his fag out...

...and he did
 
evilowl said:
I once told Bono of U2 to put his fag out...

...and he did
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I once told Bono my name in the club where U2 were playing and when he got on stage he said '& this one's for Gloria'.... and launched into said song! Ive told that one so many times over the years & the bigger U2 got, the less peeps believed me! :shrug:
 
DJW said:
What did the fag say once chucked outside ? ;)
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I was working for Texaco at the time and he was smoking next to the petrol pumps while their tour bus was filling up with diesel
 
evilowl said:
I was working for Texaco at the time and he was smoking next to the petrol pumps while their tour bus was filling up with diesel
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Should have let him continue (sorry I am joking;) )
 
ive been single for nearly 5 years, due mainly to the fact that im "friend material"


isnt that just rivetting information!


some other things-i was bullied pretty much all the way through high school (my schools did not of course have a bullying problem..) the height of this was being pushed infront of a bus on the way home from school, luckily it missed. my life lacked direction until i went to college, met new people and completely changed myself as a person, im now slightly less selfconcious although i still lack any ability to talk to strangers and still find it very difficult to hold a conversation with people for more than a few minutes. i have absolutely no confidence in anything i do (apart from my job, as i know what im doing) and cannot accept complements, im also incredibly self critical which doesnt help with that. at the moment i feel better than i have done for a very long time, dispite the fact that im surrounded by very few people i know after having moved away from my friends.

anything else interesting about me-
i got dumped by a girl because "i didnt go to cambridge university"
ive rowed the boat race course in london
i restored my first car when i was 12, i still own it
my job takes the ****, i get paid pretty much b****r all for doing what i do
i ahve a degree in engineering, dispite not revising and doing my final year project in 2 weeks
 
ive met, in no particular order, Micheal Palin and some random newsreader off TyneTees TV, and i saw Billy Joel in london, in the street.....
 
jeez reading through this is quite eye opening, are there any photographers who havent been divorced about 3 times already......?

whoever it was who said about not having contact with there daughter, this makes me sad, i simply could not imagine how horrid it must be for you, but also for your daughter, i couldnt imagine not knowing my father because he was dead etc, but to know my father was still alive, still recieved letters etc but wont make contact must be truely unimaginable, shes missing so much, my only advice would be that no matter how hard it is, you should really try, whats the worst that can happen? write back explaining your fears etc, maybe just start with writing letters and then move it up a gear to actually meeting etc
 
whitewash said:
ive been single for nearly 5 years, due mainly to the fact that im "friend material"


isnt that just rivetting information!
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AWWWW...my fella was single was over 8 years before I came along - now he doesn't quite know what's hit him...:lol:
 
i say single, ive had about 2 one week relationships in that time before panicking and running away, the reason for which was when i went out with a girl for about a month, but her mind was clearly on other things (she managed to successfully cheat on me INFRONT of my sister, denied it all and then went on to accidentally send me a text message destined for someone else, slagging me off and explaining how she couldnt wait to **** them, then continued to deny cheating on me!!!!) so now im afraid of girls! and have thrown everything i have away because i dont want to be ****ed around. i finally got over this irasional fear of relationships about 3 months ago, but the girl who was waiting for me got erm bored and buggered off!


i count it as being single anyway
 
Nice. All good peeps.

Whitewash, keep at it dude. When I was at school I was pariared for being the ugliest kid in my year and consistently bullied by all the boys in my year. So I hung around with girls ;)

I never used to have any confidence with women either, but somebody changed all that for me in about 30 seconds one day. The relationship lasted 6 years. Then she left me for a little boy (17, she was 24) with plastic hair and a vauxhall nova! Destroyed my self confidence for a good long while and I was extremely bitter for a very very long time. After a few failed attempts at relationships I met my current g/f who is truly my soul mate and loves me for all I am and supports everything I do without any pressure.


I guess what I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't worry or stress about these things. When the times right and you're right, it'll happen.

Bit patronising I know, but I'm drunk and been on the funny fags again!


BTW, (and mod's please delete this if it oversteps the mark)

When I was 11 I got rather 'overexcited' sat on Sharon Davies lap when the superstars thing came to my school. lol.


Oh, and if anybody ever tells you I wet myself aged 14 in my CDT lesson. They're LYING, ALRIGHT?
 
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