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Remember though the midges in Scotland only bite the English. They're trained to do it !

I've been hiking in Scotland and me and my lad got bit badly by midges. You'll never get rid of them, they're there to stay !

They're going to redevelop Riley Square Bell Green,so knocking our block of flats down. We were told this April/May but now it's going to be end of this year or start of 2019. Told we're all due compensation and me a bungalow too ? So if I get decent money I'll be off on a walking/trekking...

I like doing the Daily Mirror caption competition every Tuesday, been trying for months to win it. And lo and behold I won it ! £25.00 for the funniest. Its in today's paper. Well chuffed. My persistence paid off. In a way linked with my thread, don't give up ?

Before some games this season in the pub I set up a quiz, just me and a couple of mates. It grew and ended with half a dozen taking part. I was amazed at the knowledge of everyone, I had to make the questions harder. One was keen on history,another on countries, in fact a wide range of topics...

They say nerves affect everyone but some are good at hiding them. My wobbly legs gave me away !

Ironically he was around tonight telling me about his training etc. He says his trainer has told him to pack the fags in, but its the dope that's his problem. He says he's going to jack it in, and seems genuine this time. He's fortunate that he's still fit/strong, but how long for ? As for my...

That bit at the end resonates with me. A few years back did some tutoring at community centres, basic adult literacy/numeracy classes. Really enjoyed it helping adults who had trouble reading and writing etc. The head tutor was impressed with my work and told me to take classes at a college she...

My son who's 34 has been boxing training and in 8 weeks time should be having a charity fight. He says he wishes he'd done boxing years ago instead of playing football. I told him as long as he's enjoying it keep going, as it is a great sport for fitness and discipline etc. Got me thinking about...

This is new for us as you say it used to be the other way around. We should be okay, but when you're a long suffering City fan there's always that little thought in your head that it'll go tits up !

I said I don't plan ahead anymore and take things daily instead. But I can't wait for this Saturdays game and to meet the lads in the pub and to get the jukebox blasting. Going to be a good day. You wait the team will go and spoil it all !

I can't argue with any of your comments. I hate child killers and such like offenders, I had to live on wings not that far away from them,and it made my skin crawl. My late father who would visit me would have put a rope around their necks, he hated them and was angry why they were allowed to...

When I wrote on the con who took that beating he was set up and was mistakingly called a rapist. What I meant was that and should have elaborated on is that the cons that dished out the hammering, two of them were bullies who needed no excuse to batter someone, and later on we found out were...

Cheers Pete.

Thanks for that Pete much appreciated. But I'm not proud of myself as that part of my life is nothing to be proud of. But if anything I have shown even though I've struggled at times, if you want to change you can, its not easy as some people don't like the new you, but it is possible !

For me it was looking at my parents on visits and what it was doing to them, having the mother of my son finishing our relationship, saying she'd had enough, and just knowing in my head if I didn't get my act together I'd be in and out for years. My problem was I drank too much and get into...

There are some prisoners who are evil and inhuman in their thoughts and behaviour, and are beyond help. And I agree why waste time and money on such people ? But how about someone such as myself who did 3 sentences, but turned his life around and have never returned to the prison system, and...

Never in doubt ! Then again I thought it would be a draw !

When I was inside many years ago I saw a con get almost battered to death by a group of other cons as they were told he was a rapist, but it was revealed later on as he was fighting for his life in hospital, that he wasn't a rapist, someone with a grudge spread that false rumour on the wing...