What is the biggest regret (s) you have in life?

Choosing to smoke a second cigarette 35 years ago. 

Never quite kicked the habit, having another go when I go to France in a couple of weeks.

That's the only one.

Titanic - what a waste of £20 and three hours

*When I mention gambling, I may add that my first recollection of a bet was two bob EW on a horse called Cry Baby in the Derby at 66/1.

I was very disappointed when it finished unplaced, especially when it was trained by the great Noel Murless. Needless to say I never

knew what a pacemaker was back in those days..

An honest posting Mr b, and one tinged with regret.
Even God, if you believe in him, cannot change the past. But you can do something about the future. Make the most of what time you have got left on this planet by not regreting things you can do nothing about. Your starting point is RIGHT NOW!

Most people's lives could be a bit better, but could have been a lot worse. Make the most of the better, and try to eliminate the worst. Because this is all you have got. There is nothing afterwards!

Good luck!

Good luck with that venture Stevie Strikes.I know only too well what torture it is to stop. Ms stew was a great help thirteen years

ago when she told me that she didn't like kissing an ash tray.

Looking back... Some people I should have punched, some people I should have punched harder...

You are indeed correct Slicer. Having said that, Do I not get charged for that advice? !!

Wish I'd spent less time at the office. Criminal waste of a life going to work all those years.

If you dont regret where you are in life now there is no need to regret the past.

Every action,decision,step got you where you are at this point.

Mr b, as you sound a little depressed, and that you are generally a good egg, I shall waive my fees for this quality advice. Just this once though!

On the contrary Slicer, I couldn't be happier. I have much to be grateful for and the punting is going fairly well at the moment.

PS thanks for waiving you fee!

*your

If you dont regret where you are in life now there is no need to regret the past.

Every action,decision,step got you where you are at this point.


That is true money tree.

PS No football tips please!!

Good post, Slicer

Thanks for your support Mr Nick! Always good to have a 2nd one in case mine wears out!

I should take this opportunity to add that this is not meant to be a depressing thread, I'm just curious to hear other forumites

tales/experiences.

biggest regret was turning down ticket to see bob marley in the mid 70s

but it was a lesson learnt

Donny- I would of thought your biggest regret was employing those managers that didn't control your and your brothers  finances properly!

I should have married the blonde and not the brunette, I still feel devastated to this day.

Ah, yes. The Kelly Adams lookalike

Slippy if you had married the blond you would now be regretting not marrying the brunette.

The grass is fresher not just greener on tother side.

Plus it's easy to get hair tinted!

none at all

Not Kelly Brook iawn, the spitting image of Victoria Beckham.

Eeeuuurrrrr !

SB - Kelly Adams. She's blonde and was in Hustle

Sorry, I misread that post of yours. No idea who Kelly Adams is.

"An honest posting Mr b, and one tinged with regret.
Even God, if you believe in him, cannot change the past. But you can do something about the future. Make the most of what time you have got left on this planet by not regreting things you can do nothing about. Your starting point is RIGHT NOW!

Most people's lives could be a bit better, but could have been a lot worse. Make the most of the better, and try to eliminate the worst. Because this is all you have got. There is nothing afterwards"

Somebody going to say....."seize the day" in a minute but I really can't be bothered, I think I'll just have a cup of tea instead.

I asked you a few months back if you rated Kelly Adams. You didn't know who she was but you googled her and said you made a mistake not marrying a girl who looked like her

You don't fancy Vicky Beckham do you Slippy?

Bloody hell iawn, sorry but I don't remember that, maybe I had a few jars that day. Just had another google and yes she is very similar to my blondie. The one that got away for sure.

Well TL bearing in mind I married her doppelgänger the answer is yes. Guinness2dear is going have a field day with me now after that confession.

I hope she had more personality than VB seems to have

and about 1 stone more in weight.

Having my biggest bet at the time, £202 win on Broadsword in the Triumph Hurdle at 15/8. (1981 I think) Would have traded 1.01 0n here.

Looking  back regret being too sensible when young. Should have smoked more cigarettes
and got drunk more often. Young people should not be too serious, its not natural.

There's no regrets, no tears goodbye ...

not being australian. id have loved to go around saying nowwwarrries sport, fair dinkum sheila and randomly call people a flamin galaaaaaaaaaaaah

Too many to mention. The biggest is being beaten up by 2 drunk racists for no reason and having my teeth busted and a scar on my face.

watching MTV during high school. Didnt take any positive steps towards any kind of career or enjoyaable job because I thought I was just going to live on a yacht like Puff Daddy

Zazu, Christ, it could be worse!!

Letting things get to me and making me ill - lost a few important years getting over it but I got there in the end.

"If you dont regret where you are in life now there is no need to regret the past.

Every action,decision,step got you where you are at this point."

That's a very good post, Money Tree.

"If you dont regret where you are in life now there is no need to regret the past.

Every action,decision,step got you where you are at this point."

Nice shout Tree good god I've way too many things to post here, but yes, I've fought like a trooper to get where I am now...

Never thought of Tree as a Philosopher

had to be useful for something

Never thought of Tree as a Philosopher LaughLaugh



Neither did I, but fair play to the man.

making that extra million

Jul 24, 2014 -- 3:21PM, Off the toe wrote:

"If you dont regret where you are in life now there is no need to regret the past.Every action,decision,step got you where you are at this point."Nice shout Tree  good god I've way too many things to post here, but yes, I've fought like a trooper to get where I am now...

You're in the Army?

Jul 24, 2014 -- 8:35AM, Money Tree cost me thousands!! wrote:

If you dont regret where you are in life now there is no need to regret the past.Every action,decision,step got you where you are at this point.

You have to look back to realise where you made significant mistakes, then you can try to not make similar mistakes in the future.

You must regret the mistakes.

what is the point in regretting them  - I know i am a kant - but then ****s are useful

oh dear oh dear  I shudder at what will come when I am gone - - just wait till harriet gets in !!!

betting on money trees tips.

Harriet Harmon...I like her

Lepard - that deserves a REPORT!!!  - for winding me up!!!

second REPORT -

for being a filthy old man

Harman lives down the road from me, she has got a house that would be £2.5 million easy.

Mobo...not sexually...she talks a lot of sense.

Future PM ?

A champagne socialist if ever there was one.

Her house has probably gone up in value from £300,000 when she bought it...she's more of a Merlot imbiber, I'd say.

LEE O PARD 

WOT   !!??  A DRUNKEN OLD IMBIBER LIKE ME   never !!! how dare you say that about  Harmful HarMAN

I will have you banned from our Notting Hill garden

SO THERE!!!

NO ONE ASKED YOU J

I am still paying off my credit card from my bar bill from last summer!!!

Who is J ?

Are you drunk, Mobo ?

check out slippy mate   
but I am gunning for you now
prepare for the nok on the dore
you is finnish

nah mate just taking the pizz
if you don#t  mind
or I will just fk off if I am really annoying or upsetting you as I do not want to do that
all the best

Not sure if it's the biggest, but high on the list is not asking out the girl I fancied rotten in 6th form. If you don't ask, you don't get. That's one life lesson I've learned countless times.

not blocking EG sooner

Karren Brady gave me the come on outside St Andrews in the early 90's.

I thought she wasn't up to my very strict standards, so gave her a polite rebuff. She was miffed.

She could have been Mrs Emden. Such is life. Her loss.

She eventually married a  tiny little canadian guy (who played for the Blues) whose name I cannot quite remember.....peskysolido or similar.

was that when she had her greasy skin period?

Seems she fell in with some pornographers....went on to run West Ham.

manic depressive,gambling is the only thing that cheers me up even when I'm losing

I could go on for ages

1. Falling asleep in the Bog of a nightclub in Kensington called the Park(or something like that) in 1979 when i was with a stunning Norwegian/Scottish lass called Haldis would be a good starting point...

YOU SEE

LEE OH PARD dare not try to joist with moi!!!

use finnish !!!

ps what is wrong with porn or west ham 

although the last time I went past the ground on a non playing day I was not sure what country I was in!!!

check out slippy mate   
but I am gunning for you now
prepare for the nok on the dore
you is finnish

nah mate just taking the pizz
if you don#t  mind
or I will just fk off if I am really annoying or upsetting you as I do not want to do that

I have got absolutely no idea what you are on about.

Seriously mobo, I do not ever recall speaking to you on here before.

He's rat-@rsed, Slippy.

was that when she had her greasy skin period?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/05/article-2304363-191B2266000005DC-98_306x423.jpg

That doesn't bother me in the slightest TL, I just don't know why he is "gunning" for me.
I would like an explanation though.

"gunning" is a sexual expression hth

yes I see I was correct Emden

Not going to university would be mine... Left school at 16 to get out into the real world, when I had the grades at GCSE to stay on for A levels and go to university.

Don't regret the not getting the degree bit, just the experience of going and making close friends for life. Always envied people who have those memories and friendships... People close to me told me I should go, even when I was 19 or 20 and I thought I knew best...

Not going to university would be mine... Left school at 16 to get out into the real world, when I had the grades at GCSE to stay on for A levels and go to university.

Don't regret the not getting the degree bit, just the experience of going and making close friends for life. Always envied people who have those memories and friendships... People close to me told me I should go, even when I was 19 or 20 and I thought I knew best...

prepare for the nok on the dore

You can find me in the Crown And Greyhound in Dulwich Village, I walk Muttley in the park most days.

It's over-rated, Clarky

Nowadays it's better to build up experience rather than a £30,000 debt.

It's like The Twilight Zone in here sometimes.

That's what I thought at the time, but now I'm not so sure...

All my memories as a 16-21 year old are being in a 9-5 job with the odd bit of fun at the Xmas parties

Yes, but all that time you were learning to deal with a variety of real people.

Having my dad sectioned and put on a locked ward. Two days later he was dead having been given a powerful sedative in the night because he was being disruptive. Officially pneumonia

19 and 20
u were past  it by then

jesu dobbo.thats heavy.

Blimey Slippy, I lived in East Dulwich for 20 years until May!  I wasn't a regular at the Hat & Dog, but we've probably clocked each other.

susan pearce

Having my dad sectioned and put on a locked ward. Two days later he was dead having been given a powerful sedative in the night because he was being disruptive. Officially pneumonia



Christ, that is harrowing Dobbo. I tried to do the same for a good pal of mine but his doctor told me it was none of my business. Six months later he was dead.

May I ask if it was alcohol related? (no offence whatsoever if you would rather keep it to yourself)

That is harsh, my fathers ill at the min and if he deteriorates its a tough decision on whats best for him.

That is a heartbreaking story Dobbo, I can only imagine how distressing that was for your Dad, you and your family.

Stevie, I still go to the East Dulwich Tavern and The Palmerston in Lordship Lane. The latter does a really decent Sunday lunch.

Slippy, I was just off Lordship Lane.  Used the Palmerston a lot a few years ago.  Didn't go drinking much in latter years, but went to the CherryTree/New Hamlet when I did, mainly coz I knew Tony.  I thought maybe you might have been part of his poker school!