I'm depressed

hey man, now you're really living

Used to go to King's Arms  :

FRED ARCHER (1857-1886), SPORTING
HERO
Frederick James Archer, one of the most celebrated jockeys of all time, was born
at Cheltenham on 11 January 1857, in a small cottage
at the end of a narrow passageway leading off the west
side of St George's Place; originally called St George's
Cottage, it is now known as 43 St George's Place.
Fred's father, William, was a successful steeplechase
rider, who won the Grand National in 1858. By then, he
had moved with his wife and five children to Prestbury,
a village on the north side of Cheltenham, where his
father-in-law was landlord of the 'Kings Arms' public
house. In 1861,
following the
latter's death, he
took over the pub
and ran it until c.1873. It was there that Fred Archer
spent his formative years, during which his
father taught him to ride - on a donkey,
then a pony, and eventually a horse.

Bit more here :

The young Archer showed a particular talent as a rider, and in 1868 his father
apprenticed him to Mathew Dawson of Newmarket, one of the leading trainers of
the day. The following year, he ran (and lost!) his first public race, but from 1870
onwards the number of his wins increased steadily, culminating, in 1874, with no
less than 147 wins, which made him England's champion jockey, a position that
he was to retain for the rest of his short life.
Archer's reign as champion jockey – which included, in 1885, no less than 246
wins, a record that was not equalled until 1933 – brought him worldwide fame. It
also brought him the need to keep his weight under control. At over 5 foot 8
inches, he was unusually tall for a jockey, and he spent much of his life on a
near-starvation diet, endless 'purges', and Turkish
baths, all of which were eventually to have a disastrous
effect on his health.
Although Archer regularly visited his family in
Gloucestershire, he made Newmarket his home, and in
1882 he built himself a house there, which he named
Falmouth House after Lord Falmouth, his principal
patron. The house was completed shortly before his
marriage, in January 1883, to Dawson's niece, Helen
Rose, by whom he had two children - a son, who died a
few hours after his birth, and a daughter, following whose birth his wife died,
aged only 23, an event that sent Archer into a deep depression, from which he
never fully recovered.

suddenly I feel quite fortunate...

Hope you don`t have a gun in your bedside drawer like poor Archer.

2nd best jockey ever, just behind Jamie Spencer.

... thank heaven for that. Impossible to blow your brains out with a bow and arrow.

Lester Piggot used to manage through the day with a cup of coffee and a Cuban cigar. Now, that`s what you call devotion.

yep, amazing dedication, but he ended up looking like arsene wenger

when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?

I didn't know there was a meeting at newbury today

Oh..I forgot.....you're a Hammers fan.

Don't worry guys slippy has his number.

Mr Badger, you need to eat foods high in Tryptophan.

Most of which are not carbohydrates.

Easiest and plentiful sources are chicken, shellfish and fish in the protein range.

Take a look at this table which lists them - and look at the sub-sections for the foods you like to eat - and then tailor your diet around them.

I guarantee you'll soon start feeling better and won't miss the carbs and wheat at all (the alcohol is another matter!).

You'll notice that top of the list by miles is sea lion meat.

Have you ever seen an unhappy eskimo - even though they live in blocks of ice, the freezing cold and hardly ever see the sun?!

http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000079000000000000000.html

and a rice tea biscuit with his black coffee and la de da

"oof!"