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I was a teenager playing football in the back garden with my bro in the early evening.
I felt that someone was watching us play from across the neighbouring garden.
I looked over my shoulder to see a tall odd looking African man, he shouted 'Pass it me!'
We didn't and shot back inside.
I felt that someone was watching us play from across the neighbouring garden.
I looked over my shoulder to see a tall odd looking African man, he shouted 'Pass it me!'
We didn't and shot back inside.
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Thirteen years ago I was talking about my best mate at school with my partner,saying I hadn't seen him for the best part of ten years I knew had moved away but his mother was still alive.His father died going into hospital from some infection undergoing hip replacement so dying prematurely,his brother died from a heart attack aged 31 and someone had recently told me he had maybe a drug problem.I said to her I will give his mother a phone tomorrow and gets details of where he lives etc,the following day my local paper I was reading had man killed in car crash early hours of morning,it turned out it was my best mate from school,i was devastated and not just that but his mother had seen her family wiped out in a few years,plus I could've made that phone call horrific..
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when I was 12 saw I guy fall thru the ice ,local lake
saw his arms wave for about 3 secs then disappear adults around me stopped me from running towards him |
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I batted with Sunil Gavasker, he ran me out second ball for nought much to the huge amusement of my teammates. It was an easy single as well
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This conversation happened to a mate of mine while he was working on airplanes in Ghana.
AFRICAN MAN- Where are you from? BOB- England AM- My brother lives in England. His name is.......... .......... (a long complicated African name). Do you know him? BOB- (chuckles to himself) I'm afraid not, England is a little bit bigger than some people think. AM- If I write him a letter will you post it for me when you get back home? BOB- Of course I will. The next day the African bloke brought a letter in, and the address written on the envelope was Bob's next door neighbour, in a tiny village called Kegworth. |
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@thegiggilo - That's unreal and very sad. Sorry to hear about that.
@xmoneyx - I take it he was a gonna then? @SlippyBlue - Had to google him. Noticed he played for Somerset in 1980. Did you? @s.kenbo - The classic 'small world' comes to mind. A very strange but good coincidence! |
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Got a summer job in a factory when 16.
Worker fell from the top of some stackers. wasn't that far but he hit his head on the way down and there was blood everywhere. I felt like throwing up as people ran to his aid. After the initial concern and the nurse turning up the atmosphere changed. One wag "Do you think he'll get travelling time?" "Must get his lying time" said another etc etc. Still vividly remember that and wondered how people could be so callous. Soon learned. |
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moved 60 miles away to a new school - on my very first day i notice a girl sitting in the class who i knew ... yes, she was in the same class at the very school i had just left - i didn't even know she had moved .
when i pointed this strange co-incidence to the teacher ,the teacher just told me to shut up and pay attention to what he was about to say . |
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Coach, you'd be labelled a stalker nowadays.
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Back in the early 80's whilst in the Army we were tasked with searching woods for a young girl Genette Tate who had gone missing , one wag shouted out he had found her and held up a old doll. Point being in stressful times humour helps akabula.
A notourious child killer Robert Black was was suspected of abducting her although never proven. |
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A holiday in Spain 1970 I was nine, couldn't swim but liked going in the pool with a rubber ring, anyway one day I jumped in with the ring the ring went up & I went down, couldn't swim a stroke I know bad for a nine year old, anyway I struggled to the surface & started waving frantically to my parents around what seemd a 100 yards away, my mum saw me & waved back
 From that distance it obviously didn't look like I was in trouble, after then sinking to the bottom the next thing I remember is someone pumping my stomach & me coughing & spluttering at the side of the pool surrounded by a crowd of people, my mum was mortified & I still cant swim. |
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Some good ones there.
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Does this have to be morbid stuff?
On my first date with my now wife, I took her to the pictures in Brighton to see Kelly Heroes. Yes I know, a bit selfish!. I let her out of the carriage first and she chatted as she made her way down the platform. I on the other hand, slipped inelegantly between the train and platform having missed my footing. She returned to see me peering up at her. Took her 5 years to agree to marry me. Those wide gaps at Brighton station are still there  |
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Ok an amusing tale of sorts.
This is going back to schooldays & eye tests at school, this one was in the cloakroom, anyway optitcian sat me down & covered one eye with a piece of card & asked me to read, I struggled with a few words & the optician looking rather worried said lets try the other eye, so he covered up the eye with the card & I struggled again to blurt out a few letters, that's when the optician turned to me & said you must be almost blind are you honestly telling me you cannot read the board up there. That's when I looked up & noticed the big word board for the first time & uttered those immortal words " oh the board Iv'e been trying to read the piece of card you placed over my eye " |
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One day whilst driving to work, I noticed a female walking ahead on the pavement who I thought from the back looked like a female friend I hadn't seen for about 4yrs. As I got level I could see that it was not her but it caused me to think about her for the rest of the journey. Later that day I left my office to visit the local shop. As I got about 50 yds away from the office I looked across the road at a female walking towards the office. Unbelievably it was the friend I thought I had seen that morning. I shouted over to make sure it was her. I crossed over to talk to her and asked where she was going. She said she had an interview at another department in my office building. Needless to say she got the job and we resumed our friendship on a daily basis for the next few years.
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I won my first million quid backing holes in one bets on golf.We use to get 33/1 for hole in one during a gold tourney and myself and a few friends traveled round all the bookie shops in the country placing 1 pound yankee bets in all tourney's that we knew taking place.there was 4 of us and we made over 4 million before we became big news ,and we done nothing wrong.
Did you know that nearly every golf comp has a hole in one and the correct odds are 8/1 with 128 players. |
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Did you know that nearly every golf comp has a hole in one and the correct odds are 8/1 with 128 players
How many players are there is a normal golf competition? |
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Thought hole in one at golf comps was around a 5/4 shot,my ex used to work with a bloke called John Carter at Corals & it was he & another bloke that went round the country backing holes in one at odds of up to 100/1 they won a lot of money though some places did refuse to pay them out.
He wrote a book called Hole in One Gang |
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Strange coincidence for me today.
This afternoon I was walking around Coventry Motor museum, looking at all the famous old marques that were manufactured in that city. As I came to the more recent models, there was a stand showing strike placards representing the industrial disputes which saw the end of British Leyland. Memories of Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson and the strikers flashed across my mind for the first time in decades. This evening, the local news came on after the Ten O'clock news and announced that he had died today. |
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I don't know, but I know that each golfer has four shots at pars threes over a four day event if there is no cut,and 98% of comps has a hole in one.in fact I know nothing about the game,other that most bookies will give you 33/1 for a hole in one.(well they use to in the old days)but now its 8/1.
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Is brassneck's post a "cut and paste" job from the obvious and well documented piece of golf betting history, or is it a belated and opportunistic piece of gambling bull s hit. I certainly have no idea, but someone might.
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I don't think a bookie gives & has given more than 5/4 for a hole in one at a tourny for many years.
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There was only two of them by the way & John died some time ago so unless your the other bloke !
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@Pumphol.
I seem to remember that those guys preyed on independents and gave the multis a miss, is that correct? |
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8/1 for a hole in one? Where are you betting? Fantasy Island bookmakers?
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Aka I read the book about 20 years ago I think they started with multi bets but went to singles to get on in the end.
BTW best price for this Turkish tourny this week is 8/11 ! I would say even 5/4 is unobtainable for most comps |
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I don't know what you guys are talking about,i am telling you about my early life and you guys seem to disbelieve me,if I told you I lost a million you would disbelieve that also,well you don't know the brass,because I lost 68,grand in one day alone in gambling career.believe what ever you like,i only tried to share a story that is true.its up to yourselves if you believe it or not.
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Foinavon - funny you should mention Coventry as we were only talking about the place today. A lad from our village got fed up with mending farm machinery and decided to seek his fortune elsewhere, he walked to London and spent time repairing and re-inventing sewing machines. His name was James Starley.
After moving to Coventry, he took time out to invent the differential gear (ffs!), and then various bikes of some repute. He is generally known as the "Father of the Bicycle" and there is a statue of him in Coventry. There is a blue plaque for him here in Albourne, Sussex and he has several relatives hereabouts. |
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Thanks blackbarn for your kind remarks.Brass does not bull sh1t.
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brassneck - I'll stick to my original post. I would though hazard a guess that the general consensus from subsequent posters is that no one believes you. Still, as you say, you don't care whether anyone believes you or not.
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thought hole in 1 gang was a hole in one 4 majors might be wrong ?
brass bull put me right |
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*will typo
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I believe brassnecks story , it may not be absolutely accurate in every little detail
But I believe it is true non the less. |
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hole in one gang was two ex bet shop managers iirc
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sub any for every
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Now you mention majors Capt that does ring a bell, could be that's where the multies came in singles and upwards at fancy prices.
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25 odd years ago pump accquaintance of mine "hit" named and shamed by The Sun 33/1 rings a bell too
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and I have a foolproof system on the exchanges if you all want it ,but you need a monster bank account to work it.
So let me tell you all a little secret .TORQUAY UNITED HOLD A RECORD FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DRAWS IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE FOR OVER 100 YEARS.THEIR RECORD IS EIGHT DRAWS.now who's a clever guy that can harness this information and put it to good use and decide to be a millionaire.  |
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One bookie closed his business down so to avoid payment.
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Torquay would love 8 draws in a row now as they are total sh!te at the moment
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