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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2007 9:18:15 GMT
Q had the germ of an idea for this one : Which brings me on to another idea.... AMBITIONS. So here's one even Johnny can join in with. ;) Name 10 as-yet-unfulfilled ambitions. And keep 'em clean ! Here's my list (and I've left out "join the mile-high club" ;) ) 1. Retire before I reach 60. Yes2. Write a best-selling epic novel. No3. Witness my club's return to the main Football League. Yes4. Have a neat and tidy garden. No5. See the Sussex Home/Away Interleague return to a fairer "random draw" system. No6. Get the stone chips on my car repaired. No7. Get to the last 8 of an Open. Yes8. Have a holiday abroad other than yet again to Jersey. Yes9. Go on a diet and lose about 2 stone. No10. Take on a certain defunct website and restore it to its former glory. YesYour turn ! |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2007 12:14:17 GMT
In no particular order.
1) Get to Board level in my company (Still two rungs away!!)
2) See Celtic win a European Trophy
3) Get my golf handicap down to a consistent single figure
4) Have a child
5) Make my wife happy (these may well be linked!!)
6) Achieve financial security by the age of 50
7) Learn how to fly a plane
8) Stop smoking
9) Get so good at Bar Billiards and win so many events that the England selectors had no option but to offer me a place - only for me to turn it down on nationalistic grounds!!
10) Understand people.
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Post by Chunky Monkey on May 3, 2007 7:23:29 GMT
1 - Score 10k in mid sussex league.
2 - Score 20k in any league.
3 - Quit Drinking
4 - Win the Jersey Championship
5 - Learn how to say NO!
6 - Win lottery so i wouldn't have to work all the hours i am now.
7 - Lose weight (but that could happen when i quit drinking)
8 - Find some where to live that i can call mine
9 - Fall in Love
10 - Get Married
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Post by bigtj on May 4, 2007 9:59:30 GMT
No particular order.
1) Financial security by 60.
2) With that security sponsor bar billiards to ensure new blood and a certain future for the game.
3) Take a world cruise.
4) Become a consistant bar billiards player.
5) Celebrate 50 years of marraige to my wonderful wife ( not sure she would always wish this.)
6) Like BB loose weight, again not likely as I enjoy my food and drink to much.
7) Retire by 60, and then just enjoy life to its full.
8) Enjoy good health to achieve ambitions.
9) To understand how to make full use of my computer ( working on that one, but not too successfully.)
10) To see Brighton and Hove Albion get their new stadium and then go onto European Glory ( well one is allowedto dream.)
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Post by Josie on May 4, 2007 15:48:08 GMT
OK - I took my time over this one . . . but think I've got it about right now! ;)
1. Have another baby
2. To have the money and find the perfect Pub with B&B to run (pref. near the sea!)
3. To lose weight
4. To win the lottery
5. To finish writing my novel (actually first I'd have to find the beginning of my novel because it's been lost for years!)
6. To wake up in the morning and not be tired, just once would do!!
7. To have more time - just add another 10 hours to each day and I'd be happy!
8. To not come bottom of the averages for my team next year
9. Talk my team (or indeed, my hubby) into buying me a table for home!!!!
10. To live happily ever after.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2007 16:35:48 GMT
Interesting topic here!
I am going to prioritise my list from 1-10.
1) Get a Girlfriend
2) Learn to drive
3) Get drawn against Keith in the Summer
4) Stuff him to the point he wants to quit :D ;)
5) Eat less junk food (but it's soo hard :-[)
6) Go back to college and get some skills.
7) Win Jersey on first attempt :o :)
8) Beat KT in the ranks and consistently play tables out (on any table)!
9) Buy a Car
10) Save some money!!
So that is my list to date, now people may read this topic in November and think :-/ that I don't want to play Bar Billiards as much! The list does change on a daily basis (that is what I'm trying to say) ::)
I reckon realistically I won't win Jersey this year, but it is nice to think those thoughts ;D
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Post by mickthehammer on May 4, 2007 20:59:18 GMT
I may as well add my lot to the pile.. ;) 1. Father another child with my wife.. :D 2. Win the Lottery. ::) 3. Buy my wife a conservatory for the Bar Billiard Table the team are going to buy. :P 4. watch West Ham or the FA get out of this new predicament. :-X 5. See my son Callum grow in to a fine young man and make my wife and more proud of him. :D 6. Finish the Kitchen. 7. Lose weight. (Popular this one) 8. Enjoy my life further to the extreme. 8-) 9. Play bar billiards better then I can now. :P 10. Live happily ever after with my wife.  |
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Post by davemay on May 12, 2007 20:58:29 GMT
1 Have enough state pension to live on
2 Enjoy a relaxing retirement ( when I reach it )
3 Drive coast to coast across the southern Unites States
4 Go up in a hot air balloon
5 Do an African Safari
6 Lose weight
7 Play better golf
8 Win more main matches at open competitions
( I normally lose the first match I play )
9 Do all 4 major Tennis tounaments ( Wimbledon, US
Open, French Open, Australian Open ) in the same
year
10 Start saving for all of the above.
Maybe, just maybe, the money gods will smile for a couple of them
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2008 17:35:08 GMT
BUMP !
A whole year has gone by, so for a bit of fun, let's have a review of our own progress - do our ambitions remain elusive as ever ?
tommo is pleased to report that he can chalk off numbers 8 and 7 after the weekend just gone, and remains on par for 1 and 3.
The remainder need a bit of work ! ;D
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Post by Colemanator on May 7, 2008 18:05:49 GMT
1, Retire at 50
2, consistent golf,
3, proficient chess playing,
4, Get back to 12 stone
5, Play better guitar
6, ok, so to be better at BB as well, ::)
7, look cool for many more years 8-)
8, Get a Jag
9, keep fit
10, speak fluent spanish ( I'm not too bad at it)
there you are, all really boring what 8-)
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2008 21:25:37 GMT
Well my ambitions have totally changed since then :o
I have achieved my previous 2, 3, 5 and maybe 4 (depends if he can get over it) ;D ;)
Well I had some terrible news yesterday!
The company I worked at for 17 months decided to lay me off. :(
They told me on my day off to, after I went shopping >:( Bas**rds
Nearly 20 soon, my ambitions are changed to what they were previously.
Here they are in no order:
1) Find my other half, she still out there!
2) Pass my practical test
3) Find what I want to truely do in life
4) Enjoy playing Bar Billiards in the league again
5) Get a Job, hopefully by end of week ;)
6) Meet and absolutly stuff Colemanator 8-) ;) with my highest ever break 8-)
7) Play complicated guitar tabs
8) Live a happy life and healthy one
9) Get a National Cambridge Open set up
10) Win the Cambridge Open Singles against Galactico Flash :) ;)
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Post by H on May 7, 2008 22:07:47 GMT
Right well I didn't take part in this to begin with but here's mine:
1) Get my band a record deal and tour the world
2) Get the sought after 20k break
3) Win Jersey
4) Not get frowned upon for playing well in the Lewes League
5) Get to drive a DB9 around Silverstone
6) Own a DB9
7) Play for the England BB Team
8) Learn to fly
9) Afford to buy a freehold for the Laughing Fish
10) Grow my beard as long as my hair!
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Post by DA-DM on May 7, 2008 22:55:35 GMT
1. achieve financial security including a home to call 'mine' by the time i'm 40. (i'm 36 so not long !)
2. find my true vocation in life
3. spend the rest of eternity with a man i truly love.
4. own/ drive an audi tt..............
5. in the meantime give my car to a garage and say "make her as good as new" !! (also have the £££££££££££££££'s to pay for it !!!)
6. win some money on the lottery to give my 3 daughters the best ever start to the rest of their lives (aged 18,16 &12).
7. play great bar billiards so people remember me as a good player & win a ladies tournament !!
8. find peace within myself.
9. own my own bar billiards table.
10. live happily ever after............
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Post by Matt on May 7, 2008 22:58:21 GMT
Mine are quite boring to an extent (and in no order)
1) Achieve professionally so the other half doesnt have to work
2) Start a family with Becki that we can be proud of
3) Buy her a house/flat
4) See Peterborough reach the Premiership (I will take the Championship or FA cup Final)
5) Get golf handicip down to single figures (its strange how popular that is)
6) Look after my younger brother and ensure he has the perfect childhood
7) Start playing football again and get back to a semi-pro level or as close as darn possible
8) Travel the world. Take in some proper culture
9) Be properly multil lingual, rather than knowing "a bit"
10) Still be able to enjoy my life in 50 years time.
No bar billiards bits on here im afraid. Could add a 50 break at snooker or a 10k at billiards, but I'll leave that off for now.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2008 23:45:37 GMT
4) Not get frowned upon for playing well in the Lewes League ;D Me and you both have something in commen there ;) SLS Thats what I keep saying 8-) |
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Post by Colemanator on May 8, 2008 10:46:14 GMT
6) Meet and absolutly stuff Colemanator 8-) ;) with my highest ever break 8-) Come and 'av a go, if ya think yer 'ard enuff ::) |
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Post by Colemanator on May 8, 2008 10:49:34 GMT
1) Find my other half, she still out there! Posted by DA on Yesterday at 23:55 3. spend the rest of eternity with a man i truly love. Matchmaker, Colemanator 8-) ;D |
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Post by DA-DM on May 8, 2008 11:13:48 GMT
1) Find my other half, she still out there! Posted by DA on Yesterday at 23:55 3. spend the rest of eternity with a man i truly love. Matchmaker, Colemanator 8-) ;D sorry sweetheart, far far too young. :-[ |
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Post by Chunky Monkey on May 8, 2008 11:58:20 GMT
1 - Score 10k in mid sussex league. 2 - Score 20k in any league. 3 - Quit Drinking 4 - Win the Jersey Championship 5 - Learn how to say NO! 6 - Win lottery so i wouldn't have to work all the hours i am now. 7 - Lose weight (but that could happen when i quit drinking) 8 - Find some where to live that i can call mine 9 - Fall in Love 10 - Get Married Well i have managed 1 & 9 in a year. |
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Post by Colemanator on May 8, 2008 12:10:54 GMT
Posted by DA on Yesterday at 23:55 3. spend the rest of eternity with a man i truly love. Matchmaker, Colemanator 8-) ;D sorry sweetheart, far far too young. :-[ Your only young compared to me though sweety 8-) :-* |
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Post by fazza on May 8, 2008 12:48:50 GMT
1) Find my other half, she still out there! Posted by DA on Yesterday at 23:55 3. spend the rest of eternity with a man i truly love. Matchmaker, Colemanator 8-) ;D Fine, but what would she eat AFTER breakfast? |
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Post by Colemanator on May 8, 2008 12:56:38 GMT
4) See Peterborough reach the Premiership (I will take the Championship or FA cup Final) ;D you'll wait a long time for that ;D |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2008 14:37:54 GMT
6) Meet and absolutly stuff Colemanator 8-) ;) with my highest ever break 8-) Come and 'av a go, if ya think yer 'ard enuff ::) Actually just realised I am setting my goals to low 8-) I am pretty certain there is a better challenge, example winning against my mum 8-) ;D |
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Post by Matt on May 8, 2008 18:16:48 GMT
4) See Peterborough reach the Premiership (I will take the Championship or FA cup Final) ;D you'll wait a long time for that ;D League 1 this next season, a multi million pound investor. If we dont go straight up (to championship)again, it will be the following season. If its not, i could stand to lose a fair bit of money in bets :P Please dont say you are MK dons man? :o |
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Post by Colemanator on May 8, 2008 19:03:29 GMT
;D you'll wait a long time for that ;D League 1 this next season, a multi million pound investor. If we dont go straight up (to championship)again, it will be the following season. If its not, i could stand to lose a fair bit of money in bets :P Please dont say you are MK dons man? :o ::)I live near Peterboro, my neighbour played for them until recently for a few years, you originally from there then? Have you missed the 'L' out of your name? ;D |
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Post by DA-DM on May 8, 2008 22:34:14 GMT
Fine, but what would she eat AFTER breakfast? she doesn't eat breakfast. she doesn't do mornings... ::) sorry mr colemanator, you're a bit young too. :-* :-/ |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2008 23:21:23 GMT
Fine, but what would she eat AFTER breakfast? she doesn't eat breakfast. she doesn't do mornings... ::) I think Pete was insinuating you'd have him for breakfast: a favourite quote of wifey is: "I want a man, not his breakfast !" ;D |
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Post by fazza on May 9, 2008 5:43:55 GMT
As if I would!!!!!! Don't usually insinuate anything, I just put it in the rubbish bin.
And to think Ian Coleman could be "too young" for anybody?
Quiz question: just how old was Methusalah's wife?
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Post by DA-DM on May 9, 2008 7:37:26 GMT
i'd rather have breakfast but i don't eat in the mornings.
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Post by Matt on May 9, 2008 11:27:09 GMT
League 1 this next season, a multi million pound investor. If we dont go straight up (to championship)again, it will be the following season. If its not, i could stand to lose a fair bit of money in bets :P Please dont say you are MK dons man? :o ::)I live near Peterboro, my neighbour played for them until recently for a few years, you originally from there then? Have you missed the 'L' out of your name? ;D My family is from Peterborough. My home Town (horsham) will struggle to ever see league football. Missed out the 'll. How dare thee!!! Sometimes I think I have. But then I just tell myself im being silly ;) |
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