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A Limp End to the School Day
Believe it or not, from the age of about 6 I used to walk home from school by myself. Nowadays the child care gestapo who haunt every county hall would probably have whisked me into care as soon as my...
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I Never Play Basketball Now
It probably won’t come as a surprise to most of you to know that I was reasonably good at basketball when I was at school. After all, being excessively tall and having a face which looks like it has...
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Error Report
Apparently – and contrary to what I said last week – the approved treatment for a broken thumb is no longer strapping it to the forefinger. This information comes courtesy of my mother, who broke her...
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Feeling Faint
Given the number of injuries that I have catalogued on here, you might be surprised to know that only one of them has ever come close to causing me to faint, and it happened when I was well into my...
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17 February 1982
Wed Feb XVII Went to a meet-the-teacher do at School (MAGS). A bit dull. 1st day as a librarian. What a cushy job! Swimming Sports tomorrow, so had a long swim with Tony. Tony came back home for 1/2...
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23 April 1982
Fri Apr XXIII Not a lot happened today. Fell off some steps and hurt my toe. Over the years I have had so many toe injuries that I can’t actually remember what this one was. I think it was the time...
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25 June 1982
Fri Jun XXV Woke up with a sore ankle – don’t know what from though. Gr says its about my turn for a full match – hope so, I haven’t had one since April 24th So began many years of waking up with an...
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30 July 1982
Fri Jul XXX Stayed in bed until 9.30. Went to Hamilton with the others + had lunch at McD’s again. Lunch consisted of My Big Mac, chips, Choc. Milk Shake and Caramel Sundae, 1/2 of Karens Chips, Lisa’s...
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Crashing – Part 1
I’ve mentioned before that, until I was 19, my family didn’t own a car and that I therefore cycled most places. Of course, this meant that I occasionally fell off my bike. Most of the time I didn’t...
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Crashing – Part Two
Having written on Wednesday about my first major bike crash, it won’t surprise you to know that there was a second. In fact, this was the accident which led me away from cycling everywhere and into a...
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