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Title: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: redimp on December 10, 2006, 02:00:15 AM Both my girls bang on about being pop stars!!
What did you have dreams of doing?? Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RED-DOG on December 10, 2006, 02:05:31 AM Vet
Police/sniffer dog handler Spy Cowboy Stranded on a desert island Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Rod Paradise on December 10, 2006, 02:18:32 AM I wanted to be Gerald Durrell, or at least to work with him, he's the one of my "I want to meet him/her and thank them" list who's gone & I wish I'd went to Jersey and found him and said thanks for the inspiration before he passed away - he was imortal to me though.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RED-DOG on December 10, 2006, 02:22:29 AM I wanted to be Gerald Durrell, or at least to work with him, he's the one of my "I want to meet him/her and thank them" list who's gone & I wish I'd went to Jersey and found him and said thanks for the inspiration before he passed away - he was imortal to me though. Catch me a colobus. My family and other animals. He was a hero of mine too Rod. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: The Camel on December 10, 2006, 02:25:54 AM Both my girls bang on about being pop stars!! What did you have dreams of doing?? Midfield general for Queens Park Rangers. Most kids wanted to be a star striker. But that meant too much running about for my liking. So I wanted to pull the strings in midfield. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: thetank on December 10, 2006, 02:26:09 AM This is the sort of question your Mum will ask you when you're very small and don't know any better. She will refrigerate this information in her head, and store it till years later, when she needs more material to embarrass you in front of your friends. I was foolish, I told her the answer.
Armed with this, my Mum was driving by the local HQ one day, and said I should go in and ask about joining the police force. I got out of the car, walked up to the door, but chickened out at the last minute and ran back to the Montego. "I didn't think they would have much use for a police boy of five." I sheepishly told my mother. Wasn't long before I lost interest in that particular line of work, and moved onto what is a far more socially acceptable vocation for a toddler, train driving. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: bobby1 on December 10, 2006, 02:30:19 AM I wanted to be Keith Edwards or Colin Morris, I can't remember many better days than watching these two strut their stuff on a Saturday afternoon at beautiful Bramall Lane.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Rod Paradise on December 10, 2006, 02:32:25 AM I wanted to be Gerald Durrell, or at least to work with him, he's the one of my "I want to meet him/her and thank them" list who's gone & I wish I'd went to Jersey and found him and said thanks for the inspiration before he passed away - he was imortal to me though. Catch me a colobus. My family and other animals. He was a hero of mine too Rod. He inspired a lot of people, if I was to give a kid any set of books his would be the ones. I was lucky enough to have a childhood where I learned and experienced a lot about wildlife. I wasn't strong enough to dedicate my life to nature though. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Sark79 on December 10, 2006, 02:36:15 AM Racing Driver, athelete, pro chess player,Downhill MTB racer and now that I am slightly older, I want to be a top class pro poker player :D
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: bobby1 on December 10, 2006, 02:37:51 AM Both my girls bang on about being pop stars!! What did you have dreams of doing?? Midfield general for Queens Park Rangers. Most kids wanted to be a star striker. But that meant too much running about for my liking. So I wanted to pull the strings in midfield. Ah, the free role just behind the front two.....I remember Graeme Souness telling a story about managing in Portugal. During his first meeting with his new squad he asked them all what their favourite position was and 20 players from a squad of thirty said' just behind the front two in a free role' Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: The Camel on December 10, 2006, 02:54:09 AM I wanted to be Keith Edwards or Colin Morris, I can't remember many better days than watching these two strut their stuff on a Saturday afternoon at beautiful Bramall Lane. "Beautiful" and "Bramall Lane" aren't two phrases often seen in the same sentence. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Colchester Kev on December 10, 2006, 02:58:25 AM Vet Police/sniffer is there call for such an occupation ?? Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: bobby1 on December 10, 2006, 03:06:47 AM I wanted to be Keith Edwards or Colin Morris, I can't remember many better days than watching these two strut their stuff on a Saturday afternoon at beautiful Bramall Lane. "Beautiful" and "Bramall Lane" aren't two phrases often seen in the same sentence. lol...... to give it its full title'Beautiful downtown Bramall Lane' Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Woodsey on December 10, 2006, 03:16:08 AM I used to want to read the weather. Sadly a geograhy degree wasn't enough, in hindsight I had to do meterology and was too far in when I decided that would be ideal.
In hindsight I think not being an attarctive female is a problem! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: The Camel on December 10, 2006, 03:23:54 AM I used to want to read the weather. Sadly a geograhy degree wasn't enough, in hindsight I had to do meterology and was too far in when I decided that would be ideal. In hindsight I think not being an attarctive female is a problem! Didn't stop Michael Fish or John Kettley. You should have tried a bit harder! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Woodsey on December 10, 2006, 03:30:53 AM 10 years earlier into my life and I would have gone for it, unfortunately I'm a bit fat now!!!
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RED-DOG on December 10, 2006, 03:33:52 AM When I was little, I mostly wanted to be big.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: suzanne on December 10, 2006, 03:50:09 AM My dream was to be an Air Hostess, flying all over the world and going to exciting places.
I wanted to opt for as many languages as I could in my last 2 years at school but unfortunatly I could only do 2 and my French teacher was a right cow who took a dislike to me (might have had something to do with her living nearby and me letting her tyres down regular lol). Im so glad I didnt go there now as its just a glorified waitress job in cramp conditions. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: charmaine on December 10, 2006, 03:50:28 AM I wanted to be a Nun >:?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RED-DOG on December 10, 2006, 03:51:05 AM There was a brief period when I wanted to be Evil Knievel, then one day the crossbar of my bike and a delicate part of my anatomy had a very rapid coming together and I went completely off the idea.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: vegaslover on December 10, 2006, 03:52:47 AM Footballer, cricketer or marathon runner(don't ask).
My mum reckons i wanted to be a fireman, policeman, farmer or train driver!!! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Dingdell on December 10, 2006, 05:22:24 AM For years I wanted to be an HGV driver. Have no idea why - just liked the idea of seeing places I think. I do drive a diesel car which is a bit like a tank so I'm half way there. :D
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: ariston on December 10, 2006, 06:24:40 AM a basketball player or maths teacher
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: I, Zimbra on December 10, 2006, 09:11:45 AM I remember when I was very little I wanted to be a taxi driver.
There's a sort of bizarre 'little kid' logic at work when one considers dreams like this one. The sort of logic that, when you're small and obsessed with cars and driving, makes taxi driving seem like the best occupation in the world. You get to drive all day long, and people actually give you money for it! Not little money either, but the big money that grown-ups use, the paper stuff that we kids almost never see except at Christmas or birthdays. I mean, just think how many sweets and football stickers you could buy with all that! Never occurred to me at the time to be, for example, a racing car driver. Nobody ever hands paper money to a race car driver, and besides, those things that go round the track don't even look like proper cars, really... Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RioRodent on December 10, 2006, 09:14:14 AM When I was little, I mostly wanted to be big. Me too... now I want to be little again! :'( Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: roverthtaeh on December 10, 2006, 10:05:39 AM I never really wanted to be anything.
And thinking now, I reckon I've achieved it. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Colchester Kev on December 10, 2006, 11:50:22 AM I was always a bit of a gambler at school .. I used to run sweeps on the derby, national, and was always taking football bets... One teacher in particular used to constantly say to me ... "Shepherd, you will end up wasting your life away in some back street bookies, wasting every penny you ever earn"
Quite ironic really that I ended up as a manager for Corals bookies .... And guess who one of my best regular customers was ... Yep, my old teacher :) Personally, I always wanted to be an Actor. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: amcgrath1uk on December 10, 2006, 12:10:46 PM strangely, being a Man City fan, all I wanted to be was a keeper for them.. hopefully being thrown into the team as a sub, 1-0 up with the keeper sent off, and a penalty to the scum.. sorry Man U... step forward moi who saves it... not much to ask for was it?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: ziggy on December 10, 2006, 12:42:29 PM well endowed
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: madasahatstand on December 10, 2006, 01:49:47 PM i dont recall wanting to be anything. all i knew was that i wanted to get a job after 5th year so i could support my family with some extra cash. thats what i did and fate and opportunity has brought me into a job i love, where caring for people is the core value. so maybe caring is what i intended all the time but just didnt know it.
what about you redimp? Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: tantrum on December 10, 2006, 02:00:29 PM When I was small I wanted to be a scientist.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: AdamM on December 10, 2006, 02:10:52 PM first picked up a guitar aged 14 and from then on I was going to be a rock star. never anything else I wanted to be. friends and family told me I had to have a plan B but to be honest I think that's bad advice for a career path like rock star (or poker player, footballer, etc) some things require single minded approach. I got close a couple of times playing show case gigs or getting good press for what bands I was in were doing. finally 'retired' last year at the age of 32. decided I'd rather be a young poker player than an old guitarist. I still play and I hope my kids show an interest in music. my daughter is 6 and has her first guitar and my 18 mth boy is facinated when I play so maybe.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Dewi_cool on December 10, 2006, 03:21:05 PM Always wanted to be a ballet dancer
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: CATHER on December 10, 2006, 04:18:53 PM I always wanted to be a winger for Glasgow Rangers, but once i got a wee bit older and knew that was never gonna happen, i wanted to be a soldier. So i did! for 12 years!
I left 3 years ago, still miss it, but glad im out at the same time if that makes sense? Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: redimp on December 10, 2006, 09:38:08 PM i dont recall wanting to be anything. all i knew was that i wanted to get a job after 5th year so i could support my family with some extra cash. thats what i did and fate and opportunity has brought me into a job i love, where caring for people is the core value. so maybe caring is what i intended all the time but just didnt know it. what about you redimp? I always quite liked the idea of being a nurse on a childrens ward,but money was tight when i was younger,so it was of to work for me at 16 not college. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Trace on December 10, 2006, 10:01:44 PM I wanted to be a proper little madam!
Guess I still need to grow up some more.......... Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Poppet7 on December 11, 2006, 12:43:13 AM When I was very young I wanted to be a nurse...
The from 11+ I wanted to be an actress because I was in a lot of performances up until last year Now I am considering lots of different things such as; a primary school teacher, a paramedic or a midwife. Either those or the next 'celeb' on BB ;) Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Sark79 on December 11, 2006, 01:00:22 AM I have never had dreams of doing a 'normal' job. Ever since I have been old enough to talk, I have wanted to do something like be a racing driver or anything to do with competition. Even now, I tell people I am going to be a famous poker player one day :D. Every one of my mates over the years have laughed at my career aspirations and took the piss in a friendly way from year to year as my goals change. I guess I have never really got past the dreaming phase as I get bored very easily and find myself day dreaming for large parts of the day when I am at the Prison ( Commonly called work by many people, lol ). It would kill me not to be able to dream, I am optimistic that if you want it enough then it may as well happen to you as anyone else.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Heid on December 11, 2006, 01:22:23 AM My job didn't exist when I was little. But if I could have wished to do this ob when i was grown up .. this would be what I would have wanted to do :)
Kinda cool actually! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Dingdell on December 11, 2006, 05:01:31 AM I've thought about this some more - when I was young I wanted to be married and look after a house and have children. I couldn't have chosen a more different path! ::) I ain't no housekeeper!
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Yogi-Bear on December 11, 2006, 12:40:04 PM I always had a fascination with maps, and the outdoors.
And during my high school years jumped between wanting to do Cartography or work in National parks as a Ranger. Did neither. Figured that winters outside wouldnt suit me, and there was no way I wanted to go to College/University to study for another 3-4 years. So went out into the big wide world, and eventually ended up in the Casino industry, supervising Poker Competitions. Not a bad way to earn a living. i enjoy it. Can't wait to get back to it. Yogi Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: matt674 on December 11, 2006, 12:48:34 PM or work in National parks as a Ranger. Yogi how ironic - spends a life time avoiding capture from them after stealing many picnic hampers and deep down always wanted to be one............ ;D Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: tikay on December 11, 2006, 12:59:02 PM 1) A main-line Driver on the railway, like Dad, & Grandad. 2) A motorcycle racer, like Mike Hailwood, always wanted to do the Isle of Man TT. 3) Work in a Mars Bar Factory. Failed on all 3 counts. Dad wanted me to have a "proper job", defined (by him) as a job where you had to wear a suit & tie. So I started off as an Apprentice Builders Merchant. Well exciting, eh? Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: I, Zimbra on December 11, 2006, 01:12:38 PM I remember when I was very little I wanted to be a taxi driver. There's a sort of bizarre 'little kid' logic at work when one considers dreams like this one. The sort of logic that, when you're small and obsessed with cars and driving, makes taxi driving seem like the best occupation in the world. You get to drive all day long, and people actually give you money for it! Not little money either, but the big money that grown-ups use, the paper stuff that we kids almost never see except at Christmas or birthdays. I mean, just think how many sweets and football stickers you could buy with all that! Never occurred to me at the time to be, for example, a racing car driver. Nobody ever hands paper money to a race car driver, and besides, those things that go round the track don't even look like proper cars, really... Can't believe I forgot the most ironic part of the story; I'm nearly 30 and still don't know how to drive. :dontask: Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Acidmouse on December 11, 2006, 01:33:38 PM I wanted to be Morrissey.
Then I just wanted to be happy whatever I was doing. Simple Yorkshire bloke <--------------- Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Snatiramas on December 11, 2006, 09:40:07 PM I wanted to be a six foot tall 20 stone fat bald glass wearing printer salesman with a sideline playing poker..........oh my how I've achieved
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Dingdell on December 12, 2006, 12:35:13 AM I wanted to be a six foot tall 20 stone fat bald glass wearing printer salesman with a sideline playing poker..........oh my how I've achieved :cheers: Excellent post! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: turny on December 12, 2006, 12:37:16 AM I wanted to be a six foot tall 20 stone fat bald glass wearing printer salesman with a sideline playing poker..........oh my how I've achieved u missed the most important thing phil. a throughly nice guy :)up Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Snatiramas on December 12, 2006, 08:08:55 AM I wanted to be a six foot tall 20 stone fat bald glass wearing printer salesman with a sideline playing poker..........oh my how I've achieved u missed the most important thing phil. a throughly nice guy :)up ah bless.....luv u 2 Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Dingdell on December 12, 2006, 03:34:24 PM Get a room
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Snatiramas on December 12, 2006, 04:24:54 PM Get a room Well I would but you won't share it with me Dingdell so it would be a waste Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Horneris on December 12, 2006, 05:05:36 PM I still am little!!!
But too old for my dreams of being the star striker for Leeds United. So we'll move to the greatest poker player that ever lived. >:? ;fishing; Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: DAN DAN on December 12, 2006, 07:13:13 PM I'm still little, almost 5ft :D I wanted to work in a bank, which is weird as I could never and still can't count!
Then I wanted to be a make-up artist for the BBC so that I could meet Prince Andrew and marry him. (he had just been interviewed by Selina Scott at the time on Wogan) I even went to college and studied Beauty Therapy, ended up a curtain designer instead and now a dental nurse, so not much difference. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: tikay on December 12, 2006, 07:14:39 PM I'm still little, almost 5ft :D I wanted to work in a bank, which is weird as I could never and still can't count! Then I wanted to be a make-up artist for the BBC so that I could meet Prince Andrew and marry him. (he had just been interviewed by Selina Scott at the time on Wogan) I even went to college and studied Beauty Therapy, ended up a curtain designer instead and now a dental nurse, so not much difference. Little, yes, but super-cool...... Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: ericstoner on December 12, 2006, 07:50:43 PM I wanted to be an MP or even the prime minister...................like Harold Wilson. I used to bunk off school for the party conferances.
I also petitioned the school, to do british constitution, not enough call for it they said. Then at 16 got in bother with the police.....................that was a right of passage whare i came from., having left school at 15. The Tabloids would have had a field day. Oh and at 13 I wanted to be a De La Selle brother.like those that taught me, untl i reallized they were all social misfits, who hid behind the cloth to hide their inadequacys, Thats putting it mildly. Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: tikay on December 12, 2006, 07:53:31 PM I wanted to be an MP or even the prime minister...................like Harold Wilson. I used to bunk off school for the party conferances. I also petitioned the school, to do british constitution, not enough call for it they said. Then at 16 got in bother with the police.....................that was a right of passage whare i came from., having left school at 15. The Tabloids would have had a field day. Oh and at 13 I wanted to be a De La Selle brother.like those that taught me, untl i reallized they were all social misfits, who hid behind the cloth to hide their inadequacys, Thats putting it mildly. Brendan, do you remember Mrs Dale's Diary, on the Home Service? ("I'm worried about Jim"....) Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: bolt pp on December 12, 2006, 08:10:22 PM I wanted to be a hoodie, a chav, a benefit cheat, a dosser, an alcoholic and a drug addict.
Life turned out good Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Sark79 on December 12, 2006, 08:20:15 PM I wanted to be a hoodie, a chav, a benefit cheat, a dosser, an alcoholic and a drug addict. Life turned out good lol Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: ericstoner on December 12, 2006, 08:26:30 PM Yes Tony, i do remember the Home service....................did'nt listern to mrs d's Diary.
But I do remember..................................All time Famly favorites ."A messag for John In BFBO whatever, And Here's Mrs Mills on the piano". Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: FlyingPig on December 12, 2006, 08:49:33 PM I wanted to be a pilot like my cousin or racing driver, and when I left school I was offered a job at the local council on £80 a week. Hmmmm 16 years old, 80 quid a week or go back to school to do A-levels.........
You can guess what way I went. The 80 quid a week. Its as simple as that really Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: tikay on December 12, 2006, 08:53:02 PM Yes Tony, i do remember the Home service....................did'nt listern to mrs d's Diary. But I do remember..................................All time Famly favorites ."A messag for John In BFBO whatever, And Here's Mrs Mills on the piano". Mrs Mills! And Russ Conway? Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RED-DOG on December 12, 2006, 08:58:35 PM Yes Tony, i do remember the Home service....................did'nt listern to mrs d's Diary. But I do remember..................................All time Famly favorites ."A messag for John In BFBO whatever, And Here's Mrs Mills on the piano". Mrs Mills! And Russ Conway? Sing something simple, with the Cliff Adams Singers! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: tikay on December 12, 2006, 09:00:30 PM Yes Tony, i do remember the Home service....................did'nt listern to mrs d's Diary. But I do remember..................................All time Famly favorites ."A messag for John In BFBO whatever, And Here's Mrs Mills on the piano". Mrs Mills! And Russ Conway? Sing something simple, with the Cliff Adams Singers! Now that really was THE dreariest programme on the Planet! They were sooooo dull! Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: RED-DOG on December 12, 2006, 09:06:46 PM Pick of the Pops with Alan Freeman.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you was little??? Post by: Ladyskye on December 12, 2006, 09:58:01 PM A footballer but not quite good enough.
A jockey but i am 6' 2" and 16 stone. A gangster but i never got into a scrap until i was 28 and altough i thought i beat the 3 guys up , i ended up in hospital 2hours later with a collapsed lung. |