10 years ago...

[Nem]

The tune was ok, the person who sang it was crap!

[TightEnd]

Married for just under a year with a two month old baby.

Working like stink in the City. Still loving it. I was a bright youngish thing.

Having a conventional commuting life.

Things have changed since then

[ACE2M]

96 was a brilliant year, hot summer?

'95 was the hot summer. I remember miserably that it was nice and hot in London up until we lost to Germany and then, straight after the penalties, it started to rain, and it rained and rained and never got warm again!

All i remember is sunshine up north, must be looking back through rose tinted specs.

[Hairydude]

In the Levis advert they played the best 15 seconds of the song-the cool tune and distorted voice- then when it got released that was the start of the tune then it slowed down to this utter crap dreary song followed-utter garbage!!!

[bolt pp]

In the Levis advert they played the best 15 seconds of the song-the cool tune and distorted voice- then when it got released that was the start of the tune then it slowed down to this utter crap dreary song followed-utter garbage!!!

yep, there was a drum and bass remix with just the high pitched bit at the start throughout which was pretty decent.

[North Angel]

I was living in South Wales, married to a complete anchor 

3 children 9yrs 3yrs and 2 month old, working for L'oreal, which was great.

Lasted 2 more years in Wales then moved back to Newcastle with my children

and left the anchor in Wales 

Ang x x

[Chili]

Ahhh, how could I have forgoten Euro 96?  A friend of mine worked in McDonalds at the time and "borrowed" about 100 of those promotional scratch cards that they handed out.  We had great fun scratching away for a while and then BINGO - 2 tickets to a Euro 96 game.  

The game was Scotland v Holland at Villa Park.  Shame it was not England but we went anyway and what a game!! It was actually the only game in the group stages that was 0-0.  We had front row seats very close the half way line and the pleasure of watching Scotland play out of their skins and very nearly beating the dutch.  I remember the atmosphere being the best i have ever felt at a football match.  The sea of orange from Holland and their band constantly on the go producing a somewhat carnival feeling.  Add to that the utter joy of the Scotts more than holding there own and showing what they are capable of, and just an added bonus for me of watching Ally McCoist warming up right in front of my face for most of the second half.

Thanks Poppet for sending us back - It's awesome to reminisce.

[Poppet7]

No problem, I'm enjoying reading all the stories!

Keep them coming

[rivered]

Just finishing my A levels, having a tough time with my first love but then realising girls aren't really that important, stopped taking myself so seriously, turned from a testosterone fulled meathead in to a long haired hippy in the space of a few months, went on a great lads trip away, got an excellent summer job whilst waiting for results - pizza hut delivery in my old car, a renault 5 with the most incredible suspension you'll ever experience - curbs just didn't exist - just cruising around listening to great music and getting paid for it!  summer parties were the best ever - massive group of mates that all got along, summers seemed to last forever back then, now i just watch them go by out of an air-conditioned office.  Great year, thanks poppet...

[lazaroonie]

Living in Holland at the time, enjoying my weekends in Amsterdam. 

dont remember much else

[Indestructable]

Celebrating my first wedding anniversary and still in lurv. (we still are  )

But for me it also has to be Euro 96 and a mix of highs and lows. The high was being able to watch England at Wembley with my dad at the Spain game. Not a great game but best memory is Stuart Pearce taking that penalty and scoring. he then turned to my section in the crowd to celebrate. Everyone went mental and of course singing 3 lions, great memory.
I then went to the semi against Germany and I was behind the goal where Southgate missed his penalty. Worse still we were on the other side of the fence of the German fans. Complete nightmare and never known fans leave a stadium so quietly. I know it's nonsense but it felt like someone had died.
By then my job had changed for the worse and it was when I realised that job satisfaction/home life was more important than the money.

[Sark79]

I had big ambitions to become a Touring Car driver. I always wanted this and still do deep down. Unfortunately, you have to be a rich bugger. I did some karting, but that was as far as the budget allowed. If I win the WSOP or a big WPT event before I am 32, I still think there is time. I have my path mapped out, but it will be entry into TC at about 38 rather than early 20's and as an amateur driver rather than Pro. Pro poker star as full-time job and part-time TC driver for fun.  . Or I may just become a septic tank cleaner instead.

We all have to dream, for some people it is being a rock star, for others a footballer and for others they still hold the desire to become the next James Bond.  It is good to have dreams.

[Robert HM]

Celebrating my first wedding anniversary and still in lurv. (we still are  )

But for me it also has to be Euro 96 and a mix of highs and lows. The high was being able to watch England at Wembley with my dad at the Spain game. Not a great game but best memory is Stuart Pearce taking that penalty and scoring. he then turned to my section in the crowd to celebrate. Everyone went mental and of course singing 3 lions, great memory.
I then went to the semi against Germany and I was behind the goal where Southgate missed his penalty. Worse still we were on the other side of the fence of the German fans. Complete nightmare and never known fans leave a stadium so quietly. I know it's nonsense but it felt like someone had died.
By then my job had changed for the worse and it was when I realised that job satisfaction/home life was more important than the money.

Funny coincidence, I must have been very close to you in that crowd in the Spain match, psycho's reaction sent shivers down my spine.

[tikay]

What an awesome thread!

Mine is pretty naff compared to most of those.

Was working hard - very hard - my Company fitted out & maintained all the Aldi stores in the UK, & refurbished many of the Sainsbury Supermarkets, plus some stuff for Rolls-Royce.

Holidayed in The Gambia at Christmas, as I had annually for 10 or 15 years.

Was Spread Betting big time & was about to discover golf.

Got it together with Wendy the year before, & we were blissfully happy, I stopped "messing around" with the ladies when Wendy came on the scene.

Was driving a Merc, the first of 4, all of them clocked 200,000+ miles.

Up every day at 5, straight to work, never home before 7, gave myself a half-day on Saturday & Sunday though. Wendy slowed me down though.

We went to Badminton Horse Trials & Burleigh Ditto - Wen adored horses. We walked for miles at weekends, Derbyshire is just perfect for countryside walks.

My sister & her Daughter came over from Aussie, & I put them up in a nearby luxury hotel, they loved every minute. I took them up to the Yorkshire Dales, Liverpool, Scotland (Fort William), Wales, Cornwall, everywhere. They gave me a gift of a book on birds, after seeing that I kept 3 bird tables, & fed the birds every day.

Happy days.

A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. I found golf, & poker, & retirement, & stuff. And a bunch of lovely friends. Everything is cool, though losing Wen was about the only cloud in my life during the last few years. I miss her still, & I dreadfully miss having a lady Partner. Can't have eveything I guess, but I've had a damn good try!

[Josh]

I was 9 years old and living with my Dad, had just moved out of my Mums because she used to be an alcoholic and beat me. Had just moved schools and I remember being in year 5 and being a tree in the school play! I also lived with my aunt for a while, my Dad couldn't look after me because he worked nights as a cab driver, so I spent a lot of time with my cousin Anona.

Don't know what else I was up to, can't remember much about that time of my life... It was an unhappy time though.

Out of curiosity, why would you advertise that?