Jesus 10 years ago, Iw as 14 coming up on 15. My sister was six she was nice back then I liked her. She was 6 yesterday, I really can't recall the exact details but I spent most of my time hanginga round bus shelters and closes with my mates "protecting" the area from the junkies. Mostly involved gang fighting over territory, getting bladdered at the weekends on cheap cider like Tank and Hairydude - ohhhhh God how I used to love pulse, Olde English and to top it all off a bottle of Catholic Wine (Buckfast).
I would also have been sitting my standard Grades and taking bad advice from my careers officer at school.
I used to be quite bright, I was offered a massive apprenticeship with Ford and knocked it back believeing my careers officer that I was destined for better things (the guy that took this on was a numpty but he's now earning more than x3 what I earn and drivinga bout in a BMW), on reflection I should go back and sue them.
I was also getting ready for going into 5th year.
Euro 96 - Ohh how Colin Hendry looked like a fool, I still can't believe that Craig Brown dropped Jim Leighton in favour of Andy Goram after his antics in the build up to the event.
I was also in Ibiza in the summer of that year, in a wee place called Playa Den Bossa - I loved it. I have always wanted to go back there but never managed it.
Iw as still quite sad because my Gran had died the previous year, I was really close to her and stayed with her although my mum only stayed a few doors away but she worked early in the morning so I always stayed at my grans, she used to get me upf or school and when she passed away I went off the rails a bit. Still trying to get back on them.
I remember itw as a big time for Brit Pop and we used to walk about the streets with Oasis blaring out a ghetto blaster. This was also the first year that Iw on Britains Stroingest Schoolboy and went on to retain the title in the following 2 years at weightlifting. I was also the Scottish under 16, 18 and 21 champion. I was a few kilo behind the guy who was the Under 23 champ it was my goal that year to beat him. I let my training slip and he beat me in 3 consecutive comps, this put my lottery funding at risk as Iw asn't achieveing the targets I agreed with them. Then in October of that year I cracked a barrier in the Gym by exceeding my previous PB by 7.5 kilos I put in 6 good solid weeks of training with no booze no gang fighting and wiped the floor with him at the scottish senior Championships!!

I also finnished 2nd to a guy who was to represent Scotland at 3 consecutive Commonwealth games.
I keep saying I am going to go back to the Gym and at least try and get back to a reasonable level of fitness that would allow me to compete at National Level again, I am still only 24 so its possible that with a good 3 month training period I could get back into decent shape!!
Wow rememebering all this makes me feel older, my sister is sitting her exams just now - I hope she does well.