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I agree with you there. I have yet to meet anyone who can successfully deal with any of what I have had to put up with when one person simply goes out of their way to be obstructive. Usually it's best to walk away but that is almost impossible when your own children are involved who will be hurt even more if that was to happen.

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There is absolutely no reason why you could not have persued a career in boxing Besoeker, how far you would have progressed would be determined by your physical and mental attributes. You obviously didn't consider yourself as world class material so didn't even try. Dreams are one thing, but being realistic is quite another....

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If I had my time again, I wouldn't do anything differently. I would follow exactly the same paths whether they turned out to be right, wrong, good, bad, crap, brilliant or questionable

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You can't improve on perfection Pesta.....

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Perfection is sponge pudding or a suet pudding swimming in a pint of custard

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I'd change just about everything.

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Not keen on Suet Pesta, but Treacle Sponge and custard is my idea of heaven......

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Surely not Floydy.....

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If I had my time again there are many things I'd do differently.

At my grammar school I used to piss about, made absolutely no progress and completely wasted my time and good fortune of having been accepted for the school.
I opted for the Arts curriculum, whereas I now know that I would have been far better off taking the Science curriculum, considering my abilities.
I left with the impressive qualifications of two GCEs at grades 4 and 6, and one CSE grade 1!

Having worked in an office for six years, which I found incredibly boring, I enlisted in the RAF and trained in air traffic control. This turned out to be a 'dead end job' as ex-aircrew (grounded for such things as medical reasons) came into the job above my grade which, of course, limited promotion prospects.
Had I had the foresight, I should have gone into an engineering discipline which I think would have suited my abilities and interest much better.

When I left the RAF, I decided to train as a radiographer. I enjoyed this immensely and ended my training with results at the top of the cohort.

I later made the stupid mistake of thinking I'd like to teach; a big career change. Again, I passed my degree with the highest marks in my intake. Despite this, and probably because my advanced years qualified me for an instant pay grade advancement, I initially found difficulty in obtaining a permanent post and worked temporarily as a supply teacher. However, it was not long before I was offered an appointment in a small and pleasant school which I enjoyed very much - initially!
What I didn't know at the time was that the school began to deteriorate due to the influx of families of, shall we say, very little interest in their kids' education and a remarkable proclivity for making unfounded complaints about anything they could think of. I think we've all met the type!
Added to that, OFSTED inspections and the National Curriculum began to raise their ugly heads. Both, in my opinion, have led to a negative effect on the enjoyment of teaching. No-one likes incessant and unnecessary paperwork, dictatorial rules and undeserved criticism for petty matters when nothing worthy of real criticism presented itself.

Had I known what I now know, I would have remained a radiographer, though at that time of life I thought it best to stay put and make the best of things.

There you have it: a lifetime of silly mistakes and rather a long list of things I should have done differently.

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When you say went doolally do you mean she had mental issues or went senile?