A long long time ago, I can still remember
How this works:
You comment, I give you an age (please tell me how old you currently are - I don't know all of your ages) and you fill out the meme questions with what applied to you back then, and now.
mrs_tribble gave me 18.
I lived in:
My parents house in South Wingfield, a village in Derbyshire. Nearest place you're likely to have heard of is Matlock, unless you've heard of the National Tramway Museum in Crich or watched Blue Peter when Simon Groom visited his-father's-farm-in-Dethick. Or unless you watched the late 70s children's TV series Traveller In Time which was set partly at Wingfield Manor (and partly in Dethick. I believe that's how Simon Groom got the Blue Peter gig). Or read the Alison Uttley book it was based on, of course.
I drove:
18 was when I passed my test, so first I drove my driving instructor's Nissan Sunny, and then my parents' Fiat 126. The latter probably influenced my liking for both Fiats and small cars (I have a Panda now, which replaced my Punto).
I was in a relationship with:
No-one. Too busy and uninterested. And, a few times, too thick to notice anyone else was interested.
I feared:
Social bullies.
I worked at:
A levels. Though in general, not very hard. Being given a matriculation offer from my uni of choice rather took the pressure off.
I wanted to be:
No idea. My plan was to do A levels, go to uni and then see what happens. I'm still doing the 'see what happens' bit.
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Now (at 42):
I live in:
Beeston, Nottingham. The name apparently is most likely to come from rye grass*, though local myth is of course that it's to do with bees, and there's various bee references including the council's symbol and a statue of a beekeeper on the High Road.
*Making nearby Beeston Rylands actually mean Rye land rye land.
I drive:
Keeman, the aforementioned Fiat Panda (named by my nieces).
I am in a relationship with:
Chris and three cats (Callie, Kenya and Lynx).
I fear:
Social bullies. And bouncy castles, though I'm mostly ok with them now.
I work at:
Group fitness instructor and Personal Trainer.
I want to be:
Comfortable.
You comment, I give you an age (please tell me how old you currently are - I don't know all of your ages) and you fill out the meme questions with what applied to you back then, and now.
mrs_tribble gave me 18.
I lived in:
My parents house in South Wingfield, a village in Derbyshire. Nearest place you're likely to have heard of is Matlock, unless you've heard of the National Tramway Museum in Crich or watched Blue Peter when Simon Groom visited his-father's-farm-in-Dethick. Or unless you watched the late 70s children's TV series Traveller In Time which was set partly at Wingfield Manor (and partly in Dethick. I believe that's how Simon Groom got the Blue Peter gig). Or read the Alison Uttley book it was based on, of course.
I drove:
18 was when I passed my test, so first I drove my driving instructor's Nissan Sunny, and then my parents' Fiat 126. The latter probably influenced my liking for both Fiats and small cars (I have a Panda now, which replaced my Punto).
I was in a relationship with:
No-one. Too busy and uninterested. And, a few times, too thick to notice anyone else was interested.
I feared:
Social bullies.
I worked at:
A levels. Though in general, not very hard. Being given a matriculation offer from my uni of choice rather took the pressure off.
I wanted to be:
No idea. My plan was to do A levels, go to uni and then see what happens. I'm still doing the 'see what happens' bit.
***
Now (at 42):
I live in:
Beeston, Nottingham. The name apparently is most likely to come from rye grass*, though local myth is of course that it's to do with bees, and there's various bee references including the council's symbol and a statue of a beekeeper on the High Road.
*Making nearby Beeston Rylands actually mean Rye land rye land.
I drive:
Keeman, the aforementioned Fiat Panda (named by my nieces).
I am in a relationship with:
Chris and three cats (Callie, Kenya and Lynx).
I fear:
Social bullies. And bouncy castles, though I'm mostly ok with them now.
I work at:
Group fitness instructor and Personal Trainer.
I want to be:
Comfortable.