Things I Got Wrong
Discussion
DanoS4 said:
Not so much a "got wrong", but something I sometimes wonder about the "what if?"......
On work-experience at a London recording studio at the age of 16. Was in the "keyboard" programming room having a play and playing some tunes.
A guy came in who was a big-time for the artist CeCe Peniston - she was just having her hit "Finally". They needed a keyboard player and programmer.
We spoke (well, he did as I was an anxiety-ridden, stammering teenager with confidence issues) - asked me if I was interested in joining the team.
I said I'd think about it and get back to him.
I never did get back to him.
Might have put me on a different path, who knows. But on my days when I think about the rubbish things going on in my life, I refer back to this "sliding doors" moment
Aside from that, I'm too cautious/boring/calculating to get things wrong...... which I why I'll probably never get anywhere. And at the ripe old age of nearly 49, some might say I need to get a "jiggy on" LOL!!
Dan
Maybe you were just not into PENISton.On work-experience at a London recording studio at the age of 16. Was in the "keyboard" programming room having a play and playing some tunes.
A guy came in who was a big-time for the artist CeCe Peniston - she was just having her hit "Finally". They needed a keyboard player and programmer.
We spoke (well, he did as I was an anxiety-ridden, stammering teenager with confidence issues) - asked me if I was interested in joining the team.
I said I'd think about it and get back to him.
I never did get back to him.
Might have put me on a different path, who knows. But on my days when I think about the rubbish things going on in my life, I refer back to this "sliding doors" moment
Aside from that, I'm too cautious/boring/calculating to get things wrong...... which I why I'll probably never get anywhere. And at the ripe old age of nearly 49, some might say I need to get a "jiggy on" LOL!!
Dan
Selling my reasonably sorted and still in original setup VW T2 Camper for £990 because I needed the garage space for something that in hindsight would have happily stored outside.
Ignoring instinct to take out a repayment mortgage and being persuaded by my solicitor that he could get me a cheaper endowment and share the commission.
I regret things I said to an employee of Bradford and Bingley BS under extreme stress when trying pay off my mortgage after they had made a serial number of errors. Each error they'd admitted their mistake and not following my instructions but they'd get it right next time. Only to repeat the error again and again. It was the usual problem of an individual suffering the wrath of an angry customer for issues which they were not personally responsible. I did apologise but saying sorry doesn't make it better.
Regret an affair with a married woman when I was still very single. It was the norks wot drew me in M'Lud. Always the norks.
Ignoring instinct to take out a repayment mortgage and being persuaded by my solicitor that he could get me a cheaper endowment and share the commission.
I regret things I said to an employee of Bradford and Bingley BS under extreme stress when trying pay off my mortgage after they had made a serial number of errors. Each error they'd admitted their mistake and not following my instructions but they'd get it right next time. Only to repeat the error again and again. It was the usual problem of an individual suffering the wrath of an angry customer for issues which they were not personally responsible. I did apologise but saying sorry doesn't make it better.
Regret an affair with a married woman when I was still very single. It was the norks wot drew me in M'Lud. Always the norks.
DickyC said:
I once turned down the opportunity to buy a MkI Cortina Lotus for £1100. It was a good price and I could afford but I had a lot on.
In the 1970s I crawled for hours across London on a Winter's night in a pea souper fog to look at an Aston DB4 advertised at £300.By the time I finally got there I wasn't really in the mood, and turned it down as it was a bit scruffy and had a cracked windscreen.
I saw an article on Bitcoin in the Daily Telegraph (July '13) as Barclays had brought out a crypto account. I did some reading and thought, “it’s worth a punt- say a £1K” they were $27 (?) at the time. I asked 2 mates about this, one of whom is high up in RBS. They said it was cowboy money and to leave well alone. I thought “they know best – I’ll not bother…”
Whether I would have had the balls to hang on in there when it got to where it is today – I doubt it… Anyway, I enjoy working!
I started work at a small engineering analysis company in Sussex. A different agency told me “The boss goes through engineers like a hot knife through butter”. I thought this was sour grapes at them losing a commission. I realised within a few weeks why they had told me. All 3 of us engineers worked like hell, and all couldn’t wait to get out. I lasted 5.5 months. They are still going 20+ years later - still only 2 engineers there…!
I was seeing an attractive blonde married woman who was genuinely having regrets about marrying her “mummy’s boy” husband. She was very interested in Bucksmanuk, and said she needed time to figure out how she was going to play this. I went away on holiday and decided that it was going nowhere, as if she was cheating on him, she may well cheat on me. She was heartbroken. Fantastic norks though…
I met a lovely teacher off a dating site. She was Cambridgeshire way and keen. We dated for about 2 months, and I thought it’s a long way to travel. I shouldn’t have got involved but a 41K bust confused my judgment. One of the reasons I stopped was “its obvious to everyone why I’m dating this woman- norkage – I’m coming across as a boob freak…”
I’ve spotted a trend in these posts – crypto and boobs…!
Whether I would have had the balls to hang on in there when it got to where it is today – I doubt it… Anyway, I enjoy working!
I started work at a small engineering analysis company in Sussex. A different agency told me “The boss goes through engineers like a hot knife through butter”. I thought this was sour grapes at them losing a commission. I realised within a few weeks why they had told me. All 3 of us engineers worked like hell, and all couldn’t wait to get out. I lasted 5.5 months. They are still going 20+ years later - still only 2 engineers there…!
I was seeing an attractive blonde married woman who was genuinely having regrets about marrying her “mummy’s boy” husband. She was very interested in Bucksmanuk, and said she needed time to figure out how she was going to play this. I went away on holiday and decided that it was going nowhere, as if she was cheating on him, she may well cheat on me. She was heartbroken. Fantastic norks though…
I met a lovely teacher off a dating site. She was Cambridgeshire way and keen. We dated for about 2 months, and I thought it’s a long way to travel. I shouldn’t have got involved but a 41K bust confused my judgment. One of the reasons I stopped was “its obvious to everyone why I’m dating this woman- norkage – I’m coming across as a boob freak…”
I’ve spotted a trend in these posts – crypto and boobs…!
next week I will be launching Boobcoin, who wants in at the ground level?Started seeing a 19 year old after I split up with my daughter's mum. I was 30.
Instead of enjoying the ego boost for 6 months and moving on I stayed with her for 3.5 years before marrying her, despite some nagging doubts that I managed to talk myself out of. 14 months later she ran off with a married bloke from work (who was even older than me) and I was very nearly bankrupt
(Norks may have been involved in this one as well)
She worked for a same day courier. I had quit my job and gone self-employed as a driver. On the way back from a 1am drop off in Birmingham I dozed off on the M6 and drove straight under the back of an artic (me doing steady 70mph, him on his limiter I presume). The floor of the trailer hit the windscreen pillars and I woke up to a face full of airbag but walked away without a scratch
On returning to the office the first words out of her mouth were - "You need some life insurance, I'd have been left with nothing"
Big alarm bells. 2 weeks later she was gone, and I was having to go into a depot where she and the bloke she ran off with worked
I lasted 6 weeks before I quit for my own good and got my old job back
Instead of enjoying the ego boost for 6 months and moving on I stayed with her for 3.5 years before marrying her, despite some nagging doubts that I managed to talk myself out of. 14 months later she ran off with a married bloke from work (who was even older than me) and I was very nearly bankrupt
(Norks may have been involved in this one as well)
She worked for a same day courier. I had quit my job and gone self-employed as a driver. On the way back from a 1am drop off in Birmingham I dozed off on the M6 and drove straight under the back of an artic (me doing steady 70mph, him on his limiter I presume). The floor of the trailer hit the windscreen pillars and I woke up to a face full of airbag but walked away without a scratch
On returning to the office the first words out of her mouth were - "You need some life insurance, I'd have been left with nothing"
Big alarm bells. 2 weeks later she was gone, and I was having to go into a depot where she and the bloke she ran off with worked
I lasted 6 weeks before I quit for my own good and got my old job back
witteringon said:
DickyC said:
I once turned down the opportunity to buy a MkI Cortina Lotus for £1100. It was a good price and I could afford but I had a lot on.
In the 1970s I crawled for hours across London on a Winter's night in a pea souper fog to look at an Aston DB4 advertised at £300.By the time I finally got there I wasn't really in the mood, and turned it down as it was a bit scruffy and had a cracked windscreen.
Gary29 said:
DanoS4 said:
Aside from that, I'm too cautious/boring/calculating to get things wrong...... which I why I'll probably never get anywhere.
Dan
Damn, I know that feeling.Dan
But sometimes you just have to go for it. I still regret the things I didn't do much more than the things I did, even if they didn't always turn out too well.
Mr Tidy said:
Gary29 said:
DanoS4 said:
Aside from that, I'm too cautious/boring/calculating to get things wrong...... which I why I'll probably never get anywhere.
Dan
Damn, I know that feeling.Dan
But sometimes you just have to go for it. I still regret the things I didn't do much more than the things I did, even if they didn't always turn out too well.
zb said:
Mr Tidy said:
Gary29 said:
DanoS4 said:
Aside from that, I'm too cautious/boring/calculating to get things wrong...... which I why I'll probably never get anywhere.
Dan
Damn, I know that feeling.Dan
But sometimes you just have to go for it. I still regret the things I didn't do much more than the things I did, even if they didn't always turn out too well.
ked up siovey said:
Bought £3k worth of shares for 3.5p. Sold them for 7p. Was chuffed with my trading skills. Checked them a few years later and they were £60.
Bought £4k of shares in another company for 20p. Sold them for 20p as I got bored. Later saw them go to £50.
Had £1500 worth of shares in a company at £1.50. Sold at similar price, probably even lost money. Later on the company was sold for £350 per share.
I'm probably never going to be able to afford to retire but I can't ever say I haven't been given the right opportunities.
for those wondering, that's just over £3m potential gain lost. Bought £4k of shares in another company for 20p. Sold them for 20p as I got bored. Later saw them go to £50.
Had £1500 worth of shares in a company at £1.50. Sold at similar price, probably even lost money. Later on the company was sold for £350 per share.
I'm probably never going to be able to afford to retire but I can't ever say I haven't been given the right opportunities.
which ones did work out?
Sheets Tabuer said:
Ignored red flags because she had cracking norks, not once, not twice but three times.
Carrying on partying long after it was time to stop.
Partying with birds that had great norks
Essentially norks have been my downfall.
Carrying on partying long after it was time to stop.
Partying with birds that had great norks
Essentially norks have been my downfall.
Been there, done that. I swear big tits are more addictive than crack.
Also sold a Rover Mini Cooper SPI for £600 when I had to get it off my mums drive as a student. Guy buying it knew I needed to sell and bent me over.
Buying a listed house, never again.
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