perhaps this is what needs to happen to me....

Listening to The Lovely Eggs nonstop since that maniac Mersons posted it.

[quote="maclufc"][quote="OFFHand"]perhaps this is what needs to happen to me....[/quote]
you re too young Ja[/quote]

The missus aint !!!!!

Probably the main one for me would be my younger brother being born. He was born with 5 or 8 holes in his heart as well as other complications and nearly didnt make it but ontop of that he was also born with downs syndrome, autistic tendencies and deaf (which has lead to him not having any speech as well). When he was first born it didnt affect me majorly (besides obviously my mom and dad being in and out of hospital with him) as i was only young myself, but over the last year or two it has made me think alot more about the things i do and change alot of my ways as ive started to think about the future and having the responsibility of being there for him. The old man and dear always say they dont want him to affect my way of life when im older at all and dont want him to be a burden but id never see him like that and wouldnt change him for the world

Everybody thank you for sharing an insight into each of your lifes, some very touching posts and just shows there is some true grit around,
Nice thread.....

Fucking hell Hammertime. that put the hairs on the back of me head up. I've got two smoke alarms in my house and they both go off when I burn a bit of toast. Fucking right.

Some story pal...

My daughter (2nd kid) was rushed into the national childrens hospital at 4 weeks old, me and the missus were told it was meningitis and told to take each hour as it came. You can imagine how small a kid is at 4 weeks. We needed results from blood tests to find out the full scope in terms of the strain of m'itis but had to wait 4 days for the results as it was a Bank Holiday here. Only in Ireland. In the end she got out 10 days later.

Basically told the quick decision by my Mrs to take her in saved her life.

At 16 weeks same again, doctors told us they had never come across a child to have it twice, never mind twice in such a short period of time.

She is 2 now at the end of March and is brilliant, now beats the shit out of her older brother.

Nothing that was previously very important has really been the same since. I now know what is truly important in life.

Still wouldn't mind beating Barcelona in two weeks all the same.

A few from me

Seeing one of my mates try smack at 15 made me stop taking any drugs. Used to try pretty much anything that was handed to me but thought better at that one and realised I needed to find new friends or would be on a street corner begging at some point in the future. Walked out his house and never touched anything since.

Nearly getting the sack from my apprenticeship. best mate got killed in a car crash and I went off the rails with the drinking and basically trying to fight anything that moved for about a year. Got dragged into the office at college and got told that I would be getting the sack if I didn't buck my ideas up. Made me smarten my act up pretty quickly.

Nearly losing my right hand in an industrial accident also had a massive effect on my life. Made me realise I have more determination than I thought I had and that good friends will be good friends and understand what you are going through and will be there even if you are being a dick and feeling sorry for yourself. Also made me a lot more of a relaxed person . I just can't get that worked up about little things that annoy folk any more. A;lso made me realise that despite previous moans I really liked my job and one of the best feelings I have had in my life is getting back on the chopper to go offshore after a 9 month absence and the very real possibility that I would never be able to work in the job I had trained to be again.

[quote="Turnstyle"][quote="jurrosufc"][quote="casualcar"][quote="Turnstyle"]Fulham beating Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League at Craven Cottage...........walking out of the ground in disbelief.
Fulham beating Hamburg 2-1 in the Europa League Semi-final..on the final whistle hugging everyone in sight and seeing grown men in tears of joy! walking down Putney High Street with hundreds of Fulham causing a roadblock with dads with their kids on their shoulders dancing in the street.
From playing Torquay to seeing Fulham play in Turin.....a miracle for a club like Fulham.

Is it me or is it impossible to hate Fulham? Visited Craven Cottage with cousins of mine and it the least intimidating ground I've ever been in my life. Walking to the ground you feel as if you're walking to a nice park or something. Just didn't feel 'football'. [/quote]

Exactely...Fulham is just so cute 'n' cuddly [/quote]

Aaah thank you lads...we like being cute and cuddly..................bit different when we play Chelsea, QPR, Brentford or Gillingham though....not so cuddly then.
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Ah shur I know Chelsea are scared still of Fulham! Seriously, don't Chelsea think of Fulham as a kind of odd uncle or something?

[quote="casualcar"][quote="Turnstyle"][quote="jurrosufc"][quote="casualcar"][quote="Turnstyle"]Fulham beating Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League at Craven Cottage...........walking out of the ground in disbelief.
Fulham beating Hamburg 2-1 in the Europa League Semi-final..on the final whistle hugging everyone in sight and seeing grown men in tears of joy! walking down Putney High Street with hundreds of Fulham causing a roadblock with dads with their kids on their shoulders dancing in the street.
From playing Torquay to seeing Fulham play in Turin.....a miracle for a club like Fulham.

Is it me or is it impossible to hate Fulham? Visited Craven Cottage with cousins of mine and it the least intimidating ground I've ever been in my life. Walking to the ground you feel as if you're walking to a nice park or something. Just didn't feel 'football'. [/quote]

Exactely...Fulham is just so cute 'n' cuddly [/quote]

Aaah thank you lads...we like being cute and cuddly..................bit different when we play Chelsea, QPR, Brentford or Gillingham though....not so cuddly then.
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Ah shur I know Chelsea are scared still of Fulham! Seriously, don't Chelsea think of Fulham as a kind of odd uncle or something?

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So they should be! many years back lots of local Fulham lads, Dads, Uncles, cousins, nephews etc would go to Fulham home games and the when Fulham were away go to Stamford Bridge so there has always been some sort of friendship there for the Fulham locals ,it has been strained sometimes especially in the 80's when after a game at Craven Cottage Chelsea smashed up the Fulham Palace Road. Chris 'Chubby' Henderson was a Fulham fan and has a Fulham tattoo on his forearm by all accounts which he never mentioned in his book.
Since we got promoted to the Premiership the friendly little brother thing has gone probably not helped by some of our young lads from the home counties who spend more time hating Chelsea than supporting Fulham and are quite up for it on Derby Day....but need to realise that they are out of their depth in that respect.

Not really got many to share to be honest as I'm a fairly young lad compared to most on here... but my brother being diagnosed with Cancer has probably been the most definitive moment in my life (so far), proper dark times seeing your mum cry... the little fella stayed strong most of the time so that helped alot. Last month he had more scans and luckily was finally all clear after having a few sessions of chemo...

Made me realise how easy life is to be destroyed and that the next day your life can totally change... I'd be nothing without my family