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Previously on "What would you tell your 16yo self?"

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  • vetran
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    Become a contractors as soon as you get into PCs. No one else knew any more than you did, they were all making it up.

    Buy more houses in your twenties. retire in your forties.

    Buy more shares at the bottom.

    Spend more time with your kids.

    Don't smoke, spend more time getting fit.

    Date more Blondes, french & Swiss girls when you were free. Still marry the missus.

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  • Gonzo
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    1. Don't buy that Fender Stratocaster, buy a Fender Jazz Bass instead. The role of the bass player better suits your personality.

    2. If a young women takes you back to her room you are in there. Don't doubt yourself.

    3. You are a clever sod who can do acceptably academically without trying. That is not good enough, you should try harder. This will matter when you are in your twenties.

    4. If you are going to insist on spending your whole time at university hanging out in the Student Union Bar, and you probably will, then realise that you will have to make a living from the people skills you learn there, not the degree that you are going to do unexceptionally at.

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  • RichardCranium
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    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
    Stop, look, listen, think
    Always use the Green Cross Code
    Because I won't be there
    When you cross the road
    FTFY

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Do what you want to Do
    And Go where you're Going to
    Think for Yourself
    Because I wont be there with You ,,,
    Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 12 November 2009, 22:53.

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  • Tingles
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    Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post
    ....the Wednesday after your 19th birthday, someone called Jeff, who you don't know yet, will offer you a lift home from the UMIST game. If you don't want to find out the hard way that you are not indestructible - get a cab.

    Hold up....

    There's a novel in there....

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  • PM-Junkie
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    ....the Wednesday after your 19th birthday, someone called Jeff, who you don't know yet, will offer you a lift home from the UMIST game. If you don't want to find out the hard way that you are not indestructible - get a cab.

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  • norrahe
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    it gets better, honestly

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  • eliquant
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    Don't get into I.T. and therefore be a loser in life.

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  • wobbegong
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    What would you tell your 16yo self?

    Have you finished with that with a Pot Noodle?
    FTFY

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  • snaw
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Numerically?
    So far ...

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by snaw View Post
    And FFS, don't worry about shagging too many burds, there'll come a day when the supply dries up!!
    Numerically?

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  • snaw
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    By shares in every internet company that you can afford, sell up 10 years later.

    Reinvest it into housing, repeat.

    And FFS, don't worry about shagging too many burds, there'll come a day when the supply dries up!!

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  • Andy2
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    pot noodling will screw your eyesight

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  • Zippy
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    You are about to date one of your best friends - don't.

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  • thunderlizard
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    Sadistic PE teachers are more to be pitied than feared.

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