Not backing a tip that came in at 36/1 a few years back.
Accidently jacking my car up on the radiator and completely f*cking it a week before I was due to take it to Le Mans. Managed to replace it (just) but had to fix a leak on the way down.
Thinking I could replace the the extractor fan on the old central heater boiler myself, realising I couldn't halfway through the job. Not being able to put it back together and having to bite the bullet and spend 2k on a new boiler.
Getting very drunk in the West End about seven years ago , and listening to a mate who said he knew of a brilliant bar called Janet's with gorgeous women and an all-night licence. And being too stupid too spot exactly what type of bar it was when you weren't allowed to talk to the girls without buying them a bit of champagne, and waking up the following morning to find I'd signed on my credit card to buy two bottles of very ordinary champagne at £550 each.
Putting the wrong fuel in your vehicle, and paying a fortune to have it put right.
I`ve done that, fortunately I drive a company car, unfortunately my boss has been known to read this site, but it was a few years ago now, total cost was £200/£300
Probably renting our first place for a year rather than staying put and saving that money for a hefty deposit. What made it worse is that when we did finally get our own place, because we didn't have anything behind us we went for one of those 'we pay your deposit' incentives so paid well over the odds then lost half the value of the place thanks to Black Wednesday
Although we're in a lovely place now, I don't think we ever recovered from that and feel we're always behind where we could and should have been.
I was going to put £100 on us winning the league at the start of the 1999/2000 season but talked myself out of it. We were 14-1 at the time so I threw £1400 away.
Belting a copper on Hastings Pier around 1979 having already been arrested. The fine was around £450 which was nearly three months wages! I paid it off over two years.
Not buying my two bed flat in Greenwich overlooking the thames by the Cutty Sark for £21K ten years back, only just met the missus mind and didnt want to commit. Two kids and ten years down the line, private renting and still trying to get first mortgage!
can honestly say I haven't - i am bit of a cautious fecker
got into the property market at it's lowest ebb and in all my property moves have made a fair old packet so been very lucky.
have talked about making a few bets and forgottten to put my money where my mouth is or , as above, to cautious to do it so haven't bothered and not done the bet.
Had the option a few years back of buying a flat or going travelling.Opted for the travelling and while I was away the property boom got into full swing and I was priced out on return.Also met the missus, who bled me dry, whilst on my travels so a double costly mistake. :-).
spent my 1st year of work temping around the City as I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do. My last temp position was working for SG Warburg amongst the internal messengers at on the trading floor - i took an interest in the trading stuff but got bored of waiting for a position to come up so started applying for F/T work elsewhere - got a job and was then asked if I was interested in a job on the trade desk - turned it down as thought there was no decent money in it.
Oh well.
I've done alright but hey could have been a lot better.
Not investing my redundancy in property in 2000 like my mates did. They did very well out of it..... Instead i pissed it all up the wall in an orgy of travelling in Africa and Australasia....no regrets though.
Also not realising I had a tx message until I got home last friday in clapham from that hot bird and her mate asking me to come and keep them company!...... a costly mistake.
2nd Visit to Australia ended up costing me $600,000AUD, a 5 bed farmhouse £660K, 5 cars, and the respect of my children (at least temporarily)...however, 3 years down the line I have to say that Im a happier person now and the old adage that you cant teach an old dog new tricks is a load of rubbish :-)
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Accidently jacking my car up on the radiator and completely f*cking it a week before I was due to take it to Le Mans. Managed to replace it (just) but had to fix a leak on the way down.
Thinking I could replace the the extractor fan on the old central heater boiler myself, realising I couldn't halfway through the job. Not being able to put it back together and having to bite the bullet and spend 2k on a new boiler.
I`ve done that, fortunately I drive a company car, unfortunately my boss has been known to read this site, but it was a few years ago now, total cost was £200/£300
Staying in the same job for too long and feeling a bit institutionalised.
Other than that, thinking i was clever starting a Charlton song at the station when surrounded by West Ham and getting a few clumps for my troubles.
Although we're in a lovely place now, I don't think we ever recovered from that and feel we're always behind where we could and should have been.
And then backing into the chairman's bright red Porsche as I reversed out of the car park, whilst on the phone to my boss detailing my triumph.
The contract was cancelled.
OUCH!
And buying shirt numbers in the Arsenal game last night did n't do me any favours either
And what JVL did , too many times ....
got into the property market at it's lowest ebb and in all my property moves have made a fair old packet so been very lucky.
have talked about making a few bets and forgottten to put my money where my mouth is or , as above, to cautious to do it so haven't bothered and not done the bet.
six months later was the big crash
am ok now, but it took some time!
ouchy!
spent my 1st year of work temping around the City as I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do. My last temp position was working for SG Warburg amongst the internal messengers at on the trading floor - i took an interest in the trading stuff but got bored of waiting for a position to come up so started applying for F/T work elsewhere - got a job and was then asked if I was interested in a job on the trade desk - turned it down as thought there was no decent money in it.
Oh well.
I've done alright but hey could have been a lot better.
Instead i pissed it all up the wall in an orgy of travelling in Africa and Australasia....no regrets though.
Also not realising I had a tx message until I got home last friday in clapham from that hot bird and her mate asking me to come and keep them company!...... a costly mistake.