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As a very small child I wanted to be an astronaut. If I'm totally honest with myself, I still do, and if I ever had the cash I'm off!
Then my next big thing was wanting to be a racing driver. I had a crack at it, and even ended up being mentored by an ex-F1 racer and Le Mans winner. But then come the inevitable day when the guy in the other car gets handed a load of cash to move up, and well, you're broke. It's like being an alcoholic. The dopamine hit is addictive, and the desire never leaves you, given the circumstances you'd relapse. I've been clean for a number of years. (Oh, and that other guy? Got to F3000 and went headlong into the barriers at Hockenheim at 180mph! Maybe my straw wasn't as short as I'd thought)
Then, a pilot... raised the cash to learn, and started on Helicopters. 9/11 killed the job market at the time, and a friend who was an awesome pilot died flying the type of helicopter I was learning on and as I had a kid on the way, parked the idea.
But besides those, I wanted to be a photographer, and can say I achieved that, though its barley a significant part of my job now. When it was good it was very good, but it's going the way of the blacksmith now. |
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"What did you want or indeed want to be when you grow up - A vague memory of wanting to be an Astronaut, I managed the vague part of this sentence "
In conglomerates. |
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"Due to watching too much pigeon street, I spent my early childhood wanting to be a Lorry driver."
Oh I do not remember that, must have been after my time |
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"As a very small child I wanted to be an astronaut. If I'm totally honest with myself, I still do, and if I ever had the cash I'm off!
Then my next big thing was wanting to be a racing driver. I had a crack at it, and even ended up being mentored by an ex-F1 racer and Le Mans winner. But then come the inevitable day when the guy in the other car gets handed a load of cash to move up, and well, you're broke. It's like being an alcoholic. The dopamine hit is addictive, and the desire never leaves you, given the circumstances you'd relapse. I've been clean for a number of years. (Oh, and that other guy? Got to F3000 and went headlong into the barriers at Hockenheim at 180mph! Maybe my straw wasn't as short as I'd thought)
Then, a pilot... raised the cash to learn, and started on Helicopters. 9/11 killed the job market at the time, and a friend who was an awesome pilot died flying the type of helicopter I was learning on and as I had a kid on the way, parked the idea.
But besides those, I wanted to be a photographer, and can say I achieved that, though its barley a significant part of my job now. When it was good it was very good, but it's going the way of the blacksmith now."
Well well done for at least having a go and getting to one of them at least |
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I wanted to be a mechanic - so I could work on my own cars - I planned on having a McLaren F1, Ferrari F40 and various other cars from the same era that I had posters of on my bedroom wall.
I didn't achieve it but did work in a body shop (not the smelly soap kind) for a few years - It was the worst pay, with the least breaks, longest hours and took the biggest physical toll on my body than any other job I'd had - was my favourite by far tho! |
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"I wanted to be a mechanic - so I could work on my own cars - I planned on having a McLaren F1, Ferrari F40 and various other cars from the same era that I had posters of on my bedroom wall.
I didn't achieve it but did work in a body shop (not the smelly soap kind) for a few years - It was the worst pay, with the least breaks, longest hours and took the biggest physical toll on my body than any other job I'd had - was my favourite by far tho!"
Oh bloody hell I feel like an engineer if I get the correct fuel in mine  |
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"The first female Pope! With hindsight, being female and non Catholic it was neve going to end well. I really wanted the hat and the car  "
I can see the white smoke rising...unless that is my chip pan |
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"The first female Pope! With hindsight, being female and non Catholic it was neve going to end well. I really wanted the hat and the car "
The Catholic church is so mysoginistic and backward looking, that being a woman is a bigger impediment than not being a Catholic! |
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I wanted to travel the world like an adventurer from some fantastical novel, meeting new people with a rucksack and a hooded cloak for company (and maybe a handkerchief or two).
In a way I achieved that (not the hooded cloak though) and as beautiful as the world turned out to be, I realised my dream of freeing it from tyranny was just that, a dream.
So now I sit in the porch and smoke my pipe, listening to the laughter from the village pub and think of all the dragons I didn’t get to slay.....whilst fiddling with my ring. |
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I always and still would wanna be a superhero and help people. I still try to get bitten by as many spiders as I can and experiment with gamma radiation on the off chance.
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Who said I'm grown up?
I still play with cars, still paint, draw & color in, still play music, still play with ponies, still play on my bike, still climb trees, still dance, sing & shout, still go on the slides, still basically do what ever i takes the notion to do... I'm not growing up
Other than owning a riding school/trek centre which I haven't got yet...I didn't have any.
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Wanted to be a hairdresser, trained became fully qualified but gave it up not long after as realised it was more of a hobby.
I also remember thinking I would be retired by the time I was 40..... 
Alice x |
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I wanted to be a boxer or a hairdresser.
I did pretty well in the ring.
I regret not taking hairdressing more serious as id love to do that now.
Id be everyones best frined right now lol
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"I wanted to be a Disney princess and Marry Prince Charming.
I'm not joking 
You just thought of it all wrong...go work at Disney as a princess & marry the prince....easy peasy "
Damn if only I'd thought of that 25 years ago |
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"I wanted to be a Disney princess and Marry Prince Charming.
I'm not joking
You just thought of it all wrong...go work at Disney as a princess & marry the prince....easy peasy
Damn if only I'd thought of that 25 years ago "
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