Thank you, thank you and thank you again. For giving the team and fans hope in those dark Gillingham days, for making the football entertaining to watch, and for giving your all each and every time you took to the pitch.
Good luck in whatever you do.
I was also bullied at school, and it's true - it's particularly vicious when it's a case of girls bullying other girls.
When I look back on that time, I so wish that I'd had the inner confidence not to have succumbed to the 'victim' mentality. By that I do NOT mean that I wish I'd thumped the...
When my friend was eight months pregnant, she got on a busy commuter train and ended up standing next to a three-facing-three seat section. Five of the seats were taken up by men, with a woman in the sixth, in the far corner. Eventually this woman looked up, exclaimed, and asked if my friend...
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The Marais is a lovely area, Montmartre OK if you don't mind the tourists, the area around Gare du Nord is pretty ropy. The Latin Quarter is always a good place to stay if it's your first time in Paris.
As for transport -...
I used to work for a big publishing company (about 2000 employees). One day an email appeared in everyone's inbox from an employee who none of us had ever heard of. I started reading it, realised she must have hit the wrong button, and laughed at how embarrassed she must have been at doing so -...
Fabio Casartelli, age 24, team mate of Lance Armstrong, died following a crash on a mountain descent in the 1995 Tour de France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Casartelli
I've heard that acupuncture is very effective with carpal tunnel. Could be worth a try, particularly if it means you'd be able to avoid an operation. (But see your doctor as well.)