[Misc] What were YOU like at 18?

[Herr Tubthumper]

Footballing ability aside, I find Ewan Ferguson’s level of maturity and confident but relaxed demeanor quite staggering especially for an 18 year old and especially in his position.

I have come across other similar youngsters (in completely different walks of life) who match the outlook and attitude of Ferguson but it still amazes me when I compare myself at this age. I’d broadly hatched a plan to move to London but this was it…I was still very wet behind the ears back then.

How about you? What were you like at his age?

 

[Knocky's Nose]

I was a walking lager-fuelled boner who knew nothing about the world after leaving an education system which taught me nothing about the world.

I'd love to time travel back to meet my 18 year old self, sit him down, then explain how the world works. He'd have listened, too.

As for Evan, he's probably shown outrageous talent since he was a small child and has been schooled intensively for the life he was about to live, and is now living. Good on him.

 

[DavidRyder]

Terrible dress sense, unattractive to the ladies, virgin.

 

[Mr H]

Liked the ladies, liked a drink, loved football and a bit of a rascal. Nothing's changed really apart from the ladies - it's a case of "the mind is willing but the flesh is weak". It was 64 years ago!!

 

[WATFORD zero]

There's nothing quite as satisfying as fixturing a long standing NSCer

He's 18

 

[scooter1]

I was probably a bit of a dick head, not a lot has changed really....

 

[Stat Brother]

Halfway through 3 and a bit years of drunkenly mourning the death of my father in bad clothes with phenomenal hair just poorly styled.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

There's nothing quite as satisfying as fixturing a long standing NSCer

He's 18

Ooooops. I missed this. Maybe a mod can merge or delete this thread?

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

I was God's gift to women and made sure to share that gift as much as possible. In my waking hours I was a bit of pratt.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Mostly stoned or drunk during my first year at Uni doing barely enough to pass.

 

[1066familyman]

Fixtures.

 

[wunt be druv]

A gobby, pugnacious tosser who thought he knew everything....I haven't changed much..

 

[Swansman]

I was super-f***ing-good.

Coaching a football team, partying, talking long walks (hours and hours) to visit abandoned houses, making money through writing about football, had a very hot girlfriend (my first, and I was useless in that regard...), had a band, did a lot of creative things.

Not a worry in the world and completely disinterested in how things worked in "normal" society meaning it was literally impossible for me to feel embarrassed or have any limits to how I functioned. Fully free.

If I had continued on the path I was on when I was 18 I would have ruled the world today. But I smoked it all away instead... it is what it is.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Fixtures.

This has already been pointed out……does this mean I can “fixture” you?

 

[1066familyman]

I was super-f***ing-good.

Coaching a football team, partying, talking long walks (hours and hours) to visit abandoned houses, making money through writing about football, had a very hot girlfriend (my first, and I was useless in that regard...), had a band, did a lot of creative things.

Not a worry in the world and completely disinterested in how things worked in "normal" society meaning it was literally impossible for me to feel embarrassed or have any limits to how I functioned. Fully free.

If I had continued on the path I was on when I was 18 I would have ruled the world today. But I smoked it all away instead... it is what it is.

...And you are where you are.

 

[schmunk]

Terrible dress sense, unattractive to the ladies, virgin.

...and what about when you were 18?

 

[Boroseagull]

Well that was 1964....an awful long time ago. I was a police cadet in the, now defunct, East Sussex force stationed either at HQ's or at the also defunct (I believe) West Street station in Lewes. As a reasonably good goalkeeper, even as a cadet I represented the force team in inter-force games around the south of England. In my private life I was a biker riding a Velocette Venom 500cc and had a steady girlfriend (until she dumped me). Enjoyed the Rolling Stones at Hove Town Hall (the original one), The Beatles and all the other wonderful 60's music at either the Hippodrome or the Essoldo.

 

[Comrade Sam]

A drunken prick.

 

[Icy Gull]

Spent most of my time wondering when I could next get stoned and didn’t care how much time I spent making sure I could get some dope, I enjoyed it … took me at least 5 more years to grow up

 

[Dun Lurkin]

I was conducting buses from Brighton to Littlehampton (Southdown no 31) and local services 13/15 (Coldean and Mile Oak) a temporary job after leaving school, whilst waiting for an ear operation before taking up my career in banking. After one shift had my first 5 pint session (in an hour, Flowers Keg). My companion who had consumed the same amount then drove me home! Got engaged to my girlfriend of 3 years, who became my wife, and been married now for 54 years.