new years resolutions

[presto]

so come on, what resolution will you lot be making (and probably be braking by mid january :) ).

for me:
give up smoking - a nasty little habbit, i gave up in november / december for about 3 weeks and found it quite easy. but having a few decks of duty free lying about the place wasn't ideal :mover

socialise more - i have become a right boring git as of late, so go out more - but go a little easier on the drink, and only have moderate (as opposed to monster) binge drinking sessions.

get in shape - sitting on your :butthead: does wonders for a beer belly. i am no health freak, but i know i should do more for my health.

betting - continue to improve / learn. stay diciplined and start to kick ass in poker.

find a nice girl :hearty (or 2 :D )

[tophatter]

My resolution is the same as it is every year.

Try to ensure this time next year I am in a position at least no worse than Im in now and preferably better. That counts in all aspects of my life.

[bigcumba]

Lose weight. More than anything this is what I need to do. At 20 stone 7 I really feel it in the old knees and hips sometimes,plus being out of breath just walking up 2 flights of stairs. And given my family history on my mums side I should have started sorting this sooner - her 1st heart attack at 39, 4th and fatal one at 53. I only hope I have more of my genetic make up from my dad's side - still fit at 70, and his parents both made it to 88. We'll see.... giving up pizza, curries, Chinese, and red meat ain't going to be easy.

[peza2605]

giving up smoking,stop callin the wife the dragon, qualifying for the wsop,to enjoy the summer sunshine(if we have any), to make money and most important all




find out what the hell "pon the replay" means.:doh

[Win2Win]

To start a racing forum where friendly people can meet up, and talk about the days racing, have chats, become friends........alas, this may be too much to ask, the one I have now is full of grumpy buggers :laugh :laugh

[John]

Follow in Presto's footsteps for NYR's. :)

Socialise more - I would love to socialise more but I'm usually too tired to go out. Not getting enough sleep doesn't help either. So that's get earlier nights, and thus be more active to go out...

Get in shape - I really should join the gym. Though I've said I will for the last 3 years and haven't yet.

Betting - interesting one this, isn't it? Can only bet on weekends because I don't have access at work. Rather than follow a system that requires daily dedication (that I obviously can't give) I might re-kickstart my method bets (football being priority).

Find a nice girl - one with a nice personality, good dress sense, good looks, who is original and different.

Bless me.

[sparkyminer]

Stopped smoking last year and stuck to it. I only smoked cigars but I was glad I did it.
This year's resolution is to get down to 16 stone. BigC I was 21 stone when I got back off holiday, I'm now 17.5, well I was before christmas intervened.:yikes: :rolleyes:

[wb]

1.
Get fit again. I have always been into Wado-Ryu (Karate) and Kendo (Japanese Sword Fighting) but the past six months, I have kind of fallen out of training a bit, and dont feel as good.

2.
Improve my gambling bank balance. I want to spend more time on both win2win and my own systems etc. And would like to at least double the bank of one of my own systems (I will be investing some money in it in January)

3.
Learn to make a new meal every week. I tried this last year, and it worked for a while, then I got lazy. The idea being, if you keep it up, you will know how to cook 52 new dishes by next year, which would be fantastic, as I love cooking my own food. May also make for a nice thread:)

4.
Be more charatible

[peza2605]

john, how old are you and are you rich??? if you answer both questions right you can buy my daughter...

[John]

:laugh :laugh

Peza, I'm a nice person, the sort of boy you'd love your daughter to bring home. :D

I'm 20, 21 in less than a month. :yikes:

As for being rich, money can't buy you happiness. :wink

[peza2605]

ohhhhhhhhhhh so close....

[John]

"So close, but he tried REALLY hard" :laugh

[bigcumba]

john, how old are you and are you rich??? if you answer both questions right you can buy my daughter...

I'm 43 and rich in life's experiences... and don't let a little thing like my wife worry you... :laugh

[mathare]

I VERY rarely make new year's resolutions but this year I have decided to get things in order and finish all the spreadsheets I have started or designed mentally. I have a lot of good work half-done or just in my head and I must find the dedication to get it all done.

I have started down that route today by going back through all my lays and adding in the SP so I have accurate overlay figures. Only another 7973 to go...

[peza2605]

I'm 43 and rich in life's experiences... and don't let a little thing like my wife worry you... :laugh

SOLD!, im sure youll be rich soon! as for the wife she can keep my wife company while i play poker!

[MarcusMel]

I'm going to be 50

This year.

Do my best at looking after me Dad.

[MarcusMel]

PS I am single, I am going to be rich and people who know me say I'm nice but I don't belive that.

[TheOldhamWhisper]

At exactly midnight, I lit up a fag, poured myself a JD, started a poker tourney and said ::swear it. That's that over for another year :laugh

[peza2605]

rebecca wants to know what car do you drive. are you ugly.and what job do you have???????????????????????????????????????

[bigcumba]

rebecca wants to know what car do you drive. are you ugly.and what job do you have???????????????????????????????????????

a Suzuki 125 scooter, yes, and Biomedical Scientist.

And if you weren't actually asking me, I wasn't answering you :laugh

[MarcusMel]

rebecca wants to know what car do you drive. are you ugly.and what job do you have???????????????????????????????????????

What and have the Taxman find out too?:yikes: :laugh: Carpe Deium

[susanwells]

Big C you KNOW you have to lose weight and get a check.. go to the doc and get a blood pressure, cholesterol etc check.. with your mother`s medical history you HAVE TO.. and a really bad one like that cancels out some of the positive genes on your father`s side. You know this really. it`s easy to go into denial and say, oh well, I expect I have inherited my Dad``s genes..
I took my husband1s BP about 18 months ago with a home machine.. I tok it six times over a yweek then sent him to the Doc.. he had all the checks, he was told to lose a stone, which he did, put on 2 sorts of tablets, inckuding statins, and told to walk a mile a day.. which he more or less does...
He went back just before Christmas for one of his checks and the doc told him he was so pleased with all the results that if he didn`t get run over by a bus he would live till 90.... so it is worth doing something. You can do something. You are going to do something. But don`t try without help or incentive .. get the GP on side.
We need you on the forum Big C. Now tell me when you have made that appointment.
SUSAN`S NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. TO NAG BIG C UNTIL HE GOES TO GET HIS HEART CHECK.:hearty

[bigcumba]

Thanks for your concern Susan:) I do get my BP checked regularly anyway as it was high when I was in my 20's, but that was down to the booze at the time - it's been normal now for years. I don't drink anything like as often as I did then, though I do have the odd blowout at a concert. My cholesterol is OK, could be slightly lower, but not too bad. I will get the weight off, as I'd love to get back to Iceland at some time in the next few years, and can't be doing all that walking if I'm this overweight!

[susanwells]

No, but you could lose a bit and then the walking would help you lose a lot more and get fitter.... :hearty

[Win2Win]

You can lose pounds in one day Big C.........I'm sure I have Tommo's number somewhere :laugh

[bigcumba]

You can lose pounds in one day Big C.........I'm sure I have Tommo's number somewhere :laugh

I'll be needing that as I'm suffering from Vegy withdrawal symptoms.... actually I should maybe rephrase that!

[susanwells]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

[John]

PS I am single, I am going to be rich

Cutting the "going to be rich" bit a bit fine at 50 aren't ya? :D

[MarcusMel]

Cutting the "going to be rich" bit a bit fine at 50 aren't ya? :D

Never really cared about money in the first place you young upstart:D The important point is that now I have focused my somewhat scatterbrained puzzle solving approach to life it will happen wether I like it or not! :doh

Money is only a tool to get to the next stage of the things I would like to do.

[podtog]

Discipline, my biggest downfall, reckon Id be light years ahead of where I am now if I,d mastered that little act. Trouble is Im going to have to totally change my lifestyle to have any kind of discipline in my life, should say the discipline to be able to sleep at regular hours and not stay up to Daft O,Clock in the morning nearly all the time, it throws your focus out of the window.

[mathare]

I will get the weight off, as I'd love to get back to Iceland at some time in the next few years, and can't be doing all that walking if I'm this overweight!You can order from them online now BigC and they will deliver all those buy 1 get 1 free ready meals and ice creams to your house :)

[Huggy2000]

Broke both of mine :( Still smoking and haven't spent a single minute writing my bestseller.

There's always tomorrow though :)

[susanwells]

If you say that you will never write a bestseller... and I should know. :hearty

[John]

Get in shape - I really should join the gym. Though I've said I will for the last 3 years and haven't yet.

Well, I have now! :spinning

:sheepy

[wb]

1.
Get fit again. I have always been into Wado-Ryu (Karate) and Kendo (Japanese Sword Fighting) but the past six months, I have kind of fallen out of training a bit, and dont feel as good.

2.
Improve my gambling bank balance. I want to spend more time on both win2win and my own systems etc. And would like to at least double the bank of one of my own systems (I will be investing some money in it in January)

3.
Learn to make a new meal every week. I tried this last year, and it worked for a while, then I got lazy. The idea being, if you keep it up, you will know how to cook 52 new dishes by next year, which would be fantastic, as I love cooking my own food. May also make for a nice thread:)

4.
Be more charatible

1. Not Done :(

2. Done :)

3. Done for about a month :(

4. Done :)

[presto]

so come on, what resolution will you lot be making (and probably be braking by mid january :) ).

for me:
give up smoking - a nasty little habbit, i gave up in november / december for about 3 weeks and found it quite easy. but having a few decks of duty free lying about the place wasn't ideal :mover
- still not done :(

socialise more - i have become a right boring git as of late, so go out more - but go a little easier on the drink, and only have moderate (as opposed to monster) binge drinking sessions.
still a un-sociable misrable hermit :(

get in shape - sitting on your :butthead: does wonders for a beer belly. i am no health freak, but i know i should do more for my health.
started eating healthier, a bit of boxing, and 10 miles a day on the exercise bike - still a fat git, but must have lost at least a stone in the past few weeks, and am getting healthier :)

betting - continue to improve / learn. stay diciplined and start to kick ass in poker.
i still am learning, poker isn't much better and i don't play so much now :mover

find a nice girl :hearty (or 2 :D )
all quiet on the western front :(

[wb]

Thought I'd drag this up to see how we are all doing :)

Me?


1.
Get fit again. I have always been into Wado-Ryu (Karate) and Kendo (Japanese Sword Fighting) but the past six months, I have kind of fallen out of training a bit, and dont feel as good.

NOPE

2.
Improve my gambling bank balance. I want to spend more time on both win2win and my own systems etc. And would like to at least double the bank of one of my own systems (I will be investing some money in it in January)

DONE


3.
Learn to make a new meal every week. I tried this last year, and it worked for a while, then I got lazy. The idea being, if you keep it up, you will know how to cook 52 new dishes by next year, which would be fantastic, as I love cooking my own food. May also make for a nice thread

NOPE

4.
Be more charatible

DONE

[presto]

was wondering how this popped up - still the same for me.

[Win2Win]

Not sure you are right about 4.....I haven't received any extra cheques from you :D

[wb]

1.
Get fit again. I have always been into Wado-Ryu (Karate) and Kendo (Japanese Sword Fighting) but the past six months, I have kind of fallen out of training a bit, and dont feel as good.

2.
Improve my gambling bank balance. I want to spend more time on both win2win and my own systems etc. And would like to at least double the bank of one of my own systems (I will be investing some money in it in January)

3.
Learn to make a new meal every week. I tried this last year, and it worked for a while, then I got lazy. The idea being, if you keep it up, you will know how to cook 52 new dishes by next year, which would be fantastic, as I love cooking my own food. May also make for a nice thread:)

4.
Be more charatible

1. Not done :(
2. Done :)
3. Not done :(
4. Done :)

[mathare]

1. Not done :(
2. Done :)
3. Not done :(
4. Done :)Nothing changed since you posted about this yesterday then? :doh

[peza2605]

ive found out what "pon de replay means.

broke all the others.

still havent sold the daughter!

[Littlegaz]

Nothing changed since you posted about this yesterday then? :doh
Don't listen to him Wayne! Can't wait for tomorrow's post now :D

[wb]

Nothing changed since you posted about this yesterday then? :doh

:splapme

Way too much wine yesterday means I don't even remember posting that :laugh

[bigcumba]

Lose weight. More than anything this is what I need to do. At 20 stone 7.

erm.... I haven't put any weight on.... :rolleyes:

[presto]

so come on then, anyone actually remember there commitment's last year, let alone bother with them :rolleyes:

[presto]

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR 2007

- continue to improve betting.
- play more poker.
- master card counting,
- hit a 180 ;fire
- shag at least 4 women :D .
- continue on the healthy lifestyle stuff.
- start boxing.
- have more fun.

[John]

I've done the one thing I've been meaning to do for three years and I'm pretty happy I did that - join a gym.

Still looking for Mrs John though. :(

[John]

2007


+ Gain at least a stone in weight (hitting 10 stone would be nice)
+ Get a girlfriend (repeat of 2006)
+ Become more motivated
+ Become less stressed/worried about things that don't really matter
+ Shag at least 5 women. :laugh

[presto]

:laugh

- make that 6 then :D

[John]

My sister got me a t-shirt from Camden Market for Christmas with CALIFORNIA GIGOLO written on it with a picture of some retro dude in a suit. I love it. :D

You checked your PM's?

[presto]

read the first line and still deciding if i should satisfy my curiosity, or leave it a suprise :doh

just don't go standing too long on street corners with that t-shirt on :yikes:

[John]

I'll post a picture of the t-shirt when I'm back in Sheffield!

Don't satisfy your curiosity, you only have, what, less than 20 hours to wait... you can (try and) sleep for a third, and have a workout, eat, by then you'll be saying "might as well just wait and watch it now" and you'll be hooked. :)

[vegyjones]

Shag just 1 woman! :D

[GlosRFC]

WANTED FOR 2007: A tall, slim girl with good
reputation, well-educated, who can cook frogs
legs, who loves & appreciates a good fuc-
schia garden, classical music, shopping, & tal-
king without getting too serious.









But please read only lines 1,3 & 5 :laugh

[peza2605]

:laugh superb stuff glos.

[mathare]

I VERY rarely make new year's resolutions but this year I have decided to get things in order and finish all the spreadsheets I have started or designed mentally. I have a lot of good work half-done or just in my head and I must find the dedication to get it all done.OK, I didn't do it this year so I may as well carry it over into 2007. My mind is still packed with good ideas and my hard drive similarly packed with half-finished spreadsheets for some of those ideas. If I can get the back of the two or three biggest broken in 2007 I will be happy.

[sparkyminer]

I lost most of the weight but during the last 8 weeks I've put a not inconsiderable amount back on due to not playing or training.:butthead:
I played yesterday but it's still not right.:( Another visit to the quacks methinks.:yikes:

[piggy]

just 3
finish my website
finish my book/script
still be alive this time next year

[Onlyforfun]

Drink more
Be more rude to people who annoy me
Be more opinionated
Eat more red meat
Do less work for more money
:D

[Win2Win]

Make myself better than perfect! :D

[peza2605]

to survive the plane journeys to alicante and back.:geek

[GlosRFC]

Make myself better than perfect! :D

Broken that one already then, huh? :laugh

[vegyjones]

just 3
finish my website
finish my book/script
still be alive this time next year

I assume 1 out of 3 is still on the cards. How about the other 2 piggy? :laugh

[presto]

for 2007
- continue to improve betting.
- play more poker.
- master card counting,
- hit a 180
- shag at least 4 women .
- continue on the healthy lifestyle stuff.
- start boxing.
- have more fun.

so what happened :rolleyes:

- continue to improve betting.
had a pretty bad year, however learnt a few new things.

- play more poker.
actually played bugger all poker.

- master card counting,
actually got pretty good counting down a deck, however realised the margines were too small to bother with, and i would rarely ever play blackjack, so discontinued early.

- hit a 180
this still eludes me, now matter how many frigging darts i throw, close on many an occasion.

- shag at least 4 women .
not even close

- continue on the healthy lifestyle stuff.
off and on.

- start boxing.
still not in shape.

- have more fun
i went out a a bit more, so i guess this gets a tick.

[presto]

so what's for 2008?

- continue to improve betting.
(as always)

- play more poker.
(got the ok to start up a weekly poker school at work, so going to see how many drunks i can fleece :) , i also prefer live poker to online.)

- hit a 180
(some time before i die)

- shag at least 4 women .

- continue on the healthy lifestyle stuff.

- have more fun.

- learn magic :)
(a mate gave me a 'magic' deck of cards for crimbo, and i learnt a few tricks which for 15 mins practice were pretty impressive.)

so pretty much the same as every year.

[peza2605]

to survive the plane journeys to alicante and back.:geek


made it.:thumbs

2008

go to alicante again in november.(i hope)

get my debts down a bit more.

bike it from walsall to llangollen in the summer. (along the canal towpath as its flat that way.)

take in at least one fc united match.

relax more on my rare days off.

try to stop dreaming/thinking of er...things(easier said than done)......

.....which in turn will make me happier.

take part in the joint effort EVERY day so at least im doing something about horse racing on here.

win the lottery.

support liverpool in the european cup final this season..ok theres more chance of the one above happening:D

[Onlyforfun]

To do exactly the opposite of what Government departments and quangoes advise.

Starting with when they came out with "don't drink too much at New Year" - I got more hammered than I have all year!

When I woke up I had 2 sausage and egg (both fried) sandwiches on white bread, loads of butter and plenty salt.

And as for "your money is safe in the bank" - I resolve only to have debts with the banks, any credit will be in Betfair and gold.

I might even take up smoking again....

[piggy]

my dog stamford the staffy's new year resolutions

12. I will not eat other animals' poop.

11. I will not lick my human's face after eating animal poop.

10. I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table.

9. My head does not belong in the refrigerator.

8. I will no longer be beholden to the sound of the can opener.

7. Come to understand that cats are from Venus; dogs are from Mars.

6.Take time from busy schedule to stop and smell the behinds.

5.Get a bite in on that freak who gives me that shot every year.

4.Grow opposable thumb; break into pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is *too* much.

3. January 1st: Kill the sock! Must kill the sock!
January 2nd - December 31: Re-live victory over the sock.

2. The dustbin man is NOT stealing our stuff.

1. I will NOT chase the stick until I see it LEAVE THE IDIOT'S HAND

[Jonny2621]

Get a Porsche or Audi R8 :thumbs

[peza2605]

new one from me ...see united beat west :censored: ham.:mad:

[davidsteel]

new one from me ...see united beat west :censored: ham.:mad:

It gonna happen mate:thumbs

[Jonny2621]

new one from me ...see united beat west :censored: ham.:mad:

now now let's not get silly....:D