well....
When I was about 9 way back in the late 80s, I happened upon a nice £5 note on the way home. May not seem much now, but to a 9 year old in the 80s, it was a big deal.

Oddly, Instead of buying armfuls of he-man jelly sweets, or lego, I spent most of it on a portable case of office stationary stuff - a really sleek looking black box with mini stapler, glue scissors and stuff.... I still don't know why.

When I was about twelve, I went on a school trip to Swanage... On a beach, I went off on my own, walking along all the piles of slate lying by the sand, and found a large piece (about 12 inches by 18 inches) with about 10 ammonite fossils on. That was pretty damn cool...
( theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:30, Reply)