Sue has left to me the Prudential welfare officer which is a shame because Sue's a good laugh but is great because her replacement is Mandy. I am joyously happy!!
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My plaster being removed is a great feeling until I get a whiff of the stink of it.
Tonight go to a disco at Habitat's canteen with Perce and Rob the prat. Most of the kids there are the sort of louts you see playing the video machine in the Chinese takeaway. Also there is Gally from school. Gally used to be skinny and ugly but now he looks like a film star. There's hope for us all.
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Have to go to Greame's christening in Chatham. We get there early so Rob and me take a wander to The Ordinary Fellow for a quick one.
Christenings are a hypocritical farce. There are six noisy kids being Christened and none of them will be back in church 'till their wedding day.
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I am making toast undedr the grill but forget about it and the grill wasn't cleaned from having chops last Friday so I manage to set the oven on fire.
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I have a row with mum who is moaning because I borrow the car but never offer any money towards servicing and stuff. I say I do offer but dad never accepts and mum says I should insist!
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Laz drives us round a few pubs then we end up in Wally High Street for an Indian. I have a madras which is really hot.
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We spend most of Sunday at The White Hart but when we run out of money we go tom the Knight to cash cheques. Drover says he doesn't mind where we spend our money but he's a little more fussy where we spens his.
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I'm having physio on my ankle and it's going well except the lady keeps calling me John.
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I have my first training session and at the pub afterwards Vinkie says I'm not ready for a match because I was shite. I tell him I'm recovering from a broken ankle whereas he's always shite. (Later apologise.)
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Go with Michael to Highbury to see the first game of the season and Charlie Nicholas's debut. Arsenal win 2-1 and Charlie is the new hero of the North Bank.
Tonight I go to a party in Benson with Laz, Bones and Boring Paul. The party is full of kids so we go to Rivers, (Paul stays at the party to try and pull a fifteen year old.) We get chatting to a couple of girls but Laz and Bones are getting on best with them so, Captain Oakes style, I walk out and go home.
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Make my impressive return for the Norman Knight, only letting in four goals against Brightwell Red Lion. | 