the solstice

we had that one

yeah I think it was on last year but there there wasn't that all that he kept going on about was the darkness and (pause) you know what (NAME)'s (unclear) like he was moaning every five minutes

(unclear) sleeping sleeping (pause) patterns and stuff like that

ah yeah he slept he slept (unclear)

well the first one I saw was (pause) the basketball one

well yeah (pause) stayed awake for like

(unclear)

like three or four days because it was like light

(unclear) is that when it's light all the time yeah

aye I thought it was really good (pause) but eh

so it's like sort of half a year gone now s s from

supposedly I think so aye (laughter)

the summer solstice to the winter

(laughter) I just think it was dead funny hibernating and all he comes downstairs (laughter) that's the (unclear) it's weird (pause) eh (pause) what did you do last night I never saw you (unclear)

tore my hair out (pause) all night

why

just thinking

about what

everything (pause) life

ah (pause) my God you philosopher oh I didn't have that problem I was training last night (pause) so I'm a bit sore today it was eh two hours and I got wrong (pause) again (laughter)

too aggressive

yeah just like school I'm always getting wrong (pause) eh (pause) had to go to see him afterwards as well for eh an informal chat (pause) because he was looking at the records and he said I like I haven't been there (pause) very much (pause) and then I told him I wouldn't be there next week because I've got parents' evening it was like (pause) 'tut tut tut tut oh (NAME) what are we going to do with you wasting it' he says he's trying to get us to take a class for him (pause) I'm not too keen on it (pause) I couldn't be bothered (pause) I mean five year olds asking me for help and that (laughter)

(unclear) not be paid for it

I don't know you see eh (pause) (NAME) just took over a class two two weeks ago (pause) and the one they landed him with was a real (pause) dead beat class he had to pay money out on his first day (pause) because he only got about four or five (pause) students and the money he got from them didn't even cover hiring the hall (laughter)

so you're given all the responsibility of the fees and everything

mm-hm it'll be dumped on me see don't think I wouldn't get done if because we'd be keeping the books because they've got an accountant for that (pause) I've just got to hand them over to him see (pause) I'd be in charge of (unclear)

I wouldn't do it

I know

it's a liability (unclear)

I says (pause) 'so if anything goes I'll be up for flack' (pause) (unclear) like so I'm covered by insurance he says 'no you're not eighteen' I says well if someone breaks their leg I get the flack for it (pause) like it's a contact sport someone's bound to get hurt once in (pause) a while so I says 'no no thanks' so (pause) definitely in his bad books now I've got to go away for a week with him as well (laughter)

what (pause) training over summer

aye I've got to train over summer yeah

so you're definitely definitely going

no I didn't want to I didn't want to go (pause) but eh

your dad forced you

you know (pause) it's been basically decided for us (pause) again

by your parents

yeah eh my mam's dead keen on going she thinks it's a great laugh

what does she do (laughter) like

oh she'll just sit and talk to the other mums (interruption) I go out there and eh

(laughter) loads of (unclear) all the time

sweat (pause) yeah sweat to death for two hours in the morning two hours at (laughter) night and run about during the day I'm I'm exhausted by the end of the week (pause) (unclear)

is that (unclear) (pause) is that (pause) all the organisation just two hours' training in the morning and two in the

two hours' training on the morning (pause) they usually or you've usually got the day to yourself (pause) then at night time you've got another two hours but on certain days of the week you've got like (pause) they do cross country runs or they do (pause) training down on the beach or you go for swims and ugh I'm an exhausted student they keep forgetting this I need to recuperate over these six weeks not push my body to its limits (pause) like I did last year (pause) I nearly broke my arm (laughter) (pause) so what you doing this summer

don't know

geography project

ah yeah

aye (unclear)

although I think we're going to be loaded down with eh (pause) loads of maths as well about three or four projects of maths

over the one holiday

uh-huh

told you you shouldn't have took that last year

there's three different teachers

three different teachers and they all give you (unclear)

all expecting their work done

so they don't like (pause) do they not (pause) just talk to each other say well 'I'm giving him homework this week'

no not really well I mean we've got (pause) two of the teachers are giving us our (pause) big tests next week and (pause) the other one (pause) doesn't really (pause) make any allowances for it

well I'm glad I didn't do maths (pause) I couldn't be chewed with it (pause) chemistry's quite good like that because eh you don't get tests or nothing like that (pause) you get a like little tests (pause) every couple of weeks (pause) you know what we've done but not like you do maths (pause) I don't get by far the (pause) amount of work you've got to do actually I've only really take two and a half A levels (pause) that (pause) all I get is my notes they say 'learn your notes you'll be fine' answer some questions through the week and that's it (pause) it's a doddle (pause) I you wouldn't think that from my exam but (pause) (laughter) eeh you know eh (NAME) the you know her that always late

uh-huh

he got (pause) he

she was late again today

he got really chewed with her (pause) yesterday (pause) sh

is she late for every lesson

she's l she comes in about three (unclear) like lessons like (unclear) chemistry

mm-hm

she came at three o'clock thinking 'hunky dory I'm going to be fine' he said 'well if you we're getting fantastic exam marks I wouldn't mind but you're not'

(laughter)

'I want you here on time (pause) every lesson' me and (NAME) were in hysterics at (laughter) the back of the class because he kept going 'what did you get then for your exam (NAME) what's on your report' dead l dead funny couldn't believe it (laughter) just really laugh at her all the time you know when you get the little model kits (laughter) sitting making them yesterday models of the like the like the compounds and that

yeah

you know like methane you've got like carbon in the middle and four hydrogens around it

(unclear)

you get these precise little models in chemistry had to sit and had to sit and make them yesterday (laughter)

why

because you're doing eh optical isomerism (pause) you take methane (pause) and you put it there and and you say a mirror's there and you put it there it reflects itself (pause) and that's it so you got you got all the compounds out (pause) and you look at them like that (pause) seeing whether you can superimpose them on each other (pause) it's really complicated stuff (laughter)

waste of time

aye I know that's what I thought (pause) I can just learn enough we thought it was a good laugh though because it gets a bit monotonous chemistry I think it's just every lesson we get like notes given to we

so you didn't have to stre stretch your brain (pause) mentally or (unclear)

mm mm understanding some of the stuff's quite hard (pause) but that's about it and it's learning it's what I hate especially organic (pause) I'm going to hate that next year and I don't get any lessons of it but eh it's memorizing reactions (pause) 'three six eight five plus blah blah blah gives you this this this' and you've got to have the conditions and you've got arrows everywhere (pause) ah (pause) I had one the other day it was like that long had like chain of arrows moving like that there's like (pause) no words in it (pause) like (pause) 'thirty one C twelve and blah blah blah blah blah' like that all the way through

lots of compositions (unclear)

yeah over the exam (pause) I realized just how hard it was (laughter) (pause) just looking at it and going (laughter) 'oh my God' like that's it there (unclear) at us I've got to learn all that and there's nothing there I can just cross off it that's not that important (pause) because I've got to do (unclear)

is it not is there not like a few rules and then you learn those rules

physical there is

with a few exceptions

physical's all just applying stuff that you've learnt that's really quick that's much easier really I think but organic's just learn learn learn learn learn (pause) all the time

sh you would think there'd be rules behind everything

oh well they've got like

there would be like (pause) tendency for the (interruption) (unclear)

yeah th that's you've got that but what all you do is like you get a reaction of say between you know dehydration and (unclear) give you a (unclear)

mm-hm them sort of things

but then you just apply it to all of them

mm-hm

that's what I mean like you don't have to learn like every single one (pause) for that like because there's like thousands of carbon chains and that but like that's it that's the basic thing is you just learn the principles of one reaction

yeah

there's that many reactions to learn (pause) there's like ten ways you can make ha eh (unclear) from an alcohol (pause) because there's loads of halogen cabinets so you got to learn all of them you think I'l just learn one (pause) (laughter)

totally lost us (laughter)

(laughter) well that's what I mean like like (NAME) in the exam he he said to me 'I' like he came to my house and said eh 'oh I've just done this' and he showed us he'd picked one reaction for each stage we'd done in chemistry

mm

like out of about ten (pause) and 'I'm just learning that' (pause) he said that's the way of preparing it (pause) but in w in the exam they'll say 'prepare such and such by this method' so you they give you the name it's lots of work

yeah

lots of learning that's about it though (pause) I get rest of the the term off (laughter) apart from homework (pause) it's not like maths where you just slog slog slog slog slog (laughter) I've seen your folder that's all yous ever do

yeah I'm on my third maths folder just keep

third maths folder

filling them and putting them to the side and come back to them later for revision

Jesus I think I've eh (unclear) (pause) got the bigger folders for all my subjects now because they're getting about half full (interruption) to full

no I'm just going to take the stuff that I'm not doing at that point in time and put it in s another smaller folder

that's what I was going to do (interruption) but knowing me (unclear)

you see because if I lost a big folder with (pause) two years work in it I'd be pretty cheesed off (laughter)

well I was going to do that but eh I've got like eh my house is just cluttered with folders at the minute (pause) got my folders all over my desk and underneath it (interruption) in big bags and that

got something like eight or something ten just lying there with (interruption) work to be done (laughter)

my mam keeps my mam keeps getting us and saying 'are you going to shift these folders or what' I say 'no they're important' and saying 'no you haven't looked' and there's dust

you should have a shelf

there's dust shelves are full of books man (laughter) they're not work books my drawers are full

your mam's (pause) romantic books

oh yeah God I remember when she asked me if she could put them in my room

(unclear)

because I've got like this one bookshelf I don't use I've just got that's cluttered with papers now and she says 'can I put my books in there' so all my friends go in my room and see all these dead romantic books on the wall I says 'can you imagine my life at school the next day' like (pause) oh what a (unclear) (laughter) no way man (laughter)

so where does she put them now it seemed pretty full

I think she's got them under her bed I says 'well can we not just throw them out'

I know and (unclear) (interruption) must have read them

'you've read them all' she said 'no' I'm going to burn them next bonfire night she'll not know I'll just I'll just take (pause) a big stack and take them outside the house (interruption) (unclear)

does she read them again

no she reads everything once it does my head in she's got like books books books all over the house she just reads them once I think what's wrong (pause) she said 'throw them out no I paid for them' 'well can't you just throw them' 'no' so we just going to like have a big collection you know she says 'yes' I said 'eeh there's no talking to you' eh do you get on with your mam all right (pause) lately

of course yes

God (unclear)

she's very eh

what's she (unclear)

nosy

no

because I did mention (NAME) to her and she (unclear)

oh (interruption) you idiot

oh no I've never heard the end of that now

I know you sh you

I don't know I don't know what made us do it

well how did you bring that out

(laughter) I don't know just so chuffed I just brought it out in

you just what you just sit there go 'oh by the way I met this lass'

every every conversation I would bring it up yeah

so (unclear)

probably my sister because she would be a nightmare

oh your sister (laughter) she might but eh (pause) you know the one who's living at home now (NAME) she was giving me mega loads of gyp when I come back because I says she says eh 'wh how many is there other like schools' I says 'aye yeah' 'is there any lasses there' I says 'yeah' she goes 'oh well mam' she goes and shouts of my mam (laughter) I'm going to tell and she says '(NAME)'s been away and there's been loads of lasses' I said 'so what does that mean like' so 'what's in your mind (NAME)' (laughter) aye she's keep she's bugging us all the time now (pause) but threatened to leave home again (pause) again

where would you go like

I don't know

what you (unclear)

I'd j it's just a threat usually sh she shuts up if I thr threaten to leave home (laughter)

why

I don't know my sister sh

so you threaten your sister

yeah

that you're going to leave home

no I s tell my mam and then sh she gets my sister to shut up

oh right I was going to say because your sister'll just keep going

oh my sister'll keep going yeah she wants rid of us her

'go on then do it do it get out'

yeah 'go on' (laughter) well that's what she says to us she says 'well what you waiting for she says I'll help you pack your stuff' I says 'well I've got exam I've got an exam tomorrow I can't just leave just yet' (interruption) she drives us nuts man because I'll I'll come in I'll be sitting working at my desk and she'll come in through the room and she she'll be nebbing about in my stuff

(laughter) mm-hm

I said 'what you doing' she says 'just looking at your work' I says 'well don't (pause) because you wouldn't understand it anyway' (laughter) she's going 'oh would I not' so I'd g the first thing I'd grab is my organic chemistry folder I just dump it in front of her and I say 'right do you understand this do you know what happens to that' (laughter) and she just goes 'well I've a there's no words here there's just like (pause) symbols' I says 'well that's what I've got to learn (pause) right do you understand it well go away' oh she's bad there's one thing I think they should ban I don't think your your older brothers or sisters should be able to come back home once they've left no if they leave they leave 'go (pause) don't come back' it's unbearable all (unclear) does all day (pause) and I always get wrong

mm-hm

she runs off and says 'mam (NAME) said this (NAME) said that' and it's '(NAME)'

at twenty one is it twenty two

she's aye I says she calls me immature she says 'you're so immature you' I says 'oh (pause) oh yeah I'm immature and you run off crying to my mam when I insult you' (laughter) she's mad eeh        (laughter)

hamster's getting better I think

your hamster

mm-hm yes

what an exciting pet

well its tail's drying off

so you didn't like O D it

wipe its bum every day

(laughter)

I know it's very drowsy now (unclear)

(laughter) it's still alive it's not like (laughter) walking about (laughter) looking stoned all day

I think it is a bit drowsy because I pick it up and it it's always going for my fingers and it but it doesn't hurt anymore just (pause) just (unclear)

just a (unclear) (laughter)

aye it can't even break the skin anymore (interruption) it falls asleep

here's my here's Mr Paw

love (unclear) I think it's addicted to the medication it keeps going 'gurr'

(laughter)

grabs the end off the syringe and won't let go

junkie hamster (laughter) eeh hey that's what my little cousin wants another hamster another one

how many's he had now then

haven't a clue a couple I know of he (unclear) he (unclear) be bothered with them though (unclear) I says you shouldn't get them you don't like look after them properly

mm

because I didn't look after mine really like I used to clean it out once every (pause) month (laughter) but (laughter) I've just remembered about it (unclear)

just when it started to smell

aye it's gnawing it was like cl climbing the bars trying to get out from the smell of its own cage I I better cage better clean the cage I think but eh

I'm going to have to clean mine out I clean it out every other day at the minute

every other day

aye (interruption) antiseptic

I used to do mine once every (pause) three days sometimes

oh I wo I wouldn't normally do that

that was about it

just once a week when it's just because it got

when I in the holidays I used to clean it out nearly every day because (pause) I used to get it out like (laughter)

(unclear) bored

used I used to put it on the floor (pause) (unclear) (pause) I used to put it in that little ball (laughter)

yeah

used to let it run round the house (laughter)

yeah they look mad in them things

until it was exhausted because I was trying get it exhausted for the night time because I I could never stop the wheel to like to get it stop squeaking

that's the good thing about my wheel

it's like everyday it was 'eek eek eek'

makes absolutely no sound

my dad used to be shouting '(NAME) will you get it off tha get it off the wheel man'

(unclear)

'don't get any sleep for it'

my old one I used to (pause) take it out and put it outside my my door bedroom door and then just shut the door (interruption) leave it on the landing

(laughter) then and aye then your sister and your mam comes out (pause) and (laughter) 'will you get that hamster back in your room or what' (interruption) mine was savage (pause) I don't know what it is all my pets have been savage

(laughter) well it depends what you get I think females are more

mm

vicious than the the males my first one was a male and it was just (pause) docile (interruption) it'd wouldn't do a anything

aye so was mine aye that's what I had it just used to sit there

I loved it because it just used to go fall asleep on you and stuff like that it was great

used to go to sleep and used to go to sleep on top of my arm

put it in your pocket

aye that was it

and then it'd still be there the next day

(laughter) didn't used to even move think 'oh what a boring pet I want another one' (laughter) 'mam I want a another one' (laughter) aye (laughter) I've had a fe I had a female one it was totally savage it used to bite us 'arrt arrt arrt' had big scars (interruption) (unclear)

my last two have been

no it is my dogs have been savage even had a I had a rabbit that was a psycho and all (laughter) must be me must be my effect on animals

remember (NAME)'s once staying over at (NAME)'s one night and he he gets his hamsters out every night and lets them run around

uh-huh

in the balls and they got them out and I was just holding one (unclear)

look at it

and it went 'phh' it attacked us and jumped on my lip it was hanging from my top lip (laughter) (unclear)

(laughter)

(unclear)

(laughter) a hamster's hanging from your lip (laughter)

yeah bleeding from the top and bottom but

(laughter) 'get it off get it off'

aye swinging it about

(laughter) (unclear) swinging about she was like 'wahay' bouncing off your lip and that well my sister's kitten did that to me she told us to pick it up (pause) so I picked it up (pause) and I turned it round and it went 'scratch' and it dug its little claws in to the side of my and it it like hooked underneath because I had these really stupid marks on my face and there was like any amount of stick from the lads (unclear) 'how'd you get that (NAME) oh I thought you were hard (unclear) have you been chinned' I said 'no no I haven't been chinned' these little marks little paw marks on my face shh cat put the dog out 'get it kill' (pause) I think eh me and my sister's trying to get to see wor former head of year you know because eh my little c my little niece got suspended (pause) just yesterday (pause) for giving wor (NAME) some gyp

your (NAME)

aye so she just 'can you not have a word with him' so I says 'no I divn't even know him now man he's not my head of year'

the head of your year

yeah he's head of year like

your

my niece

niece

yeah I think she asked for it anyway so (pause) it's all the same like

is that the one that lives on Hadrian Road

yeah

oh aye

a and my my other nephew

got a mouth on her her hasn't she

aye she has that's what I says I says 'did you like did you give him some flack'

s so's her brother (laughter)

she says I says 'did you give' she says 'I didn't say a thing' I says 'you're lying because you always talking you' he he's the frightened (unclear)

mm-hm

the only good thing is he's terrified of Storm my other Alsatian he's terrified of her so as soon as he comes down all I do is I let her into the passage 'sit there' he'll not come in the house (laughter)

never used to be that bad when I was when I used to knock around yours when I was in the first year

wh who

your that nephew

wey it's because since he's lived up there man because he's got a chip on his shoulder he's in the reefer gang (laughter) they all wear the reefer coats (laughter) there's about twenty of them that are walking along that are 'gurr (pause) gurr' (pause) and they're all about average height's about four foot two (laughter) but there's a gang of twenty of them so they think that they're like they're solid (laughter) I just laugh at them (pause) when he comes down with his friends they've got 'gurr' I says 'eh you should be careful hanging about in Benwell of a night and walking like that you could be like phew done'

I've just realized this is the eh Economics Room that's why (NAME)'s hovering outside (laughter)

(laughter) oh yeah tough (laughter)

yeah tough go and find another room

but (NAME)'s not even in is he

no

it's like so (NAME)'s coming in (pause) he only got he's like he's the only one person in economics class and he's come in

has been for the past couple of weeks

(laughter) I love that I would just wait (interruption) for another teacher

(NAME)'s coming in this afternoon he said yesterday

what for double geology

yeah I don't know

if I was going to take the week off I wouldn't come in for double geology

no he was only going to take up until Wednesday because that's when his medication's finished with and he's

ah but he thought he'd have economics off

I don't know it's totaly mad

did you watch Psycho last night

no

it was really good it was saying why he killed them and that I thought it was cushty had like these flashbacks to the original film and that (pause) yeah (pause) the bit at the top of the stairs 'swoosh swoosh' (laughter) it was cush so I'm knackered now it finished at about half past twelve last night when my dad came in (pause) from work

it was about that time I c I went to bed

so I got up and I got back up and went downstairs to see my dad (pause) asked us about training try and get some more money off him (laughter)

(laughter)

well I'm skint now

you should have a big bank account (unclear) gets

I know

money every week off him

you're joking I get money every month or something if I'm lucky actually eh the money (unclear)

have you used all the stuff that you took to Ford

no

well then ask him for more

(unclear) because I'm going to go away a couple a weeks time with that so I need some more (laughter) (pause) I says 'dad give us the money (laughter) and I I'll not s I'll leave you alone' (laughter) 'how much do you' (pause) I could con him but I I'll probably feel guilty when I get my money (laughter)

yeah

if I'll probably say like I had some school trip or something but eh I usually just ask for it now

what what

just listening to football eh that's what everyone was talking about last night the World Cup and I was sitting there virtually half asleep in the bar and eh after I got in yeah like football football football right (laughter) oh see his goal one thing that was that really came out was Leonardo's elbow (laughter)

oh yeah (unclear)

it was like was (unclear) some technique that (unclear) you know I sh I sh get on the (unclear) was going 'gurr' (laughter) (unclear) 'gurr' (laughter)

how did he do it like is is

yeah right he had the ball

just running up behind him and all of a sudden

the American grabbed a hold of him

yeah

he was virtually swinging him round the American got the ball from him kicked it away and then he still had a hold of him (pause) so like the referee came running over to give the American a yellow card

yeah

laid on him and went 'bang pow doosh'

what happened to the American then

he split aye the guy was down he had to have stitches in his head he was on the floor he had to be carried off

but he didn't get a yellow card

(laughter) he was on the floor (NAME) (laughter) give him a red card that guy was off for the rest of the game anyways well they tried to get him patched up at half time to get him back on (pause) but they didn't so they played with ten men (pause) until half time (pause) then they brought somebody else on in the second half

when was was

Brazil still won so

oh yeah

with ten men (laughter)

USA finished on ten with that thirty seven year old (pause) first time I'd seen him

who

Clavijo or something

oh aye (pause) Clavijo what a name no well

said they were all they were going for was a draw

mm-hm

yet they were going to sort of play all out for nil nil and then (pause) win it on penalties

the Americans said that

yeah (unclear) before the game

well they would do because they couldn't beat Brazil no way

I think they could if they'd if they

I divn't know (pause) I could see them doing it just because Brazil were easily the better team because you see every now and again you get the odd

yeah but

shock

they haven't played that well throughout the World Cup I don't think

mm they're still doing all right (interruption) still through

mm (unclear)

no just that when you saw the start of the game

I thought the the fact that it was a

they were making all the chances all the time

I thought the fact that it was Independence Day and it was

no I I think you can

America in their own country

get the the crowd would be psyched up but I don't think it would really affect the team if anything (interruption)

well you know what the Americans are like

I thought it might I thought it might make them play worse because they were like so hyped up playing like sloppy balls and stuff but they knew they'd get beat typical yanks man (laughter) who do you reckon's going to win the World Cup then

I'm going for the winner of the eh

so you're not going for Belgium (unclear)

(unclear) I I go for the winner of the Italy Spain game

mm (pause) no (unclear) for that

whoever wins that game will win the World Cup

I'm not going to say anything because I all my prediction (interruption) all my predictions is (unclear)

that's because I want them I always go for the teams I want not what the pundits say

all my I got all my Wimbledon ones wrong

well you got to the final didn't you (interruption) did you pick did you pick your

I got both I got both into the final but they both lost (laughter) I thought Navratilova would win the field just for (interruption) I don't know

just for old time's sake

I I just thought she would just do it because everybody wanted her to I thought like that she would because I hadn't I haven't seen the other one play that much

and you picked these right at the start of the

right at the start

well then you did well to get into the final

and I I I was I picked Goran Ivanisevic straight away because I heard he was on form and he was until the final

I would have gone for Todd Martin personally

I went well I thought about Todd Martin but at the eh he got who did he play

he was knocked out by Sampras but he he bea he'd already beaten him so I (unclear)

well that's what I thought but he w he played somebody else didn't he eh (pause) who put Agassi out

I don't know I didn't watch it (interruption) the really early ones

I can not remember but what I remember is I looked at the like the draw and I know I saw he was hit s hit hit someone else then he would play Sampras and I thought well no

yeah because you can tell can't you it's like (interruption) split into two halves and you can see

yeah you can yeah yeah yeah you can tell I says 'well if he keeps winning he's going to hit Sampras eventually that's if he gets past like this guy' can't remember the guy's name now so I thought 'no he'll not get the final' but I thought (unclear) were on his first (pause) because the men's game's too boring it's just serves that's all it is (pause) so I just watched the watch most of the the female women's Wimbledon just because the tennis is better though of course

(laughter) right

oh yes

I believe you

I got a total shock when eh Steffi Graf went out oh I couldn't believe it I thought she was going to (laughter)

there was another big upset wasn't there

eh

I don't know just just (unclear)

oh aye it's it might have been because Sabatini beat somebody she was expected to get beat (unclear)

no there was a another big one went out or did sh just the men's

that was the men's mind Stich went out straight away

oh yeah and

and Edberg he went out as well so Stich Edberg Baker Gordon they were out in the first set (unclear)

yeah (pause) the West Germans or Germans ex West Germans

Germans Germans how about that Russian guy he got seeded for his first Wimbledon eeh I thought anybody else there's no way they would have got seeded you know what I mean like yet he he hasn't won any Grand Slam tournaments

mm-hm

he's just like a up and coming star so they seeded him for his first Wimbledon ever never been done

where did he get

I think he got about he got to fourth round or something

that's quite good

yeah what about Jeremy Bates ev everyone says I was dead unpatriotic because I wanted him to lose because he's got so

who to to the Frenchman

as soon as he got on the field I wanted him to lose I thought you because he's such a big head since the last one have you heard him when he was on Channel Four's tennis club going 'oh well I'm sure I can do very well this Wimbledon' Chris eh what's he called

Bailey is it

Bailey yeah he's even what do y he says and he said 'what's the three things you need to be a good tennis player' he goes 'oh (pause) talent' 'well you haven't (laughter) got any you're not be a great tennis player are you'

(laughter)

(laughter) that's what I felt like saying (laughter) oh talent speed and determination I said well yeah I felt like saying 'you must have n have neither because I mean you're not exactly doing fantastic are you' although he's played some good matches like he's huge him

mm

he's dead big same as Ivanisevic he's about six foot something six foot five

Todd Martin's quite quite a size as well

he's more than that I thought he would have beat samp I had a feeling he might beat Sampras but I didn't know because Sampras was alw was seemed to be getting better with every match he never dropped like a set against anybody except

he did

oh he dropped one set I think that was against Todd Martin as well

that was in the whole

that was in the whole thing

championships

same as Ivanisevic he only dropped one as well

did you watch the final I didn't watch the final

I I I

what happened in the last last set (interruption) (unclear)

well I saw I saw the eh I saw most of the first one and it whoever wa was like serving was just winning

really close the first two sets because (interruption) it was the the tiebreak

yeah all it was was serve no one there wasn't a break of serve at all and then eh had two tie breaks and there was the same with the serve again but Sampras had the serve for each time like on the end shot

uh-huh

so he kept winning (pause) and Ivanisevic was just (pause) totally totally like ticked off (laughter) (pause) when he came out for eh

the third one

the third set

what happened

he was just totally demoralized he had his eh Sampras serves first

was he sort of ehm

he won the game

swinging at everything was (unclear)

yeah he was (pause) there was no focus to any of his shots he was just batting it about his he served for broke in the second game he got he got he still got loads of aces but thing

must have been broken a couple of times to lose six love

it was broken all the way through the last set it only broke at the first time that was it but that was it it was all over like two nil

(unclear)

had his eh he's had his serve broke he's never like been out served by somebody and Sampras started getting more aces and he just went 'oh to hell with it' he just give up I was going 'what you doing what you doing hit the ball back hit the ball back' (laughter) 'oh my God'

huh (laughter)

I was diving about the room throwing my work all over the floor chucking stuff at him shouting at people for no reason (pause) (laughter) 'go away I'm watching the tennis come on (pause) run' (laughter) had good odds as well (laughter) so I lost about I lost about ten quid on Wimbledon ninety four (laughter) oh sick he beat Becker as well he totally trounced Becker from the back of the court

I didn't watch

his returns were brilliant Becker's a good player got to the semis didn't he (laughter)

but I prefer players like Becker and Agassi because they can throw them a bit further

I don't like Agassi I don't think anybody likes Agassi

I don't like him but I just

eh no one likes Agassi

prefer his play (pause) the w the way he plays tennis to the way (pause) Sampras and Ivanisevic and Martin can play tennis

oh I don't like the way I don't like the way he plays I just thought he would win got like (pause) is it huddle he's the fastest server is a hundred and forty eight miles per hour

who is

Ivanisevic (pause) and Sampras is only a hundred

oh yes (unclear) Sampras

and twenty something think he had

I think they were all they were both one was a hundred and twenty nine

I know that thingies was much higher like and he had like something over a hundred and fifty aces by the final

(laughter)

and Sampras only had a hundred so I thought well if he just gets more aces (pause) that'd be it (pause) but (pause) he didn't saw some of his aces like pure brilliant thought 'wow' (laughter) I'm surprised his racket doesn't snap when he hits it (interruption) you heard eh Sampras's halfway through the second set he did a backhand like Ivanisevic served and he just (interruption) managed to get his racket to (unclear) and it was 'click' (pause) and the strings in the middle just go 'kung' (laughter) and bust (laughter) Ivanisevic just hit it straight at him (laughter) and just like hit the racket and went 'kung' bounced off (laughter) I thought get in (laughter) but they should have a rule you can't change your your racket halfway through a game that way Sampras would have lost (laughter)

(interruption) (laughter) (interruption) mm (laughter)

he came back and won it again (laughter) ah I couldn't believe it I always get it wrong I thought I didn't think Steffi Graf would go in the first round (pause) did you see what the eh the headlines in the papers were (pause) 'Steffi ran over by a Lori' (laughter) guess what paper that was in

eh what The Star

yeah or The Sun (laughter) 'Steffi ran over by Lori' (laughter) (pause) it's like when all the deodorant adverts were on later

yeah

'oh I wanted the best performance of my deodorant it helps people win' (laughter) and I said 'well it didn't help you that day did it' (laughter) (pause) oh aye

(laughter)

(unclear) she was going on about 'oh I'm going to go out on top (pause) going to go out in a blaze of glory' right lost in the first round how old's Todd Martin now

twenty (pause) two twenty three I think I'm not sure

is he

quite old

yeah

it's only his

yeah it's only like

(unclear)

his first or second Wimbledon or something he won eh the Stella Artois (pause) could be (pause) master money I couldn't get over that (unclear) you know all of a sudden walking out

(unclear) aren't they

I thought (pause) 'bounce the ball boys and it was like' (unclear) it was massive

imagine serving from that sort of angle though (pause) must be a bit of a an advantage

aye well all the big

it basically bounced about that far over the net

all the big players are aye

comes straight down (laughter)

all the big players are like well all the champions and that they're all like a considerable height like Sampras is over six foot Ivanisevic is like big tall thin thing like Martin like a brick outhouse (laughter) massive but there again that's tennis for you it's over for a year (pause) won't be watching it again until next year (laughter)

Wimbledon is that the only one you follow

yeah I I sort of decided well I'll mainly just watch Wimbledon athletic season now

yeah

so I'm watching that

what happened last night I was eh I didn't bother watching the (pause) the metre (unclear)

no good asking me

why was that

I was out I went out at four o'clock I didn't come back until about (pause) half past ten (pause) training (pause) massive training

opposite with me didn't go out until half ten (laughter) (pause) I just fancied a walk so I went out (interruption) mam was going 'where's he where are you going' 'just going for a walk'

where'd you go oh right

(unclear)

what were you thinking about mathematical problems (laughter) or are you just escaping your mam's taunts

well sh she just came in I'd been sort of (pause) thrashing things out

aye

with myself and then I decided I needed to go out for a walk and (unclear)

where'd you go

just for a walk round Nunsmoor

you should have that's why I called for you the other day when I had the dog thought you would have come with me because I could have stayed in the house

aye well I would have if (NAME) was there

but (NAME) was there so I just thought 'oh I'll just gan' but then I thought I couldn't bring that psycho in your house (laughter)

is that the

vicious one aye

that's vicious it looked really

she looks a bit docile doesn't she

yes

what do you expect I've been away for a week she hasn't done anything she was nuts when I got her on the field

you've got three dogs haven't you

mm-hm

what's

that's the one I

the other Alsatian like is that the big one bigger one

big huge hairy monster my sister's one eh she's all right she's a bit daft like you shout at her she just takes no notice I think she's deaf she just wanders off she doesn't take any notice of me except when we're on like say town moor she like she follows us in case I run away from her

(laughter)

because I once I hid you know (pause) eh (unclear) like you know there's like gentle like slopes on the town moor I hid because I was shouting of her and she wouldn't come back so I went and sat down I got hold of the other one went and sat down behind this hill and (laughter) you could I could hear her running about looking for us (laughter) and she was panicking like mad (laughter) I looked for her and she like looking all over running about dead stupidly go 'shh shh' I'm here stupid oh it's my sister man eh she goes mad at if I bring her back dirty

uh-huh

she goes nuts if I don't take her out she goes nuts I says well she have you seen all the hair on her she's bound to get dirty wherever I go I take her on the field she's going to get covered in mud I always wash them when I get back but then again I just argue with my sister all the time so I think the dog suffers for that

do you bath them all like sort of in succession so like when it's one's bath time it's all three's bath time

sometimes some that just takes too long (laughter) like

I was going to say (laughter)

I just wash one

wrestle with one then you ready for the next round

never wash mine my Alsatian I never wash her never I wash my mongrel about once a week (pause) all the time (pause) I think she likes getting bathed her

is that the football

that's the football one the one who's round and looks like a football the one I just virtually roll along the floor

I suppose you've got to eh

well the Alsatian my sister's Alsatian takes about five hours to clean her (laughter) can take all night by the time you get her wet soap her down

then you put the curlers in the eh (unclear) (laughter)

and then (unclear) no she's got a natural perm (laughter)

(laughter)

that's what e everyone says that to us 'your dog's got a perm' it's not my fault it's the way her hair grows aye spent the spent the most of eh Tuesday night brushing Harry my sister's Alsatian just a ball of fluff d I need them round my place like that's what I do I take them out you know one at a time take eh my mongrel and my sister's dog out together because I don't need a like a lead or anything for them I just take them out they just run about after us

mm

and they just run off together when I take mine out I usually wait until like the hard men are like parading around the streets

mm

so I put her on right I put her muzzle on and she looks ferocious when she's got her muzzle on and her eyes go you know like she's got a reddish tint to her eyes

uh-huh

well they go really red when she's got this muzzle on she looks a right psycho so I always walk along (pause) and like see the lads hanging about outside (unclear) like pretend she's pulling us all over and pulling her back from them and that and they all just look and 'bloody hell seen that dog over there' (laughter) just a message to you (unclear) 'come round my house and this is what you're going to get' so there unless (unclear) when I get far enough away I just let her off

mm

why I keep an eye on her surprised I haven't been caught for it yet

I've already rang (NAME) three times now

you've rang her th you've rang her three times since

mm-hm

when did you ring her

aye on Tuesday Tuesday night

so you did

yeah

Tuesday oh

(unclear)

you never told us 'doosh'

I haven't seen you

so it's yesterday you (unclear) or was it not

it wasn't appropriate (laughter)

not appropriate yeah

no and she g she got my

she got your phone number aye

she got my phone number because she wanted to ring us back later because you know she had her exchange student there

uh-huh

oh dear but it's a bit eh awkward if you just leave (interruption) them in the room with the rest of your family though

(laughter)

so she's she got back to her exchange student

so was your mam out

when I rang the first time

aye I thought so (laughter)

she was in when she rang back later on

so that's how it come out 'who's phoning you (NAME)'

eh

did she go like 'who's phoning you' you go 'oh oh (NAME) are you all right' (laughter) eh 'watching football' (laughter)

(laughter)

that's what I used to do at my granddad's I used to go and phone people so I says first time I phoned a lass I used to go 'eh you all right (NAME) eh (NAME)' (laughter) I'm playing football tonight all 'right' (laughter) so did you phone her last night as well

mm-hm that was just because (interruption) that was just because

well just no wonder your phone bill's sky high your mam coming in shouting at you

no because I went that I did it when I went out last night so I did it from just a public phone box

so you're now you're s that's why you're skint because you put like five pound in the phone (laughter) it's dead easy to keep slipping it in (laughter) isn't it when you're talking (laughter) you just (pause) you just keep each hand (laughter) in your pocket (laughter) putting more coins in (laughter) I divn't know what I'm putting in here (laughter) put five pound in that's what I did the other day I phoned here I put a quid coin in and she kept us talking (laughter) so (laughter) I put some more money in (laughter)

no (laughter)

'I'd better go in a minute' (laughter) ah she says 'no no I'm by myself keep talking to us' I thought 'right' I says 'oh I'll get some more change' (laughter) aye I put two pound in the phone (laughter) again (laughter)

you didn't seem to be that long though

I know it was just ea it was eating them man the the thing was just going down straight away

what time was it when you rang

I don't know

oh it was after six because we'd had the we'd had tea then

aye just going down she was shouting at her brother all the time (unclear) so going out this weekend then

no

how long's she got her exchange student with her like

three weeks

three weeks

till the summer

God I'd kill her I'd get rid of her me (laughter) you should have to

yes but she goes across for three weeks next year

oh well

to Tanzania

eeh stuck up

yes she's going to all these functions (interruption) every night

boy or girl

eh it's a girl I've got (pause) (unclear) (laughter)

(laughter)

she goes to all these functions every night so they meet all these councillors from on the northum (pause) umberland eh committee sort of thing

mm

so she like said the first night they were had caviar and all sorts of eh (interruption) stuff like that

that's what you want a completely rich lass there

she said she didn't touch it

who lives in a converted church (laughter) so have you arranged for anything in the summer holidays then

no not yet

just going to wait until your mam goes out again

don't know

(unclear) just keep it a se quiet round school though

oh of course yeah

so you're speaking into a tape (laughter)

(laughter) it's not going to be broadcast is it

(unclear) be broadcast 'this is what I heard' (laughter)

this is what I talk to you about it (interruption) (unclear) in front of everybody else

aye (laughter) in front of Mr (NAME) (laughter) (unclear) (NAME) me and (NAME) last night yeah you know our Rutherford commemorative mugs

have you got them

aye

you've got yours

yeah (pause) yes all it says is Rutherford School on it

I know but my mam's hers because sh sh through the PTA but I haven't got mine yet

I divn't know you can have mine it's only a it's only a I says we must I says 'we're the Rutherford mugs man for coming here'

'from eight eighteen seventy seven until nineteen ninety four'

aye

bit of a waste

oh what a shame that's probably why they're giving the prizes out now you know

I know because yeah (interruption) because they'll lose all they're giving out the GCSE ones I think on prediction

(interruption) because you know (interruption) lose all the on prediction

yeah because they th

eeh hey (unclear) nowt (laughter)

they'll lose the ehm sort of

oh brilliant because eh (NAME) said I was getting thirty quid (interruption) I think he heard aye thirty quid off

did he that's three is that three awards do you think

is that three awards it must be aye (unclear)

piece of cake

(NAME)'s getting two

is he

that's what he said I said 'I w'

getting a chemistry one no a biology one and

I know well

oh I could be getting geology damn I've just realized I've I've knacked up geology come in fourth (pause) that's not going to get us

there's only two geology ones isn't there did he come second in geology

probably did yeah joint

aye no he just beat (NAME) by about a percent didn't he

did he so you think that's the second one could be chemistry though couldn't it

better not have that actually I should have that there's one science prize for the school only one

mm you'll get that then

eeh if he gets that I'll nut him

he'll not

he will do he's doing two pure sciences and (pause) I'm only doing one (pause) eeh

well

bang (laughter)

just one science one for about thr

(unclear) I think it's just the sch

biology chemistry physics

Doctor Rutherford or something science prize so he might end up getting it eeh (interruption) get a hold of him

probably give two out

       report

no what happened

you know how you get kids       

yeah

now you've got a teacher's        they were just like praising him like mad like his hel his head was like swell and eclipse the sun (laughter) he was just like they filled every line were praise about him 'oh he's ex (NAME)'s brilliant blah blah blah blah blah blah blah'

what was his ehm result his percentage

didn't even give him a percentage man just gave him a predicted grade

what was that A

A yeah

right

but guess what they gave the other two

what

B's and C's and they're completely brainless

I didn't get any predictions

I know it's stupid isn't it do you know what it is it's because they haven't done enough work to get assessed have you seen his folder still half empty like everybody else is filling folders in every subject

mm

(unclear) (NAME)'s done no work in biology he's got one folder for biology and it's not even full the if you put your (unclear) like put your physical geography and your human geography together

yeah

your folder would just be packed wouldn't it be falling apart

yeah (unclear)

he's got like nothing he's just got his they're giving them they're giving them the exam results but they're not releasing their percentages because (NAME) told me he did rubbish in the biology exam (unclear) he says he got nearly all of it wrong he still got an A in his report

it's not as if he's going to drop out at this late stage though is it

I know

so they've got no reason to

he is good though because when I was there you could tell he'd been like reading books and that

reading around the subject

yeah because he kept coming out with comments like about stuff we'd never done it's the first week he was going on about the syllabus like just looking at him like oh hey I'm not having this (laughter)

(unclear) geography

(unclear)

oh right so

that's the

(NAME)'s the easier target

oh right

(unclear)

he said that he said you'd say that as well says 'if you g'

who

'if you go to eh geography (pause) (NAME)'ll not be happy' says 'why's that like' he said 'because you'll be'

nick my top spot (laughter)

aye that you'd be pinching his top spot (laughter) probably beat (NAME) at biology anyway it's better in the first week I got they gave we a test on we first lesson on like general biology stuff

mm-hm

I beat (NAME) in that he'd done all this reading around (pause) just sheer brilliant man I can't help it (pause) sheer big headedness as well

waffle

it's waffle you know what I'm like

mm

I got it from you I used to look at your English essays and think 'how the hell you wrote that much' waffle so I thought 'oh I'll just take a tip from you waffle waffle waffle waffle' becoming a master of it now (pause) especially at geography and the essays well you just waffle all the way down the page (laughter) turn over and waffle down that side as well

mm-hm

what's eh (NAME)'s getting a prize

is she

what for (laughter) coming bottom of everything

what's her third subject she's doing if she takes biology and geology

she be getting geology

oh chemistry she (laughter) takes chemistry as well (laughter)

can't get the chemistry prize (interruption) with ten percent ten percent

(laughter) mm

ten percent I think with it was her anyway it was one of the three well they're all the same anyways aren't they yeah (pause) I think she aye I think it was her te

probably biology they're probably giving them all (interruption) there's only three biologists so they'll probably give them it

aye they must be giving like se mm giving them all a prize (laughter) that's sad that is so they're giving GCSE prizes on prediction

I think so I'm not sure

that's (unclear) that

because they'll lose the ehm (interruption) the like

yeah because they they won't be in Rutherford next year so they can't have it the Rutherford prize and all that

well I think you know how they were sort of put aside ba by past people and stuff like that well we'll lose all all those eh those

(laughter)

they'll lose all they'll just lose all that that eh that sort of eh

mm yeah I know what you mean

pool of money because they'll no longer they'll no longer give it to the school

I know well I couldn't

without them most of them are sort of dead and gone (unclear)

yeah I couldn't think what the

it's just like isn't it it's only a eh a pr prov provision made in the will

mm-hm

but as soon as the school changes its name I think we'll lose them all

yeah I know it stops it yeah I couldn't I was trying to think what the prizes would be for if they weren't the subject ones like last year I because I thought they can't be the subject ones because the GCSE results aren't in beccause we got our prizes for ours

mm

and the others got theirs for theirs but eh I don't know

I think they might keep a couple but

glad ours wasn't on prediction or we'd've got nowt (laughter)

you'd have got more of them

(laughter) they would have been my predictions were basic        (laughter) well you know they would have

I'd have been top

I know you would (laughter) ah

predictions

you know when you you had six A's (unclear)

I had exactly the same as you

for predicted

I oh no because I got science A's (interruption) didn't I

no you didn't you had six I had three

what

I did I had two B's in science (pause) two B's in English C maths and a three in my options three a's in my options

you were predicted two A's in (pause) English weren't you

no I wasn't you had two B's in English and two A's in science and A in maths and your three things but that all changed when the real results came (laughter) just saying I would have got nowt if it had of been on prediction you would have got it all wey (laughter) (pause) how much did we get that day

can't remember now

don't know about twenty something quid twenty or thirty quid

had a good geology book that's about it

well that's what I got it with aye went to Thorne's 'what can I get' they're always for Thorne's aren't they

yeah

why aren't for like HMV or something (laughter) that's for Thorne's what am I going to spend thirty quid on here what a bummer (laughter) 'oh that'll do for me' it's a hard back it's on geology 'that'll do' I just looked at it the other day it's actually quite good I just picked it up randomly as well like it's the only geology book they had (laughter) (pause) at that time it was a hard back as well it was only twenty five quid I'll have to buy some more chemistry books soon they're hassling us about reading around (pause) in various subjects like I'll have to get on with it (pause) got inorganic next year as well see you're lucky your maths course just continues mine totally changes my chemistry course it's all in inorganic chemistry it means I've got to revise my organic on my own time you mean you don't get any lessons of it now

that's organic finished with until eh

organic'll be finished in two weeks' time

and who who do you get for that

(NAME) so I get must get

so you won't get (NAME) you won't get Mr

it's Mr (NAME) next year (pause) so I'm getting (NAME) for ge geology (NAME) for inorganic chemistry so I'm getting him four times a week (laughter) because (NAME) I get for six hours a week (laughter) I'm going to be taught by the same people all the time so that's (unclear) (NAME) was going to leave you know because he applied for another job (pause) at eh some college but he didn't get it (pause) maybe because (pause) the salary he wanted was like seven grand more than somebody else who'd do it who'd just (laughter) left university (laughter) we'd do it for seven grand less he didn't get it (laughter) does that mean because do you know who'd have taught us for chemistry though if he had have left

who

Mr (NAME)

oh great

so yes that would have been like (pause) seven (pause) hours with him (pause) six with (unclear)

(unclear) teacher

oh God aye can you imagine that ugh one teacher seven hours half the A level course no thank you horrible that mm ah well that's school talked about (interruption) hate school (unclear)

(laughter) so what you know eh the Saturday we the Saturday after we start summer

mm-hm

is the party's still on is it

yes and no

and no

yes it's on no I don't know if you'd wan if I I or you would want to go (laughter) because I've been asking about and eh everyone's virtually vetoing it (laughter) they're not going just like basically (laughter) they're not going to go

I don't know I eh I think she's upset somebody oh she was unbearable last night at the training every five minutes she was talking so like go away go away sick of her

she's got to mention it (laughter)

it's every five minutes though it's not just like slipping it in like the conversation every five minutes (unclear) can't (unclear) 'you've got nothing planned have you' I said 'well I I I don't know I I might have something planned' (laughter)

the thing is we we break up on the Wednesday now isn't it

yes she knows that as well so I I I think I don't need to give her an excuse I'll just not go if I divn't want to go

mm

but I want to ask wh I want to I says to her t 'who else is going' she says 'oh I'm not sure up to now because some are going on holiday'

mm

so I went 'how many's going to be there roughly' she says 'I wanted fifty' so I says 'are they all from your school' (pause) she says

what school is it

yes it's a all girls' school I thought (pause) (laughter) so like fifty girls from your school (laughter) I thought 'I I I don't know if I could like spare the time' (laughter) right I says 'oh well I'll see' then I asked 'who who's ha having a party at their house' because eh (pause) (NAME) at training she's rich

mm-hm

I mean rich she's got a house the size of the school she's got like an estate (laughter) it's on a it's going to be happening in her garden the garden that's got a it's got a stream and a bridge and a pond (laughter) and a f a mini forest in the back garden as well so (unclear) my (unclear) she says up to now she knew only ten people who said that they were going to go so I says 'I'm not going if there's only ten' too boring plus she the way she carries on if there's more people I can like disappear

mm-hm

into the crowd (laughter) and she'd just be following us about are you going to go to see that Christopher Lambert film

I don't know (NAME) just asked us if I want to go I said 'it doesn't really appeal to us'

doesn't look that good to me when I saw it

another one of his future prison (interruption) things

yeah

because they had one child more than they're allowed had the a child you weren't allowed to have two children in the

aye (pause) (unclear)

future and they had one and it died and they had another and they were put in prison (laughter)

aye over population aye it's stupid man mad I'm only saying because I I used you as an excuse actually (pause) so I can go to that party and she asks you whether I went to see Fortress this Friday I did right

oh right yeah

because eh

why what's happening this Friday

she asked us to go with her she's eh

what to see Fortress

aye

is she into those sort of films as well

I says eh 'what do you want to see that kind of film for it's a violent film' she says 'I want to go and see it' (interruption) I remember I remember I mentioned it now

a bit of a crush on Christopher Lambert do you think (laughter)

I mention no I men I mentioned it last week I said I was going to go and see it so I said I thought I going to see it with you (laughter)

oh

I says I'm going with (NAME) she says 'who is he' I says 'one I'm coming to the party with' she says 'oh right' she says 'you bringing a friend' I says 'uh-huh is that a problem' she says 'no' I went 'oh       ' (laughter)

(laughter)

(laughter) I says 'aye right' sick of her man (unclear) maybe I should start insulting her do you think that'll give her the message

look what it did to (NAME) though

oh she's not speaking to me at all now is she

is she not

no (pause) sixteen (unclear)

why

because she's just sick of us man it's about time took five days

I thought y you bumped into her in the park

no

did you not say anything (interruption) then

yeah I didn't say that I just spoke to (NAME) (laughter)

oh right well that could explain it (laughter)

aye (laughter) that's why it's did you not notice in geography yesterday she thought I was talking

yes

so she just shot off straight away oh I had to do something man she was getting unbearable

you did encourage her

I did not

yes you did

when

well there's I mean

everyone's saying that I did not lead her on right well (pause) well not really how how did I encourage her I spoke to her and that was it she took it as like 'oh he fancies us like mad he's speaking to us' (laughter) (pause) no

no but then when she sort of she hit on you and you ca you carried on playing the fool for her

I know I should have eh

the more she (unclear) the more you

I should have stopped it I should have stopped it dead shouldn't I I don't know oh but I didn't look like that expe that's my experience for the week that was my my bit of experience thought she would have got the hint you know but she didn't oh (unclear) just concentrate on the main objective

what's that

who do you think (laughter)

well who is it

who trouble is that's wha you know what eh

here at school

oh there's loads like her oh aye there's on at school

are we talking about away

what

talking about here or away

oh it just well it all depends

at home or away

oh there's two (laughter) there's two you know what I'm like I don't know (laughter) I just keep my options open me (pause) eh that's where she got it from you know because when I go and talk to (NAME)

mm-hm

she was there as well so she's got

is she best friends with (NAME)

I don't know you see I think that's what it's getting to be like that (pause) so (unclear) go over and talk to (NAME)

it used to be (NAME) and (NAME) didn't it

aye (pause) now she's thinking I'm talking to her I'm not like doing I'm not even directing the conversation towards her either but she's they're coming in aren't they

mm talk

interfering (laughter) basically (laughter) so I think she she's took it the wrong way I think I've convinced her now though so it shouldn't be a problem I hope not unless she gets like really psycho with us (pause) like s (pause) (unclear) probably knowing my luck she'll tell (NAME) what a nasty guy I am she'll have nowt to do with us either it's probably what's going to happen

mm well how can she (pause) tell (NAME) (pause) how nasty you are when you haven't really been nasty to (NAME)

eeh I know I know see I don't know how (unclear) (pause) if not just move on to somebody else (laughter) (unclear) so eh (pause) so who was it I saw the other day

mm

that was another party I got asked to you can come with us on that one as well that's in August

oh right

can't remember the date but I'll get I can find out (unclear)

is this another karate thing

this is the lads that

this before or after the training week

I don't know it yet can't remember they haven't decided it's probably going to be

because if it's after then I'll probably lost because they're all they'll all be going on about how how good the training week was or something like that

no you won't they never ever talk about stuff like that (pause) never (pause) it's it's an unwritten rule basically you never talk about training outside (unclear) unless it's like for a competition or something like are you bragging about how winning the competition

uh-huh

but like with regards to training it's just you never talk about it outside just it draws attention anyways and they're all like me you know all aggressive gits

are they the (unclear)

oh yeah (laughter) actually I'm (unclear)

thrown through (pause) windows and

no I probably won't

have chairs broken on my head (laughter)

I never get I've never been got into a fight with any when I've be when I've been there none of them have got into fights just too easy and mellow really well it's just their confident you see you don't need to (unclear)

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