[Pyramid*]

I'm loving this thread - there are so many interesting facts about people that I'd never have guessed!

okay - here are mine for what they are worth.

1. I was born 3 months premature, weighed just over 2 lbs and spent the first 6mths in an incubator. I had to have my tear ducts bored as they hadn’t formed and my ‘pinky’ toe nails never formed either .

2. I opened up my first bank account with £1000 that I made from doing secretarial work at home, as well as making macrame (mortified) and selling them when I was 16.

3. Up till I was about 35, I loved running and often took part in half marathons - was superfit and yes, I did have the female version of 6pack

4. For many years I have been involved in raising funds for the World Food Programme

5. I took Latin at school as I wanted to become a barrister – that’s when I was smart and before late teen rage set in

6. I ran away from boarding school twice – one to piss my parents off, once to be with a boyfriend

7. I’ve held down 3 jobs at the same time to get money together to buy my first house on my own.

8. I had a large lottery win in 2000 - which I say was now cursed money.

9. I had a burst stomach ulcer at 30 and did come close to death.

10. 18 is my unlucky number. No matter what, where, when – bad news always figures when the number 18 is involved.

the weird and the wonderful stuff that life that life is made of