Believe me, when I said you realise what you're missing, I wasn't referring to material possessions or money!
I remember going out on my sledge then me mam shouted us in for dinner, its called lunch now but it was dinner then. Had my dinner, ran back out, got to the top of the bank then on me sledge. Some bastard had been out gritting, sledge stopped, I carried on, grit in both knees, back home crying, happy days