Cheers! I didn't really have any experience but for many years...

Cheers! I didn't really have any experience but for many years have looked into ways of making some extra coin. I researched currency trading and things like that but never felt comfortable enough to go with it. Then I left the big city to work in the mines for a year (where there can be absolutely sheet loads of free time with no friends, family or hobbies).
I met a few guys who were into stocks so I picked their brains and spent a few months researching everything I could in the most skeptical way I could and eventually pulled the trigger... First just a bit and then a bit more and a bit more and soon I was in Canada snowboarding and living off the stuff!!