I've been wondering!!!!
Originally Posted by Bill Netcher
Would have probably meant a new washing machine Bill !!!
Remembered from some time ago....... Marched into B. and Q. to the "Returns" counter which was quite busy , when it was my turn i plonked the electric drill on the counter and said "My wife bought this a week ago and it is in the box unused, here is the receipt and i would like a refund." This lad behind the counter said " I'm afraid that's not possible Sir" blood started to boil as i said Just look at what is written on the bill concerning refunds. (A queue was forming behind me) "Look son just get a superior here quickly as i can't wait all day for you to learn to read." off he went and i apologised to the queue and scoffed out loud about this whole affair. Back came a older Geezer and i told him loudly that he should get someone on the refunds whose can solve problems without all this waiting about. He then said "I am afraid you can not have a refund Sir" I very near to throttling him Just when he said very loudly "This a B.and Q.store and your drill and receipt are from the "Comet" store across the way" I slunk out of there like Uriah Heap ( ever so humble ) with the eyes of the queue glaring at me.
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Originally Posted by Syd Jones
Hey up Syd, you of all people should watch this from Oz a has there a chubby little Koala Bear that looks very much like your good self, if my memory of the last time i saw you is correct.That one bedroomed cottage/house in pretty "Dulverton" belonging to my Sister in Law is on sale for £175, 000, chicken feed to a man of your means and also would be a good place for you to hide when the Tax man comes looking for you again. Yours Faithfully and most, most very sincerely old pal. J.D.
I once commented on something I'd done - can't remember now what it was and got the response from someone - can't remember who but he said 'I go upstairs and can't remember whose house I'm in!'
Every morning I come downstairs with yesterday's underpants and every morning have to fight the urge to put them in the litter bin instead of the washing machine. I'll probably do it some time in the future.
Every morning I come downstairs with yesterday's underpants and every morning have to fight the urge to put them in the litter bin instead of the washing machine. I'll probably do it some time in the future.
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Well Terry, time to worry is when you find yourself in the litter bin instead of the washing machine! Reminds me of times long ago in the West Midlands when 'Binmen' regarded it as a point of honour that if it was 'Bin day' your bin was going to be emptied. If it wasn't on the street they would collect it, come what may, if the gate was locked they'd shin over it. The gang arrived at a house one day with no bin on display and no means of rear access. They rang the bell, no joy, rattled the back gate, no response, hammered on the door and front windows until, finally, the front door opened." Weers yer bin?" The binman cried, more in sorrow than anger. "Arh's bin for a crap, man." The housholder replied. "Where's yo bin." Cheers, Syd.
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As i have been incarcerated like every one else i have not been to the "Tonsorial Emporium" for some time . they usually trim my lugholes as i wear an hearing aid and at the moment the hair growing in there is making me a bit "Mutt and Jeff. Asked our Lass to get me a nose / ears clipper on line. It duly arrived and i could not wait to use it. Deaf ear first but it did not seem to make much headway so tried up my nose with the same result. I showed it to the wife and demonstrated the lack of doing the job. She had a look and said "It might work better if you took the Plastic cover off of the top" I did so and it worked like a dream.
Am sure it won't be long before i am in the Mattress lined room and using rubber cutlery.
Am sure it won't be long before i am in the Mattress lined room and using rubber cutlery.
I enjoyed reading that, John, and it made me wonder........ why do men stop growing hair on their heads, but plenty more in their nose and ears ?
It is obviously a distribution problem, and someone should sort it out.
( I can't wait for Boris Johnson to go bald ! )
It is obviously a distribution problem, and someone should sort it out.
( I can't wait for Boris Johnson to go bald ! )
Originally Posted by John Richards
Hello John, I all ways wondered why Bobby and Jack Charlton did not let their ear holes hair grow long and then flick it on to their heads to help supplement the sparse locks they had at that at that time. (Maybe someone as a picture of these lads with their flowing locks)
Don't know if any of you have see the two part series on BBC four "Kangeroo Dundee And Others"
concerning this guy rescuing injured and abandoned "Roos, Emus Camels ect" some of which have been abandoned, injured and in one case taking a live baby from it's dead mothers pouch, the mother had been killed on the road. this all in the Alice Springs area of Australia. There is lots more than i can post and sadly it has been shown already on T.V. but
if you wish to see it then it is available on "Streaming" (whatever that is) and some excerpts on" You Tube." I would urge you to see this man and his animals whilst he is building an animal hospital inside his Sanctuary away from predators ect. This is a heart warmingl show and I would urge anyone with technical knowhow to have a look at this, sad and also lovely show, I have never seen such a programme like it. You won't regret searching around for it, Regards J.D.
Syd. You should watch this as there is a little baby Koala bear on the show that is the spitting image of your good self. I do recall very clearly your "Boatrace" on my visit to your house and meeting you and your charming wife.
concerning this guy rescuing injured and abandoned "Roos, Emus Camels ect" some of which have been abandoned, injured and in one case taking a live baby from it's dead mothers pouch, the mother had been killed on the road. this all in the Alice Springs area of Australia. There is lots more than i can post and sadly it has been shown already on T.V. but
if you wish to see it then it is available on "Streaming" (whatever that is) and some excerpts on" You Tube." I would urge you to see this man and his animals whilst he is building an animal hospital inside his Sanctuary away from predators ect. This is a heart warmingl show and I would urge anyone with technical knowhow to have a look at this, sad and also lovely show, I have never seen such a programme like it. You won't regret searching around for it, Regards J.D.
Syd. You should watch this as there is a little baby Koala bear on the show that is the spitting image of your good self. I do recall very clearly your "Boatrace" on my visit to your house and meeting you and your charming wife.
Originally Posted by John Richards
Summat to do wiv 'ormones innit, JR?? HRT? (lol).
I remember the days of the old Binmen too Syd and I used to know one chap who worked for Oldham Council at that time. He was only about my size - 5'7" and very lean and I once asked him didn't he feel he was a bit small for the job. I said he'd have back problems with humping the old corrugated metal bins up on his shoulders. His reply was totally unexpected and was to the effect that he wanted to be a Prison Warder which raised my eyebrows even more than learning that he was a Binman. He was waiting for the Prison Service to allow him to take their entrance exam or something like that. The real eye opener was the fact that Oldham's Binmen were allowed 13 weeks off each year for back problems and didn't need a sick note unless they went over that. He also confided that many took on painting and decorating jobs or other 'back pocket' paying occupations while off 'sick'. No wonder the rates were so high.
Syd 'n' Terry, our local lads on the bins used do the same as you recall, Hosting an open iron bin full of "God knows what" ashes from coal fires and all sorts of nasty things on to their shoulders. Don' think "Elf and safety ! would be very pleased. Our regular lads would be in the pub by about One o clock and sit in a row supping pints, which they would have richly deserved. There used to be someone running up to the "Bookies" with their bob and two bob bets. Sometimes a ripple would run round the Tap Room about a tip for one horse running the next race. When one enquired where this Info. had come from "One of the Binmen had it given" this was invariably beaten I sometimes i wondered would how a Dustbin man would have close connections with Epson, Ascot or Cheltenham trainer/owners etc. All good lads though and at Christmas i would give Cyril and his Crew a few quid for a drink. Opening gates, carrying heaving bins down paths, repelling barking dogs etc was all in a mornings work to these fellows.
These days all your cardboard and paper has to be put in a bag, rubbish in a black bin and garden grass ect. in a green bin. There is a charge for the use of the garden bin. also bottles glass as to be put in a separate box. God help you should get any of this wrong it will be left. lastly all this has to be assembled at one place. unfortunately this point is outside my daughter house so for two days it really is a sight. If she ever decides to sell the house she certainly won't have anyone view it on a Thursday.
These days all your cardboard and paper has to be put in a bag, rubbish in a black bin and garden grass ect. in a green bin. There is a charge for the use of the garden bin. also bottles glass as to be put in a separate box. God help you should get any of this wrong it will be left. lastly all this has to be assembled at one place. unfortunately this point is outside my daughter house so for two days it really is a sight. If she ever decides to sell the house she certainly won't have anyone view it on a Thursday.
While on the subject of the old days although i never smoked but sometimes i bought a pack of 5 woodbines but only had one myself in our local fleapit cinema and that was only to make my self "One of the boys" as i passed them around. when the shops were closed i sometimes walked down with my pals who smoked and they would buy ciggies from a machine outside a shop, also there were long metal boxes on the wall where you could buy P.K. chewing gum for a penny and every third buy when purchased and turned the handle there was a free packet.
Can't imagine that happening with the hooligans that are around today
Can't imagine that happening with the hooligans that are around today
JD Talking about ciggie machines I wonder if you have any recollections of the milk machines and I think they used to be in 1/2 pint cartons and I think it used to cost about 6d Heres a memory jogger when one used to take the empty 4 pint bottle to the off licence and get it refilled for a bob As you say cant see them lasting very long on the streets today as they would just get smashed up Cheers
Hello Bill. I honestly can't remember seeing them in Leeds but when we going home after a very late night we would buy a bottle from a milkman doing his rounds through the night. (in later days a friend of mine , your namesake) gave up his milk round as youths used to snatch milk from his cart and offered violence if he protested.
Your mention of the 4 pints reminds that when we were kids playing kicking a ball against the wall of the local Off Licence shop at one time in the evening a big guy from the nearby fish shop would come up carrying a four pint jug. He would get it filled with beer and stand well out of sight of the fish shop view and guzzle the beer down in one or two goes. then he would go back in for a 4 pint refill and then stagger back down to the fish shop. Happy Days
Your mention of the 4 pints reminds that when we were kids playing kicking a ball against the wall of the local Off Licence shop at one time in the evening a big guy from the nearby fish shop would come up carrying a four pint jug. He would get it filled with beer and stand well out of sight of the fish shop view and guzzle the beer down in one or two goes. then he would go back in for a 4 pint refill and then stagger back down to the fish shop. Happy Days
Originally Posted by Bill Netcher
Hi Bill, I remember one in Piccadilly Manchester in the 60's as in image
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Even further back in time when our parents took us to Blackpool for a weeks holiday my brother and i would haunt the Arcades listening to the large juke boxes which were American Wurlizers and usually held approx. 100 78s. and multi coloured lights running around it. to us young lads from Yorkshire it was another world. Also if we had any money there was those three penny bit shaped glass topped machines that were full of jewellery (?) etc. you put your three pence in the slot and then there was a metal arm and hand which you could control. i would guide the arm over maybe a piece of jewellery to take for my Mam or real gold bracelet. the hand now picked up the item and i guided the hand and fingers towards the open drop and then the item would be mine. just as it was nearly over the drop the fingers would open and drop my present just on the edge. this always was the same, i realised what the reinforced glass was for. There was also a tall slim machine that had a silver crane full of jewellery (?) that cost 3 pence ago it let you select the item then it did the same just as you guided it to the exit/drop it opened it's claw and you got nothing. These Arcades were open all year round as the American soldiers had a base not far away and came in on a weekend. Just off the front promenade there were small factories where you could look through the windows and see the long strips of Blackpool rock being rolled out before being chopped up into pieces for sale. We had not much money but in those days we did not know any different so perhaps it was not so bad now looking back.
JD That certainly brings back a few memory joggers of the Wurlitizer Juke Boxes I dont recall them holding the old 78 but certainly the 45 Where they used to be in practically every pub and the coffee bars as they were called And it used to take 6d for three records and a shilling for five records Off hand was it the Italians who started the Coffee Bar trend where they used to make that lovely milky coffees what it used to cost has sadly slipped my mind Cheers
Bill, This was long before 45s. were seen in the U.K These Juke Boxes were about six foot tall and had tubes with different coloured lights/ water constantly running around the edge. there was lots of jazz music on there as well but they were all 78s.
The first 45s. i remember were the ones in Woolworths ( Embassy) they were a cut price version of the hits of the day Later in the 50s. My Bosses wife used have a brand new Ford Fairlane Convertible car sent over every 18 months from the States. it had a 45. record player which played without jumping despite what ever bumpy roads. The Bosses pet who drove it at times we used to pal him up so we could go out in it some nights.(with him driving of course)
The first 45s. i remember were the ones in Woolworths ( Embassy) they were a cut price version of the hits of the day Later in the 50s. My Bosses wife used have a brand new Ford Fairlane Convertible car sent over every 18 months from the States. it had a 45. record player which played without jumping despite what ever bumpy roads. The Bosses pet who drove it at times we used to pal him up so we could go out in it some nights.(with him driving of course)
Three Police Officers were shot dead while sat in Patrol car on the 13th Sept in Los Angeles.
Now Officer shot dead in Custody Suite London last week.
Wonder if all sportsmen will kneel at the week end before their games, "Do White lives matter"??
Now Officer shot dead in Custody Suite London last week.
Wonder if all sportsmen will kneel at the week end before their games, "Do White lives matter"??
Originally Posted by John Daly
No chance of that happening John as we all know and Lewis Hamilton is still farting about with his stupid 'taking the knee'. I'm not being malicious but I was glad to see that he didn't win the last F1 race. Just wish that his bad luck will carry on for the rest of the season.
I've been reading these posts about the different kinds of vending machines and apart from ones selling milk remember them all and that goes for the Wurlitzer machines. I used to go in a pub where I was always welcome for the lockin after hours. The waiters there were crafty - they would encourage the tipsy customers to pay and select records in the juke box right up until the last minute and then unplug it. All protests were brushed aside. When just the favoured were left inside plus the staff cleaning up they switched it back on so we all enjoyed the customer's choices. Happy days!
What I do recall were the Brylcreem dispensers at all swimming baths. I normally never used it but once put my money in and slapped the gunk all over my hair. Never again - I looked like a flaming hedgehog no matter how I combed my hair. It wasn't until I was getting married that my regular barber told me that although it was jet black my hair was finer than blonde hair. Black is usually the thickest for individual hairs - there's something for you all in general knowledge quizzes!
What I do recall were the Brylcreem dispensers at all swimming baths. I normally never used it but once put my money in and slapped the gunk all over my hair. Never again - I looked like a flaming hedgehog no matter how I combed my hair. It wasn't until I was getting married that my regular barber told me that although it was jet black my hair was finer than blonde hair. Black is usually the thickest for individual hairs - there's something for you all in general knowledge quizzes!
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Originally Posted by John Daly
Hello there John, thanks for the message and hope you enjoy the CD. Your mention of the Ford Fairlane has reminded me of a stunt myself and two school pals pulled at the end of the school term in summer 1960. We put our cash together and hired a Ford Fairlane Country Sedan in two-tone green (all tail fins and dripping with chrome and complete with chauffeur) which picked us up in the school grounds and drove us all home in style ! In those days Teachers all drove Austin A35s, Hillman Minxes, Ford Populars etc, so the looks on their faces as we glided along the school driveway and out the gate in that beautiful car with the big V8 engine burbling away was priceless.
Would any of you learned ladies and gents recall the Pie and Mash Shops Where they used to have sawdust on the floors and I think they had the wooden benches and tables When they used to bring out those lovely fresh made pies out of those old ovens and a big pot of mashed potatoes on the slow cooker along with the mushy peas On the tables if I recall ther was brown and red sauce salt and pepper the old butcher shops with the big wooden block and again sawdust on the floor where many a time you used to see the butchers stand on the block to get a big joint and chop it up for you I wonder what Health and safety would say to day Cheers
Originally Posted by Terry Carey
Quite agree with everything said, I went to the Nurburgring in 1964 to see Jim Clark, while stationed at Dusseldorf. These modern day drivers are no patch on those days, and as for him pontificationg about blm, who is he any way, made his millions and thinks everey one should listen to him, sorry but I turn a deaf year to him.
Originally Posted by Bill Netcher
Bill, My brother Peter and i used to crawl up the hill from Elland Road greyhound track have lost what little money we had and head for the local Pea and Pie shop (Carlisles) and we had credit until the next Saturday night. Eric Carlisle was the Head of the Leeds United supporters club, the old man used to dish out Mushy peas and a Pork pie in the middle, Vinegar on the wooden tables. It was a great meeting place on a Friday and Sat. nights.The Boss had two busty daughters worked behind the counter and when they came around to wipe the tables you could hear a pin drop as we craned our necks to have a quint and we would spill a little more vinegar on the table when they were not looking.
the vinegar was always in old sauce bottles with a pierced hole in the top. the old man Carlisle had a vat from which he refilled the bottles.
That meal twice a week and a visit to the fish shop a couple of times was heaven.
Originally Posted by Taff
Hi Taff,The old time drivers had cars which they had to actually drive - none of this traction control or gear changes by flicking a tiny tag stuck on the steering wheel. I may get some arguments but for me the greatest driver ever was Stirling Moss - he never had the best car because he always stuck to British cars which were well behind the other types when he was driving. He had success in every form of motor racing except for never winning the F1 title for the reason mentioned above. Schumacher was nowhere near the best because of his bullying and deliberate crashes making sure he won F1 in at least three years. If he didn't crash into people he sometimes ran them off the track by not giving room as he ought to have done.
Terry Agree with you there about Sterling Moss but I dont think He recovered fully when he had that serious accident on the track but the name of the track has eluded me Also I had great respects for Mike Hawthorn who I believe was Sterling Moss mentor It was a pity He sadly died in a tragic RTA Cheers
Hi Bill - both great drivers and Hawthorn was a real character. I remember the gatekeeper at work having an early evening newspaper and the accident was mentioned. When I was going back to my office I went into the Company Secretaries office and told him and the Gen Mgr. They wouldn't believe me at first. He had won enough races that year to get the title if I recall it rightly even though it was posthumous.
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Hi Bob My goodness certainly that one doesnt spring to mind It has got to be somewhere in Scotland I wonder what the price was Cheers
Is It Me ??...... The Iconic Red Pillar box has been on our streets since 1874. now they are going to paint some Black ( I wonder why ).
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Some do gooders now consider Nursery Rhymes "Sexist" and plan changes...
Are we going to have "Snow Black and the seven physically challenged persons
Any Other Suggestions ??. Little red riding hood etc.......
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Some do gooders now consider Nursery Rhymes "Sexist" and plan changes...
Are we going to have "Snow Black and the seven physically challenged persons
Any Other Suggestions ??. Little red riding hood etc.......
Dr David Owen got the Baa Baa Black Sheep changed to Green Sheep years ago. Utter madness! Of course - he was a LibDem!
I am wondering when the word "blackmail" will become unacceptable.
This Christmas, will we be singing "I'm Dreaming of a Multicoloured Christmas" ?
Maybe Christmas, as a Christian Festival, will be banned altogether !
This Christmas, will we be singing "I'm Dreaming of a Multicoloured Christmas" ?
Maybe Christmas, as a Christian Festival, will be banned altogether !
Watch "Hardcore Pawn" on the channel "Blaze" This a very large Buy sell or pawn store in Detroit USA. operated by a father son and daughter.
The customers are mainly coloured and whilst some act in a normal way some others..... well i will just leave you to judge. As i wrote earlier record the series as sometimes it is broadcast at odd times.
just don't miss it ...............
The customers are mainly coloured and whilst some act in a normal way some others..... well i will just leave you to judge. As i wrote earlier record the series as sometimes it is broadcast at odd times.
just don't miss it ...............
Originally Posted by John Richards
It must be 30 years or so ago when a barrister (Asian) objected in court to the use of the word. He was told to accept it. I wonder if a judge of today would act the same?
Originally Posted by Harve
Erm - And now, for the title the favourite is going to pot the - erm - very dark ball........!
When the rain stops and with it being Half Term for the kids i am going to take my Grandson on our local green and pick Goose berries, Raspberries and also .....berries. which are hard to pick 'cos they tend to limbo out of the basket afterwards.
It certainly was an awful thing for the Africans to be crammed into ships and many indeed died on the journey but is has to be remembered that the various Chiefs willingly sold their countrymen for gain. Those that survived the journey and put to work in the cotton field at least had a roof over their heads and had something to eat.
When slavery was abolished in 1865 and they were told that they were free, many just had nowhere to go or and so carried on in the fields for some sort of wage. I am sure it was still very hard for them at this time.
The thing being in these modern times the coloured people have to make the effort and also integrate with not only the "Honkies" but take the Asians as an example. they have established themselves in both legal and in all spheres of business, food establishments, taxis, market trading, politics, and many other things, and with the influx of immigrants both legal and illegal i do believe that we Whites will be in the minority.
At my age i shan't be around to see the things getting worse but i fear for my Grand kids future.
Our Grandfathers, Fathers fought and won two World Wars to keep our land free with freedom of speech and others things , now with 'uman rites we law abiders have no say anymore
It certainly was an awful thing for the Africans to be crammed into ships and many indeed died on the journey but is has to be remembered that the various Chiefs willingly sold their countrymen for gain. Those that survived the journey and put to work in the cotton field at least had a roof over their heads and had something to eat.
When slavery was abolished in 1865 and they were told that they were free, many just had nowhere to go or and so carried on in the fields for some sort of wage. I am sure it was still very hard for them at this time.
The thing being in these modern times the coloured people have to make the effort and also integrate with not only the "Honkies" but take the Asians as an example. they have established themselves in both legal and in all spheres of business, food establishments, taxis, market trading, politics, and many other things, and with the influx of immigrants both legal and illegal i do believe that we Whites will be in the minority.
At my age i shan't be around to see the things getting worse but i fear for my Grand kids future.
Our Grandfathers, Fathers fought and won two World Wars to keep our land free with freedom of speech and others things , now with 'uman rites we law abiders have no say anymore
John,
Sadly you are correct in what you say. I too worry about my grandchildren and the one greatgrandchild I have. All down to the indolence and selfishness of the useless politicians we've had over the past sixty years.
Sadly you are correct in what you say. I too worry about my grandchildren and the one greatgrandchild I have. All down to the indolence and selfishness of the useless politicians we've had over the past sixty years.
Well - just to remind you that I will be leaving you all very soon. My subs run out on the 20th November this year and I still feel the same way. I've had a long run on here and it's not what it was. I'll keep in touch mainly through JD and if anyone wants my Email he has got it so 'ask and ye shall receive'.
Well as i have said before Terrance Carey as the song says " If you leave us now you take away the very heart of us" You will be cut out of so many member's wills and legacy's.
Seriously now Terry do have a rethink, it will not be the same without thee. Uncle Syd will be utterly
devastated as you and him are probably the only two desert rats left around here (Did you really shave and cook in a Mess Tin ??)
Seriously now Terry do have a rethink, it will not be the same without thee. Uncle Syd will be utterly
devastated as you and him are probably the only two desert rats left around here (Did you really shave and cook in a Mess Tin ??)
Please think again Terry. As you say, the site is not what it was, but we "old-timers" can remedy that if we take extra Sanatogen.
If FR gave me a free year for a 90th birthday present I may think again but thanks JR and JD.
Originally Posted by John Richards
John Richards,Good to see you posting again, i am gonner try that Sanatogen as it may add a little help with the Viagra tablet i take at night keeping the bed sheet off of my gouty foot. J.D.
Originally Posted by John Daly
Tiz true JD, though neither TC nor I could claim to be proper 'Desert Rats', in my case I was about ten years too late! Hoping that a little life remains in these creaky old bones, but didn't do it much good last Saturday, on the coastal path near Swanage. Lost my balance and did a quick back flip down a particularly steep and nasty set of steps up a cliff! Fortunately friends grabbed me before I'd gone far, but still finding odd aches and pains in muscles long forgotten! No, I never shaved from a mess tin...I think! Cheers, Syd.
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