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Just getting back in the normality swing after a very enjoyable week in Devon with Hubbs and Daughter and Granddaughter. Those two girls are in my life so much on a daily basis, it is a special feeling to be loved and to love back. When my Granddaughter was born 18yrs ago in December, my Daughter was really not well for quite a while. I spent a lot of time with her and that wonderful little baby. I believe I bonded as if she was my own. My daughter appreciated me very much and made sure I have been given the honour of being a big part of their lives. Today my feelings have b

'Telling me that i'm not really over you' lol. Welcome Loppy, Jill, and Plantfit. We missed you all miducks.

Loppy is still lurking around the dog house. Not doing much barking these days. Been spending quite a bit of time barking with various organist's about the relative merits of different capture actions, ranks and stops. Not to mention our good friend Herr Bach. I find myself very tired in these days and I don't mean just physically. The world gets a bit loonier every day IMHO anyway. I did not post my thoughts in among some of the previous discussion. They would not be welcome and would probably be considered hate speach. To the best of my remembrance I have never hated anyon

Of course if everyone was really becoming a homosexual I too would be worried for our future. Thing is everyone isn't. It's just that those who are genuinely homosexual are no longer hidden, as they were for centuries previously. There is also absolutely no, none, zero, zilch evidence that homosexuals 'want everyone to be gay'.. Govt. statistics say that 1.7% of the population identify as LGTB. There is no evidence that these orientations are increasing, they are just more visible. From my perspective, there are far more dangerous, socially damaging and urgent probl

I have to agree with you on that, I would probably go further, maybe because I am a bit of a prude, I believe all people should keep their sexual activities behind closed doors. I personally think this topic has gone far enough and posters should post more nottstalgia.

Don't think I was being disingenuous about the PC Brigade Brew. It wasn't me who introduced the term and I'm not the one complaining that the 'Brigade' (Whoever they are...) are 'stifling' free speech. I simply asked who this 'brigade' were. Nobody can tell me. You are of course correct when you say that there is no such brigade and I agree that we all to some extent allow our behaviour and utterences to be 'modified' by more enlightened social conventions, but I think there's a qualitative difference between a developing set of social norms, and plain old PC bullying. The limi

I can count the number of times I've lifted the bonnet of my car on the toes of one hand. Let them as wants to, get on with it.

I passed my test in a HA Viva, passed first time after only six lessons. That was of course before I became interested the influences of history, culture, and the societal emergence of institutions that influenced geopolitics.

Thank you catfan, so kind of you to find the song for me. The words are even more appropriate than I realised. I'd lend you my hankie benj, but it's wet through, and my laptop and my sleeve and my cup of tea keeps filling up.

Lovely read carni well done to all of you.

c1954, possibly Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire. A full week away......heaven! But wait.... is that a microwave I see at the bottom left of the picture? No, it's a meat safe - remember them?

Welcome back Jill, I have missed you, your style of writing and comments they always bring a smile to my face. I often go back and reread of your tales of manning to brighten up my day, when are you going to write some more, in fact write a book, I will certainly purchase one.

The term Gay is just the latest one used to describe homosexuals. There have been many others in the past. I've actually noticed that the term 'Queer' is making a bit of a comeback among the LGTB community. So should we strike out all references to The Queen in case that confuses youngsters? Or maybe we should get somebody to remove the word queer from all printed sources? Maybe we should stop reminiscing so fondly about the Faggots we so enjoyed outside the chippy in Arkwright St? What will people think? Fairy stories should definitely b

Which ties in rather neatly Col with the earlier discussion. Hofstadter in his discourse examines how fringe groups can have a disproportionate influence and how individual behaviour can impact much larger groups. Such things would be difficult to think about objectively whilst trying to remember 'mirror. signal. manoeuvre' or negotiating the intricacies of a two lane roundabout.

Hardly Accelerates, and Heavy Braking !

No idea what HA and HB stand for but I passed my driving test in a Viva, 50 years ago, crikey!

Coud'nt have put it better me-self Brew''''''''''''''''''''lol

Brew me old mate.......you've been on here long enough to know.....we tend to stray awhite Pal..?..........lol

Funny thing about Grandparents.........they tell us things that they would'nt tell their Mams and Dads,,i've now got grandkids in their 30s.who still tell me they remember telling me things that i never 'split on them for'' and must admit 'vice versa'' one of em tells me 'the things you said grandad i still think about'' he's in the Army and travels the world,,and makes me so proud,,the furthest i took him was Yarmouth..................

I do that with my nephews regularly Catfan!

We had two of our grandchildren (9 and 7) staying with us in the caravan for two days last week. It was lovely to have them with us but it was tiring.... they are great kids but their energy levels are way above mine! I'm looking after them tomorrow all day, also Friday, but while they're at home they do amuse themselves for the odd half hour... so it's easier than being in the caravan. They both like playing board games and always choose Monopoly to play first because I don't like it that much - little monkeys! Really loved listening to that song - thankyou Catfan and Carni

Nothing better than being a proud parent / grandparent.

Never mind the chocolate and ice cream........where's me Hanky.....as catfan said Carnie lovely,,

Although my favourite mode of transport is train Phil. I have absolutely no desire or interest in the things, so long as they get me to my destination & back is all that matters to me. I don't know a steam train from a diesel nor have any desire to. Aircraft travel is not for me, don't like heights at all, only once flown from London to New York & back of course. Coach travel is the cheapest, another bonus is that I don't have to drive the thing ! Headphones, music on my phone, wake me up when we get to Bulwell Mrs C, just suits me fine. Another thing is the great compan

Lovely day today as usual, started off with my usual trike ride,8 miles around the local villages then called in the village hall in Bassingham for a coffee,Monday morning is coffee morning in the hall,good company and a good natter about anything and everything,(coffee 70p) back home for lunchtime and got dinner ready for Mrs P, crispies chicken with fresh salad and veg rice,hung the washing out then out with the grass mower and cut the grass on the back garden,having a sit down and a coffee and a bit of catching up on the websites, this retirement stuffs ok innit Rog

Did a "church" ride a couple of months ago, ride through the villages taking pics of their churches, here's the results Beckingham all saints Claypole,Saint Peters Balderton Saint Giles Coddington, All Saints Stapleford village,All Saints, (lincolnshire) I've already posted pictures of our village church,Newark church and Norton Disney in another post This was a lovely ride,going from home to Beckingham,Fenton,Stubton,Claypole,Balderton,Newark,Coddington,Stapleford and back home,not sure

HC must stand for Hopeless Carburettor then. I took one off my eldest daughters hands. Very fast, but the massive Stromberg carb was a devil to adjust, therefore a swine to start !

And long may it remain so Ben, some just take things way too seriously. If we stayed 'on topic' we'd probably run out of things to say by page 2

Of course you can talk about meat paste, old cars and even dead donkeys if you so wish. The title of this thread is...……………………..

I owned a Viva as well, I also owned an Allegro despite all the bad publicity about them it took my family and trailer many thousands of miles camping with not one bit of bother and it was only the 1100cc one. If not on cars I will choose shipphams paste as a discussion on Princes may cause upsets.LOL

Margie I used to organise a competition with my kids when they were young. Who could keep quiet without making a sound the longest !

I did that too Margie. The cardboard tops were from wide necked bottles and had a centre you could push out to make a ring. Made good skimmers too. We also put four pins a cotton reel and made the strings. I think we called it French knitting.

Yes, I remember that - there were no options for skimmed or semiskimmed milk then..

1 to stop, 2 to go, 3 full load, don't pick any more passengers up, continuous ringing, bleddy pull up sharpish there is an emergency !

I never think Homo's etc as a threat, more of an embarrassment really ! Men talking with strange falsetto voices & trying to act like a woman in public i find offensive. Only last week I saw 2 blokes walking along holding hands , big strapping masculine blokes, embarrassing to many onlookers. Too allow 5 year old children to choose their own gender I find particularly distasteful , how on earth can a five year old know anything about gender re-assignment ? I firmly believe many parents allow this because they really wanted a child of the other sex, you get what you are gi

How did we indeed Col,,............''shut that door'' lol

Many moons ago I remember my uncle, who was a driver on the Brown and Cream West Bridgford buses, telling me that depending on how the conductor rang the bell gave instructions to the driver. 1 ring was "Stop" - 2 rings was "Go" and 3 rings was "Do Not Stop".

It was illegal up to 1967 though - although I believe that was just between males. I read somewhere that Queen Victoria didn’t think it was possible between women!

Col ‘defends’ homosexuals as they are born that way. I accept that’s probably true and as long as they do whatever they do behind closed doors I’m fine with that. What about kleptomaniacs? They can’t help what they do either. That’s another aberration from what we consider to be the norm. They get fined or locked up if they’re caught at it though. How long before that’s legalised and we see parades of shoplifters proudly marching through the City with their gaily coloured banners - probably led by the Mayor and the Sheriff.

I won.t use that word.out of context either .

That's very noble of you, Rog! But I reckon that's the way... to do good without expecting any reward - or even recognition - for it. Of course, it's nice when good deeds ARE acknowledged but YOU (and dare I say, God?) know what you did for him and that's what really matters x

So right KJ, one of our favourite towns where we regularly went for a few days break. Oh, come you home on Sunday When Ludlow streets are still And Ludlow bells are calling To farm and lane and mill Or come you home of Monday When Ludlow market hums And Ludlow chimes are playing "The conquering hero comes" An extract from "The Recruit", one of the poems from "A Shropshire Lad" by A E Housman, one of my best-loved anthologies. If you don't know it, do acquaint yourself, you won't be disappointed.

I would love some openly Gay/Lesbians to come on here,who had a good sense of humour and enjoyed debating,,would certainly liven things up a bit,,not looking for argument,,it would be very interesting,,,after all we all believe in free speech,,

You must be ambidextrous in both feet like me Brew..

I nearly gave up reading this topic after the mention of Vivas. They were CRAP ,

Who am I to disagree with you IAN.

Been to Bulwell with Mrs C & called in the Oasis cafe, even got mesen a secondhand jumper for a quid !

Day just got better seeing Jill and Loppy back............also just realised not welcomed Plantfit Rog back,,sorry Rog welcome back mate,,

The difference of course being that homosexuality is legal. I doubt very much whether overt sexual acts in public by homosexuals or heterosexuals would be tolerated and there are many laws which could be invoked. (Public order, Breach of the Peace. etc...) Theft isn't. legal, in public or in private.

I have two good friends in our village who are lesbians - I don't particularly like using that term as they are just nice people who happen to love each other and are fully committed to being a family. They have 2 children, one each, but both with the same father (NOT naturally conceived, I might add....). He's a good friend of theirs and happily agreed to give them the opportunity to have children to love. The father comes to see the children regularly but doesn't live with them. The family is happy and stable and the children seem well adjusted. Having two mums doesn't seem to be a prob