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  1. I must be rich because I have four watches, but only two bought by us and the second was because about a year ago I thought I had lost my watch the one that I wear daily. We got back from a cycle ride last year and it was missing from my wrist. I was a bit upset because we had treated our selves to matching Rotary ones when hubbs retired. Not top of the range but special to us. Anyway after about a month I had another Rotary, about a month later Hubbs was cleaning the panniers out and what should be in a glasses case at the bottom of one , my watch, put there for safe keeping as so
    5 points
  2. Doctors this morning,,,,told me to stop taking the '''Primadone''' tablets,,,as they clash with my blood thinners,,,when i thought about it i realised my 'Shaky hand was no worse or better,,,so gladly will stop taking the tablets,,its 3 less per day. Don't write much nowadays,, anyway seem to manage ok with the wrong hand''' and the only other thing the shake''' effected was carrying a drink in each hand,,,the left hand goes mad,,,so try to ensure the drink in the left hand is the 'Wifes' lol
    4 points
  3. I doff my cap to the clever clogs who condensed the 3 yes 3 "Clocks back tonight" topics I'm with you Margie, I do not own or wear a watch, I have no rings or chains or any desire for any bling-bling I have quite a collection of Fred Perry polo shirts & some quite old Nottingham Forest football badges, that's it.
    3 points
  4. A Lavender bush should be clipped back after flowering Gem but not into the old wood. If you don't do it every year it will grow big and leggie.
    3 points
  5. Margie those are words that have been applied to me many times... but I just smile and.... oooo shiny.....
    3 points
  6. I only have one tie and just two pairs of shoes. I never go anywhere.
    2 points
  7. ...and also try to ensure the other hand in your left hand is your wife's.
    2 points
  8. Back home after two days in Whitby for the Goth festival, a lovely atmosphere and some fantastic costumes. We don't dress up our only concession to the occasion is to wear black, not very adventurous. Maybe next year we might push the boat out and wear a hat something along the lines of a Victorian mourning bonnet.
    2 points
  9. That car clock, no chance I'll wait 6 months. Why we got 3 clocks go back topics
    2 points
  10. "Stag & Pheasant, first pub I ever went in Christmas Eve 1944 aged 16, ten of us all family walked home along Manvers St.,/ Meadow Lane arm & arm across the road singing carols!
    1 point
  11. I eat my peas with treacle I have done it all my life It makes the peas taste funny But it keeps them on me knife
    1 point
  12. When I was a company accountant I used to organise my banking at the Nat West to be around 12 noon so that I could pop Into the men only bar at the Thurland and have a swift half and a slice of pork pie. That was back in the days when you could easily find a parking spot right outside the door.
    1 point
  13. That's if they make it from the pod to the pan aye benj.
    1 point
  14. The only time I wear a watch is if I go anywhere special where I have to wear a shirt and tie, very rarely these days .Then I will wear a watch given to me by a neighbour some 30 years ago. She brought this for her husband when he sold his company and retired, sadly he died a week after retirement and I had to promise her I would wear it on special occasions and think of her and her husband, which I do. It is a gold wind up Accurist still in its original box purchased from F J Lees 28 Wheeler Gate Nottingham. Other than that I don't wear a watch and being retired who cares about time, if
    1 point
  15. My posh watch is a pre owned Omega which I bought for £900 about fifteen years ago. It would cost £3200 to replace now but I would never spend that much money on a new watch.
    1 point
  16. I bought a watch in Roys, of Wroxham. Paid the princely sum of five quid. Not quite in the league of Cols etc., but in two years its never lost a minute. The only thing that's gone is the plating on it. Maybe I should sit in a corner as I don't want to embarrass the big guns with their 'posh' stuff.
    1 point
  17. You're probably better off without em, Ben. A friend of mine was diagnosed with Parkinson's 6 months ago. I don't believe she has it as the diagnostic procedure is very low tech and includes symptoms which arise from other causes: strokes, chemo, arthritis, etc...all of which apply to her. My mother was misdiagnosed with Parkinson's and given very powerful Levadopa drugs which made her ill. My friend is in her 80s and on a low dose of Madopar. Fortunately, on that dosage, there are no adverse side effects. However, there are no benefits either, as there wouldn't be if o
    1 point
  18. I’ve been in uncertainty mode about watches for the last few weeks. I’ve had one for as long as I can remember, but I’m wondering whether I could learn to live without. My current watch is a Seiko which cost around £55 in the mid 80s. I like it and it tells the time, which is all I need. The other functions such as stopwatch, calendar, etc don’t work because one of the push-button needs fixing, but I never used them anyway. And the strap is a bit floppy and loose, so needs fixing, or I might lose it without realising. I’ve been trying to decide if I should spend to hav
    1 point
  19. I like watches too. Don't like Rolex though. I just don't like that 'curved lug' shape.. and I reckon they're over hyped. I've got my old 70s Seiko self winder which needs more money spending on it than it's worth, also my Dad's Seiko Sportsman which my Mum bought him about 1960, and my Grandad Jack's 45 Year presentation Timex from the railways, which has the well known problem of a 'crazing' dial. I also read up a bit on that and discovered that British Railways cheated. They apparently bought a nice Timex model, but had Timex put a cheaper movement in them to cut costs. I blame them
    1 point
  20. I know what you mean Margie, but I only had that problem when Mrs Col brought the blue flowered one into the garden. Aquilegia Alpina? That one has to be rooted out ruthlessly all the time, as do some of the 'crosses' between it and the large flowered ones. I never had that problem with the large flowered long spurred ones I grew from seed decades ago and brought here from our first house, but the last of those expireed last year. Thing is, I'm now going to have the problem of waiting till I see flowers before I know which ones to dig up!
    1 point
  21. Thanks Beekay if Christmas humbug wasn't bad enough you have now made things worse by mentioning Easter. But with Easter brings Spring and the thought of green shoots growing in the garden again and the birth of wildlife again.
    1 point
  22. Bit of Parking rage at City Hospital this morning,,,always difficult parking,,one just has to be patient,,.i'm usually quite placid unless pushed,,but i was tested today. Went round the block a few times looking for a space,,finally spotted one and drove in. Couldn't believe what happened next,,,bloke suddenly appears and stands across the space with arms outstretched. What you doing ?..says i,, ''my mrs will be here in a minute and shes parking here'''says he,, No shes not mate i'm parking there,,,anyway he refuses to move,,and i did the same,,,his Mrs turns up in a bi
    1 point
  23. I must admit that even though I'm from Mong Eaton, Nottingham was always my town for drinking. I worked at Butlins Minehead from 1979 to 1983 and my best mate Jake's from Portsmouth. In about 1981 a group of 5 of them came up for the weekend. I'll never forget we walked into the Flying Horse just as the Council House clock struck 8 and went downstairs to the bar on the right that I always used. These poor buggers from the south could not believe Nottingham. They'd never seen so many women before and never seen people queuing to get in a pub. As I recall we did the usual run. Flying Horse, Lion
    1 point
  24. Only just discovered this wonderful site. At the end of the 70s I lived in bed sit land better known as Mapperley Park, on Magdala Road and used The New Inn virtually every night of the week. A great pub with plenty of other bed sitters using it. A superb juke box and even though town was a ten minute bus ride away I rarely went there. Used The Grosvenor on occasions and The Gladstone but The New Inn was my base.
    1 point
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