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Just read that Americans are spending $15 billion thats BILLION dollars a year on BP meds. No wonder the medical profession are so keen to get us locked onto them. And that's only one class of drug. Oh well! we are about broke anyway so it all may soon become academic. Guess I'm in a very pessimistic mood tonight. Better take my meds. !sickly! Loppy.

First of all Stan and Eyeup let me say what a pleasure it is to be able to discuss a subject which is quite emotive and on which folks tend to have strong opinions and remain civil and pleasant. On many similar sites such topics could get quite unpleasant. Sorry Mick,we have really hijacked your thread I'm afraid as it was really about moving to America. I respect the fact that there are many in the medical profession who are well meaning people who are trying to help those who are sick. They do so in the way in which they have been trained to do through medical school. Those in the alter

I'm like you ayeup. I have little to no confidence in the medical profession. Just read of a guy in our local paper who developed a brain tumor. He had surgery, radiation, chemo, the works. He has now been sent home and given TWO weeks to get his affairs in order. The answer to cancer seems to be poison, slash, and burn and when that fails as it almost always does. Tough luck! The medics have made their money. If I ever come down with that dread disease, I will try natural cures while possibly taking meds to control any pain. If that doesn't work so be it I'm ready to go. The cure s

Glad you're here. Look forward to your postings. Dave

Only been on this site a few days but I have really been enjoying it. Great memories, great folks. I've got to gerroff and gerra life. Oh well I've been too sick to do much else. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. One thing I've noticed so many of us started our careers as electricians even if we are not still in the trade now. Wonder how come? Co-incidence or what. I notice a lot were NCB electricians. Mine was more general electrical contracting. Anything from houses to supermarkets. Ended up at the EMEB before I emigrated. First on Talbot street behind the Co-op. Then out

Aye-up Eric Things were so much easier then it seemed. I'm sure they did background checks etc. but if they did it was very low key. Worst part was having to pay for a medical checkup. Couldn't do that on the NHS. If I remember rightly it was about 100 pounds. Lot of money in those days. Time we'd bought the tickets we were about broke. Couldn't have returned if we'd wanted to. Dave

Browsing through old topics and came across this one. Interesting. We left in Spring 71. Moved to Toronto. Reasons were mainly what another poster noted. After our first daughter came along I really wondered about her future. Everywhere seemed to be getting more and more crowded. I had always wanted to go to Oz after a buddy of mine moved there and liked it in 64. My wife was close to her parents and felt like if we went there she would never see them again, but she would be willing to consider Canada. I was probably like most people and thought all Canada had was snow, pine trees a

How about old Alf Garnett in 'til death us do part. They probably couldn't run that show in these days, "Silly old Moo!" "Scouse git"! etc. The US made a watered down version of it called "All in the Family" Alf's character was a guy called Archy Bunker. Not a patch on Alf. They have done that quite a bit here with British shows re-named but they never come close to the originals. IMHO. Dave

Yes, I was in school that afternoon in Netherfield. We looked out the window to see the telegraph poles shaking like crazy. Hoped we'd get sent home but we didn't. Dave

Finally got around to digging out and scanning a slide of the POP circa 1968 Nothing quite like Blue Valspar. They were the days. Dave

Just came across the following. Hope the link works I have not tried pasting a link before. http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/storie...s.1aed2b52.html That could be enough to make a guy move back to Nottingham. Dave

How about old Rolf Harris and the wobbleboard. He could sure draw a really good picture pretty quickly too. Then there was my first crush. Sylvia Peters. I was only about ten or eleven. Wrote her a letter and she sent me an autographed picture. Now, if I could just find it. !yowza! Dave

Great potential here Mick. Used to watch quite a bit at my grandma's in the early fifties. Whirligig etc. Remember a guy by the name of Peter Butterworth. He always sat trying to boil a kettle over a candle. Don't think he ever succeeded Then there was Billy Bunter. Probably wouldn't be allowed today. Not politically correct. Then there was Hank and Texas Pete. One of my early favorites was Billy Bean and his funny machine. This show was taken to task in the news because Billy had an American accent. Not surprising, it was an American show. They were worried all the kids would star

Yes, I sure remember those. By then I had a "Pocket sized????" transistor radio. Used to doze off to sleep after a late date listening to one or more of those stations + Luxembourg of course, but that used to be a bit temperamental and would fade in and out depending on weather conditions.

Yes, Al Reed. "Ah thought riiiiiight monkey!" He was a great guy. Is he still alive? It was great that these guys could get a laugh without the double meaning that seems to apply to most comedian's routines today. Dave

Thanks. Are yes the world at One (anothers throats) seems like they were the days when BBC current affairs were more objective. Dave

What radio programs did you used to listen to before TV went and spoiled it all? My earliest memories are of a battery powered radio. Not talking transistor, way before that. The tube/valve heaters were powered by what my mother called an "Accumulator." This big glass jar had two plates that used to bubble in the acid. Had to be re-charged fairly often by our neighbor who used to charge tuppence I think. It often seemed to run down right in the middle of a play. :-) At which time she did not call it an accumulator anymore but something much more colorful. Anyway we finally got modern a

Those kinds of accidents are grief to all, Stan. Obviously to the unfortunate victim, but also to the dad who has to live with the knowledge that he killed his own daughter. It is a grief to law abiding gun owners also as it provides more arguments for the gun control crowd to try to ban all ownership of weapons. It would seem that if there is a gun in the house there needs to be some kind of pre-arrangement to make sure that such a tragedy can never happen. Dave

Glad you joined. Welcome. Dave !!

You are right Rob. It just seems as though human beings are unable to get a good balance. I never objected to a licking if I deserved it. (Of course I never thought I did. :-) ) Wouldn't dare tell my folks I'd have got another. What I objected to more than anything was the snide putdowns instead of encouragement and the ability of a teacher to "Rough you up." If he felt ticked off for some reason. Society was so different 50+ years ago. I remember hearing of the type of thugs that we struggle with today receiving birching in prison. It is said that they made sure they did not get a

Your hubby is a couple of years younger than me maybe things changed quite a bit in that time. All depends on perspective too. One person may really enjoy a certain holiday destination or restaurant, another may have nothing good to say about the same place. Dave

Hi Craig. Yes, that was a popular configuration in its day and Wharfedale were considered to be one of the best speaker manufacturers in the world. If I remember rightly the big argument centered on whether the Leak, which was one of the first transistorized quality amplifiers, was better or inferior to the existing tube (valve) amps of the day like the Rogers. Reading some of the online stuff that argument goes on right to the present day. Dave

Rob and I got into talking about snakes the other day based on his Cobra avatar. Thought being as this forum is "Owt abaaht Nowt" it might be ok to post here. Nottingham does not have too many snakes as far as I know except maybe some two legged ones but we won't try to discuss them. :-) They are everywhere. Beefsteak asked about a snake seen in Florida. Not sure what it would be but probably some none poisonous garter snake in such a public place. Most of the bad ones in Florida would probably be around the Everglades. Rattlers can be found in most places in GA. Haven't seen any rig

I have a thread started on Chandos Street school under the schools section of this board. Would be interested to read hubbies thoughts on the old place. Dave

I am STILL using those Wharfedale super Lintons and they sound as good as the day I got 'em. The Thorens TD150 turntable also continues to run smoothly whenever I need it. I'm not even sure Wharfedale exists anymore do they? Dave