EileenH
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So does, "Dunno, the label`s dropped off." - although that usually annoys rather than baffles them.
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Oh - - - thanks Michael. I can certainly picture that little character! Probably seen him and his like around. Are chavs a modern phenomenon then?
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Crikey - gerraway!
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Sorry to be dim (default position). I can visualise the examples in the above, but - - what`s a 'chav' then? I suspect that some of my grandchildren can be described thus. Is it dress? education? social class? (surely not). I ask because a pair of my grandchildren were heard to use the term to describe others of the family. Is it me? Is it genetic?
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Hello Trismegisgus,
Nottstalgia is like going home on yer laptop. Welcome.
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I got a slap from me Dad for saying 'Blimey'. He said it meant the oath, 'God blind me.'
Oh - who knew?
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1) People who leave a tissue in their pocket or up their sleeve that disintegrates into little white bits all over the washing. (Might be me!)
2) OH saying, 'Why don`t you check all the pockets before the wash?
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When we were first married my OH told me that his ex was terrified of spiders.
I assumed a faint sneer and murmured, 'What a wimp.'
Then I`ve had to grit my teeth and pretend not to mind them for the next 30 years!
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I`ve done several Futurelearn courses and found the content very sound. There are often more in-depth downloads to access if you want to commit a bit further and the student interaction is often useful - although it can be overwhelming due to the large numbers participating.
Worth a try - it`s free!
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Wonderful, Cliff, loved these pictures.
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Put the wood in the `ole. - for Shut the door.
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At our house it was always 'I`ll go to the top of our stairs.'
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Thank you, Engineer. Some wonderful photographs new and old.
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They can 'home school' here as well. Apparently in law you have to 'educate' your child - not necessarily in a school.
I`ve met several families who`ve done this, at least for a time.
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I remember reading somewhere about a British unit deployed in the East during WW2. The officer replied to an American enquiry as to their situation by saying something like, 'Getting a bit sticky here, actually.' when they were under a severe attack and the Americans, thinking that the situation wasn`t too bad, delayed sending help.
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Oh - Sweet Rosie O`Grady was the film and the song was by the Mills Brothers and by the time I`d got back here I`d forgotten the title.
Sad, eh?
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I was marking a piece of written work many years ago and when I remarked, "That`s not how you spell (that word)."
The lad replied, "Well, that`s how I spell it."
Oh - - - what a little individualist! (or something.)
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I lived on Hawthorn Street - which had a junction with Kings Meadow Road and I remember being scared of the tanks that would rumble down the road from 'the Gun Factory' as we called it. The road surface was deeply scarred from their tracks.
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Cliff, it's the little icon next to my name that says 'notifications' when you click it. I was logged in all right. In fact I just logged out and signed in again to be sure and it still says I don't have permission to view the topic.
I'm not that bothered. I was just afraid that I'd broken some rule that I didn't know about.
(I feel as though a prefect caught me using the wrong door by accident.)
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the notification place told me that another member had 'liked' a comment I'd made about his post but when I clicked on it to remind myself what it was I was told "you do not have permission to view this topic."
Have I done something wrong?
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There you go then. Misremembering! Thanks lad.
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Blackbirds singing to each other of a spring evening.
The rattle of soft summer rain on the tent roof (yes, seriously!)
The crackle of a wood fire.
The sound of surf on a beach.
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When I worked at Gedling School in the 70s - early eighties there was fierce rivalry with Frank Wheldon School.
I remember one end of term the word went out, 'The Frankies are coming down.' but it rained so they didn`t.
Phew!
The battles usually seemed to run in the estate but they sometimes hung about on Wollaton Avenue at home time.
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Oh yes, the Bonington - went to see 'Rock around the Clock' there. Were the baths called the Bonington Baths or am I misremembering that?
Compliments will get you nowhere!
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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I was just listening to local radio about the Cycling Race that`s coming through Derbyshire. The lady presenter said something like, 'Don`t miss this as it goes past, girls. There`ll be Mark Cavendish in tight Lycra.'
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