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Mam used to put a shilling (5 pence piece) on the mantle piece for the gas or electric meter: One day I nicked the bob & spent it on sweets, Mam said "where's that bob gone?" I said "I've put it in the electric meter" & she was happy with that. Then the flipping electric did run out, I was questioned & my crime came to light. We then sat in the dark with no telly, me with a very sore bum, waiting for Dad to come home from work. Don't do crime kids, especially if you get caught like me...

I had a van & was going to run my mates & their tent to Peterborough for a fishing trip, one of them asked me to look after his maggots "put them in the fridge overnight" he said. Next morning Mam came stomping up the stairs in a rage & biffed me wile I was still in bed: She'd opened the fridge door & maggots were everywhere, she wasn't happy bunny. When my mate came round later she biffed him as well, he still tells people about it even now 40'odd years later, lol. She stood for no nonsense from anyone...

Read another article about how to emigrate, it said (in so many words) to only emigrate to a country where you won't look different to the locals as you'll find it hard to integrate otherwise. So if I were to emigrate it'd have be to Northern Europe, Canada, USA, Australia or New Zealand as anywhere else my lily white fair skin & light blue eyes wouldn't fit in...

I was there from April till July 1968 then left to go to Moorgreen pit for my NCB training, I never became a millionaire. Bill Driver was my form master, woodwork teacher Buffer White caned me on my last day, other teachers I remember are Mr Petty, Mantle, Simpson & Mrs Daft. (when I heard her name I fell about laughing) I could have been one of the machismo lads showing off, but as the new kid & being the smallest in the 4'th year I tried to keep a low'ish profile. A few show offs who were ready for leaving I remember were lads named George, Killer Thurman & Popeye. As I was the n

I moved to Beardall school from Trent Bridge 3 months before I left school for good: I was scared stupid as new kids at Trent Bridge got beat up. (unless they were big) Got to Beardall & nothing happened, they were like pussy cats compared to the Trent Bridge lot, mind you managed to get the cane on my last ever day at school, lol...

In April we couldn't find any Norpak in Aldi or butter anywhere else as panic buyers had nabbed them, so got some cheapo own brand margarine from a corner shop. It was yuk & only used it till we could get the proper norpak when things got more normal. We ended up binning the own brand stuff as neither of us liked it, it was tasteless IMO...

When I lived down the Meadows in the 1960's Dad, my sister & me had Summer County, but Mam would have Best Butter. Next door would always have Stork. In the 70's Dad, my sister & me would have Krona, but Mam would have Best Butter. Then along came I Cant Believe It's Not Butter & Utterly Butterly & we'd have that, except Mam, she still had Best Butter. At in laws house it was always Flora low fat stuff for everyone, never saw Best Butter there. Nowadays we have Aldi's Norpak or Lurpak spreadable if it's on special offer as Wife likes them, I'm not bothered & can have any o

A very unfortunate name for a bunch of crooks. Wonder how often they're actually come from here?

Remember reading an article in New Scientist years (maybe decades) ago that said when someone emigrated to a country where they look different to the local indigenous population they usually congregate with people who look like themselves, & in many cases this seems to be true.. I read an article written by a black American who was always being pulled over & suspected of committing crimes by the cops. He went to Nigeria on hols & said "I never once got looked at twice by the cops, it was great to drive around in the hire car & not get pulled over. I now know what it

Two Christian men were killed by Indian police a few days ago... I'm waiting for the CLM (Christian Lives Matter) protests to kick off...

Turn your front loader washing machine into a top loader by laying it on its back...

It is perfectly acceptable & even encouraged to say "black lives matter." But not acceptable & even borderline illegal to say "white lives matter." So I include everyone from deepest black to lightest white, & anyone in between & say "grey lives matter." I'll either please everyone, or offend everyone, at least it's equal - I think...

Protect your new carpet by putting the old one on top of it...

Sad day today as Shadow-cat from next door has died. I know he wasn't our cat but we loved him like he was. Going to miss him as he was always round our house to see if there was any spare food going, he'd steal our cat Pix's food any chance he got. He was curled up on a chair under our canopy yesterday but he didn't look well, they took him to the vets today & he had to be put to sleep. They've sent round all his food, toys, food bowls & flea treatment for out Pix, feels very poignant...

When I worked at the QMC the boilers were always furring up as water was so hard, they had their own wells for their water as it was cheaper that buying it off Severn-Trent. A lady from Birmingham (a soft water area) asked me why the water tasted different? I said "the water here is hard." She said "does it go round beating up other waters then?" Made me laugh...

Remember reading somewhere that when a radio or TV transmitter fired up in an area any hurricane/storm/earthquake/epidemic etc that happened was blamed on the new mysterious technology. Some people seem to think if A is done & B follows then A must have caused B, they don't seem to be able to admit it could be a coincidence...

With this 5G hoo-ahh I'm trying to work out how radio waves from a mobile mast can cause Covid19 or any other illness. Radars have been using similar frequencies with MUCH higher powers for decades with no ill effects. I'm wondering why no hoo-ahh over 3G & 4G when they fired up? Oh yeah there wasn't a pandemic going on at the same time...

Our pay Sergeant was called 'Swindel' he never got my pay wrong & one of nicest blokes on earth...

Give your kid an empty box for their birthday & tell him it's an action man deserter...

Clinton got 48.2% of the vote & Trump got 46.1%, & Trump won, even though he got nearly 3 million less votes. Strange.... When I was in America last June they all seemed to like him & were singing his praises....

Was walking to the Sainsbury's & Co-op locals on Watnall Road Hucknall: (opposite where the fire station used to be) there was a Co-op delivery truck reversing into the car park. Word must have got out as there were suddenly dozens of people queuing to get in the Co-op while Sainsbury'a was empty. I went in Sainsbury's to get some grub for Pix the cat as that's all we need at the moment, & I had a Magnum sucker as a treat for myself, hope that's classed as essential shopping. We have a mobile shop van come round once a day & we get our bread & the odd 2 litres of milk off him.

The boffins have been observing very high energy X rays coming from a galaxy cluster that could help prove or disprove whether string theory is correct or not. They were/still are looking for signs that high energy X rays from the galaxy cluster have turned into matter in the form of hypothetical particles called axion's. Unfortunately the axion's are a no show, so this has 'bu**ered things up' as they say. So they still have no clue whether string theory is true or not, so it's back to square one; again...

Oh how I wish I could follow Dads favourite saying at this horrible time in history, it was "never worry about things you can't control, as it's a waste of your brain power." I so hate the uncertainty of what is going on at the moment, but by definition I can't do owt about it...

Did some shopping for my 70+ neighbours last night who are self isolating, some of Aldi shelf's were stripped bare but I managed to get everything on their list's except seeded brown bread for Jeanette. Asked another 70+ neighbour if she wanted anything but she does hers online. There seemed to be a very surreal atmosphere everywhere... We were supposed to be going to a line dance social at Basford Miners Welfare tonight but of course it's been cancelled... My wife who's a line dance instructor has had all her classes & socials at Selston cancelled till further notice so we'l

I had the cough from hell last December while I was on hols in Tenerife, if I'd got it now I'd swear blind I've got Covid 19 & I'd be in self isolation. Went to local pharmacy & they gave me bisolven which helped but made me drowsy as it contained diphenhydramine, so I slept quite a bit... I do wonder if I DID have Covid 19 before it was recognised in Europe & recovered, however I don't suppose I'll ever know.. ...Hoping all fellow Nottstagion's wherever you are stay safe...