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A street... in Nottingham.

It was a 'dodgy' business. Around 1968, me and my mate John were hitching back from Wales and stuck on the A50 near Uttoxeter. ( Or 'Uxter'.as the locals called it.) A young girl in a mini pulled up and we got in. I was the lucky one and got to sit in the front seat. This young lady was totally stunning. Slim and blond, wearing a knitted pale cream dress at 'mini' length. There would have been somethng seriously wrong with me if I'd not noticed that she was gorgeous. Naturally, John and I were true Gents thoughout and she dropped us in the centre of Nottm close to the Council House, but

Haven't set foot in the Pear Tree since around 1969. I recall it was a nice little place. Went there to meet up with a lad from Boowul who I didn't see again for 50 years, but now regularly see in Boowul Wethies.. when I'm home.

For a minute there.. or maybe 5 hours... I thought I'd gone deaf...

Good day today. Mrs Col's cousin, who was best man at our wedding, has lived in the south since he got married 40+ years ago. His wife is a lovely girl but is now wheelchair bound with MS. Anyway, he finally managed to marshall his five kids and their respective partners, and himself and wife to come up this way. Some had never been to Liverpool before, but all said from what they've seen so far it is a great city. We met up, along with Mrs Col's two older sisters and husbands, plus some of their kids, at a Garden Centre/Restaurant near Ormskirk. A very rare gathering, but lovely to see

I think you need to get that sorted Loppy. I've had a few different beta blockers over the years (Mostly Propanolol and now Bisoprolol) and also different statins... ( Simvastatin and now Atorvasttin) Was also prescribed an ACE inhibitor (Lisinopril) which didn't agree with me and was replaced with an A2 inhibitor (Valsartan) which was OK until it became unavailable and now on another (Losartan) All above said I don't have high BP. Sometimes a bit low. I have had 2 small strokes and one heart attack. Now have one completely blocked right ventricular artery and some left ventri

For the purposes of posting here, it seems to me that the only real issue is whether what each of us posts doesn't confuse opinion and fact. Where we get our facts from is up to us, but requires a bit of care and an ability to see past propaganda and to question both our own and other's assumptions. It's also important to qualify statements and to offer a 'source' for anything 'statistical'. Example. I don't think It's any secret that immigration is a hot topic. Yet (as many predicted) numbers of EU workers are declining and this is having an effect on recruitment in certain UK

Just thought I'd start this thread to state my own view on discussing 'politics'.. since it seems to be causing a few ripples again. I'm not using this to push my views on politics, but my views on the discussion of politics. I actually like discussing politics and I do so every day on my other favourite site here: www.pinkfishmedia.net It rarely gets out of hand and anyone 'trolling' or introducing racism etc., will be very quickly closed down. The quality of political discussion on PinkfishMedia is the highest I have ever encountered on any site, with robust views

Just spotted this Margie. I do hope it turns out OK. By coincidence I was just checking my appointment at the Docs on line. (Going to ask what, if anything can be done about the increasing pains in my legs.) I spotted that they've added a new bit to my records. 'Pigmentary Dispersion'. This must come from a report from my hospital eye appointment a week or so back, but the chap at the hospital never mentioned it by name and I've only been told I have the start of a cataract. Anyway, it seems i'm losing bits of pigment from inside my eyes which have the potential to block the drain an

I have an appointment on Friday to have root canal work. This bloody tooth has already cost me a small fortune and caused me two courses of Metronidazole which saved me a bit less as I couldn't drink.... Already £50 plus for the assessment. It seems the existing root canal work is fine, but in the tooth concerned there is sometimes a second root.. and.. you've guessed it.. mine has one.. The RC work will be £300. Not bad for an hours work.. I'm going to be a Dentist in my next incarnation... Money for Jam... literally... I'm trying my best to hang on to as many teeth as I can. It'

Emptied compost bin. About 80% rotted down enough for what I use it for. Filled six bags. Then put old perennial stems in bottom, semi rotted stuff on top to start again. So that's six bags of garden compost. Also have five large bags I got for a quid in B&Q a couple of weeks back. They were asking everybody at the tills and even got their 'Granville' to bring it round and load it into my boot. All for a quid!! Also two bags left over from last year, when I did very little gardening because I was too busy digging trenches for soil pipes. Didn't get round to li

In Nottm and its environs. 'Miduck' seems prevalent. On a trip to Wirksworth in Derbys. a few years ago I noticed that it was just 'Duck', without the 'Mi'.

EDTA. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1032/edta I first came across it in the Coal Board labs. Described as a 'buffering agent', but I never had cause to use it.

There was a chippy near the Three Crowns in Boowul in the 60s that had a very distinctive smell about it. Could never figure out if it was different oil/fat, or 'old' oil fat, but it wasn't the most appealing. Next time I noticed the same smell was when wandering about early evening in Selby, Yorks a year or so back. Same smell emanating from a couple of chippies. Put me right off it did. Where was your Dad's chippy Fly?

Just 'having a minute'. Slow start, but I got the back grass cut for a second time then cleared all the dead stems of assorted hardy perennials in the borders. They can be chopped up and put in the bottom of my compost bin tomorrow when I start a new year. Top of the compost won't be rotted down yet but most is and can be bagged up until used. Quite a few of the perennials need moving back in the border, because they tend to fall over onto the grass. I'll do that tomorrow. Should really have moved them in autumn I suppose, but they'll have to take their chances. Then plant s

Similar thing here. There's a coffin shaped headstone comemorating George and Kitty Smith in the local churchyard which has a winged skull surrounded by a snake eating its tail. Local legend has it that it's the grave of someone killed by an Adder bite up on Billinge Hill.. Trouble is.. with the locals. half of their stories aren't true, and you can't believe the other half... I'm more inclined to think that the winged skull represents death, but the snake eating its tail represents eternal life.. as explained here: http://headstonesymbols.co.uk/the-grave-of-georg

Another lie in just to complete the catch up. Beautiful morning here in the Grand Duchy and it may even get warm enough for a trial run of the nice new sun lounger my neighbours bought me for my 70th. They have me sussed!! Just a couple of bits of 'snagging' to do in my newly re-furbished loo, then I can get outside. Might give the grass its second cut of the year.. Next DIY will be to repaint dining room and lounge. after the pipework changes I made before Christmas and the re-plastering it involved. But then again it's a big job before I go to Cancun.. so

I exhibited at a couple of those shows around 1997-9. They were set up by Les Wolstenholme from Chesterfield who ran a company called Avondale Audio based in Chesterfield. Mostly doing modifications to NAIM Audio kit. Hard work but good fun.

Thanks Dave, I never got to Harrogate and didn't properly get into hi-fi until the early 1990s. Always knew it was there, but just couldn't afford anything exotic till the kids were grown etc. Sadly, Woolworth no longer exists in the UK. I miss their somewhat chaotic merchandising, their 'pick and mix' etc. Mostly I miss the 'slab cakes' they sold back in the '60s. Great big things in Fruit Cake, Cherry Cake , Madeira and possibly other varieties. They would hack off a lump to your requirements. I never have liked Madeira.. seems like sawdust to me.. but the Cherry was

Glad everyone has been enjoying the sunshine. Was up at 5:00 Friday morning and on a train from Wigan to Bristol by 06:30. Dark at first, then sunny, but increasingly foggy and cloudy as we approached Bristol. Quite gloomy and chilly in Bristol when we first arrived and began to think my choice of lightweight jacket and thin sweater might be a mistake... Massive roadworks around Bristol Temple Meads which we had problems with last year, were even bigger this year and the re-routing of pedestrians via lengthy diversions did little for my legs. Also, if you don't have a local's 'feel' for th

They very rarely get Nottm accents right. In fact after 40+ years away, I struggle ter gerrit right mesen.. Took a while to get home so I'm having a swift tincture and a bit of toast. Can't just dive into bed even if I do have to be up at 5:00. About 7000+ people in the arena and all ages. Very interesting talk with some pretty good graphics. Some of the physics around Black Holes and stuff lost me a bit but what struck me most was that he showed that we are effectively the diversity which comes from the chaos created when a low entropy system ( early universe) begins

It wasn't easy.. probably why I gave up after only 50 years....

Just been to a specialist dentist who's going to rescue my abscessy tooth for a mere £350. Off to Liverpool Arena this evening to hear Prof. Brian Cox talking about " millions and millions of staaaaaarrrrss.' Then an early night if poss as will be on a train from Wigan 06:30 tomorrow heading to the Bristol Hi Fi Show and not back till about midnight. All go lately.... Edit.. just remembered I posted all this last night.... losing the plot....