Beefsteak

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  1. Pagan Celebrations

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I did say it 's hard to explain........... I'll have another go:-

    I think that if the plant kingdom goes suddenly from none flowering grasses and trees etc to all the different floral species that we have now, then something gave them that little 'push' in the right direction (And I'm not talking about modern day horticulturalists!).

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  2. Pagan Celebrations

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I'm not really considering myself a pagan as such (Although I've been called similar a few times!) but I'm more inclined to believe that there is something there pushing us along, a bit like a "Mother Nature" guiding us through evolution.

    It's hard to explain what I'm meaning, but when you learn that at one time we just had green plants, then there was a mutation to create that first flowering plant, but then, by a complete miracle, another mutation happened so that there could be a cross pollination, that's the little push I'm talking about.
    Things like Mistletoe couldn't survive without birds wiping the sticky seeds off of their beaks onto only certain types of trees to complete their 'symbiotic relationships' etc

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  6. Pronouncing place names (and how to eat food politely)

    in Nottingham Lingo

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    Now not let us all forget the TV series called Paradise Heights (Later revived as (The Eustace Brothers IMMSC) which was set and filmed in Nottingham, where Ralph Little's character keeps referring to Sneeenton as opposed to Snenton, obviously because in his script he's seen it written ''Sneinton''!

    Whilst I'm at it, when I worked for the RAC back in the late 80's early 90's I was on Leicester Forest East services and got asked by some Aussies if I could tell them how to get to Loogaboorah.................. I'll let you work that one out for yourselves.

  7. Football Days

    in Sport In General

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    I used to like to go along and see Notts play Forest in those fairly short-lived days when they were competing on equal terms. This was Tuesday 13th April 1976. Score was 0-0, and the attendance was over 28,000 which must be the biggest crowd I was ever in at Meadow Lane. In fact it was bigger than turned out at the City Ground for the reverse fixture earlier in the season - probably due to Brian Clough having started to pull Forest around.

    The programme was in a newspaper format for which there was a slight craze among some clubs at the time (Derby being another), but despite the amount of space there was no league table given.

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    I had this 'programme' autographed by most of the Notts and Florist teams, I then waited ages and ages to get Brian Cloughs autograph, but got it I did. It would be worth a few bob nowadays too, but like most things I had of any value, my mother through it away!

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  11. Where would you move to given the choice?

    in HELP NEEDED!

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    I know I had originally said Cornwall, and whilst I still love the place it's proved too expensive for us, so our house came off the market and we resigned our selves to staying here a while longer.

    I was chatting with my neurologist and telling her I was off to Tenerife for a break shortly, she has suggested it would be better for my condition to move somewhere warm. I jokingly mentioned it to SWMBO and she immediately got the ball rolling, no kidding, straight home and on the internet !

    We have agreed on the Costa Del Azahar, (The Orange Blossom Coast, and it truly is!) It's between the Costa Blanca (Too many 'Urbanizations' (British housing estates for want of a better description!) for my liking) and The Costa Dorada to the north, as SWMBO has relatives in Gandia and I have friends near Torrevieja. (Remember Radio Trent DJ Chris the mouth' Ashley? that's him and his wife Margaret)

    SWMBO found a beautiful property near a town called Oliva between Gandia and Denia, just in the Costa Del Azahar, 3 beds, massive covered out door living space, pool, BBQ area, established citrus orchard, a big piece of land too, 1 KM to the blue flag beach,1KM to the town, the list goes on, and all for €80,000. Well to say we fell in love with it is a minor statement, but after careful consideration of the kids education we have put the permanent move onto the back burner for now and instead are looking at getting a cheap 'bolt hole' so we can fly out for the school holidays and drive over for 5/6 weeks in the summer.

    I was messing around looking for fishing spots in the area and found the Xúquer river system, which starts high in the mountains near Albacete and winds it's way through several "Embalse" (Reservoirs) over 250 KMs to the sea at a place called Cullera.

    Whilst doing this 'research' I came upon a town called Polinya de Xúquer about 12 kms in land from the beaches of Cullera. I found a couple of flats in the town and we shot over for a 'day trip' (I know!) to have a look, whilst the properties weren't to our liking (Too many stairs and no lifts!) we fell in love with the town itself, so it's now a matter of keeping our eyes and ears open when we go back out in a few weeks time, see what we can see and afford!.

  17. Anybody had a 'result' lately ?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    During my absence:-

    A whole Gammon from Morrisons which was on their 'whoopsie' counter, it hadn't been reduced, just dumped by someone who had obviously found something on there that took their fancy instead, but out of the kindness of my heart I pointed it out to a manager that was passing and asked if it needed taking back to it's rightful place, as I would take it for him as we were heading that way.
    He asked "Do you want it"
    "Depends on the price"!
    He told me to wait there and came back with it reduced from £29.80 to 29p!. Close enough thought I................................ result.

    Last year we had a fortnight in August in Cornwall, I went via a "Cornish holiday cottages for you" type site and found a beautiful place right on the seafront near Looe. I rang to book and asked if there was any discount for booking two weeks as opposed to one to be told "No, we don't operate that type of policy here" I asked how much it be in total and she quoted me £1450.
    She then came at me with the ''this place is selling out quick'' routine, I told her I would need to speak to the wife first, to then get the old sarcastic line of "Who wears the trousers in your house" that was it, I said goodbye and hung up.
    I then had a look at the place on 'google earth' and to my surprise there was a phone number outside the place. I rang them and asked if they took bookings direct and was there a discount for booking 2 weeks, the fellow on the other end was a bit 'the worse for wear' as it was his birthday but he said they did, and quoted me £890 for the same deal, and could I call him back the next day to finalize it?
    No problem said I, and duly gave him time to sober up and called the following afternoon. "Ah I think I may have made a mistake with the price, I'll do it again" 'Here we go' I thought, ripped off left right and centre,
    "I've recalculated it and it's £910"
    I decided it was close enough, and paid there and then. Over 500 quid cheaper than the holiday company wanted to charge and they wanted to charge a £30 booking fee too !!
    A mate of mine asked if I knew of anywhere good in Cornwall so I recommended this place , on arrival, and as a thank you, there was a bowl of fruit and a bottle of Red on the dining table and bottle of White and some milk and eggs in the fridge too!................................... Result

    This year we decided on a trip to Spain for a fortnight in August, not too touristy, but within an easy drive should the need be desired! I started messing online and via Expedia I came up with "Oasis Holiday Park" in a place called Rugat, up in the mountains but not far (13 miles) from the coast, swimming pool, bar, restaurant, crazy golf, table tennis + loads of other entertainment and the pièce de résistance................. a fishing lake !!

    A fortnight would cost me €400 ! ...........rude not to!

    A few weeks back we went property hunting in the area and stayed at this same place, I'll tell you something , A ... it's very nice and certainly worth the money, and B.............. The owner was a bit miffed with expedia as it should have been €900 !!............................... Result !!

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  19. Beards and Tashes

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I grew my first one (Tache) back in the 80s, because everybody had one,(Even my birds, I've got to check up on that, is Eric a girls name?) I suppose we were all saying "Look at me, I'm a man!"

    Then I tried a beard towards the end of the decade, but it came out ginger, so it didn't last long, I finally grew another full set when I knew I was off on a three day deep sea fishing trip in November 2011?. Anybody who knows me on Facebook will see that on my profile picture. That came off after Christmas that year, the only real reason being it tickled and irritated my nose.

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  22. Needed, one new manager

    in NOTTS COUNTY

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    Only ever met Mark Crossley once and he was a right arrogant SOB, it was in the old Black Orchid, I was having a natter with Steve Stone (Lovely Bloke) and Crossley walked up and said words to the equivalent of "What are you talking to this fool for?" Stoney told him to "Eff off, he's far more interesting than you"
    Made my year that did!

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