Guest Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 SCUSE ME!! Only Bulwellians should have the right to knock Chinatown. I seldom do...but some light 'knocking' between Benjamin Catfan and myself is permitted. Bulwell taught me to stand up for myself..lost count of the scraps I've had in and outside work gates. Everyone asks about me knuckles.. even a Vietnamese quack in Cork Hospital.."horse and Jockey"that derailed him!! seriously though my no nonsense approach to life is courtesy of Bulwell.. I miss it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Salt of the earth springs to mind Ian ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Spot on Catfan,btw..I showed my sons your philosophy on"hi guys"..they fell over laughing and said "he takes no s**t". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Nice one Ian ! Mrs Catfan absolutely detests being called a "guy". She will reply "I am am a lady not a guy". The look in her eyes even scares me ! 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I would definitely kiss a genuine lady on her hand though. I used to work as a carer,one old Irish gentleman always used to kiss my hand,I thought he was lovely and polite. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I think that real ladies love being kissed on the hand. Trouble is, I only know one true lady. LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I increasingly find that there are no 'thank yous', particularly from younger ladies when a door is held or opened for them. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Guys thing really bugs me too, Catfan, but I'm reluctant to call 'em out on it. Probably spit in yer soup. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 What do you mean 'ladies ' there aren't any young ladies, or very few. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Not too many gentlemen either with the exception of those here on Nottstalgia. ;-) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Fynger, dead right "stop saying What" was a simple everyday learner in the house,my Dad was very strict on these matters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 If I ever answered my mother with the word "What" it was an automatic good hiding ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Another thing you don't see much now is lines full of clean washing blowing in the breeze,smells lovely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Moth Balls Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 #113&114 Interesting, the use of 'what'. At Trent Bridge Juniors, we were always made to say pardon instead of what. I recall some years later, during an English lesson at Mundella, I was asked a question by the teacher and I queried it with a pardon? The girl who sat next to me did a mock sigh and said 'it's what, not pardon'. The teacher heard and asked the class, ' should you say what or pardon?' The majority agreed it should be pardon. The teacher said no, the correct form is what. Just did a quick google and apparently it's a bit of a class thing, those of the higher social echelons regard it as extremely common to say pardon instead of what. I remember the class-mate who put me right was quite a 'posh bird' ( very, very nice though, not snobby at all ). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 #116 My sister tried to buy moth balls a few months ago and was told they are now illegal!!?? TBI when were you at Mundella - was the English teacher Mr Jacobs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Mrs Catfan tells me she was outside this morning at 7am cleaning the downstairs windows & scrubbing the front door steps ! Thats why I had to wait for my morning tea. ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Do you know how the kettle works catfan ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Michael. An old chinese proverb for you. Confucious say "why buy dog & bark oneself". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 #116 My sister tried to buy moth balls a few months ago and was told they are now illegal!!?? TBI when were you at Mundella - was the English teacher Mr Jacobs? I was at Mundella from '65-72, OrphanAnnie. No, it was Mr Garofall, I can remember Mr Jacobs but never had him as a teacher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 #116 My sister tried to buy moth balls a few months ago and was told they are now illegal!!?? It the P.C. brigade again they were none too happy with the castration of all those moths....... It put a lot of people out of work. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OrphanAnnie 296 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I was at Mundella from '65-72, OrphanAnnie. No, it was Mr Garofall, I can remember Mr Jacobs but never had him as a teacher. You must have been the year below me then, I started 1966 but in the third form when we moved from Burton. I remember Mr Garofall. Mr Jacobs was a pipe smoker. I looked after the axolotyl in the biology lab during the holidays, had to feed him slivers of raw liver which I had to dangle in front of his face as he was almost blind. Got 6d a week from Chalky White. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I took a box of mothballs over for a gardening friend, on my last trip over there. It's a wonder they weren't confiscated, now I know they are banned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 You must have been the year below me then, I started 1966 but in the third form when we moved from Burton. I remember Mr Garofall. Mr Jacobs was a pipe smoker. I looked after the axolotyl in the biology lab during the holidays, had to feed him slivers of raw liver which I had to dangle in front of his face as he was almost blind. Got 6d a week from Chalky White. Yes OrphanAnnie, the axolotyl was a fixture in the Biology lab all the time I was there, they must live a long time. Always pitied the poor thing though, stuck in it's little tank with us lot peering in all the time. Had Chalky for Biology too, nice bloke, the majority of teachers I had at Mundella were pretty good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Moth balls - I decided to search the net for them and Wilko''s have some for sale - not like the ones we remember though. http://www.wilko.com/moth-balls+lint-rollers/wilko-moth-balls-cedar-20pk/invt/0273272 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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