catfan 14,793 Posted September 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 And nowt to moan about ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,172 Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 In Tamil language 'sandipum'... means tat ta................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,475 Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Useless information - or things you don't see - or things you haven't seen for ages........ Today I saw a coal man carrying sacks of coal off his lorry and taking them round the back of a house. First time I've seen that actually happening for probably over 40 years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Cliff Ton, park outside my house later this week and you'll see it happening again. Park there on Wednesday and you can see the sweep's brush sticking out of the chimney...I always run out to have a look like an overgrown child! The Multi fuel stove will be back in service as soon as the weather gets cold! As a child, our chimney was swept by a Mr Glover who lived on Chamomile Street, off Berridge Road. He had a tribe of grubby looking children who never seemed to have any shoes, and a harassed looking wife! He transported his brushes and rods on an old pram. Happy days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 When I was a lad the local chimney sweep lived round the corner from us on Deepdene Way. He always went around on a bike, with his dog running beside him. He always pedalled fast, that poor dog running like mad to keep up with him. Is there any smell worse than a sooty chimney on fire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 #80 That's something I hope never to experience,Chulla! You can't beat a real fire. There's just something primitive about looking at it that makes you feel better! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,172 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 grew up with an open fire,just something magic about looking at the flames and the sound of it..........and its the only thing I miss about Village life,where we had a log fire...........my ex still lives there and the Fire still warms me 'cockles' when I visit...........lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Remember when a Yorkie Bar was a Yorkie Bar ? Not these tiny things you get now. Originally weighed 70 oz now 44 oz Ah the good old day's ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkie_(chocolate_bar) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,512 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Errrr, you sure it's ounces and not grams Catfan? 44 oz of Yorkie bar would even stump Carni ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Trust you to spot the deliberate mistake Lizzie ! You are quite right of course ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 #84 I can assure you it wouldn't have stumped my mother, Lizzie! I once threatened to get her a part-time job with Thorntons in a bid to cure her chocolate addiction. On the other hand, I think it may well have bankrupted the company!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Your right Lizzie. Mind you; I don't like Yorkie. I'm a Cadbury gel. I could force myself to eat some Thorntons though if anyone is offering. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 I don't eat a lot of chocolate these days but I get seriously tempted by Hotel Chocolat's dark chocolate's 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,733 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 M&S used to do these things they sold very close to the checkout, Little bars. Italian sounding name wot I cant remember. Some kind of chocolate and hazelnut cream thing that was so gorgeous it was probably illegal and definitely immoral. I want one. NOW!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,897 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Could it be Gianduia or Tronky or Baci Perugina or Kinder Bueno. Cant think of any more. Was it in a wafer or all chocolate. Theres a lot of hazlenuts in this area and most hazlenuts from here are used in confectionary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,897 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Duplo or individually wrapped in gold foil gianduia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 When I was a child, my father woke me up one morning, all excited, insisting I come outside and look at something wonderful in the garden. It turned out to be a chocolate tree! Well, I was only tiny at the time. It was a bare branch, stuck in the ground, with bars of chocolate dangling from the twigs. Ever the rationalist, I asked why it had no leaves, it being the middle of summer, and how the tree had grown paper wrappers on the chocolate. Slightly exasperated, my father explained that it was a magic tree which could do anything and had just appeared in the middle of the night! My older sister was too busy stuffing her face with Fry's chocolate cream to make any comment and my mother was trying not to split her sides with laughter. I've never been a huge chocolate fan but after a day or so, the tree started growing bars of Old Jamaica and Bournville Plain, in red wrappers, much to my mother's delight!. After a couple of weeks, it vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. Got too expensive, I suspect but it's a lovely memory from a fantastic childhood! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 I alway's hoped for a money tree Jill, but alas, never happened ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 I think my little lot would appreciate an IAMS tree! Or a James Wellbeloved bush, so they could go and help themselves! Dream on, moggies! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 How did this Logo make aviation history ! Here's the answer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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