Deepdene Boy 642 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Ben, no I left Nottingham just before my 12th birthday. I have done all my reffing since I have lived in Northampton. Closest I get to Nottingham is Melton Town and Holwell Sports, both of whom play in the United Counties League 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 With the football season just weeks away, got me thinking whatever happened to those Chinese fighting/throwing stars, you used to see in Kung Fu films? Our metalwork teacher Mr Bowmar used to knock some up & sharpen them like razors, then lob them the length of the classroom. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Whatever happened to turning & unplugging your telly when it was lightning? Why why have we got two "whatever happened to" topics both started by @Compo ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 What happened to the art of shop workers counting your change back to your hand? One, two, three, three fifty. three fifty five & two pence. Thank you. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 This one is at the top of my list for winding me up. Sooooooooo, I devised a plan! You see at my age, I am a bit slow and when I have had a receipt and lots of cash /notes in change plonked in my hand, not surprisingly my hand being quite small, drops the lot, (very carefully, so as not to lose any) on to the counter. I fumble about, trying to pick it up, then I have to add it all up, slowly of course, to make sure it's all there. Serves the Bo99ers right. One giggly OAP, totters out of the shop, leaving behind a really rude assistant, who now has quite a queue of impatient customers to contend with. My apologies if any of you end up in a queue at the tills, when I put my plan into action! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 956 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 1 hour ago, radfordred said: What happened to the art of shop workers counting your change back to your hand? One, two, three, three fifty. three fifty five & two pence. Thank you. Smart tills happened which give the amount of change to be given. Recently I bought something 52 pence. Gave a pound but then said I've got the 2 and handed 2p over. Total confusion for the assistant who gave the 2p back and then 48p. Hadn't a clue. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 I go to a quiz at a local club, if we win we get £5 vouchers. Take the voucher to the bar and hand it over with a bank note to buy a round of drinks, barmaid says you can't get change from the voucher, I don't want change from the voucher I want change from the bank note, total confusion. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Nice one carnie,,i too tend to cause a queue at the till,,i always seem to have loads of change in my purse (yes i use a purse) i then begin counting the coins making sure i get rid of the smallest first,,often drop some among the sweets and on the floor (its me shaky finger) this mostly happens in the small newsagents in Bulwell,,and the line of people behind start ''tutting'' much banter then ensues,,like 'come on bleddy hell'' ''change a sodding note'' ''we'll be hear all day'' love it...........sometimes the owner,, who i get on really well with,, takes me purse and helps himself,,saying youre not causing trouble today,,......then on me way out the moaners are nearly all saying,,,''tara duck'' or similar........lol 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Because my eyes are getting worse, I sometimes have problems working out which coins are which (yes, I know that they are different shapes and sizes but some look very similar I think). In a supermarket I hand over notes and get change, but in our local village Spar, I sometimes tip out my change on the counter and let the person on the till take what is needed. We're an honest lot round here ....I think! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Ladybirds ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 11 minutes ago, FLY2 said: Ladybirds ! No greenflies to eat FLY. Well not on our ‘estate’ anyway! Which reminds me of about 25 years ago when we lived in Hertfordshire we planted a pretty long Beech hedge. Greenfly were attacking it before it got going. We bought a big spray thingy back-pack contraption and sprayed it every single evening for weeks and weeks. It was a full-time job dealing with the aphids. We were successful in the end and finally had a fantastic hedge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 And another memory. 1979 ...... we went for a week’s holiday to Yarmouth with a toddler and 2 month old baby. The Prom was green, completely covered with greenflies, the whole area was green. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 You're right Lizzie, I've never seen any greenfly on our roses this year. Too hot for the little beggars ! I miss the ladybirds though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 I rescued a ladybird from my pond today and it made my day. There's just something special about ladybirds and robins in your garden. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 When I used to drink in The Gregory & there was a big night on @ The Marcus Garvey, we where always told be look out for each other when the Yardies turn up? Whatever happened to Yardies? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 You can spot em a mile away Red, they all carry knives ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 And guns ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Most came to Nottingham from Birmingham in the 80s and 90s not nice people........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted August 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 On my brother's stag night someone took one of these from a hole in the road and left it at my brother's house. It must have been reported because a day or two later the police came and charged him with theft. When it came to court he told the story of his stag night and was given a reprimand by the beak. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 CliffTon ........ really enjoyed his photos and posts 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Lovely chap,,when I'm proper again,gonna try and meet him for coffee,, 4 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Me too. We had time to gently ingest the contents, and invariably there was a good description accompanying it. 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 I think he's just biding his time Ben ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Great guy. I really miss him. A good moderator too. he wasn't afraid to wave the stick if we got out of line. 2 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 It was a great relief to supermarkets when the de rigueur colour for bathroom porcelain reverted to white in the early '80's and they didn't need to dedicate half of their total shelf space to different colours of toilet rolls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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