carni 10,094 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Happy Anniversary to you both BK.xx 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Happy 55 BK. I had you beat by one year. It would have been 56 for me on September the 11th. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said: Didn't you get married at St Peter's, Old Radford? Or was that your brother? It was my older brother Jill, but how did you know? Got married at St.Marthas, Broxtowe . Vicar was Reverend Porter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 You posted a photo some time ago, during a discussion about that church. All the best folk got married there: my parents, CT's parents, letsavagoo... Â Didn't the Rev Catchpole used to be vicar at St Martha's? He had a column in the NEP many moons ago. Very political, was he. Vicars seemed to start getting political around the 70s/80s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Almost forgot BK Happy Anniversary hope the weather is ok at Skeggy take care of her is there any good fish and chip shops there? Is the clock tower still there? my father used to service and maintain it in the 50s and 60s. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 DJ I have just read about your problem with your wall whatever you do take photos before and after the work you do , without them knowing. I had the same type of situation years ago , they had different recollections of what it was like after I finished my work, his attitude changed after I showed him the photos. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 BK happy anniversary, sorry its a bit late but hope it didn't spoil your day. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Thank you Nonna. Why should it spoil my day? Nothing would spoil my day when I've been with my wife! We've now been in isolation for 174 days, with the exception of my visit to hospital. Given a choice, we would have liked to go on the Bluebell steam railway for a meal, but they're still closed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Your right Jill, Reverend Catchpole took over from Reverend Porter, but I cannot remember what year. Then another vicar took over from him and this one was a young radical. He lost quite a few diehard members of the congregation due to his offbeat ideas. Not been up that way since about 1978. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 I don’t wish to lower the tone and take the emphasis away from the joyous occasion of the Beekay anniversary but ......... for the past few hours I’ve been researching toilet seats!   Our cloakroom loo doesn’t have a manufacturers name on it and the issue is that the pan is round rather than oval.  Several years ago for some reason we needed a new seat and bought one in B & Q, it’s always really bugged me that it didn’t fit the rim properly.  Soon we’re getting new flooring throughout the house, including this little room.  I want to make sure we don’t need a complete new loo before we have the floor done.  I’ve finally just ordered a seat that will hopefully fit, now we’ve got to wait for our ailing dog to depart this Earth so we can get all the floor coverings sorted ........ decisions have been made but haven’t ordered anything yet.  Don’t tell Jack, he has good days and bad days and we know he can’t help it but we’re getting fed up with mopping the floor and dealing with pee on the carpets! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Lizzie we had this same problem with our loo in the main bathroom.(Â which now is my sons )Â It was different to the normal ones but after many seats we eventually found the right one. Hope you are lucky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 There you go, my day pales into insignificance. I couldn't hope to compete with niceties of bog seats and puppy pee. My thunder has been stolen, by a toilet seat! How much further can I sink? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 @LizzieM  I feel sad for the situation with little Jack.... and I’m sure you must feel sad too.  It’s not nice when a pet comes towards the end of their life.....  it must be difficult as you say he does have some good days.  Just keep loving him while he’s still around.  The carpets and floor coverings can wait!  Thinking of you all xx 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Margie, we love Jack to bits but this situation is getting so difficult and I’m afraid his days are numbered, his only saving grace is that he’s still eating well and as far as I’m aware the house isn’t smelly!  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 We had a problem with loo seats for years. They kept breaking for no apparrent reason. Plastic and wood versions suffered equally. It wasn't until i realised that the pan itself was distorted.. that it dawned all seats were going to break until it was replaced. Another triumph of Construction Skills in the long history of Broseley Homes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 3 hours ago, nonnaB said: Lizzie we had this same problem with our loo in the main bathroom.( which now is my sons ) It was different to the normal ones but after many seats we eventually found the right one. Hope you are lucky. My lasting memory of Italian loos is of one up a mountain, above Pietra Ligure. I was on holiday there in 1970 and my friend and I went up to a restaurant in Ranzi and it was the first time we'd come across a 'hole in the ground' toilet! Since then of course I've experienced similar public conveniences throughout France, particularly on the motorway 'Aires'.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 My memory of Italian loos, again in the 70's, was having to give the woman in charge of the ladies some silly amount in lire, to be allowed a couple of sheets of loo roll before entering! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 Not now Ann. Everything well almost everything is automated, very clean and disinfected, at least the ones I visit. In the hospital where I was having chemo and other tests and exams I knew where every single loo was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 9 hours ago, LizzieM said: My lasting memory of Italian loos is of one up a mountain, above Pietra Ligure. I was on holiday there in 1970 and my friend and I went up to a restaurant in Ranzi and it was the first time we'd come across a 'hole in the ground' toilet! Since then of course I've experienced similar public conveniences throughout France, particularly on the motorway 'Aires'.   Yes Lizzie I remember them well. Tough if you had to go in after a man. The floors were all wet through and they were smelly. They had never seemed to have heard of toilet cleaner. In 1989 we bought a restaurant that did weddings etc. There was only one loo so guests ( most weddings were 200+ guests) either had to go elsewhere or cross their legs. I remember we had a cleaner to do the every day jobs but never ever did the toilet. We got rid of her and I set to cleaning it. The limescale wouldn't go away whatever I tried ( here the water is really hard) so I got all the chemicals together and tried them one by one. Unfortunately I put the wrong ones together and nearly knocked myself out with the fumes. Anyway whatever I mixed did the trick. We were only there about 6 months. The place was so big and we also bought the house to it. Beautiful properties but when we found some documents of the previous owners that didn't tally we took advice and came out a little bit poorer but safe in the knowledge that we didn't have the worry that the previous owners would have had. We came out poorer because we made them an offer ( that they were foolish not to take) we asked for the money back for the house and they could take the restaurant back free. Stupid thing to do in theory but in practice we didn't get the agro afterwards. I was upset about it at first as Alex did the bargaining without telling me but after it was the best thing he could have done. Now no regrets at all. These hole in the ground loos are no longer. If I had to go and found out that's what is was I refused to go and waited til I got home or popped into a bar. Thinking about it I suppose they thought it more hygienic not to have seat there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 Nonna - I know the toilets in Italy aren't like that, with the rationed loo roll, these days! We've been to Italy on holiday several times in recent years, and we love it - it's our favourite country to visit 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 France back in the 50’s when you had to grab hold of a rope to stop you falling into the pit! Probably the same now knowing the French. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 When I first came to France I was warned never to go anywhere without plenty of toilet paper. My first experience ever of a French public toilet was at Nice airport. It was staffed by numerous Gorgonian women each with their tray of small change in which you were supposed to donate an appropriate amount of money in exchange for (like Italy) the two sheets (small size) of what they termed papier hygenique but which would be just as suitable as sandpaper (Izal had nothing on that). Suddenly, I didn't need to go any longer.  I should point out that it's not like that now and, apart from remote areas, all hygiene facilities are up to the best standards. Campsites can be a bit iffy (and whiffy) and a very useful bit of equipment to take camping is a small spade to dig your own latrine.  I was reading the other day, though, that the "crouch over the hole in the ground" type of wasted disposal is probably the best posture for easy passage of solid waste. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 I also remember the old circular gents’ pissoirs in Paris where you could see the occupants’ heads and feet. It was the first time I saw a bidet in which I used to soak my feet after a day’s sightseeing. I was told that the French were a very hygienic race who washed their hands before using the toilet! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,419 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 30 minutes ago, philmayfield said: I was told that the French were a very hygienic race who washed their hands before using the toilet!  As part of coursework some years ago we researched the market for handsoap, the French at that time had the lowest sales in Europe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted September 5, 2020 Report Share Posted September 5, 2020 The person who told me had a French wife but she did come from Algeria. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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