benjamin1945 16,158 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 And 'sheeer thats a fine tale'...............when i told him any bad news Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Be nice if we could hear them talk again, wouldn't it? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Oh yes, just once more hey Trevor, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 If only, Benjamin........................might just listen to them a lot more closely.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 #1552 Still can hear my mother once a week when I phone her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 You are lucky, Bubblewrap - treasure it while you can. The words of that old song, 'You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone' are very true. Back on a lighter note, 'Get them kennels Mucked Out' was the usual direction yelled at me on a Saturday morning at ROT. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 #1552, You are so right Trevor I have one precious tape of Christmas Dinner here in W-ton; when my parents and young twin sisters and bro came over from Notts; It was in late 1970s. Dinner was at our home and we were also joined by my sister and family, who lived in W-ton as well. We kept a "Beer Off" which was on the premises, so the Wine and Lager was flowing freely. We were all singing at the top of our voices and the two voices that surpassed all others, were my dear Dads and mine. Both of us tone deaf. Terrible sound!! It was before we possessed a video camera, so that tape of Dad's voice means so much. It is still as clear as the day it was made. It is his birthday tomorrow. Very sad to say he passed away two weeks after his 57th birthday. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Off to see Mother a week next Thursday see lives near a place called Tywyn & it takes about three hours (by car wife driving) to get there. My mum is none to active these days as age is beginning to take it's toll. So it will be a ride out and a coffee or a lunch somewhere.(none pub as mum don't go with pubs) Still it will be nice to see her & my sister,brother in law & niece too. A change of scenery for a few days will do us both good. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Carni , I have a similar tale . Once when we were visited by my mum and dad I just left a cassette on record and so have their voices and also our kids when they were only nippers . One of those jobs I have meant to do is making a back-up into digital ! Nothing so boisterous as singing though , just normal conversation but good to listen to . Later we did manage to take a few videos of them when we visited and there is one of my mums 80th birthday party where she looks very lively and had organised a party with my sisters help......but within a week she had passed away ! Todays generation are lucky that they have all this technology to record events relatively cheaply . Our boys , now in their 30s / 40s used to ask why we didn't have many photos of them when they were babies . They don't quite understand that we didn't have spare money to buy films and if we did , actually paying for the films to be developed was another struggle ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I have some videos from after Dad passed away with Mam and family on. My son had the Recorder. A big; heavy thing it was! So I can see Mam when ever I want and I can listen to them both on tape. I am thankful for that. I imagine you were all shocked when your Mam passed away so soon after seeming so well at her 80th Party. We also couldn't afford a camera when our children were small. We have one baby photo of my daughter and four of my son, they were taken on friends cameras. Later on we managed to afford one of those Polaroid cameras, so we have photo's from them being 2 and 4yrs old. Oh the good old days. Skint but Happy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted November 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 If someone had a red, sore eye, mam would say, have you been peeping through keyholes again?' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Just chatting about some one with Hubbs (No it wasn't You) and just out of the blue, I remarked "Well He/She can please his fat ant (Aunt)" I haven't heard that one for "Donkeys Years". There's another one. Why Donkeys Years. Whats wrong with ordinary years? It just makes you wonder what's locked away in the back of the mind. Does any one know the origen of both sayings? Both often used by my Mam! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Possibly rhyming slang "Donkeys Ears" for Years, shortened to Donkeys, as in "not had one for Do keys" Not heard t`other `un Carni. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Thank you Commo, "Donkeys Ears" sounds abaaht Right Miduck. Hubbs says he has heard the other saying before, so I don't think it was made up by Mam. It would have been used for example... If you offered someone something, and they declined in an impolite manner ..Well you can please your Fat Ant (Meaning Auntie) would be the reply! Usually said to someone else sarcastically, out of earshot of the person. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Just chatting about some one with Hubbs (No it wasn't You) and just out of the blue, I remarked "Well He/She can please his fat ant (Aunt)" I haven't heard that one for "Donkeys Years". There's another one. Why Donkeys Years. Whats wrong with ordinary years? It just makes you wonder what's locked away in the back of the mind. Does any one know the origen of both sayings? Both often used by my Mam! Hence,..........Yonks, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 You lot sure gab on....gab,gab,gab,gab,gab...............One from the Aunt and referring to talking a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beduth 202 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 You can please your 'fat aunt'. I think that was a bit of Basford but what was really meant was 'You can please your fat arse.' We knew what we meant but we were too polite to go that far for fear of serious offence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue C 24 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Referring to my grandfather, my grandmother used to say "He wants to know the back of Meg's behind, and how to get there" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 And also....It's at the back of beyond. I think it means...A long way off ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 You'll catchit when yer dad comes om. come on pull yer finger out, oo leave it a may as well do it me bleddy sen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 If you were going to do something mam couldn't, she'd say, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Did your father ever "go and see a man about a dog" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Yes, I was often told my dad had gone to see a man about a dog! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 But he never came back with that dog! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Always wondered what GungaDin meant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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