loppylugs 8,427 Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Same here! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 Thanks Ian, the members name was Avocet, nice bloke, shame he left us really Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Article "What household items should come back?" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45427232?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cwlw3xz0zvqt/social-history&link_location=live-reporting-story 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 The birch. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Pre - PC days Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 For trapping your fingers Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 That place is well worth visiting Mick Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, plantfit said: That place is well worth visiting Mick Rog Been there many times Rog, an excellent place to spend an afternoon at least, & it's completely free to, unlike this rip-off money grabbing money wasting city council we have. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/heritage-and-tourism/museum-of-lincolnshire-life/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Bagpuss Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 2:21 PM, FLY2 said: All newbies see these days is bragging, blatant hypocrisy, and some bombastic posts. ....and my non-PC stuff. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Here's summat as yer don't see these days. Wooden stamp machines: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Plumrose, plopped ham with chalk Rog 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, IAN123. said: Zubes Zubes are good for your tubes." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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plantfit 7,580 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Trebor mints are a minty bit stronger,,,,,,,shove em up your ar*e and they last a bit longer Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Cathode ray tube televisions. this one was in a hotel I stayed in last week! The hotel had no central heating and no wi-fi. Got a special Autumn rate too - £70 per night....That's Scotland for you 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Many rooms had no en suite but ours had a shower and bog. Here's the shower. The woodwork was somewhat rotten in places too. The windows were both jammed and the carpet had fag burns in it: It looks ok from the outside but what you can't see from this angle is that the sign had a letter missing from the name "The Conon Brid_e Hotel" ('g' missing). Note also flaking paint and single glazed windows: One of the window frames. they were all in this or worse condition: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Surprised you didn’t catch something Compo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 They were washed when the hotel was done up....in the 1960s! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Compo I think you ought to have charged them -£70 per night to stay there. Disgusting, what courage for the state of the place. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 I didn't notice that, Ian! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 What a shithole ! On a holiday to Sandown IOW last year we stayed in a similar hotel ! Not the cleanest , awful food, no wifi & top price for drinks in the hotel bar. Having no Wetherspoons nearby I bought our drinks from a Tesco supermarket & took great pleasure in hiding the empties until we left & then left em in the room next to where notice displayed that guests must not eat or drink in the room, only drinks bought in the hotel could be consumed ! Yeah right. Similar TV set up & being in a small room it was fitted to a bracket up near the ceiling but you couldn't watch the TV without getting a stiff neck ! I never booked with Skill's coaches again after that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Not a chance Ian - I beat him to it! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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