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We deliberately removed the suppressor caps on our motor bikes to annoy the local neighbours on purpose !

& if that wasn't enough we also removed the exhaust baffles too !

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4183.  Right bloomin' tearaway you were, weren't you?  ;)  Did you ever think of the poor old moggies you probably scared to death, not to mention old ladies?  :rotfl:

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Yesterday's sweets, today: Chocolate chewing nuts......

 

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I remember from my teens there were lots of adverts for pen friends or pen pals. I assume these have all disappeared now with the internet. I recall having 2 pen friends - one in Holland and another in the U.S.A.

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3 hours ago, Oztalgian said:

Compo, did they call them chewing nuts because they looked like hazelnuts?

 

"I'm sorry, I haven't a clue" (Nostalgic radio show title for an answer - how smug is that?!) :crazy:

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10 hours ago, Oztalgian said:

"I'm Sorry I'll Read that again"

"....Once more" :)

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Things you don't see anymore.

 

Barbers shops selling condoms.

Was this the only place men could buy them? I can't recall seeing them on sale at Boots or other chemists,or we're they hidden under the counter?

 

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1 hour ago, crankypig said:

Things you don't see anymore.

 

Barbers shops selling condoms.

Was this the only place men could buy them? I can't recall seeing them on sale at Boots or other chemists,or we're they hidden under the counter?

 

Vending machines in men's toilets.

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When we hadnt been married long we were out in our garden one day as were most of the neighbours as it was a sunny day.

The local barber (who everyone knew) walked up to our gate and said to my husband 'you left these behind sir'. A packet of condoms.:blush:

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Well you Bulwell lot aren't very observant. I saw one in Main St today, across the road from the JEM Amusement arcade 57 Main St, at Bulwell Bogs.

Over to you Cliff !

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#4198 and others' I can't resist the old joke:

 

A man walks into a chemist shop and says -'a packet of condoms, please'. 

 

'Certainly sir, that'll be one pound and twenty pence for the tax'.

 

'Sod the tacks, I'll tie them on'.

 

I'll get me coat.

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Re #4203. I was on about the red fire hydrants !

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