Things you don't see anymore

[Brew 5,405]

Let me get this right compo, you stayed there...……….. willingly? 

[jonab 1,644]

Isn't that what's called 'Rustic Charm'?

[Compo 10,328]

13 hours ago, catfan said:

notice displayed that guests must not eat or drink in the room, only drinks bought in the hotel could be consumed !

 

It must be par for the course - there was one in my hotel too!

[Compo 10,328]

6 hours ago, Brew said:

Let me get this right compo, you stayed there...……….. willingly? 

 

No......... It was the only place within miles of where we needed to be for less than £100!  Booked it a couple of months in advance (without having visited the hotel before) because it is a popular tourist area.

[Compo 10,328]

2 hours ago, jonab said:

Isn't that what's called 'Rustic Charm'?

 

The taps were certainly RUSTY. Not one of them turned off without a good heave.

[Compo 10,328]

Take a look at the Trip advisor reviews for the Conon Bridge Hotel, Dingwall, Scotland and see what others said - I've never seen so many bad reviews on one place before.

[nonnaB 4,894]

Always better to check on a place first. We stayed in a place in Australia years ago and we'd booked for quite a few days. The place was awful so next morning we spent the day looking for an hotel that we liked and was spotless. That was a day less that we could have spent sightseeing.

 

[Brew 5,405]

Ah, I can see now how you made a mistake Compo. You obviously typed HOVEL instead of HOTEL in Google...

[Compo 10,328]

5 minutes ago, Brew said:

You obviously typed HOVEL instead of HOTEL in Google..

[Compo 10,328]

Currently doing a bit of work on my old "Penny in the Slot" public toilet door lock. Alas, the chrome is shot but the mechanism is fixable.  Here's a before picture - after to follow after....

 

[Brew 5,405]

I know you live in Scotland and I know their reputation for being somewhat parsimonious  - but fitting that to your bathroom door might be taking things  just a tad too far.

[Commo 1,292]

I reckon that The Conon Bridge Hotel would be interested in acquiring that Compo.

[Compo 10,328]

Player's Gold Leaf:

 

[plantfit 7,577]

John Player Special, gloss black with gold lettering

 

Rog

[plantfit 7,577]

mine nearly had a nervous breakdown  

 

Rog

[MargieH 7,599]

I bought these jawbreakers a few days ago and they are great - took me right back to when I used to buy them over 60 years ago..

I can't remember what they were called then....anyone remember?  They are like gobstoppers with bubblegum inside

 

[plantfit 7,577]

Gumballs

 

Rog

[MargieH 7,599]

Yes, Rog, that's it!  Thankyou

[denshaw 2,871]

2 hours ago, plantfit said:

mine nearly had a nervous breakdown  

 

Rog

 

I saw an RAC man crying the other day, I think he was on his way to a breakdown.

[LizzieM 9,507]

The mention of an RAC man reminded me that a few years ago we were at Mansfield Magistrates Court, fighting a speeding conviction.  In the waiting area was a fledging RAC man, a nice young chap, who had picked up 2 speeding tickets in his first week on the job, on the A610 between the ring road and J26.  I still wonder if he got off lightly, like my husband did on the day 

[plantfit 7,577]

2 hours ago, IAN123. said:

Loved those aniseed balls

Did you get the little seed in the middle after the ball had all but gone?

 

Rog

[Compo 10,328]

Here's summat as we might have still been seeing if Germany had won the war. Christmas decorations sent to the occupying forces in Norway during WWII:

 

[carni 10,094]

17 hours ago, IAN123. said:

Loved those aniseed balls..they changed colour..they came in a pack of four..had to crunch them..could'nt resist.

 

Ian, that's why most of my teggies are now plastic. Gulp.

[carni 10,094]

Compo, It doesn't bear thinking about. Wicked is too mild for that being.

[plantfit 7,577]

I have a load of postage stamps with that fellas picture on

 

Rog