17-11-2017, 05:45 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by
spitfire
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Fruity, you are showing promise, fancy going Punting and Canoeing.
I used to punt the odd rugby ball in my yoof, and I was once told to "Pas d'elle y en ne que nous", so I'll give it a go, although my balance isn't what it used to be. Well I am on a pension so what do you expect.
The last time I went canoeing was on Portishead lake with my kids. We all got wet but luckily we were all taller than the water.
Originally Posted by
gumbud
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beware fruity [if i may call you that] the last time a young lady went punting and canoeing with spittie - he finished up hanging onto the punting rod and she floated off into the blue beyond - get back to ya concrete floor laddie for goodness sake!
I am happy to be called the diminutive of Fruitcake. I answer to most things these days.
Ah, I saw that fium. Kind Hearts and Coronets wasn't it, with Sir Obi Wan Kenobi playing all the leading parts.
Originally Posted by
Jem
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Oh begob Spitty your still as sharp as ever, love that one, well copped.
Funny you say that Fruitcake, I used to have nice handwriting even though I only finished primary school. When I became an apprentice goldsmith at 14 I had to fill in dozens of assay dockets in a hurry to get the products to the assay office on time for hallmarking, in no time me beautiful writing became mere scribbles on paper and it was downhill all the way since in the handwriting stakes.
When I go to the post office now to sign for me pension it’s just an automatic squiggle, but all my betting slips in the bookies are all printed and I can do that very quickly.
Welcome and nice to see you dropping in Fruitcake, don’t be a stranger now.
We had pre-printed logbooks with about twenty columns that we had to fill in each time an occurrance occurred, reading numbers off gauges, then write writing in the writing column to explain what was occurring when the occurrence occurred.
Time then speeds then temperatures then flows then pressures then areas then thrust then wurds.
Sometimes we had to write down the numbers that other people were reading, or misreading, in various columns as well, and I quickly learned to unnerstaaan thik Wess Cunnry aaaccen', or that Scawtish brogue, and many udders in a-tween.
Like I said, it had to be done very quickly but had to be legibubble for others to read, especially as the customer was often the Ministry of Loud Bangs.
My joined up handwriting deteriorated very rapidly so that's when I changed over to fast printing. Unfortunately I have been unable to unlearn the bad learning I teached mysell as a result.