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Forum: General Chat 11-02-2021, 04:42 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,502
Posted By MickB
I remember as a child going to the seaside and...

I remember as a child going to the seaside and seeing boarding houses with signs no dogs, no blacks , no Irish.

My grandmother who never lost her Dublin accent was spat on in the street for being...
Forum: General Chat 10-02-2021, 08:15 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,502
Posted By MickB
The ginger thing seems to me relatively recent...

The ginger thing seems to me relatively recent (last 20 years or so). I've had ginger hair for the past 73 years and never once had a negative (or even bantery) comment about it. As a child I was...
Forum: General Chat 20-01-2021, 03:04 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,103
Posted By MickB
What the promotors of 'gender fluidity' etc etc...

What the promotors of 'gender fluidity' etc etc fail to acknowledge is the simple fact that for mammals, sexual activity between male and female is the basis for the continuation of the species. It...
Forum: Food & Drink 20-01-2021, 12:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,060
Posted By MickB
Can't bear ketchup on anything, but I will have a...

Can't bear ketchup on anything, but I will have a little HP Sauce on Macaroni Cheese.
Forum: General Chat 20-01-2021, 12:54 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,103
Posted By MickB
Beyond pathetic!

Beyond pathetic!
Forum: General Chat 13-01-2021, 12:11 PM
Replies: 124
Views: 6,130
Posted By MickB
Losing my wife is the only thing that really...

Losing my wife is the only thing that really scares me. I think I could just about cope with anything else.
Forum: Books 13-01-2021, 12:08 PM
Replies: 945
Views: 201,641
Posted By MickB
Halfway through the latest 'Rebus' novel - A Song...

Halfway through the latest 'Rebus' novel - A Song For The Dark Times by Ian Rankin. Rebus in retirement still fencing with his criminal counterpart Big Ger Cafferty and aided as always by Siobhan...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 08-07-2020, 10:52 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,450
Posted By MickB
Opinions are not the issue. The issue is the...

Opinions are not the issue. The issue is the increasingly unpleasant way with which opinions are engaged with. Back in the 60's when I was a bit of a political firebrand, demonstrating against...
Forum: General Chat 02-07-2020, 06:58 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 4,673
Posted By MickB
My sisters and I were always strip washed in the...

My sisters and I were always strip washed in the kitchen sink every night before bed - except on Sundays, of course, when we would have a 'real' bath (a tin bath in front of the fire in the living...
Forum: General Chat 23-05-2020, 10:51 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 6,181
Posted By MickB
https://i0.wp.com/www.countryschatter.com/wp-conte...

https://i0.wp.com/www.countryschatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Emmy.jpg

Now this is my idea of a gracefully ageing, still beautiful, still natural talented woman - the wonderful Emmy Lou...
Forum: General Health 26-03-2020, 11:27 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 965
Posted By MickB
Just heard on the news that, according to the...

Just heard on the news that, according to the government, such tests will NOT be available within days.
Forum: Car Forum 13-03-2020, 11:56 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,363
Posted By MickB
Both - the stupidity of the council traffic...

Both - the stupidity of the council traffic planners for suggesting the scheme and the stupidity of the council for implementing it!
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 13-03-2020, 12:39 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 7,215
Posted By MickB
The amount of government money spent on...

The amount of government money spent on fraudulent benefits claims (estimated £3.4billion) is much too high, but it pales into insignificance compared with the amount of tax which should be paid but...
Forum: Car Forum 12-03-2020, 05:14 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,363
Posted By MickB
Our council tried to enforce this a couple of...

Our council tried to enforce this a couple of years ago but had to reverse their decision and insist that people park half on/half off the pavement after numerous complaints from emergency services...
Forum: General Chat 10-03-2020, 04:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,333
Posted By MickB
Couldn't agree more. I've done Crib Goch many...

Couldn't agree more. I've done Crib Goch many times, but always in reasonable conditions. Wouldn't attempt it now though - too old, too unfit and no balance due to vestibular neuritis.
Forum: TV & Film 10-03-2020, 04:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 540
Posted By MickB
Love it!

Love it!
Forum: Politics & Govt 10-03-2020, 01:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,043
Posted By MickB
Just another Tory Blair clone! What a choice...

Just another Tory Blair clone!
What a choice in the Labour Leadership elections - either Tory Blairites or anti-working-class identity-obsessed 'woke' snowflakes. Time for a new party of the...
Forum: General Health 04-03-2020, 11:59 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,037
Posted By MickB
The painkillers my wife takes on a daily basis...

The painkillers my wife takes on a daily basis would kill me outright. Luckily, I have a very high pain tolerance but a very low tolerance for painkillers.
My wife takes 50mg Oxycodone twice a day,...
Forum: Photos and Art 01-03-2020, 04:35 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,051
Posted By MickB
I would have loved that back in the day when I...

I would have loved that back in the day when I was climbing!
Forum: TV & Film 28-02-2020, 04:09 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 552
Posted By MickB
I've watched the first four episodes and love it!

I've watched the first four episodes and love it!
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 28-02-2020, 09:42 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 732
Posted By MickB
Assange should be lauded as a hero, not a...

Assange should be lauded as a hero, not a criminal!!
Forum: Food & Drink 27-02-2020, 10:16 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,685
Posted By MickB
That brings back some memories. My Uncle Ted was...

That brings back some memories. My Uncle Ted was a rag'n bone man and my Uncle Billy was a coal man. They both had horses and carts we used to beg them for rides on the cart, although mum hated us...
Forum: Food & Drink 26-02-2020, 01:53 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,685
Posted By MickB
We must have been posh as we had a fridge - well,...

We must have been posh as we had a fridge - well, a large cubic biscuit tin sunk into the ground outside the back door which was used to keep milk and butter cool during the summer.
My mum was never...
Forum: Food & Drink 26-02-2020, 09:23 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,031
Posted By MickB
I've never used any "aids" to poaching. Just use...

I've never used any "aids" to poaching. Just use a small frying pan with about 1/2 inch of boiling slightly salted water and a dash of vinegar and break the eggs carefully into the water. I don't eat...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 25-02-2020, 12:18 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,381
Posted By MickB
We live on a lump of rock with a molten core,...

We live on a lump of rock with a molten core, affected by our local star (The Sun) and by the gravitational pull of our satellite (The Moon). We are also subject to occasional impacts from...
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