Forum: General Chat
14-02-2013, 12:00 PM
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Forum: General Chat
06-11-2011, 09:49 AM
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Forum: General Chat
06-11-2011, 09:39 AM
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I miss bonfire night here is Australia. It got...
I miss bonfire night here is Australia. It got banned years ago, apparently.
I loved the fireworks back in West Yorkshire, and remember buying my own, with a little bit of money Mum would give...
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Forum: General Chat
26-08-2011, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 781
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We dealt with it ourselves, I suppose, sexual...
We dealt with it ourselves, I suppose, sexual harassment I mean. We would make sure no lass was alone with the randy boss, and just laugh at men 'trying it on'. I never felt threatened by any man,...
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Forum: General Chat
25-08-2011, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
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Forum: General Health
05-08-2011, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 174
Views: 20,257
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Forum: General Chat
14-07-2011, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Oh yes - the nit nurse. I remember her,...
Oh yes - the nit nurse. I remember her, especially when I caught nits from a girl I was teaching to read. (Yes, they got the kids who were ahead to work with kids who were behind - I have no idea how...
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Forum: General Chat
14-07-2011, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 781
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Forum: General Chat
13-07-2011, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Ah yes - a pinzer movement - from England and...
Ah yes - a pinzer movement - from England and Australia: we gather our red armies, round up the Yanks (who are so heartily sick of the rampant god-bothers who ousted Obama and installed a born again...
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Forum: General Chat
13-07-2011, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
This is really funny because in the early 1980s...
This is really funny because in the early 1980s the Qld State government, then a Rabid Right nationalist government, which kept in power by a shameless gerrymander, tried to buy some tanks, but the...
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Forum: General Chat
13-07-2011, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Hi Meg and Uncle Joe,
I certainly miss...
Hi Meg and Uncle Joe,
I certainly miss Yorkshire, especially cycling and hiking in the Dales, not to mention decent fish n chips and the lovely pubs.
I married a Batley lad: he was in the Royal...
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Forum: General Chat
12-07-2011, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
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Forum: General Chat
12-07-2011, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Talk of balsa wood and glue reminds me of the...
Talk of balsa wood and glue reminds me of the kites we used to make - just a wooden cross shape, sometimes from balsa wood, brown paper and string with a tail of string decorated with colourful...
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Forum: General Chat
11-07-2011, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
I remember getting the words Exodus and Oxydol...
I remember getting the words Exodus and Oxydol mixed up in a religion lesson at junior school. I guess it would have given those ancient Israelites a clean escape, but the teacher was not amused.
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Forum: Other Debates/Discussions
21-02-2011, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,328
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Forum: Other Debates/Discussions
20-02-2011, 01:50 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,328
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Forum: Other Debates/Discussions
03-02-2011, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,712
Yes, here it would have been a case of LibDem...
Yes, here it would have been a case of LibDem voters giving preferences to, say, Labour, and Labour getting their votes if neither Labour nor Tories got over 50%. I suspect Labour might have got in...
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Forum: Other Debates/Discussions
03-02-2011, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,712
Just noticed this thread. You don't get much...
Just noticed this thread. You don't get much heated debate here in Australia, as it is considered bad form to argue about politics. It would also be bad form to argue about religion, except hardly...
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Forum: Other Debates/Discussions
31-01-2011, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,074
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Forum: General Chat
25-01-2011, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
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Forum: General Chat
23-01-2011, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
You'll have to teach him the whole Lancashire...
You'll have to teach him the whole Lancashire dialect, June!
Or make him watch Coronation Street till he gets it right!:-):-) We northerners have a duty to release our Southern friends and relations...
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Forum: General Chat
23-01-2011, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Yes, it's the tonal bit that puts me off....
Yes, it's the tonal bit that puts me off. Indo-European languages are fun, because you see all the links between the languages, and as you see them, you are catching some of the history of the people...
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Forum: General Chat
22-01-2011, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
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Forum: General Chat
22-01-2011, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
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Forum: General Chat
22-01-2011, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Yeah, I know, but it is sooooooo very hard. And...
Yeah, I know, but it is sooooooo very hard. And I'm a bit tone deaf, and both Mandarin and Cantonese are tonal languages, and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!!
On the other hand, it would...
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