Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Das is it to be?Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Y'know,I have several pens...proper,real pens...and each time I use one of them,I get ridicule. Comments such as "oh,ffs,we've got ballpoints now!"Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
While we're on the subject of numbers, whenever I meet blokes over 80 or so, I break the ice by saying something like "What's your number soldier? OLd soldiers never forget their national service number. and mostly their faces light up. If pressed to give mine I say 11-18-7. This is actually my granny Maud's CO-op dividend number, aah memoriesRe: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Wiv my lot,a request for I.D. was always bellowed as "Name & last five!" as opposed to just about everyone else's "last three". When I was awarded tapes,I too kept up that hallowed tradition. Eventually,time and events took a toll,which is why I have this prosthetic head-but luckily,it doesn't show.Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Some good news chums.Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Great news RJ, and as soon as you see him give the lovable old rogue my heartiest congratulations, he’ll be receiving his brown envelope from the Queen, they give you a thousand Euros over here now when you reach that magical age, so I believe.
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