03-08-2018, 08:03 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by spitfire
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Trouble is, we now have three redundant televisions in the conservatory.
03-08-2018, 08:30 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by spitfire
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Trouble is, we now have three redundant televisions in the conservatory.
Well we have 5 in the conservatory, 4 in the lounge, 3 in each bedroom, 2 in the attic, and 1 in the jacks, beat that!
03-08-2018, 08:39 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Marching out in their Bearskins.My older brother served six years as an Irish Guardsman, I remember him telling me that the Bearskin he wore was actual Bearskin and cost about 300 quid, that was back in the sixties. I didn’t believe him, one could nearly buy a small country house for that back then, but I’ve just looked it up and he was right.
“The standard bearskin of the British Foot Guards is 18*inches tall, weighs 1.5 pounds and is made from the fur of the Canadian black bear.[6] However, an officer's bearskin is made from the fur of the Canadian brown bear as the female brown bear has thicker, fuller fur and is dyed black. An entire skin is used for each hat.[7] The British Army purchase the hats, which are known as caps, from a British hatmaker which sources its pelts from an international auction. The hatmakers purchase between 50 and 100 black bear skins each year at a cost of about £650 each.[8] If properly maintained, the caps last for decades.” Wiki
An entire skin is used for one hat!
Talk about Buffalo Bill doing away with the Bison, I wonder how much he was getting a skin. that fella must have been worth a fortune. Surely they use nylon synthetic black hair nowadays?
Happily the Black Bears are plentiful today, anyway with all the cuts in defence lately the guards will truly be marching out in their own pelts, an even bigger tourist attraction at the palace gates.
03-08-2018, 11:17 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
I used to wear a bare skin once - I think it started off when I was very young and was pretty small - yes pretty and small - I used to toddle around in my bare skin and march up and down the room playin with my cymbal?when I got older the girls seemed to be very interested in my bare skin but I used to charge them a lot of money to touch it ya see cos me mum told me she and da made it especially for me.
sometimes I would go for a swim with me bare skin on and I would get arrested and told you cannot show ya bare skin here ? - so then I had to cover it all up and leave three little openings for me hands and head
erhmm I'll tell ya more tomorrow - I can't bare all at once they say it's not proper??
04-08-2018, 12:43 AM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by gumbud
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crocodile tears??
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