The Oldies Thread

[Eggs]

 

[Littlesue]

Lo

15-20k, this on the playstation? I don't reckon I hit those numbers in a week

No, was a bit lazy on Friday lol

 

[tonyhorne]

Tipping in restaurants and the likes is just getting a bit silly. Why not just pay people a proper wage and charge the customer what it costs?

I remember it being far easier when going to cafes when young. My mum left a shilling/5p under the salt for the waitress (as it usually was then).

I was given the option of tipping by the card reader after ordering a drink from a bar the other day ...

 

[Rugby Toffee]

I remember my da sipping Hemeling Lager , as a nipper I was inquisitive , so I sneaked a can out. Went up the park and opened it. Jeeez it was awful , poured the rest away. Never looked at my da the same way again

 

[Littlesue]

 

[davids]

Whatever happened to deep vein thrombosis. Use to be a thing,tight knee socks in hospital and long haul flights?

 

[Jokerdan]

Thatcher stopped all that ..... I used to love my milk break at school ....

...and the accompanying Wagon Wheel

 

[Jokerdan]

Probably already been mentioned but used to love the iced orange Jubbly's in the peculiarly shaped cardboard container. Used to buy them from a little kiosk at the junction of Hornby Road/Rice Lane next to the train stop in the mid-1960's

 

[degsy]

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We had ours until 1992

 

[Cels]

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Goodness sake, Sue. That tomato plant is getting out of hand.

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[Eggs]

We had ours until 1992

…..plenty of houses will still have an old water tank in the loft, empty and disconnected.

 

[tonyhorne]

…..plenty of houses will still have an old water tank in the loft, empty and disconnected.

with a dead pigeon in it ...

 

[Littlesue]

We had ours until 1992

Think it was 2007 I got rid of mine and had a modern boiler, can remember there was the big water tank above the old one. The bloke who put the new one in said I'll get rid of the old one for you, they were copper if I remember so probably got some cash for it

 

[Jokerdan]

Think it was 2007 I got rid of mine and had a modern boiler, can remember there was the big water tank above the old one. The bloke who put the new one in said I'll get rid of the old one for you, they were copper if I remember so probably got some cash for it

A bit like that old chest of drawers sat in the corner of an old Aunt's 'best room' and the house clearance guy says...'Go on, I'll give you a fiver for it but I'll probably spend more fixing it up and if I'm lucky I may just wipe my nose on resale'...only to find out it was a genuine Chippendale worth £000's.

 

[bigjonny]

Think it was 2007 I got rid of mine and had a modern boiler, can remember there was the big water tank above the old one. The bloke who put the new one in said I'll get rid of the old one for you, they were copper if I remember so probably got some cash for it

When I sold my mum’s house after she died it was still working and the only source of hot water, 2006.