I hope @Barnfred 55 does well at the quiz tonight .
Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven
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Hello everybody. Another day in the office for me. It was alright. The decorating is almost done. Charlotte and her bf really have done a great job. We now have a feature wall...oooo errr. Very smart. It's rained quite a bit again today. Where's the summer gone!
Gwladysover
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Peace reigns once again in the Gwladys household, granddaughters went home just after tea and son and family have just collected the dogs. They went to London to see the Jubilee decorations and ride on the Elizabeth line. We managed to get out for a walk in the park this afternoon in between the showers. Enjoy relaxing and admiring your feature wall @anjelikaferrett. sounds very upmarket. @Terrarian can’t stand spiders, especially those big ones that zoom out from under the furniture and stop in the middle of the carpet, terrify the life out of me. Here’s a couple of pics of our walk.
Evening Folks, have just been catching up on the last few pages- from chainsaws to feature walls via dog sitting and an asthmatic Paul Ince.
Never change Mascoteers lol
Never change Mascoteers lol
Copied this, think quite a few of us on here can relate
KIDS THESE DAYS WOULD LAUGH AT THIS, BUT IT'S SO TRUE…..
When I grew up our Dinner time was at a regular time, Sunday’s was a roast, simple as that!
Eating out was not heard of, we only had a take away on special occasions, only received a present on birthdays and at Christmas. None of this Halloween, Easter and congratulations you have a pulse day ?.
Fast food was fish and chips and having a bottle of panda pop from the shop was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your 'playing out' clothes. - children looked like children, we didn't pout, wear makeup or have anxiety. There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or rode your bike!
Our house phone had a cord attached, so there was no such things as private conversations or mobile phones! Ours was out in the hall.
We didn’t have Now TV, Sky or Netflix, we had only 3 channels to watch. Channel 4 and 5 was an exciting addition! ? we had to watch all of the adverts unless you switched to BBC.
We played Army, British Bull Dog, Kerby, Hide & Seek, knock or door run, Tag, Football, climbed trees, made mud pies, daisy chains, rose perfume ?? never smelt brill and Rode Bikes.
Everyone could play ball! We used tops for goalposts and even made a ball out of paper if we needed to. A wheelie and bunnyhop on your bike was a standard skill and we used cartons in tyres so it sounded like a motorbike.
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do, before I find it for you!"
We ate what mum made for our Dinner. or we ate nothing at all. If we rushed our Dinner we weren't allowed to go back out and if we didn't eat it, we weren't allowed back out either ?
Bottled water was not a thing; we drank from the tap.
We had scraps, some we lost, some we won but we always had a go back.... Or we got another one when we got home ?
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... street lights were our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about. Everyone had respect.
I did my research by borrowing books from the library. Internet was non existent and no Google! ?
We saw toys on adverts and had to wait until 'santa' came before we expected. None of the amazon same day crap?
These were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid ?.
KIDS THESE DAYS WOULD LAUGH AT THIS, BUT IT'S SO TRUE…..
When I grew up our Dinner time was at a regular time, Sunday’s was a roast, simple as that!
Eating out was not heard of, we only had a take away on special occasions, only received a present on birthdays and at Christmas. None of this Halloween, Easter and congratulations you have a pulse day ?.
Fast food was fish and chips and having a bottle of panda pop from the shop was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your 'playing out' clothes. - children looked like children, we didn't pout, wear makeup or have anxiety. There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or rode your bike!
Our house phone had a cord attached, so there was no such things as private conversations or mobile phones! Ours was out in the hall.
We didn’t have Now TV, Sky or Netflix, we had only 3 channels to watch. Channel 4 and 5 was an exciting addition! ? we had to watch all of the adverts unless you switched to BBC.
We played Army, British Bull Dog, Kerby, Hide & Seek, knock or door run, Tag, Football, climbed trees, made mud pies, daisy chains, rose perfume ?? never smelt brill and Rode Bikes.
Everyone could play ball! We used tops for goalposts and even made a ball out of paper if we needed to. A wheelie and bunnyhop on your bike was a standard skill and we used cartons in tyres so it sounded like a motorbike.
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do, before I find it for you!"
We ate what mum made for our Dinner. or we ate nothing at all. If we rushed our Dinner we weren't allowed to go back out and if we didn't eat it, we weren't allowed back out either ?
Bottled water was not a thing; we drank from the tap.
We had scraps, some we lost, some we won but we always had a go back.... Or we got another one when we got home ?
We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around.
We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... street lights were our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about. Everyone had respect.
I did my research by borrowing books from the library. Internet was non existent and no Google! ?
We saw toys on adverts and had to wait until 'santa' came before we expected. None of the amazon same day crap?
These were the good days. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid ?.
So many memories and in truth I don't see too many advantages for kids not having a similar upbringing OK the net and it is nice to choose sometimes but that is it for me.
Good morning all on this yet another overcast and drizzly day here in Hyvinkää. Consquently not a lot to report .Small problem with my ride on mower in that it stops cutting if I accelerate too fast ,Mr Google has found the answer as it is a broken wire that has been caused by the bar that moves when the pedal is pushed too far - One real improvement on @Ducans elbow 's list -so I need to repair the wire or replace it and away we go .
Have a great day all and it would be nice if we heard from some recent absentees .
I see Frank was fined for the truth ,it will be nice to see what the heck happens to Klopp for inciting a few thousand ticketless morons into going to a match with nothing to do but cause mayhem. We all know what will happen !
Have a great day all and it would be nice if we heard from some recent absentees .
I see Frank was fined for the truth ,it will be nice to see what the heck happens to Klopp for inciting a few thousand ticketless morons into going to a match with nothing to do but cause mayhem. We all know what will happen !
Terrarian
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Morning chaps, lovely sunny day so far, doesn't look like any grey clouds in sight for once. Not much doing today, walk Daisy and that's about it. Life and times of a rock'n'roll star eh lol
Cost of living is disgusting, my shopping has gone up so much for a lot less. Just a quick notice but aldi sold their bread for 50p which for poor people(or us end of month skinters) is a good price meaning you can have bread. It is now 59p which may not seem much but is actually an almost 20% rise. Just shocking.
Also still paying winter prices on my bills despite not using gas unless I run the hot water tap, not good is it.
Cost of living is disgusting, my shopping has gone up so much for a lot less. Just a quick notice but aldi sold their bread for 50p which for poor people(or us end of month skinters) is a good price meaning you can have bread. It is now 59p which may not seem much but is actually an almost 20% rise. Just shocking.
Also still paying winter prices on my bills despite not using gas unless I run the hot water tap, not good is it.
It's terrible. I buy the Aldi 59p bread too. Mr F is a bread monster. However sometimes if you time it right ( usually about 4-5pm) Tesco have loads of reduced bread. So I buy that and freeze it. Get some really nice posh bread for about 10p.
Gwladysover
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So very true, we didn’t have a phone though, you had to go to the box on the corner, and only 2 channels on our telly! It had a 9 inch screen, my Dad got it cheap from an American serviceman from Alconbury base who was returning home. We played hopscotch with a numbers chalked on the paving slabs. There’s a painted grid in the park and yesterday I taught the girls how to play hopscotch properly. I remarked at the time that during my day there couldn’t have been a child of nine that didn‘t know how to play it.
Gwladysover
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Morrisons used to drop their prices massively just before closing, they still reduce them but not by nearly as much nowadays, even their reductions have gone up! If you see what I mean lol
Gwladysover
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Lovely start to the day here but clouding over a bit now. Off to see my friend soon for a natter. @Terrarian you’re not the only rock n roll star, Daisy is too. lol Have a good day all.?
Morning all. It is cloudy and grey today. Not particularly warm either. I've spent the last three days and more trying to catch up with the fears of a witch hunt against LFC thread. I have just achieved it. Feel like I've scaled Everest! Out for lunch today with some of the work mates so that will be nice. May have to rethink the wardrobe. I've got summer stuff on but it really isn't that warm.
Spoke to son in Nottingham last night. He's fine, fully loved up still. However I had not made the connection about Forest getting promoted and him living in Nottingham until he said "that's a good away for us to get to Mum" I didn't have the heart to tell him that our record against Forest back in the day was always abysmal!
Hope you're OK @Sassy Colombian and it's just work keeping you busy.
Spoke to son in Nottingham last night. He's fine, fully loved up still. However I had not made the connection about Forest getting promoted and him living in Nottingham until he said "that's a good away for us to get to Mum" I didn't have the heart to tell him that our record against Forest back in the day was always abysmal!
Hope you're OK @Sassy Colombian and it's just work keeping you busy.
Didn't her hubby have Covid ?
These are lovely pictures