The Oldies Thread

[chrismpw]

....remember as a kid going into Downing St and having a photo taken outside no10. It’s like a fortress these days.

Sign of the times.

They say it's because of terrorism. They can't see the fact that if you represent generations of abhorrent self centred uncaring profiteering warmongering parliamentarians, just maybe you're the cause of the symptom.

 

[peteblue]

Sign of the times.

They say it's because of terrorism. They can't see the fact that if you represent generations of abhorrent self centred uncaring profiteering warmongering parliamentarians, just maybe you're the cause of the symptom.

No politics in The Oldies Thread please, this is a place for good memories.....

 

[chrismpw]

No politics in The Oldies Thread please, this is a place for good memories.....

True enough

Just bugs me though. Grrrrrrrrrr!

 

[Blue Piper]

Whatever happened to those pens? You know the ones which had a picture of a girl in a bathing suit and, when you turned it upside down the bathing suit disappeared.

 

[summerisle]

Whatever happened to those pens? You know the ones which had a picture of a girl in a bathing suit and, when you turned it upside down the bathing suit disappeared.

Or those fat pens that you clicked to get a different coloured ink ?

 

[Methuselah]

Or those pens you made out of a feather and sharpened one end to a point.

 

[chrissyjack]

Fountain pens in school . With the jar of ink .

 

[magicjuan]

Slate and a honed pebble...

 

[chrissyjack]

Talking of pens , I was the first pupil in my infant school class to be allowed one

 

[peteblue]

Talking of pens , I was the first pupil in my infant school class to be allowed one

And now you’re not allowed to hold any sharp instruments, how times have changed for you.......

 

[chrissyjack]

And now you’re not allowed to hold any sharp instruments, how times have changed for you.......

It's so true . Even my darts have squared-off ends . I never get a good score

I never get ANY score

 

[Joey66]

It's when you start sounding like Victor Meldrew is the time to worry ...... when you invertanly you shout I don't belive it...... lol

 

[Caolam]

Fountain pens in school . With the jar of ink .

I still use one, I think it improves your writing. Bit of a mess when they need filled. You can use cartridges but they are costly compared to a bottle of ink.

 

[peteblue]

I still use one, I think it improves your writing. Bit of a mess when they need filled. You can use cartridges but they are costly compared to a bottle of ink.

Tight barsteward....but then again maintaining standards is the key.....

 

[paultheblue]

Do kids still take geometry sets to school?
To be honest I didn't really know what you were supposed to do with half the stuff.
Mind you I do remember one lad opening his desk lid to find a dead rat pinned to the inside of lid with a compass