Yes indeed I'm getting some decent gear of my youngest lad that he's buying and finding too big for him, he can't be arsed taking it back and I'm not encouraging him. ?
The Oldies Thread
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gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £80m
Too small in my lad's case. He likes his nosh!
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
Proof if it were ever needed that I've never grown up!!!!
I've just finished mowing the lawn. Every time I start winding in the extension wire reel, I imagine myself as a David Niven or Jack Hawkins character in the Guns of Navarone or Bridge Over the River Kwai preparing to run a detonation wire to blow up the Huns or Japs.
I've just finished mowing the lawn. Every time I start winding in the extension wire reel, I imagine myself as a David Niven or Jack Hawkins character in the Guns of Navarone or Bridge Over the River Kwai preparing to run a detonation wire to blow up the Huns or Japs.
LEONARD
Player Valuation: £60m
Love it, can we still say 'Huns' and 'Jap's'?
cooperman
Player Valuation: £10m
If I remember correctly you asked a few details about my grandad who served in Malaya when you did. You asked me ages ago and it slipped my mind completely until today.
My grandad passed in January and went to see my Nan today. We went through a load of old things and came across a few bits that might interest you.
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cooperman
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tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
Nice bit of information. Lovely looker.
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
Thought as much when I posted that
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
I was reported once when commenting on a newspaper article about a Japanese astronaut going into to the Space Station. I commented "I thought there was a nip in the air"
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Its all about context lads. If, for example, Everton were being humped by a German team, and someone posted "I effin hate those huns", not good.
But using the terms that were commonplace in the films we all remember, in an affectionate memory of simpler times, in this thread, no worries.
In a similar vein, try reading a Biggles book and judge it by modern standards!
"What the!", Ginger ejaculated, is a personal fave.
tommytowne
Player Valuation: £50m
Chocks Away was to be uttered if either of them was in trouble if ordered by captors to hoodwink them.
…I think she was voted the most beautiful woman in Hollywood around that time & had a romance with Steve McQueen.
Cooperrman, many, many thanks for those. The two main beers were Anchor and Tiger. I preferred the Anchor. On the Southampton dockings I see the troopship Dunera. Was that the one your grandad was on? I too came back on the Dunera which took 42 days to reach Southampton due to the Suez crisis which closed the Suez canal. We had to go round the cape. Only consolation was a days shore leave in Cape Town.
Many thanks again and please pass my thanks and best wishes to your Nan.