SteveT

A bushel of building sand was as much as you could lift, about a cwt. Unless of course your name is desperate dan. Ships length is always in feet. Pulling a 'bird' added yards to your drive. In 'The Minder' how much was a 'coshel' and was it measured in imperial or metric? I think we, and 'er in doors', should be told.

come-uppance

expected

she lay down and slept in a hurst

tiger

I remember when I was a lad the word gay was used in church, now as like as not, you would be referring to the vicar. Faggots were horrible meat balls with lots of gristley bits. Dykes kept the animals in or the flood water out. Plate, was something you got florins on and passed to the vicar, now it's a sexually deviant pastime for lucky young ba stards who have yet to pay their dues I'll be bound.

Thank you for the positive support you guys, I have gone from this(6) to this:)

It's not my fault he was a pushy, door knocking, asian looking geezer I tend to speak as I find. But it has made me question whether I am on the right tariff with the right company, so I put my details into Uswitch and the same details into www.energyhelpline and they came up with different answers. So now I am going to forget the whole sorry incident, and wished I had never opened the door, and I just might invest in to a talky thingy at the door, and if they are cheap enough one with a screen, even if it's only a black and white;-) I have told you wrong about the uswitch and energyline my computer wizz said I had put some incorrect information:-$

Scrutinizing the bill

I spent years of my life putting adults and children on ventilators. The worst day was having a blue light ride from Herne Hill to Redhill (15mins) to put a 16 year old girl on a ventilator. Whilst struggling with the paediatrician to make the ventilator work on her a priest came in and started to noisily read the last rites. Trying to concentrate on the machinery with alarms going off, I found it intrusive and distracting, and finally she lost the fight and passed away. I felt I was in shock for several days after that incident, and could not concentrate on anything, almost as if I was preoccupied with something. That girl had been ill from birth, and it was only through the valiant efforts of her parents that she reached 16 years. The unseen problems are the other children in the family, who are normal but do not get a fare share of attention and often become attention seeking. Girls excessive flirting, or boys being disruptive, both can be resentful to their parents, and too embarrassed to bring their friends home. I think by now I have depressed everyone and will stop, but I still think that having them is better than not.

She was having illicit sex after a skinful in a bat infested cave, lucky old bat;-)

My ex-wife would have sent them off to boarding school on the pretext they would have a better education. I put my foot firmly to the floor and a big NO followed. She insisted they had a private education I did not believe in the private system and argued that if either have any talent it will eventually emerge. They both went to Alleyns and I was quite happy to deliver or collect as necessary, I do not think that it was a particularly good investment but the parents and staff were nice enough, and it gave my ex something to pay for out of her salary. She was the one who fell "accidently" pregnant and made me furious as we had discussed and rejected the breeding game as I considered myself too old, but when she arrived I was as thrilled as at anytime in my life. My ex would have stopped then and I insisted that we had another so that they had someone of their own when we were long gone. The eldest is a ringer for her mother, and the youngest is like me, and the great thing is, although they argue and snarl at each other, they are each their best friend. No one could have been more anti kids than myself and yet when they arrive, it's ok, you survive and Keef if you are reading this, keep a stock of resolve extra plus in the drugs cabinet to ease the come down after the big night. If they make any inappropriate noise the morning after, you have the right and dubious pleasure of bellowing at them to be quiet or play in their room. As daddy isn't feeling too well.

Wish I was a baby bat;-)

When Somerfield charged me too much

repeat

I was in there this morning, Somerfield back bacon was on offer ?2.50 buy one get one free. I selected 2 packs ignoring the fact they were priced on the pack at ?3.00. I dutifully went to pay and got charged ?6.00 I moaned and someone went to check the price, they argued that it was the 190gm pack and I had the larger 400gm packs. There was no other packs to choose from except the large ones, and the 190gm is written in small print, I left them at the checkout. The next item was the bread rolls which were 5 for a pound, today they were 4 for a pound no notice of this at the bread counter so I left one at the checkout. I have been stung by them before, and have decided to watch more carefully, what exactly I am paying for. It feels like sharp practice when they give a price on the shelf and it does not correspond with the goods nearest to that stated price.

beer

Pity it is so unreliable and full of smelly riff-raff eating their stinking chips on the bus with their greasy fingers.... why don't they ban that stinking food on buses?

board

sounds like you are a computer wizz appers makes note.........

Who is your favourite forumite errrr me actually

game

point

Keef wrote:I worry that should I ever have a kid, I will resent it a bit for the loss of the lifestyle that I do enjoy When you have a kid you will not remember your old lifestyle. You become part of the couples with kids club, and you have to change steaming nappies which bring tears to your eyes and your whole abode is taken over by kid klutter. You cannot put a foot down without looking first, lest you turn your ankle on some crappy wheelie clanking ringing thing that some dear unthinking grand parent has sent you. But you know, we've all had to suffer, why shouldn't you be miserable for the rest of your active life like the rest of us ;-)

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