HEATHEN!!!!!!!
Ones addock ones errin!

City won 3-0 tonight. That puts us in 3rd place. Last game is Saturday, all that needs to happen is for Chelsea to get beaten by Everton and City to beat Bolton by about 13-0 (Minus the amount of goals Everton score). Then we’d be 2nd in the prem!
No problem.

It would be worth paying to see you salivate from anywhere else!
The “Smokie” is only allowed to be called that if it is smoked within “X” miles from Arbroath. They won some Court case about the naming of it.
As for kippers, only Manx will do if pure beautiful taste is what ya want.

Nostalgia…
Candlewick bedspreads.
Brass and Iron bed with Brass balls on the 4 corner tops. (We’ve still got one in the garage)
Butchers which slaughtered their own beasts, round the back.

G.A. Why the change of Avatar?.

Lincoln .7

It’s a revert. Pre you, that was GA’s badge.

As a Manc Blue, my smile is bigger than the Grand Canyon and I’ve been hoppin n skippin, and people at work have remarked “Hope you’re not going to behave like this every 30 years!” LoL.

However, I shall still be supporting Manc Red in their European final. How many Manc Reds would support Manc Blue if it was vicky verky? Not many I guess because most Man U fans only see Man U and not football per se.
I love sweeping generalisations, they are usually correct!

I’ve only just twigged what yer on about.
…..off for some nammit.

I remember many yrs ago going round a fish smoking factory somewhere in Scotland, and smelling the wood smoke from the wood?, they were smoking the fish with.

Lincoln .7

Wood shavings yes. It’s a specific tree an all.
It’s still done this way in pukka smoke houses, especially up North in the land of the Devils with Skirts.
Common retailers sell the stuff that’s artificially Smoked, with a yellow dye.

…………..but Kippers “Boil in the Bag” with the dye, still taste great! Mmm, just off for some now. With a Tin of Toms and 5 rounds of WHITE bread with Butter.
Nostalgia…Brown bread was Hovis, end of. Anything with seeds or other lumps was for hippies or wierdos.

Bacon, with the teeth in it (Those white lumps!)

That popcorn in an 18 inch long paper bag. The centre of the popped corn was Red or Blue or Yellow.

Nougat. When it was pronounced Nuggat. They still do the Pink and White stuff, but it isn’t as hard as it used to be.
…..And Nestle company was pronounced Nessuls.

Pizza? Get outa here. Welsh Rarebit or yesterdays leftover dinner on a Butty…….I reckon that’s been going on longer than Pizza (Peasant food)

I ran out of those nice auto feed plastic re-inforcing rings and as I was trying to do some filing, I had a rummage in the drawers of an old desk I had been given, to see if there were any in there. No, but I did find some Butterfly Brand “Ring Reinforcements – strong cloth, well gummed, for loose leaf books” Made in Great Britain too, so must be at least 50 years old. Were we great in 1961? Anyway, I did use them for a few days until I got bored with trying to pick them up individually, see which side was gummed, then licking each one. They still stuck on OK, but I won’t be using the rest of the 100 in the box. Any classic stationary collectors want to make an offer for them?

I’ve still got some of those, the “Gum” was rat poison. Use a wet rag next time.
I also have some lovely old “Photo corners”

A flask of coffee for Airport days…..made with Camp chicory essence. VOMIT.

Overtightening the cones on yer pushbike wheels and wondering why yer ball-bearings crunched in half.

Black and white photo’s touched up with 1 colour (Often the team photo on the back of Football programmes) and then the printer makes an error and all the colour is 1/32nd of an inch out!

Putting a Sabre or similar model onto (Lacky band) a Standard Fireworks “Sky Rocket” and then aiming it sideways up the street.
Astra Bangers were rubbish. What were they called, Atom? Standard did a firework called a Spitfire. It was just a mini version of Mt Vesuvious.
Other Bangers were the 3-2-1 and the Little Demons.

Bleach Bombs. Domestos and Brake fluid. Fills the whole town with white smoke. Probably deadly.

Digging holes just to see how far down you could get before the water seeped in.

No war needed. Israel is playing a dangerous waiting game and is fast loosing the strategic advantages it has.
Israel’s backers won’t have the same power that they used to have, the rise of other countries who are not that sympathetic to Israel’s cause should be a concern for Israel. Although no one would want Israel to be destroyed, but its current state with occupied territories would become extremely difficult to justify.

I don’t know whether it is sheer hate or delusion which is stopping Israel from taking the initiative to work for a lasting peace. They have every advantage at the moment, they need to cease the moment and get a better deal out of it.

Iran is a sideshow, every Muslim country dislikes Israel. Iranian govt is just saying it loud and clear.
If all the Western intelligence agencies of the world put together couldn’t figure out if Iraq had nuclear weapons or not, what hope do we have for Iranian weapons programme?

It’s called stockpiling. Wait and see, and GOD speed her.