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Title: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 15, 2011, 09:46:44 pm
Cryogenics

I've often wondered about Cryogenics, I mean, these individuals who get frozen solid in liquid nitrogen with the hope they will get bought back to life years later, they reckon even centuries later..........how do they know its possible? They have experimented with a hamster ! The other problem I have is these people have to be rich, so I presume they pay the electric up front then do they? With rising utility costs, how do they account for this?
Imagine if your tariff runs out, will the scientists then pull the plug. "Hey pal sorry the meter has gone.....off with the switch" lets hope said scientists don't deal with Eon.
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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Paddy on January 16, 2011, 04:05:03 am
Pendragon, I believe Walt Disney has been stored this way. I'm sure the Disney corporation can afford even Eon's prices.

Also, some people who have died of incurable diseases have been cryogenically suspended in the hope that a cure will be found in the future.  How cool would it be to come back to life a few hundred years into the future?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Ian on January 16, 2011, 09:30:52 am
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so I presume they pay the electric up front then do they?


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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: DaveR on January 16, 2011, 09:32:55 am
How cool would it be to come back to life a few hundred years into the future?
The world might be a very unpleasant place by then!
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 16, 2011, 09:43:13 am
How cool would it be to come back to life a few hundred years into the future?
The world might be a very unpleasant place by then!

I think the three score years and ten that each of us is allocated is probably enough for anyone!    All the trouble in the World today is an indication that it is virtually impossible for man to live alongside man, and it can only get worse.   Even innocent enterprises such as Forums and Blogs on the Internet are not free of mockery, contempt and derision.   

The end of the World certainly is nigh, and probably not so far away as one may think!     ¢¢##
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Merddin Emrys on January 16, 2011, 10:07:38 am
   Even innocent enterprises such as Forums and Blogs on the Internet are not free of mockery, contempt and derision.   


not this forum though!  $3towns$
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 16, 2011, 12:46:14 pm
How cool would it be to come back to life a few hundred years into the future?
Paddy I can't think of anything worse than coming back in a few hundred years. Imagine it.....Your put to sleep in the year 2015, with an incurable illness lets presume. You've stored your best clothes and belongings with lock stock (obviously paid up front too) and all your money is saved in the Santander super saver account until further notice.  :D Happy days you might think................Fast forward 200 years................Your woken up by some genetically modified doctor resembling action man  :o (ok that bit might not be so bad) your informed it's the year 2215, and you've been cured of your illness and your fit and ready to return home. Off you trot only to find Lock Stock has long gone, all your possessions lost, stolen or teleported to the wrong piggin' year. Disappointed you return to your house, only to find your family some 100 years ago found the "get out" clause and sold it, so no house. To top it off Santander is a distant memory much like Northern Rock, so your money has disappeared too. Plus due to leaps and bounds in cosmetic surgery you'll be the only person who looks in your 50's.
In short you'll be stood there fit as a fiddle looking much like a neanderthal with only the clothes you've had sprayed on and not a pot to p*ss in.  Nah not havin' it. The words Pork Chop and Jewish Wedding come to mind.  L0L L0L L0L
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 16, 2011, 01:14:14 pm
The words Pork Chop and Jewish Wedding come to mind.  L0L L0L L0L

OK - So what's funny about Pork Chops and Jewish Weddings?   
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 16, 2011, 01:17:10 pm
Jewish people are prohibited from eating pork.  :P

It's the same as saying "stand out like a sore thumb"



Your teasing me, you knew that ?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 16, 2011, 01:33:21 pm
Jewish people are prohibited from eating pork.  :P

Oh no they are not!    In Leviticus it is stated that only meat from cloven hoofed animals should be eaten and the pig is not cloven hoofed.  Except the Asian Pot Bellied Pig which has a cloven hoof.  That makes it Kosher - or so they say!   L0L

Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 16, 2011, 01:46:18 pm
Oh I hate to disagree (well actually I don't mind that much)
Jewish people do not eat pork because pigs are regarded as unclean animals. It is even forbidden for a pig to touch Israeli soil so pig breeders who are catering for other markets have to keep them on raised platforms.
So if you offered your Jewish friend a bowl of your pork stew they would, I suspect decline even if it was Asian Pot Bellied Pig.  _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 16, 2011, 02:09:42 pm
You would not believe the number of Jewish people who eat Bacon Sarnies!   

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 16, 2011, 02:21:00 pm
You would not believe the number of Jewish people who eat Bacon Sarnies!   
You name me one ? and I shall concede (pah.... as if)

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
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You won't get your own way by serenading me either........ ::)
P.S. Maybe you should look up the word Biddy too and rephrase your little ditty some what  :o
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Nemesis on January 16, 2011, 02:53:44 pm
You would not believe the number of Jewish people who eat Bacon Sarnies!   

They might-- but they shouldn't ! :o
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 16, 2011, 03:59:41 pm
Just says an awful lot about how seriously they take their religion.    It is, of course, mostly the men, which is why I suppose the faith carries down the female line.     *&(
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 20, 2011, 01:03:31 am
MOT your home

I was reading an article in a free magazine called Word of Mouth the other night. It was inspired by Marianne Suhr about handy tips on giving your home a check over in preparation for Winter . I found it very interesting the link is below

http://www.countrylife.co.uk/blogs/property/article/504856/Give-your-period-house-an-MOT-for-winter.html (http://www.countrylife.co.uk/blogs/property/article/504856/Give-your-period-house-an-MOT-for-winter.html)

It made me think, that's the kind of general maintenance your Grandad did every year. Pottering around fixing things and carrying out all the diy jobs in and around the house. All his skills passed down from his dad and their father before him.
It doesn't seem like that now does it. I mean you need an NVQ in "How to hold a Hammer" to legally buy a box of nails now (ok slight exaggeration but you get my drift). All this "Where there's blame there's a claim" and the "There's no such thing as an accident" attitude has resulted in the outlandish and ridiculous Health and Safety rules and regulations.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 20, 2011, 01:23:36 am
Oven Cleaning...........How Much !

I read an advertisement for a company, who for a fee will come round to your house and clean out your oven after all the excessive cooking over the festive season. I couldn't resist going on the web site and checking out how much they charged for this service?  :o £55 for the oven and get this another  £15 for the hob. In total £70. Is it me? or does that sound like shed loads of money. I'd want them pulling the b****r out and jet washing behind it for that.    _))* Well at least you'll be able to recognise them coming.................they'll be the ones wearing the balaclavas!
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: DaveR on January 20, 2011, 08:10:42 am
MOT your home
I was reading an article in a free magazine called Word of Mouth the other night. It was inspired by Marianne Suhr
I'm always inspired by Marianne Suhr myself.  ;D
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Nemesis on January 20, 2011, 08:53:08 am
Oven Cleaning...........How Much !

I read an advertisement for a company, who for a fee will come round to your house and clean out your oven after all the excessive cooking over the festive season. I couldn't resist going on the web site and checking out how much they charged for this service?  :o £55 for the oven and get this another  £15 for the hob. In total £70. Is it me? or does that sound like shed loads of money. I'd want them pulling the b****r out and jet washing behind it for that.    _))* Well at least you'll be able to recognise them coming.................they'll be the ones wearing the balaclavas!

OMG I wish someone would give me that amount every time I clean the ovens :o
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 20, 2011, 09:05:24 am
If you saw the state of some ovens, you would think it cheap!      ZXZ
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 21, 2011, 03:32:39 pm
I've been helping a close friend of mine paint his house in Maesgeirchen Bangor for the last couple of weeks while I'm at a loose end. He was in the army for many years. He later went on to train Dogs in Somalia for Princess Diana's' charity Mags. The charity was set up to utilize dogs in the clearing of mines. Now he trains them to locate human remains, he was recently involved with Global  Rescue Services attempting to locate the body of 12-year-old Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett. Mash (that's his nickname) trained 2 collie dogs recently Socs and Hosan. Hosan was the dog in the weekly news a few years ago, she rescued a young child in the rubble of an earth quake and featured with Mash in the article. (I can't find the story unfortunately) She now works and lives abroad. Her sister Socs is one of the dogs taking part in the search of the Moors.
 
http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2010/04/01/north-wales-team-searches-for-moors-murder-victim-55243-26148249/ (http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2010/04/01/north-wales-team-searches-for-moors-murder-victim-55243-26148249/)

Mash has to go away for two weeks and I get the pleasure of looking after Socs for those 2 weeks again in February. I'm really looking forward to it as not only is Socs an impeccably behaved dog she is also an absolute darlin'.
I'll post a picture on here when she arrives.
I've been warned by Mash not to molly coddle her as she's a working dog, but he knows I will. First stop the bath, a good brushing and then a long walk. I might just put bows in her hair when he comes to pick her up. Y'know just to wind him up  WWW


 
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 21, 2011, 05:12:23 pm
Maybe the dogs could do with a working holiday in the Algarve and try to locate Madeleine McCann?    *&(
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 21, 2011, 05:21:56 pm
Nice idea but we don't know whether she's still in the country, alive or dead.
I don't know how the Mcanns do it. It would be your worst nightmare.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: DaveR on January 21, 2011, 06:26:13 pm
Perhaps they already know.....?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Paddy on January 21, 2011, 06:31:56 pm
Perhaps they already know.....?

Steady on Dave!
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 21, 2011, 06:38:01 pm
The best Blog on the subject is here:

Joana is Portuguese.

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/ (http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/)
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Nemesis on January 21, 2011, 08:15:28 pm
Perhaps they already know.....?

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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 21, 2011, 08:30:41 pm
Every year more than 100,000 children go missing in the UK - that is one child who disappears every five minutes.

This was a statement written in 2008. Some of the children run away from home or care. I find that a staggering number.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: DaveR on January 21, 2011, 08:41:03 pm
100,000 go missing...but how many are found or return home?

"Tarling and Burrows’ 2004 study of Metropolitan Police missing person cases found that 99 per cent of cases were resolved within one year.  (Tarling and Burrows, 2004: 20).

A large majority of missing person cases are resolved very quickly, and most missing people are located.  Around 0.6 per cent of missing person cases"

http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/media-centre/papers/detail.asp?dsid=603 (http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/media-centre/papers/detail.asp?dsid=603)
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Ian on January 21, 2011, 08:43:53 pm
The majority are found quickly, the age definition of 'child' is 18 and below and 'going missing' in many cases is simply a teenager who stays overnight at a friend's house after rowing with parents. Some 93 per cent of the children who go missing do not live in a two-parent household, and single children are more likely to run away than those with brothers and sisters.

Missing People, the charity that helps both the disappeared and those left behind,  says that 250,000 missing persons reports each year – more than 30,000 higher than any previous total – is "probably an underestimate"; others put the total nearer 275,000. This means that one person goes missing every two minutes. The vast majority are swiftly found, or return of their own volition, but many don't. Some disappear for decades, and sources, including some inside the police, say the number of people in Britain who have been missing from family, friends and usual haunts for more than a year is at least 16,000 and could be as many as 20,000. Even more worryingly, at any one time, there are an estimated 1,000 unidentified bodies lying in the country's mortuaries and hospitals.

Sources:  Independent, Guardian, Times.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on January 21, 2011, 08:58:11 pm
In the case of Madeleine McCann it is alledged that she was abducted by a person or persons unknown.   The "crime" has yet to be solved or the child found.   The statistics on child abductions are also very interesting especially with regard to "parental" or "relative" abduction.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 31, 2011, 10:40:56 pm
Should the age limit on alcohol be raised to 21yrs old.

If the age limit was increased to 21 it could curb the amount of under age drinkers as its much easier to detect whether a child is over 21 than it to decide if they are under 18. Girls of 15 can often look 18 with the help of make up it would be difficult for them to look 21. With lads it even easier...No beard.....No beer :)  _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 31, 2011, 10:43:47 pm
Should we increase our school leaving age to 18yrs old?

I think we should increase the age. Very few school children get jobs at 16 and even less take that job seriously. I think they should go to college or university if that is an option, if not then they should stay on at school. It could give them the chance to decide what career they want when they leave.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on January 31, 2011, 10:51:33 pm
Should pubs and clubs be allowed to have separate enclosed, air conditioned rooms for the purpose of smoking.

Smoking is a choice, not a healthy one I agree but then neither is drinking alcohol. If people choose to smoke why can't they do this in warm, covered, well ventilated separate area or bar if possible. Instead smokers are the 21st century's equivalent of lepers forced to stand outside pubs etc we have all witnessed the decline of our public houses due to this unfair ridiculous law. While were on the subject, why is it Mps can still smoke in the houses of parliament buildings? I'm not having the excuse they might get shot outside as this could happen any time.
 
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How long does it take to smoke a Savana?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on January 31, 2011, 11:40:24 pm
I'm not 100% convinced that the smoking ban has diminished pub attendance....not THAT much.

In my opinion it is the exhorbitant price of drinks, compared to those massively discounted in supermarkets.

In ''my day'' we went out for a beer and chat up the opposite sex because we had a gang of mates who we could meet, AND we had quite a bit of cash.

These days kids are by and large skint,  and even those who are not would rather meet their mates in cyber-world.  (Facebook etc)

Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on February 01, 2011, 03:06:18 am
How long does it take to smoke a Savana?

Don't you mean a Havanna?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on February 01, 2011, 03:13:57 am
Or maybe you're going to Africa for your holidays?  :o
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: DaveR on February 01, 2011, 08:17:52 am
I'm not 100% convinced that the smoking ban has diminished pub attendance....not THAT much.

In my opinion it is the exhorbitant price of drinks, compared to those massively discounted in supermarkets.

In ''my day'' we went out for a beer and chat up the opposite sex because we had a gang of mates who we could meet, AND we had quite a bit of cash.

These days kids are by and large skint,  and even those who are not would rather meet their mates in cyber-world.  (Facebook etc)
I'd agree, especially when you consider how few people smoke these days.  ZXZ
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 01, 2011, 09:37:31 am
Haha didn't realise I'd put Savana...........................Muppet  ???
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Nemesis on February 01, 2011, 01:51:57 pm
I'm not sure about this " how few people smoke these days". Town on Saturdays in particular seems to see people standing about outside places, fag in hand.
Although I don't smoke and dislike the smell of stale smoke, I agreee that well ventilated indoor spaces could be set aside for people who enjoy puffing away with their pint.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 06, 2011, 10:04:18 pm
Should the age limit on alcohol be raised to 21yrs old.
 With lads it even easier...No beard.....No beer :)  _))*
I had a moustache at 14, pubs were no problem then  Z**
+ you could get 10 pints of mild for £1
mind you, I only earned £3 10shillings a week in full time employment
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 06, 2011, 10:10:49 pm
I'd agree, especially when you consider how few people smoke these days.  ZXZ
I reckon about a fifth of workers in the factory I work in smoke judging by the amount of people outside at break-times
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 08, 2011, 10:39:06 pm
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Nemesis on February 09, 2011, 09:17:29 am
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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 09, 2011, 10:05:42 am
I had a moustache at 14, pubs were no problem then  Z**

A moustache at 14!..................your kidding me................cultivated bum fluff does not equate to a moustache Bob. Sorry mate  _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 09, 2011, 03:03:33 pm
bum fluff maybe but it passed muster in the pub Z**
the sideburns took a lot longer
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on February 10, 2011, 01:57:40 am
It's funny how as Men age, hair disappears from their heads but becomes more profuse in their noses and ears.  :-X
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 10, 2011, 06:56:52 am
eyebrows go haywire as well
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 10, 2011, 02:38:43 pm
Not to worry gents, you'll have Moobs next.  _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 10, 2011, 02:39:49 pm
too late to worry about them  :(
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 10, 2011, 03:11:41 pm
Aah bless  :twoface: I suppose every time you brush your teeth you want to go for a pee now too. My grandad is the same  _))* _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 10, 2011, 03:23:12 pm
all I really want to know is: Does Viagra work, it's like  >?>??
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 10, 2011, 03:30:56 pm
Don't panic Brumbob women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
Ps yes viagra works :D
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on February 11, 2011, 03:39:32 am
all I really want to know is: Does Viagra work, it's like  >?>??

Who needs Viagra when you've got all those websites that you secretly look at!

I bet you can't see anyone hiding their ass in those!  :D
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on February 11, 2011, 11:41:50 am
all I really want to know is: Does Viagra work, it's like  >?>??

Who needs Viagra when you've got all those websites that you secretly look at!

I bet you can't see anyone hiding their ass in those!  :D
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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 11, 2011, 03:13:01 pm

Who needs Viagra when you've got all those websites that you secretly look at!

I bet you can't see anyone hiding their ass in those!  :D
$smack$



Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on February 11, 2011, 05:34:06 pm
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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 11, 2011, 05:59:23 pm
Wicked Bob.  Classic  L0L L0L
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on February 11, 2011, 10:55:59 pm
I rather think I would have got ''moderated'' for that .... Its happened twice to me on the same day this week.

Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 11, 2011, 11:07:34 pm
still smarting Fester :D
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on February 11, 2011, 11:35:34 pm
 I am actually,   and it wasn't just on THIS forum... this is what it feels like. 

$smack$ $smack$ $smack$

Hell, I'll be geting censored on OSCAR next!
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 11, 2011, 11:40:58 pm
hehe, have another  Z** mate
BB has been censored on Oscar but the thing is it wasn't even me, must start logging in to post there.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on February 12, 2011, 01:22:49 am
must start logging in to post there.

Yes, me too.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on February 12, 2011, 01:48:15 am
wont you get confused  L0L
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Post by: Trojan on February 12, 2011, 02:04:21 am
wont you get confused  L0L

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Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on February 15, 2011, 10:04:58 pm
I was reading the morning advertiser (a magazine for the licensing trade) and came across a really interesting article.  Apparently the National Pubsafe Organisation are leading a new scheme which will enable pub landlords to prosecute and claim compensation from those individuals who cause trouble and damage their pubs.  They can also claim for the cost of security due to the fact that security is only there to deter trouble makers anyway.  It's called the civil recovery scheme.  I think this is an excellent idea.  What do you think?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Paddy on February 15, 2011, 10:12:48 pm
I'd have thought that if someone causes damage to your property or business you could claim anyway. Without the need for a special scheme?
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Post by: Pendragon on February 15, 2011, 10:57:01 pm
Yes Paddy you can but it's a costly process.  The actual cost of such incidents far out weigh the fines and compensation gained from conventional methods.  If a customer smashes your windows or toilets  for example, the police can sometimes be neither use or ornament in my experience.

After an attack takes place, a police incident report would be sent to RLP, which would write to the offender outlining the offence and demanding the cost — this would be agreed between the licensee and the loss prevention company.

A payment plan would be agreed with the offender and could involve a lump-sum payment or monthly direct debit instalments.

If they refuse to pay, RLP would pursue the payment through the civil courts.

The scheme would work on a no-win, no-fee basis,
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on March 18, 2011, 11:10:27 am
Last night I went down to Aberconwy School.  Around seven bands comprised of kids ranging from 12 to 16 were playing a set each.  It was a good night and to be honest all the bands were really good, I was impressed.  The entrance fee was £2 each with the proceeds going to the Chernobyl Kids charity.
There must have been around 60+ kids present.  In the hall there was 1 teacher plus the one in the hall way taking the money. 
From what I could see dancing nowadays is a case of picking your mate up on your shoulders piggy back style and spinning round as fast as you can, while your other mate tries to push you over.  At one point I thought there was going to be a kick off, as the kids made a circle and then pushed and shoved each other in the middle, one lad went crashing into another group of lads who were doing  the alternative "throw your mate over your shoulders and drop him on his head dance?"  I sat there cringing and wincing as they went crashing into the chairs etc.  :o
It's a far cry from when I was in school doing the "one foot in front of the other swing your hips dance" to "C'mon Eileen" and "Tainted Love" 

Through all this the teacher present sat there laughing saying not a word to any of them, he was quite frankly neither use nor ornament. while I sat there wincing and cringing waiting for either someone to get injured or throw up.  At one point the teacher from the hallway came in taking photos of the kids and the other teacher, more than likely to prove he was indeed there.  I'm not easily scared as those who know me know but that was a real eye opener and I won't be going again without a crash helmet I can tell yer now.

On the up side it was a good idea, the kids all enjoyed themselves (in their own, very different to my day way) and amazingly nobody was hurt.  My lad had a good time performing for the first time infront of a crowd, which was after all the whole point.

I suspect it's probably me just getting old...................
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on March 18, 2011, 11:17:36 am
Obviously no 'elf an' safety or risk assessment!

In my day it was the never ending Gay Gordons at school dance lessons - yes we had lessons!

At the local dance hall it was The Creep, Smoochin' and later The Jive and Rock 'n Roll! 

Those were the days.    ¢¢##    Z**    ZXZ    <:<:<:<     +}}{--
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on March 18, 2011, 03:40:34 pm
I always liked the slow tunes where you could get in close and rub your bodys together smooch
Probably said this before but I remember once, dancing with a girl I'd always fancied, when we came apart I noticed my chewing gum had somehow leapt from my mouth and was firmly embedded in her long hair, ashamed to say that I never told her   :-[
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on March 18, 2011, 05:19:36 pm
We used to have "GRIMMY" dances to see who could dance with the ugliest bird.  I was with a real winner and put my thumb up to my mates.  The girl said, "You're having a Grimmy dance aren't you?"  I replied in the affirmative and she retorted,"Well so are we!"       What a put down!     Z**
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on March 18, 2011, 05:34:59 pm
We used to call that "grab a grot."  I remember when a few of us were out in Bangor a few years ago and played the game in Barrels.  It was my mates turn, after having a good look round the bar, we picked out the biggest dog in the place, he had teeth like he could eat an apple through a letter box, hideous he was.  So off she went to ask him for a dance.  You can only imagine her humiliation when the guy gave her a look up and down and said "No maybe later"  We were crying laughing when she turned round.  we still take the mick now.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on March 18, 2011, 10:38:01 pm
Sounds like a major 'Mosh-Pit' was underway at your lads school..
It reminds me of when I took my daughter to a Motorhead gig.
She likes live (and loud) music, so I knew she would be OK.  (she was 16 incidentally)

At one point though, I was aware of a mosh-pit erupting away to my left...and I was instantly worried for my daughters safety.
I needn't have worried, she was right in the thick of it.... and it was the highlight of her night.
Apparently this stuff occured in her school when bands were on all the time... she was just suprised that it happened where 'fossils' such as me and Motorhead were to be found.




Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: brumbob on March 26, 2011, 03:54:25 pm
I absolutely love your "-NEGATIVE" approach, I'm sure those with a more "+POSITIVE" attitude will find a "BATTERY" of answers to this very "CHARGED" problem!      L0L
What a choker, that's a shocking use of intrinsic error you've charged me with in your current post.
I refuse to be drawn on this and find your reply revolting.  :laugh:
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Trojan on March 26, 2011, 08:23:31 pm
The 12 metre high structure generates power for the lifts, lights, water pumps, CCTV and concierge area of Kestrel House, City Road, EC1.  And it is not the only one, the local council is actively promoting this "green" initiative.    Z**

"Up and down the City Road, in an out the Eagle, that's the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel"
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Yorkie on March 26, 2011, 08:25:06 pm
A good 'ole Tony Newley number.   But why did the weasel go pop?    D)
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Trojan on March 26, 2011, 08:42:12 pm
A good 'ole Tony Newley number.   But why did the weasel go pop?    D)

There has been much debate over the years about the meaning of Pop Goes The Weasel. A hugely popular music-hall song, its memorable and seemingly nonsensical lyrics spread like wildfire throughout Victorian London.

But is there more to the rhyme than meets the eye? In the 1680s, the poor and immigrants lived outside the walls of the City of London in Spitalfields, Hoxton and Shoreditch and slaved away in London's textile industry, which was based there.

Packed with sweatshops, it was also the site of many music halls and theatres.

One theory suggests that Pop Goes The Weasel was an attempt to turn the grim reality of local people's lives into a hit song.

In the textile industry, a spinner's weasel was a mechanical thread-measuring device in the shape of a spoked wheel, that accurately measured out yarn by making a popping sound to indicate the correct length had been reached.

The mind-numbing and repetitive nature of the work is captured in the final line of each verse, indicating that whatever you were doing, or wherever your mind had wandered to, reality was never far away with the weasel to pop you alert again.

Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: brumbob on March 26, 2011, 10:16:05 pm
The mind-numbing and repetitive nature of the work is captured in the final line of each verse, indicating that whatever you were doing, or wherever your mind had wandered to, reality was never far away with the weasel to pop you alert again.


Will have to remember that on the track  :rage:
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Trojan on March 26, 2011, 11:21:50 pm
The mind-numbing and repetitive nature of the work is captured in the final line of each verse, indicating that whatever you were doing, or wherever your mind had wandered to, reality was never far away with the weasel to pop you alert again.


Will have to remember that on the track  :rage:

I'd rather go on the pop in the Eagle myself.  Z**
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: brumbob on March 26, 2011, 11:36:38 pm
For a moment you had me, I was looking for pubs called the Eagle in Sparkhill  L0L

Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Trojan on March 27, 2011, 04:24:53 am
For a moment you had me, I was looking for pubs called the Eagle in Sparkhill  L0L

 ;D Nah, The Eagle is in Hoxton, London, N1.

There was an Eagle Tavern not far from Sparkhill in Mary St, Balsall Heath, B12

It's called Snackers now.
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Yorkie on March 27, 2011, 09:35:27 am
I am one of those who regards popping the weasel as "pawning the suit".

'Popping' is a slang term for pawning, i.e. depositing articles with a pawnbroker in return for money. Weasel may be a corruption of whistle - in cockney rhyming slang 'whistle and flute' i.e. suit. It could also be from another example of CRS, i.e. 'weasel and stoat' -> coat.

Some will say (3) balls to that!    L0L
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Trojan on March 27, 2011, 06:45:17 pm
I am one of those who regards popping the weasel as "pawning the suit".

'Popping' is a slang term for pawning, i.e. depositing articles with a pawnbroker in return for money. Weasel may be a corruption of whistle - in cockney rhyming slang 'whistle and flute' i.e. suit. It could also be from another example of CRS, i.e. 'weasel and stoat' -> coat.

Some will say (3) balls to that!    L0L

A Weasel is also a shoemaker's tool - there were numerous shoemaker's factories in Hoxton at one time.

Charlie Kray (the twins' Father) drank in The Eagle, and was renowned for popping in order to obtain cash for booze.  Z**
Title: Re: Driving...in the area
Post by: Trojan on March 27, 2011, 07:32:30 pm
great, have to drive to the supermarket everyday to charge it up  :P

until every parking space has a means to charge a car, I maintain electric cars are useless for the majority of people
imagine row upon row of terrace houses with cables stretching over the pavement  :rage:

Plug in electric cars move problems rather than solving them.
Scientists at the University of Illinois have just developed a Lithium battery that can reach 90% charged in just 2 minutes.

I have a flashlight....sorry, torch, that charges in 90 seconds and has NO BATTERIES.

http://www.511tactical.com/html511/static/LFLDemo.html (http://www.511tactical.com/html511/static/LFLDemo.html)
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Quiggs on March 28, 2011, 10:17:14 pm
I recently came across the following, just thought I'd share it.


The  Dear Departed.

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend Common Sense, who has been with us for many years.
   No one knows how old he was since his birth records were lost in bureaucratic red tape.  He will be remembered as having  cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, or why the early bird catches the worm. That life isn’t always fair and, maybe it’s my fault.
   Common sense lived by simple sound financial policies ( don’t spend more than you earn ) with reliable strategies  adults not children in charge
   His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned overbearing  regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment, for kissing a classmate. Teenagers suspended from school for using a mouthwash after lunch and a Teacher sacked for reprimanding an unruly pupil which only worsened his behaviour Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they had failed to do - disciplining their children.
   It declined further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticking plaster on a pupil, but could not inform the parents when a pupil became pregnant and was seeking an abortion.   Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband and churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
   Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself in your own home, yet the burglar could sue you for assault.  Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, sued and received a huge settlement.
   Common Sense was preceded by the death of  his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife Discretion, his daughter Responsibility and his son Reason.    He is survived by his three step-brothers, I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame and I’m A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral, as so few realised he had GONE!
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on April 02, 2011, 01:48:07 pm
A BAG OF TOOLS
by R L Sharpe

Isn't it strange how princes and kings,
and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
and common people, like you and me,
are builders for eternity?

Each is given a list of rules;
a shapeless mass; and a bag of tools.
And each must fashion, ere life is flown,
A stumbling block, or a stepping-stone.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on April 02, 2011, 02:13:24 pm
I really like that poem Yorkie.   :D
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: brumbob on April 02, 2011, 03:21:22 pm
that reminds me (http://threetownsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=456.msg23186#msg23186)




Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: white rabbit on April 02, 2011, 03:53:11 pm
I like that poem also Yorkie but had heard a slightly different version which I was told my father found in a Christmas card or somesuch and was anon

                            Isn't it strange that princes and kings
                            And clowns that caper in sawdust rings
                            And ordinary folk like you and me
                            Are builder's of eternity

                            To each is given a bag of tools
                             An hour glass and a book of rules
                             And each must build ere his time has flown
                             A stumbling block or a stepping stone
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on April 09, 2011, 10:25:32 pm
Why is it that everyone driving faster than you is considered an idiot and everyone driving slower than you is a moron?      ZXZ
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on April 11, 2011, 06:17:28 am
Why is it that everyone driving faster than you is considered an idiot and everyone driving slower than you is a moron?      ZXZ

 :laugh:
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Trojan on May 04, 2011, 06:26:35 pm
If they call an orange, an orange, why don't they call a banana a yellow?
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Pendragon on May 04, 2011, 06:31:18 pm
probably the same reason they don't call a water melon a "striped green" :laugh:

Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on May 05, 2011, 09:44:51 am
If they call an orange, an orange, why don't they call a banana a yellow?

Because it is the adjectival name for a citrus fruit.    So you have an Orange citrus fruit and a Yellow banana.  But then how do you get a Straw berry when it is usually red?    ZXZ
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on May 05, 2011, 09:49:44 pm
There are may OLD pilots, and many BOLD pilots..... but there are no old, bold pilots.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on May 06, 2011, 09:01:03 am
Did you hear about the War Correspondent who never did get his interview with a Kamikazi Pilot!    L0L
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: TheMedz on February 10, 2012, 09:14:12 pm
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/407948_285219141531214_186592251393904_750640_1431418166_n.jpg (http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/407948_285219141531214_186592251393904_750640_1431418166_n.jpg)

Tickled me for some reason.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Hugo on September 22, 2013, 06:40:04 pm
We hang petty thieves and appoint the great thieves to public office.
~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher


Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet President & politician


When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by Irving Stone.


Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton, American actor/writer


Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Ameringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."

I offered my opponents a deal: "if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them".
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952..

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman


I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician


Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to
change the locks.
~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924
Olympic Games in Paris , 1902-1981)



If a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
If all of them drown? That is solution!!!

 
 
 



Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Ian on September 23, 2013, 08:09:20 am
Absolute Gems, Hugo;  every last one  _))* _))* _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on September 23, 2013, 09:43:47 am
Absolute Gems, Hugo;  every last one  _))* _))* _))*

How true...  &shake&
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: white rabbit on September 23, 2013, 07:45:30 pm
Loved those - so true ;D ;D
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Tosh on September 23, 2013, 08:00:34 pm
My old Geography teacher had a sign over his classroom door that said " Manners Maketh Man And Woman"

His widow sent me this poem which had read out at his 80th birthday party, so any teachers out there this could be your epitaph, I love it.

"ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW"

One hundred years from now
It won't matter
What kind of car I drove
What kind of house I lived in
How much money I had in the bank
Nor what my clothes looked like
BUT
The world may be a little better
Because, I was important
In the life of a child.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Fester on October 04, 2013, 11:33:27 pm
If I was ever given one week to live, I would spend it with my in-laws.

It will feel like the longest period of my entire life!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Tosh on October 06, 2013, 11:35:22 am
If I was ever given one week to live, I would spend it with my in-laws.

It will feel like the longest period of my entire life!  :laugh:
_))* _))* _))* _))* _))* _))* _))* _))*
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on February 24, 2014, 10:06:03 pm
A bit of good? Advice!
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Ian on February 25, 2014, 07:10:55 am
I like seven :-)))
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Yorkie on February 25, 2014, 08:18:14 am
I like seven :-)))

One could add

A   Learn to speel
B    Learn; to punkchewate ?,"
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Hugo on February 15, 2017, 04:07:22 pm
Remember when.       
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Hugo on September 03, 2018, 03:28:41 pm
Sorry, but I've tried posting something on here but it won't accept it       

 
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Ian on September 03, 2018, 05:56:17 pm
But it just has :-)
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Hugo on September 03, 2018, 06:10:46 pm
It was supposed to be an e-mail with many photos but when I copied it and posted it, no photos came up just the links and there were many links so I just deleted them all and posted the reason instead
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Ian on September 03, 2018, 06:17:42 pm
Try posting a single photo.
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Hugo on September 03, 2018, 06:46:06 pm
The e-mail was headed  "let's not get rid of newspapers"  and had photos of some headlines that seemed daft in view of the contents of the story.
I've tried copying one but the link has come up instead  but if you click on it it gives you an example of what the others would be like



http://static.tinyletter.com/AZJunk/img/beam/5447641/3image016.jpeg (http://static.tinyletter.com/AZJunk/img/beam/5447641/3image016.jpeg)
Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: Hugo on July 07, 2020, 03:36:53 pm
For those who like to think!   

  1. If poison expires, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?

2. Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?

 3. Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?

 4. Why is the letter W, in English, called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?

 
5. Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just takes 75-100 years to fully work.

 
6. Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.

 
7. The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims"

 8. 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars.
Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.
 
 
Six great confusions still unresolved.
 
1. At a movie theatre, which arm rest is yours?

 2. If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?

 3. Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?

 4.  Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?

 Vagaries of English Language!

 Ever wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN?

Why isn't a Fireman called a Water-man?

 How come Lipstick doesn't do what it says?

 If money doesn't grow on trees, how come Banks have Branches?

 If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Humanitarian eat?

 How do you get off a non-stop Flight?

 Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and those sent by truck SHIPMENT?

 Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?

 Why do doctors 'practice' medicine? Are they having practice at the cost of the patients?

 Why is it called 'Rush Hour' when traffic moves at its slowest then?

How come Noses run and Feet smell?

 
Why do they call it a TV 'set' when there is only one?

 
What are you vacating when you go on a vacation?

 
 This is a good one!
Did you know that if you replace "W" with "T" in
"What, Where and When You get the answer to each of them

Title: Re: Random Thoughts
Post by: SteveH on July 07, 2020, 03:55:29 pm
Very Good,  $good$