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Post by chris on Jun 2, 2005 20:04:15 GMT
You must understand I don't mean to be personnal, i'm just curious!
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Post by igelkotten on Jun 2, 2005 20:11:17 GMT
No alternative of "I saw the dinosaurs die, and hired on to the railway shortly after they invented fire"? ;D
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Post by chris on Jun 2, 2005 20:13:50 GMT
No alternative of "I saw the dinosaurs die, and hired on to the railway shortly after they invented fire"? ;D How about the alternative of, "I joined the railways before they invented the wheel.  I've said once and i'll say it again, THEY were the days!" |
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Post by Dmitri on Jun 3, 2005 7:20:26 GMT
No alternative of "I saw the dinosaurs die, and hired on to the railway shortly after they invented fire"? ;D I beleive it is what the '65+' option means  . |
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Post by q8 on Jun 3, 2005 19:54:37 GMT
 Down at Wapping one day Brunel once said to me..... 
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Post by piccadillypilot on Jun 3, 2005 20:01:54 GMT
Brunel once said to me..... Was that Sir Marc or the boy? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2005 21:02:19 GMT
Down at Wapping one day Brunel once said to me..... ....You might need your wellies, son ;D |
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Post by citysig on Jun 6, 2005 19:10:49 GMT
I am a little older than my tongue, but a little older than my teeth.
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Post by q8 on Jun 6, 2005 20:16:10 GMT
[I am a little older than my tongue, but a little older than my teeth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Then you must be unique. As I am exactly the same age as my tongue. I "was" a bit older then my teeth but they have now died before me so I am MUCH older than they were. |
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Post by citysig on Jun 7, 2005 9:26:19 GMT
Typing ahead of my brain with a 2-year-old on my lap. It should have read "I am a little younger than my tongue and a little older than my teeth." Don't ask me to explain the age of your tongue bit. My father has always answered with this phrase and his upbringing on a farm in deepest Cambridgeshire may have something to do with it. Of course me quoting the saying myself means only one thing. I am turning into my father*  ;D * That's no bad thing I suppose, he's done me alright over the years - just incase by chance he stumbles across the internet and even more by chance this website. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2005 22:45:43 GMT
Of course me quoting the saying myself means only one thing. I am turning into my father LOL! ;D I think that happens to us all after a certain age (I'm not saying you're old btw, Citysig!). I constantly say things and do things my dad does, and even my daughter keeps telling me "You sound just like grandad!" I also have to be careful now, as my parents have recently invested in Broadband! I obviously have this forum saved in my favourites for when I'm up there, so they may browse in one of these days! |
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Post by igelkotten on Jun 7, 2005 23:29:48 GMT
I also have to be careful now, as my parents have recently invested in Broadband! I obviously have this forum saved in my favourites for when I'm up there, so they may browse in one of these days! Oe, as my dear mother said to me a few months ago: "You could at least have told me that you were going on strike before I saw your name in the morning paper and on breakfast telly!" Sorry, mum! |
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Post by chris on Jun 8, 2005 6:36:37 GMT
I am turning into my father* ;D Are you beginning to dress like him? Maybe Alans parents are member of this forum, just using a different name. |
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Post by piccadillypilot on Jun 8, 2005 8:28:37 GMT
I constantly say things and do things my dad does, and even my daughter keeps telling me "You sound just like grandad!" But with a touch of "Cockney"? So an earful from your daughter and a clip round the ear from your Dad. What joy!!!  |
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Post by q8 on Jun 8, 2005 11:19:06 GMT
a clip round the ear from your Dad. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Clip round the ear Gawd, I wish MY Dad had been so gentle mate. A bloody good larupping with a leather belt or a cane was what I got for misdemeanours. Still for all that I adored the man. I think a few of today's "misgiuded souls" would benefit from such treatment. The do-gooders would soon change their tune if it was THEM that had to put up with constant assaults/robberies/burgleries etc.  |
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Post by chris on Jun 8, 2005 13:52:48 GMT
A bloody good larupping with a leather belt or a cane was what I got for misdemeanours. I think a few of today's "misgiuded souls" would benefit from such treatment. I wouldn't mind seeing punishments like that in schools. There are a few total pillocks who need teaching a lesson or two. Still, I take consolation in the thought that while i'm sailing through these exams, I look up (slyly, obviously!) and watch them struggle. Cruel? No. They deserve it. They had the chance to learn the stuff, but they didn't want to. |
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Post by igelkotten on Jun 8, 2005 13:56:27 GMT
A bloody good larupping with a leather belt or a cane was what I got for misdemeanours. I think a few of today's "misgiuded souls" would benefit from such treatment. I wouldn't mind seeing punishments like that in schools. There are a few total pillocks who need teaching a lesson or two. Still, I take consolation in the thought that while i'm sailing through these exams, I look up (slyly, obviously!) and watch them struggle. Cruel? No. They deserve it. They had the chance to learn the stuff, but they didn't want to. You know, reading this, I started rolling my eyes so much that I actually caught a glimpse of my spinal cord.  |
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Post by q8 on Jun 8, 2005 16:50:31 GMT
I wouldn't mind seeing punishments like that in schools. There are a few total pillocks who need teaching a lesson or two. Still, I take consolation in the thought that while i'm sailing through these exams, I look up (slyly, obviously!) and watch them struggle. Cruel? No. They deserve it. They had the chance to learn the stuff, but they didn't want to. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You know, reading this, I started rolling my eyes so much that I actually caught a glimpse of my spinal cord. In approval Mr I, or disapproval?? [/quote] |
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Post by q8 on Jun 8, 2005 16:56:36 GMT
Someone in this forum is actually in the same age group as me?? Here's me thinking there was only ONE old codger contributing. Hail Sir......whoever you are?
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Post by citysig on Jun 8, 2005 18:33:23 GMT
Are you beginning to dress like him? That's the trouble, it's not something you realise. Is a nice cardigan (even in today's weather) a sensible shirt and trousers, and a pair of those check-patterned slippers any clue of me starting? I would say tackling any problem head-on with a nice cup of tea was a sign but we here know that's more than acceptable to all age groups provided you consume a certain brand |
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Post by citysig on Jun 8, 2005 18:40:17 GMT
Clip round the ear Gawd, I wish MY Dad had been so gentle mate. A bloody good larupping with a leather belt or a cane was what I got for misdemeanours. Still for all that I adored the man. I think a few of today's "misgiuded souls" would benefit from such treatment. The do-gooders would soon change their tune if it was THEM that had to put up with constant assaults/robberies/burgleries etc. Whilst it did me no harm either (except the twitch, the nervousness and the fear of loud noises) times have moved on. It wouldn't benefit the "misguided souls" either. Their problems will take more than that, and using their own type of mindless violence back at them won't help the situation. Do-gooders aside, and let's face it they can get on your nerves, this is one area where they have it more right than wrong. Physical abuse helps neither party. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2005 20:46:16 GMT
IStill, I take consolation in the thought that while i'm sailing through these exams, I look up (slyly, obviously!) and watch them struggle. Cruel? No. They deserve it. They had the chance to learn the stuff, but they didn't want to. The only problem with that is without qualifications, they can't get a job and we hard-working individuals end up paying through the nose in taxes to keep them in benefits. Sorry, I think this thread is drifting steadily off-course! ;D |
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Post by igelkotten on Jun 8, 2005 23:46:05 GMT
You know, reading this, I started rolling my eyes so much that I actually caught a glimpse of my spinal cord. In approval Mr I, or disapproval?? Definitive disapproval. But as Alan L already has pointed out, that is hardly an apropos subject for this forum, so I'll leave it at that. |
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Post by chris on Jun 9, 2005 6:42:23 GMT
The only problem with that is without qualifications, they can't get a job and we hard-working individuals end up paying through the nose in taxes to keep them in benefits. i never thought of that. Therefore, decent punishments (like Q8 described) should be in place in schools so they actually have to learn something. |
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Post by DWS on Jun 9, 2005 12:56:35 GMT
Someone in this forum is actually in the same age group as me?? Here's me thinking there was only ONE old codger contributing. Hail Sir......whoever you are? Well it is me Mr Q8, but I am still working on the Underground after 41years, I must be one of the long serving members of the Service Control Function on my Line. |
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Post by q8 on Jun 9, 2005 13:55:52 GMT
Well it is me Mr Q8, but I am still working on the Underground after 41years, I must be one of the long serving members of the Service Control Function on my Line.
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Which line sir, and have you always been there?
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Post by q8 on Jun 10, 2005 2:05:57 GMT
i never thought of that. Therefore, decent punishments (like Q8 described) should be in place in schools so they actually have to learn something.
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