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I so enjoyed your writing about the nights of<br>'talking to god'...that was so very funny and<br>the part about 'treating this place like a hotel'<br>was just...
eenlh
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Jul 3, 2000
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I'd like to wish all of those members living in US, a Happy 4th of July and to those of you in Europe..."Happy Bastille Day" or whatever the hell it is ...
brit8634486
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Jul 4, 2000
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Does anybody remember a deaf and dumb bloke (excuse me-that is not politically, or socially correct...hearing and speech impaired...) bloke, who's family sold ...
brit8634486
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Jul 4, 2000
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I believe it's right to avoid hurting others with careless remarks. But, also that the obsession with "PC" talk makes for some very unreal conversations. If ...
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Jul 4, 2000
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David, I would never dream of deleting your message. <br>I'm a bit confused though.....are you pissed off with me-or at society as a whole.....?<br>If I had...
brit8634486
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Jul 5, 2000
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Please people, let us not get into a "negative terminology situation" because, quite frankly, all that PC stuff "mounts my breasts."<br><br>The fat, ugly, ...
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Jul 5, 2000
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With people these days being so much more designer-concious, especially teens wanting the right trainers, the right jeans, the right tattoo, the right...
t11_hat
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Jul 6, 2000
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Senior school brought on even more peer pressure. I remember my first pair of platforms. They were only about two inches high at the heel, but I couldn't walk...
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Jul 6, 2000
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Thanks for the compliment. Glad you enjoyed it. Nice to know someone's reading them.<br><br>Tony....
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Jul 6, 2000
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Hey Tony, what a great piece. <br>Just reading the first few lines, brought the memories flooding back.....<br>Believe it or not-I too owned a pair of TUF...
brit8634486
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Jul 6, 2000
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Hi. My name is Tony. I'm 41 and I'm a chocoholic.<br><br>You have to admit it to yourself first before you can even begin to try and kick the habit. I've been ...
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Jul 7, 2000
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Oh Tony! Between the pants with your mothers<br>curtains and the 'firemans hoses', I'm laughing<br>so hard I have tears running down my cheeks..<br>You are a ...
eenlh
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Jul 7, 2000
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A most enjoyable pastime we had as kids was making go-carts. Back then cart was spelt with a ‘c’ and not a ‘k’, and the legs of the unfortunate...
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Jul 7, 2000
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The attaching of the front axle plank was the most technical part of the job. The front of the body-plank had to be drilled, with a brace and bit, or burned...
t11_hat
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Jul 7, 2000
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What a coincidence.....yesterday, I sought out a sweet shop on the internet, so I might indulge myself in the English confectionery you were ...
brit8634486
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Jul 7, 2000
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Oh Elaine. Between the pants??? Where are we heading here.<br><br>Do I have more memories than everyone else or am I just long-winded. Maybe I should pick...
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Jul 7, 2000
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My mother gave me cod liver oil capsules to take every day and I used to hide them in the pocket of my school tunic. By the end of the week,I'd have quite a ...
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Jul 7, 2000
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I'd forgotten all about Kola-cubes and Bon-bons, but the Kola-cubes reminded me of those pears you used to get mmmmmmmm! And the cigarettes. I too remember...
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I LOVED those trick cigarettes....I just thought I was the coolest "chick" in the neighbourhood when I was out puffing on one of them!<br>I wonder if my ...
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Jul 7, 2000
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I still refer to blood blisters as "Black Man's Pinch"....my husband and my eldest son are horrified that I could use such an expression....but it is the term...
brit8634486
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Jul 7, 2000
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Do you see how long I've been in this country!!?<br>To me, after all these years, trousers are<br>pants and pants are 'underwear or shorts'...<br><br>The other...
eenlh
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Jul 7, 2000
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There was an empty Cinema up by St. John’s Catholic Church in Harrow Weald, opposite The Sacred Heart school. It was definitely haunted, even in daylight ...
t11_hat
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Jul 8, 2000
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Tassel loafers – box-top Gibsons – ox-blood box-top tassel weaves – Dr. Marten’s shoes – Dr. Marten’s boots (Commandos, Gladiators and...
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Jul 8, 2000
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I forgot the Blakey's you hammered into the heels of your shoes to make them click as you walked, but that was at school.<br>Later on, when we were older and...
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Jul 8, 2000
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In regard to your mention of 'willy's' in a previous posting, I've<br>discovered that here in the States, they are<br>of the opinion that the expression came...
eenlh
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Jul 10, 2000
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There was a graveyard on the pinner road, next to the park (I'm sure it's still there.....they don't tend to move such things....). <br>During the day, I had...
brit8634486
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Jul 12, 2000
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It's been a long time since anyone has posted<br>a message or a memory. Is everyone on holiday?<br>Here in Connecticut we have been having a great<br>deal of...
eenlh
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Jul 16, 2000
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Hi, sorry I haven't written for some time - busy you know!<br><br>Just returned from a jaunt to Harrow last weekend - I was a Godfather to my mates baby son. ...
chiswickbitter
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Jul 18, 2000
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By the way, its really gorgeous here in Bournemouth - I may well go down the beach (Because I can!)...
chiswickbitter
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Jul 18, 2000
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Talking of "smells"...does anyone remember the smell of the Nestles factory when you drove through Hayes?<br>When I was a child, we must have taken that route...
brit8634486
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Jul 18, 2000
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