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By hummery Chrism! Them two 'doityerselfers' on yourAvatar must be 'cream-crackered' by now!LOL.Is that the Mr (and Mrs) Grinder,mentioned in your footnote?LOL agen!Never heard a clothes horse called a 'wintersedge' in myancient days,Lily's Mum,but we did used to have' fun and games'in an upended clothes horse propped against the windowsilland covered with a blanket! That was,until our mams caught usand then it was 'lads in one tent,lasses in the one next door'!Spoilt all our fun!
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arry awk wrote: Hi Sundownerdon't worry abt the spelling of Boracic mate! If youhadn't heard of it you have a good excuse!Arry Hi arry awk since i joined this site i have rememberd things long lost in the past. They do say every thing that has happened in our lives is still locked in our brains just needs a jolt to bring it out not the electric kind i must add.
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Another few things I remember my grandparents saying and I still use nowadays,Done up like Tommy Nutter: dressed upIt's all my eye and Peggy Martin:when something doesn't ring trueNicked in t' ead: bonkersKak handed: not very nimble fingeredDoin all under him/her: meaning incontinent and usually said in hushed tones a la Les Dawson.No idea who Tommy Nutter is or Peggy Martin for that matter!
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sundowner wrote: Lilysmum wrote: just remembered another one," like 2 pennorth o dropdead": not feeling too good Also thick as two short planks. Bright as a button.Put wood int ole.Shut your trap. Bent as a two bob watch. I only ever heard this from a former colleague, a bit crude so I'll put the asterisks in: "Thicker than a seven slab sh**thouse"....Bent as a nine-bob note (think that might have been on before).
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on; nor all thy Piety nor all thy Wit can call it back to cancel half a Line, nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.