Oldfart

Footwear? what footwear. Oh you mean the shoes

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone

welcome to the forum welcome

welcome to the forum welcome

Same as usual. Ding ding meal and a can of Fosters on me todd. Oh sh*t come to think of it thats how I spent Xmas. Happy New Year to you all. Safe riding in 2013

Losing some weight and getting a better golf handicap. I understand Stue has agreed to attend 'topbox aversion therapy' classes with Dave as the teacher

Happy Birthday

Nice one Dave. You can add the TT to the list next year (Reminder to me. LOSE SOME WEIGHT!!! )

R.I.P. Gerry. Gave a lot of enjoyment to kids of our age. Sadly missed

No need for the top box then?

Cook book stand in wrought iron from daughter and boyfriend and a special camping mat from my son. Well chuffed

Sleeping er beauty??? OR the Leicestershire fly catcher???

welcome to the forum welcome

welcome to the forum welcome

But you weren't even born in the fifties Dick I agree some are a bit tongue in cheek but a lot of these are true where I lived

EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES… * Pasta had not been invented. * Curry was a surname. * Olive oil was kept in the medicine cabinet * Spices came from the Middle East where they were used for embalming * Herbs were used to make rather dodgy medicine. * A takeaway was a mathematical problem. * A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower. * Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time. * The only vegetables known to us were spuds, peas, carrots and cabbage, * All crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not. * Condiments consisted of salt, pepper, vinegar and brown sauce if we were lucky. * Soft drinks were called pop. * Coke was something that we put on the fire. * A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter. * Rice was a milk pudding, and never, ever part of our dinner. * A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining. * A Pizza Hut was an Italian shed. * A microwave was something out of a science fiction movie. * Brown bread was something only poor people ate. * Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking * Bread and jam was a treat. * Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green. * Coffee was Camp, and came in a bottle. * Cubed sugar was regarded as posh. * Figs and dates appeared every Christmas, but no one ever ate them. * Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town. * Jellied eels were peculiar to Londoners. * Salad cream was a dressing for salads, mayonnaise did not exist * Hors d'oeuvre was a spelling mistake. * The starter was our main meal. Soup was a main meal. * Only Heinz made beans. * Leftovers went in the dog. * Special food for dogs and cats was unheard of. * Fish was only eaten on Fridays.. * Fish didn't have fingers in those days. * Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi. * Ready meals only came from the fish and chip shop. * For the best taste fish and chips had to be eaten out of old newspapers. * Frozen food was called ice cream. * Nothing ever went off in the fridge because we never had one. * Ice cream only came in one colour and one flavour. * None of us had ever heard of yoghurt. * Jelly and blancmange was only eaten at parties. * If we said that we were on a diet, we simply got less. * Healthy food consisted of anything edible. * People who didn't peel potatoes were regarded as lazy. * Indian restaurants were only found in India . * Brunch was not a meal. * If we had eaten bacon lettuce and tomato in the same sandwich we would have been certified * A bun was a small cake back then. * The word" Barbie" was not associated with anything to do with food. * Eating outside was a picnic. * Cooking outside was called camping. * Seaweed was not a recognised food. * Pancakes were only eaten on Pancake Tuesday * "Kebab" was not even a word never mind a food. * Hot dogs were a type of sausage that only the Americans ate. * Cornflakes had arrived from America but it was obvious they would never catch on. * The phrase "boil in the bag" would have been beyond comprehension. * The idea of "oven chips" would not have made any sense at all to us. * The world had not heard of Pot Noodles, Instant Mash and Pop Tarts. * Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold. * Lettuce and tomatoes in winter were only found abroad. * Prunes were medicinal. * Surprisingly muesli was readily available in those days, it was called cattle feed. * Turkeys were definitely seasonal. * Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one. * We never heard of Croissants we certainly couldn't pronounce it, * We thought that Baguettes were a problem the French needed to deal with. * Garlic was used to ward off vampires, but never used to flavour food. * Water came out of the tap, if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it they would have become a laughing stock. * Food hygiene was all about washing your hands before meals. * Campylobacter, Salmonella, E.coli, Listeria, and Botulism were all called "food poisoning." * The one thing that we never ever had on our table in the fifties …. elbows.

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Roads dry here Dave but very windy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Y2BuZ9TBc&feature=player_embedded#! Must admit I like this

we never buy anything that we cant afford and if we caint we save up for it it really pisses me of when people go spending what they dont have then there debt gets wiped off so once again you are penalised for working and saving Well individual people have the right I suppose to live how they want. what pisses me off the most when certain accounts in my trade ( not going to say what that is ) And this as been happening for years not just in this recession go bust owing 700k plus and start up the next day in the same premises and get pissed off when we won't supply them. They don't give a shit about people losing their jobs and who gets hurt by it. Corporate law wants totally rewriting in this country. Rant over MERRY CHRISTMAS Totally agree with that A builder in Norfolk has been bust so many times they call him 'boomerang' Sells his posh cars and speedboat to his wife for a few quid and then starts up all over again

France then Poland. May be genuine but I would want to know a lot more before parting with my hard earned wonga!!! Nice job though.

Dont forget they need to do their xmas shopping and scrounge their freebies first!!! Same when I was burgled they came out 5 days later and stuck a piece of paper in my hand about victim support and that was it. Too busy catching speeders!!!!

Yep as my old dad used to day "If you cant afford to buy it, you cant afford to own it" At my age the financial institutions dont want to know you in case you peg it and cant pay it back so its cash all the way. Strange really, you can rip them off for millions and they write it off. Owe them fifty quid and and they make your life a misery.