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- Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Where ever you go,you,ll meet a Brit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27696
Re: Where ever you go,you,ll meet a Brit
And on it goes.We where recently in Cozomel,an island off Mexico.We approached a monument in a small village to take some pics,and who was taking pics there also,,,you,ve guessed it a couple of Brits ( from Doncaster ).
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: education– or lack thereof
- Replies: 18
- Views: 129061
Re: education– or lack thereof
exactly ( if thats how you spell it ) Firefly,good post.
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: education– or lack thereof
- Replies: 18
- Views: 129061
Re: education– or lack thereof
Well done WHL
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: education– or lack thereof
- Replies: 18
- Views: 129061
Re: education– or lack thereof
I went to a basic secondary modern school,failed my eleven plus ( my dad went mad ) failed every other exam i sat.I struggled with maths,reading,science you name it. I left school and served a six year apprentiship as a joiner.A couple of years after that i started my own business,worked every hour ...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Interesting article in CM today....people living here should read
- Replies: 5
- Views: 26972
Re: Interesting article in CM today....people living here should read
How the world has changed in my life time,ah well.
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Snow chaos at Munich, no plane, no bus, no train, video
- Replies: 8
- Views: 24433
Re: Snow chaos at Munich, no plane, no bus, no train, video
Devil I said my wife was born in February 1947,i,m a we bit older.Mmmmm,if my maths are correct you must be 89/90,,i raise my hat to you.Whats your secret if i may ask.
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Snow chaos at Munich, no plane, no bus, no train, video
- Replies: 8
- Views: 24433
Re: Snow chaos at Munich, no plane, no bus, no train, video
Coincidence firefly,the wife was born 27th February.......1947
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Snow chaos at Munich, no plane, no bus, no train, video
- Replies: 8
- Views: 24433
Re: Snow chaos at Munich, no plain, no bus, no train, video
Wow,thats a lot of snow.Is anyone reading this old enough to have been around in the worst winter last century in the UK 1947.I remember as a boy we could not get out of our house for 3/4 days...Check it out on you tube.
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Where ever you go,you,ll meet a Brit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27696
Re: Where ever you go,you,ll meet a Brit
Sitting with my wife in vegas waiting to see a Celin Dion concert, I had a tap on my back, guy says to me are you so and so by any chance . It was an old class mate of mine, i hadnt seen for fifty years. Wow WHL that is a coincidence.Recognising you after fifty years you must not have aged that muc...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Where ever you go,you,ll meet a Brit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27696
Where ever you go,you,ll meet a Brit
We,ve had the opportunity to travel extensively during our lives and we have met up with fellow Brits in the most unlikely of places. Examples..... We where driving from LA to Las Vegas and decided to stop for breakfast in a small village in death valley called Barstow.Who should serve us,, non othe...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Elgin marbles
- Replies: 32
- Views: 74383
Re: Elgin marbles
Oh for goodness sake, they belong in the museum just down from the Parthenon, together with the other part of the marbles. They form no part of British history and most of the UK population have never seen them. If they were returned they would be at no risk of damage due to the high standards main...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Elgin marbles
- Replies: 32
- Views: 74383
Re: Elgin marbles
If say you had an antique or similar in your home that had been handed down to you through generations,you know which country it had come originaly from but had been purchased legally at the time by an ancester,would you willingly give it back
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Early bird could see that this morning...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5263
Re: Early bird could see that this morning...
Mmmmmm,does,nt the old saying go,,,red sky at night sailors delight,red sky at morning sailors warning?? Somethings gone wrong
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: New Parking Meters - How do the authorities check?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11810
Re: New Parking Meters - How do the authorities check?
Great,so how does an old fart like me go on who is not into this hi tec is this not age discrimination )
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18017
Re: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
Yes Trev,the last time i went to the bank ( yes my own fault but i had to get there before the weekend ) was Friday at 1.30 The last time i was in a que that long was at a wembley cup final
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18017
Re: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
Oh dear,it gets worse.ATM machines will not now accept my bank card for withdrawing money....So off i go to the bank again.
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18017
Re: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
Bingo!,,thanks to all who have advised.I have checked my humble account with my online banking this morning ( could not wait ) and they have credited me with the 200 euros that the ATM machine refused to dispence last Friday
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18017
Re: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
Thanks galexinda,i am waiting with baited breath until as you say next week.
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18017
Re: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
As suggested i rang the number on the ATM machine and actually spoke to a human being who could make a decision ( yes i know,unusual these days ) he said i had to contact my bank. I phoned my bank a zillion times and they told me each time they where to busy to take my call. I was by then a little c...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: ATM.withdrawing? carefull
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18017
ATM.withdrawing? carefull
About 20 minutes ago i went to draw 200 euros from the ATM machine which is outside the Express supermarket Tremithousa.It did not pay me the cash but notified me on my mobile that i HAD withdrawn the cash.Any suuggestions what i do next