Things which really died a death.

[alorotom]

Triumph Man said:

jet_noise said:

Pericoloso said:

bristolracer said:

Teacher nicknames

Basil
Minto
Woody
Dippy

etc

My Kids tell me they dont have nicknames for teachers any more.

My history teacher was Twizzle ,no idea why.

Everyone must have had a Woody .

That sounds slightly wrong.

I forget all the rest ,school is but a fuzzy memory.

And the school caretaker was either Lurch or Herman.

Ours was called Rambo

We had a Rambo (geography teacher), but it was a legacy nickname from some 8-9yrs prior to our attendance coined when my elder sister attended the same secondary school - apparantly he had rambo movie posters on the walls when it was popular. He was also known as Pit Stains and suffered with chronic perfuse sweating and clearly didnt like to replace his shirts which were all mid-blue but murky yellow/brown under the arm pits, rank really.

[Swampy1982]

English world cup winners....





(Too soon?)

[GIYess]

That brings back memories! Our head was called "Beakey."

[eldar]

eldar said:

A neighbour of mine is a long retired GP, he is 93.

Qualified as a doctor in 1945, immediately conscripted, and spent a year performing triage at various concentration camps. He spent trhe next 40 years as a GP in a quiet midlands town.

And he died last night, quietly in his sleep. RIP Ken.

[Shakermaker]

alorotom said:

Triumph Man said:

jet_noise said:

Pericoloso said:

bristolracer said:

Teacher nicknames

Basil
Minto
Woody
Dippy

etc

My Kids tell me they dont have nicknames for teachers any more.

My history teacher was Twizzle ,no idea why.

Everyone must have had a Woody .

That sounds slightly wrong.

I forget all the rest ,school is but a fuzzy memory.

And the school caretaker was either Lurch or Herman.

Ours was called Rambo

We had a Rambo (geography teacher), but it was a legacy nickname from some 8-9yrs prior to our attendance coined when my elder sister attended the same secondary school - apparantly he had rambo movie posters on the walls when it was popular. He was also known as Pit Stains and suffered with chronic perfuse sweating and clearly didnt like to replace his shirts which were all mid-blue but murky yellow/brown under the arm pits, rank really.

We had Professor Rowley who taught Chemistry. he was close to, if not beyond, retirement age, getting a bit doddery, used a cane/walking stick. But we nicknamed him "Slam Dunk" just because he happened to be quite tall, like a basketball player. Quite an innocent nickname, certainly no menace behind it and he was one of those teachers that everyone likes. But in an IT lesson with sour-faced Mrs Castor, where we were learning about inserting images, one classmate made a rough photoshop of "Slam Dunk's" head on Michael Jordan's body and printed it out. The trouble he got in! Detention, parents called in to meet the Head of Year, had to write an apology to Prof Rowley..

[dartissimus]

Things which really should have died a death
or
Things which really died a death


two different threads, two different meanings

[Monkeylegend]

dartissimus said:

Things which really should have died a death
or
Things which really died a death


two different threads, two different meanings

Or even things which seemed to have died a death but maybe they haven't.

Off the top of my head erm.......the TVR Griffith.

Mind you that's more akin to being stillborn when you think about it.

[monthefish]

Promised Land said:

50cc mopeds in trial form, ie Suzuki ts50x, Yamaha dt50.

These were everywhere in the '80's and early '90's.

Now it's just scooter style mopeds, you'd have been laughed at all day long if you rolled up on one of them to your mates off road mopeds.

Good point that.

So keeping on topic, when did 'the embarrassment of riding a moped' die a death?

[toastybase]

I used to have a pair of old shoes for the garden. A few years later (early 2000’s) I bought a pair of gardening shoes.

Now these were fine but I decided about 6 months ago to go back to my old shoes for the garden.

[eldar]

Dongles.

[Swampy1982]

eldar said:

eldar said:

A neighbour of mine is a long retired GP, he is 93.

Qualified as a doctor in 1945, immediately conscripted, and spent a year performing triage at various concentration camps. He spent trhe next 40 years as a GP in a quiet midlands town.

And he died last night, quietly in his sleep. RIP Ken.

thats sad news, sorry to hear about it.

[redchina]

those stupid nose strips that were supposed to aid oxygen intake into the lungs.


worn in every gym and park by knobs everywhere (for about 9 months)


i bet they felt super oxygenated at the time though...

[schmunk]

eldar said:

Dongles.

Not if you're a Macbook owner...

[paulguitar]

schmunk said:

eldar said:

Dongles.

Not if you're a Macbook owner...

True, but you also get the advantage of a tiny, light and generally amazing laptop. I am typing this on one.

In fairness, it works best as a 'satellite' computer, ideally, you need a base station as well. In those circumstances though, it is amazing.

[jimmybell]

Nescafe self heating disposable coffee cups?

Dunno if this has been mentioned but i was thinking it'd be nice if they were allowed back.

[anonymous-user]

jimmybell said:

Nescafe self heating disposable coffee cups?

Dunno if this has been mentioned but i was thinking it'd be nice if they were allowed back.

Probably a compo claim in a can these days

[Europa1]

Grahamdub said:

jimmybell said:

Nescafe self heating disposable coffee cups?

Dunno if this has been mentioned but i was thinking it'd be nice if they were allowed back.

Probably a compo claim in a can these days

Or it looks like it might not be that easy to recycle, which wouldn't fly too well these days.

[Blown2CV]

They were st. About 3 thimblefuls of rank instant coffee.

[paulguitar]

Blown2CV said:

They were st. About 3 thimblefuls of rank instant coffee.

It amazes me that even 'normal' Nescafe still exists. Tastes nothing like coffee at all...

[jimmybell]

Blown2CV said:

They were st. About 3 thimblefuls of rank instant coffee.

I don't dispute that, but i kinda hoped it may expand to a larger quantity.. and evolve to host some decent coffee.