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Ritchie335is

1,856 posts

201 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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My grandfather was a fisherman and obviously very frugal with the pennies.
After a particularly successful season my grandmother decided to splash out on an oak mirrored wardrobe.
When he came into house she said to him “come and see what I’ve got, it’s lovely”
They went upstairs where he took a look at the new wardrobe and responded...
“that’s a great thing to watch yourself starving to death in”
It’s always tickled me.

PushedDover

5,623 posts

52 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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As just posted on another thread, it was once told to me when gossip / discussing a tender up and coming:



"Only ones to ever make money out of rumours ?..........Fleetwood Mac"
Stephen Ward of Areva smile


Trophy Husband

3,924 posts

106 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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My old construction manager on women.
"You spend the first year wanting to eat them and the rest of your life wishing you had."
"It doesn't matter which model you get they've all got the same chip in their head!"

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 29th October 2020
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Trophy Husband said:
My old construction manager on women.
"You spend the first year wanting to eat them and the rest of your life wishing you had."
"It doesn't matter which model you get they've all got the same chip in their head!"
He sounds charming.

Trophy Husband

3,924 posts

106 months

Friday 30th October 2020
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Doofus said:
Trophy Husband said:
My old construction manager on women.
"You spend the first year wanting to eat them and the rest of your life wishing you had."
"It doesn't matter which model you get they've all got the same chip in their head!"
He sounds charming.
He was of an age shall we say.
It was all macho bravado.
His wife had him wrapped around her little finger as did his 3 daughters!

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Friday 30th October 2020
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@piersmorgan
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4h
Big thanks to the taxi driver who just dropped back my Amex card that I left in his cab yesterday... before I even realised I’d left it.
This is why London’s Black Cab drivers are the best in the world.

Lily the Pink

5,783 posts

169 months

Saturday 31st October 2020
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Frank7 said:
This is why London’s Black Cab drivers are the best in the world.
Maybe they are nowadays, but backalong there used to be a really dodgy one; wouldn't stop harping on about his experiences and favourite bars in the US of A, liked to drop Americanisms into every other sentence. But I'm sure he was a great guy really.

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Saturday 31st October 2020
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Lily the Pink said:
Frank7 said:
This is why London’s Black Cab drivers are the best in the world.
Maybe they are nowadays, but backalong there used to be a really dodgy one; wouldn't stop harping on about his experiences and favourite bars in the US of A, liked to drop Americanisms into every other sentence. But I'm sure he was a great guy really.
Wait up, I know this one, gimme a minute, his name’s on the tip of my tongue cool
p.s., he wasn’t a great guy, but he was a stand up guy rolleyes

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Saturday 31st October 2020
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I’ve searched the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees

GK Chesterton

john2443

6,325 posts

210 months

Saturday 31st October 2020
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Frank7 said:
@piersmorgan
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4h
Big thanks to the taxi driver who just dropped back my Amex card that I left in his cab yesterday... before I even realised I’d left it.
This is why London’s Black Cab drivers are the best in the world.
I was stewarding at a conference in Brighton, an American delegate came and asked if I could lend him 10p for the phone (before we had mobiles) as he'd left his wallet in the cab - he wasn't expecting to see it again so was surprised when the cab firm said the cabby had told them he'd found it and would be back at the conf hall in 10 mins with his next fare. I guess most cab drivers would do that, and get a tip for it.

He even gave me the 10p back - I said it didn't matter, but he insisted in case I needed to lend it to someone else.

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Saturday 31st October 2020
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john2443 said:
I was stewarding at a conference in Brighton, an American delegate came and asked if I could lend him 10p for the phone (before we had mobiles) as he'd left his wallet in the cab - he wasn't expecting to see it again so was surprised when the cab firm said the cabby had told them he'd found it and would be back at the conf hall in 10 mins with his next fare. I guess most cab drivers would do that, and get a tip for it.

He even gave me the 10p back - I said it didn't matter, but he insisted in case I needed to lend it to someone else.
If I found, or as more often happened, another job found a phone or wallet in the back, I would move heaven and earth to reunite the owner with what he’d lost.
If someone gave me two notes stuck together, I’d point it out to them, but that didn’t make me an angel, that was just the way I was, but in the extremely unlikely scenario that I glanced over my shoulder and saw a tenner on the seat or floor, that went straight in my sky rocket!

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Saturday 31st October 2020
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“If the news is fake, imagine history”

Frank7

6,619 posts

86 months

Sunday 1st November 2020
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“Our Country is Gone, our cause is lost”
Samuel Rush Watkins, Corporal, Company H, 1st. Tennessee Infantry CSA.

LordGrover

33,531 posts

211 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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"Why Worry? If you've done the very best you can, then worrying won't make it any better."

- Walt Disney

PushedDover

5,623 posts

52 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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LordGrover said:
"Why Worry? If you've done the very best you can, then worrying won't make it any better."

- Walt Disney
Like that.

dartissimus

Original Poster:

938 posts

173 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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andy_s said:
“If the news is fake, imagine history”
TRUTH, An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.

dartissimus

Original Poster:

938 posts

173 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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dartissimus said:
andy_s said:
“If the news is fake, imagine history”
TRUTH, An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
HISTORY, An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools

Al Gorithum

3,663 posts

207 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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"You can all me anything you like. Just don't call me late for dinner" My Dad.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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LordGrover said:
"Why Worry? If you've done the very best you can, then worrying won't make it any better."

- Walt Disney
Worry, because most people don't do the very best they can.

"Mediocrity takes a lot less time, and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late."

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Monday 2nd November 2020
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dartissimus said:
dartissimus said:
andy_s said:
“If the news is fake, imagine history”
TRUTH, An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.
HISTORY, An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools
Ahhh - I like it, very good.