Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 32)

[anonymous-user]

There are not 365 weeks a year by the way. Shame though - if there were then I’m an 8 year old.

I’ll be playing with my bricks if anyone needs me.

[Bobberoo99]

V6 Pushfit said:

There are not 365 weeks a year by the way. Shame though - if there were then I’m an 8 year old.

I’ll be playing with my bricks Lego if anyone needs me.

FTFY!!
Come the complete and utter collapse of society and the end of humanity as we know it the few remaining people left in the nuclear wastelands known as Oooppp Norf will one day find your ramblings and read them, only to discover that today's society was nothing more than a vacuous bunch of socially inept, perpetually offended, ignorant bunch of lazy feckers, all apart from the TT residents who were a bunch of loonies!!!!

[anonymous-user]

Certifiable. You forgot certifiable.

[DickyC]

Keynsham.

Spelt

K E Y N

S H A M

[Bobberoo99]

Bobberoo99 said:

V6 Pushfit said:

There are not 365 weeks a year by the way. Shame though - if there were then I’m an 8 year old.

I’ll be playing with my bricks Lego if anyone needs me.

FTFY!!
Come the complete and utter collapse of society and the end of humanity as we know it the few remaining people left in the nuclear wastelands known as Oooppp Norf will one day find your ramblings and read them, only to discover that today's society was nothing more than a vacuous bunch of socially inept, perpetually offended, ignorant bunch of lazy feckers, all apart from the TT residents who were a bunch of certifiable loonies!!!!

V6 Pushfit said:

Certifiable. You forgot certifiable.

FTFY!

[DickyC]

I preferred certifible.

[Bobberoo99]

DickyC said:

Keynsham.

Spelt

K E Y N

S H A M

? I would comment but I don't understand the words what is coming out of your mouf!!!

[DickyC]

It was a tedious advert on Radio Luxembourg.

Horace Batchelor, professional tipster.

(I'm serious.)

You sent him money, he sent you tips on football matches and the like. You needed his address which was in Keynsham.

Spelt

K E Y N

S H A M


Here endeth today's lesson.

[Pericoloso]

Key scam ?

[DickyC]

Clearly no 208 aficionados in tonight.

[fatboy18]

I just "Won" some roof bar brackets on eBay, Now I have to pay for them

Not exactly winning is it !

[Pericoloso]

wise man Confucious once said...."coming second in an auction costs less than winning"

[Pericoloso]

random identical Panda pic.

[fatboy18]

Raided the corner shop today for a packet of Jammy Dodgers...Have the packets shrunk?

They don't last long

[glenrobbo]

DickyC said:

It was a tedious advert on Radio Luxembourg.

Horace Batchelor, professional tipster.

(I'm serious.)

You sent him money, he sent you tips on football matches and the like. You needed his address which was in Keynsham.

Spelt

K E Y N

S H A M


Here endeth today's lesson.

It was long long ago in the days before the National Lottery was even thought of, and Horace Batchelor advertised on 208 Radio Luxembourg for people to send him money to join in his guaranteed Football Pools Syndicate.
He seemed to do quite well out of it,* living as he did in the luxury suburb of Keynsham, spelled "K E Y N S H A M", Bristol.


He also dabbled in soup.

* I'm not sure if any of his subscribers ever became rich on the winnings.

This was long before any pirate Blackburns or Edmondses or Travises came in the ears of teenage pop pickers.

Radio Luxembourg was the only radio station broadcasting that subversive rock 'n' roll or so-called "pop" music in the evening and into the smallest hour on the aurally frustrating constantly fading in and out medium wave, via a tricky-to-tune crystal or new-fangled "transistor radio" which was traditionally constantly fiddled with under the blankets by the eager teenage listener until the batteries gave out.
It was the only way to satisfy the desire for Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Jerry Lee Lewis or Del Shannon.

208 metres on the medium wave. FM was yet to happen.

"TURN THAT BLOODY WIRELESS OFF AND GO TO SLEEP !"

[glenrobbo]

Littlewoods, Vernon's, Copes or Zetters.

You pays yer money and takes yer chances.

I won 120 quid once. SunPlan B. Awesome.
I spent it on new windows.

[glenrobbo]

I should point out that I never sent any Postal Orders to Horace Batchelor.

My massive pools win was the result of a weekly flutter at work.
One of the guys was a collector for Vernon's Pools, and you just handed him your completed entry coupon and your stake money on a Thursday night, and eagerly awaited the football results on the BBC Home Service at 6pm? on the Saturday.
ISTR you needed to predict 8 score draws to collect the Big Win, or "Jackpot" as it was known.

[Bobberoo99]

Morning chaps
I have elected not to go in at 0500 this morning and am instead sat at my kitchen table eating breakfast!!!

Many years ago my mum and stepdad used to do the pools, they won a few quid here and there but nothing much, but a neighbour had a decent sized win, enough to buy a car at the time!!!

I never listened to radio Luxembourg, we couldn't get it!!!

[Scrump]

DickyC said:

Keynsham.

Spelt

K E Y N

S H A M

I went to
K E Y N
S H A M
last Sunday to look at cars for Scrumplet the elder. One of them was a 208!
I recommend the dual carriageway bypass.

[magooagain]

Good morning.

I have a very distant memory of being in a small boat visiting the radio Caroline ship! I think we just waved at whoever was on the boat and left!
Must of been somewhere near Walton on the naze. I was very young at the time.