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Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 30th December 2023, 14:33
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Posted By al1934
Anonny Mouse

Anonny Mouse
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 15th December 2023, 16:01
Replies: 10
Views: 2,156
Posted By al1934
The glorious pasty

https://www.gbnews.com/news/pensioner-mobility-scooter-rampage-last-pasty-cornwall

Quite understandable. The media fail to understand the passions that run high here in the West Country where the...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 15th December 2023, 15:40
Replies: 1,836
Views: 584,019
Posted By al1934
It was the shame of it. Two lovely ladies to...

It was the shame of it. Two lovely ladies to hold me down while the doc did the slicing job. I heard someone say, "It looks like a cock but its too small". Smallest and prettiest in the Fleet.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 14th December 2023, 14:18
Replies: 1,836
Views: 584,019
Posted By al1934
Thanks and having had a biopsy into my scrotum...

Thanks and having had a biopsy into my scrotum (as one does when past middle age) I can commiserate. A female doctor and two female nurses took part - it was hell, I tell you!!!
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 13th December 2023, 12:32
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Views: 584,019
Posted By al1934
The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation...

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for an answered prayer.
Suzie stood and walked to the lectern .
She said, "I have some praise. Two months ago, my...
Forum: Mess Deck 25th November 2023, 16:03
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Posted By al1934
And look where that took us! Come back, Josef...

And look where that took us! Come back, Josef Locke, all is forgiven.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 10th November 2023, 16:46
Replies: 1
Views: 761
Posted By al1934
As Arte Johnson was often saying in Rowan and...

As Arte Johnson was often saying in Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, "Verrry interesting, but.........."

Joking aside, Harry, I found this interesting. At least the Indians have spent a lot of time...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 10th November 2023, 16:38
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Views: 584,019
Posted By al1934
Alternatively, Ordnance Artificers had to work to...

Alternatively, Ordnance Artificers had to work to within 2 thousandths of an inch, ERAs worked to 5 thou and Shipwrights worked to the nearest dockyard.
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd October 2023, 16:04
Replies: 16
Views: 2,605
Posted By al1934
My grandad was a gamekeeper during WW2 and would...

My grandad was a gamekeeper during WW2 and would shoot a rabbit on his way to our home so we ate a lot of rabbit during the war, too. I grew to dislike the rabbits and the lead shot which didn't do...
Forum: Mess Deck 27th September 2023, 13:45
Replies: 16
Views: 2,605
Posted By al1934
Rabbits were presents that we bought abroad and...

Rabbits were presents that we bought abroad and took home to give to our families. Also a talkative person who had 'more rabbit than Sainsburys'!
Forum: Recipes & Cooking 13th September 2023, 13:46
Replies: 55
Views: 29,947
Posted By al1934
They've got an awful lot of coffee in...

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.....................
Forum: Vintage Vehicles, classic cars etc... 8th September 2023, 13:30
Replies: 2
Views: 449
Posted By al1934
I had one 1968-9. I was sedately driving through...

I had one 1968-9. I was sedately driving through the Forest of Dean one spring morning when a mother ewe and two lambs burst out of a lane and onto the road. Mother ewe wrecked the front of said...
Forum: Recipes & Cooking 8th September 2023, 13:22
Replies: 55
Views: 29,947
Posted By al1934
Camp coffee was all we could get during WW2 -...

Camp coffee was all we could get during WW2 - yuk. When the US army appeared in our fields and hedgerows during 1944 they showered us kids with their K-Rations, which included real coffee. My mum...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 7th September 2023, 11:58
Replies: 1
Views: 649
Posted By al1934
Reminds me of the 50s when ships were laid up in...

Reminds me of the 50s when ships were laid up in River Dart and other rivers.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 1st September 2023, 12:44
Replies: 22
Views: 7,199
Posted By al1934
Fenecks was my Naval Robber and I was unfaithful...

Fenecks was my Naval Robber and I was unfaithful to him and also bought from Greenburghs. Burtons in Plymouth made excellent doeskin tiddly suits at competitive prices and I once had a...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 30th August 2023, 13:29
Replies: 1
Views: 658
Posted By al1934
Ah yes! I remember it well! I lived in a...

Ah yes! I remember it well! I lived in a village where the policeman was the ex-poacher, so he knew everything there was to know about what went on.
Forum: Say Hello 28th August 2023, 15:49
Replies: 8
Views: 4,541
Posted By al1934
Welcome, Tony. Nice to have another young person...

Welcome, Tony. Nice to have another young person onboard.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 16th July 2023, 14:38
Replies: 1,836
Views: 584,019
Posted By al1934
Even so, it is sometimes best to go by walk, as...

Even so, it is sometimes best to go by walk, as the Italians wisely put it.
Forum: Royal Navy 3rd July 2023, 11:14
Replies: 3
Views: 668
Posted By al1934
Mtb630

Thank you for your prompt response, Dartskipper

I was enquiring on behalf of ex-Sea Rangers on another website and have posted your reply (text only) on their thread.

Many thanks!
Forum: Royal Navy 2nd July 2023, 12:09
Replies: 3
Views: 668
Posted By al1934
Mtb 630

When I was serving in the ship's company at BRNC Dartmouth 1957/8, MTB630 was secured in the River Dart, near the entrance to Old Mill Creek and was the summer home for Sea Rangers who would always...
Forum: Royal Navy 5th June 2023, 15:28
Replies: 1
Views: 816
Posted By al1934
Great short vid, Nick. Thank you for posting. ...

Great short vid, Nick. Thank you for posting. Very interesting for a Janner! I noticed that the old men of war in the Hamoaze and lower Tamar were still flying the White Ensign. More ships there...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 23rd May 2023, 17:10
Replies: 13
Views: 2,444
Posted By al1934
God bless and RIP, Bob.

God bless and RIP, Bob.
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 14th May 2023, 13:58
Replies: 34
Views: 3,624
Posted By al1934
My Mum too, Andy. And, "Did you wash behind...

My Mum too, Andy.

And, "Did you wash behind your ears today?" And, "Make sure you've to a clean hankie!" when I was going out.
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 1st May 2023, 13:52
Replies: 34
Views: 3,624
Posted By al1934
If anything went wrong, my Mum (from Hereford)...

If anything went wrong, my Mum (from Hereford) would say "Don't tell your father or he'll go mad and chew paper."
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 26th April 2023, 13:44
Replies: 1,836
Views: 584,019
Posted By al1934
Not to mention the litter problems!

Not to mention the litter problems!
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