The Retirement Thread
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numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Yeah I'm OK, I'll put the heating on when it gets too cold
Hi
We has a very light dusting of sleet during th night, so this afternoon I cleaned it all off
the car just in case it freezes and I have to go out in a hurry.
My Father was born in Birkenhead.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Only by the uneducated
Woolley back are technically from Lancashire - where the sheep come from - hence the term
some people apply it to all people from outside the city area
nowadays people who do not have a purple bin
but technically Wirralians should be referred to as Plastic Scousers
Unless you can pronounce Wirralian and want to sound like an idiot
I was actually born in Birkenhead though my parents lived in Wallasey (next town).
The true origins are much debated. True scousers claim the name comes from when the Liverpool dockers were issued with donkey jackets that had leather shoulder pads whereas those from Birkenhead were issued ones without shoulder pads hence woolly backs
I have my doubts on that.
**plasi scouser if you dont mind.
Chief Broom
Veteran
Evening folks 
Snow, snow and more snow was the order of the day, determined to walk the beach i set off across the golf course...i kept to the higher parts which wasnt too deep but nearing the sea it got more dodgy and hard to figure how deep it was. Anyhow i only had 30ft to go and strode on...and disappeared to the top of my chest nearly up to my neck! 
Jeez i was swimming in it...i floundered staggered and finally extricated myself and then spent some time hopping around on the beach pulling wellies off and tipping out the snow 
the rest of the walk was very pleasant apart from still having some melting snow in my wellies
Afternoon saw me shovelling the stuff for different folk, quite enjoyed the exercise and being outside again
Snow, snow and more snow was the order of the day, determined to walk the beach i set off across the golf course...i kept to the higher parts which wasnt too deep but nearing the sea it got more dodgy and hard to figure how deep it was. Anyhow i only had 30ft to go and strode on...and disappeared to the top of my chest nearly up to my neck! Jeez i was swimming in it...i floundered staggered and finally extricated myself and then spent some time hopping around on the beach pulling wellies off and tipping out the snow the rest of the walk was very pleasant apart from still having some melting snow in my wellies Afternoon saw me shovelling the stuff for different folk, quite enjoyed the exercise and being outside again
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@ Mike Ayling..............
I was just reading that in Australia a massive shark was about to attack 3 kids when a guy on the beach grabbed a knife, dashed into the water, killed the shark and saved the kids.
A man ran up to him and said how wonderful and brave he was. He told him "I am the editor of a national newspaper and can't wait to tell the public how a brave Australian saved 3 boys
The guy said "it was nothing. I'm actually an English back-packer and pleased to help.
The next morning the newspaper headline was........ ..
"POMMY BASTARD KILLS CHILDRENS PET FISH"
I was just reading that in Australia a massive shark was about to attack 3 kids when a guy on the beach grabbed a knife, dashed into the water, killed the shark and saved the kids.
A man ran up to him and said how wonderful and brave he was. He told him "I am the editor of a national newspaper and can't wait to tell the public how a brave Australian saved 3 boys
The guy said "it was nothing. I'm actually an English back-packer and pleased to help.
The next morning the newspaper headline was........ ..
"POMMY BASTARD KILLS CHILDRENS PET FISH"
Mike Ayling
Guru
- Location
- Melbourne Downunda
Magnificent!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
And it's not the Wirral.
It's just Wirral.
It's just Wirral.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
My friend still answers his phone as "Arrowbrook xxxx"
and lists it - where possible - in the same way
That was the exchange - code ARR - being used in the 1960s before "modern" exchanges were introduced and the numbers became all numeris
