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14 April 2010
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Reminds me of one of those “I had it so bad…” stories where the guy says he had to walk to school uphill…both ways.
I literally had to as I lived in a valley.
Of course that meant I also walked downhill both ways, but that would not fit in with the “I had it so bad…” motif.
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Old Grandpa man lady: “How old are you son?”
Boy toy the kid: “Ten.”
Old Grandpa man lady: “When I was your age, I was ten and a half.”
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Offline AppleScruffJunior said
Wigwam said
Ron Nasty said
You had cuffs, @Wigwam! And a collar! Well, aren’t you the posh barsteward! I felt privileged if my shirt (I only ever had the one at a time) had sleeves! Coming on here and bragging about your fancy childhood…
You had a whole shirt to yourself!!
When I say cuffs and collars……….What I really meant were…Cuffs around ‘ed from me dad….. and being collared by the police for begging!
There were nowt fancy about my childhood……We couldn’t afford tinsel at Christmas….we’d set grandad up next to tree and wait for him to sneeze..
You had a tree?!?
I had to walk 100km from our little hole in the ground and back to climb over the 20m wall of our landlord’s garden, where he’d try to fire his shotgun and set his hounds on me! Then I had to crawl through a bunch of nettles to snap a rotting, limp branch off a diseased ash tree while I avoided getting a bullet in the keister! I’d then have to crawl through the nettles again, climb over the 20m wall, walk back the 100km distance and when I’d get home I’d have to eat some mushy black potatoes in our hole in the ground because they’d fail again. Half an hour later and I’d have to walk to the nearest town 20km away where I’d be shoved up somebody’s chimney and try to clean it while they lit a fire under me!
You were living in bloody luxury mate!
You’re lucky that you had someone light a fire under you– at least you’d keep warm. 
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1 May 2011
Offline I lived in a nice house, got lifts to where and when i needed to go somwhere and had 3 meals a day + supper. 
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
7.11pm
17 October 2013
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Wigwam said
Ron Nasty said
You had cuffs, @Wigwam! And a collar! Well, aren’t you the posh barsteward! I felt privileged if my shirt (I only ever had the one at a time) had sleeves! Coming on here and bragging about your fancy childhood…
You had a tree?!?
I had to walk 100km from our little hole in the ground and back to climb over the 20m wall of our landlord’s garden, where he’d try to fire his shotgun and set his hounds on me! Then I had to crawl through a bunch of nettles to snap a rotting, limp branch off a diseased ash tree while I avoided getting a bullet in the keister! I’d then have to crawl through the nettles again, climb over the 20m wall, walk back the 100km distance and when I’d get home I’d have to eat some mushy black potatoes in our hole in the ground because they’d fail again. Half an hour later and I’d have to walk to the nearest town 20km away where I’d be shoved up somebody’s chimney and try to clean it while they lit a fire under me!
You were living in bloody luxury mate!
When I say tree……..It were an upturned broom without stick……..or broom. But we were happy!!
We all know George was their biggest fan. He felt MP inherited whatever karmic pixie dust was discarded by the Beatles when they split.
No ‘Life of Brian’ without the ‘Life of George’
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17 October 2013
Offline In my life right now I’m struggling with the Yosemite obscenity.
Just changed from my old Mac ‘Lion’ last night to Yosemite but now can’t use iPhoto……..1000s of precious photos and videos are hopefully buried in my MacBook somewhere and not lost……
I’ll sort it……..have a cup of tea first though.
10.30pm
17 October 2013
Offline Taken an hour or so but got all my photos back…….Now all I have to do is buy a new iPhone 6…..as my perfectly functional 4 isn’t compatible with Yosemite…..shessh!
9.50am
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14 April 2010
Offline Wigwam said
In my life right now I’m struggling with the Yosemite obscenity.
Okay, I can’t be the only one who thought this:
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
11.54am
19 September 2010
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This is why Zig is awesome.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
8.57pm
17 October 2013
Offline Zig said
Wigwam said
In my life right now I’m struggling with the Yosemite obscenity.
Okay, I can’t be the only one who thought this:
My 16 year old son, who’s over with me for a holiday, had obviously never heard of ‘Yosemite Sam’ …..Or the National Park….
……pronouncing ‘yosemite’ as ‘yosee-mite’……It afforded me a rare ‘one-up’, as apart from squash and chess he’s overtaken me in all our sporting rivalries and in the computing world all I get is raised eyebrows and sad shakes of the head.
I’ll try him out on Arkansas later today. You have to put the not so little whippersnapper in his place from time to time.
9.02pm
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15 February 2015
Offline Wigwam called back
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In my life right now I’m struggling with the Yosemite obscenity.
Okay, I can’t be the only one who thought this:
My 16 year old son, who’s over with me for a holiday, had obviously never heard of ‘Yosemite Sam’ …..Or the National Park….
……pronouncing ‘yosemite’ as ‘yosee-mite’……It afforded me a rare ‘one-up’, as apart from squash and chess he’s overtaken me in all our sporting rivalries and in the computing world all I get is raised eyebrows and sad shakes of the head.
I’ll try him out on Arkansas later today. You have to put the not so little whippersnapper in his place from time to time.
I need to talk to him, then, if he’s very clever at mathematics. 
My computation sucks is not so good.
(And in return, I can teach him a thing or two about Amurr’can geography…)
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9.46pm
17 October 2013
Offline Maths and physics and……. football are his things.
We had an ‘if you won the lottery what would you do?’ discussion yesterday…….His dreams centre around football boots……..It’s the only ‘possession’ he mentioned…….
Worrying…5555
9.06am
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15 February 2015
Offline Wigwam said
Maths and physics and……. football are his things.We had an ‘if you won the lottery what would you do?’ discussion yesterday…….His dreams centre around football boots……..It’s the only ‘possession’ he mentioned…….
Worrying…5555
If I won the lottery… hmm. My dreams would centre around all of the Beatles’ albums in vinyl and a couple of electric guitars– then I’d invest the rest. Or use it to buy up great tracts of land and donate them to the park service– I’ve had that dream since I can remember.
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10.07am
17 October 2013
Offline I gave him all the Beatles vinyl and he knows when I snuff it he’ll get the guitars………So football boots for him.
I could adopt you Silly……..555
Did you know that 98% of all adoptions in Japan are of adult males……….?
Just so they can inherit businesses..
Crazy country Japan……a birth rate so low that adult diapers outsell baby ones.
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29 August 2013
Offline Final packing for my trip to HK is happening in my life currently.
Oh, and loaning my son out to his sisters so he has some company while I’m away.
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10.24pm
17 February 2015
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Final packing for my trip to HK is happening in my life currently.Oh, and loaning my son out to his sisters so he has some company while I’m away.
The saucepan is ready now waiting for you to welcome POINK!!!!!!
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29 August 2013
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trcanberra said
Final packing for my trip to HK is happening in my life currently.Oh, and loaning my son out to his sisters so he has some company while I’m away.
The saucepan is ready now waiting for you to welcome POINK!!!!!!
Hm – I’ll have to check if my travel insurance covers a good poinking ….
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2.24am
17 October 2013
Offline There’s a great deal of poinking in ‘Spy’ the new comedy film.
saucepans can save your life.
Have a good time you two…..Just remember a great relationship is about adding two people together……Not subtracting one from the other.
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17 February 2015
Offline I can’t sleep!!!
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21 November 2012
Offline In my life it’s currently an unbearable temperature. I literally can’t handle it, am currently in bed with a fever and stomach ache. There were 2 festivals I was looking forward, but neither is going to happen for me with this weather. A bit of sun is great, but this is ridiculous.
Can’t wait til it’s winter! Or at least autumn.
Also, I didn’t pass that stupid Law exam. It was digital so we could see the results immediately afterwards, and it wasn’t enough. Now I have to do it again somewhere in August, and I have to ask a day off at my new internship, which will not look good right in the first week.
Oh well, got no one but myself to blame, should’ve studied a bit harder.
But for now..SUMMER VACATION
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