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Ian Dalziel

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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #99 on: February 03, 2020, 03:07:42 PM »
Boris has already secured a trade deal with the North Pole.     O0
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Peg Monkey

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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #100 on: February 08, 2020, 08:04:53 PM »
Anybody get a Virtual Reality Headset for Christmas? I would have liked one but I've  been banned from owning one by Mrs M on the basis she likes to know exactly what I am watching :-\ .
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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #101 on: February 10, 2020, 01:13:48 PM »
Quote from: Peg Monkey on February 08, 2020, 08:04:53 PM
Anybody get a Virtual Reality Headset for Christmas? I would have liked one but I've  been banned from owning one by Mrs M on the basis she likes to know exactly what I am watching :-\ .
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One of my friends got one a while ago.  I have yet to try it.
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Peg Monkey

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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #102 on: February 16, 2020, 10:14:24 PM »
In eartford, ereford and ampshire...... :-\
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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #103 on: February 17, 2020, 07:21:25 PM »
Quote from: Peg Monkey on January 23, 2020, 02:21:50 PM
Did you get a really useful gift at Christmas? I got one when I was 7....... O0
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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #104 on: February 19, 2020, 09:11:23 PM »
There aren't many positions where being born in the right place makes you perfect for the job :-[ .
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Peg Monkey

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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #105 on: February 20, 2020, 10:09:32 PM »
When managing people it's important to exploit the strengths of each member of the team........ :-\
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Peg Monkey

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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #106 on: February 22, 2020, 03:23:23 PM »
Has you Brummie Accent been a help or a hinderance in your career? Us Brummies can run but we can't hide, with an accent that is only second to the scouse in unpopularity (according to one survey) perhaps we were born disadvantaged. Some years ago I applied for a job in a major motor component factory in Coventry, the assistant manager who interviewed me was a cute brunnette from Harborne with a Brummie Accent as broad as mine - I go the job.
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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #107 on: February 23, 2020, 02:51:13 PM »
Quote from: Peg Monkey on February 22, 2020, 03:23:23 PM
Has you Brummie Accent been a help or a hinderance in your career? ....... 
I was on holiday many years ago staying in the small fishing town of Golant on the Fowey River, S. Cornwall, there was nothing in  the way of leisure other than The Cormorant Pub (which served more than a reasonable steak chasseur) anyway one Saturday lunchtime Mrs M and me were enjoying a drink when I got the feeling I was being watched, we had a few drinks and then got ready to leave when a older lady from a nearby table approached me and said I'm fascinated by your accent, where are you from?
I think that was one of the rare occasions I wasn't instantly recognised as a Brummie - maybe she'd been born on an off-world colony and her ship had docked that day. :-\
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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #108 on: February 25, 2020, 01:22:51 PM »
Christmas 1958 - I'm aged 9 and living in Heaton St, Hockley my present was a Hornby Doublo Train Set - Fantastic loco: Stanier Black 5, purchased by my Mom and Dad from Grey's - wonderful dept store (nearly as good as Lewis's) - became Debenhams and, correct me if I wrong, Hamley's and then Toys R Us.
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Re: Christmas 2019
« Reply #109 on: February 25, 2020, 02:59:50 PM »
Peg, mentioning Golant, you`ve brought back a memory for me. In the 60`s I used to travel the area selling an industrial product. I had a customer in Golant. Whenever I went there he was messing about in his boat mid-river. I had to yell my lungs out to attract his attention. Eventually he`d deign to come ashore.
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