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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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John_Pierpoint wrote: »It is tough in this 7,000,000,0000 world isn't it !
Does the technique of flying to Eire and walking across border still work?
The people I know who did it were white which probably helps.
I did it out of the USA into Canada - caused something of fuss and that was in 1965.
Happy simpler times.
In 1966, my friend stowed away, then worked his passage, to follow the girl he was besotted with back to the good ol' USofA. He had a passport, which probably helped him get in at t'other end, but even then, there were work permits etc etc.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, he bummed around a bit near this young lady's house, until he was arrested for vagrancy and banged up to do 200 days hard labour on a soya bean farm.
If I remember correctly, his parents got him out via the British Embassy before too long, but they hung on to his passport until the costs were all paid.
Maybe not such simple times, but happy? Yes!
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Out of sorts today.
Going on holiday always makes me like this.
Nervous about leaving little one home alone. Which I very much doubt he will be alone for much of the time. And he is in fact very much looking forward to it.
Nervous of just being so far away....and such a journey to get there....
That sounds really wimpy. Ignore me!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »yes,but davesnave and I both dslike the agents. They should be called smarmy and screwyou.
Hrmph! The agents didn't screw me over the house, although they tried, but they did at the last (and only) farm sale I attended. Stopped the bloody auction at the point when I bid so that Uncle Ned could be wheeled out to demonstrate the item, which then went for nearly 3x as much. :mad:
Everything else was sold 'as seen.'
Mind you, I should still have bought it.....:o0 -
I got away with it - but I was a bit wary when I went back 40+ years later, as I stuck my digit in the finger print recorder.
:rotfl:
"The IRS is a terrorist organisation".0 -
You can have your way. Just do it.chewmylegoff wrote: »No it is not! If I had my way I'd never be out of bed before 10am.
You need to run away from home - is there a circus near you?0 -
lostinrates wrote: »kindred spirits.
tell, me where do you stand on taps and on mushrooms?
:rotfl:
Oh no, I'm being forced to take sides on the mushroom debate! I like mushrooms.
Taps, well, I think the shell looks a bit too much like a severed scrotum to enjoy even in a post-ironic way
My taps are called 'decadence' but nowhere near as decadent as those! Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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all of you heading for winter breaks, have lovely time!
(silvercar, he's got responsible adults to call on if need be hsn't he? He'll be absolutely fine, it good for him).0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »You can have your way. Just do it.
You need to run away from home - is there a circus near you?
I don't think the mrs would allow it, and anyway the nearest circus is a 5,632,387 mile round trip. 0 -
Out of sorts today.
Going on holiday always makes me like this.
Nervous about leaving little one home alone. Which I very much doubt he will be alone for much of the time. And he is in fact very much looking forward to it.
Nervous of just being so far away....and such a journey to get there....
That sounds really wimpy. Ignore me!
Where are you going? Are we allowed to know?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Doozergirl wrote: »:rotfl:
Oh no, I'm being forced to take sides on the mushroom debate! I like mushrooms.
Taps, well, I think the shell looks a bit too much like a severed scrotum to enjoy even in a post-ironic way My taps are called 'decadence' but nowhere near as decadent as those!
rofl. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I hve a desicated puffball that looks just like a scrotum. I dn't really know why I keep it, but it does make me laugh!
The idea I like best atm is the home made one. If I could find a stone spout AND an led indictor thats what I'd do I think. The trouble with modern taps is the thing of knowing whether your hands are going to be boiled or frozen. 0
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