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  • DODO_2
    DODO_2 Posts: 1,529 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    boots glitch still going strong :beer:
    check out the graph for any confused, thanks to caz2703
    post 488
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3707999

    :)

    Let's hope this is still working if/ when 75percent sale starts as staff will be so busy/ confused they will be expecting low prices for lots of shopping anyway!:j:j:T:T:rotfl::rotfl::beer:
  • west_is_best
    west_is_best Posts: 1,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    How true is this.....


    how true this is!!!!!--the younger generation will never know..




    CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

    1930's 1940's, 50's, 60's and early 70's !


    First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
    They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.


    Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.


    We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.


    As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.


    We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.


    Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos.


    Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!


    We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.


    We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.
    We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......


    WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!


    We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.


    No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.


    We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.


    We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY ,
    no video/dvd films,
    no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!



    We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
    Lawsuits from these accidents.




    Only girls had pierced ears!



    We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.



    You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time...



    We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,



    We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

    Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!



    RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on
    MERIT



    Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's always ruled the playground at school.





    The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
    They actually sided with the law!



    Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'



    We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
    DEAL WITH IT ALL !




    And YOU are one of them!
    CONGRATULATIONS!


    You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.


    And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.





    PS -The big type is because your eyes are not too good at your age anymore






  • tazmac25
    tazmac25 Posts: 1,651 Forumite
    Cheese biscuits
    ecf204fc.jpg
    Again just shout if anyone wants the recipe xxx
    No. 16 in HCCSC
    :jFull Time Uni Student & Glitcher :j
    :beer:
  • tazmac25
    tazmac25 Posts: 1,651 Forumite
    madmuppet5 wrote: »
    Did your Grandfather work at Manchester White City or London? Never been to Peterborough dogs, Romford is my local now :D

    Grandad was at the london one.
    Xx
    No. 16 in HCCSC
    :jFull Time Uni Student & Glitcher :j
    :beer:
  • madmuppet5
    madmuppet5 Posts: 5,575 Forumite
    Brilliant West is best :)
    AKA; Mad, MM, MM5, Madicles :cool: ©
    Shin: Device for finding furniture in the dark :p©
    Elite 11+ fundraising total for Make-a-Wish £682 :j:A
  • mymerrywidow
    mymerrywidow Posts: 4,986 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 17 January 2012 at 2:50PM
    Feeling really tired at the moment so decided to try one of the Lucozade Shots.


    Bleurgh!!:rotfl:
    the boots taste much better, but dont seem to do anything for me
    life is like a loo roll. the nearer the end you get, the faster it goes.
  • fourp
    fourp Posts: 2,016 Forumite
    midwinter wrote: »
    Been meaning to do this for a while, pay BT line rental upfront for a year, and it saves you £55.20 compared to the 12 months, monthly line rental.

    Just done it, online, dead easy, five minutes if that, payment by debit or credit card.

    :) Another £55 saved against last year's expenditure :D

    Well done midwinter , i phone the US on a few occasions , say 2 3 times a month and I now pay BT £15 a quarter for 8 hours talk time which works out £1.87 a hour ; 3p a minute ...i think that's pretty good rate (i could be wrong) , it's not restricted to the US as I can phone almost any country in the world .
    I have to hang up after 60 minutes and re-dial if I want to continue my convo .
    I was young once , now I get older all the time .
  • mymerrywidow
    mymerrywidow Posts: 4,986 Forumite
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    west is best. can i just add, that i never blew up frogs ,i did pull the legs of daddy long legs though:o
    life is like a loo roll. the nearer the end you get, the faster it goes.
  • mymerrywidow
    mymerrywidow Posts: 4,986 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    tazmac25 wrote: »
    cheese biscuits
    ecf204fc.jpg
    again just shout if anyone wants the recipe xxx
    am shouting, can you here me?
    life is like a loo roll. the nearer the end you get, the faster it goes.
  • west_is_best
    west_is_best Posts: 1,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    west is best. can i just add, that i never blew up frogs ,i did pull the legs of daddy long legs though:o

    Not forgetting the wings!!!!!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Everything it says on that though is just soooooo true, and takes me back a few years ;)
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