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Author: HumbugHumbug Date: Jul 19, 2008 19:17
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:06:18 +0100, Geep nospam.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>In message 4ax.com>, Ben newsam
>gmail.com> writes>>
>>I am pretty good at quich myself, having learned it at my mother's
>>knee. We called...
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Author: Charles WCharles W Date: Jul 19, 2008 20:52
"Mrs Lumpless" gmail.com> wrote
On Jul 19, 12:31 pm, Bear gmail.com> wrote:> In article binnsroad.demon.co.uk>, Geep says...
>>> Poor old Mum. When I was in my teens, the three of us, including Dad
>> and younger brother, all left home at different times in the morning, so
>> Mum prepared three cooked breakfasts, all at different times. Various
>> combinations of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, fried tomato, or
>> possibly porridge, sometimes kippers. None of us left home in the
>> morning without a hot breakfast.
>
> Same for me. Aren't mums great?
> Pffft. S'alright for some. I was fed on [shudder] All-Bran [shudder
> again] every morning.
Weetabix. There! I admitted my family's shame out loud!
--
'Kay,
Chiz!
Chas.
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Author: GeepGeep Date: Jul 20, 2008 02:34
In message 4ax.com>, Humbug
tofee.net> writes>>
>>Poor old Mum. When I was in my teens, the three of us, including Dad
>>and younger brother, all left home at different times in the morning, so
>>Mum prepared three cooked breakfasts, all at different times. Various
>>combinations of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, fried tomato, or
>>possibly porridge, sometimes kippers. None of us left home in the
>>morning without a hot breakfast.
>
>It's a Good Thing that she didn't have to drive you all to school in
>an unsuitably large vehicle TAAW, then.
>
We were lucky - we were both born with legs, and soon discovered how to
use them. Our unsuitably large vehicle was a split screen Morris Minor
saloon, VUR 551. Wonder where it is now?
--
Geep
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Author: GeepGeep Date: Jul 20, 2008 03:26
In message , Bear
gmail.com> writes>In article binnsroad.demon.co.uk>, Geep says...
>>> Poor old Mum. When I was in my teens, the three of us, including Dad
>> and younger brother, all left home at different times in the morning, so
>> Mum prepared three cooked breakfasts, all at different times. Various
>> combinations of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, fried tomato, or
>> possibly porridge, sometimes kippers. None of us left home in the
>> morning without a hot breakfast.
>
>Same for me. Aren't mums great?
Indeed :-)
Which leads me off on a tangent ...
Talking about oversized vehicles on the school run, and such stuff, how
old does a child have to be, before being allowed to walk (or cycle) to
school, on his or her own?
I suppose a lot depends upon the area, and the route. Number and type
of roads to cross etc. Any thoughts, parents?
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Author: BearBear Date: Jul 20, 2008 03:44
In article binnsroad.demon.co.uk>, Geep says...> In message , Bear
> gmail.com> writes>>In article binnsroad.demon.co.uk>, Geep says...
>>>>> Poor old Mum. When I was in my teens, the three of us, including Dad
>>> and younger brother, all left home at different times in the morning, so
>>> Mum prepared three cooked breakfasts, all at different times. Various
>>> combinations of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, fried tomato, or
>>> possibly porridge, sometimes kippers. None of us left home in the
>>> morning without a hot breakfast.
>>
>>Same for me. Aren't mums great?
>
> Indeed :-)
>
> Which leads me off on a tangent ...
>
> Talking about oversized vehicles on the school run, and such stuff, how
> old does a child have to be, before being allowed to walk (or cycle) to ...
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Jul 20, 2008 04:04
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:34:02 +0100, Geep nospam.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>We were lucky - we were both born with legs, and soon discovered how to
>use them. Our unsuitably large vehicle was a split screen Morris Minor
>saloon, VUR 551. Wonder where it is now?
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Jul 20, 2008 04:38
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:26:50 +0100, Geep nospam.demon.co.uk>
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>Naturally, I can't remember how old I was when I walked to school alone.
>Probably quite young, but that was nearly fifty years ago.
I used to walk alone to Infant's School, but it was very close. In the
next street, in fact, and I got to that street via the back street. I
had to cross the road on my own though.
My own children never went on their own to Infant's or Junior, either
I would walk and fetch them, or as they got older they would walk
together, if they weren't squabbling too much at the time.
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Jul 20, 2008 04:45
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Author: Mrs LumplessMrs Lumpless Date: Jul 20, 2008 05:49
On Jul 20, 3:02 am, Halla drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:10:36 -0700 (PDT), Mrs Lumpless
> gmail.com> blethered:
>>>On Jul 19, 1:54 am, Halla drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:>
>>> And what about turkey, eh?
>
>>You /know/ I hate the stuff.
>
> Indeed I do.
>
>>And pork. And lamb. Aged beef's
>>tolerable if it's a rare fillet.
>
> No mutton?
Ghod, no!
I'll have check out our local Lidl.
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Author: GeepGeep Date: Jul 20, 2008 05:56
In message , Bear
gmail.com> writes>In article binnsroad.demon.co.uk>, Geep says...>>
>> Talking about oversized vehicles on the school run, and such stuff, how
>> old does a child have to be, before being allowed to walk (or cycle) to
>> school, on his or her own?
>
>Interesting topic.
>
>On the one hand, I was cycling 4 miles to school, in all weathers, when
>I was 13.
Indeed. When I started secondary school, aged 11, I walked from home to
the bus stop, and caught a bus to school ten miles away, all on my own.
It did not occur to anyone that I, or other children, shouldn't.
> OTOH, I don't really mind people wanting to give their kids
>lifts to school, because I'm not really into telling people how to live
>their lives, and I'm *really* not into the State or media doing it
>either.
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