He pulled again!

Moaning all..........
I've loved the chat this week, so much better than talking weather all the time!
Little Mermaid your as fresh as the North Sea Wind, keep posting
Den!! well what can we say? your the Beano, Dandy, Boys Own & Sunday Times all rolled into one
Ted, time to put all your exploits to pen and paper, it would make interesting reading for all!
I look forward each morning to reading posts from all of you, mundane, funny or topical it shows that there is another world outside of the 'box'
And what's more, your all crunching for same thing, a healthy, happy planet free of crippling diseases .... More power to you all

Old Sage

The North sea looks a little chill compared to Morecambe bay
The Lune estuary is also quite nice,,,, taken last week



This puts superman's power into perspective if this is the speeding Bullet ????
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Yorkshire and Furriners...
If your not born there your a furriner
Sub titles are required for nearly everyone
Some words or phrases that might be useful should you venture westward
Scans like a Bucket of Whelks ==== An Ugly person (looks like)
A Gobbin ============== a Stupid Person
Heyoop A friendly greeting
Tha noos Used at end of sentence as punctuation "tha noos"== if you understand my meaning.

Yorkshire as the but of jokes in England ? well there is a rival banter between Lancashire and Yorkshire the war of the Roses Red V White Rose respecticfly Yorkshire people keep their money "carefully and speak their mind to the point of bluntness

"Q"The best thing to come out of Yorkshire ?? "A" The road to Lancashire.
Having said that, there is the overall North south divide

As a southerner living in the t'north , While at work I was always mocked as a soft southern Jessie "a big girls blouse"
My response was that I was a Missionary sent to educate the heathen hoards


Its rumoured that the northern diet is made up of Kinder- RugRats Having been living here since 1979 I have not found evidence of this

Question What is Yorkshire's favourite Musical instrument beginning with T ????

Answers on a 50 € note please

Den!! well what can we say? your the Beano, Dandy, Boys Own & Sunday Times all rolled into one
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I'm thinking the emphasis is on the comics and while I know my jottings are not in the TES, Spectator, Private Eye or that pink one's realm.
I would have liked to be included in a bracket that encompassed NME, Variety,The Stage,Aeronautics Hand book , Astrophysics weekly, Nuclear physics Journal. H2O swimming Mag ,Farmer & stock breeder If it has to have Comics Then the Eagle,
Wizard & Hot-spur ,have to have the Beano with Me being Dennis I suppose.
Tony also mentioned York in a down beat way


"York, peacefull?, it's a ruddy cemetery with lights"

Colin Crompton
Did put downs of Morecambe in similar way;
"Morecambe.......it's like Stockport on sea,........ when they die in Morecambe they don't bury them......they prop 'em up in a bus shelter......with a bingo ticket in their hand!"
Tuesday's the big day. They all turn out to watch the traffic lights change! .......11 o'clock it is if you don't want to miss it."....
Then they all go round to the butcher's to watch the bacon slicer
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The organ still plays but no one visits The Winter gardens anymore Theres a working party trying to refurbish the place .This is where you could have seen ShaWaddy Waddy The Seekers .Derek Batey with Monica Rose in the Mr& Mrs show


This summer looks to be the quietest yet, a few hardy pensioners still turn out but they are all dying off. The desperate, hopeless inhabitants roam the streets, their faces pounded by the harsh sea wind. It's falling apart is Morecambe. But the organ still plays, the wurlitzer still echoes through the air, its all beautifully sad. Gypsy Sarah stands on the front telling fortunes Pictures of long passed stars of the 1950's adorn her stall Thats the Original Gypsy Sarah BTW.
Those seeking titillation might wander up the road to stand outside Bare Women's institute only to be disappointed because the building is just the W.I. situated in Bare village. Should you then in despair take a walk to Half moon bay again to discover that no actual Mooning goes on in Heysham, Half or Full Mooning.
The walk might have made you thirsty so you can indulge in a glass of Nettle beer and if you enjoy the taste heres how you make it
900g (2lb) Young Nettle Tops
4.5lt (8 pints) Water
450g (1lb) Demerara Sugar
2 Lemons
25g (1 oz) Cream of Tartar
15g (½oz) Brewers or Wine Yeast

Wash and drain the nettles.
Finely peel the lemons, removing only the outer waxy layer, squeeze the juice.
Place the nettles and water into a large saucepan and bring to the boil, boil for 15 minutes. (This may be done in batches if you do not have a large enough saucepan.)
Strain the liquid into a large container with the lemon rind and juice and cream of tartar, stir well.
Allow to cool to about 21°C (70°F), remove a little of the liquid and mix with the yeast, stir the yeast mixture into the liquid.
Cover the container with a clean cloth (ensuring that the cloth cannot come into contact with the liquid) and secure with string or elastic.
Leave in a warm place 21°C (70°F) for 3 days.
Strain the liquid into strong bottles and cork.
Secure the corks with wire, leaving a little play (for possible expansion)
Store the bottle in a cool dark place.
If the corks begin to rise, release the wire slightly and re-secure.
The beer should be ready to drink after one week.
its 'hic good stuff

Morecambe did have two Victorian piers but we have lost both one to fire the other to a fierce storm .The rock shop is still there where you can watch rock being made wound round rotating arms and slapped down on a marble slab

That sounds an enjoyable gathering Ivan as at most weddings one attends at our age are inevitably for younger folks But its good to get together with family who you haven't seen for some years
Maybe you were able to make conversation with out shouting over the music. Although the Gay Gordon's can cause some excitement
I am thinking that you didn't stop over for the worm charming then

Your more than welcome to use the poem, I'm sure the Poet would be pleased to know that his poetry has reached out and touched someone.

There are many truths in the poem and I felt it summed up exactly how it is when socialising on the world-wide web

I am fortunate in having many friends both from my service life and from work, I have a good social life, meeting at least three times a year with my service comrades, and at the end of every month with my former work colleagues. The internet has provided me with a social network for contacting lost friends and the World Community Org has put me in touch with caring wonderful people like yourself!.
We may never meet and our lives may be very different but we share a wonderful planet and a common goal, that we care.
The Edwardians are a mixed lively bunch, each having thier own Idea of how things should be!, we don't always agree with one another but that is how a healthy democracy should work.
Ted, our (leader) is my brother by birth but I look upon you all as my brothers and sisters, indeed if we could trace our ancestry back far enough, we probably are!
I have a wonderful caring family too, three daughters and five grandchildren make sure that I don't vegatate.

Keep smiling, keep posting..........

Old Sage