All ye oul wans and oul fellas out there! Wakey wakey, rise and shine!

Jellybaby1 · 24-02-2015 4:08pm

Jeepers. Thanks A LOT, Looksee!

Sniffle!

Layinghen · 24-02-2015 4:52pm

Don't worry Jellybaby I'm still your pal:)

looksee · 24-02-2015 5:53pm

No use, she's in fairyland!

Rubecula · 24-02-2015 7:43pm

Come back Jellybaby .............. I lurve ya XXXXXXX

Fairies ye say hmmm had a think and came up with this especially fer ye

Tis in gaelic ye know.

BrensBenz · 24-02-2015 9:08pm

Rubecula wrote: »

Fairies ye say hmmm had a think and came up with this especially fer ye

Tis in gaelic ye know.

Waylander??????? Sons of Horslips, more like. Now, where are my bell-bottoms and two-tone platform shoes?

Layinghen · 24-02-2015 10:47pm

I'm with Brens on this one. Horslips ftw (as the young people would say:D)

Had to look it up once -it means For The Win!!!!!!!

Jellybaby1 · 24-02-2015 11:41pm

Search Youtoob for Horslips and King of the Fairies, it sounds better. Tbh I didn't know what Ftw meant, what on earth does 'for the win' mean? Imho that's daft! Wouldn't it serve the young better to just learn a bit of Pitman or Gregg shorthand.

I still use my Pitman!

BrensBenz · 25-02-2015 12:52am

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Search Youtoob for Horslips and King of the Fairies, it sounds better.

In these politically correct days, can we still say "King of the Fairies"? Perhaps "democratically-elected leader of the Guild of Collectors of Children's Teeth"?

Bet yiz thought I was going somewhere else with that!

PS: My tooth fairies used to leave me 3 old pennies per tooth. Anybody know what the toll is now? Is it still a coin or have they gone to folding money? And where are all of the houses they built with my teeth?

looksee · 25-02-2015 10:06am

Brenz I can tell you where there are lots of fairy houses, though I am not sure whether they were built with teeth. I headed off with the son and dil and two grandchildren (girls) for a walk in the Ann Valley between Dunhill and Annstown in Waterford on Sunday. Very nice walk on a path developed by the extraordinarily enterprising people of the Copper Coast. What this small group of scattered communities has done is absolutely amazing.

Anyway they developed this walk but to the delight of the children, here and there along the path, on trees, up cliffs and under benches the fairies have taken up residence. Every few hundred yards there is a fairy door which you can find if you are very observant. This results in the children chasing along looking for them and being far too entertained to be bored by the walk. Brilliant!

BrensBenz · 25-02-2015 12:42pm

looksee wrote: »

Every few hundred yards there is a fairy door which you can find if you are very observant. This results in the children chasing along looking for them and being far too entertained to be bored by the walk. Brilliant!

I'll add that to my list of "must go to" places. Camera and walking boots are ready.

Mrs. BrensBenz (Leader of the Opposition) and I go to Iceland regularly. No, not THAT Iceland! Immediately on leaving Reykjevik, the road meanders through almost brand new mountains, with mini icebergs in little rivers and steam shooting from the ground. "So what", I hear you say. Well, little "doors" are visible in rocky outcrops. Brightly decorated, some even have flowers! These are troll houses and, as you know, trolls are nasty little so-and-sos. They pick their noses and never say their prayers. The presence of trolls deters ramblers from being poached in the geothermal pools (technospeak for bluddy hot water).

Good thing there are no trolls in Ireland but I can't help thinking there's something fishy about our local tooth fairies. They've been collecting teeth for millions of years so there should be whole cities of tooth-built houses by now. My Grannie told me that they build "down the country"......but where???

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 6:00pm

Just got home from work and the answer machine was beeping to show I had a phone message.

Listened to it and now I wanna cry.

Insurance company have written off my nice new car that I have owned for a month.

Excuse me while I bawl my head off.

looksee · 25-02-2015 6:51pm

Ah that's a shame Rube. You should get the value of a nice new version of it shouldn't you? Would you really want to be driving a car that had been hit by a nuclear submarine though? Even mended? (Please note that the exaggeration is for sympathetic effect). Hope things work out for you and you soon have a shiney new motor

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 7:02pm

Aww thanks looksee I think I need to get a longship and go raiding (Partly for the money but mostly cos I wanna use a dane axe on something)

looksee · 25-02-2015 7:05pm

Oooh can I come?

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 7:09pm

Of course, I need help in finding a suitable target

Oh by the way I thought you may like this place it is about an hour from where I live. (Well it would be if I had a car LOL)

http://www.theknightshop.co.uk/catalog/aboutus.php

looksee · 25-02-2015 7:18pm

I was part of a group doing welcome for the Teeshock during some particularly protesty type times a few years back. There were gardai all over the place minding him, but those of us dressed in Viking kit were just wandering around, all of us armed to the teeth, even the women had a knife of some sort, and one of the fellas with a dane ax was standing about 4 ft away from himself, not a bother. Nobody even checked to see who we all were :eek:

We had a similar experience at an event where everyone had to wear a badge and be checked off, except us and the caterers who were freely going in and out of the back gate. Two of the delegates were minding the VIP (an ex-president of the US) and were wearing badges marked 'Secret Service'.

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 7:27pm

WOW something to tell the grandkids

looksee · 25-02-2015 7:39pm

I thought the idea of wear wearing a tag marked Secret Service was hilarious, and kinda self defeating!

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 7:42pm

Just a bit LOL Russian Spy badges also available lol

Jellybaby1 · 25-02-2015 10:00pm

Hilarious security Looksee! It sounds like an episode of Get Smart!

I hope your insurance will replace your chariot Rube. I feel your pain. But we would all bawl our eyes out if 'twas you that had been crunched. Be thankful, and look forward to your next chariot.

What a great website Rube, loads of stuff there I'd be thrilled to have :rolleyes:, like the spell globes for casting spells on my unsuspecting victims, a knitted heml....hem....hemlet, pelmets, no, its h-e-l-m-e-t-s! a bottle of mead (mmmmm hunny mummy), medieval handcuffs for when I go to see '50 shades' :P (not a blimmin' chance in hell!), maybe a chastity belt (never knew there were male ones, now that's a turnip for d'bukes!), a scramasax, a dirk or two, a burgundy princess headband (of course for prittiness

), and of course a colouring book but I think they must be out of stock 'cos I couldn't find any on the site.

looksee · 25-02-2015 10:15pm

Sad to say Rube that particular shop is not ranked very high in 'places to buy historical stuff'! Mostly because it frequently fails to be historical...

Edit, I am completely ignoring JB having a go

Jellybaby1 · 25-02-2015 10:25pm

Was NOT 'having a go'. I never even mentioned the word 'larping', so there! :P

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 10:48pm

"imagines JB in a knitted helmet and chastity thingy. Takes a big gulp of his tea.... then settles back to watch the football

To be honest Jellybaby I am simply furious about the car. They have had it longer than me

Jellybaby1 · 25-02-2015 11:06pm

Here I sit in my knitted helmet and chastity thingy, toasting toes in front of the fire and sipping my tea! Well, I think I look quite fetching!

Hope you get sorted out very soon Rube.

looksee · 25-02-2015 11:17pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Here I sit in my knitted helmet and chastity thingy, toasting toes in front of the fire and sipping my tea! Well, I think I look quite fetching!
.

As my mum would have said (not one to mince words

) 'yes, probably fetch about 3/6 lb' :P

(to any youngsters reading, that's three shillings and sixpence, pronounced three-and-six, per pound weight - about half a kilo)

bonzodog2 · 25-02-2015 11:22pm

looksee wrote: »

As my mum would have said (not one to mince words ) 'yes, probably fetch about 3/6 lb' :P

(to any youngsters reading, that's three shillings and sixpence, pronounced three-and-six, per pound weight - about half a kilo)

I can remember minced beef being 4/6 a lb. And 'split-top' unsliced white loaves were 10d :eek:

Rubecula · 25-02-2015 11:35pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Hope you get sorted out very soon Rube.

Thanks hon xx

Jellybaby1 · 26-02-2015 12:27am

looksee wrote: »

As my mum would have said (not one to mince words ) 'yes, probably fetch about 3/6 lb' :P

(to any youngsters reading, that's three shillings and sixpence, pronounced three-and-six, per pound weight - about half a kilo)

You'll get a lot for your money!!!!

Jellybaby1 · 26-02-2015 12:30am

Speaking of money. With all the talk about the EU, Greece, and Euroland. I vote we bring back the 'ould pounds, shillings and pence in this green and pleasant land. Come on, are yiz all with me? I still miss them, especially the 'ould farthings (no offence lads!)

looksee · 26-02-2015 9:25am

Ah JB, do you remember doing mental arithmetic in primary school, standing in class trying desperately to multiply £1.11.9d by 2? I don't think they do mental arithmetic now, but decimal is so much easier. And there were 960 farthings to £1!

When my sister and I were little we would go to Kate's shop (a shed affair at the end of the road!) and our limit was 3d for sweets. Which was not enough for a Mars bar or a bar of Cadbury's dairy milk, both of which were 6d.

Jellybaby1 · 26-02-2015 11:14am

I remember never being good at mental arithmetic, I always had to write things down. This was explained to me by a tutor in a class only about seven years ago who told me I had a 'creative mind' and that's why I preferred the visual. Basically it's the reason I'm more into crafting than accountancy!!!

Yes, we also went to the local shoppe with pennies in hand for sweeties. I think at most I could get a thrupenny bar of Cadbury's chocolate. Loved when my mother had a spare sixpence to give me and that's when I bought a huge Jaffa orange, loved 'em!

looksee · 26-02-2015 11:38am

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I remember never being good at mental arithmetic, I always had to write things down. This was explained to me by a tutor in a class only about seven years ago who told me I had a 'creative mind' and that's why I preferred the visual. Basically it's the reason I'm more into crafting than accountancy!!! Yes, we also went to the local shoppe with pennies in hand for sweeties. I think at most I could get a thrupenny bar of Cadbury's chocolate. Loved when my mother had a spare sixpence to give me and that's when I bought a huge Jaffa orange, loved 'em!

Absolutely with you there Jellybaby! Mental arithmetic was my nightmare too. Trying to learn my times tables was one of the labours of my childhood. It has been useful over the years though! But, yes, I have that kind of memory too, if I can see it and understand how it works, I can remember it! Random theoretical stuff just goes straight past though.

BrensBenz · 26-02-2015 1:31pm

I (ahem) can work with numbers AND creative stuff, in my head or in my shed. See, an aromatherapist once told me that I was a genius, thereby contradicting teachers, doctors, priests, buddies, girlfriends, customer service assistants, interviewers, bosses, boardies, ATMs, NCT Testers, children, Jehovah's Witnesses, online assessment sites, other drivers...........

Saunters off, into the sunset, with a John Wayne swagger, polishing fingernails on lapel and smug smirk on visage........

PS: Not sure about bringing back LSD though, especially since, in my day, the Punt had parity with Sterling so we had Irish AND British coins in circulation. The ones with aminals were Irish and the ones with the side of someone's face were British. Some Irish coins were the same size and colour as their British equivalent, some were completely different. At a tender age, figuring out all of that cr@p just to buy bullseyes, it's no wonder I'm a genius.

looksee · 26-02-2015 4:51pm

I dunno how you put up with us Brenz, us being so dim and all.

Ye have great patience with us. Any chance you could help me sort this letter from the tax people?

I liked the english thruppny bits, with the bunch of thrift on it. Nice, interesting solid little coin that looked as though it was worth something. The pennies were something else though, half a dozen of those in your purse and you would need wheels for your bag!

Jellybaby1 · 27-02-2015 1:11am

That was real money, that was! You never hear some of the old currency terms these days, ha'penny, a coupla coppers, tuppince, thruppince, fourpince, fippince, sixpince, sevenpince, eightpince ninepince, tempince, elevenpince, a shillin', a bob, thruppiny-bit, tanner, half-a-crown, a guinea, a quid. Everything in the shops was a penny short of the pound, i.e. 5/11d, 6/11d, 9/11d. The English language is the poorer for losing all those magical words. 'Cent' is so.....so.....so nothing at all really, and Euro is just a makey-uppy word. I hate this Euro currency! It has no soul.

looksee · 27-02-2015 8:47am

Yes, thats a point, why was 3d the only one that had 'bit' added to it? Though occasionally you would hear 6d bit if someone was referring to the coin rather than the amount of money. Tanner was more usual. And half a dollar, which was 2/6, yet 5/- was never referred to as a dollar. I remember seeing one of the old white £5 UK notes once (in normal circulation) and being hugely impressed at the vast wealth it represented!

BrensBenz · 27-02-2015 5:10pm

looksee wrote: »

Yes, thats a point, why was 3d the only one that had 'bit' added to it? Though occasionally you would hear 6d bit if someone was referring to the coin rather than the amount of money. Tanner was more usual. And half a dollar, which was 2/6, yet 5/- was never referred to as a dollar. I remember seeing one of the old white £5 UK notes once (in normal circulation) and being hugely impressed at the vast wealth it represented!

My dad worked away from home and got home every Friday. After tea, he would give me three pennies to buy three lollipops for my sister, brother and me. One night he had no pennies and gave me a British thrupenny bit instead. "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhh" I said. "This won't work in the shop." "It's alright" he said. "It's a special lollipop coin. See the three lollipops on this side?" he said, pointing to the......emmm.....whatever it was!

Well, of course, it DID work in the shop but for quite a while after that, someone (ahem) thought he could buy a rabbit with an Irish thrupenny bit; a skinny dog with a tanner; a bull with a bob; a fish with a two bob piece; a horse with half a crown and a harp with any coin. Oh how I....I mean HE was mocked!

Maybe it's just nostalgia bit I thought the old Irish coins were nice. Even the humble penny had a beautiful, big, fluffy hen!

When I finally agreed to marry Mrs. BrensBenz, I wanted give her a crown coin to symbolise bestowing her with my worldly goods. I was disappointed to learn that Irish crowns were "not available". I don't know if we didn't mint any or if they were rare. I have a faint image of a giant elk on an Irish coin but maybe that was a decimal 50p(?)

looksee · 27-02-2015 5:34pm

Ah you old romantic Brens...what a nice idea!

Layinghen · 28-02-2015 7:21pm

POSTCARD FROM THE SUN

Greetings fellow inmates, having a wonderful time, 28 degs today. Lots of sun, sand and sangria ( well a nice chilled white Rioja).

Wish you were here.

Hen

Jellybaby1 · 28-02-2015 8:30pm

Hen, I just don't know how you have the nerve! :mad: Well, at least we know you don't forget about us while soaking up all that sun. There is a gale blowing tonight and its raining heavy drops of water here at the moment so its a night for settling in beside the fire and watching something we probably saw before on TV.

Rubecula · 28-02-2015 9:11pm

Layinghen wrote: »

POSTCARD FROM THE SUN

Greetings fellow inmates, having a wonderful time, 28 degs today. Lots of sun, sand and sangria ( well a nice chilled white Rioja).

Wish you were here.

Hen

What a dreadful thing to post up....CHILLED rioja!!!!!!

OG sort her out before I do something silly oops too late

Layinghen · 01-03-2015 10:40am

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Hen, I just don't know how you have the nerve! :mad: Well, at least we know you don't forget about us while soaking up all that sun. There is a gale blowing tonight and its raining heavy drops of water here at the moment so its a night for settling in beside the fire and watching something we probably saw before on TV.

Why do you think I am over here:D:D. My little nest is the first thing Atlantic storms hit when they make their way across Ireland, I'm all stormed out.

Ah, Rubes its WHITE Rioja, all the better for a bit of chilling;)

Enjoy the rugby match later on today folks.

Rubecula · 01-03-2015 6:00pm

IRELAND WON AGAIN

Chucken · 01-03-2015 6:05pm

....and now i'm going making cupcakes with a 2 and a half year old

Rubecula · 01-03-2015 6:10pm

Chucken wrote: »

....and now i'm going making cupcakes with a 2 and a half year old

hmmm probably take another 2 and a half years to clean up the mess lol

Chucken · 01-03-2015 6:17pm

Probably Rubes. I'm determined to make a chef outta this fella.
Or at least a lad who can make cupcakes....and tea!

Rubecula · 01-03-2015 7:11pm

Egg and Chips would be enough

BBDBB · 01-03-2015 7:31pm

Chucken wrote: »

....and now i'm going making cupcakes with a 2 and a half year old

you'll find they rise more if you use eggs, flour and sugar

a 2 and a half year old will make the mix a touch too overworked

well done Ireland

Jellybaby1 · 02-03-2015 1:11am

Rubecula wrote: »

IRELAND WON AGAIN

Ireland won?

looksee · 02-03-2015 9:27am

We've been snowed on!

(this is the sunny south east, its a bit unusual!)

All ye oul wans and oul fellas out there! Wakey wakey, rise and shine!

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