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DownMTBer · 03-02-2009 08:52PM

Penis Eye wrote: »

yeah that stuff aint old. old is pidgeon street, button moon, the clangers and one of my favourites Rainbow!!

thats old. i only remember them from the re runs. carlty you, mgh and a couple others should remember them from the first time:P

Lol some of those things are from the 90's but you'd mostly be remembering those as only young'n. The trouble is that I was a kid in the 80's AND the 90's so my childhood is a mixture of both.

Pigeon street and Button Moon yes... Mr Ben also! Quality....

Just so you know Carlty is actually younger than me! :P (albeit by about 8 months) though you wouldn't have thought judging by how he runs!! Almost bought him a zimmerframe today

DownMTBer · 03-02-2009 08:53PM

Double post...

MrsGeneHunt · 03-02-2009 08:55PM

Mr Ben!!

Then suddenly the shopkeeper appeared!!!!!!:p

Captain Pugwash!!!
Willo the Wisp!!!!!!!

DownMTBer · 03-02-2009 08:57PM

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Mr Ben!!

Then suddenly the shopkeeper appeared!!!!!!:p

Captain Pugwash!!!
Willo the Wisp!!!!!!!

Was that with those weird moomin thingies or was a different one!?

Tea bags... remember that program they had to collect a letter each epsiode and tea bags was trying to stop them?

Proper Grange Hill too!

Ali08 · 03-02-2009 08:59PM

Fo wrote: »

Does anyone remember The Poddington Peas? Rwally catchy theme tune there, and Racoons is another personal fav..oh oh! and Dogtanion!!

Aww I remember crying after the last ever espisode of Dogtanion was aired...a sad sad day.

Anybody watch Bosco on RTE? I just bought season 2 on DVD, cant wait til it comes out on BlueRay!!

MrsGeneHunt · 03-02-2009 09:09PM

DownMTBer wrote: »

Was that with those weird moomin thingies or was a different one!?

Tea bags... remember that program they had to collect a letter each epsiode and tea bags was trying to stop them?

Proper Grange Hill too!

Willo the Wisp was about all the characters in the Forest, Evil Edna who was a TV and Mavis the Fairy. All voiced by the very very very fabulous Kenneth Williams ( Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it Infamy!!!)

Priceless.

Anyone remember Grotbags the Witch? What was that programme called? Rod Hull and Emu were in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fo · 03-02-2009 09:21PM

MrsGeneHunt wrote: »

Anyone remember Grotbags the Witch? What was that programme called

Regtgunner remembers Grotbags! I'm too young, lol.
Pink windmill?

Fo · 03-02-2009 09:28PM

Ali08 wrote: »

Aww I remember crying after the last ever espisode of Dogtanion was aired...a sad sad day.

I miss dogtanion

Bosco was cool, ain't seen it in yonx! Think I'm gonna go on YouTube and listen to Raccoons/Poddington Peas/Dogtanion 'feem toons'.

I LOVE theme tunes! I taught myself Quantum Leap & Poirot themes on violin!!

MrsGeneHunt · 03-02-2009 09:30PM

Fo wrote: »

I miss dogtanion

Bosco was cool, ain't seen it in yonx! Think I'm gonna go on YouTube and listen to Raccoons/Poddington Peas/Dogtanion 'feem toons'.

I LOVE theme tunes! I taught myself Quantum Leap & Poirot themes on violin!!

write the feem toon, sing the feem toon....sorry, straying in to Little Britain territory.

Oh and Fo, really, you heard stories? Were they good?!!;)

MrsGeneHunt · 03-02-2009 09:31PM

Fo wrote: »

Regtgunner remembers Grotbags! I'm too young, lol.
Pink windmill?

God bless Regt Gunner. You can always count on a Canary!!!!:D

awatcher · 03-02-2009 10:32PM

hey all

been watching this for a while. have been in same boat as most of ya but got the call today.
start on 8th. said il get a pack and stuff threw the post........i did think the 8th date was over mind you.

did not think i would have got in with my merit number but hey

bring it on lol

kelso69 · 03-02-2009 10:56PM

awatcher wrote: »

hey all

been watching this for a while. have been in same boat as most of ya but got the call today.
start on 8th. said il get a pack and stuff threw the post........i did think the 8th date was over mind you.

did not think i would have got in with my merit number but hey

bring it on lol

Nice one, well done! What was your merit number roughly?

carlty888 · 03-02-2009 11:01PM

awatcher wrote: »

hey all

been watching this for a while. have been in same boat as most of ya but got the call today.
start on 8th. said il get a pack and stuff threw the post........i did think the 8th date was over mind you.

did not think i would have got in with my merit number but hey

bring it on lol

Congratulations on getting the call and welcome to the March intake.

Do you mind me asking what your merit number was (don't post the exact number)?

A wee tip, read the start of the "Starting Garnerville Soon" thread. There's loads of great advice in there.

awatcher · 03-02-2009 11:02PM

800's

r/cath. only did medical just after the 20th of january, but not saying exact date.
mate of mine had lower score than me/ he was in round 750 r/cath and has had no call. and he did medical in december. the wonders of the process............

awatcher · 03-02-2009 11:14PM

what is srd by the way

i read the srn thing but why is everyone saying srd now

carlty888 · 04-02-2009 12:17AM

awatcher wrote: »

what is srd by the way

i read the srn thing but why is everyone saying srd now

The Student Registration Night (SRN) has been replaced by an all day event which we assumed would be called the Student Registration Day (SRD). Turns out that it's actually referred to as the Student Induction Day (SID). There's a little more to it now apparently and it's considered an essential part of the course.

PC Inwaiting · 04-02-2009 08:57AM

God I leave the board for a day and look at what you are all talking about

Care bears and my little pony were the best, no contest.:p

Older · 04-02-2009 09:41AM

what was the name of those bears that used take that magic juice and bounce all over the place? No wonder we all grow so fond of drink - chasing the dream! and i heard somewhere that Roger Ramjet was an advert for some sort of trip biscuit?? But i agree that times were much better back then. you could go out on your Chopper with your mates and cycle as fast as you could, hit a stick, go flying over the handle bars and get up with a mashed face but it was the funniest thing ever. and did anyone else cycle over the large cans of pepsi and get them stuck in the wheel and all cycle around like triple hard bikers? Those really were the good old days. sigh.

Penis Eye · 04-02-2009 10:23AM

Older wrote: »

what was the name of those bears that used take that magic juice and bounce all over the place? No wonder we all grow so fond of drink - chasing the dream! and i heard somewhere that Roger Ramjet was an advert for some sort of trip biscuit?? But i agree that times were much better back then. you could go out on your Chopper with your mates and cycle as fast as you could, hit a stick, go flying over the handle bars and get up with a mashed face but it was the funniest thing ever. and did anyone else cycle over the large cans of pepsi and get them stuck in the wheel and all cycle around like triple hard bikers? Those really were the good old days. sigh.

gummi bears. i used to go out the back of my house and get all the blackberrys and raspberrys and crushthem down ad pretend the juice was gummi bear juice. i could never jump any higher tho. must have used the wrong proportions!!

carlty888 · 04-02-2009 11:32AM

PC Inwaiting wrote: »

God I leave the board for a day and look at what you are all talking about

Care bears and my little pony were the best, no contest.:p

My daughter plays with My Little Pony! They're still crap!!! :P

When I found out my wife was expecting, I went out and bought the first couple of seasons of the Transformers cartoon on dvd. It was for the child. Honest (I had it in my mind that it'd be a boy). I wanted him/her to grow up on the same material as I did. Turns out that my daughter loves Transformers, Star Wars etc as much as any boy! Yay!

carlty888 · 04-02-2009 11:42AM

As for the Care Bears.... I wouldn't trust them. Check this out! :eek:

DownMTBer · 04-02-2009 12:00PM

carlty888 wrote: »

As for the Care Bears.... I wouldn't trust them. Check this out! :eek:

Damn... blocked

i'll have to check it later...

squirrel81 · 04-02-2009 12:22PM

aw, my little pony, skinny and bony. Loved those. And Rainbow Brite, gummi bears, pigeon street, bertha, chocoblock, you and me. Its good to have grown up in the 80s.

DownMTBer · 04-02-2009 12:27PM

squirrel81 wrote: »

aw, my little pony, skinny and bony. Loved those. And Rainbow Brite, gummi bears, pigeon street, bertha, chocoblock, you and me. Its good to have grown up in the 80s.

It certainly was/is. I get really angry now because kids TV is no longer about kids being kids and enjoying play and having a magical childhood... it's about how many feckin morals and lessons can we squeeze into a couple hours of kids TV... if they're not learning something then there's no point watching it... that's bullsh*t if you ask me... parents can (SHOULD) teach kids stuff and so can (SHOULD) schools.

And I don't buy the, yeah but not all do teach kids argument. Putting morals into kids stuff is putting a sticking plaster of the real problem... they should be sorting out the bad parenting and poor schooling imo and let kids enjoy being kids while they can! :mad:

Anyway, that's my ex teacher rant over sorry

carlty888 · 04-02-2009 12:36PM

DownMTBer wrote: »

It certainly was. I get really angry now because kids TV is no longer about kids being kids and enjoying play and having a magical childhood... it's about how many feckin morals and lessons can we squeeze into a couple hours of kids TV... if they're not learning something then there's no point watching it... that's bullsh*t if you ask me... parents can (SHOULD) teach kids stuff and so can (SHOULD) schools.

And I don't buy the, yeah but not all do teach kids argument. Putting morals into kids stuff is putting a sticking plaster of the real problem... they should be sorting out the bad parenting and poor schooling imo and let kids enjoy being kids while they can! :mad:

Anyway, that's my ex teacher rant over sorry

Oooooooooookay. Was that something you feel strongly about by any chance? :P

Don't forget our cartoons were choc full of morals too. Remember He-Man's little epilogues?

kelso69 · 04-02-2009 01:28PM

awatcher wrote: »

800's

r/cath. only did medical just after the 20th of january, but not saying exact date.
mate of mine had lower score than me/ he was in round 750 r/cath and has had no call. and he did medical in december. the wonders of the process............

Congrats again.

That is very odd though, I ~600 RC, cleared vetting months ago, got my medical pass letter at the start of January yet still no call. Hmmm.

DownMTBer · 04-02-2009 01:34PM

kelso69 wrote: »

Congrats again.

That is very odd though, I ~600 RC, cleared vetting months ago, got my medical pass letter at the start of January yet still no call. Hmmm.

Yeah didn't you say they told you there was no places left for March? I would be on the phone politely asking how people with merit numbers worse than yours have got phonecalls and if there's anything wrong or they need more information from you...

kelso69 · 04-02-2009 02:10PM

DownMTBer wrote: »

Yeah didn't you say they told you there was no places left for March? I would be on the phone politely asking how people with merit numbers worse than yours have got phonecalls and if there's anything wrong or they need more information from you...

I done that twice already and they basicly bit my head off. They told me both times that I am all clear and there is nothing to hold me up. So I really can't risk calling back =/

DownMTBer · 04-02-2009 02:18PM

kelso69 wrote: »

I done that twice already and they basicly bit my head off. They told me both times that I am all clear and there is nothing to hold me up. So I really can't risk calling back =/

But no explanation as to why only yesterday someone with a merit number significantly worse and background same as yours got a call for March?

I'd be threatening letters to the policing board soon mate... maybe wait for April and if you still haven't heard then that'd be the time to take some action imo :mad:

kelso69 · 04-02-2009 02:23PM

DownMTBer wrote: »

But no explanation as to why only yesterday someone with a merit number significantly worse and background same as yours got a call for March?

I'd be threatening letters to the policing board soon mate... maybe wait for April and if you still haven't heard then that'd be the time to take some action imo :mad:

That's the plan mate. I'll keep you posted.

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