Peggy's Mundane Thread

Dark as fook out there this morning.

Singapore chow Mein ordered.

Might wander into town shortly.

Watched the film The Bromley Boys about the 69/70 season for Bromley FC (they were described as the worst team in Britain) this afternoon. Bromley had a striker called Alan Stonebridge who I think was Ian Stonebridge’s dad.

Just finished a book called ‘The forgotten tragedy’ about the sinking of HMT Lancastria on June 17th 1940 off Saint Nazaire, France. She was helping to evacuate troops and civilians when she was bombed and sunk.

It is classed as Britain’s worse maritime loss of life. The official death toll is put at 2000 but she was very overloaded and some estimates think over 3000 may have died.

Some of the accounts of the survivors in the book are horrific.

I'm reading a book about some geezers in London who used to lift bodies for doctors to practice on sounds more cheerful than yours Mouldy.

It was a good read but the witness statements were quite upsetting.
It was kept quiet for weeks by Churchill using a D notice. He did admit years later that so much was happening at the time that he forgot he had served the notice.

Half way through the first part of get back.

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

Watched the film The Bromley Boys about the 69/70 season for Bromley FC (they were described as the worst team in Britain) this afternoon. Bromley had a striker called Alan Stonebridge who I think was Ian Stonebridge’s dad.

I used to go down the Lilywhites (as they were called back in the 1950's) at Hayes Lane......top amateur football club....won the Amateur Cup three time I think....other top amateur clubs of that era were Bishop Auckland and Crook Town,,,both northern clubs.......Wimbledon was in the same Isthmian league in those days....but small fry.

Favourite players of that time were...

1.....Ron Heckman...sold to Leyton Orient.

2.....Denis Studley...centre forward represented England at amateur level.

3.....Len Wager defender....had the habit of stepping over back passes and letting it go to the keeper....it looked as if he'd missed it....used to get the old heart fluttering in panic at times.....he used to work at the same engineering firm as me....he eventually married one of the directors daughters.

Batteries went in my Christmas lights, put new batteries in and they’re now working

Went to the dentist, filling fell out.

been up since just after 6am fook knows why still dark as a cows guts out there. been out to check the sheep and took me ten minutes to find them in the dark.

My youngest bhey was telling me about a bloke who is a good swimmer transitioned into a lady swimmer and then beat the womens record by over thirty seconds. One of the comments underneath said "fair play must have worked their bollocks off".

Missed the worst of the storm by mins

Went in to muff today and bought a little Acer tablet to replace my old ipad which I fooking hate. Really like it and for £120 real good value. From what I can see everything in Curry's is about a hundred quid or about a thousand?

Got my cholecystectomy today.

Good luck, hope it all goes well.

Earwegoagain wrote:

Went in to muff today and bought a little Acer tablet to replace my old ipad which I fooking hate. Really like it and for £120 real good value. From what I can see everything in Curry's is about a hundred quid or about a thousand?

Apple is an overrated, very expensive brand. You don't have to pay hundreds for a decent tablet, or phone. I switched from iPhone to Android a couple of years ago. My Pixel 5a (imported from the US) does everything my iPhone could do, and better - with a better camera. All for the third of the price of the latest top-of-of-range iPhone. Stick your £1000 + phones up yer arse.

POI wrote:

Earwegoagain wrote:

Went in to muff today and bought a little Acer tablet to replace my old ipad which I fooking hate. Really like it and for £120 real good value. From what I can see everything in Curry's is about a hundred quid or about a thousand?

Apple is an overrated, very expensive brand. You don't have to pay hundreds for a decent tablet, or phone. I switched from iPhone to Android a couple of years ago. My Pixel 5a (imported from the US) does everything my iPhone could do, and better - with a better camera. All for the third of the price of the latest top-of-of-range iPhone. Stick your £1000 + phones up yer arse.

Ipad is great until they bring out a new model then it won't update not something that I will ever buy again. Mate of mine who always has a brand new iPhone reckons you have to buy a new one every eighteen months lol. I've got a Galaxy S9 from music magpie in good condition £220 and it's a really good phone.

Check your pms mate.

Getting car mot.

Car mot done after buying a new tyre. Mot was £40 and tyre £143!

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

Car mot done after buying a new tyre. Mot was £40 and tyre £143!

Bleddy hell what you got a Maclaren.

If only!

Off for my Wuhan Wheezer booster.

zyph wrote:

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

Car mot done after buying a new tyre. Mot was £40 and tyre £143!

Bleddy hell what you got a Maclaren.

Mouldy's Maclaren.

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