Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:29:51 -0000 (UTC), Wenlock
> <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> That was fresh this mawnin'. Two and nine.
>>>
>>> Memorable freshly-made crab sandwiches at The Anchor at Seatown in Dorset
>>> (at the foot of the highest point on the south coast of England, which
>>> isn't Beachy Head as many people think), washed down with excellent
>>> Palmer's beer from nearby Bridport. That was thirty years ago, mind.
>>>
>>
>>Beachy Head might not be the highest point, but when it comes to exploring
>>the South Coast it’s a good jumping off spot.
>
>
> BTN?

Somebody's already claimed that one I'm afraid.

Rosie

Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:58:30 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>>Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That was fresh this mawnin'. Two and nine.
>>>>
>>>> Memorable freshly-made crab sandwiches at The Anchor at Seatown in Dorset
>>>> (at the foot of the highest point on the south coast of England, which
>>>> isn't Beachy Head as many people think), washed down with excellent
>>>> Palmer's beer from nearby Bridport. That was thirty years ago, mind.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Beachy Head might not be the highest point, but when it comes to exploring
>>> the South Coast it’s a good jumping off spot.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I’m not falling for that one!
>
> OK I see Serena beat me to the first one but I'll go for this too, BTN

Sorry, no, not for an obvious follow-up.

There's a better, and topical, one around that I'm surprised nobody has
claimed yet.

Rosie

>>
>
> I used to love kidneys.  Then my mum (who for much of her life would
> have eaten anything apart from meat fat, which made her sick) said she
> had gone off them because of the smell of urine when preparing them.  I
> scoffed.  I bought kidneys.  When I was preparing them they smelled of
> urine.
>
> I did manage to prepare and eat them, but have never done so again.  I
> think I still like to eat them, though.
>
>
The smell of wee is what put me off kidneys many years ago, I don't
consider them food now. A question I've never had a convincing answer
too is why, when all the supermarkets sell goose fat for roasting
potatoes, do you never see cooked goose for sale? As far as I know, you
can only extract goose fat by cooking, so what happens to the rest of
the goose? And don't get me started on how hard it is to get mutton
these days when it makes such good curries.
Steve

On 22/03/2024 16:36, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>> On 21/03/2024 10:30, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hence the phrase "who pissed on my cornflakes this morning ?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ooooh Miss! He said a very naughty word!
>>>>
>>>> Cornflakes. Full of sugar and of limited nutritional value, produced and
>>>> marketed by a Merkin megacorporation.
>>>>
>>>> Rosie
>>>>
>>> And such a bother to spread the butter on.
>>>
>>
>> Cut out the middle man, until I was in my 20s I ate them au naturel. Don’t
>> like sugary cereal and I couldn’t stomach milk on cereal. At my first
>> school the milk was poured on before we went into tea but it was never very
>> much, I shovelled it down as fast as I could but at home dad accepted I had
>> it dry as did my granny.
>>
>> Mrs McT
>>
>>
>
> Mine Dew, it takes a long time to apply the Marmite on top of the butter…

And that's why Granny didn't, though it seems Ma might.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 23/03/2024 15:51, Steve Hague wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> I used to love kidneys.  Then my mum (who for much of her life would
>> have eaten anything apart from meat fat, which made her sick) said she
>> had gone off them because of the smell of urine when preparing them.
>> I scoffed.  I bought kidneys.  When I was preparing them they smelled
>> of urine.
>>
>> I did manage to prepare and eat them, but have never done so again.  I
>> think I still like to eat them, though.
>>
>>
> The smell of wee is what put me off kidneys many years ago, I don't
> consider them food now. A question I've never had a convincing answer
> too is why, when all the supermarkets sell goose fat for roasting
> potatoes, do you never see cooked goose for sale? As far as I know, you
> can only extract goose fat by cooking, so what happens to the rest of
> the goose? And don't get me started on how hard it is to get mutton
> these days when it makes such good curries.
> Steve

If it's there a lot of mutton goes to the halal market and for Carribean
cuisine so specialist butchers might be worth a try.

john

Steve Hague <stevehague82@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/03/2024 19:58, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 20-Mar-24 12:27, BrritSki wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2024 12:23, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>>> john ashby wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We wnet out for lunch in a pub in Chipping Norton (no sighting of
>>>>> any of
>>>>> the Set) recently and had crab sandwiches. Poorly flavoured filling and
>>>>> bread.which was dry from having been left in the open all morning.
>>>>
>>>> I have to say that we did once have absolutely delicious crab
>>>> sandwiches from a takeaway outlet.
>>>>
>>>> If I mention we were in Padstow, I think you can guess the name
>>>> over the door.
>>>>
>>> Waife trekked around St. Ives many years ago in search of a fresh crab
>>> sandwich on wholemeal while the rest of us had fish'n'chips.
>>>
>>> She'd had 1 bite when a seagull swooped down and scoffed the rest.
>>>
>>> She was not happy :/
>>>
>> The seagulls there do seem particularly troublesome.
>> Were your fish & chips safe?
>> Whenever we eat F&C from "The Balancing Eel" (round the corner from the
>> Sloop Inn) we keep everything covered except briefly when actually
>> transferring food from container to mouth.
>>
> I've never had F&C from the Balancing Eel, but I've had the odd pint or
> two at the Sloop, we sit outside, the gulls don't show much interest in
> beer. They're keen on ice cream though. Guess how I know.
> Steve
>

But I’d guess their tastes are a bit vanilla.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 23-Mar-24 9:59, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>> In message <l60h57FcogcU1@mid.individual.net> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
>>> 16:28:23, BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes
>>>> On 20/03/2024 15:45, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> People seem to like [Jerusalem artichokes].  I wasn't sure but they
>>>>>>> were never served at
>>>>>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's what comes of growing them among those dark, satanic mills.
>>>>>>
>>>>> But only in Ancient Times Shirley?
>>>>>
>>>> Shirley is in Southampton. Dark satanic docks maybe ?
>>>>
>>> I've heard it said that the "dark satanic mills" in the hymn actually
>>> referred to the universities, which churned out material that didn't
>>> suit the political views of the lyricist, rather than the great stone or
>>> brick buildings of the industrial revolution.
>>
>> More likely he was inspired by the Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars. It
>> burned down in 1791.
>>
>>
>
> Was it a music venue?
>
Eight hours later and still no-one has said:

BTN with knobs on!

--
Sam Plusnet

On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:08:21 +0000, john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 23/03/2024 09:13, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>> On 22/03/2024 22:10, Vicky wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:04:59 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>> <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 22-Mar-24 16:30, Chris wrote:
>>>>>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 21/03/2024 10:30, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hence the phrase "who pissed on my cornflakes this morning ?"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ooooh Miss! He said a very naughty word!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cornflakes. Full of sugar and of limited nutritional value, produced and
>>>>>>>>> marketed by a Merkin megacorporation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And such a bother to spread the butter on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cut out the middle man, until I was in my 20s I ate them au naturel.
>>>>>>> Don’t
>>>>>>> like sugary cereal and I couldn’t stomach milk on cereal. At my first
>>>>>>> school the milk was poured on before we went into tea but it was never very
>>>>>>> much, I shovelled it down as fast as I could but at home dad accepted I had
>>>>>>> it dry as did my granny.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There were lots of crimes committed in the feeding of children that
>>>>>> would be unthinkable today (at least I hope so).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Like the school milk that was left in full sun in hot weather (or
>>>>>> frozen solid in winter) but the kids were still expected to drink it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or worse, frozen in the crate outside, then left on the radiators to
>>>>> thaw, then force the kids to drink it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rosie
>>>> I didn't like it either and didn't drink it.
>>>
>>> Me neither. I couldn't drink a whole bottle in the 20(?) minutes
>>> available to do so. It made me feel bloated and sick so I had to be
>>> exempted.
>>>
>>
>> WIMPS THE LOT OF YOU!!!! I had to drink my milk (and often someone else’s
>> too) when I were at school, frozen with the top 2 inches above the bottle
>> or curdling in the summer! You don’t know you’re born the lot of you….
>> (Toodles of mumbling). Harrumph.
>>
>
><swerve>
>
>I see the Guardian has an article today about (porbably inter alia, I
>haven't read it yet) her disadvantaged upbringing. I think the next
>election is entering its Four Yorkshiremen Phase.
>
>john
Whose?

On 23-Mar-24 15:28, Steve Hague wrote:
> On 20/03/2024 19:58, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 20-Mar-24 12:27, BrritSki wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2024 12:23, Chris J Dixon wrote:
>>>> john ashby wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We wnet out for lunch in a pub in Chipping Norton (no sighting of
>>>>> any of
>>>>> the Set) recently and had crab sandwiches. Poorly flavoured filling
>>>>> and
>>>>> bread.which was dry from having been left in the open all morning.
>>>>
>>>> I have to say that we did once have absolutely delicious crab
>>>> sandwiches from a takeaway outlet.
>>>>
>>>> If I mention we were in Padstow, I think you can guess the name
>>>> over the door.
>>>>
>>> Waife trekked around St. Ives many years ago in search of a fresh
>>> crab sandwich on wholemeal while the rest of us had fish'n'chips.
>>>
>>> She'd had 1 bite when a seagull swooped down and scoffed the rest.
>>>
>>> She was not happy :/
>>>
>> The seagulls there do seem particularly troublesome.
>> Were your fish & chips safe?
>> Whenever we eat F&C from "The Balancing Eel" (round the corner from
>> the Sloop Inn) we keep everything covered except briefly when actually
>> transferring food from container to mouth.
>>
> I've never had F&C from the Balancing Eel, but I've had the odd pint or
> two at the Sloop, we sit outside, the gulls don't show much interest in
> beer. They're keen on ice cream though. Guess how I know.

There are times, when there is a particularly high tide, you could sit
outside The Sloop and have a paddle in the sea without getting up from
your seat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqkwN2r8u_g

--
Sam Plusnet

On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:32:21 +0000, john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 23/03/2024 15:51, Steve Hague wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I used to love kidneys.  Then my mum (who for much of her life would
>>> have eaten anything apart from meat fat, which made her sick) said she
>>> had gone off them because of the smell of urine when preparing them.
>>> I scoffed.  I bought kidneys.  When I was preparing them they smelled
>>> of urine.
>>>
>>> I did manage to prepare and eat them, but have never done so again.  I
>>> think I still like to eat them, though.
>>>
>>>
>> The smell of wee is what put me off kidneys many years ago, I don't
>> consider them food now. A question I've never had a convincing answer
>> too is why, when all the supermarkets sell goose fat for roasting
>> potatoes, do you never see cooked goose for sale? As far as I know, you
>> can only extract goose fat by cooking, so what happens to the rest of
>> the goose? And don't get me started on how hard it is to get mutton
>> these days when it makes such good curries.
>> Steve
>
>If it's there a lot of mutton goes to the halal market and for Carribean
>cuisine so specialist butchers might be worth a try.
>
>john

Our Asda has a manned Halal meat counter, with deli, and another
counter with ready wrapped Halal stuff too.

On 23-Mar-24 15:36, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:58:30 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> That was fresh this mawnin'. Two and nine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Memorable freshly-made crab sandwiches at The Anchor at Seatown in Dorset
>>>>> (at the foot of the highest point on the south coast of England, which
>>>>> isn't Beachy Head as many people think), washed down with excellent
>>>>> Palmer's beer from nearby Bridport. That was thirty years ago, mind.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Beachy Head might not be the highest point, but when it comes to exploring
>>>> the South Coast it’s a good jumping off spot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I’m not falling for that one!
>>
>> OK I see Serena beat me to the first one but I'll go for this too, BTN
>
> Sorry, no, not for an obvious follow-up.
>
> There's a better, and topical, one around that I'm surprised nobody has
> claimed yet.

True - but I didn't get here until 6pm, so that's why it's a late call.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 23/03/2024 18:15, Vicky wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:08:21 +0000, john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 23/03/2024 09:13, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>> On 22/03/2024 22:10, Vicky wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:04:59 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
>>>>> <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 22-Mar-24 16:30, Chris wrote:
>>>>>>>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 21/03/2024 10:30, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hence the phrase "who pissed on my cornflakes this morning ?"
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ooooh Miss! He said a very naughty word!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cornflakes. Full of sugar and of limited nutritional value, produced and
>>>>>>>>>> marketed by a Merkin megacorporation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And such a bother to spread the butter on.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cut out the middle man, until I was in my 20s I ate them au naturel.
>>>>>>>> Don’t
>>>>>>>> like sugary cereal and I couldn’t stomach milk on cereal. At my first
>>>>>>>> school the milk was poured on before we went into tea but it was never very
>>>>>>>> much, I shovelled it down as fast as I could but at home dad accepted I had
>>>>>>>> it dry as did my granny.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There were lots of crimes committed in the feeding of children that
>>>>>>> would be unthinkable today (at least I hope so).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Like the school milk that was left in full sun in hot weather (or
>>>>>>> frozen solid in winter) but the kids were still expected to drink it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or worse, frozen in the crate outside, then left on the radiators to
>>>>>> thaw, then force the kids to drink it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rosie
>>>>> I didn't like it either and didn't drink it.
>>>>
>>>> Me neither. I couldn't drink a whole bottle in the 20(?) minutes
>>>> available to do so. It made me feel bloated and sick so I had to be
>>>> exempted.
>>>>
>>>
>>> WIMPS THE LOT OF YOU!!!! I had to drink my milk (and often someone else’s
>>> too) when I were at school, frozen with the top 2 inches above the bottle
>>> or curdling in the summer! You don’t know you’re born the lot of you….
>>> (Toodles of mumbling). Harrumph.
>>>
>>
>> <swerve>
>>
>> I see the Guardian has an article today about (porbably inter alia, I
>> haven't read it yet) her disadvantaged upbringing. I think the next
>> election is entering its Four Yorkshiremen Phase.
>>
>> john
> Whose?

Ooops, got distracted. Angela Rayner.

john

On 23-Mar-24 10:01, Chris J Dixon wrote:
> Iain Archer wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:35:00 +0000, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>
>>> Like the school milk that was left in full sun in hot weather (or frozen
>>> solid in winter) but the kids were still expected to drink it.
>
> I can still picture the frozen candles of milk poking out of the
> tops of the bottles, before it was thawed to lukewarm. Yuck! :-(
>
>> Still don't like warm milk, or even the top of the milk, but late in life I think
>> I've discovered the secret of tea -- let it mash for at least three minutes,
>> then add just a very smidgen of dried skimmed milk. It nicely neutralises
>> the tannic notes while bringing out the real, solid flavour.
>
> Eventually I realised that the way I decided on the right amount
> of powdered milk in my coffee was just sufficient so that I
> couldn't taste it. Realising the pointlessness, I took it black
> from then on.
>
> For about 35 years I have drunk no coffee, and only fruit, herb,
> and spice teas.

Whilst I am contemplating a new espresso machine.

My DeLonghi Dedica refuses to switch on properly (poor quality On/Off
switch) after only three years of moderate use, and will only function
if you press hard on the ON button - and keep pressing hard for the
duration of proceedings. My finger's still sore.
This might be my excuse to buy the Gaggia Classic that I have always
hankered after.

--
Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes:

> On 23-Mar-24 9:59, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>> In message <l60h57FcogcU1@mid.individual.net> at Wed, 20 Mar 2024
>>>> 16:28:23, BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes
>>>>> On 20/03/2024 15:45, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>>>>> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 20/03/2024 10:03, Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> People seem to like [Jerusalem artichokes].  I wasn't sure but they
>>>>>>>> were never served at
>>>>>>>> home because Dad said they tasted of soot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's what comes of growing them among those dark, satanic mills.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> But only in Ancient Times Shirley?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Shirley is in Southampton. Dark satanic docks maybe ?
>>>>>
>>>> I've heard it said that the "dark satanic mills" in the hymn actually
>>>> referred to the universities, which churned out material that didn't
>>>> suit the political views of the lyricist, rather than the great stone or
>>>> brick buildings of the industrial revolution.
>>>
>>> More likely he was inspired by the Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars. It
>>> burned down in 1791.
>>>
>>>
>> Was it a music venue?
>>
> Eight hours later and still no-one has said:
>
> BTN with knobs on!

Absolutely, yes.

I was wondering why you were all asleep.

Rosie

On 23/03/2024 19:26, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars

Was it a music Venue ?

I still don;t get it....

BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23/03/2024 19:26, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars
>
> Was it a music Venue ?
>
> I still don;t get it....
>
>
>

Ask Mr. Putin, he’ll tell you all about the Ukrainians playing dirty
(Alleged) .

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:31:46 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
<toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

>BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23/03/2024 19:26, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>> Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars
>>
>> Was it a music Venue ?
>>
>> I still don;t get it....
>>
>>
>>
>
>Ask Mr. Putin, he’ll tell you all about the Ukrainians playing dirty
>(Alleged) .
Have we had a BTN?

Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:31:46 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>>BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 23/03/2024 19:26, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>> Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars
>>>
>>> Was it a music Venue ?
>>>
>>> I still don;t get it....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Ask Mr. Putin, he’ll tell you all about the Ukrainians playing dirty
>>(Alleged) .
> Have we had a BTN?

Are you nominating?

Rosie

On 23/03/2024 14:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:

> For a while we had a Matron
> who insisted that it was bad for us to drink while eating...
My mother has a similar view, she called it 'sobbling'. I've not heard
the word since and can't find it online. Maybe it was a Reading word.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 24/03/2024 13:21, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 23/03/2024 14:43, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>
>> For a while we had a Matron who insisted that it was bad for us to
>> drink while eating...
> My mother has a similar view, she called it 'sobbling'.  I've not heard
> the word since and can't find it online.  Maybe it was a Reading word.
>
*had* a similar view...
--
Cheers
Clive

On 20.3.24 19:37, john ashby wrote:
> On 20/03/2024 17:41, Mike McMillan wrote:
>> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>> In message <87il1ipdfr.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Tue, 19 Mar 2024
>>>>> 13:18:48, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>>>>>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>>>>> []
>>>>>>> I remember in the '70s our school chaplain saying plaintively
>>>>>>> that he
>>>>>>> wished more "creatures great and small" would come to his evensong
>>>>>>> (which was voluntary).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate...
>>>>>
>>>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school -
>>>>> and you
>>>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>>>
>>>> Been there, done that.  Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory.
>>>> Wooden
>>>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory.  Enid Blyton etc all
>>>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at
>>>> boarding
>>>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the
>>>> plots even
>>>> if others didn’t.
>>>
>>> As Evelyn Waugh said, anybody who has been to an English public school
>>> would be perfectly at home in prison.
>>>
>>> Rosie
>>>
>>
>> At the age of nine, I arrived at my boarding school with my parents after
>> several hours and more of travelling by rail. My parents were immediately
>> taken off to meet the Headmaster and I was told I would see them later,
>> whilst ‘matron’ took me to see my dormitory and unpack my case. Within
>> minutes, my parents were told that they could now leave for home. “But we
>> wish to see our son again as we promised him!; Oh no, (said the
>> Headmaster)
>> trust me, you leave now, it is the best way, I have done this many times
>> before!’ That particular head was sacked about a year later.
>>
>
> Did he go on to Maidwell Hall?
>
> john

BTN?

--
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www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

kosmo <kosmo@whitnet.uk> wrote:
> On 20.3.24 19:37, john ashby wrote:
>> On 20/03/2024 17:41, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> In message <87il1ipdfr.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Tue, 19 Mar 2024
>>>>>> 13:18:48, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>>>>>>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>>>>>> []
>>>>>>>> I remember in the '70s our school chaplain saying plaintively
>>>>>>>> that he
>>>>>>>> wished more "creatures great and small" would come to his evensong
>>>>>>>> (which was voluntary).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school -
>>>>>> and you
>>>>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>>>>
>>>>> Been there, done that.  Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory.
>>>>> Wooden
>>>>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory.  Enid Blyton etc all
>>>>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at
>>>>> boarding
>>>>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the
>>>>> plots even
>>>>> if others didn’t.
>>>>
>>>> As Evelyn Waugh said, anybody who has been to an English public school
>>>> would be perfectly at home in prison.
>>>>
>>>> Rosie
>>>>
>>>
>>> At the age of nine, I arrived at my boarding school with my parents after
>>> several hours and more of travelling by rail. My parents were immediately
>>> taken off to meet the Headmaster and I was told I would see them later,
>>> whilst ‘matron’ took me to see my dormitory and unpack my case. Within
>>> minutes, my parents were told that they could now leave for home. “But we
>>> wish to see our son again as we promised him!; Oh no, (said the
>>> Headmaster)
>>> trust me, you leave now, it is the best way, I have done this many times
>>> before!’ That particular head was sacked about a year later.
>>>
>>
>> Did he go on to Maidwell Hall?
>>
>> john
>
> BTN?
>

I fail to see what this is all about (as did my parents that day)

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

kosmo <kosmo@whitnet.uk> writes:

> On 20.3.24 19:37, john ashby wrote:
>> On 20/03/2024 17:41, Mike McMillan wrote:
>>> Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> In message <87il1ipdfr.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Tue, 19 Mar 2024
>>>>>> 13:18:48, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>>>>>>> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> writes:
>>>>>> []
>>>>>>>> I remember in the '70s our school chaplain saying plaintively
>>>>>>>> that he
>>>>>>>> wished more "creatures great and small" would come to his evensong
>>>>>>>> (which was voluntary).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you mean I (or my folks) was rich, it was a boarding school -
>>>>>> and you
>>>>>> wouldn't think that if you saw the dormitories, especially in Winter!
>>>>>
>>>>> Been there, done that.  Had the blackout blinds in one dormitory.
>>>>> Wooden
>>>>> shutters that let light in at another dormitory.  Enid Blyton etc all
>>>>> carried a flavour of some aspect or other girls point of view at
>>>>> boarding
>>>>> school: even though my second was co-ed, we could appreciate the
>>>>> plots even
>>>>> if others didn’t.
>>>>
>>>> As Evelyn Waugh said, anybody who has been to an English public school
>>>> would be perfectly at home in prison.
>>>>
>>>> Rosie
>>>>
>>>
>>> At the age of nine, I arrived at my boarding school with my parents after
>>> several hours and more of travelling by rail. My parents were immediately
>>> taken off to meet the Headmaster and I was told I would see them later,
>>> whilst ‘matron’ took me to see my dormitory and unpack my case. Within
>>> minutes, my parents were told that they could now leave for home. “But we
>>> wish to see our son again as we promised him!; Oh no, (said the
>>> Headmaster)
>>> trust me, you leave now, it is the best way, I have done this many times
>>> before!’ That particular head was sacked about a year later.
>>>
>> Did he go on to Maidwell Hall?
>> john
>
> BTN?

I was about to say no on the grounds that I didn't know what you were on
about, or whether there was a dodgy pun in there somewhere.

However, after a brief investigation of the sort of news story that I
would not be minded to read, I am allowing this.

Rosie

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:09:02 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
<rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:

>Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:31:46 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>>BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 23/03/2024 19:26, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>>> Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars
>>>>
>>>> Was it a music Venue ?
>>>>
>>>> I still don;t get it....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ask Mr. Putin, he’ll tell you all about the Ukrainians playing dirty
>>>(Alleged) .
>> Have we had a BTN?
>
>Are you nominating?
>
>Rosie

Yes please

Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:09:02 +0000, Rosie Mitchell
> <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:31:46 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
>>> <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 23/03/2024 19:26, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>>>> Albion Flour Mill at Blackfriars
>>>>>
>>>>> Was it a music Venue ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I still don;t get it....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ask Mr. Putin, he’ll tell you all about the Ukrainians playing dirty
>>>>(Alleged) .
>>> Have we had a BTN?
>>
>>Are you nominating?
>>
>>Rosie
>
> Yes please

Yes.

Rosie