Granny Danger Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My dad has had a heart attack and s stroke, is 83 and when I went to see him at new year he was out but arrived 10 minutes later at the house with a rucksack of beer. He'd walked back from Tesco with it (a fairly steep 20 minute uphill). Puts me to shame tbh. Just as well he doesn't have Alzheimer's too or he would have been sitting in some other c**t's house while they drank his beer and called him dad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My dad has had a heart attack and s stroke, is 83 and when I went to see him at new year he was out but arrived 10 minutes later at the house with a rucksack of beer. He'd walked back from Tesco with it (a fairly steep 20 minute uphill). Puts me to shame tbh. Does he live in Bishopmill? That would be a fair wee trek with a haversack of beer. I hope you let him drink it all himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I just bought a bag of "Retro Classics" sweets. It had stuff like Refreshers, Wham Bars, Drumsticks however It didn't contain a single blackjack despite there being a picture of them on the bag. On the plus side fruit salads are as good as I remembered. Wasn't there something like a wham bar but with lots of popping candy or space dust on it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I just bought a bag of "Retro Classics" sweets. It had stuff like Refreshers, Wham Bars, Drumsticks however It didn't contain a single blackjack despite there being a picture of them on the bag. On the plus side fruit salads are as good as I remembered. Wasn't there something like a wham bar but with lots of popping candy or space dust on it? Sherbet fountain? Showing my age probably.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 I just bought a bag of "Retro Classics" sweets. It had stuff like Refreshers, Wham Bars, Drumsticks however It didn't contain a single blackjack despite there being a picture of them on the bag. On the plus side fruit salads are as good as I remembered. Wasn't there something like a wham bar but with lots of popping candy or space dust on it? That was Snap & Crackles, wasn't it? I remember them being the bollocks; always had one after swimming practice on Saturday mornings. One of the other kids in my class would get a cup of coffee and put their naked Snap & Crackle over the top of the cup until it melted and fell in. After a while, he's give it a stir and drink it. Utter deviant behaviour. I'm sure that boy went on to do terrible things to farm animals, or possibly to moderate a football forum. There are a few modern pictures of Snap & Crackles from around the world, but none look quite like the ones I remember from thirty years ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I miss Cabanas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 That was Snap & Crackles, wasn't it? I remember them being the bollocks; always had one after swimming practice on Saturday mornings. One of the other kids in my class would get a cup of coffee and put their naked Snap & Crackle over the top of the cup until it melted and fell in. After a while, he's give it a stir and drink it. Utter deviant behaviour. I'm sure that boy went on to do terrible things to farm animals, or possibly to moderate a football forum. There are a few modern pictures of Snap & Crackles from around the world, but none look quite like the ones I remember from thirty years ago Swimming club was on a Monday night, and the snack of choice after it was a cup of chicken soup out of the machine and two refreshers, which you had to break in half to get into your mouth they were so big... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) No no no Swimming club was on a Saturday morning or was that the cinema club? Anyway it was poppets mint or toffee ones out of the vending machine & boiling hot drink supposedly soup I think? Edited January 9, 2016 by Grim O'Grady 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Is he a beast then? Which one of us? Could be either TBH. BE A WEAR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'd accept being beasted in return for a Drumstick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 When I were a lad Rammy baths were but a tuppence bus ride away, we never went cos in the opposite direction our tuppence took us to Racky baths & they were bigger & better. So it was Radcliffes gain & Ramsbottoms loss it was only, years later that we found out that Rammy was where Corrie Star Len Fairclough was giving out his alternative swim lessons, for free mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I miss Cabanas Weren't they just Bounties only not as good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akredz Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Weren't they just Bounties only not as good? Heathen. They were better, they had bits of cherries in them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No no no Swimming club was on a Saturday morning or was that the cinema club? Anyway it was poppets mint or toffee ones out of the vending machine & boiling hot drink supposedly soup I think? Yes yes yes Grimbo, pictures or football on Saturday, shooting club on Sunday, Alloa Amateur Swimming Club on a monday, cubs on Wednesday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Heathen. They were better, they had bits of cherries in them. ignore him, A fucking Bounty indeed ???? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heedthebaa Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Boys Brigade uses tae piss all over that Cubby Scouty shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Last night, in a scene reminiscent of a David Blaine Street Magic trick, I pulled a three inch hair out of my jaw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIEA Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Boys Brigade uses tae piss all over that Cubby Scouty shite Not in our football league they did"t 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 ignore him, A fucking Bounty indeed I like a Bounty, myself. Sometimes in wee tea rooms, the kind of places Auld Duffers may seek refuge, you get home made Bountyoid tray bakes - excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Boys Brigade uses tae piss all over that Cubby Scouty shite When I was in the Cubs we used to call the BB's the broken biscuits. Then I joined the Boys Brigade and became a man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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