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- 18 Apr 2026, 12:48
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
- 18 Apr 2026, 07:35
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
- 18 Apr 2026, 07:34
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 18603
- Views: 3978023
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Australia has 46 days of National Fuel Supply left.

- 18 Apr 2026, 03:00
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 18603
- Views: 3978023
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
That is shocking. Were they taking DNA Samples in 2003?
- 18 Apr 2026, 00:46
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: SCHOOL DINNERS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 91
Re: SCHOOL DINNERS
Probably the same winter when our Dad would walk thru the snow before us, and we would follow in his footsteps so that we could get to school.
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- 17 Apr 2026, 07:36
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: SCHOOL DINNERS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 91
Re: SCHOOL DINNERS
Yes I remember the milk thawing on the radiators at Rainhall Rd School.
Must have been 1963.
Must have been 1963.
- 16 Apr 2026, 12:27
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
- 16 Apr 2026, 06:17
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
- Replies: 1093
- Views: 261652
Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
I’ve often wondered what the flat strip on a bath towel was for, other than being decorative.
Turns out that it’s called a Dobby Border. The name comes from the Dobby Loom that appeared around 1843.
Its primary purpose is structural, it helps the towel hold its shape.
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Turns out that it’s called a Dobby Border. The name comes from the Dobby Loom that appeared around 1843.
Its primary purpose is structural, it helps the towel hold its shape.
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- 16 Apr 2026, 05:56
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 8407
- Views: 1929009
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
Stanley, your wound looks good. Our bodies are amazing things.
Still think you should have had it looked at, even by the chemist.
Still think you should have had it looked at, even by the chemist.
- 16 Apr 2026, 05:48
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 22903
- Views: 4329099
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Is it some sort of light fitting and bulb? 
- 16 Apr 2026, 05:43
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
I liked your Satnav poem too Gloria. 
- 15 Apr 2026, 13:08
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to stimulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. Irish engineers h...
- 15 Apr 2026, 06:05
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 22903
- Views: 4329099
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Is it a knife to cut Mushrooms with? 
- 14 Apr 2026, 09:11
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
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Took me a second
Took me a second
- 13 Apr 2026, 09:46
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 8407
- Views: 1929009
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
Stanley, have you thought of using some Spray On Skin, Elastoplast sell it.
- 13 Apr 2026, 09:43
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Photography Nuts & Bolts
- Replies: 650
- Views: 286005
Re: Photography Nuts & Bolts
Thanks Tize, loved them all 
- 12 Apr 2026, 05:01
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
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Some days are like that

Some days are like that
- 12 Apr 2026, 04:51
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
- Replies: 8407
- Views: 1929009
Re: MEDICAL MATTERS
Crikey, wasn’t expecting that image to pop up
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Good luck with the healing.. It takes a bit longer as we get older.
Good luck with the healing.. It takes a bit longer as we get older.
- 12 Apr 2026, 04:39
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 7565
- Views: 1195663
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
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Ah! This is more how I like it
. On Thursday we had Thunderstorms for most of the day, we had a good drenching.
I’m quickly getting used to Sunsets at 6PM.
Ah! This is more how I like it
I’m quickly getting used to Sunsets at 6PM.
- 11 Apr 2026, 12:13
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
- Replies: 4288
- Views: 1284764
Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
I use the word Withering sometimes, to describe something that is dying.
- 11 Apr 2026, 10:22
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 22903
- Views: 4329099
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Thanks Ian. We’ve come a long way. 
- 11 Apr 2026, 09:30
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 22903
- Views: 4329099
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Maybe Ian will enlighten us.
- 11 Apr 2026, 09:08
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 22903
- Views: 4329099
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
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It’s a Mystery to me.
. From Barlick for Barlickers.
Do you know what this is / was? Which decade?
It’s a Mystery to me.
Do you know what this is / was? Which decade?
- 10 Apr 2026, 06:13
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 6667
- Views: 1305013
- 09 Apr 2026, 09:10
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 7822
- Views: 1945566
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Stanley… Ah! Thanks for the explanation. I can see it now. Gosh, heavy work.