paulus 26 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 still smoke them. i can remember my school days 10 no6 34p and a bag of chips for dinner 16p, all the shops sold fags to anybody and even in 1`s, i even remember being sent over the coop to fectch 60 no10 for my old man everyday i use to get change out of a quid when i was even younger i can also remember him saying when i first passed my test that petrol would soon be a pound a gallon chips 15p a bag when I was at school. Passed my test, petrol was 36p a litre. To be fair though, a £1 note was like a tenner now lol. Can mind playing jingles with 5 pences. That's where you threw it at a wall, closes to the wall won. Made a small fortune at that shove penny i was the school champion when i was very small i use to go over the coop with 2 old pennys and come back with 2 bags of penny mix`s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 still smoke them. i can remember my school days 10 no6 34p and a bag of chips for dinner 16p, all the shops sold fags to anybody and even in 1`s, i even remember being sent over the coop to fectch 60 no10 for my old man everyday i use to get change out of a quid when i was even younger i can also remember him saying when i first passed my test that petrol would soon be a pound a gallon chips 15p a bag when I was at school. Passed my test, petrol was 36p a litre. To be fair though, a £1 note was like a tenner now lol. Can mind playing jingles with 5 pences. That's where you threw it at a wall, closes to the wall won. Made a small fortune at that shove penny i was the school champion when i was very small i use to go over the coop with 2 old pennys and come back with 2 bags of penny mix`s I'd have bet you we also played it on the dinner tables, 2 shots slide it to the edge of table till its hanging over enough to get your finger under and flip it up. If you caught it you kept it lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! i fully understand why companys do use agencys to fill jobs , its such a ball ache once you have employeed someone to get shut of them because all they do is threaten them with a tribunal , its the small businesses i feel for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 still smoke them. i can remember my school days 10 no6 34p and a bag of chips for dinner 16p, all the shops sold fags to anybody and even in 1`s, i even remember being sent over the coop to fectch 60 no10 for my old man everyday i use to get change out of a quid when i was even younger i can also remember him saying when i first passed my test that petrol would soon be a pound a gallon chips 15p a bag when I was at school. Passed my test, petrol was 36p a litre. To be fair though, a £1 note was like a tenner now lol. Can mind playing jingles with 5 pences. That's where you threw it at a wall, closes to the wall won. Made a small fortune at that shove penny i was the school champion when i was very small i use to go over the coop with 2 old pennys and come back with 2 bags of penny mix`s I'd have bet you we also played it on the dinner tables, 2 shots slide it to the edge of table till its hanging over enough to get your finger under and flip it up. If you caught it you kept it lol. i can do that with 27 beer mats and ive even done it with a very large pub ashtray i was also very good at stacking coins on my elbow and catching them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Suppose its to help the missus out, when a woman has a C-section they're not supposed to do anything for 6 weeks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! i fully understand why companys do use agencys to fill jobs , its such a ball ache once you have employeed someone to get shut of them because all they do is threaten them with a tribunal , its the small businesses i feel for Sorry to say but if I had a small business with employees, I wouldn't employ any young lassies incase they decided to have a family. On second thoughts........ Maybe I would Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 still smoke them. i can remember my school days 10 no6 34p and a bag of chips for dinner 16p, all the shops sold fags to anybody and even in 1`s, i even remember being sent over the coop to fectch 60 no10 for my old man everyday i use to get change out of a quid when i was even younger i can also remember him saying when i first passed my test that petrol would soon be a pound a gallon chips 15p a bag when I was at school. Passed my test, petrol was 36p a litre. To be fair though, a £1 note was like a tenner now lol. Can mind playing jingles with 5 pences. That's where you threw it at a wall, closes to the wall won. Made a small fortune at that shove penny i was the school champion when i was very small i use to go over the coop with 2 old pennys and come back with 2 bags of penny mix`s I'd have bet you we also played it on the dinner tables, 2 shots slide it to the edge of table till its hanging over enough to get your finger under and flip it up. If you caught it you kept it lol.i can do that with 27 beer mats and ive even done it with a very large pub ashtray i was also very good at stacking coins on my elbow and catching them Ill need to try that, 27 you say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 still smoke them. i can remember my school days 10 no6 34p and a bag of chips for dinner 16p, all the shops sold fags to anybody and even in 1`s, i even remember being sent over the coop to fectch 60 no10 for my old man everyday i use to get change out of a quid when i was even younger i can also remember him saying when i first passed my test that petrol would soon be a pound a gallon chips 15p a bag when I was at school. Passed my test, petrol was 36p a litre. To be fair though, a £1 note was like a tenner now lol. Can mind playing jingles with 5 pences. That's where you threw it at a wall, closes to the wall won. Made a small fortune at that shove penny i was the school champion when i was very small i use to go over the coop with 2 old pennys and come back with 2 bags of penny mix`s I'd have bet you we also played it on the dinner tables, 2 shots slide it to the edge of table till its hanging over enough to get your finger under and flip it up. If you caught it you kept it lol.i can do that with 27 beer mats and ive even done it with a very large pub ashtray i was also very good at stacking coins on my elbow and catching them Ill need to try that, 27 you say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! i fully understand why companys do use agencys to fill jobs , its such a ball ache once you have employeed someone to get shut of them because all they do is threaten them with a tribunal , its the small businesses i feel for Sorry to say but if I had a small business with employees, I wouldn't employ any young lassies incase they decided to have a family. On second thoughts........ Maybe I would thats why they employee agencys , to be fair when i left school you could get jobs very easily , walk out of one on friday & walk into one on monday morning , i did cash in hand jobs , 2 or 3 days here & there , its what people did then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Suppose its to help the missus out, when a woman has a C-section they're not supposed to do anything for 6 weeks. I had 2 c sections the first thing i did when i came home after 14 days in hospital was wash up hoover & entertain my then mother in law who was savage with her lazy son because he said he had done the housework so she didnt have to go over to do it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Suppose its to help the missus out, when a woman has a C-section they're not supposed to do anything for 6 weeks. Aye Johnny, I know what your saying but if you have say a small plumbing business with 1 employee, he's off for 2 months, your paying his wages..... Hard going paying someone to stand in. Imagine if his other halfs your secretary lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Suppose its to help the missus out, when a woman has a C-section they're not supposed to do anything for 6 weeks. I had 2 c sections the first thing i did when i came home after 14 days in hospital was wash up hoover & entertain my then mother in law who was savage with her lazy son because he said he had done the housework so she didnt have to go over to do it 14 days in hospital, you don't get that for a stroke these days they don't make woman like they used to Kay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Suppose its to help the missus out, when a woman has a C-section they're not supposed to do anything for 6 weeks. Aye Johnny, I know what your saying but if you have say a small plumbing business with 1 employee, he's off for 2 months, your paying his wages..... Hard going paying someone to stand in. Imagine if his other halfs your secretary lol. They use self employeed lads baw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right Kay, can't blame them. Company's get the short end all the time. Guys getting maternity leave, what's that all about??? Aye a week fine but I heard they can get upto 2 months!!! Suppose its to help the missus out, when a woman has a C-section they're not supposed to do anything for 6 weeks. I had 2 c sections the first thing i did when i came home after 14 days in hospital was wash up hoover & entertain my then mother in law who was savage with her lazy son because he said he had done the housework so she didnt have to go over to do it 14 days in hospital, you don't get that for a stroke these days they don't make woman like they used to Kay joking apart in the 80's there were matrons on the wards & you jumped to there tune , i wasnt going anywhere untill matron was happy i was breast feeding properly .. .. totally different 7 years later when i had my second son . in & out in 5 days after a c section , but i had 6 months worth of problems after because the wound wouldnt heal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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