zap99 Posted November 16, 2020 #8501 Share Posted November 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, kalos said: Hope you had a good Birthday and congrats on 45th Anniversary spent in a nice hotel. Why do English hotels try and palm you off with foreign food like Cote de Beouf ? I would have asked for a nice juicy Rib steak instead Beef chop doesn't have the same mystic, or margin for the restaurant. When me and my brother were living at home in the late 60's, Mum would say " what foreign muck have you bought home, Jim had Chinese. ". Curry Mum. The window then got opened. Our nearest Indian was called Samrat. That got a few comments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted November 16, 2020 #8502 Share Posted November 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Adawn47 said: I only hope he remembers me when the royalties start rolling in💷😉 Avril If I'm not shot first,lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted November 16, 2020 #8503 Share Posted November 16, 2020 20 minutes ago, zap99 said: Beef chop doesn't have the same mystic, or margin for the restaurant. When me and my brother were living at home in the late 60's, Mum would say " what foreign muck have you bought home, Jim had Chinese. ". Curry Mum. The window then got opened. Our nearest Indian was called Samrat. That got a few comments. My dad, bless him, was of the generation when you ate and drank everything that is now unhealthy ----- a proper fry up, pork pie etc etc etc. I remember him asking me what the 'rabbit food' was for in my fridge when he visited ............ he was genuinely confused. It was lettuce and some carrots 😉 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted November 16, 2020 #8504 Share Posted November 16, 2020 24 minutes ago, zap99 said: Beef chop doesn't have the same mystic, or margin for the restaurant. When me and my brother were living at home in the late 60's, Mum would say " what foreign muck have you bought home, Jim had Chinese. ". Curry Mum. The window then got opened. Our nearest Indian was called Samrat. That got a few comments. Just making me smile ------- I remember when dad worked for the dairy and he brough home yoghurts for the first time. All very posh in those days 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted November 16, 2020 #8505 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Something to share with you guys Saw this on our local news tonight. The ambulance service have been doing an amazing job up and down the UK. They have been there for me personally twice in blue light situations and for countless others during these covid times . They are amazing in and out of their ambulances .... Thanks for what you do We certainly do get by with a little help from our friends in the Ambulance service 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted November 16, 2020 #8506 Share Posted November 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Presto2 said: Just making me smile ------- I remember when dad worked for the dairy and he brough home yoghurts for the first time. All very posh in those days 😉 Yes. Yoghurts were only available from the “ health food” store and seen as something to aid digestion or skin. Conditions rather than a standard food as they are now. The health food store was the only place to get olive oil as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eddie99 Posted November 16, 2020 #8507 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Olive Oil? You put that in your ear for earache! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted November 16, 2020 #8508 Share Posted November 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Eddie99 said: Olive Oil? You put that in your ear for earache! Yes, sold in tiny bottles for earache rather than as now for cooking 😀 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted November 16, 2020 #8509 Share Posted November 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, Eddie99 said: Olive Oil? You put that in your ear for earache! "You cannot be serious man." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted November 16, 2020 #8510 Share Posted November 16, 2020 48 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: Yes. Yoghurts were only available from the “ health food” store and seen as something to aid digestion or skin. Conditions rather than a standard food as they are now. The health food store was the only place to get olive oil as well. In about 1960 the only shop open on Sunday was the ABC ( airiated bread Company ). You could only get olive oil in little bottles, but never on a Sunday, unless you told them you had ear ache. It was then a medicine and ok. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted November 16, 2020 #8511 Share Posted November 16, 2020 33 minutes ago, brian1 said: "You cannot be serious man." Yep.warm olive oil for the relief of earwax. lard was for cooking! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted November 16, 2020 #8512 Share Posted November 16, 2020 27 minutes ago, zap99 said: In about 1960 the only shop open on Sunday was the ABC ( airiated bread Company ). You could only get olive oil in little bottles, but never on a Sunday, unless you told them you had ear ache. It was then a medicine and ok. Putting oil in your ear... No wonder you have a chip on your shoulder Zapp😊 Andy 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted November 16, 2020 #8513 Share Posted November 16, 2020 24 minutes ago, zap99 said: In about 1960 the only shop open on Sunday was the ABC ( airiated bread Company ). You could only get olive oil in little bottles, but never on a Sunday, unless you told them you had ear ache. It was then a medicine and ok. We didn’t / don’t have Sunday trading laws in Scotland like those in England but perversely it is only in the last decade or so that shops opened in urban areas. In rural areas and islands there is still more Sunday observance. Until 2009 alchol could not be sold after 12.30 anywhere which meant restaurants and pubs did not open until after church services finished (now alchol can be sold from 10am but really who would want it). At the moment with COVID restrictions there is ritual prohibition for most of the country to discourage mixing, you can have a meal but with an orange juice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted November 16, 2020 #8514 Share Posted November 16, 2020 55 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: We didn’t / don’t have Sunday trading laws in Scotland like those in England but perversely it is only in the last decade or so that shops opened in urban areas. In rural areas and islands there is still more Sunday observance. Until 2009 alchol could not be sold after 12.30 anywhere which meant restaurants and pubs did not open until after church services finished (now alchol can be sold from 10am but really who would want it). At the moment with COVID restrictions there is ritual prohibition for most of the country to discourage mixing, you can have a meal but with an orange juice! We went to a wedding in a hotel in Large. The evening we arrived DW asked if I wanted a drink. I'll have a single malt please. Do you want ice?. Best not to dear.😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted November 16, 2020 #8515 Share Posted November 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, zap99 said: We went to a wedding in a hotel in Large. The evening we arrived DW asked if I wanted a drink. I'll have a single malt please. Do you want ice?. Best not to dear.😁 Largs? single malt with ice - really! Best not to dear 😀 your Dw was spot on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P&O SUE Posted November 16, 2020 #8516 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Thanks very much for the birthday wishes, I can honestly say back in March I couldn’t imagine I’d have a lockdown birthday in November! Re olive oil in the ear, I remember going to my GP for the first time on my own when I was about 16/17 and being very upset when she told me off for doing that! I didn’t say anything but I wanted to say “but my mum made me” 😁The old GP when I was much younger told my mum to do it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted November 16, 2020 #8517 Share Posted November 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, P&O SUE said: Thanks very much for the birthday wishes, I can honestly say back in March I couldn’t imagine I’d have a lockdown birthday in November! Re olive oil in the ear, I remember going to my GP for the first time on my own when I was about 16/17 and being very upset when she told me off for doing that! I didn’t say anything but I wanted to say “but my mum made me” 😁The old GP when I was much younger told my mum to do it! I still do use olive oil to soften ear wax, and it seems to work reasonably well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted November 16, 2020 #8518 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Eglesbrech said: Largs? single malt with ice - really! Best not to dear 😀 your Dw was spot on. Spell check did it again😁. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury7289 Posted November 16, 2020 #8519 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, kalos said: Something to share with you guys Saw this on our local news tonight. The ambulance service have been doing an amazing job up and down the UK. They have been there for me personally twice in blue light situations and for countless others during these covid times . They are amazing in and out of their ambulances .... Thanks for what you do We certainly do get by with a little help from our friends in the Ambulance service Kalos Well said, they were there for me yesterday! Edited November 17, 2020 by mercury7289 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tring Posted November 17, 2020 #8520 Share Posted November 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Eddie99 said: Olive Oil? You put that in your ear for earache! I have been told by a nurse from my GP surgery in recent years to use a few drops of olive oil daily to soften ear wax before syringing. I used the more refined stuff, but would not expect it to matter much as it is not going inside your body, just into the ear canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tring Posted November 17, 2020 #8521 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, P&O SUE said: Thanks very much for the birthday wishes, I can honestly say back in March I couldn’t imagine I’d have a lockdown birthday in November! Re olive oil in the ear, I remember going to my GP for the first time on my own when I was about 16/17 and being very upset when she told me off for doing that! I didn’t say anything but I wanted to say “but my mum made me” 😁The old GP when I was much younger told my mum to do it! I would not use it if had earache as there could be an infection and the skin inside my ear may be damaged. Just my thoughts - I have no medical knowledge about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted November 17, 2020 #8522 Share Posted November 17, 2020 10 hours ago, Eglesbrech said: Yep.warm olive oil for the relief of earwax. lard was for cooking! I knew that,just a John McEnroe moment.Living in a region where one of the worlds best olive oil is produced,I couldn't bear it being poured in ones lughole,lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted November 17, 2020 #8523 Share Posted November 17, 2020 10 hours ago, AndyMichelle said: Putting oil in your ear... No wonder you have a chip on your shoulder Zapp😊 Andy He'll just take that with a pinch of salt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted November 17, 2020 #8524 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Just now, brian1 said: He'll just take that with a pinch of salt. There's something fishy about this story... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted November 17, 2020 #8525 Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 hours ago, mercury7289 said: Kalos Well said, they were there for me yesterday! Have I missed something? Are you OK Mercury? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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