oh and children/adults walking down the street with heads buried into their mobile devices with total lack of awareness of what is going on around them...
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Hobbies / Crazes of Yesteryear
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostSkateboards are still going strong to be fair.
Conkers will be back in a couple of months (apart from in playgrounds, thanks to the H&S brigade!)______________________
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostNot as strong as it used to though - it is a strange hobby that 99 times out of 100 the planned trick does not come off, except for the boarder in most cases !The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostI guess it's what we relate to - my lad and his mates are into it in a big way; not sure how good any of them are though!
qhHe had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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Originally posted by quackhandle View PostAlways pined after a Santa Cruz Rob Roskopp with Slimeball Vomit wheels, never did get one.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
Hedge-hopping ..
Being used as the TV remote to go and change between the 3/4 channels ..
A landlord of mine could unfailingly hit a channel button with his 15 foot long bamboo pole when he was a pissed as a pudding!Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostMy lad got a new one down in Cornwall in the summer. I left him and the guy behind the counter to it. Not sure it was the best thing to do - it was a bit of an upgrade on the £30 one that he had before it.The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
Conkers will be back in a couple of months (apart from in playgrounds, thanks to the H&S brigade!)
.. apart from in playgrounds _and_ anywhere near horse chestnut trees, because a conker might fall out of the tree and hit someone on the head!
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post.. apart from in playgrounds _and_ anywhere near horse chestnut trees, because a conker might fall out of the tree and hit someone on the head!
(You couldn't make it up, and I'm not.)
Ahhh...those were the days...happy happy______________________
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostWalking around with your flies down ("Flying low") ?
Could imagine I'd fancy sticking it out for long.
No, diving/shoving others into hedges. Worked great so long as you check there's no fencing in the middle of the hedge firstThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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