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jaysay 23-08-2011 09:00
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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 928368)
Always remember family n many people using the word "Laking" meaning the lazy beggers off work again, those who regularly had Mondays off me grandad always said hes having a "Miners Monday" worked wi a guy in 80s who always was laking on monday, he used to roll in tuesday morning n all the lads would sing a well known record of the time the Bangles - Manic Monday, though Miners was sung in place of Manic.:D
My mum used to work with a woman whose husband was a miner, she often said her hubby regularly miss going in on Monday because he paid to much tax if he did work 5 days:confused:

cashman 23-08-2011 10:07
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 928438)
My mum used to work with a woman whose husband was a miner, she often said her hubby regularly miss going in on Monday because he paid to much tax if he did work 5 days:confused:
Think perhaps he was conning her, Sunday night in my experience was the night the pit lads got really ratted,dunno why?

jaysay 23-08-2011 10:10
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Think perhaps he was conning her, Sunday night in my experience was the night the pit lads got really ratted,dunno why?
The guy in question didn't drink:rolleyes:

cashman 23-08-2011 10:12
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The guy in question didn't drink:rolleyes:
well then he musta been a knobhead.:rolleyes:

jaysay 23-08-2011 10:21
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well then he musta been a knobhead.:rolleyes:
He was a sober knobhead though:rolleyes:

suedarbo 23-08-2011 12:11
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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

mobertol 23-08-2011 14:59
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38°C over here for the last 10 days -another week to go apparently...living constantly in air-conditioning and with fans on. As a result i woke up this morning and my first thought was "Mi neck is givin' mi some jip...."!!

mobertol 23-08-2011 15:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cashman (Post 928368)
Always remember family n many people using the word "Laking" meaning the lazy beggers off work again, those who regularly had Mondays off me grandad always said hes having a "Miners Monday" worked wi a guy in 80s who always was laking on monday, he used to roll in tuesday morning n all the lads would sing a well known record of the time the Bangles - Manic Monday, though Miners was sung in place of Manic.:D
I think the proper Accy word for having a day off work is "playing" -it features in my great.grandads journals of his accounts while working as a dataling opening up new coal faces at hapton mine....early 1900's.

garinda 25-08-2011 08:59
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'They could talk the hind legs off a donkey.' - Said of a talkative person.

jaysay 25-08-2011 09:20
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thas getton more mouth than Plymouth and there was another saying but would have to use the over 18s:D

keith higson 27-08-2011 00:47
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Another favourite saying from my Mum was "He/She was a fret worker (worked a week fretted for months).

wuff 27-08-2011 02:09
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Or even "a bag a welks"

wuff

Retlaw 27-08-2011 12:00
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 928811)
thas getton more mouth than Plymouth and there was another saying but would have to use the over 18s:D
Are you refering to whats under a cows tail.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Retlaw.

Margaret Pilkington 27-08-2011 12:14
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'if oo hed any mor meawth, she hev no face to wesh'
'her as too much o wat cat licks its bottom wi'
'She hez a meawth like a roven(torn) pocket'
'She hez a meawth like a rusty bucket'

Margaret Pilkington 27-08-2011 12:16
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'He hez a face like a bulldog licking waz(pee) off a thistle'
'Her hez a face like a hens bum on a frosty mornin'
'He hez a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp'
'Gerrawaywithee'


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