Originally Posted by garinda (Post 962601)

Not forgetting his wife, Slag.

Though it's rumored the chocolate brown dog will be called Digger, she'll be called Eve, in the remake of The Dam Busters.

;)

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 962608)

Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass what folks call their dogs, as long as they take care of them.

Maybe Gibson's VC should be taken away ... posthumously, obviously. (But that's the way many of them were awarded in the first place. :rolleyes:) The squareheads:eek: would support that.

Trouble with pcism is that it nibbles at the convenient edges of a problem. Doesn't tackle the problem itself. That requires real effort and big balls.

Now, I'm going back to google to find out more about Nigger's ghost. Fascinating stuff.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 962616)

Poor Nigger's grave.

:golly:

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 962629)

And so "nigger" is still accepted on here.. what if I called my dog a gay black queer?

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 962629)

And so "nigger" is still accepted on here?

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 962629)

what if I called my dog a gay black queer?

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 962610)

Don't think it matters what they call the dog. The new movie will be Hollywood action bs ... the old one is art, like the Cockleshell Heroes. For some reason I prefer black and white movies. Am I being maudlin, old fashioned, silly, fuddy; or is there something a tad more artisitic in black and white? I think I'll trust your judgement on this one.;)

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 962629)

And so "nigger" is still accepted on here.. what if I called my dog a gay black queer?

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 962652)

Just wondering how they'll be able to work it that the Yanks were the ones actually did the Dam Buster raids, well they did win the war single handed didn't they:rolleyes:;)

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 962691)

Not really a matter of being accepted, the word still is & will continue to be in use in many parts of the World, it is the context & the person using the term that causes an issue it seems.

As to calling your Dog "gay black Queer" fill yer boots it's your Dog. I also believe it used to be called "the right to free speech" to say what you want without being condemned as some kind of "ist" or "phobe", after all they are only words, they aren't being directed at anyone specifically (unless you count your Dog) but just try it & see what happens in our happy land of diversity & equality.

It's a funny old World isn't it, where one mans words are racist, yet another mans right to free speech.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 962720)

It's all "sticks and stones" Dave and everything is relative. My Indian neighbours told me when I met them 6 years that to them I look like a Barbie doll- perhaps I should have been offended. I am not inanimate or plastic but to them I looked pinkish with big eyes, small nose and mouth and I had long blonde hair back then!

As to Mancie and his theoretical doggie - I tried Googling the name -you should see what comes up - you don't happen to have that video on your shelf by any chance, do you? Otherwise how did you come up with it;):D

To get back on thread - how did it veer off so drastically? - video was a godsend once over. I have a collection of hundreds - perhaps they'll be worth something in the future as vinyl records are now. Satellite TV is another great technology -anyone remember the old test-cards?

Originally Posted by eric (Post 962712)

oh for the days when _ . .. _ _ . _ _ . . . _ . Wasn't a racial slur; when all it meant was "hey, we just punched a big hole in the mohne damn.":eek::d

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 962716)

The only conflict the yanks have won single handed in recent history is Grenada:rolleyes: Amazing how they win anything with the army they have. Here's one I like:

The Devil's Brigade - The Canadians Arrive - YouTube ;)

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 962739)

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 962744)

Sure thats spelt right Dave:D

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 962821)

Smartphones? What is smart about them....no I will leave those thankyou.

Central heating for me....I remember falling out with my brothers over whose turn it was to go and fill the coal bucket.......and getting up to a cold house on a snowy morning and have to lay the fire was not much fun.

Digital camera - beats waiting for the prints that turn out to be crap anyway....good to see what you have captured and delete the rubbish before anyone can laugh at your efforts.

I love my MP3 too....all that music on such a little device......photo's and video clips too.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 962831)

John they are easy to use......I'm sure you could master it...given half an hour or so.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 962813)

Knock down Ginger, or Grand Theft Auto?

Slates, or paper?

Rickets, or childhood obesity?

Pen and ink, or keyboards?

Pea-soupers, or smog?

Hands, or knives and forks?

Talking, or texting?

Going to dances, looking for romance, or trawling internet dating sites?

Observing things with your eyes, or snapping them on your mobile phone?

Living, or virtually living?

Choices, choices.

:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 962798)

Anyway to get back on thread, is it :

red phone box...or... smartphones.

Getting up to turn the telly over...or...remote controls.

black and white telly with two channels...or...100's of channels with a lot of repeats

coal fires...or...central heating.

box brownies...or...digital cameras

what about the stuff that was never thought about when I was a nipper, computers, sat navs, mp3 players, dvd players, digital recorders,microwaves, and many more... could we do without them:type:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 962861)

I still print photo's occasionally...but the big boon for me, is that I can send my pictures to the other side of the world as soon as I have looked at them and downloaded them from my camera......this means my sister can see what we(it is usually Me 'n Ma) have been up to...she can see that Ma is OK....and don't they say a picture is worth a thousand words?

Much, much more importantly though, I can provide Ma with lasting memories of the trips we have done....to lighten her days when she is alone(but not lonely).
She can live again the very happy days we have s hared together. I am sure this helps to keep her memory as sharp as it is.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 962861)

I still print photo's occasionally...but the big boon for me, is that I can send my pictures to the other side of the world as soon as I have looked at them and downloaded them from my camera......this means my sister can see what we(it is usually Me 'n Ma) have been up to...she can see that Ma is OK....and don't they say a picture is worth a thousand words?

Much, much more importantly though, I can provide Ma with lasting memories of the trips we have done....to lighten her days when she is alone(but not lonely).
She can live again the very happy days we have s hared together. I am sure this helps to keep her memory as sharp as it is.

Originally Posted by claytonx (Post 962872)

I make calendars with some new photos and some very old photos of the family as they were growing up, for all of them. What do I get in return O-dad where did you find that one.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 962879)

The more embarassing the photo the better!


Some it's just as well have gone -the ones of me topless on the beach at Canet-Plage aged 15 -not much to see though, was thin as a lat back then but incredibly well-tanned and my hair was nearly white and really sun-bleached;):D

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 962881)

I was yon in the Late 70s wi me family,so don't worry ive got some.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 962851)

Letters are more exciting than emails.

As long as they don't come in brown envelopes.

:D

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 963007)

Here are two pics edited in Picnik.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 962851)

Letters are more exciting than emails.

As long as they don't come in brown envelopes.

:D

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 963010)

Agreed ... come to think of it, I think I'll start writing letters again. I'm off today to buy myself a new fountain pen.

Maybe it's time to start questioning "progress" ... not just the developing and refining of technology, but whether or not we are progressing as a species. I believe that one can marshall arguments that we haven't changed fudamentally, only in the superficials. Given that we are a curious, clever, and inventive animal, all the miracles of science and technology that we ooh and aah over are, when you come to think of it, inevitable. As Bernard of Chartres put it, we are dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants. Most of us, those in the first world anyway, smell better, live longer (although with 7 billion of us on the planet this might not be a good idea), and have better toys; but we are still intolerant, violent, warlike, and territorial. And I question whether developing the ability to make ourselves and millions of other species extinct, is "progress".

Originally Posted by entwisi (Post 963237)

now I'm a tad younger than most of the posters on this thread but I take a slightly different view. I'm a full on techy as most of you know, a comment further up about how you can share pictures around the world once you have downloaded them on the computer yet my smartphone will automagically upload my picture seconds after it was taken with full geo-tags so anyone viewing knows exactly where it was taken etc.

However I also take pride in using old technology with new technology where it can enhance things. The best pictures I've taken on my Digital SLR were through classic lenses that are older than me. For a long time I used a Valve amplifier as the sound side of my then bleeding edge PC.

I love classic cars for their looks and lack of computers/power steering/stuff that gets in the way of the driving experience but I'd love to take an old car and replace some the engine/drivetrain with a nice modern reliable, ecoconomical unit. A nice 63 Zodiac with a BMW M5 drivetrain please!!!!

So I guess I'm saying dont look to dismiss "old stuff" when you can use it to enhance something new and shiny!

and Margaret, I reckon you should rent/buy a tin bath and re-enact your memory even if its just for one last time. then again the hassle of filling/emptying it etc might diminish your rose-viewed memory of the event.... :D

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 963239)

entwisi, if it is me to whom you are referring.......then I think that you have misread or misunderstood my post. I know exactly what it was like to fill that tin bath....and I do not view it through rose tinted spectacles. It was something that I experienced because that was how life was at the time....the alternative was going down to the slipper baths......

Yes Margaret,you are right,once a week get scrubbed in the tin bath (under the laundry drying above)

Originally Posted by Stevie R (Post 963390)

The rack was also a great place to dry sage for the stuffing.:D And scrubbing it was; none of this body wash (organic or otherwise) ... no scented soap ... just a good old scrubbing with brush, loofa, and the dreaded pumice stone for that hard to get rid of ground in dirt.:alright:

Originally Posted by Stevie R (Post 963390)

The rack was also a great place to dry sage for the stuffing.:D And scrubbing it was; none of this body wash (organic or otherwise) ... no scented soap ... just a good old scrubbing with brush, loofa, and the dreaded pumice stone for that hard to get rid of ground in dirt.:alright:

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 963392)

You can't beat a loofah for making you shiny and new again -my Grandad swore by it!