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Before anyone points it out to me, yes I know that old threads have been mentioned a few times on this site, but I thought I’d start a new one about reading the old ones.

Having nothing better to do this afternoon I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane and I did what Odders had done that inspired his thread. I can recommend doing this, It is worth it, and very enlightening at times, so many subjects covered, so many opinions given, and although political correctness has been around for a while it didn’t always seem to apply here. Certainly members did not go overboard trying to be pc and thank goodness for that. What a shame that we have to be so careful what we write these days.

I’ve been having a few chuckles. Came across one thread entitled ‘old rhyme’….some funny ditties there, and some I remembered from when I was little. Maybe we won’t mention the one about moonlight, eh! Cashie. As for talk about passing wind in those ditties, there was more than one mention of methane emissions (in less than a polite way). All a bit of fun.

Interesting to have comments if you have looked back on the old threads.

By the way, did you know that vegans are said to pass 60% more methane than meat eaters? Just thought I’d throw that one in.

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Yeah dotti, there's loads in the archives. Ken Moss he was a tool user. Well he certainly ended up one same as Graham Jones. They ended up being elected and disappeared. Only to backtrack and not answer questions that they promised. That's a laugh, where are they now?

I had a few posts deleted, back in days....but yeah archives can pull up some funny stuff.

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Looking back on this site was also at times tinged with sadness when coming across comments from those members who have sadly passed away. Some great characters. It was a privilege to have known them, even if this was only through their posts on A/W.

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Deffo, Eric was a great guy. Only looking back I found out he had passed.

He smoked, drank, shot over and over. Always took in the stray cats lol....

Archives can be funny for sure...

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Yes, Eric was a good guy.
Not only did he make sure that the stray cats did not starve, but he fed the other local wildlife too.
He loved his deaf old Jack Russell terrier too.

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theres many people i miss and always will Eric i didnt know apart from on here, but had some great friends now gone R.I.P. them jaysay, katex, were two i knew that were very special, Mick as well, my memories not the best theres more i cannot think at the moment,

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Benipete, Ber999T are two others that spring to mind.
I only knew these people from coming on here….though as Ber999t was an ambulance man I feel sure that we would have met at some point.
Eric, I miss…he was a really clever man….and I learned much from him.
He had a way of making you think.

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And how can we forget Susie123…..?
Another contributor who always posted some interesting stuff.

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yeh benipete i used to mate with him in 60s told yeh my memories knackered,

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I came within 500 miles of meeting Eric around Christmas 2015, O.K. over here that is a distance but over there it's no more than a spit away.

What happened was, I was asked to work on some industrial monitors in New York, It would take about a fortnight with a few days off over the Christmas Season.
So I P.M.'d Eric about meeting up somewhere, unfortunately his reply was in the negative due to commitments for the holiday season plus the main reason the weather there at that time of year could become mean which meant we could stuck wherever we met for longer than either of us could afford. So I just missed meeting him.

As it was, come Christmas my workmate and I became real New York tourists and spent a couple of days in the big apple.

It turned out to be the warmest Christmas there on record we had dressed up ready for extreme cold and instead had the threat of sunstroke!

Below is a pic of the daytime temperature and also a cool bar we found to while away our time plus some decorations.:-


http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...453/tempny.jpghttp://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery.../453/Minus.jpghttp://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...ant_lights.jpg

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I ate in a vega resturant once. Never seen so many emaciated people in one place

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Yes, Margaret, Susie123 – such a brave woman who contributed many interesting and thought-provoking posts to the forum. Like so many others we have been privileged to know through this site, she faced what life had thrown at her full-on with dignity and not one shred of self-pity.

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Interesting to read some of the (heated) debates that have taken place. It's certainly a good place to let off steam.

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I often wonder about MargaretR.
The last we heard of her, she was moving to a more acceptable home…..but have heard nothing from her since.
She was another member who had ‘meaty’ views….and she sometime attracted ridicule….but I am beginning to think she was ahead of the game.

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And where is GrannyClaret…she of the reminder to say ‘Rabbits, Rabbits…white Rabbits’ on the first of every month.
I wonder about these people….and wish they were back posting their interesting views and ideas…and giving their advice.

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glad you still got a memory margaret you remember everyone.:) some real good people yon.

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Cadhy it is a blessing and a curse at the same time.
There are some things that I would dearly like to forget.


Yes, they provided us with many happy hours of entertainment.
Steeljack…where is he…..and Lancsyorkee(hope I got his name right)…..jambutty, even though he was not one of my favourites…he contributed.
Entwisi,Tinks..Slinky, Gayle,…..the more I think of them the more come to mind.
I know we lost Westendlass….but where is Aussie Irene.
They all felt like part of the Accyweb family……we might not always agree with them but they were ‘ours’.

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That should read ‘Cashy’….did not spot the fat finger error until it was too late to edit….sorry Cashy.

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I have been wondering where Eric vanished to?
His last post was in 2017.

I even posted a couple of questions here and there.
Now I see folks here referring to Eric in the past tense.
Clearly I have an information gap.


Who has the full story? And is it for public discussion?



-MoreJoe

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I do not know the whole story….just that he passed on.
This would be very sad for the animals that he supported through the hard winters they have in that neck of the woods.
I liked Eric he was a very well read man with a broad range of knowledge.

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Would've liked to actually meet him, he always struck me as being someone I'd enjoy having a pint & a chat with, we were also both graduates of the "Hat". :)

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I only found out about Eric through reading back. I mentioned him specifically as he was à top guy. Jaysay was funny....loved NCIS and Rovers!!!

As above, people pass and we walk on. It's nice that even though you have never met them. You know they're someone getting to know will be fun.:jimbo:

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Susie123 she really was a laugh....I agree MargP

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Yeah that was funny because it was yes, payday :do-one::alright:.

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Mention of saying white rabbits’ three times made me smile. I used to tell my husband we had to say ‘white rabbits’ three times as soon as we woke up on a Friday the 13th to ward off bad luck. One New Year’s Day he went outside for the newspaper and when he came back in I said that as he was the first person over the doorstep on New Year’s Day he had better bring the New Year in and so what was he going to say. I meant of course the ‘good health, wealth’ and so on. He immediately said ‘white rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits’. When I told him what he should have said, he replied that at least he’d covered all the Friday the 13t’s for the year. I did hear him mutter something about I must have made him as crazy as I was, but I let that go..

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We always said the White Rabbits on the first of the month.
I have not heard of it being for Friday the 13th.

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The only first of the month 'traditions' that I know of happen on April 1st (April Fool) and May 1st (May Gosling). I was always told that the April Fool one is only until noon and if anyone tries to get you fooled after that time the retort is 'April Fool's Day's past and gone, you're the fool for thinking on'. Not sure how long the gosling one goes on for (and yes, I probably am slightly crazy, but it helps).

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There was always ‘a pinch and a punch for the first of the month’….where someone would nip you and give you a thump on the arm….and if they did it first you could not do it back.
So does anyone remember that?
I have to say it was mainly at school.

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Yes I do remember that now you have mentioned it. Then we would add ‘and no returns’, meaning of course that the person we had pinched or punched was not allowed to do it back to us.

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granny c is on facebook .. and she still puts on white rabbits at the beginning of the month ... and i near enough always reply white rabbits granny c!!!! :D


and a lot of the others are all on facebook as well .. i do have on my friends list .. :p like i have cashy as well .. :p:p:p

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I am pleased to hear that she is still doing the ‘white rabbits’….next time you are on there tell her that she is much missed…..and remembered fondly.

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ive sent her a message on fb Margaret :D

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Thank you Jen..you are a star.

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*waves* ( been told off by Jen )

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Hello Entwisi…we have missed you!

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Not sure if you can come back, you're not dead!
:eek:

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Love you too Less... I would have been by Jen if I didn't post something

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definately!!!! :D

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hi jen have missed yeh. glad to see yeh popped back.

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do we make an effort to revive as many old timers as we can that are still with us?

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same with me. anyone actually know the source of the white rabbits thing anyway.

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Yes…of course. It would be really good to catch up with some of those who were here back when…
I certainly think about them and they should know that they have been missed for their comments, their ideas and the posts they made that made us, the reader smile.

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Rabbits are supposed to be lucky and to say Rabbits, rabbits White rabbits before you uttered any other words on the fist of the month was considered to bring good luck for the whole month.

That is all I know.

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Just having a nosey around and remembered the old Accyweb, low and behold its still going and I see some old faces from the early 2000s.
Merry Christmas from the USA.

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Merry Christmas sunshine.

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Merry Christmas Bazf...hope life is being kind to you and yours. Lovely to have your company.

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Merry Christmas Cashy, have a good one.

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The same to you Margaret, long time since I posted on here, Stanley were just promoted to Div 2. :D

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I hope that you will keep popping in….it is good to know that you are oK

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stanley are 10th in div 1 now bazf