Could Someone Help?

Originally posted by krizon@Aug 28 2006, 11:06 AM
Just the three of you? That's pretty good - shows the medication's holding off the other five...
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Originally posted by PDJ@Aug 28 2006, 10:09 AM
I still don't understand, Merlin.
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Me neither - oops just noticed the comma

Joking apart I think this thing has been resolved - however Jimboi 15 or not read the forum rules and abusing other forum members is prohibited even if you have been mistaken for a troll.

There isn't an age limit on here as far as i am aware but you might find using straightforward English wise as textspeak is beyong most of the old codgers on here like me .

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For the likes of the younger people on here who know nothing about pre betting shops and telephone bookies or anything to do with the internet which was not around then....

Bookmaking was illegal when I was a lad!! I was employed at evenings and on occasional Saturdays and holidays, after school in some instances, to keep a look out for the cops who on a regular basis used to haul away the bookies and have them prosecuted for taking bets in the street. They had a bit of hardboard and the days racing printed out and pinned to this board you had about three shows prior to each race.....

The bookies clocked all bets and carried these in a case, they got their shows via head office on the local public telephones, press button A for connect, press button B for refund :P the bets were wrote out on any sort of paper you could find! A fag packet would suffice or any paper as long as the bet was visible you had to add your non de plume to the base of the written bet and you were paid out the next day when the bookie arrived on his pitch/patch .

I was paid for keeping lookout by having a bet to the value of???? I was 11yrs old when I started or a bit younger? no monies changed hands unless I had won so I had to study form really hard to get a return for my keeping dog!!! (lookout) for the local bookmaker...

I hope you now know the reason I can’t be any more explicit than this.....ta :rolleyes:
 
Since Ardross declared the same song to be number 1 as I was born under (and they only had one number 1 and it lasted a week) I reckon I can pretty well date it to within 7 days ;) . Suffice to say...... we've got a few months, a winter and a spring to get through yet B)
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Aug 28 2006, 09:39 PM
It was number one for 6 weeks Warbler until All You Need is Love knocked it off No 1
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My error :shy: can't think where I got 1 from. Unless it was the number of weeks it was number 1 in my life time? as I just missed out on the Beetles
 
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