Quizzing Glass

Any ideas?

Bowt googling.

Was recently mentioned on a repeat of The Goon Show.

Nope!

Crystal ball?

No.

I was chuffed with myself when I found I had the right thing in mind.

Mirror?

Hand held.

Rather fancy.

I spy knows

What made me happy (Simple things etc.), was that I've had a bit of bother with this mon in the past.

Is that mon-acles up ?

Not a monocle.

He's got something dangling though.

Spoon with a view

Incidentally, did you know:

The monocle did, however, garner a following in the stylish lesbian circles of the earlier 20th century, with lesbians donning a monocle for effect. Such women included Nicole Martinez, Una Lady Troubridge, Radclyffe Hall, and Weimar German reporter Sylvia von Harden (the painting Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden by German expressionist painter Otto Dix depicts its subject sporting a monocle).

(Wiki)

I didn't until recently.

Not a spoon, or a wine tasting doings.

Wine tasting doings

I thought your 14:14 was confirming, and elaborating on, my guess of mirror, Dostaf.

Clearly, on reflection (and a Google) it wasn't.

Apologies, Jo Anne.


Posted by: dostaf (38761)

My head's all mashed at the moment. I'm trying to remember a film with a rather camp 'henchman' in it who was like a beatnik. Had like a goatee type beard and an magnifying glass round his neck on a chain.

Was very critical of R Hero's dress sense.

Peter Sellers (Hero) comes to mind.

Brain's jammed now.

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Posted by: dostaf (38766)

I couldn't possibly comment.

Anyroad, the fellow I was thinking about when I mentioned Galton and Simpson had me in a bit of a muddle. I remembered him having a goatee beard, and being a bit of a beatnik. Very camp. Then I thought I was mistaking him from something set much earlier with powdered wig on.

Much yed scratching and google. Turns out the same mon was in both.

I got the image of a strange silent beatnik type (1960's) with a magnifying glass hanging around his neck.

Replied: 4th Feb 2012 at 20:26
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My head's all mashed at the moment.

NO WONDER PEOPLE DON'T POST HERE ANYMORE

RIDICULOUS! (10:00)

I want one



Handy when inspecting welds.

"Plenty of penetration, what!"

www.merriam-webster.com

n. : a small eyeglass (as a monocle with a handle)

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up quizzing glass? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

Goon show.

I wondered if t was one of them doings Dandies had. Like the chap I struggled to find from the films.

Andréas Voutsinas

Especially in The History Of The World Part One

Merriam-Webster might contact you soon, Dostaf - not sure if it'll be a quizzing lass.

The Spon Plague

"Can I try your hat on?"

That's a big un!

Nearly had me eye out!

But is it a quizzing glass?

I bet the dapper little chappie had one anyway.

Imagine being quizzed by Columbo using one.

Stalking stick ?

You've got me off on a tandem now.

What were those nick nacks from the seaside with little lenses in them and a scene from the resort called.

Something or other ware.

Stanhope.

posh view-master ?

No, they were binoscopes.

Stanhopes

I hadn't a clue.

"It shows you, Madame, the dangers of conversation. It is a profound belief of mine that if you can induce a person to talk to you for long enough, on any subject whatever, sooner or later they will give themselves away."

Hercule Poirot

HEY!

I'm not a real welder.



Those Stanhopes are also known as an 'Optical bijou'.

Tickled me, that did.

I remember them bubbly gum things with bits of flim in

I was pretending Hercule Poirot was directing his observation to me, Dostaf. That site's quite interesting.

Flim?

Did it get stuck on your insides if you swallowed it?

cuttings of movie film

It's a bit 'near', Jo Anne.

Although his belief is that crime is not solved on evidence alone, he's not above snooping into others' personal things (much to the chagrin of his friend Hastings): he has been known to listen at doors, hide behind curtains, and even dig in womens' underwear drawers.

Poor Hastings never got a 16:58

I can't remember seeing those bubble gum things, Mache. Any more info?

flat strips of bubbly with a cutting of a film in, thats all I remember

I'm sure Poirot would never have a Flim-see excuse.

Wiki - Bazooka? Beginning in 1953, Topps changed the packaging to include small comic strips with the gum, featuring the character "Bazooka Joe". There are 50 different "Bazooka Joe" comic-strip wrappers to collect. Also on the comic strip is an offer for a premium and a fortune.[1] Older Bazooka comic strips were larger in size, and older strips are no longer available. (Auction Lot)

Dohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I thought Mache meant transparencies.

Look at me lovely thread.

Not a quizzing glass.

Ones I remember had proper film inside not comic strips

So did I, but that's all I could find. Wait and see what he thinks.

Yes transparencies

I'll have another look, Mache.

You Only Live Twice?

As a tie-in with the new James Bond movie, Somportex Ltd, manufactured something new, instead of bubble gum cards they came up with colour film slides. This new collectable was titled “Chew & Colour View James Bond Bubblegum 007 You Only Live Twice”. It was the first time that James Bond film stills where to be reproduced in full colour. Each packet contained a film strip holding three different 35mm. slides and a piece of dusty chewing gum. The intention was to cut the strip into three different parts and glue them into a card frames for 35mm slides. A complete set was 26 film strips each holding three different 35mm slides, for a total of 78 slides

This sort of thing?

Link twice, too.

Looks about right


phew reet at last

I was reet first and Dostaf reet at last, Mache.

I was typing about myself

Not a monocle

You were reet the other day, too, Mache.

Twice in a month

Soon be November.

and only 30 days next month

Go on. I really shouldn't.

Why 39 days?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOps

Other rites this month:

'Samhain or Halloween as it is better known, marks the end or death of Summer ...

It is a night of reflection and remembering...... Happy Samhain'

Cerridwen's Blog

Is it any wonder why I'm forced to put my lovely threads on 'Handbags'?

I'm too good for this place, I really am.

"It is my weakness, it has always been my weakness, to desire to show off." Hercule Poirot

Are you really sumone else

Poirot thought himself 'something else'.

I'm going to make my own quizzing glass.

Then I too will look very dapper.

Do you grind lenses ?

No, but I've got an olive oil bottle that will do.

I spy, with my bit of fry ... Stare fry?

Noooooooooooooo.

And I can't find a piggin pic.

There was a time when olive oil was for medical purposes only.

BP 1973

Smaller diameter bottle bottoms (clear) will be good for making the lens.

Having the bottle to make it is one thing. Having the bottle to wear it is another matter altogether.

Handy hint

But remember to keep enough string for the necklace bit.

'How to cut a bottle using household items' Isn't it dangerous to go about things in that fashion?

Consider Captain Mainwaring's concern over the wearing of a monocle and a gas mask.

This will have a handle and a string.

I now need one of those baby formula doings.

Doings

And either a bit of putty, or some Araldite.

What would Noaksie do?

I'm too good for this place.

He looks presentable without a quizzing glass, Dostaf. I think that's good advice to follow.

However:

A quids-in glass.

You could be quids in if you could create your own, Dostaf.

Quids in.


I think it will be rather grand addressing people while looking at them through my new glass.

I bet I'll get served a damned sight quicker in some places too.

"Excuse me, my good man/woman etc....."


Handy gift idea for Christmas too.

Popular designs of quizzing glass.

There's a thought.

My glass will also be a boon for the myopic quiz-cheats who rely on their phones too.

Not that I'm bitter ^^^^

How's Halloween going where you are? Tonnes of trick or treaters here already and we've not got many treats left. Dog's going barking mad, too - it all disturbs her more than fireworks on Bonfire Night usually.

One call so far.

Treated.

Our treats include little Twix.

Ditto.

I am concerned our supplies are dwindling. It could get tricky if people keep calling.

More concerned about having to eat the treats myself at the moment.

Tick-tock.

Waste not, want not. ... Want not, waist got.

Will wearing a quizzing glass back-to-front while looking in the mirror do the trick?

Or wearing a quizzing glass while looking in a back-to-front mirror even?

There may be slim pickings to be made from the quizzing glass market.

I'm hvaing none of that back to front stuff in the mirror, Jo Anne.

Especially today of all days.

Aren't you supposed to see Owd Nick himself.

I don't know, Dostaf?

I bottled it then, too

Trying to look devilishly handsome is allowed, isn't it?

Blood stained axe got a mention too.

Penguins, but no Twix.

I don't particularly like Penguin biscuits. Flipping 'eck! Only got a handful of chocolate biscuits from our family tin left.

'axe' I wonder if some trick or treaters trick people by chopping and changing costumes to get more treats.

I doubt it.

Not seen the usual bin bag outfits yet.

Back to topic

... the devil is in the detail ... and for those who like to pay close attention to detail surely the quizzing glass could become the singular most sought after accessory.

With some good advertising.

Aye, and the buggers can check for e-numbers.

The quizzing glass won't just be all hype though.

Can you imagine opening the door to the trick or treaters and looking at them through one?

(Were they once squintessentially English?)

Nowadays I imagine there could be some quizzical stares and scares.

Thinking about PR:

All that tricks us is not sold ... can we really buy all we are told?

Then again, not everyone reads the fine print.

Too fancy.

Rather decadent.

Gold. A precious metal.

Or-real ... because we're all worth it.

Sorry about the Fr*nch ... Is it the same in Belgian? Hercule would know.

How about silver ... foil?

You can actually get wooden glasses.

And I thought I was daft

This kid wears a wooden glass to prevent her from pollution…



What's all that about.

A wooden glass?

Prevent her from?

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Try that ^^^^^, Mache

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tother one

http://www.yusrablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wooden-glasses-520x455.jpg

Same pic, but on its own.

As 20:04

sash windows ?

Who knows?

Probably more of a novelty than a a piece of safety equipment.

cheers

You have to work with what you've got - that young lady's glasses could be due to the Green Nouse Effect.

Can't see the trees for the wood

You can actually get wooden glasses. And I thought I was daft

I thought Dostaf meant wooden lenses.

Not for those who need prescription lenses, obviously. Just those who want to look the part ... with plane glass.

Wood lenses

He'll have a collection of quizzing glasses to learn from, too, Mache.

'Is that a speck of sawdust in your eye, Mr Smiley?'

'Now look here!'

Cue the Optician call -out joke

BUMP

Should that Mr Smiley have gone to Speck-Savers?

I don't know the Optician call-out joke, Dostaf.

I do recall reading one about an Optician's letter recently though*.

*If only I was wearing my safety loggles, or had logged out in time.

Wood you I wood

In that case, so wood I.

On second thoughts I wood not

Bark to topic

(I know it's a monocle. Pedants Beware!)

and typing of pedants.

Should anyone have bothered to check my ramblings, they would have found that there was no mention of quizzing glasses in the Goon show I mentioned.

Apologies.

It was, in fact, Beyond Our Ken (22:30)

The Optician joke involved a bloke breaking his spectacle lenses and ringing the Optician.

He was told that as it was almost five PM on a Friday night, he'd have to wait until Monday morning. But there was an offer of an emergency board-up service to see him through (or not) the weekend.

Thanks, Dostaf, I remember that one from previous WW mentions now - and I'd been doing so well at forgetting it up til now.

Cheey sod!

You deserve the cornflake box one for that.

I can't remember it fully though.

Involved a distressed child who wanted a proper pair of frames.

And I'm certainly not doing the naughty Specsavers one.

I wouldn't know the naughty Specsavers one if I fell over it, Dostaf. Cheey person that I am.

And the Cornflakes are Kellogs, I trust. And the box of recycled cardboard.

Then have the tame one:

"Guess who I bumped into in Specsavers today?"


"Every bugger!"

Nowt wrong with repeats. ^^^And the cornflake box one?

I'll have to google it.

Incidentally, one scoundrel , actually posted the very naughty one somewhere.

Is the Cornflake box joke a cereal offence, too?

If you warn us first, in the absence of wooden lenses, I'll cover my eyes with their lids instead, Dostaf.

Is it a corny joke? Mine are mostly cornier.

The Road To Wellville

Similar theme.

Nowt on google. It looks like I'll have to write it (or best version I can remember) myself.

Mam takes infant for eye test.

When your man wants the kid to look at the chart with only one eye, the troublesome brat plays up.

This goes on repeatedly and neither the mam, nor the Optician can do anything.

Optician then has a notion. Gets an empty cornflake box and makes eye holes in them, complete with flaps.

Thus one eye can be open whilst other closed.

Sorted!

Bangs the box on the kid's head and is set to try again.

The nasty little sod then has a mad tantrum and runs round wrecking the place.

Eventually stopping to scream at his mam:


"I wanted horn rimmed ones like my brother"




I wonder why google struggled to find a version of that.

One mons going to need glasses like that if he stops on here any later

Poor little lad, Dostaf. No wonder he had a tantrum, under such testing circumstances. He's not flaky - anyone would protest if they had to take part in that joke.

I've seen you mentioned my name in the General thread - how rude.

General not good enough for you is it?

No, Kryten. Bit cheeky that thread.

If she carries on, Kryten, I'll mention her typo up there ^^^^.

That'll keep her quiet for a while.

(Missing letter l)

You being the gentleman you are, i know you'll keep that to yourself.

Yip.

I've found it l. Thanks, Dostaf.

I know - that was cheeky of me.

Make that I'm bright red now, even if I wasn't that bright when I read through my post with the missing l earlier.

You'll be getting a Pickford yet, Jo Anne.

Just call me Mrs Plankhurst, Dostaf.

Equal rights to wrongs.

I have already had a Pickford, Dostaf.

I've just been checking the difference between loops and loupes.

I had hoped to make a loupehole comment, but that's not the same thing.

Loupes are tham doings what antique dealers and jewellers stick in their eyes.

'I have already had a Pickford, Dostaf'

I forgot.

You wrong un, you.

"The person who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything." To err from here to hair

'stick in their eyes' ?! Loupe

Just googled 'pince nez'.

Look who replied

Eye glasses clipped to the bridge of the nose.

David Suchet and make-up men reportedly tried 40 pairs of moustaches before they found perfectly symmetrical ones when they first began filming in 1988. Costume Drama

An untamed mouse-tache.

♪♫♪♫ A little mouse with goggs on; going clip, clippety-clop on the stair.♪♫♪♫

Which is strange as it was in a windmill in Old Hamsterdam.

Or, to relate it to The Road To Wellville - Old Amperesdam.

Shocking, I know. (Even mice get fed up of such corny jokes.)

I saw a mouse - Ronnie Hilton

Stick to topic.

A compromise

Why does DM wear an eyepatch?

who nicked me quizzing framu

To cover his eye

His eyepatch is not actually needed and, as he points out, is worn 'because, it's part of the suit.' This is shown in one episode when Danger Mouse wears the eye patch on the wrong eye, and swaps it over part way through the episode (wiki)

Not sure if I'm convinced?

I bring you lot knowledge, then get

"Who nicked me quizzing framw"

Framw?

Why do I bother?

cnanged

Isn't ti the same with Nelson's eyepatch?

Mind you, there's a thing about sailors protecting their eyes from the sun for nightime stellar navigation.

Nelson didn't wear eye-patch, says historian

And Long John Silver wore one to stop his parrot crapping in it

Name that parrot!

bowt googling.

Albert

No.

And it weren't Tesco, either.

Tesco? Is that a clue?

Was it a Norwegan blue ?

No, It's a reminder of a time Mester Joseph was naughty.

Tesco Parrot Incident

Was the parrot training to retreive free soup

Checking bills for price check.

'Bills', see what i did there?

Taxi

Don't parrots have beaks?

Pedant

In Tesco they get bills.

Do you gets bills in TOM's soupermarket?

Mache - were you hoping for a tin of sup? (barley, hops etc)

Look at the state of me lovely thread

Or should that be threads? (Nice ensemble)

Dostaf - does wearing a quizzing glass make you ask lots of questions?

or help you stay on here longer??????

OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS wrong thread

A monkey on a stick.

even the puppys trying to sound like one of the gang now

I also want one of them posh sticks like Rik Mayall had in the Young Ones. He may also have had a quizzing glass.

Similar

I think pimps have them in Americaland.

Perhaps not the look I want when around town.

Of course not, Dostaf.

But won't rebranding fit the bill?

I wish I could find a pic of Rik Mayall in that stupid get-up.

I thnk they'd won the pools or soomething, maybe found some stolen millions.

Anyroad, his interpretation of a Dandy was rather biizarre.

Long fur coat, knee breeches, stick like the Beadle, and a mad Jedward style haircut.

Vividly remember him saying to someone

"Pull up a chaise longe"

no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBh8tdmN8pE

See 29:44

I was wrong about the kecks, but the haircut was reet.

Naughty programme, not linked.

Guess

I should have known.

Great outfit that Rik had, though.

I'd expect that sort of thing from Mache, Jo Anne.

I'm new to all this mischief-making, Dostaf and my mind's drawn a blank.

Or I could try to convince people who had difficulty reading my previous post of their urgent need for a quizzing glass. Method (not mischief) in my blankness.

Don't forget everyone:

MISCHIEF NIGHT - TOMORROW NIGHT

I checked 'properties' first.

Did you see this thread, Dostaf? Research

I clocked the date.

But nice try.

That's as much mischief as I can muster, Dostaf.

With that in mind, I'm just doing a bit more research - with one eye on the film and one eye on WW.

Beware!

I'd heard about Mischief night prior to seeing that film on telly some years ago.

I really hoped as I watchd it, that it wouldn't become the norm.

I've just watched last night's Miranda - the Christmas Special (2010). Mischievous Miranda!

No, nor I, Dostaf.

the Christmas Special (2010)

Gerroff

Another belter. Loved the hats.

It was originally broadcast on Monday 20th December 2010.

I thought my leg was being pulled

Nowt wrong with repeats but Christmas in November, I thowt incongruous.

That's why I looked into when it was first aired.

This Mischief is proving trickier than I thought:

'It's skilled to be aggressive in a way that is socially acceptable and physically and morally and spiritually uplifting and most of all, good fun.'
link

Will I ever crack it?

All the eggs and flour would be better used to make pancakes.

You're probably right, Dostaf. Any mischief I make will probably fall flat anyway.

I meant in general.

Much prefer pancake night (licence).

I can't argue that's not the batter idea, Dostaf.

But a night of fright might be all right - so long as a change isn't as good as arrest.

And no mention of the dreaded Mischief Night from GMP.

Speaking of which, would you mee-maw 'Mischief Night' Miranda-style, Dostaf?

Yes.

I'b probably bugger it up like her mum dod in the shrinks' too.

PS I didn't realise that the show had been going so long. It's all new to me.

Her Mum's called Penny - often given to demanding performances at this time of year.

Her real name could be Patricia Bodge.

If a psychiatrist were to join here, could that be the stage we all stopped threading the boards? Do you think it would cause disquiet or quiet on WW?

Not at all, Jo Anne.

We shouldn't shrink from shrinks.

Patricia Hodge was in a thing in the Seventies which featured the almost unknown Matthew Kelly.

Bowt googling, I can remember his name being Fitz and she was an army Major, or similar.

I remember this series, warts and all.

I didn't see that one, Jo Anne.

Coincidentally, she was also a Penny in Holding the Fort (The one with Matthew Kelly)

I think I may vaguely remember the series, though I'm not certain.

Coincidentally, coincidentally starts with coin.

Her hairsytyle in Mirands reminds me of someone else, but I can't think who.

I scratch my head with that one each time I see the show.

Patricia is an elegant actress. (Princess Diana?

Didn't people mee-maw due to trouble at 'Mill?

From a Miranda to a Milburn to a Miliband :

I hope people pay more than lip-service about breaking the taboo on mental health.

I knew someone who was profoundly deaf, but a great lip reader.

One incident comes to mind when, in a pub, he explained to a group of us lads what one lady was telling her friend about the previous night.

And she was on the other side of a noisy room.

Patricia's hairstyle didn't remind you of Princess Diana's then?

And she was on the other side of a noisy room. A nosy room, too, by all accounts.

Are you sure his explanation was sound? It might have been MISCHIEF!

And as people often observe, a gentleman never tells .

Possibly Janet Brown, Jo Anne. But also someone more recent.

The lip reading incident sticks in my mind.

I had my back to the ladies concerned and as we were sat around a table, I was concerned that the lad in question was not left out of our conversation.

However, as I attracted his attention, it was quite clear that he was more interested in what was being said out of our earshot.

He gave us a proper running comentary.

I felt almost ashamed.

almost?! That's not good enough.

I knew another who was a bugger, Jo Anne. You could see him reading you from a distance.

More than once I've been told "Turn round ******'s listening us"

Never mind deflecting blame, Dostaf. Sounds like you and your mates were scoundrels - the lot of you!

Now I'm concerned that your aim to make a quizzing glass has an ulterior motive.

Haven't seen either of them for years. Perhaps a directional microphone would do the same job as having a lipreading boozing mate.

Either that, or a fancy ear trumpet pointing backwards, to accompany my quizzing glass.

I only need a bit of pipe and half a plastic ball.

"He wants to try my WHAT on?"

Hemispherical design

(Did you see my previous post? ^^^)

I noticed Malice through the quizzing glass got a laugh on 'Beyond Our Ken'

Beyond that, I know it won't.

malice n
1. the desire to do harm or mischief
2. evil intent
3. (Law) Law the state of mind with which an act is committed and from which the intent to do wrong may be inferred See also malice aforethought
[via Old French from Latin malitia, from malus evil]

ken  (kn) n.
1. Perception; understanding: complex issues well beyond our ken.
2.
a. Range of vision.
b. View; sight.

v. kenned or kent (knt), ken·ning, kens Scots
v.tr.
1. To know (a person or thing).
2. To recognize.

v.intr.
To have knowledge or an understanding.
[From Middle English kennen (influenced by Old Norse kenna, to know), from Old English cennan, to declare; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

Yes, Jo Anne, I read your naughty suggestions that I'm some sort of scoundrel.

Typing of which. As I researched 'quizzing glasses', I happened upon a young ladies blog.

She was all corsets and stuff and had a pocket in her stocking for a quizzing glass.

Which I thought was well worth a look.

Prior to that I'd only really seen Steampunk stuff in the film Wild Wild West, which includes a rather ingeneous ear trumpet. If memory serves the chap actually turns it backwards to hear behind him.

Bloodbath McGrath

I'll see if I can find the young lady later.

Oooooooohhhhhhhhh

I think I'll let mine dangle freely.

I think I might have happened upon a photo of the lady's quizzing glass in the pocket in her stocking, Dostaf, but being a gentlewoman, I omitted to mention it.

I know you might now be distracted and only half-concentrating on this thread, but:

Hemispherical design:

Though I imagine you'd not half have a ball with that, it is a bit of a bold look - as, indeed, is the quizzing glass.

Isn't discretion the better part of valour?

Might I suggest you're less likely to bug people if you bug people!

Just come to me who asked Her Ladyship if she'd held many balls.

He was more 'Regal' than 'Regency'

Or, to shed more light on it.

"Bet you've held a few balls in here m'lady?"

But who said that?

(Bowt googlin)

I see you find his question rather entertaining, Dostaf. Who was the scoundrel?!

Mr Trotter.

The chandalier episode.


A Touch Of (Quizzing) Glass.

Reliant Regal, light - chandelier All becomes crystal clear - thanks, Dostaf.

A Touch of Quizzing Glass Think of the fingerprints.

Dostaf - thinking back to steampunk stuff, I have seen some weird and wonderful monocles. This one, for example.

With a bit of imagination that design could be developed to incorporate an ear trumpet, and, though not conventional, at the right conventions,could be almost inconspicuous.

Somewhere to try them out and see if they'll catch on, or owt.

Oops

Never mind oops, clever bugger! Find me bird whistle thead for me. I'm struggling.

Do Them Men

Cheers, Jo Anne.

You should go from peck-quavers to specsavers, Dostaf.

Strange thing, Jo Anne.

Only yesterday I was mooching and an image popped up.

It was something one of thise steampunk girls had for using as a stylus on an I pad or something similar.

Made from copper and steel.

Nothing to do with my search, but it caught my eye anyway.

Mary Mary etc

I clicked on the stylus pic on the page of images from google and was surprised to see quizzing glasses as well.

I don't know if this is steampunk exactly, but have you ever been in Games Workshop - Crompton Street? I don't play any of the games, but it seems like there's a lot of imagination and magic in the shop.

I'm not a gamer, Jo Anne.

Daft thing is, I was going to put a footnote on that post to say I didn't know if it was steampunk in the ture sense.

Whatever that may be!

I must admit to not knowing Emos from Goths.

I know they don't fall into my ususal Hancockian catch-all of 'Beatniks'.

Or ageing hippies.

I'm not quite sure of what it entails to be a Goth or an Emo, Dostaf. I thought my teenage daughter used to be a Goth but she's just corrected me saying she was a Mosher ... a mix of the two.

Call her a Beatnik and tell her to get her hair cut.

I think that could be too much for her today - it's been her last day at secondary school.

Apologies.

No doubt a day of mixed emotions.

I rmember saying goodbye to friends who would not be joining me on the roof of the new school.

I blame your pink hair

Only a hint of pink, dearie.

It did match your ear rings though

I remember saying goodbye to friends who would not be joining me on the roof of the new school.

I once explained how we wrote on slates, Jo Anne.

It wasn't a bad place really

I like your other line about schooldays - something about some good, some bad, but the weekends were best.

Don't think that was one of mine, Jo Anne.

I like it all the same.

I thought it was yours, Dostaf, but I can't find it to find out so far. I remember thinking it was clever at the time.

In that case, Jo Annne, I can see why you may have been mistaken.

I can't find the one where I mentioned losing a classmate in bad weather.

I don't think one poster twigged what I meant at the time and asked for clarification.

That sounds like something I would do.

I can't quite remember who fell for it.

My all time best has got to be the cat at the window.

One mo.

A putty cat. I remember that.

29 Sept 17:48

That's the one.

High school days - can't find the original mention though.

Found it!

School Years - Do you miss your school days or did you hate school?

"50/50 really. Good days and bad.

Saturdays and Sundays were better though. "

One for the feminists?

I think not - 'All we are saying, is give people a chance.'

'Found it!'



Must have been me than.

Can't think if it was stolen, or off the cuff.

Re: Storm Boy

'The story also looks at the conflict between Storm Boy's lifestyle and the externally imposed requirement for him to attend school.'

School days were sad, but what about that beak end?

Oooooooooooooohhh.