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by ricardian
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:11 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
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This coming weekend is a special one for the island, an attempt to resurrect the annual Gala that ceased about 10 years ago. The new Gala is titled "Stronsay is Massive" and of course after a couple of months of unseasonably warm weather the forecast is for rain & cloud.

Stronsay is Massive
by ricardian
Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:34 pm
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Topic: Friday Jokes
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It was only after the school teacher had allowed a pupil to go home because their mother was in hospital and their father was in the police station that another pupil told the teacher that the first pupil's mother was a nurse and her father was a policeman.
by ricardian
Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:54 pm
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by ricardian
Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:33 am
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Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
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Apologies for the incorrect URL which should have been this
by ricardian
Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:31 am
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ricardian wrote:
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:36 am
If this forum does cease to exist I can be contacted via our island's monthly newsletter of which I am the editor
by ricardian
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:36 am
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Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread IV
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If this forum does cease to exist I can be contacted via our island's monthly newsletter of which I am the editor
by ricardian
Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:34 pm
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In the 90s I had severe back problems to the extent that I could not even walk (totter) for 2 days. Treatment was lots of painkillers and physio. I had a book recommended to me which I found very useful as have several friends who have borrowed it before buying their own copy. “Treat you own back” ...
by ricardian
Thu Aug 09, 2018 9:58 am
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by ricardian
Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:43 pm
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by ricardian
Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:33 pm
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You can still get TCP in UK but not sure about the colonies. Not in ZA anyway. Never been able to buy Optrex in ZA! Did get a bottle in Mauritius though o:-) My gran always used Germolene - just the name brings back the smell of the stuff. Mind you, it did cure almost everything back in the 1950s
by ricardian
Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:18 pm
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by ricardian
Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:09 am
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Enjoyed the early pics of Sharjah and Bahrain. I assume the majority of Ricardian's are of Bahrain, 'cos when I was looking at them, I thought they looked like Muhurraq. There are a couple of Alison's that look like the Creek in Dubai? Most of my pics are of Sharjah, notably the ones with Canberra,...
by ricardian
Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:07 am
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Husband & wife from our island have travelled to Perth, WA to visit the wife's brother. Oh dear, from the hottest UK summer in decades to a rainy, chilly Perth!
by ricardian
Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:22 pm
Forum: Military Nostalgia
Topic: Yeoman warders
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Yeoman warders

From the Tower of London: We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chief Yeoman Warder Pete McGowran and our new Yeoman Gaoler Bob Loughlin MBE. Both joined the Royal Air Force as part of the RAF Regiment and this is the first time that two former airmen have become the highest rankin...
by ricardian
Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:56 pm
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Fascinating set of photographs Ricardian. Beverelys' Canberra's, a very young looking RAF recruit etc. Whatever happened to the puppy hounds, and that storm damage, was that a cyclone come ashore? Caco I was a 19 year old SAC on his first overseas tour, flying from Stansted to Bahrein in a British ...
by ricardian
Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:22 pm
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Caco: 'I guess he knows you are British because you wear socks with your veldskoene ex-Ascot!' Had to look that up but no do not possess a pair. Those were called bondu boots or Jesus boots at RAF Sharjah 1963-64 and were an unofficial alternative to the RAF issue sandals. Winter dress was KD with ...
by ricardian
Thu Aug 02, 2018 2:41 pm
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by ricardian
Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:23 pm
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How do you know when you're Middle-Aged? 1. You don't understand what young peasants are talking about. 2. You struggle to read Chaucer in weak candlelight. 3. You hate rowdy taverns. 4. You constantly worry that you might have the Black Death. 5. You don't know or care who Blondel is sleeping with....
by ricardian
Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:26 am
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There were three medieval kingdoms on the shores of a lake. There was an island in the middle of the lake, which the kingdoms had been fighting over for years. Finally, the three kings decided that they would send their knights out to do battle, and the winner would take the island. The night before...
by ricardian
Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:15 am
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