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| Paula |
Posted on 10-10-2023 19:09
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Hugbot, this comic reminded me of when we all met at Didcot at the hotel before the Steventon con a few years ago. TT must have gotten there earlier and we were just trudging down the hallway with our luggage looking for our room number. All of the sudden we hear a room door open and TT emerged and shouted down the hall, 'I thought I heard American voices'. Yay! TT is here, we said. A start of a great weekend. Resist the Host
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| ellen york |
Posted on 10-10-2023 23:18
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Oh, isn't he cute..... Not to mention the light blue/orange striped sweater...  And these were only the early 70s... it would get worse! There's nothing wrong with light blue and orange...my Mum and Dad's kitchen was orange wall paper, the hall way stairs and landing a shade of blue patterned wall paper and the front room...mauve!!! Did they have avocado color appliances or was that only a thing in the US? |
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| ellen york |
Posted on 10-10-2023 23:24
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Oh, isn't he cute..... Not to mention the light blue/orange striped sweater... And these were only the early 70s... it would get worse! Yes, he is cute (even in the 70s fashions). And I am impressed with the Logo skills. |
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| ellen york |
Posted on 10-10-2023 23:26
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Are you sure it is a good idea to have TT and Paula staying next to each other? Brad and Groucho may end up as referees in the Ginger Mercenary Wars. Love that Groucho is included in the name-card on the door. |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 11-10-2023 02:09
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Did they have avocado color appliances or was that only a thing in the US? Quite likely! I seem to remember one of the things that Mildred loved about her new house in the first episode of "George & Mildred" was it's avocado-coloured bathroom. |
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| littlesue |
Posted on 11-10-2023 08:02
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Oh, isn't he cute..... Not to mention the light blue/orange striped sweater... And these were only the early 70s... it would get worse! There's nothing wrong with light blue and orange...my Mum and Dad's kitchen was orange wall paper, the hall way stairs and landing a shade of blue patterned wall paper and the front room...mauve!!! Did they have avocado color appliances or was that only a thing in the US? No, they had all white stuff..oven (like the one in The We  , fridge and twin tub washing machine. Kettle was a metal thing that you put on the gas and it whistled when ready.
Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold! Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!! Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo |
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| littlesue |
Posted on 11-10-2023 08:04
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Did they have avocado color appliances or was that only a thing in the US? Quite likely! I seem to remember one of the things that Mildred loved about her new house in the first episode of "George & Mildred" was it's avocado-coloured bathroom. We had that bathroom suite until 2 years ago. It took 25 years of nagging but I've now got a nice white, silver and sparkly bathroom and downstairs cloak room! Yay!!!! Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold! Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!! Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 11-10-2023 08:48
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Yes, he is cute (even in the 70s fashions). And I am impressed with the Logo skills. Thank you!  The gravel mill on the right was a model kit designed by Lego, but the tower crane and the yacht were my own creations. Did they have avocado color appliances or was that only a thing in the US? I don't know about the UK, but in Germany, kitchen appliances were invariably white, even in the 70s with their nauseating brown-red-orange colour pattern. Bauknecht, one of the biggest manufacturers of kitchen appliances at the time, had the slogan '...weiß, was Frauen wünschen'. This was supposed to mean, '...knowing what women want'. (Those were the days...) However, the sentence was actually a little ambiguous, and as a child, I always understood it as 'white, just like women want it'. And I wondered why women didn't want a bit af colour in their kitchens... Edited by Hugbot on 11-10-2023 08:52 |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 11-10-2023 08:49
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Edited by Hugbot on 11-10-2023 14:07 |
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| Paula |
Posted on 11-10-2023 19:41
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Oh, isn't he cute..... Not to mention the light blue/orange striped sweater... And these were only the early 70s... it would get worse! There's nothing wrong with light blue and orange...my Mum and Dad's kitchen was orange wall paper, the hall way stairs and landing a shade of blue patterned wall paper and the front room...mauve!!! Did they have avocado color appliances or was that only a thing in the US? Reading the German and UK consensus, Ellen, it seems only America had those horrible avocado or even worse, harvest gold fridges and fittings. We at our house luckily didn't fall for that nauseating color combination as we had white fridge and stove and stainless steel sink. Very glad of that. We do have an avocado carpet in our computer room, still in use which was my Grandmother's in her flat in the 70's. It doesn't fall apart, much to our dismay! Resist the Host
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 12-10-2023 08:24
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 (Dear Brad & Paula: I don't know whether you really have watched the movie at home or not. My apologies if you hate that film!) |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 12-10-2023 11:13
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Have they not paid anyone to sail the ship for them? Oh blast ye for a bunch of scurvy landlubbers! Hopefully the owner's brother/alter ego, Capt. Redbeard Rum will turn up. Hmm, thinking further, hopefully not! |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 12-10-2023 11:16
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Photo shows Mrs Hugbot's decorative table cover, and 'er son. |
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| Lorna |
Posted on 12-10-2023 17:52
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(Dear Brad & Paula: I don't know whether you really have watched the movie at home or not. My apologies if you hate that film!) Groucho in his element!! I look behind me, what do I see? A pair of golden wings seem to be attached to me.
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| Brad |
Posted on 12-10-2023 18:58
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Quote (Dear Brad & Paula: I don't know whether you really have watched the movie at home or not. My apologies if you hate that film!) I've watched the bits David Warner is in. . .  Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Paula |
Posted on 12-10-2023 20:46
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(Dear Brad & Paula: I don't know whether you really have watched the movie at home or not. My apologies if you hate that film!) Groucho in his element!! Yes, Groucho thinks he's king of the universe. And ask Lorna, she got grabbed by Groucho when she stayed with us. She walked past his cage and he grabbed her jumper, and Lorna exclaimed 'Groucho!!'. Not the nicest way to treat a guest in the house, but then, that's Groucho. Now if she had brought him a treat- that might have unruffled a few of his feathers.... Resist the Host
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| Paula |
Posted on 12-10-2023 20:49
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(Dear Brad & Paula: I don't know whether you really have watched the movie at home or not. My apologies if you hate that film!) Yes, I can see Groucho saying that. I can also hear his his next sentence which is 'Give me a piece of peach and no one gets hurt!' Resist the Host
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 13-10-2023 06:53
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Photo shows Mrs Hugbot's decorative table cover, and 'er son.  After more than 50 years, the name of the yacht is now finally explained! |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 13-10-2023 06:53
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 13-10-2023 11:32
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If those things suddenly open their eyes I'm going to freak out. Hmm, hang on, giant desserts... could they have mutated due to exposure to flutonic radiation? |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 13-10-2023 21:05
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Thanks Huggy. That's great, what a fun thing to include. Hans Christian Anderson was my first thought. I wondered if it was a joke about the characters being disembodied heads with no hands/Hans, but it didn't really seem to fit so I discounted it. I suppose if you had known Jethro Tull at the time, the ship design would have incorporated some form of seed drill. There's Ian, there's Hans Christian, there's Gerry...there's even Misss-terrr AN-derr-sson... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 13-10-2023 21:13
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Quote (Dear Brad & Paula: I don't know whether you really have watched the movie at home or not. My apologies if you hate that film!) I've watched the bits David Warner is in. David Warner is in Titanic?!! I missed him! I have only watched it once and that was on fast forward... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 14-10-2023 07:48
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| Brad |
Posted on 15-10-2023 01:40
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They mean to win Wimbledon . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 15-10-2023 07:42
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| ellen york |
Posted on 15-10-2023 19:18
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I think we need some "get lost cookies" (or maybe "get lost Pringles" ). When my friends traveled with their then-small children and the kids would ask "Are we lost?", the answer was "Yes, we are lost. Here, have a cookie." I do hope the captain of the ship knows where they are going or this will be a very long quest. |
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| littlesue |
Posted on 15-10-2023 20:19
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Someone has been looking at an Atlas! And yes Canada is about 30 mins from me...just off the M27 towards West Wellow. Daugter and I usually turn off just before getting on the A36 proper and head off to Shootash for our Saturday morning Car Boot Sale. There's a very nice Garden Centre along that road, not far from Canada. I shall have to start speaking posh by the sounds of it....I mean Hurricanes Hardly Ever Happen in Hampshire...don't they moosh? Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold! Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!! Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo |
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| littlesue |
Posted on 15-10-2023 20:20
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I think we need some "get lost cookies" (or maybe "get lost Pringles" ). When my friends traveled with their then-small children and the kids would ask "Are we lost?", the answer was "Yes, we are lost. Here, have a cookie." I do hope the captain of the ship knows where they are going or this will be a very long quest. Have they packed enough Pringles? I ask myself. Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold! Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!! Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 16-10-2023 08:17
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Someone has been looking at an Atlas! And yes Canada is about 30 mins from me. See what amounts of serious research I put in these little strips?  |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 16-10-2023 08:19
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I do hope the captain of the ship knows where they are going or this will be a very long quest. What captain? We only rented the ship! And yes, this leads to some serious navigation problems as you will see in the following episodes... |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 16-10-2023 08:20
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 16-10-2023 08:21
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Oh, Canada! I thought you said the Granada. I was looking forward to seeing a movie... Don't worry about them getting lost. TT has been crushing up Pringles and dropping crisp crumbs overboard to leave a trail on the surface of the (immensely calm, flat) sea that we can follow ba-- hang on! What are those fish eating? Shoo! Shoo! Get away from those! Aargh! No Pringles, no trail, and I've lost both my shoos. What now for our intrepid heroes? |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 16-10-2023 08:23
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Help! All the blood is running away from my brain! |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 16-10-2023 08:25
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Hang on! Crossed the equator? To get from the UK to Canada? This is what we get from learning to sail by watching B7. Liberator was always flying 'downhill' to save on fuel. Thinks: Gosh, what will happen if they cross the international date line? |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 16-10-2023 10:05
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Love the shaking, Huggy! Joe - perhaps the fact that they crossed the equator means they're not aiming for Canada? Or maybe they're taking the scenic route. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| littlesue |
Posted on 16-10-2023 11:53
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Apart from me Pringles being used as a trail...go away fishies!!! I have to inform you that all the rest fell out of the tube when we turned upside down!!! Noooooooooooooooo....... Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold! Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!! Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 16-10-2023 22:22
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Good news! I've worked out how we can solve the problem with being upside down. Bad news! Has anyone here seen The Poseidon Adventure? |
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| littlesue |
Posted on 17-10-2023 06:28
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Good news! I've worked out how we can solve the problem with being upside down. Bad news! Has anyone here seen The Poseidon Adventure? I saw that at the cinema when it came out...I can remember shouting at Don't do it Gene! just as Mr Hackman was hanging from that big wheel. I'd totally forgotten where I was and my friend Julie was terribly embarrassed...... Cold! You don't know the meaning of the word cold! Cold is when you have ice on the INSIDE of your window!! Sue's Book Shelf https://www.mediafire.com/folder/z1xg...Zine_Shelf Rebel Run Video https://youtu.be/8prqS-XZtLo |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 17-10-2023 08:29
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Or maybe they're taking the scenic route. Just like in the (otherwise quite gripping) episode 141 of The Air Pirate and his Dirigible Airship, where someone takes the eastbound train from New York to Santa Fe... |
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| Hugbot |
Posted on 17-10-2023 08:31
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Don't worry about them getting lost. TT has been crushing up Pringles and dropping crisp crumbs overboard to leave a trail on the surface of the (immensely calm, flat) sea that we can follow ba-- hang on! What are those fish eating? Shoo! Shoo! Get away from those! Aargh Joe, you really should have suggeted that in a PM. It would have made for an hilarious episode! |
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