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Eric	14-11-2012 22:31

Re: Dabs

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Originally Posted by smobile (Post 1027942)

Dabs were awesome from Barnes square chippy. About 4p each on my way home from all saints late 70's. Sometimes a bag o scraps too.

That was a good chippy ... 4p sounds pretty steep;)

Less	15-11-2012 07:13

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1027967)

That was a good chippy ... 4p sounds pretty steep;)

Probably £4 now Eric.

Eric	15-11-2012 13:10

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Originally Posted by Less (Post 1027978)

Probably £4 now Eric.

And probably halal .... :rolleyes::D

churchfcrules

15-11-2012 13:20

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halal spuds! no way

Eric	15-11-2012 13:30

Re: Dabs

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1027997)

halal spuds! no way

Yes way ... everything is going halal ... soon there will be halal beer, halal football and halal sex:eek:

But, back to dabs and chips and things ... does anyone else remember chips going up from a tanner to 8 pence when the new spuds came in?

churchfcrules

15-11-2012 13:33

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i cant even remember a tanner lol decimalisation was brought in year i was born (i fink)

flashy

15-11-2012 14:06

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halal spud....where the spud is killed in a certain religious manner ;)

churchfcrules

15-11-2012 14:26

Re: Dabs

A few Hail Marys when making them there chops please

Less	15-11-2012 14:27

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Originally Posted by flashy (Post 1028010)

halal spud....where the spud is killed in a certain religious manner ;)

Well back in the distant past, when men were men and women didn't use the term diper for a terry nappy, the traditional way of peeling a spud was to give the woman that was chained to the kitchen sink, (for her own protection from the outside world), a vegetable knife and tell her to get on with it.
It was one of the few times they were allowed such sharp instruments because they were prone to mood swings and could suffer either self harm or more likely harm to the male sharing their environment.

Eric	15-11-2012 14:33

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Originally Posted by flashy (Post 1028010)

halal spud....where the spud is killed in a certain religious manner ;)

Careful what you say hon ... PETS (people for the ethical treatment of spuds) maybe monitoring this site.:eek:

#4-Mr. Potato Head: Death by Hammer (from Toys in Trouble) - YouTube

And it might have something to do with what kind of manure the spud grower uses.:rolleyes:

susie123

15-11-2012 14:47

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Originally Posted by Less (Post 1028014)

the traditional way of peeling a spud was to give the woman that was chained to the kitchen sink, (for her own protection from the outside world), a vegetable knife and tell her to get on with it.

No no no!!! Has to be a proper Lancashire potato peeler - the sort with string round the handle.

Margaret Pilkington

15-11-2012 14:54

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Sue...you beat me to it. I have one of those and my other half has his own......I cannot use his...he cannot use mine.....over the years mine has conformed to my hand...his is new...he gets one every few weeks because he has an amazing tendency to throwh his peeler away with the peelings...and learns nothing from repeating this experiences.
I would be gutted if he threw mine away....I don't think I have enough life left to make a new spud peeler conform to my hand.:)

susie123

15-11-2012 15:02

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1028022)

Well I have been known to throw mine away Margaret - but always managed to retrieve it from the compost bucket!

Eric	15-11-2012 17:19

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1028020)

No no no!!! Has to be a proper Lancashire potato peeler - the sort with string round the handle.

Had to think about this for a while ... and then it clicked ... I do remember those things. We had one. Anyone else remember pronouncing "peelings" as "pillings"; or is it just me:confused: (Or "I";))

Eric	15-11-2012 17:28

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1028002)

i cant even remember a tanner lol decimalisation was brought in year i was born (i fink)

So you missed out on all those complicated calculations we used to have to make in arithmetic class. Miss Pilkington at All Saints used to start off the day with mental arithmetic ... imagine, asking students to do some thinking, esp. at the beginning of the day. And she often threw some money sums into the mix, just to make sure we were awake;):D

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