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Post by andybrennan on Oct 17, 2009 21:38:22 GMT
well Jerry As an adopted West Corkonian on my wife's side ye could not have run off to a better place , I remember a bit about boots was it you or Pat owed the Rubber a pair another nice lad.
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Post by jerry on Oct 18, 2009 12:54:30 GMT
Hi Andy
Don't get me started about my Left Boot. Our old pal Joey was working with the Q staff for the 54Th batt. We were billeted in the Brugha and shortly before we were to hand in our Baggage Joey comes running into our billet asking if any one had two left wellies as you can imagine Joey ::)was told to ******** off always the joker. Well to cut a long story short I was getting ready to do some line work in the Wadi behind old Shamrock heavy snow on the ground reached in the Box for the wellies and sure enough two Left ones. Joey should have believed you.
Jerry
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Sept 16, 2010 11:20:22 GMT
Hi All, Its that time of year again Autumn just wondering if thats where everyone is{because the sites been so so very quite lately] out collecting their conkers and polishing to a brilliant shine and soaking them in god knows what to make the hard ready for battle ;D ;D. The search of the best bruiser was always a mad scramble but such fun. Bye for now MaryF
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Post by maurakearney on Sept 16, 2010 15:46:19 GMT
Hi Mary Farrell talking to a neighbour of mine out side the Shop to day there was a load of conkers on the ground and we were just saying when we were young there would not be a conker left on the ground the lads would have them as soon as they hit the ground the kids to day have no interest in them we had great fun with them we would take the laces out of Dads Boots and put them through the conkers ready for action . Maura Kearney.
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Post by teresap on Sept 16, 2010 20:38:17 GMT
Hi Maura My son lives in the countryside, and he came down yesterday and my grand-daughter took two conkers out of her pocket, and that really brought back memories.
Teresa
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Post by johnnykelly on Sept 16, 2010 21:34:01 GMT
Re:CONKERS Hi all Yes authum is here the conkers are falling from the trees, and no one pickingn them up and bringing them home in the bottom of their jumpers to remove them from their shell and to place them in the chimney or inthe oven in the kitchen in the hope that they will harden and maybe get that much sought after bruiser, to use the MAs smallest knitting needle to punch a hole in the centre and borrow the DAS laces from his army boots,or up to Magins for a lenght of brown string, tie into the centre of the conker then out to the blocks and challenge all comers, ( look at the size of his bruiser) Was often heard and after beating all comers into the school yard the next morning up in the top yard conkers flying all over the place as the bruisers came good for those lucky to own one, tears in some eyes as the proud owenrs conker fell to a bigger or better conker and then when you get home the MA giveing you hell as the jumper full of conkers from the day before the brownish yellowish sap had run and left a huge stain on your good jumper, agh those were the days. bye for now as the chest heaves and sighs and a watery eye casts a misty look at the telly. Johnny
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Sept 16, 2010 22:14:11 GMT
Hi Maura and Teresa, What reminded me it was the conker season was as I was walking through my local park I passed under a conker tree and like you Maura saw the ground full of all sizes of lovely conkers that had fallen naturally from the tree. That would never have happened in our day because, like you said the lads always got the pick of the bunch right from the tree itself. Nobody ever waited for them to fall oh no. The biggest and best ones were eyed and sized up and then rapid calculations were made as to how hard or high to throw the stick up to get the prized conkers down .and then to grab it first ;D This I'm sure you'll remember took a lot of skill and some very fast footwork to avoid the falling leaves branches and the returning sticks how half of us never lost at least one eye I'll never know Teresa like yourself it was a child who triggered another memory of our conker days for me. As they were walking into class one of our 10 year olds produced a champion of a conker from his pocket an said "look what I found" the young teacher[who comes from up north and has experienced a childhood similiar to ours] said "if you soak that in vinegar it'll make it really hard!!! To which young boyo looked at him as if he was mad and said "why would anyone want to make a conker harder whats the point??? It was at that point that I wanted to cry for a childhood lost and gone forever But I still couldn't resist the temptation as I crunched my way over the carpet of conkers and their husks and so I baggsed the two biggest conkers [nobody else was interested] so if anyone thinks their conker is better than mine, fancy a bit of a competition??? But I have to warn you, mines a tripple winner Bye For Now MaryF
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Post by maurakearney on Oct 1, 2010 19:15:42 GMT
Hi Mary Farrell re conkers I was in the shop yesterday when I came out I got this bang on the head got such a fright looked around to see who had hit me to my surprise it was a conker that fell out of the Tree no harm done hard head. Maura Kearney
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Oct 1, 2010 20:07:34 GMT
Hi Maura, Lucky escape with the conker forget about the hard head maybe a hard hat is in order to save you being 'conked'out by the humble conker. Would never have survived so long in the tree in our day such a pity to see them go to waste now. Oh the fun todays youngsters are missing out on, their loss Bye for Now MaryF
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Post by andybrennan on Oct 1, 2010 20:16:51 GMT
Maura,
Wern't you the lucky one to be conked on the nut by a conker and not one of Newtons big apples if that had happened you could have ended up pie eyed.
Andy
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Post by maurakearney on Oct 1, 2010 21:13:26 GMT
Hi Mary and Andy went back down with Grand Son after School and filled a bag with Conkers Pat put laces through them for the Boys they had great fun with Grand Dad but on the way home the little Man got the string off the Conker and hadit in his Mouth so they are forbiden in my house. Maura Kearney.
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Oct 1, 2010 21:37:09 GMT
Hi Maura, Thats a real pity hope your grandsons ok, maybe when they're a bit older they can have a go again, as you said yourself before that they'd had a great time. MaryF
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Post by old lebtraveller on Oct 5, 2010 11:37:35 GMT
i got the two right wellies you wally!
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Post by jerry on Oct 5, 2010 19:20:32 GMT
Old Leb Traveller
With my two left ones we have got two pair maybe we should arrange a swap Joey can arrange the transfer voucher
Jerry
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Post by kellquinn on Oct 5, 2010 20:46:20 GMT
Hi all Gone Bonkers! reading about them Conkers. Hi Jerry glad you remembered the boots, I also have an Old Record recorded by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood for you "These Boots were made for Gawking" and Not walking. How are you doing hope you and Pat can make it up for the next "Shadowers" meeting Regards to you all JoeyK
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