September 2006 Archives
The wonders overhead
Posted by Ray on September 13, 2006 11:14 AM
We always look ahead, to see where we are going. But do you ever look up? Look up at buildings, I mean.
There is a wealth of superb architecture on show in our buildings around our towns.
Builders and architects liked to do ornate things high up in our buildings but many of these wonders go unnoticed.
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Old wives tales and sayings.
Posted by Ray on September 13, 2006 11:30 AM
When my new grandchild arrived my wife remarked how all our girls, daughters and grandchildren, had little button noses, but invariably the boys had slightly larger ones, she said that this goes with the old wives’ tale: ‘Boys grow into their noses’.
Actually, I cannot find anybody else that has heard this saying.
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Remember the oily rag?
Posted by Ray on September 25, 2006 3:39 PM
Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on which way you think, when you lift the bonnet of a modern car there is no way you can fiddle about, it is packed with gadgets.
Remember the old Ford Capri or Humber Hawk you had many years ago.
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