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  1. Marvin

    Interesting information

    Nope! Not at the moment. I was born in 1945, so am 76. 1945 + 76 = 2021. It will, however, be true in December, when I turn 77.
  2. Marvin

    Some fascinating things on old tombstones!

    A couple more genuine ones: Here lies John Bunn He was killed by a gun His name was not Bunn, but Wood; But Wood would not rhyme with gun, But Bunn would. Here lies my wife Here let her lie For she's at rest - And so am I! And a couple of fakes, just for fun: Here a glassblower lies at...
  3. Marvin

    Collective nouns

    One from my university days (50 odd years ago): A lack of principals.
  4. Marvin

    Delusional...

    Here's a tot o' Rhum to Eigg you on!
  5. Marvin

    Names to never call your kid

    Dan Gleebitz
  6. Marvin

    Keep a Word, Bin a Word

    Security clearance
  7. Marvin

    Joan of Arc

    She was a descendent of Noah, I believe.
  8. Marvin

    masks

    "George....... don't do that!" (remembering the wonderful Joyce Grenfell)
  9. Marvin

    Excellent book...

    Get Rich Quick, by Robin Banks 50 Years in the Saddle, by Major Bumsore Broken Braces, by Lucy Lastick etc. etc. all from 70 years ago!
  10. Marvin

    Made me smile :-D

    I went to the supermarket today, and found a £20 note in the car park. Had a battle with my conscience, so asked myself: "What would Jesus do?" That resolved it for me: I went into the shop and turned it into wine!
  11. Marvin

    Australia Day Lamb Advert.

    Mary had a little lamb, She ate it with mint sauce. Now everywhere that Mary goes the lamb goes too, of course! Mary had a little lamb She also had a bear. I've seen Mary's little lamb But I've never seen the other one. Mary had a little bear To whom she was most kind, And everywhere that Mary...
  12. Marvin

    Fashion?

    I can't open your attachments, either.... I usually can read your posts, Pura Vida.... did you do something different with this thread?
  13. Marvin

    Verbosity

    Gusty winds in north Africa frighten tourists N E R C T S O Archaeology
  14. Marvin

    Child of the 60's

    YOU GAVE IT TO THE CAT?????!!!! We would never have been so wasteful (times were hard back then..I'm talking early fifties, not 60's...get out the violins!). We put the top of the milk on our tinned fruit (had a clever little suction device to syphon it out of the top of the bottle. We never...
  15. Marvin

    What if Apple made an Insulin Pump?

    And what the HELL might it cost!!!!!
  16. Marvin

    back on victoza

    Wow! There's a blast from the past! A lot of water under the bridge since then: from about the time of that post until about a year ago my diabetes showed a gradual worsening trend. This time last year my weight was over 18 stone, my HbA1C was up to 78, and I had been put on Sitagliptin in...
  17. Marvin

    Soldering Job

    Nice eye protection! (Not that she needs it, with the iron unplugged.)
  18. Marvin

    New musical...

    Of course, if you could persuade Bette to do a dance, you could call it "Middler on the Hoof".
  19. Marvin

    STELLA AWARDS

    That's down to Trump appointing all his cronies!
  20. Marvin

    Old Wedding Day Present Idea.

    We're still using the tangerine laundry basket we were given in 1971.... interestingly enough it doesn't feature in the set illustrated. Ours must have been the DeLuxe version!