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Done & dusted...
Seen it,done it got the fecking tshirt
Seen more life in my 58 years than your average Joe,went to the school of hard knocks & I'm still doing my apprenticeship but the scholarship is around the corner....
This is the modern world WELLER once wrote but that was in 77 ffs & he's still going the genius...
BALLYDESMOND a little village in Ireland I adored as a kid,beat the EAST END tower block i can tell ya,especially when you got stuck in LIFT DOORS in your pram,no wonder i struggle with heights....lol ;)
The FOREST around this proud little village has heritage status dont you know,I certainly didn't as a kid of 12 years of age i was more bothered about finding out ELVIS had died couldnt believe it,read it in the local RAG
ANyway I thought sod it I better help out me dear old NAN unload the hay,a lovely, QUIET
unassuming lady but the old,old man made up for it...BLOODY HELL he had some wit,sharp as a razor could mix it with anyone i knew back home in the DRUM!! ( ask your grandparents or failing that listen to a bit of Smiley Culture BOOGERS will Remember!!) .bless him!!
What a gig that was at CROCS...real crocodiles in a nightclub & that was just the locals Lol ;)
Grandparents had a farm &
MOTHER moved to North london ( of all places) to stay with an AUNT (thats what they used to call very good FRIENDS back in the day) it was how it was YOU JUST GOT ON WITH IT & THANK GOD there was no SOCIAL MEDIA people would have had Kittens lol
I could even be speaking with an OZZIE ACCENT..LOL,such was the SILLY SHAME but at least id have got to see the BLUE MOUNTAINS & conquered my fear of heights...i may have even walked the plank to see the UGLY SISTERS!!!!
Damn RELIGION & all that old game...anyway who cares,who gives a shit...more important things in life to dwell on...the modern day game...do me a favour,have a nice weekend.....
Some people used to live in a
Cardboard box they were lucky best we could manage was a hole in ground with sheet of tarpaulin over us but it was a house to us...used to get up at 10 in morning half hour before i went ta bed lick road clean wit tongue eat half a bag of hot gravel pay my boss for honour to go to work an when i got home our mum an dad would kill us an dance on our graves singing hallelujah...You try and tell the kids today that and they wont believe ya they wont
You were
One of the lucky ones Mac...;)
not that lucky 65
Always wanted to be a lumberjack and sing...instead it was work with spam spam spam spam for lunch it was lovely though
Wafer
Thin...
Beautiful! Love it 65
I googled BALLYDESMOND, looks pretty similar to my Irish home town of Roosky, Ruskey, or Rooskey, three different spelling and all three on the town signs depending on which road you approach the town! ( The Irish name being Rúscaigh, meaning 'swamp' or 'bog') In Co Roscommon, a small village were the Shannon flows through the middle separating Leitrim and Roscommon. Plenty of pubs, fish and just wonderful people. Spent 4 weeks every year there, bit different to Forest Gate and Dartford :o)
We have a season ticket at the Blue Mountains... Will think of you the next time we are there, in the meantime tracking down a safe haven to watch the Lionesses in Sydney!
look after yourself buddy... Keep the faith, COYI's and Come on You Lionesses!!!! !!!!
Love it Dartford
The bogs eh not the same as the khazis over here!!
I havnt actually been back since i was a teenager,I preferred Clacton & Gt Yarmouth...don't ask mate I know!! Lol
But I'm organising a family trip to the motherland soon better late than never mate,will go to the Murphys burial ground for sure,to be sure!!
Have a guinness with the locals in the village pub/Houses,I wonder if the horses still go in & out for a stout? Loved the Irish dancing in the street & jagger/ Bowie were there too believe it or not!! Have a good one Bud
Can't believe
No talk on here Dartford about the lionesses? Me & you mate know they will win it,English grit & camaraderie...sadly lacking in the men's modern game
Thats for sure 65!
Got a major problem tomorrow... where to go to watch the game. The pubs and clubs locally are VERY partisan to all things Aussie, will need to find a bar in the city where the English frequent or maybe a trip to Bondi Beach... loads of Brits there!!!
What a cracking result for
What a cracking result for the Lionesses. That'll dampen the mood somewhat around these shores! Thought Hemp was massive last night and all the lasses really. Couldn't be happier with the result.
Totally agree M2C
Great game and great result. Superb goal by Sam Kerr but the Lionesses were just to strong and too clever. Very business like which I think comes from the professionalism of the coach. Hemp was absolutely awesome in fact unplayable!!
i do feel like singing "its all gone quiet over there, yes its all gone..." :o)
That said lots of messages of congrats from Aussie mates
Even after Kerr's wonder goal
Even after Kerr's wonder goal I was confident we would win considering we'd been on top throughout. Most of my mates are quiet at the moment... might need to wind them up a bit! Roll on Sunday
where are you going to watch
where are you going to watch the game?
I think we will be at the local RSL, big crowd.. Me and The Mrs :o)
Having a gathering at mine. A
Having a gathering at mine. A few reluctant Aussies coming along
LOL
Have a great time... Fingers crossed... Come on You Lionesses!!!
Loved it in Bondi Bud
Only went for 3 weeks years ago but we packed in loads...loads of Engish & possibly more Irish! Them waves are unreal,I had to spare my wife's blushes a few times...but she got in there good for her! But it was funny when a local old boy ended up wearing one of her bras!! Lol dunno if he's still there but some fella with a massive ghetto blaster ( ask your Dads) was there doing the splits etc in a mankini!!Or was that me after a night on the Goon ( I think the drink was called) but sitting by Sydney Harbour having a meal was great & the banana bread is to die for...Happy days
We still go to Bondi Beach,
We still go to Bondi Beach, feels like home with all the Brits and Mickys. Also a fan of Manly, again popular with the Brits. When they play our local team The Cronulla Sharks its called The Battle of the Beaches :o)
Toasted Banana Bread... OMG, game changer... Ive put on pound thanks to that. We are just off for our walk to the beach, coffee and banana bread at the cafe called Barefoot on the Beach, I dont think I need to paint you a picture just the name of the place sparks the imagination and i can assure you it meets the expectation.
OMG
Manly what a beautiful place,the beach was unreal,can remember where we got a boat from Wilson corner?that's in Brentwood ( you twat lol) willsons something or other,lizards or whatever on the approach to the beach.igetting those boats was beautiful mate