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Quote from: Chloe on January 12, 2009, 17:56:23
Did you ever go to the Ace cafe, Ace?

I always thought that's where you got your name from apart from being ACE :D

Chloe

Used the original one when we used to race the juke box and got called the 'ton up boys' But I have not been to the resurected caff. I should go to a rockers reunion there,  but they make me feel old.

I remember going on the chicken run down the North Circular from the Ace cafe, hanging onto the back of my boyfriend.

Did you go to The Busy Bee too?

The down side of having a boyfriend with a bike was at the sign of a spot of rain we all had to go home so the bike didn't get wet ;D ;D

Quote from: Chloe on January 13, 2009, 13:07:49


The down side of having a boyfriend with a bike was at the sign of a spot of rain we all had to go home so the bike didn't get wet ;D ;D

That was chivalry in them days. I was the same, it saved my ole lady from having to polish the bike. ;)

I went to the ACE cafe, and I rode on the back of a motor bike doing 100 mph without a crash helmet.  Told Dad I wore it but left it hidden in the front garden amongst the flowers.  My ex-husband did trials and he used to boil his chain in the kitchen on the gas cooker.  He even went to bed with his motor bike, when he got it from Spain.  I remember doing the scoring with 2 children and a dog whilst he did trials, and it was so cold and I was stuck in a field all day.  Then he went to the pub and got drunk.  I learnt to drive so I could drive him home with a trailer, two children and an alastian dog on my lap.  Oh happy days.  My mother was right, I should have married the man from the Young Conservative Club that was rich, but a bit boring.

My dog's name -  ::) ;D

Real name - Jan

I wanted to be Freddie cos thats the name i use everywhere else (its my parrots name) it was taken so it became a play on my real name which is Deborah but only when im in trouble rest of the time its Deb or Debbie

Fork cos Im a tool  ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: Fork on January 13, 2009, 17:19:39
Fork cos Im a tool  ;D ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D

Quote from: Sinbad7 on January 12, 2009, 23:26:34
Georgie, I thought your name was Georgina, never dreamt it had to do with George Best  ;D

Well, I didn't know you were so naughty.  ;)  ;D

G x

I'm liking this thread, I wonder if anyone changes their name after this and if you had under your new name formally known as, so peeps didn't get confused, because Georgie ( real name Beryl )   gets confused easily these days.              ;D ;D ;D

Gawd I did this - had Downtoearth aka Ninnyscrops for ages, then felt sooooo sorry for the peeps that typed all that lot in a reply  ;D

Hope I didn't confuse you too much Beryl, sorry Georgie  ;)

Linda

I started out good Georgie and stayed good for a long time, then naughtiness crept up on me and I kinda liked it ;D ;D ;D.

Then I discovered my allotment and it showed me the error of my ways and I started to collect seeds and plants and slugs and snails and made compost and shovelled manure ???

Sinbad

Quote from: cornykev on January 13, 2009, 18:32:18
I'm liking this thread, I wonder if anyone changes their name after this and if you had under your new name formally known as, so peeps didn't get confused, because Georgie ( real name Beryl )   gets confused easily these days.              ;D ;D ;D

Beryl Best    ;D ;D

It had to be short, I'm from NZ so it had to be a bird.....Kiwi is a bit obvious and taken plus I wanted something from where I come from near the Southern Alps. The Kea is the worlds only alpine parrot, it's quite a character and very tenacious but not very popular with skiers and farmers.

On my last visit to NZ with my English husband (his first) we stopped at Fox Josef glacier and he was rather started when i got out and removed the rubber from the window wipers before we left the car in the car park. When we got back the neighbouring vehicles were having or already had the rubber removed by a group of Keas.
They usually behave like a band of drunk teenagers except they are also very smart, they can solve highly complex puzzles.

PS I'm not at all like a Kea I just like them..sometimes!

Quote from: asbean on January 13, 2009, 09:17:39
OK, Ruhbarb Thrasher, wherever you are - 'fess up  ??? ??? ??? ???

::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

I have been a Rhubarb Thrasher since about 1974, together with for instance DJ Mark Radcliffe, novelist Jonathan Coe, and the Vicar of Alderholt (to name a few) Elton John also must have had a soft spot for it too. Look us up!

not been here around much. Lethal combination of ISP woes and a touch of the winter blues  ???

corny,
Rhubarb Thrasher will be a stackridge thing
i know I'm old but they sang dora the (incredibly irritating) female explorer in  71
i didnt know they had reformed, tonnes of good memorys there
lbb

Always loads of Maggies about, E is for my unmentionable first name and 3 gs because every other combination of letters and maggie seems to have been used. ::) ;D

I don't know where my name came from, my OH wanted me to call myself Peat Potts

  THISTLE = Because I am Welsh  :P ;D ;D

  JAGGY refers to the plant being sharp (bit like me) up here you would refer to it
  being jaggy

Quote from: FLOSSY on January 12, 2009, 18:15:06


 Flossy is the name of my very first cat, she was a kitten when I was about 3yrs,

  --  don't like my screen name in  ' caps' , but my son put it in for me and he is '' quick ''

  on the old key board  --  too fast for me then, but not now !

  floss x

  [ name is Jan   short for Janice ]

If you go in to;
Profile>Modify Profile>Account Settings you can change it to lower case.You'll have a window pop up that says you've changed your email (you haven't)but will be sent a reactivication email.Just click that & bob's your uncle. :)