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BS: New member, not in Hull

23 Jun 02 - 09:16 AM (#735125)
Subject: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

I have taken advice from harpmaker, and decided to avoid the GUEST prefix when submitting my drivel. God I feel better now!


23 Jun 02 - 09:20 AM (#735126)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST

You might feel even better if you stopped posting drivel...


23 Jun 02 - 09:27 AM (#735128)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Gareth

Welcome to the Madhouse !

Gareth


23 Jun 02 - 09:32 AM (#735133)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Thanks Gareth! Guest, I promise to stop posting drivel.


23 Jun 02 - 09:32 AM (#735134)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: 53

Welcome from Bob and Glenda.


23 Jun 02 - 09:39 AM (#735137)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: alanabit

Welcome from me too.


23 Jun 02 - 09:40 AM (#735139)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST

You're hardly a 'new member' mind, having been posting since August '01


23 Jun 02 - 10:57 AM (#735187)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: 8_Pints

Welcome from another Bob (& Sue)!

Bob vG


23 Jun 02 - 11:07 AM (#735192)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: katlaughing

Thanks for joining in as a member and welcome.


23 Jun 02 - 01:07 PM (#735230)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST,Bloke in the corner

Stop it Oakley! You know it will only send you blind!


23 Jun 02 - 02:48 PM (#735264)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Liz the Squeak

So what's this about the Purple Helmets then? Or are you a different Oakley??

LTS


23 Jun 02 - 02:52 PM (#735267)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Eric the Viking

'Owdo-Hows the fiddling? Greg told me about you, and his intertwining marriage-better watch out if you get close to sleeping bags!!

Cheers

Eric


23 Jun 02 - 02:56 PM (#735268)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: fat B****rd

Hello and welcome.


23 Jun 02 - 03:02 PM (#735269)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Linda Kelly

Welcome oh purple helmeted one!


24 Jun 02 - 02:50 AM (#735562)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Thanks for everyone for the warm welcome, and the warning about the submission of drivel. Liz, I have the honour of being a founder member of the Purple Helmets Bicycle Display Team, although we are taking a well-earned rest until Skipjack returns from his holiday with that damned Gary feller. Nice to hear from you Eric, rest assured that I'll remain in a state of high alert until further notice. Bugger, despite all my best efforts, I've gone and done drivel again!


24 Jun 02 - 05:04 AM (#735586)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Noreen

In the unlikely event that you are NOT in Hull (we have already ascertained in another thread that it is compulsory for all UK catters to have some connection with Hull), where are you located, Oakley? Presumably somewhere near the Humber's fair waters... perhaps you will take the opportunity of changing your addresss while Skipjack is out of the country?

!emocleW

Noreen

in Bury, Lancs


24 Jun 02 - 05:12 AM (#735588)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: fat B****rd

My mother-in-law lives near Hull.


24 Jun 02 - 05:52 AM (#735600)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: bill\sables

Welcome Oakley, You are just £4-50 away from Hull and even less if you walk.
Cheers Bill


24 Jun 02 - 06:01 AM (#735602)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Noreen

I've never lived in Hull... but my ex-husband was born there

...which katlaughing says is (or should be) the start of a great song


24 Jun 02 - 06:25 AM (#735607)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Pied Piper

Greetings Oakley. I would quibble with the spelling of Hull, every one I've met from there calls it Ull. All the best PP.


24 Jun 02 - 08:40 AM (#735658)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: C-flat

Welcome Oakley from another U.K. mudcatter not in Hull.(Although I've been to Hull and back!)


24 Jun 02 - 09:04 AM (#735666)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: HuwG

Never lived in Hull either, but I'm desperately trying to get a date with a girl who used to live there. Perhaps it was a mistake to serenade her with The Dalesman's Lament (sorry, don't know the original artist, CD collection not readily to hand), with its chorus:

"From Hull and Halifax and Hell, the Lord deliver me".


24 Jun 02 - 09:05 AM (#735668)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: bradfordian

Even better if you are not in KINGSTON upon ???? I once went in a boat & I believe that had a Hull, does that count me in?


24 Jun 02 - 12:33 PM (#735802)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST,Oakley avoiding work

Would it not be easier to rename this forum "The Hullcat Cafe"? 'Ull is a spendid place, which I can see clearly from my house, one field away from the Humbers' muddy waters, in South Ferriby, North Lincs. Quite close to Skipjack and Gary.


24 Jun 02 - 01:34 PM (#735842)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Linda Kelly

Has Gary got a purple helmet?


24 Jun 02 - 01:39 PM (#735847)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Linda, I bet my bottom dollar that he has an insipid pink affair with bits of fluff stuck on it. The spineless, rotten git.


24 Jun 02 - 01:46 PM (#735860)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

Hello Oakley, welcome to Madcut. It was good to see you at the weekend, somebody in Beberley said my spelling was very good, so if you don;t sure how to spill any big werds just let me now.john :-)


24 Jun 02 - 01:50 PM (#735863)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Thanks John, that's better. Your reply to the Cara thread had me wondering if everthing was ok. I am happy and relieved to see that you are well again. It has been a warm welcome to the Madcut.


25 Jun 02 - 08:52 AM (#736463)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: HuwG

Re. my earlier post; ooops ! It wasn't the Dalesman's Lament, it was The Dalesman's Litany. The CD sleeve just said, "Trad. arr. Tim Hart".


25 Jun 02 - 12:52 PM (#736610)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

HuwG, now that's what I call a tenuous link with the Fishy City; perhaps you can let us know how things proceed with the ex-resident of the piscine metropolis. Thanks for the Dalesman's Litany.


25 Jun 02 - 04:36 PM (#736784)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Mr Red

Welcome Oakley
Whats all this about 'Ull? is the "K" silent now? ***BG***


25 Jun 02 - 05:15 PM (#736816)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: oombanjo

Welcome Oakley. But having moved up from the south and having been called a posh B-----D,A FEW TIMES Like the locals I now Know its --------ULL--------------


25 Jun 02 - 07:41 PM (#736936)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

oombanjo, I thought I'd share my displacement experiences. I have lived in Oldbury (West Midlands), Clevedon, some place in Somerset that I didn't understand and in Warwickshire before moving here. All these are definately southern. I saw the light in the end, but ran out of puff before the final push across the Humber (property prices being what they are and all). The locals think I am southern round here, but luckily, not posh because I recycle my own urine to activate my compost heap, teach fiddle to the locals and swear a bit. All with enthusiasm. I didn't play at all until 5 years ago, after a break of 15 years following very bad musical experiences and if it wasn't for this part of North Lincs, and the musical people who live here, I wouldn't be doing music now. And certainly not posting to an internet forum after partaking at a session in the Sloop at Barton. (Which was great, and a privelage). Bugger!! The drivel alarm has sounded, but I'm pressing submit regardless.


25 Jun 02 - 07:51 PM (#736946)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

i lik Oakies car, it is an old mini with woodwen bits on it.john. I saw it last weeek in beberley in th pup car parjk.


26 Jun 02 - 01:54 AM (#737131)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: oombanjo

got a call from Eric and collin earlier tonight,they are goingover to a session at the sloop (I have guests can not go)anyway its nice being called a posh B. but to put you in the picture SOUTH meens the mining villages of Stainforth and Broadway. Power to your elbow!


26 Jun 02 - 02:20 AM (#737146)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST,ozmacca

Hey, Oakley.... welcome to the home for drivel addicts. You've been and gone and done it now, haven't you? Not only have you joined, other people know who are really are! There's nothing left for it now but to emigrate. Choose your destination carefully though, because wherever you end up, there'll be Catters out there looking for you......... Going into hiding at the count of two, one...


26 Jun 02 - 02:56 AM (#737163)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

John in Reykjavik. I am glad you like it. The beloved vehicle is however a 1971 Morris Minor Traveller. Only once did I breathe deeply into the hood of my anorak, and attend an owners' club rally. This was at Blenheim Place, where Mrs Oakley and I won a rosette for most pissed in show. The scene was a little compulsive and obsessive for my liking, so I decided to become a musician instead. Which is a lot more balanced and healthy. Now, how do you compose a post without bloody drivelling?


26 Jun 02 - 03:08 AM (#737170)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST

Simple, after composing the intended message, re-read twice. Check for obvious factual and grammar errors. Correct as necessary. Now re-read again out loud and listen for comments from those around you. Remove any item which cause any reaction. Finally, place cursor over first letter, left click, run cursor down dialogue box, and press "delete".

Seems to be the only way you'll avoid adverse comment from somebody or other......... And then somebody will probably post "?"

By the way, welcome.......... you'll probably be sorry.


26 Jun 02 - 03:16 AM (#737172)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Guest, I now have to wipe bits of food off my screen. Thanks for the advice. And the laugh.


26 Jun 02 - 05:14 AM (#737210)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: gnomad

Yeah, welcome to the asylum Oakley.

Glad I read the whole thread cos I hadn't picked up that a link to ull was compulsory before, and might have got drummed out. Allright I admit it, I lived there 1960 to 1981, but I'm all better now , honest. 8-)


08 Jul 02 - 09:39 PM (#744776)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

You'll never leave!


08 Jul 02 - 11:06 PM (#744813)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

I just put -drivel- in the DT and Forum Search. More threads came up than I could count. So you have come to the right place!


09 Jul 02 - 01:23 PM (#745197)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Eric the Viking

Arn't you a local boy then?

This site is for local people only!


09 Jul 02 - 01:41 PM (#745218)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

As I live and breathe Eric, I should have realised that we are playing John-in-Hull rules! That's twice I have been shown the yellow card. Firstly for the unnacceptably high drivel content and now for not being local. I had my legs criticised yesterday here. Perhaps it was because they weren't local either. See you soon!


09 Jul 02 - 02:11 PM (#745237)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Linda Kelly

Blimey, Oakley -are you a fellow Warwickshirian? From whence came you ?(I used to live near whence).


09 Jul 02 - 03:00 PM (#745266)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

One of the most fiercely defended borders is where industrial Redditch oozes along the A435 and seeps into rural Warwickshire at a village called Studley. I had the good fortune to live there from 1988 to 1990. From memory there were 17 or 18 drinking holes in Studley which has arguably the world's most hideous supermarket dominating the centre and a claim to be the largest village in England. It was I recall the centre of world needle production during the 18th and 19th centuries. (I, of course don't mean that I recall those centuries, but I recall absorbing the knowledge - you have to careful about that sort of thing because there are pedants lurking here). I still have friends there, though I haven't been for a couple of years. It was only just Warwickshire, but Warwickshire it sure as hell was. Not Redditch, which was strangely important to the locals. So Linda, from whence didst thou hail, within the fair county that boasts a bear (down, John in Hull and get some sleep - nearly aroused the lad there) being bated as its crest?


09 Jul 02 - 03:02 PM (#745267)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Liz the Squeak

I've no connection with Hull, although I did once go there for the day and had a bloody good feed of sausage, chips and mushy peas....

You have a half timbered Morris?? Be still my beating heart.... my favourite car is the Morris Minor...

LTS


09 Jul 02 - 03:18 PM (#745274)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Liz,

It is true. Apart from being completely unsafe in a smash, it has absolutely no vices. It is practical, cheap and (in my opinion) completely gorgeous. Even Peter managed a lift in it once without having to cover his head with a blanket to hide his shame. The smell of petrol fumes and vinyl inside makes me head spin when I get in it. Honestly, it is not really an anorak thing, I just love Morris Travellers and had to get one. Do you have a Minor now or a hankering for one you had?


09 Jul 02 - 03:28 PM (#745279)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Liz the Squeak

My grandfather had a grey Morris van, and I could have bought one about 8 years ago but went with the 5 door Lada estate instead. The Lada is dead and buried (should have sold it 7 years ago before the bottom dropped out of the Russian Economy, could have doubled the price)because I could no longer get the parts, but I still see that Moggy van going strong.

We passed one doing about 70 mph on Friday, on the A1.... it was green.... ahhhh...... I had to stop and let it overtake just so I could drool over it a second time when I overtook it again.

LTS


09 Jul 02 - 04:12 PM (#745307)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

It is great seeing them do what they were intended to do; that is, thrashing up and down the Trunk roads of the UK at top speed (although I think 70mph is pushing it for extended periods). I saw, at Blenheim, a guy who's spotless example arrived on a low loader, only to suffer the indignity of having mirrors angled beneath it so that passers-by could admire its trunnion hygeine and its lovingly - buffed nipples. It should have been a bit patched, full of gear, covered in dead flies and hurtling at ramming speed up the AI, with a couple of people grinning inside it. As mine often is. If you do the maths, there is no road tax, and you should be able to get fully comp insurance for £70 on a limited mileage. There are also bits under the bonnet that can actually be fixed cheaply should they go wrong - which they don't.

My beloved vehicle will be off to Roscommon in the summer to transport 2/3rds of Cara and its chattels and Mrs. Oakley for a holiday and to record Cara's next CD.

I can't wait.


09 Jul 02 - 04:28 PM (#745319)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Linda Kelly

I frequented many a watering hole in Kenilworth Warwick and Leamington Spa during my misspent youth -although technically a West Midlands girl until they moved Coventry back to Warwickshire. I moved north because I heard there was a better quality of lycra north of Sheffield. I have been both woefully misled and sadly disappointed.


09 Jul 02 - 04:37 PM (#745324)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: John MacKenzie

Welcome to the 2002 equivilent of The Bethlehem Asylum, {Bedlam}. Thank God there's one more non 'uller joined the fold. Never been there, but I was at a birthday bash in Barmby Moor 2 weeks ago, bit too close for comfort that! *BG*
Can't join in with all the orgasmic utterances about Moggies, once had to change the brake master cylinder on one, BLOODY 'ECK !!. I save those sort of devotional moments about vehicles for Kenworths, Peterbilts, and Western Stars, when I,m lucky enough to be stateside. Failte [Welcome] anyway....Giok [ In Scotland ]


09 Jul 02 - 04:40 PM (#745328)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Linda,

Coventry gone bach to Warwickshire? What are they doing? Birmingham was Warwickshire apparently until the invention of the West Midlands. I only just remember "West Bromwich Staffs" and "Oldbury, Warley, Worcs" as addresses. But this latest outrage... well no wonder you moved north.

Cannot comment on the Lycra; this is Gary's home planet. The bloody stuff brings me out in droves. Did Coventry Corporation buses used to be maroon, or was it just another erotic dream?


09 Jul 02 - 04:53 PM (#745340)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Hi Giok,

Having read my drivel, I realise that I go a bit soppy on the subject of Morris Minors. You can claim a strong cultural link with the fishy city, as Barnby Moor is only 40 miles as the crow flies. So Giok in Hull, thanks for the greeting and you were lucky to find the bloody master cylinder under that plate next to the gearstick - Alec Issigonis was a gynaecologist, obviously. I assume that the things of which you speak are American Trucks. Of which I know nothing I'm afriad. Good luck.


09 Jul 02 - 05:20 PM (#745357)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Caz

Welcome Oakly, I've been here only for a few months and feel like I've been here for ever!

Carole - OUTSIDER


09 Jul 02 - 05:48 PM (#745374)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Hi Caz! Our paths are to cross soon; and later in the year (if I remember our last chat correctly) at Elloughton, Will willing. Have you heard any more about this? Cara's facilitator should have confirmed something by now, but he is a whistle player. Any joy with Diedre at Trinity? Just for the record, I was forty on June 8th. Thanks for the welcome and I'll see you soon.


09 Jul 02 - 07:42 PM (#745452)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull

Helloo Aokley -Please tell us more about this cheep insurance deal you hsve, I am paying £600 for third party only on a Lada, (fiddling bastatds!) this is a motor traders policy with Bollington Motor Insurers of Lundon, I am sure they are rippimg me off.john


09 Jul 02 - 08:09 PM (#745470)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Celtic Soul

Welcome, Oakley.

Don't mind Guest...he/she is usually grumpy


12 Jul 02 - 05:31 PM (#747392)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Skipjack K8

Mrs S spotted a Morris Marina Owners Club Rally at Longleat, from over half a mile. Damn, but that woman impresses me at the strangest times.

Isn't John correct in remembering an age when one could purchase a half timbered Mini for less than £500?

I believe you are playing for the screaming ladies of Withernensea (the vernacular, I believe) at the moment, but I'm sure I just saw you with a bleeding head in Midsomer Murders.

Welcome, Daffyd, bon viveur, raconteur, and seminal pornographer.

Gary, your wife.

Oh, yes, Linda, I am proud to hold my Purple Helmet under my arm and stand four-square with Mr O. I inadvertently married Oakley whilst directly injecting nitrogen into the Humber, but I understand my old man tied an even bigger one on last time, without me there to spoil his fun. Funny how quickly we don't talk anymore. I'm filing for urine separation.


12 Jul 02 - 08:57 PM (#747484)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: Oaklet

Gary, my old dutch, will it enrich your life if I told that in 1987, I sold a perfectly good Morris Marina - WVV 590L (Linda Kelly! - A Coventry numberplate!) to the contractor who made a fortune cleaning the windows at Longleat, for £150? Hmmm, thought not. But perhaps I try to impress you too much.

August is in the diary, but I have just realised that every diary I have ever possessed has been similarly endowed with Augusts. At least I publicly admitted that I missed my accomplice on my solitary trip to Nellies. There can be no greater affirmation than posting this fact to a thread that is read by literally tens of people. My solicitor will be in possession of this detail in the morning.

Withernsea saw PTH being given the benefit of a smoke generator, and a compare from clubland, who introduced us as a "Speciality Act". We will now appear in similar circumstances as "Punch the Horse and his Amazing Radioactive Duck" It was, despite this, and all the sex afterwards, a fine evening.


19 Nov 02 - 12:07 AM (#829547)
Subject: RE: BS: New member, not in Hull
From: GUEST

Ther ix a hull p8le of shit gokj on