The Retirement Thread
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Jul 2022
4:48pm, 19 Jul 2022
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Curly45
I was born in 82  Not retired yet, but working on it Congrats LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 |
Jul 2022
5:19pm, 19 Jul 2022
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LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Thanks! I remember the summer of '76! My mum made my sister and me go to bed in the afternoons for a siesta. And there was a campaign about turning the taps off when you clean your teeth. Which I've done ever since. |
Jul 2022
5:26pm, 19 Jul 2022
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macca 53
I remember that the decisive factor in bringing the drought to an end was the appointment of a Minister for Drought (actually the Sport Minister, Dennis Howell, with a new hat). It started raining almost as soon as he given the job! 😂
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Jul 2022
5:46pm, 19 Jul 2022
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GregP
Ah. I remember the turning the tap off to clean your teeth thing - I’ve also done it ever since and was perplexed some time in the late noughties when it was the hot now top to beat climate change.
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Jul 2022
5:49pm, 19 Jul 2022
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GregP
Those of us of a certain tribe were rather force-fed a particularly dreadful course about Eco-Christianity. We were going to save the planet by the tooth cleaning trick and changing to energy efficient lightbulbs.
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Jul 2022
5:57pm, 19 Jul 2022
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GregP
[this was the noughties, not 1976, you understand]
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Jul 2022
6:00pm, 19 Jul 2022
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Turning of the taps when cleaning teeth? Yup, I still do that. Summer of 76 I was growing baby number 3 while running around after the toddlers ! |
Jul 2022
6:26pm, 19 Jul 2022
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Velociraptor
I seem to remember that you're supposed to brush each individual tooth 100 times. Imagine how much water would go down the sink if you didn't turn the tap off?
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Jul 2022
6:59pm, 19 Jul 2022
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Rosehip
Why would you need to run the tap whilst cleaning your teeth? Ive just thrown the water in which I washed the potatoes (straight from the garden so muddy) under the saddest looking plants inbthe garden. Neighbour gave me an odd look, but that’s something I’ve ‘always’ done |
Jul 2022
7:29pm, 19 Jul 2022
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Bazoaxe
I was 9 and recall summer 76 well. The school holidays were fabulous. Oh and the thunderstorm that ended it all one night was spectacular.
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