Any other gamblers have this trait

So you gamble like a man, and shop like a woman!?

Haaaaaaaaaaaa

s.kenbo

lost for words ^

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Browse?s=Relevance&storeId=... as you go mobile&c_1=1|category_root|Technology|33006169&c_2=2|33006169|Mobile phones and accessories|33008085&c_3=3|cat_33008085|Pay as you go phones|42767814&r_001=1|Brands|Samsung|1

mobile £3.99

so if you fall out with bookie

I bet like a fiend and spend hours studying but going shopping I grab the first thing that fits then I'm out of there.

Not at Argos though to be fair..

I am definitely going to tell my wife your reply Kenbo. She will find it deadly funny.

I don't even know where my local Argos is

I rush in & buy stuff from the "charity shop!..............then theres allways the problem when U take it back if U aint got the reciept.....................

Jun 25, 2015 -- 2:55PM, SlippyBlue wrote:

I don't even know where my local Argos is

They are usually opposite Dominoes pizza, so that chavs can buy the wedding jewellery then cross the road to arrange the reception.

mmm         If they stop outside to finish their **** & walk in "hand in hand"

I had to google boxingthefox and the nearest one to Dukwich Village is in Brixton I think.

f^gs

I go to Brixton once a year to visit my hub caps, I will pick up whatever you want on my  next visit.

lot of gamblers left handed apparently

Brixton is a cool place btf, my birthplace. If you want to buy a decent house there you better have a very big bank balance. I absolutely love the gaff.

Only joking mate, worked there for a while myself.

Just 100 yards from the "front line"

Railton Road, know it well. My Dad had lots of houses in that manor back in the day.

A lot of Irish ended up in Brixton in the 60's, that is where Dad met my Mum and hey presto, I was born not long after

Managed a factory there, the workers all locals were great, It was more of a stop gap for me, Went to a bigger job with hundreds of staff, as soon as it came up.

I remember Slippy, the Irsh and West indians got on great, mainly because they both got similar treatment, ie, "No blacks, No Irish, no dogs". Those were the days.

Most of those places have moved with the times btf.

You can take your dog in nowadays.

jed .

same a you paddletoes -  will waste 50 notes  on an impulsive bet ,and then hum and ha about spending an extra 90p  when i'm out if i can get it at better price

Boxing, just pm you.

As for driving around trying to find a parking space you don't have to pay I could tell you some tales about that.

I actually googled that disgustingly derogatory term mentioned on here once. Some say its an urban myth and derives from one or two signs in the 60's which were genuine but it was a wildly exaggerated phrase. I honestly don't know about it.

Replied Workrider.

paddletoe, wildly exggerated it was NOT. I lived it mate, one or two signs in every lettings windows, newsagents windows on lettings ads.etc, etc, It was blatant in your face racism. Urban myth,!!! yeah I'm sure they would like to rewrite that piece of recent history.

deffo true paddle

I know its true Capt-F. I have seen one of the old signs. More of a question if it was widespread or just a few signs put up on an odd b&b by a small number of of racist people, maybe even just a single poster which gained infamy.

After independence the Irish came to England in their hundreds of thousands, it must have been terrible for them.

paddle I was in Chiswick, a fantastic part of London, my first week at school (aged 12) was fecking horrendous, got the cr@p beat out of me, it was beat up the paddy every play time. The first school football match was my saviour, I came on with just over 20/25 minutes to go, got half a dozen goals turned a defeat into victory against our rival school.

I was untouchable at football, as a kid, Alex stock gave me a trial at QPR and signed me as an apprentice, buts that's another story. Without footballing skills I don't think I have made it through school.

Let me make one thing clear, I came to this fantastic country in 1960, I worked got married and started a family, paid my taxes etc, etc. This is still a fantastic country, despite the efforts of politicians and their wealthy masters efforts to destroy it for a "cheap buck".

I actually care as much for this country as my English mates, in some cases more!. England has been good to me, and I know I have reciprocated in the best manner.

^^^^thank goodness to hear someone talk sense, makes a change from the constant whining about England and indeed the US.

nice one fox

BTW nearly as many as 8/9 out of ten lettings had the signs. But the positive side of it was you did not waste your time (or theirs,) where you were not wanted, and I believe England was a stronger country with a real identity in those days, some Brits don't know what national identity is any more. Would I prefer the 60s culture, you bet!.

The bulk of the Irish In London were relatively uneducated back then in the fckin catholic controlled schools, and single strong men came here to labour on building sites, roads etc. being single meant they had no social structure to go home to at night and so they congregated in pubs, work pub, work pub was the endless cycle, and after closing time fights would ensue, there were pubs in Hammersmith that I wouldn't go in to. The reputation they unwittingly fostered resulted in the "You're not renting my flat mentality" Perfectly understandable.

I never knew that Boxing. Good to get some first hand knowledge on that.

The Irish were well liked in England in the 1960s, in fact they always have been. It was more a case of many of the young men would come home after working and having a few drinks at night and promply in the morning find they had pissed themselves in bed, some landladies didn`t like this

my uncle came aged 14 with £40 worked his socks off had a fantastic life

^^ that as well.lfc1971 .
Thats the great thing Capt_F anyone who wanted a better life could aim for it and get it, fair play to your dad.

But I think the association with dogs relating to irish and black people is more the matter at hand here. Piddling the bed when your drunk is no excuse for those signs.

No

where exactly do you think the hundreds of thousand young Irishmen lived paddletoe...they had a chance to build a good life for themselves and the vast majority did just that.

No point awakening sleeping dogs ( no pun intended ). It was a different time and wrong would not be a strong enough word. I thank you for the posts Boxing on a topic I was always curious to know about.

All I have posted about the Irish in London then is of course a  generalisation, there were many exceptions, to the "Navvie" rule. I can't give a percentage maybe 30/40%.  Paddle the "no dogs was actually" a no pets rule which when posted on the same notice looked worse than it was. Even in our politically correct society you will see a no pets notice for lettings, esp holiday lettings.

In what sense do you mean that question lfc? I know places like Crickelwood, Kilburn, Luton and Holborn had quite a lot of irish people.

You're welcome paddle.

I see Boxing. To me the no dogs part of that phrase always had a different meaning but you lived there so would know a lot more.

If you were a coloured irish person with a pet dog and looking for digs for the night you would be pretty much fecked. That part is at least clear.

ask Paul McGrath

Yes the different meaning was deliberately  taken out of context by both the "offended" Irish and West Indians, to strengthen  their disapproval at their treatment. With phrases such as at least we are above the dogs. Funny thing is The Irish and WI generally did not have dogs, certainly not in the early days, so that part of the sign was meant for  everyone wanting digs Including Brits.

Phil Lynott.

Paul McGrath, even with bad knees a giant on the pitch.

The Committments

fav player ever even @ Utd

Phil Lynott got more **** than Frank Sinatra.

p...y

He was something else  Capt__F.

lfc1971 NO PETS

Yes Boxing Paul McGrath was a brilliant footballer and I am normally harsh in rating defenders. I think he was born in London and could have played for England. I am also sure he was brought up in an area close to Croke Park but I don't think he ever played gaelic football which is surprising as he would have been a great gaelic player too.

Kevin Moran won two all Ireland senior gaelic football championships before he went to Man Utd. I would never have rated him a top player in either codes. Relatively speaking and using a high benchmark I mean.

Goodnight you lot. Really nice chatting.

Think you're right about McGrath Paddle. just before I left Ireland, I played Gaelic football and hurling, I was summoned by the both teams (same people in charge)and given an ultimatum, give up soccer or you can't  play for us.  I choose soccer, missed the hurling great game the 2nd ?? fastest game in the world, or so it's claimed.

GN and GL paddle, it's been good craic guys. GN

P.S re an earlier post I saw cans of energy drink being sold this week in Home Bargain stores called pu$sy. How did they get away with that name. Its 99p btw for anyone who has not had any in a while!
Night

My dad got a year long ban GAA Boxing for playing soccer ( think in very late 60's/early 70s ). Soccer being considered then a foreign sport back then. Coincided with a stint in jail so technically he never served the full ban.
Nite.

Good morning paddletoe, that sounds like the same GAA guff I was subjected to at my sports court-martail, If sports jerseys had epaulettes I'm sure the would have made me wear mine for the "hearing" just so they could rip them off, .

To be fair to the GAA it was set up by Michael Cusack to be the Gaelic Athletic Association for the Preservation and Cultivation of national Pastimes, primarily to re establish Hurling at first so It's easy to see the reasoning of these guys running it.

Up early today Boxing but I am afraid I need to leave soon. I actually only saw my first hurling match this year. I mean inter county game. It was prior to the Dubs playing Tyrone at Croke Park. I thought some of the skills were fabulous. You also don't see as many field fights in a hurling match. If two players go at it they put their hurleys down. Its only played to a relatively high level in a very few isolated parts on the north.

Yes this is just a quick look in for me as well.

The ban on gaelic players also playing soccer seems draconian with todays eyes but they were different times. It and other things cost my dad his best sporting years and he was very talented in gaelic, soccer and boxing. He once scored a double hat trick in a soccer game against a team made up of police men. or so he says. Who knows.

Did you mention you had some try outs for football clubs in England.

I am a tyrone man btw. One great clip of my team I will try and dig out for you on youtube sometime if you wish and it would interest you. A clip from a semi final game against Kerry. I was at the game and they were tackling the Kerry lads like a pack of wolves. Then there was the match they played the Dubs and took the field first and went straight to the Hill 16 end for their kick around. The Dubs went mental. To be fair Croke Park is not their home ground but you could see their point with Hill 16 being built with the stone left over from the easter rising and its always been their part of the ground.

Yes QPR, it's a long story. maybe for another time.

1959 was when I was "drummed out" the panel of 3 was made up of fairly older men who still had "Truce and Treaty" fresh in their minds as they were quick to tell an 11 year old behind closed doors "Good men died for our freedom so we can be true Irishmen, who don't have any truck with that English game, FFS.

Again I understand their mindset in their place would I have been any different, most probably not.

The clip on youtube sounds great, I'm a Dub, hence the username.

Ah a Dub. I have very fond memories of Dublin as a little boy due to having to relocate in a bit of a hurry down south for a wee while! Lived a couple of years in Dublin but I am talking when very young. Lived in a little village calle Rush and then Clontarf and another place I cant remember by name.
Bit cheeky of my team taking to Hill 16 that day which resulted in the battle of Omagh when the Dubs came down north for a league game. Great supporters the Dubs have.
Been to Loftus Road once. They had a couple of good teams at times.

Clontarf! where Brian Boru fecked the Danes back into the ocean, (as the song goes) thus ending Viking raids for good, I'm from Harold's Cross, Just 4/5 minutes from dog track.

I'm offski catch you later,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7S6InYz0YI

This was only a very small part of it. It began at the start of the game before the ball was even threw up with stuff going on in the corners of the pitch. Not a good advertisement for the game I have to say but the recent history was boiling up between the two sides from previous games.

I am off too. Have a great day in old London town.

BTW "Good men died for our freedom so we can be true Irishmen," is not the verbatim account, but it was strongly along those lines. Memory ain't what it used to was,

Will look at the clip when I get back.

Moved to Rugby 4 years ago.

Going to Argos is exactly the same as making a bet.  You get your little piece of paper and your little pencil you write in your requirements and then you give the paper to the cashier and then see whether or not you win or lose.  Like placing a 5/1 bet – 1 time in 6 you get a fully functional product that lasts a reasonable amount of time and five times out of 6 what you get some mass produced plastic sh1te that doesn’t work within a week of your purchase: Bet lost..

P.S a typical weekend in Dublin for the football used to include Harold Cross. When you got out every second car had been clamped. Literally scores of them. The old joke used to be when the northerners parked near to Croke Park and the locals wearing what looked like Guadi hats on them ( more like busmens hats ) asked you if you wanted them to watch the car for you. You normally dropped them a couple of punts for the sake of it and if you said you had a big alsation in the car to keep anyone from breaking into they said well can he put out fires!

See ya.