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Just had my problematic laptop in to Steve's at his shop..."Northumberland-IT",down at Grange Park,got it back today. My laptop is now running fine,and if Steve charged for all the laughs,while in his shop,he wouldn't need to rely on I.T. to put bread on his table!! First-class service from a first-class dude!! THIS is what we need more of to get Bedlington back the way it used to be when I was a young kid!! Thanks Steve.....! Bill. [aka H.P.W.]
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Mebbe there shudda been mair phones so he can "phowne howme" from any location....!! Seriously,I was done at the Wansbeck hospital,a year or two back,when the first Parking-eye was installed. I paid the parking fee into the machine o.k.,but in my flustered state,out of breath,having had to park up beside the windmill,walk down to the machine etc,I entered a wrong letter into the machine. The "fine" came through the post a few weeks later,totally unexpected by me. No problem,I went in to see the "P.A.L.S." receptionist,a canny young lass,who sorted it,and I didn't have to pay the fine. Noo!! What annoyed me,indirectly,was the fact that the photo of my car front and rear,showing my registration plate,was absoloutely crystal clear,high resoloution. The point I am making is.....whenever anyone is mugged or a theft takes place,CCTV footage is always blurry and faces of perpetrators can never be positively identified. Makes me wonder why! Morrison's!!! ....a wudn't gaan back any mair [mind,a divvent gaan ti start wi!] stick ti Aldi and Lidl..!!,yi canna gaan wrang!
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Me edit button just disappeared when a tried ti edit and dae a correction to spelling!! Where is it?....this happened another time and a nivvor found oot why!!
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A relative of mine has one of these which has a 25 mile range,with a distinct fine,but powerful beam which would be seen for miles around at ground level,and is used as a pointer in astronomy to point out particular stars etc. In responsible and educated hands,who understands flight paths of civilian aircraft,and only used on crystal-clear starry nights.with no wind,so even the furthest-away aircraft can be either seen or heard,this is a valuable tool,but even after all that,I cannot help but think they should be either banned,or restricted and licenced to those who can show justification for requiring one for personal use. One such night,a while ago,my relative was out star-spotting alone in the garden,in the early hours of the morning,and while momentarily testing the laser-pen out by flashing it quickly,in very short bursts,she was terrified by a whirring sound behind her back,and upon looking up,saw a strange craft hovering over the house-roof at a very low height. After a few seconds,the strange-looking craft turned slowly and just whizzed out of sight.This story has been covered in another thread,if my memory seves me correct,and whether it was a military stealth craft or an alien craft makes no difference,it is obvious that the reason it appeared was to recon the source of the laser. In the wrong hands,they are deadlier than a shotgun....i.e...the potential for disaster on a much greater level is present. Do we really need them even for instructional purposes?....what was wrong with the good old-fashioned stick?...it was alright in my hands on syndicate work on courses that I attended!!
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Taaking aboot lights,aav got two TEN WATT Cree-Led security lamps ti put up in place of the 150 -watt Halogens that are up there ootside,so aal see what difference there is when they are up,cos it'll be a gud comparison ti mek....relatively-speaking of course!
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Aye ,Steve,it's like aav got a haaf-moon shinin' up me drive noo,cos the street leet is reet ootside me door! Wor bedrooms are darker inside noo,so it suits me Wife and Son who are bad sleepers,but a can understand aroond your place,cos me [deceased] Mother-in-law used ti live up the cul-de-sac,aroond from your shop,it'll be dark as hell where the folks' back doorways are. When aav been driving aroond the place at neet,aal owa Ashington,Blyth,Morpeth,and Bedlington,aav tuk notice of a canny few leets failing aalriddy,after only a few weeks!!.......COST-SAVING?...a think the suppliers and manufacturers have a lot of explaining ti dae!! When a think hoo my "Dog-waakin'" cree-led torch lights the road up 300 yards,ahead,like car headlights,and runs for 100 hours on two "Penlight" batteries,and fits in thi palm of me hand.......THESE streetleets shud hae cost coppers runnin' on aboot ten watts apiece! Whey that's MY opinion anywheh!! Cheers Steve,aal see yi soon!
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Heh heh! Thanks for aal thi info Eggy,this is aal interesting stuff,seeing as wor lass was born in Puddler's Raa..! Thanks again for posting,and tekking thi time ti research stuff!
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I've been a radio listener [especially short-wave] since I was aboot 13 yrs aad...on a pre-war monster set wat a got from a neighbour and fixed up... Them were thi days of Barry Alldis,James Whale's night-owls,[lang afore Alan Robson wrecked it!],Radio Luxembourg.....fading...........! Lang afore phone-ins cos nae bugga had phones ti phone in!!![whey,not in thi mining communities....except the pit Engineer etc!] So when Terry came alang,he was a favourite from day one,like Tony Blackburn and he's jokes!! Thi thing that aalwis amused me,reet till we heard of he's passing,and mind,this WAS reet before,aa aalwis used ti comment ti wor lass hoo he just mutters away as he turns he's head away from thi mike ivry noo and again......aa really found that funny. But a nicer personality will be hard ti match..and fair enough,there are a lot of lovely folks on thi radio,but a think most of them wud agree wi aal us. R.I.P. Terry Wogan
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Petition: Get the 'UK' out of the 'EU' NOW
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to threegee's topic in Chat Central
For once....AAM sayin' NOWT!! -
Wat aboot thi classic one of aal time.............."For Smash get ....Smash......!! [accompanied by loads of Ford hub-caps simulating merriment...!!!]
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Heh heh! It's amazing whaat HPW can dae eh!! Aav got a lot o' pull wi thi planning department ye knaa.........whaat AAA say...... gaans!!.....[ownly it shudda sed "Puddlaa's Raa" !!] Thanks for daeing thi research,and posting thi info!
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Sweet Shops Selling Tabs To School Kids
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to mickypotts's topic in History Hollow
I never smoked ,so negatory on thi tab front,but Binksies,next ti thi Whitley schyuul,selt "Carbine" powder ti kids if they said it was for their Dad's Carbine lamp..! Even when naked flame contrivances were banned through the country,the Doctor Pit at Bedlington remained a "Naked flame lamp" mine,so Binks' supplied the Calcium Carbinate powder....only thing was....it was more deadly in kids' hands than tabs!!......I nearly blew the aad coal-hoose door of it's hinges one day,during an experiment that went badly wrang!!![aged aboot ll years-ish!!] -
My grandparents & great aunt & uncle in the1920's
HIGH PIT WILMA commented on Tonyp's gallery image in People and Events Gallery
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Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Heh heh!!! Whey yi bugga! Canny Lass,you said it in a nutshell,and thanks a lot for your kind reference to me ,as I'm sure the other's will appreciate your wise words! The minute I read Vic's remarks,I laughed heartily,he's a man after me aan heart,is Vic,he wadn't want ti offend anybody seriously,just a little bit o' skit,doesn't harm ti press a point!! Merc,they must be like fish,only grow to the size of their environment....? I agree with Sym and Merc,ye get a better greeting from ya pets,[sometimes] than yi dae off some fowk!! Eggy,a agree wi ye that in a perfect world,answers would be yes or no.......nae pussy-footin' aboot! A also re-inforce me philosophy that it wud be a queer world if we aal agreed on ivrything......thi mind boggles at thi thowts of it!! It's like religion yi knaa,caases mair bother in thi world than owt else,noo,if ivry bugga just left ivry bugga else ti believe [or Not believe....],in whaativva they waant ti, ivry bugga wud get on just fine!!....but thaas aalwis sum bugga waantin ti preach ti them that duzzn't waant any bugga preaching ti thim...!!![aam a mekkin' sense heor noo?!!] Beg ti differ eh!! [nuff sed!] -
Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Great stuff! from you ,Vic,and also Canny Lass , and Brian! Vic,talking about culling the Wolves,reminds of a documentary I saw on telly [probably in the black and white days,cos I haven't watched telly for years...],and it was how they were starting to cull the Wolves,cos they were decimating the Moose population,somewhere in the U.S.. After a few years the Moose population exploded,and forests were being decimated by the Moose,as they feed on Lichens,which grow on the bark,so the bark was removed inadvertently,and the trees died off. SO!,they had to re-introduce the Wolves back again,to control the Moose! Noo,does that mek sense? They did the same thing recently on the Shetland Islands,introducing hedgehogs,for a reason which I forget,then having to cull them cos they were decimating the ground-nesting birds population,by stealing the eggs from the nests. Meks ye wonder whaats atween these folks lugs,ti interfere wi Nature,doesn't it? -
Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
"Dragon's den" her favourite then?!![mind a dinna waatch telly but aav hord folk on aboot it....a dinna even knaa wat it is!....just thowt it fitted the thread!!] Lizards and reptiles generally,are the most fascinating creatures aren't they?....snakes intrigued me hoo they moved and climbed wi nae legs,until a few years back,[afore computers came alang!!], a read aal aboot them,and its even mair fascinating hoo they have evolved! I once saw a film short at the pictures many years ago,[a natural history film],and it was a fight for survival between a Snake and a Mongoose,in the jungle,and most of it was just a blur..the movements were so fast. So hoo big will Lizzie grow once she reaches adulthood,Merc..? -
Heh heh! A few months ago my Wife and me...[er...."I"....!!!] ,were sitting in our G.P.'s waiting room,in the Queue to see the Doctor. Naturally,most folk,young and old,had their smart-phones or tablets out on full display...nothing discreet! The lady in the seat directly in front of us,was keeping a very young kid entertained with her phone,which,it was hard NOT to notice,had an Arithmetical program displayed. The kiddie was typing in simple multiplication and division "sums",and passing the phone to her Mother [?],to answer the problem. The Lady was seriously counting on her fingers,and sometimes got the wrong answer! I thought ,no!,she is only keeping the bairn happy!,but after about half an hour,and various attempts at corrections,it became clear that the neither of them knew how to add 2x2!! I think the only 4x4 she probably knew was her poser jeep standing ootside!!.......[my sarky joke!] No black bridge standing there noo,up the Choppington fields,Pilgrim,nae pits! Nae open fields either,aal planted wi mature trees noo. Mind,it's a lovely waak through the Choppington Community Woods on a warm summer's day wi ya dog,reet from where the High pit used ti be,doon various offshoot paths,alang what WAS the railway line that brought thi High pit coal doon ti thi Low pit.
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Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Hi Brian! He looks gorgeous...! Hoo did a prisoner get away wi that so lang? He musta been askin' for seconds at every mealtime and tekkin a doggy-bag back ti he's cell!! -
".................................aye,Son!.............when aa was a lad Androids WERE Androids!.......ye cud actually TOUCH them wi ya thumbs........not like aal this new -fangled thought-processing telepathy stuff wat ye kids think aboot aal day......ye shud get yasel summick ti occupy ya brains man,it was hard work when aa was kid....ye had sair thumbs by thi end of ya shift..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Heh heh!
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Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Canny Lass,and Vic and Doreen,it looks gorgeous owa theor,but a bet it's bliddy caad!! We had a little flurry o' snaa t'otha day and it caased havoc in some places!!....gud job we dinna hae yor winter conditions owa heor...we'd cum ti a standstill in ten minutes! Cum ti think on't,if we had the 1947 winter again,that wud stop us an aal!,the parapet walls of the Willow Bridge were level wi snaa that winter,but we still got wa milk and grosseries......it teks sum stopping horses and carts!! Doon thi pit,a used ti be plowing through swaallies of stinking black waata,nearly level wi thi top of the horses' back,trailing heavy machinery bits and girders etc,across bare rough ground,[nae rails in the maingates],and although it was self-made on management's part,wilful neglect,the fact of the matter was,the horses just battled through it aal,as we lads at Choppington High Pit just had ti dae....nae options! Where ye are,both of you's,looks like a haven for an amateur photographer!! Vic,dae yi get brown bears smooching aroond as weel,when it gets really rough?....or wolves? -
I remember when my older Brother,[born same day as me-three years earlier!],went out from Hollymount Square on an adventure trip,one day,through the cut from the square to Beattie Road,and around to the wood-head where Brigg's pig farm used to be. We bumped into some other kids,and they were from Beattie Road...strangers! THIS I never forgot!,one of them came to me,threateningly,and asked where I was from,when I told him,he then asked me..."Hoo owld are ye?"........... "SIX" ....I replied,........"Whey AAM SIVVEN,so watch wat ya sayin'...!" SIX YEARS OLD! ...and playing over the steep banksides of the black path wood-head!![mind,my Brother was NINE....and He was looking after me....!!!] Ya reet Pilgrim,we played for hours doon the picnic field,only it wasn't a picnic field in them days,it was a lovely grassy wild meadow wi Coos wi lang horns waaking aroond us! Wa Mother's knew where we were ,just doon thi bank from Hollymoont,and we aalwis had little Mickey,my dog....just as ye recall yasell'...that was aroond 1950-ish. We were safe as hooses in them days.
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Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Cheers Merc! I have heard of that species,but never seen one....surprisingly deceiving,doesn't look that big!! I am fascinated by snakes also,and would love one but my Wife would be terrified of one so I call it a day on that one.! -
Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Heh heh! Okay,Eggy,everybody ti tha aan! Like aa say,aav had mair harm done ti me and my family,been personally attacked innocently waaking owa ti me hoose by a young lad twice my size,who hit the deck unexpectedly,and twice as hard as he tried ti hit me,been verbally abused and threatened to be "filled in" while minding me aan bizniz waakin me little dog,by so-called "Humans."...and aa just waant a quiet peaceful life! Aam happier owa thi fields,or doon the woods,aav never drank in me life,so divvent gaan ti places where ya likely ti encounter any bother wi drunkies or druggies. Confucious was a wise man?[PC here....or Woman!],but so is HPW,and MY motto is...."Ye get nae grief off birds and animals,it's people ye get grief off" Let's agree ti differ eh Eggy?! Thanks for contributing,it aal meks interesting reading for members!! Cheers Marra! [P.S.]A thowt ye must be Ex-pat somewheor,when ye mentioned Chipmunks and Prairie dogs!! Ignorance is bliss! -
Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
I was visiting my Sister one day,in April,2011,up at Bedlington,near the 20 acres field. I came to say goodnight,at the front door,at midnight,and it was a very COLD night.! As I came out of the doorway,something caught my eye,moving fairly quickly,along the gutter,in the road outside of my Sister's house. When I went to see what it was,this little thing turned around in it's tracks,and came running straight towards me. Well,seeing as I speak to every living thing in nature,as if it was a human being,I said "Hello" to it,at which point it halted in it's tracks,and turned away from me,obviously not recognising the voice as it's owner. Each time I stood still,it came running towards me,stopping about three feet away,and sniffing up to me,as if it was sussing me out! After a quarter of an hour of this carry-on,it started to tire itself out,and finally just plonked down beside my feet,like a little kitten! I picked him up and he just sat in my hands content,looking up at me with the most gorgeous pink eyes! He was shivering,freezing cold,god knows how long he had been running wild,and was probably starving with hunger,as it was obvious he was a domesticated animal. I phoned my Brother ,who just lives a few doors away from my Sister,and who ran the Cat Protection League for donkey's years,until ill-health forced him to stop. He came up with a cat carrier and I put this little bonny thing in and took him home for the night,giving him some supper of Jess's dogmeat. Next day I did some research,and found a breeder/keeper who lived a few doors away from where this little animal was running around. He hadn't lost any stock,but took him in and said he would contact people he knew who kept them,and would either return him to his owner,or keep him and breed from him as he was an unusual Albino Ferrett. Happy ending once again!!...no way could I have driven home and left him to his own devices,knowing he was of a kept species..and probably wouldn't have survived long on his own. Not good pics,as it was midnight,but better than nowt! Here he is............ [2-4-11]ALBINO FERRET ESCAPED!.AVI -
Unusual pets....like Percy the Gull!
HIGH PIT WILMA replied to HIGH PIT WILMA's topic in History Hollow
Canny lass....HE is gorgeous!!.....had my hackles up seriously reading about his poor plight. So pleased you were able to rescue him,sad about his family.[Scumbag things who did this....re-inforces my views expressed above...] Merc,Lizzie is a lovely little thing....Lizzie the Lizard........!is that how you named her? What species is she?...Newts and British sand Lizards are the only ones I have ever handled,so not an expert on Lizards at all![but willing to learn]