Mr Darn

Much of the area on the coast between the Wansbeck and the Blyth once formed a district called Bedlingtonshire which until 1844 formed part of the County Palatinate of Durham, belonging to the Prince Bishops. Bedlington town was the capital of the shire which had been created because of an association with St Cuthbert. The saint's coffin had been brought here for a short period, at the time of the Norman Conquest.For centuries Bedlingtonshire was administerred separately from the rest of Northumberland and had its own justices, sherriffs and coroner. The larger districts of Islandshire and Norhamshire, in North Northumberland, also belonged to the Prince Bishops and collectively, the three areas, were long known as `North Durham'. In 1183 Bedlingtonshire was surveyed in Bishop Pudsey's `Boldon Buke' ; the Domesday Book of County Durham. http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Tynemo....htm#BEDLINGTON any use?

well, fine, but id did sound like a good explanation to me!

i was asked by my parents what i wanted for christmas this year, i promptly answered 'an electric razor, i always wanted one' to which she replied something along the lines of: 'you can go and *&$% yourself, you'll be getting socks like last year! their £50 those you know, you think i'm made of money, now go make me a cuppa you lazy little halfbread, i dont know, kids these days....' and ranted on past the kettle boiling, thru the tea making process and had drank half before coming up for air. the moral? if anyone asks, ask for socks!

well, thats what i was told, and it was backed up on the war-stories website i looked on. oh, and i wasnt saying the balls would shrink at difforent rates, i said the plate, being made of softer metal than the dense balls, would shrink under extremly cold temperatures. and whats stopping these balls being brought up from the store and placed on these 'monkeys' if war was inevitable? it might be all ball locks, but i dont hear a better explanation, or are we sticking with the old brass statue's balls falling off?

well, apparently their used to be a christmas tree with lights in in the market place, till someones theiving sister pinched them.... no names mentioned mind... also, apparently their is a mobile display planned each night down the front street... or maybe thats another guy getting arrested for drunk and disorderly because he decided to stagger home to save the taxi fare and tripped on the big pot hole on the main street thats been there for years. getting arrested....£80 a meal and flowers as an apology to the wife...£80 realising your hands are wedged in your jeans pockets BEFORE you trip......PRICELESS! but thats a story for another thread!

pmsl..... class! reminds me of the old 'dog chasing postman on a bike' joke

ok, you asked for it, heres the boring roots of the phrase "freeze the balls off a brass monkey": unfortunatly it has nothing at all to do with the furry tree swingers but more to do with ships and cannonballs. i am currently re-looking for the sites i confirmed this information on, and they will be available shortly... anyways, i digress... as i was saying, ships and cannonballs... we all know the pirate ships and british armada used cannons and cannonballs yes? but i ask you this...how did they stop the cannonballs from rolling all over? they stacked them in a pyramid shape: .......... ...... .. consisting of 16 balls on the bottom, 9 on row 2, 4 on row 3 and 1 on top. now, to stop the bottom balls from rolling away a brass plate with 16 indentations was forged, and the balls were placed on this. you guessed it, it was called 'a brass monkey' now, Cannonballs were not made of brass, but were made of another metal, and this brass monkey stored the balls perfectly....until it got cold. at a certain temperature, the brass would shrink to such a size that the indentations no longer stopped the balls from sliding away, and therefore 'froze the balls off the brass monkey' again, let me tell you how impressed i am that you read thru this whole post, i found the subject VERY boring lol

i seem to remember the story going like this: you viewed the property with bins intact you signed for property with bins you picked the keys up you got to your new abode to find it bin-less. my question is, wheres the thief? did WDC call by and pick up the bins to be re-sold? (lets face it, how else would they have second hand bins to sell back to us?) or did the local yobs make a bogey out of them and have races down bedlington bank? i think the local yobs are to blame, as WDC are not organised enough to get someone out to the property in the specified timeframe, and if they did, they would have to arrange another appointment coz they dont have the required tools! does make you think about the second hand bins tho..... and if you have to buy them, do you get to keep them when you move? or buy some more? or can you sell them back to WDC and make a tidy profit? Answers on a postcard please!

anyone got any idea how much the lease is going for? someone told me £3,000 but that cant be true... they would have to pay someone much more than that to get that place back on its feet! me personally, i've never been with anyone in that pub

oopps, i quoted you! word is that brian from the wharton is gonna buy it and build a glass bridge across the road like the services at washington, but hey, that could be ball locks too!!!

swearing? i had the (mis)fortune of having a grandad who told me a few stories, one of which was the source of the 'brass monkey' story, which i diddnt believe for a minute. but it seams thru further investigation he was right, to a point! so, if anyone wants to know the real source for the saying 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey' let me know and all will be revieled!

Just to report on the 'MrDarn/MissDarn' thing, our names are not, and nowhere near resemble the name 'darn'. darn is a derivitave (sorry about spelling, cant find an online dictionary thats free these days) of the old nickname i was given several years ago when i used to frequent the old style Mirc chatrooms. at the risk of revealing my identity to the masses, the name awarded to me there was not unlike DaRn{tOoTiN'}, which was shortened to Darn. the Mr and Miss thing came along when my current bit of stuff found out my name, insisted she also joined the club and stole the name from me. to ease confusion, i added the Mr to mine, and hence we became us. as for marrage, PFFFT! you kidding? oh, and to clarify further, the DaRn{tOoTiN'} was awarded because apparently i used to say that alot, instead of the term 'yes'. can i just say how impressed i am that you read this far? i would have been bored and skipped to the next bit by now! hope this cleared it all up for you. oh, and whats the sheepwash story? or is it too obvious to tell?

all i can say is: LOL funny how so many people will see the pun behind that last post!

getting this topic back onto a more serious note, heres my view on the subject: should police be armed? damn right!, but only in the correct curcumstances... i dont see a reason why 50% of our officers (the cream of the crop) should be trained with and carry firearms in their vehicles, however, do they really need to carry them? in my opinion the vast majority of police call outs do not require armed responce, but sending two unarmed wpc's to a silent alarm on a travel agents who deal with thousands of pounds of currency is in my view ludacrus.(or however its spelled). if ever a situation called for armed officers in attendance it was that one, as with all banks, cash and carrys, racecourses and any where else someone would go to steal high value items. however a 16 year old lad pinching sweets from the corner shop does not warrent an armed responce. i think the police need to use their grey matter and decide on a priority system for call-outs, and have firearms in all police vehicles just in case the need arrises for the officers to defend themselves and my sweets from those thieving lot who try to lift them. but since when did my opinion count?

damn, you reading these? okok, my bad... it would take 4 cans of carling too.... /me hears the letters D.I.V.O.R.C.E. in the air!!! OK! i'm not anyones! (geese, you have to be careful what you say theese days eh?) oh, and the new curry place next to TSB is spot on! LURRRRVELY!!! (dunno the name)

Best bite.... yes, i said it, Best Bite. i know i hear lots of bad things (lots of good too) but i'm sorry, i absolutly love their pizza i am a ham, pineapple, mushroom and onion kinda guy, and a pizza is not a pizza without sliced ham! diced ham makes me cringe, and best bite do the nicest 10" around!. put that with a tub of garlic mayo and i'm anyones!

was gonna use it as a list bullet. ie: places we want to see: ->swimming pools ->youth organisations ->etc etc dont matter if you dont want to, just an idea!

Thought i'd start this little can of worms as its something thats close to me being a father... i have my children moaning at me day after day about 'havin Nowt ta dee' and thought it would be a good idea for us to let each other know about the free, and not so free things kids can do these days. things like: youth clubs parks football and sport organisations etc etc also, anyone agree that bedlington has nothing in the way of recreational facilities? would a sports center be used here? (hides!!!) hell, i'd settle for a macdonnalds even! why is it bedlington is overlooked for so many things? lets hear your vews! oh, and can we have a shortcut for the yellow ball with black arrow on it? i cant find it under the 'show all' link!

i believe the same applies to opal fruits (now re-named i believe) you just cant eat one without chewing...

Well, i dont often have an opinion but on this i do. i think everyone has a god given right to smoke, drink, do drugs or anything else they want to, so long as it does not affect others. i'm a non-smoker, and i dont mind drinking in pubs where smokers do, or rather i diddnt. the change happened one night after a dodgy curry, my tummy was a little upset. ;-) the thing that got me was this, when i farted, i stunk.... guess who was the first to complain? you guessed it...the person next to me with the cigarette, poluting my lungs and smelling like an ashtray. the thing is, smokers think their so hard done by, being stopped from smoking all the time, but you lot dont realise when you smoke, you choose to. we dont. as for drinking elswhere...why should we? your the ones with the habbit, you go outside. when you do, i'll do the same to fart! until then, your just gonna have to put up with the smell!!! just like us.