mjmooney Posted June 12, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, BOF said: Similar nutritional value but different flavour, I did on occasion have the odd ketchup sandwich as a kid in a mate's house. They're not bad One of my occasional gulity pleasures is ketchup on (buttered) toast. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 12, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 12, 2017 52 minutes ago, BOF said: Back in the day (as in when my Dad was a wee lad), there was such a thing as sugar sandwiches. Not so popular now obviously, but I imagine it's along the same lines. My (irish) gran used to make me a snack. It was bread, covered in sugar and soaked in milk. I used to love it. But I still remember the time, I was probably 8 or 9, when I was given it and made the switch from liking it just because it was sweet, to thinking "what the **** is this?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, BOF said: a litmus test for anyone claiming to have grown up poor Washing hair with washing up liquid ? Hiding in your dad's coat and getting in the Villa for free. Looking back I think the Turnstile people knew kids were sneaking in but my dad always tried it. Approx 1977 - 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 7 hours ago, BOF said: Back in the day (as in when my Dad was a wee lad), there was such a thing as sugar sandwiches. Not so popular now obviously, but I imagine it's along the same lines. I can remember vividly having fried bread topped with sugar as a Sunday morning treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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It's Your Round Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 9 minutes ago, Ikantcpell said: Unless this is six minutes a week, I'm calling bull shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 13, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2017 This 'Far Side' cartoon actually invented the term thagomizer for the spiky arrangement at the back of a Stegosaurus. An area which, up to then, had no specific term. It now appears in scientific texts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 On 6/12/2017 at 13:54, mjmooney said: One of my occasional gulity pleasures is ketchup on (buttered) toast. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 14, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 12/06/2017 at 13:54, mjmooney said: One of my occasional gulity pleasures is ketchup on (buttered) toast. Not ketchup for me, but I regularly used to get home from school and have a couple of rounds of toast with brown sauce or BBQ sauce on top. Usually dribbled down the middle and folded in half to make a nice toasted sauce sandwich. Yum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 It took 200,000 years for the human population on earth to reach 1 billion. It only took 200 years for that 1 billion to turn into 7 billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2017 If you buy an apple in the supermarket today, it may have been picked from the tree as early as June 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted June 28, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2017 Since when has 'airplane' been accepted in British English? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 47 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Since when has 'airplane' been accepted in British English? Since the mid-90's, seemingly. I actually find these results surprising, but I suppose 'aeroplane' has declined so significantly as people prefer 'plane' these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 28, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2017 36 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Since the mid-90's, seemingly. I actually find these results surprising, but I suppose 'aeroplane' has declined so significantly as people prefer 'plane' these days. But the above post suggested that 'airplane' was proposed by the BBC committee in the 1930s, and caught on in Britain. But it didn't. No RAF wallah in WWII would have said anything but 'aeroplane'. It may be creeping in nowadays, but that's due to the current prevalence of Americanisms, not any prewar BBC diktat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: But the above post suggested that 'airplane' was proposed by the BBC committee in the 1930s, and caught on in Britain. But it didn't. No RAF wallah in WWII would have said anything but 'aeroplane'. It may be creeping in nowadays, but that's due to the current prevalence of Americanisms, not any prewar BBC diktat. Yeah, I'm not arguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I say aeroplane and I'm a massive knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 My nan used to say flying machine or aircraft. I say aeroplane and I'm also a bit of a knob who likes English, not American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I can't say I have ever written aeroplane before just now I'm just an americanized cock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 29, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 29, 2017 I say aeroplane and I also have a massive knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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