Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

We had one that someone gave us when got our first place ...turns out it had cat fleas ....so went to the dump !  

oh no...mind eggs can lay dormant for months and heat hatches them out....don't ask how I know, I haven't had any cats  my brain is full of useless sh*t 

Yes ....but having cat fleas from our own cat was one thing ( and bad enough ) , but someone else's .....  

Baz posted:

PMSL  

it was quite a wide staircase too...I had plenty of room to stagger from side to side  I remember it so well, it's etched in my mind because there was a boxed in leccy box in a alcove to the side of it. One day Allan opened it and he was holding my hand and threw a kitchen knife at it, we blew the electrics...my mother was gonna kill him 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

We had one that someone gave us when got our first place ...turns out it had cat fleas ....so went to the dump !  

oh no...mind eggs can lay dormant for months and heat hatches them out....don't ask how I know, I haven't had any cats  my brain is full of useless sh*t 

Baz posted:

Yes ....but having cat fleas from our own cat was one thing ( and bad enough ) , but someone else's .....  

I wouldn't want my own cat fleas...and you wonder why I won't have pets 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

PMSL  

it was quite a wide staircase too...I had plenty of room to stagger from side to side  I remember it so well, it's etched in my mind because there was a boxed in leccy box in a alcove to the side of it. One day Allan opened it and he was holding my hand and threw a kitchen knife at it, we blew the electrics...my mother was gonna kill him 

Sprout posted:

I could write a book about the things we have done, or he did and roped me in 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Yes ....but having cat fleas from our own cat was one thing ( and bad enough ) , but someone else's .....  

 

I wouldn't want my own cat fleas...and you wonder why I won't have pets 

But not all pets have fleas   

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

I could write a book about the things we have done, or he did and roped me in 

Older brothers eh?   I know all about that  

Sorry , I was just giving Ros her nightly update  

Sprout posted:

But not all pets have fleas   

Pam most pets can get fleas at some point, my brother bred hunting dogs and my dad always had dogs and it didn't matter how careful they were we have had to sort out one of the dogs at some point...luckily they never managed to spread in the house. 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

PMSL  

it was quite a wide staircase too...I had plenty of room to stagger from side to side  I remember it so well, it's etched in my mind because there was a boxed in leccy box in a alcove to the side of it. One day Allan opened it and he was holding my hand and threw a kitchen knife at it, we blew the electrics...my mother was gonna kill him 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Yes ....but having cat fleas from our own cat was one thing ( and bad enough ) , but someone else's .....  

 

I wouldn't want my own cat fleas...and you wonder why I won't have pets 

Sprout posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Yes ....but having cat fleas from our own cat was one thing ( and bad enough ) , but someone else's .....  

 

I wouldn't want my own cat fleas...and you wonder why I won't have pets 

But not all pets have fleas   

Mostly they do , but you have to keep on top of them  

Sprout posted:

Older brothers eh?   I know all about that  

did yours take the bedroom doors off by the hinges and rest them on the door frame and play pranks on your parents when they came home at the weekend, or place buckets of water over the doors...mine did 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

But not all pets have fleas   

Pam most pets can get fleas at some point, my brother bred hunting dogs and my dad always had dogs and it didn't matter how careful they were we have had to sort out one of the dogs at some point...luckily they never managed to spread in the house. 

Granted, but you can minimise the risk 

Baz posted:

Mostly they do , but you have to keep on top of them  

totally agree Baz, most pets do...you just have to be careful and sort it out quick sharp 

Sprout posted:

Granted, but you can minimise the risk 

I'll never have to minimise owt, gives me the creeps 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

Older brothers eh?   I know all about that  

did yours take the bedroom doors off by the hinges and rest them on the door frame and play pranks on your parents when they came home at the weekend, or place buckets of water over the doors...mine did 

Rofl  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

Mostly they do , but you have to keep on top of them  

totally agree Baz, most pets do...you just have to be careful and sort it out quick sharp 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

Older brothers eh?   I know all about that  

did yours take the bedroom doors off by the hinges and rest them on the door frame and play pranks on your parents when they came home at the weekend, or place buckets of water over the doors...mine did 

     They played some tricks but none as bad as that as I remember  

Sprout posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

Older brothers eh?   I know all about that  

did yours take the bedroom doors off by the hinges and rest them on the door frame and play pranks on your parents when they came home at the weekend, or place buckets of water over the doors...mine did 

     They played some tricks but none as bad as that as I remember  

Sprout posted:

     They played some tricks but none as bad as that as I remember  

my brother was a git, although my mother thought he was an angel 

When you think, kids were cruel in them days but never vicious and knew where to stop.  

Mainly cos they would've got a backhander which sorted them out....or was that just me  

Pam when is Mrs Browns Boys on live....not filter and no cuts BBC1?

Sprout posted:

When you think, kids were cruel in them days but never vicious and knew where to stop.  

Mainly cos they would've got a backhander which sorted them out....or was that just me  

I can only remember one smacked behind off my dad...my mother as little as she was only had to get angry and I ran 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

Pam when is Mrs Browns Boys on live....not filter and no cuts BBC1?

Oh hell, I saw an ad for that lately......ang on 

Sprout posted:

When you think, kids were cruel in them days but never vicious and knew where to stop.  

Mainly cos they would've got a backhander which sorted them out....or was that just me  

Sprout posted:

Oh hell, I saw an ad for that lately......ang on 

I've looked and can't find what date 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

     They played some tricks but none as bad as that as I remember  

my brother was a git, although my mother thought he was an angel 

My sister and I never got on ....too big a gap I think ...or not big enough I was a Tom boy , always in trouble ...she was a goody two shoes  

Seems like we missed it   I guess we'll have to get it on catch up

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lx4x3

Baz posted:

My sister and I never got on ....too big a gap I think ...or not big enough I was a Tom boy , always in trouble ...she was a goody two shoes  

there is 5 years between me and him and we had no other siblings, although my mother fostered two of our cousins for about 4 years, broken marriage, mother was a tart and couldn't care less and my uncle had no one else to turn to 

Sprout posted:

Seems like we missed it   I guess we'll have to get it on catch up

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lx4x3

bugger, I'll download it later and watch it when I log off....thanks Pam 

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

     They played some tricks but none as bad as that as I remember  

my brother was a git, although my mother thought he was an angel 

My sister and I never got on ....too big a gap I think ...or not big enough I was a Tom boy , always in trouble ...she was a goody two shoes  

See, Phil is ten years older than me and I'm ashamed to say I don't quite know how much older Malc is   It's either 7 or 8 years I think (He's been out the country for so long).   I was just put on this earth to wind them up in my early years I think.    When I come to think, I lead them a merry dance at times 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

My sister and I never got on ....too big a gap I think ...or not big enough I was a Tom boy , always in trouble ...she was a goody two shoes  

there is 5 years between me and him and we had no other siblings, although my mother fostered two of our cousins for about 4 years, broken marriage, mother was a tart and couldn't care less and my uncle had no one else to turn to 

TBH I never wanted siblings ....too happy being an only child  

Sprout posted:

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

     They played some tricks but none as bad as that as I remember  

my brother was a git, although my mother thought he was an angel 

My sister and I never got on ....too big a gap I think ...or not big enough I was a Tom boy , always in trouble ...she was a goody two shoes  

See, Phil is ten years older than me and I'm ashamed to say I don't quite know how much older Malc is   It's either 7 or 8 years I think (He's been out the country for so long).   I was just put on this earth to wind them up in my early years I think.    When I come to think, I lead them a merry dance at times 

Yes , so did I 

I know I used to play with my brothers cap guns and stuff more than dollies and prams, although I did have dollies  

Sprout posted:

See, Phil is ten years older than me and I'm ashamed to say I don't quite know how much older Malc is   It's either 7 or 8 years I think (He's been out the country for so long).   I was just put on this earth to wind them up in my early years I think.    When I come to think, I lead them a merry dance at times 

to be honest, we didn't have much of a relationship until later years when we were both married. He was always allowed out long before I was and we only interacted when he came in early. We always got along, just we were like ships passing most times. 

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Baz posted:

My sister and I never got on ....too big a gap I think ...or not big enough I was a Tom boy , always in trouble ...she was a goody two shoes  

there is 5 years between me and him and we had no other siblings, although my mother fostered two of our cousins for about 4 years, broken marriage, mother was a tart and couldn't care less and my uncle had no one else to turn to 

TBH I never wanted siblings ....too happy being an only child  

Oh, I often wanted a sister and had to make do with two older cousins but it wasn't the same 

Baz posted:

TBH I never wanted siblings ....too happy being an only child  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

See, Phil is ten years older than me and I'm ashamed to say I don't quite know how much older Malc is   It's either 7 or 8 years I think (He's been out the country for so long).   I was just put on this earth to wind them up in my early years I think.    When I come to think, I lead them a merry dance at times 

 

to be honest, we didn't have much of a relationship until later years when we were both married. He was always allowed out long before I was and we only interacted when he came in early. We always got along, just we were like ships passing most times.