Things you only eat at Christmas time

[tamz]

The christmas advert on every half hour or so uo here.
IRNBRU Snowman Advert - YouTube

There are a few different versions of this if you look around.

 

[julesverne]

Can you get the glass bottles down your way Jules?
This stuff
Fanny business: Thousands of cheeky Irn Bru bottles on sale | The Sun |News|Scottish News

the lad who works with me buys a glass bottle nearly everyday but aint seen no fanny as of yet. he saves them up to get bottles. i did that when i was 10 but this lads 26. i do wonder sometimes

 

[julesverne]

missing word = free

the arms really should have an edit button

 

[tamz]

The christmas advert on every half hour or so uo here.
IRNBRU Snowman Advert - YouTube

There are a few different versions of this if you look around.

It was a limited run Jules so probably only up here.
Last year i was n a big site and a young apprentice was hanging around with nothing to do. I told hm to go get a wheel barrow and go around collecting the emptiy juice bottles then take them to the shop and cash them in. He collected and bagged them then wheeled them to the shop and had over £80 worth of bottles and when he came back it caused a bit of a row (pronounced rouwe i think meaning argument).
I had to step in and tell them to calm the fk down and if they wanted the empties they should take them back themselves. Leave the laddie alone.
It was the 80 quid that annoyed them

 

[julesverne]

when i was a kid we'd collect ben shaw's bottles 10 p a bottle dandelion and burdock & sasarsprilla were my favourate drinks back then

 

[julesverne]

80 quid thats some serious bottle collecting. think the most i earned was a quid at 10 p a bottle

 

[tamz]

30p a bottle up here. Not long in mounting up on a site of 1 or 200 guys

 

[kay-jay]

Ha ha this brings back memories. We used to go knocking at all the neighbours doors and take back empties to the off licence for the deposits. Usually 5 or ten p per bottle:sly:

 

[tamz]

So you were poor too :lol:
Screwtops were the best for us. We got a tanner for a screwtop from the pub and 10 minutes later the bottles were put out the back which we lifted and took back in :smile:
The ice cream man would break wafers to give to us when we asked for broken wafers. He must have felt sorry for us standing there black faced in our knitted arran jumpers down to our skint knees :lol:
Weans now a-days know nothing!

 

[Ray Stafford]

So you were poor too :lol:
Screwtops were the best for us. We got a tanner for a screwtop from the pub and 10 minutes later the bottles were put out the back which we lifted and took back in :smile:
The ice cream man would break wafers to give to us when we asked for broken wafers. He must have felt sorry for us standing there black faced in our knitted arran jumpers down to our skint knees :lol:
Weans now a-days know nothing!

I remember the screw top bottles from the pub - we never took them back into the same pub - just wait till they went into the wooden crate out the back and then lift them and take them down the road to a different pub.

And then take the money to Sterratts the bakers, who would sell you yesterdays buns for a penny each.

 

[Ray Stafford]

So you were poor too ...

...Weans now a-days know nothing!

Nah, we weren't poor Tamz. We weren't rich, but we weren't poor.

I remember listening to my Nan's stories from the general strike in the 20s. That was poor, when breakfast was a cup of hot water, and men queued up for what we wouldnt feed to an animal now. We never had it that bad.

 

[solutions]

Roast chestnuts
Rollmop herrings (you either love them or hate them!)
Mince pies
large pork pies
Nuts in shell

Love rollmops always pick up a jar if im in Ikea.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Love rollmops always pick up a jar if im in Ikea.

Mrs S's bridesmaid was Jewish, and introduced me to the finest Jewish tradition of the all - breakfast!

Chopped herring on a freshly toasted bagel may actually be a better breakfast than a bacon roll. And it cost me a lot to admit that.

 

[kay-jay]

So you were poor too :lol:
!

Yeah. Still am.

 

[Rickster123]

I remember the screw top bottles from the pub - we never took them back into the same pub - just wait till they went into the wooden crate out the back and then lift them and take them down the road to a different pub.

And then take the money to Sterratts the bakers, who would sell you yesterdays buns for a penny each.

Good god ray that sounded like a scene from Heartbeat!

 

[Gray0689]

LOL they are about 35p a bottle so i get the mrs to spash out on a couple of dozen at a time :lol:

It tastes better from the glass bottles. Irn bru tastes better from glass bottles too.

Iron brew is my favourite

 

[Dotty]

I'm sure I read somewhere that aluminum cans and plastic bottles are microporous whereas glass bottles aren't, hence the better condition of the drink and the better taste.

 

[TomLane]

I'm sure I read somewhere that aluminum cans and plastic bottles are microporous whereas glass bottles aren't, hence the better condition of the drink and the better taste.

You read some interesting stuff.........


Naaahht!

 

[kay-jay]

I'm sure I read somewhere that aluminum cans and plastic bottles are microporous whereas glass bottles aren't, hence the better condition of the drink and the better taste.

If its beer. Avoid green bottles. Brown glass only as its the only colour which filters uv rays. Uv makes hops taste funny kind of a twangy aftertaste.

 

[Dotty]

You read some interesting stuff.........


Naaahht!

You're young, you've still a lifetime of knowledge to pass you by........

 

[SimonG]

No bottle collecting for me. We lived by the sea so I built a barrow and used to spend my Saturday and Sundays at the train and coach station, taking holiday makers bags to their hotels. Even had my little pad so I could book in the return trip a week or two later It was quite profitable.

 

[TomLane]

You're young, you've still a lifetime of knowledge to pass you by........

My favourite line is "I've forgotten more than you know!"

 

[Dotty]

My favourite line is "I've forgotten more than you know!"

Always hated that one. It's ok when addressed to someone else.

 

[julesverne]

Well considering this is coming from a fella who drinks Murphy's from a Guinness glass I'm not gonna take any notice!

it was on special offer i thought it was worth a try

 

[julesverne]

The christmas advert on every half hour or so uo here.
IRNBRU Snowman Advert - YouTube

havent seen that on the tv but that is funny lol