tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post5758173055151672543..comments2023-11-03T08:58:51.231+00:00Comments on Blackberries From My Passport.: Bring back any memories? (Part One).Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181200914575879730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post-47052065365445136052010-04-30T22:44:15.788+01:002010-04-30T22:44:15.788+01:00I remember telling a little boy once that we were ...I remember telling a little boy once that we were always cold in winter as we had no central heating when we were young.I also had to explain what exactly a hot water bottle was.I felt rediculous telling him that you boiled a kettle On the gas stove and unscrewed the stopper......He wanted to know why I didn't just switch the electric blanket on and go to bed instead.I didn't even try to tell him we never had fridges either,I felt as old as Methuselah by then and I was only 21!MaureenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post-46755972419690400552010-04-29T05:10:12.693+01:002010-04-29T05:10:12.693+01:00This is good! Eating at home, imagine that - and n...This is good! Eating at home, imagine that - and not treating mum as a short order cook like kids do these days.<br /><br />I know a boy who delivers newspapers . . . sort of . . . His mum drives him from house to house and he shuffles out of the car to drop the paper on the doorstep. Sometimes he doesn't even start delivering until 10:00 a.m. because he's stayed up late and is tired (poor thing). And they wonder why kids are fat and bored?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post-15115946700035238972010-04-28T23:59:29.035+01:002010-04-28T23:59:29.035+01:00I just heard on the evening news that the Boy Scou...I just heard on the evening news that the Boy Scouts are now giving out a merit badge for "video games". I'd say things have changed.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715453703592474992noreply@blogger.com