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28th March 2021, 08:55 AM
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Re Frank Blanche down as 119 today the 28 March , if this is correct this makes him the oldest person in the world ??? JS
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28th March 2021, 09:24 AM
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re frank blanche down as 119 today the 28 march , if this is correct this makes him the oldest person in the world ??? Js
well some on here are running a bloody close second ......lol capppy
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28th March 2021, 09:27 AM
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Always thought you were older than I looked Cappy. What’s the secret Ponds vanishing cream to de-wrinkle. To think of another 35 years of arthritic pains makes one think twice. Cheers JS.
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28th March 2021, 09:34 AM
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always thought you were older than i looked cappy. What’s the secret ponds vanishing cream to de-wrinkle. Js.
axle grease john .....a face like a babies bum no nappy reqired......
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28th March 2021, 10:01 AM
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I used to rub half a lemon on my face when I was a kid , someone told me it got rid of the freckles .Bet you used half a tatty as they were free. The first 50 years are the worse though after that they just merge into one big freckle , and you emerge as the sun bronzed Hercules with Arthur Itis standing alongside you to give you comfort. Never got round to axle grease , always found Vaseline the best lubricant. Cheers JS
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29th March 2021, 05:24 AM
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Age what is that, here in Oz it is a newspaper, a left wing one at that.
It is all in the mind, I am a 16 year old with many years experience and that is my story.
As to the 119 year old, think that is true saw something on TV about him a week or so ago.


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29th March 2021, 06:51 AM
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As young Children, i do recall that all three of us Kids in the Family were daily swabbed with the Nappies of the Youngest that was my Sister. Apparently the Urine was good for the Skin, well did none of us any harm at all, and in fact all three of us have had good Skin (Well my dear Brother who is no longer with us also did)
Often am asked about my Skin on the Face , always saying that i look a lot younger that the nearly 81 Years now! Mmmmmm!!!
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29th March 2021, 08:07 AM
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Well it’s much better than being called pzzz head . Vernon.JS
However remember also being told that and having to obey your mother Cappy was more refined he got scrubbed down with axle grease .JS
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29th March 2021, 08:13 AM
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Often am asked about my Skin on the Face , always saying that i look a lot younger that the nearly 81 Years now! Mmmmmm!!!
Cheers
So that's where the expression 'taking the pizz' came from, think I'll stay with the piz bruin but will have to read the 'contains' bit again!
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29th March 2021, 09:33 AM
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No problem with me, had to share a bed with my younger brother , who wet the bed continually, i could swim by the time i was four !!, kt
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