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31st December 2011, 11:52 AM
#141
[QUOTE=Jim Brady;77481]Hi Duke,where have you been
Good morning to you Jim, (Loved the Irish bit. by the way,) further down the thread.
I'm enjoying a rare 10 day break from work and, right now, sittin' out on the poop hivin a fag and laughing at the "Forum Leaders" thread, brilliant !!!
I'm already on my second bottle of Woodchuck hard cider and getting ready for the Man U/Blackburn game on the telly. No bad for a Saturday morning.
My apologies to the others for the intrusion of your thread.
Duke Drennan R809731
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31st December 2011, 02:49 PM
#142

Originally Posted by
David Williams
Hi Graham.How did the hiliday go without your fags
Hi Dave and thanks for asking,
both of us got through the festivities, but it does seem to get bloody harder & harder,
I never thought it would be so difficult, seems to me like you have lost a friend ? 
However we are still married
and won,t give in, 
Pressies ? she has gone mad , shirts, boxer shorts etc etc, other presents only I shall know about 
Happy New Year to you, and all the nice people on this site.
Graham R774640
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31st December 2011, 07:46 PM
#143
Stopped Smoking at last
Ivan,87# born in Liverpool never seen the sun over Northern Ireland (my father was from Lurgan) my post was just for the craic.How could I discriminate against the English when me and my family are English.
(Deep Down I do suppose I'm Irish to which I have no shame!!!!)
Regards.
Jim.B.
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1st January 2012, 09:58 AM
#144
Stopped smoking
Eh Jim lad, I was throwing a bit of craic back at you, no offense intended, I'm from the same mould, Irish father, English mother, me born in London and also proud to be English, but as my ole mother used to say, your also Irish by injection! wonder what she meant!
All the best Jim, keep up the craic
Ivan
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1st January 2012, 04:33 PM
#145
neville
I was
born in kensington liverpool so that makes me scouse , but Dad side was from wales and Mums side is from scotland and Ireland. Byrne &Ca mpbell. so that makesus mongrels to. I read somewhere at the uk and Ireland is still 99% celtic.
Last edited by Neville Roberts; 1st January 2012 at 04:37 PM.
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9th January 2012, 06:37 PM
#146
50 hours and counting ( since last fag) for both of us.
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9th January 2012, 06:47 PM
#147
Good on you. John, Keep it up.
Wish I could ,
getting a slack half an inch from somewhere...
.
.
---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 PM ----------
My Mother was from Walney Island, I dont know what that makes me,
Just another Woolyback I suppose.
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10th January 2012, 04:46 AM
#148
My mother was English, but I am part Irish through a good friend of hers.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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10th January 2012, 09:38 AM
#149
[QUOTE=Captain Kong;78316]Good on you. John.
QUOTE]
Wish I could ?, what do you mean Brian , thought you had stopped ?.
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10th January 2012, 01:08 PM
#150
Hi John
I dont think I was refering to smoking when I said that,
Good on you. John, Keep it up.
Wish I could ,
getting a slack half an inch from somewhere...
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