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The Bumper Stanley Gibbons Collection Thread Of Cheese, Biscuits And Soup

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  1. Easter Road 1980

    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    Anything goes on this thread, by jiminy.

    Let's have a full and frank discussion about three of the greatest pleasures in life.

    I've just made a huge pot of Leek and Potato (that's right Monny buddy Potato) soup. Should last me till Christmas I shouldn't wonder!

    **** Codiv-91!! The Soup Is On, as the song went.
     
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    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    You collect stamps as well?

    The fun never stops round your place.
     
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    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    You obviously know as to what I am referring <laugh>

    As a wee boy, yes I had a Stanley Gibbons Stamp Collection album. One was rather obsessive about it.
     
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    rogueleader suave gringo

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    philately will get you nowhere
     
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    Toley Fart not606's best fighter

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    too high brow for me I’m afraid
     
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    HRH Custard VC National Car Park Attendant

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    I plan to make some mulled wine
     
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  7. Easter Road 1980

    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    Cliffy liked his wine....................and mistletoe.
     
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    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    I'm good at licking, but when it comes to sticking....
     
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    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    I never managed to get my hands on a Penny Black!!

    I burnt my Stanley Gibbon's Album on a sacrificial altar in a fit of rage and disillusionment and frustration when I was 9.
     
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    You could have just gone out and bought one surely?
     
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    Look, if I've told you once I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate!!

    And don't call me Shirley.
     
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    My Father had a big set, I used to like watching him put his glue over the pages.
     
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    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    Oooooh matron.
     
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    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    I used to collect Airfix kits. Had an HMS Ark Royal, also a Golden Hinde and some sort of Spanish Galleon. But mostly I liked WWI biplanes. Started with a Sopwith Camel, and worked my way up to a Fokke Wulf triplane. Also had a WWII Halifax bomber and s Mosquito reconnaissance plane.
     
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    I had two hobbies as a kid: collecting matchboxes and arson.
     
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    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    "Charlie says miiiiaaaaooowowowwwwwww,,miaawwooowww"
     
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    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    Public Information adverts, some real classics back in the 70s before I was born. My favourite was:
     
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  18. Easter Road 1980

    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    "before I was born" **** off <laugh>

    Some of those PI films were pretty ****ing brutal. I always remember the one with the Pylons <ok>
     
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    Sadly quite relevant in these times.
     
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