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by joking1966
Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:35 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Pull your socks up!
Replies: 9
Views: 833

Re: Pull your socks up!

Or you could just use a garter belt (suspenders in the UK if I remember my terminology correctly). We use a garter belt for men to hold up hockey (ice hockey) socks all the time. Yes, I tried something like that but my socks are so long, if fact they go to the "junction" of my legs, that ...
by joking1966
Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Pull your socks up!
Replies: 9
Views: 833

Re: Pull your socks up!

Or you could just use a garter belt (suspenders in the UK if I remember my terminology correctly). We use a garter belt for men to hold up hockey (ice hockey) socks all the time.

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by joking1966
Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:58 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Good day to you all
Replies: 14
Views: 1463

Re: Good day to you all

Ouch! English is full of traps for a poor French speaking guy like me! As I wasn't sure of my understanding of the posts above, I innocently opened Deepl on my pc and typed "dungaries"! Well, I hope you're not try to wear that, else I can understand your wife! 😂 One letter changes all! We...
by joking1966
Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Penny Apples
Replies: 5
Views: 561

Re: Penny Apples

Yes, unlike the same model motor car getting more miles to the gallon in the UK than in the US. Brining back memories. When I was a kid we were still on the imperial system in Canada. But of course we got American television and magazines. It confused the young mind as two why a Canadian car of the...
by joking1966
Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Penny Apples
Replies: 5
Views: 561

Re: Penny Apples

Kirbstone wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:46 pm

In the gym we hefted big weights regularly as rowing training and the Kg was something used elsewhere, we lifted Lbs, or pounds. After devaluation we found the weights just as heavy as before!!

Tom
:lol: Cheeky response. :lol:
by joking1966
Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Humor - What can you add?
Replies: 85
Views: 6231

Re: Humor - What can you add?

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by joking1966
Tue Feb 15, 2022 6:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Penny Apples
Replies: 5
Views: 561

Re: Penny Apples

What a fantastic story. A lot of hard work and a bit of luck and fortunes can turn. When the UK had to devalue the Pound in 1967, was Eire affected? Or more specifically was its currency affected?
by joking1966
Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Corona Virus
Replies: 962
Views: 51762

Re: Corona Virus

Rode_Kater: That is really interesting. A very interesting legislative structure when it comes to being a country within the Larger EU. I must confess, in my study of political Science I was focused on International Law. (With a heavy focus on Military Law as I attended the Royal Military College Of...
by joking1966
Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Corona Virus
Replies: 962
Views: 51762

Re: Corona Virus

Interesting stuff being put out here. While I am familiar with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, I wasn't familiar with the separate European agreements on rights. But that is how international law works. Countries come together to sign a treaty/accord/declaration/etc. and then the individu...
by joking1966
Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Corona Virus
Replies: 962
Views: 51762

Re: Corona Virus

Sinned wrote: > Sorry, jk1966, nobody has a "right" to work. If that were the > case we would have full employment with the exception of say, the retired > or sick. Employment is filled by those having the required fitness and > ability to do the job, so we have persons who apply for jobs ...
by joking1966
Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Corona Virus
Replies: 962
Views: 51762

Re: Corona Virus

rode_kater wrote: > > If you're conflating the current discussions about vaccine > "mandates" with internment and forced medical treatments, then I > find it difficult to accept you're arguing in good faith. No government in > a liberal democracy is going to round people up and forcibly ja...
by joking1966
Tue Feb 08, 2022 4:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Corona Virus
Replies: 962
Views: 51762

Re: Corona Virus

Faldaguy wrote: > [quote]by Freedomforall » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:47 pm > > So I have discovered a bit of interesting information > https://kdvr.com/news/coronavirus/covid ... og-causes/[/quote] > > Thank you FFA: This is the kind of information that may be helpful to all > of us in 'conquering' this n...