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 Posted - 15 April 2004 : 01:17:10
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Right we have problems with the date of the get together.
First off it looks like LHW might have another prior engagement.We dont wont to miss out on LHW do we?
Secondly I have Hubbys 'surprise' ( how much longer in a small town like this?) party the night before.So I will be wrecked and hung over ( nothing new there though).
Then Cosmic Tigger, Bunyip et al are going to a concert in the Coliseum and apparently others that CT knows who dont post but just might come along for a drink are going too.
SO - BIG QUESTION>>>>>
Are we able to put it forward to the following weekend?
If not fine I will fit in.
If anyone on here cant make it the following weekend then we will stick to the 1st May as arranged and thats that.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!!!!
Arrrrgggghh why is it me left to sort this out?!!!!
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 15 April 2004 : 10:32:31
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ML
We can make it on the 8th of May .We have not booked anywhere to stay as yet for the 1st of May so it will be no problem to book for the 8th instead .
But anyway you go for the date that is most suitable for the majority of people down there ,if for any reason we cannot make it on the 8th of May we can always arrange another get together later in the year .
To make it easier for you why don't you just let people know what pub to meet in then if anyone wants to go for food they can make their own arrangements .It is too much for you to have to plan and book up a place for us all to eat as well ,especially when numbers are uncertain .
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Posted - 15 April 2004 : 13:00:54
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Good idea Bg I will just say meet at a pub and take things from there.
I wonder if BB and Gems could make it the following weekend? I hope so as I wouldnt want them not to be able to come and would prefer to stick to the original date in that case.
For now we will 'pencil in ' both dates and see what transpires.
BB and Gems?
Whats your situation?
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Rob
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Posted - 15 April 2004 : 15:29:19
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I'm easy. No forget I said that! I'll put it another, less incerating way -- it doesn't make any difference to me about the date. Is that better? Phew! Thought I'd done an ML for a moment! 
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Posted - 15 April 2004 : 15:39:57
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FOFL Rob I went for a few jars last night and Ct was out - all I did was drop myself in it with 'MLs' all night everyone was in fits!
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Gemini
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 11:40:14
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Hi All, the 8th May will (hopefully) be the end of my first week in my new job, so it would be nice to have a bit of a celebration! I'll check with BB, but hopefully it should be ok 
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 12:19:48
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Lets hope you can both make it .
It is so hard to get a date that suits everyone .We all have lots of other commitments to consider .
Best of luck with your new job hope you like it .Will you be travelling to London every day or will you move there eventually .Expensive place to live and property there is very dear .
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 12:20:20
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Okey dokey Gems!
The 8th it is then?
Or has anyone any probs with that?
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Rob
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 13:24:52
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I'll do everything I can to get Kate there on the 8th. I'll just tell her that her big 6-0 has moved forward by 2½ weeks.
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 13:36:23
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If she wont budge Rob remind her about the Mag 7!
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 20:37:29
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Oh yes you must get Kate to come to the gathering so we can celebrate her birthday with her .It will also mean there will be someone near my own age there to chat to other than MR .
No offence meant to Kate because she is nearly 60.
I quite liked reaching 60 as I got my pension and £100 pound towards my heating bill and free prescriptions .
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Rob
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Posted - 17 April 2004 : 22:28:31
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Kate can be hard work when it comes to getting her out of the house, but I'll see what I can do with her, y'all. Perhaps we can arrange a nice game of bingo and a couple of pairs of knitting needles for you both!  
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Posted - 18 April 2004 : 02:03:25
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Rob....
Just yell help if you need me. FOFL
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 18 April 2004 : 10:23:47
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OK then Rob
If you cannot get Kate out of the house for the get together ,we will have to all gather at her house for it .
That should frighten her into coming .LOL 
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Rob
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Posted - 18 April 2004 : 20:05:42
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OK, BG, but who's going to sit nearest to the frogs and fish, as the tank's in the dining room.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 18 April 2004 : 21:59:59
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Well not me that's for sure .I would be afraid they would jump out on me . 
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Rob
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Posted - 18 April 2004 : 22:07:35
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Nah, BG, no chance of that happening as the tank's covered.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 19 April 2004 : 10:26:50
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Well that's hokey dokey then ,so it's all round to Robs for the get together .LOL
Start getting the sarnies made Rob .
ONLY JOKING
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Posted - 19 April 2004 : 15:16:15
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No no NO!!! I couldnt BEAR to see those frogs YUK! I bet I would end up sat right next to the tank too!
Wouldnt I Rob?
Revenge job? LOL
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Rob
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Posted - 19 April 2004 : 17:12:42
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Now ML, what on earth makes you think that? Besides, and depending on how nosey he's feeling, Sonny may not let you sit by the table as he likes to sit there so that he can see everything that's going on.
BTW, BG, as I'm cooking dinner tonight (meatloaf and baked potato) I'll get Kate to make the sarnies. It'll also give me a chance to get on the PC between 5.30 and 7.30 in the evenings.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 19 April 2004 : 20:54:06
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Hey Rob it sounds like you are a dab hand at cooking ,do you think Kate can spare you for a few weeks I could do with someone to help with the cooking as I hate doing it .
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Rob
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Posted - 19 April 2004 : 21:00:26
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Yeah, BG, they've reported rain and gales for tonight.
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 01:58:03
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Are we all agreed on Saturday the 8th for the get together please?
I can then post on the other site.
I would suggest meeting for a drink at 7.30 pm for all and maybe we could meet earlier for a meal or go after we have had a drink?
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Rob
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 16:28:37
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The 8th's fine for Kate and me. If Kate says any different ignore her. It just means that I'll have to get a couple of wild horses to drag her there.
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 17:35:18
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Okey Dokey Rob I think the 8th would be better for me too.
Do you want to go to the Marquis or what?
We could go to the Chinese first then the Marquis after?
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 19:06:44
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The 8th is ok for us too ,we will meet you at 7.30 where ever you people down there decide .We may not get to Wales much before that so a meal before 7.30 will be out for us .So we will meet up with you for a drink and MR and I will decide about food then and see what the rest of you are doing about food .
Does that make sense to you lot !!!!!! As it sounds like double dutch to me . LOL
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Rob
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 19:09:22
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 19:13:18
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You cheeky monkey , just wait till I see you .
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 19:30:12
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Ok then we could start at The Marquis and take things from there.
If everyone is happy with that?
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 19:31:26
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BTW my visitors stayed at the Marquis and said how lovely it was and the breakfast was generous and delicious too.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 20:03:25
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Where has your other posting gone !!!!!!!!!!!!
My reply to you looks silly now ,everyone will think I have gone mad .FOFL .
Then I don't suppose they will be far wrong .
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 20:18:27
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I will phone the Marquis tomorrow to see if we can book in there for the night,as it sounds ok .
We tried to get in there for the Christmas do but they were booked up then .
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 20:23:10
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BG I think it is £40 per night for a double.
I wondered what you were on about back there too!
Robs messages vanishing?
How odd!
We arent having poltergeist problems on here again are we?
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 20:33:45
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There is definitely something funny going on ,as part of the message I put in asking Rob where his message had gone ,has now vanished too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rob
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 20:50:48
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Problem and mystery solved! I deleted the message in which I commented on BG always speaking in Double Dutch as I didn't like it and didn't want it to come across as if I was being insulting.
Sorry peeps! 
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 21:01:16
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FOFL
Rob
I was not insulted at all, I have been around a long time and it takes a lot to insult me I can tell you .Like water off a ducks back .LOL
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Posted - 20 April 2004 : 21:37:16
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I thought I was having a funny turn.
Rob you little tinker making me and BG think we were going doolally tap! FOFL
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 10:51:10
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Rob
I think you had better wear a suit of armour to the get together as it looks like you may be getting a few knuckle sarnies .LOL [;(]
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 10:57:26
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I phoned the Marquis and they are fully booked for B&B on the 8th May, will get MR to phone a few more places later on when he gets home .Just hope we can get somewhere or we will have to bring the chuck wagon and park it in the Ynys field . .LOL
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 11:28:15
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Oh dear BG.That is such a shame.
Let me know if you need any help finding anywhere.
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Rob
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 11:37:47
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Isn't there a B & B at the bottom of Dean Street on the corner? Any idea what it's like, ML?
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 13:35:17
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The only B&B I am aware of in Aberdare is Ty Andrew in Seymour Street.
BG stayed there before.
Although I think someone did say there was a B&B in Nith Street - wasnt it you BG?
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Rob
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 13:44:15
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That's the one I was thinking of.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 20:12:58
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We have found somewhere to stay ,the Dare Valley Country Park we have stayed there before and it is OK.
ML
Yes we did stay at the TY Andrew and we have stayed at the one in Nith Street ,both very nice places . I feel more relaxed at the Country Park though as I get stressed staying in someones house .
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 20:16:54
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I know exactly how you feel BG.
Glad you found somewhere you feel you can relax.
I will E mail Andrew with the get together details for his newsboard.
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Pauline
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 23:20:58
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BG, what number Nith Street is that B&B ? Nith Street was only just around the corner from where we used to live, but there was no B&B there then. It's a very small street anyway !
The Scaccias used to live in no.1. The kids were younger then me, Tony, Michael, Maria, Rosa, and there may have been another one but I'm not sure. (I think Tony still lives there)
Marje and Bill Davies who were our 'Milkmen' lived in no. 4, also Marje's mother Mrs. Linnel, but they also owned the two on either side of them. The one on the corner of Nith Street and Wind Street used to be a shop (in my younger days it was a Betting Shop) and then when the lease expired and it closed down they opened it up and made it part of their house again. The one on their other side on the corner of Albert Street was very small and when we were kids we were convinced it was haunted ! I think Marje moved into it when she was left on her own, but that was after we moved down here.
Marje spent a holiday with us down here in 1994 and was going to come again, but she died in about 1996. Mrs Scaccia also visited us here when Maria and her husband came down to take Marje home, they left the babies bib here (don't expect he needs it after 10 years though ! LOL !)
Anyway, it would be intersting to know which house you stayed in. (You could have popped round and taken a look at our old place !)
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 21 April 2004 : 23:50:53
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Clueless
We Stayed at No.3 Nith Street ,I'm afraid I do not know the name of the owners it was just called Irene's , it was on the corner of Albert Street as the bedroom window looked out onto that street .I think it was 2 houses made into one .
I did not realise it was so close to Wind Street until just now when I had a look on Multi-maps ,I would have gone and had a look at your house if I'd known.
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Pauline
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 03:42:28
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To be honest I as always confused about the house numbers in Nith Street. The Scaccias house was on the left as you came up from Dumfries Street, so the back of it looked down towards the Mardy House and Aberaman.
Marje's house as on the opposite side with the back facing in the direction of the former Police Station and St. Elvans Church.
As I said, her house was no.4, and they owned the whole of that section between Wind Street and Albert Street, so I'd always assumed that the Betting Shop had been no.3, but as it had originally been part of their house, and later reverted to part of their house again, maybe the whole building was actually no.4 !
There was also an empty space on the opposite corner to them where some buildings had been demolished years ago, but they might have been classed as part of Wind Street, it's so long ago I don't really know.
My Mother also used to have a friend in Nith Street who was famous for her Faggots and Peas ! I vaguely remember her, but she died at quite an early age. My Mother isn't too sure about the number of her house either, but it was on the same side as the Scaccias, so I suppose it must have been either 2 or 3, in which case it could have been the same house that you stayed in !
There was someone who posted on AoL some time back who used to live in the end house in Albert Street adjoining Nith Street, he might have remembered, but then again, his family emigrated to America when he was still in School, so maybe he was too young at the time to remember stuff like that.
I had a few E-mails from him in 2002, but that was when I had the Bush box and I don't remember his E-mail address any more. Funny, I can remember what he looked like quite clearly, even though it was over 40 years ago, but I bet he's changed a bit since then ! (Haven't we all ? LOL !) I can remember SO many people from those days, but I don't recall people I met last year (is that a sign of Old Age ????????`)
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Pauline
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 04:10:03
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OhßOh ! Mz kezboard started going funnz again as I tzped the last part of that message, itäs started tzping the wrong szmbols again ! Methinks the dreaded gremlins are at work again !
Letäs give it a testÖß
B/B,.... 4``4´´8.... cluelessÄcluelessonline.2cuk.co.uk
Zep ! There it goes ! Equal sign tzpes as ´´, plus sign comes out as ``. an apostrophe looks like ä, Y has become Z and Z has become Y. A hzphen prints as ß and a colon as Ö ;. a question mark turns out as _ and the other waz round, the underscore is now the ?. ü is what prints when zou hit the kez for the leftßhand side square bracket + is what zou get when zou press itäs opposite. < is insted of a reverse slash and - is what zou get instead of a forward slash. Ü is a pointed bracket and * is itäs opposite )I canät find out which kez is currentlz tzping the apostrophe != . The full stop and exclamation marks still seem to be in the same place, so thatäs SOMETHING I suppose !
Hang on and Iäll tzpe all four rows in lower and upper case then do it again later to see what it SHOULD look like
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Hm ! Some of those are right and some havent come out at all !
Oh well, nobodz can ever saz that using this computer is dull !
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Tahts omly am ecxues balmnig yuor keybroad fro aal yuor mustaeks / te trhith us taht yuo jyst camt speel amd tyep aas godd ass mee
I thnimk I reembrer taht faggits amd paes ladu muyslef == amd tah t biy frim Ablret Steert#I thunk hee ws muy aeg//// wermet tehy IiRush
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 10:00:24
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Clueless I know the Scaccias. Michael and Maria but I havent seen them for a very long time so I dont know if they still live here.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 11:25:22
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Clueless
We stayed in the house on the left as you come up from Dumfries Street ,maybe No1 and No3 were made in to one house to make it a B&B.
It must have been odd numbers one side and even numbers on the other side .I will go and have a look when I go to Aberdare in May just for curiosity .
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 15:09:04
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Bob,
Hark who's talking! You cheekie blighter....
saying that Clueless can't spell as good as you.
Don't take any notice of him Clueless,...he's
probably blotto, as usual.
I sometimes wish that Rover would nip him in the bud,...THAT would sober him up, and probably put him off beer for good.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Posted - 22 April 2004 : 18:51:14
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ML, we seem to have known a few of the same people over the years don't we ? As I said, the Scaccias were all younger than me, but I had friends in Albert Street and some of their younger brothers and sisters were the same age as the Scaccias and they all used to come and play in our street sometimes.
Also, one of them (I think it was Rosa) was in school with my cousin (the shrink), and I remember my friend Tony once asked her what my cousin was like and she said 'HORRIBLE'. So there you have it ! Out of the mouth of Babes ! LOL !
I always remember the first time I saw Rosa, I must have been in the Grammar School at the time and I sometimes used to walk home via Dumfries Street with some other girls and when I passed the Scaccias house Rosa was sitting on the front room windowsill (inside) and she was SO little that I thought for a moment that she was a doll, until she smiled and waved to me ! After that I often used to see her sitting there and she always smiled and waved, so I guess she must have liked me better than she liked my cousin ! LOL !
Mr. Scaccia seemed a nice man too, he had one of those allotments between the Grove and Maes-Y-Ffynnon and he'd often pass our house with his spade over his shoulder and he always stopped for a chat.
Mrs Scaccia said she would come down for a holiday in our caravan after they came here to fetch Marje home, but she never made it. (I think that Marje left her house to Maria when she died, because Maria had looked after her the last few years when she was ill).I've got some photos here somewhere of all of them sitting in our caravan.(Including the baby whose bib they left behind. He must be about 11 by now so I guess he doesn't want it back now !)
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Posted - 23 April 2004 : 01:45:35
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Clueless I dont know Rosa only the 2 I mentioned. Yes it is odd how paths cross as I have had the same thing with someone else online - yet we dont know each other and have never met. There again it is a small town/valley isnt it?
I went to AGGS too but probably after you but maybe we also know more people?
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Posted - 27 April 2004 : 17:32:35
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Good job we cancelled for this weekend Bg as I am going to be in a right state as it is.
I need to send Andrew the details for him to put in the news section.
BTW we havent heard anything further from LHW maybe I will pop into the PO to see Mrs LHW when i can.
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 27 April 2004 : 18:38:25
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ML
If you are still feeling unwell on May 8th just cancel the get together ,your health comes first .We will still come down and just have a good old meander round Aberdare and Rhigos to see how things have changed .
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Posted - 27 April 2004 : 21:48:35
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No no no BG the get together stays!
I am sure I will be ok by then.
Anyway even if I am a bit the worse for wear I am positive I will cope with dragging myself to the pub! FOFL
I made it last time with a massive hangover didnt I eh?
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 27 April 2004 : 22:40:45
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OK then we will see you at the get together come what may .
Is it still at the Marquis at 7.30 .?
Have you heard who exactly is coming .?
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Posted - 28 April 2004 : 00:15:16
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yes unless you want to meet up somewhere else.
No I dont know who is coming except us lot.
Murtle cant come after all which is a shame and as for Welsh Girl i dont know whats happened to her. Odd isnt it how she has vanished and she was due over?
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Posted - 28 April 2004 : 01:02:16
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Ithuohgt Mrutel haad ddisapeead # prehaps I wull pip muy haed im ti swee waht yuoer aal ip ti //// byt III womt teel yuo uts mmee soo yuo wint knoe uf Iem theer oor noyt
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Beacon Girl
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Posted - 28 April 2004 : 09:41:36
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Bob
It is a shame you won't come and join us ,we will keep our eyes peeled for someone who looks like they have a ferret in their pocket .LOL
I have a feeling other people off the sites come along just to have a gander at us all ,as we don't half get a lot of people looking at us all evening .Then again that could be because of all the laughing and joking that goes on ,we do tend to stand out a bit in a quiet pub .
It is disappointing that Murtle is not coming either .
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Posted - 28 April 2004 : 11:23:55
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BG most men around here look as if they have a ferret in their pocket by the looks on their faces! LOL
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