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I readily confess I don't really need another mug - I've got loads of them. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Yogi Bear, etc., but I simply couldn't pass this one up. I spotted it on eBay a few days back and thought it was a 1960s mug, but it can't be that old because BBC Worldwide only came into existence in 1995, being BBC Enterprises from 1979 up until then.
The Daleks are drawn by illustrator Roger Hargreaves (creator of The Mr. Men) and if you look at the Dalek on the left, he looks as though he's smiling. A nice little collectable I've never seen before, though I do have other Dalek mugs (and eggcups). Any Crivs got any collectable character merchandise? Tell all about it in the comments section. It's good to share.
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I'm not a big Dalek or Dr Who fan but that's a cute mug very nice indeed. I only have a Noggin the Nog mug that an ex girlfriend bought me years ( decades) ago. Other than that I only have a Hamilton Accies mug
Is that you, McS, too lazy to sign in? The only Noggin The Nog thing I have is the DVD box set. (Had it for years, still haven't watched it.)
I had a purge on mugs a few years back. They're lovely to have but take up so much cupboard space and never get used. Currently I have mugs with Spider-Man, Dennis and Gnasher, one with the year I was born on, and one with Taz and my name on it. I've also got one with Bryan Adams on from a concert about 20 years ago and one with a YouTuber on who I follow. At my Mom's house my mug has Krusty the Clown on it. Could do with replacing that one actually as it has seen better days. My wife and I have a Disney Dwarf plush toy each, hers is Sleepy, mine is Grumpy. Of course.
Kid, I went to breakfast with Mom yesterday morning and on the way back we were in the vicinity of the first house I lived in up until the age of seven. I suggested we have a look as she's about to move house, away from the area. I had been back about 12 years ago and I was surprised then how narrow the street is. There are cars parked on both sides, bumper to bumper and only room to get one car down the road. Not easy to turn around once you're at the end (it's a dead end) and the other end has double yellows on both corners. We got out and looked at all the houses and went through who lived in which house. There was a lawnmower factory at the end of the road which has long gone and been replaced by houses. Our house was next to an entry that leads to a walkway at the backs of the houses and the gardens are separated from the houses by this walkway or ginnel? (Not sure if that is the correct term.) Unfortunately there was a further gate at the end of the entry which was locked so we couldn't see the garden. When we were there, there was a concrete fish pond dug into the garden, circular at one end, rectangular at the other joined by a small shallow connecting piece. I heard that someone filled it in years ago but I would have liked to have seen the garden again even so. We probably won't ever go back again but while I was there I mused about a shop just round the corner where I, my brother and the girl next door bought Curly Wurlys and Freddos and this reminded me of the 1p vouchers that were in the Topper (and probably other comics) which we used and also the time that Curly Wurly gave away Flip 'n' Fly discs. I wish I still had them.
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I likewise have far too many mugs already, M, and sometimes think about divesting myself of some of them, but just where would I start? I'm fond of all of them and though they don't all get used, I'd miss any I got rid of.
I'm interested in your use of the word 'mom' instead of 'mum' and thought maybe you were American, but then you wouldn't know about The Topper and perhaps Freddos and Curly Wurlys, so I take it you're British?
I moved into a previous house on my 7th birthday and for nearly 20 years nothing changed, making it a welcome place to visit to recapture my childhood. Now things have changed in the neighbourhood to such an extent that I prefer to look at old photos of the place rather than visit as it's sad to see the differences between now and my day. At least in memory everything stays the same, eh?
Yes I'm British from the West Midlands 10 miles north of Birmingham. I think it's just the way we say 'Mom' so I've always spelled it that way. 'Mum' looks strange to me because I've always called her 'Mom' and 'Mommy' when I was really young. I watched a lot of American programmes on TV so maybe I've picked it up from there, although my Mom called her Mom 'Mom' as well.
It was sad going back as like you the area has totally changed. We got talking to an Asian woman who lived in the house next door to our old house and she was really lovely and said we could have come in for a cup of tea but she was on her way to work. She said most houses had more than one car in the street so she walked to work otherwise she would lose her parking space when she got home. I remember maybe four or five cars in the street when we lived there, I wouldn't like to live there now. Like you said, memories are better.
Cars were often parked up on the pavement in my town until it was made illegal with £100 fine if the wheels are even parked on the kerb. However, some brainless morons still do it, meaning folk with mobility scooters, rollators, double baby buggies, etc., can't get by. Motorists seem to be a selfish, inconsiderate bunch. Personally, I'd ban all households from having more than two cars. Ah, memories - of when pedestrians could actually walk on the pavements. Anyone remember those days?
Incredibly I said the exact same thing to someone at work a few years ago. I said if I was in power I would make a law of no more than two cars per household. He said "This is how I deal with stupidity. I walk away." I can only assume that he, his wife and children all had cars. Personally I think it's a great idea. Cut down on pollution, cut down on congestion, cut down on parking issues. Suits me.
Across the road from my house was a small grassy area which was eventually (after decades) turned into a car parking bay with space for nine cars. Unfortunately, there was a house next to it where the guy was a taxi driver with another car, and his son (also a taxi driver) and daughter also had cars. In fact, the son may also have had another car as well as his taxi, so that was four or five spaces of the parking bay taken up right away. The guy at your work obviously meant he was walking away from his own stupidity if he thinks households should have no limits to how many cars they own.
I do have and use a Desperate Dan mug. It's large size means a decent cuppa every time. It was purchase in the late '90's from the Woolworth store I used to buy toys from when a kid.
I've got a Dennis The Menace one somewhere, T47, but it's too big to use. I like a 'regular-sized' cuppa, not too much, though I drink several cups of tea (and a couple of cups of coffee) throughout the day.
Totally agree re the 2 car rule per household, anymore than 2 and they should be taxed per vehicle. I used to live near a neighbour that had 5 cars one for him, his wife and one each for his 2 kids plus a spare. And 2 of the cars were Land Rovers.
Although I live in what's called a 'New Town', McS, it just wasn't built with so many car owners in mind. A car was quite a luxury in 'our' day, but now everyone and their dog seems to have one. What bothers me is this relatively recent habit of parking on pavements, when there's absolutely no need to. A few years back, no one in my street parked on the pavement and not one car was ever hit by a passing vehicle. Nowadays, though, there's an almost paranoid compulsion for drivers to park on as little road as possible. Thank goodness the fines were introduced, but it still hasn't completely solved the problem. I'd go further - any cars parked up on pavements should be seized and the owners should be charged £500 to have them returned.
I don't own any proper mugs but I've got a glass latte mug with the COSTA logo on it.
I too support a 2-car limit but I'm not surprised by the reaction of Monty's workmate as selfishness is now totally ingrained in our society and everyone thinks they can do whatever they want and screw the consequences. Anyway no government would ever introduce such a law because they are desperate for us to keep buying more and more stuff to keep the economy afloat. Any such 2-car limit would be denounced as attacks on "growth" and "aspiration".
Kid, I wonder if Monty is the only British person who calls his mother Mom or is it more common than we think? Growing up in Wales I always called my mother Mam or Mammy but would I have done that if we'd stayed in London?
I suppose that there must be other British people who call their mother 'mom' because they've been influenced by American TV shows and movies, CJ, in the same way that they now call Hallowe'en 'Trick-or-treat', but I think I've only seen it once on the blog before and it wasn't a comment by M.
You're likely right about the government, but we all know what a bunch of pillocks the political elite are, regardless of whatever party is in power.
Wow I didn't think the 2 car rule would muster much support but it seems I am wrong. CJ has hit it on the head with the selfishness angle but it's not only screw the consequences it's screw everyone else, "I'm doing what I want to do!" Also the road tax, MOT, fuel duty, no Government would want to lose that revenue. I've also thought through the different variations like car collections, car collectors and then there's the whingers "I need to have a car for mental health reasons". You might as well not bother. I'm with you, Kid on the fine for pavement parking and seizing but some roads are very narrow and I suppose I am lucky in that we have a drive for at least 2 cars so am I a hypocrite as not everyone has that luxury? It's a tough one.
Just asked my wife, she calls her Mom "Mom" and spells it that way too.
Also I watched a couple of James Doohan interviews on YouTube. I am genuinely flabbergasted.
For some unknown reason (unknown to me, that is), my local council started demolishing lockups around the town some years back - not all of them, only some (though still quite a lot). I suppose they don't want to pay for the upkeep of them, but that should be covered by the rental charges for lockups and it would give car owners somewhere to keep their cars and alleviate the congestion outside houses. Maybe more lockups should be built, especially in new housing schemes, and that might help address the problem to some extent with new houses?
And I'm genuinely flabbergasted that you thought James Doohan was Scottish. What part of Scotland did you think he came from - Brigadoon?
I suppose that's the thing with accents, you don't hear one unless someone imitates your own accent. For example, James Doohan, I just hear a Scottish accent whereas you hear a fake. If you hear Timothy Spall in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, you probably hear a West Midlands accent whereas I hear a fake.
I wouldn't know where Timothy Spall's character in AWP is meant to be from, M, 'cos I don't know a lot about accents. I just hear an actor saying his lines. However, I'm pulling your leg a bit over James Doohan as his accent wasn't too bad. Of course, it wasn't anywhere near as good as Dick Van Dyke's Cockney accent. (Chortle.)
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