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18 Jun 21
18 Jun 21
@huckleberryhound saidNice song. Did they not win some kind of award for that. Cant remember the details.
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I can Boogie.
18 Jun 21
@earl-of-trumps saidYeah, I must have been in my early teens when this came out.
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Nice but a bit tame for me. And BTW, those gals were born in 1951 and 1952. Must be an old performance
19 Jun 21
@huckleberryhound saidCongratulations are in order! 🙂
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I can Boogie.
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@huckleberryhound saidTakes me back to ‘77 and being a teen in the local discos.
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I can Boogie.
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20 Jun 21
@divegeester saidmet my wife in 1970 in a rock & blues club called the kirk, married in 73 , first sprog in 75 and no 2 sprog in 76 so my disco days were over as yours were just begining.
Takes me back to ‘77 and being a teen in the local discos.
20 Jun 21
@badradger saidLong as you can still get around on your own and are healthy is what really matters.
met my wife in 1970 in a rock & blues club called the kirk, married in 73 , first sprog in 75 and no 2 sprog in 76 so my disco days were over as yours were just begining.
You're no spring chick for sure! 🙂
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20 Jun 21
@very-rusty saidright there rusty 68 and knackered my left knee has had it 50 years of floorlaying has took its toll, the reason I have not opted for a new knee is my elder brother also a floorlayer got a new knee 15 years back he got a bone infection and was hospitaised for 4 months on a drip antbiotics etc afterward he couldnt straighten his leg and walked with a stick untill he passed 5 years ago.
Long as you can still get around on your own and are healthy is what really matters.
You're no spring chick for sure! 🙂
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20 Jun 21
@badradger saidMy brother-in-law older than me was laying tiles of all kinds and also did some stuff with stone, and marble? Anyway he use to do all the ships here in the dock yard. He was one of the few people who could do the cuts at the time. In todays world they are called technicians, not floorlaying as it was called back in the day. He actually worked past his retirement age, as a Supervisor. After a few years though, he told me the stair climbing became too much for him. As you know no working elevators when tile setting is being done.
right there rusty 68 and knackered my left knee has had it 50 years of floorlaying has took its toll, the reason I have not opted for a new knee is my elder brother also a floorlayer got a new knee 15 years back he got a bone infection and was hospitaised for 4 months on a drip antbiotics etc afterward he couldnt straighten his leg and walked with a stick untill he passed 5 years ago.
Now I know a woman who had a knee replacement and had to stay off it for sometime and used a cane for awhile, but no infection and all went well with her. She still has the other one to do. The procedure has improved over the years, and they have learned from their mistakes.
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20 Jun 21
@very-rusty saidrusty I worked on the ships at smiths dock, we put down lightweight floor screed, laid thermoplastic floor tiles , decking and cleats, it was noisy and damp and dangerous one of the steel cables holding the ship to the key snaped it cut a bloke clean in two, I was below decks and didnt see it but we were all sent home and given the following day off.
My brother-in-law older than me was laying tiles of all kinds and also did some stuff with stone, and marble? Anyway he use to do all the ships here in the dock yard. He was one of the few people who could do the cuts at the time. In todays world they are called technicians, not floorlaying as it was called back in the day. He actually worked past his retirement age, as a ...[text shortened]... to do. The procedure has improved over the years, and they have learned from their mistakes.
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20 Jun 21
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@badradger saidYes, I know it wasn't much fun back in those times and if you worked in an apartment building you may have carry cement and tiles up 18 or 20 floors. I know my brother-in-law who was older than I was telling me about it, when I asked him if he worked out. He said try it and see if you would consider it a work out. I said: I don't have to I can just imagine carrying a bag to mix cement, or a box of tiles, then taking them up 18 or 20 floors and two sets of stairs per floor.
rusty I worked on the ships at smiths dock, we put down lightweight floor screed, laid thermoplastic floor tiles , decking and cleats, it was noisy and damp and dangerous one of the steel cables holding the ship to the key snaped it cut a bloke clean in two, I was below decks and didnt see it but we were all sent home and given the following day off.
The ships my Brother-In-Law worked in were in dry dock and already completed, so no danger that I can think of that could happen.
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20 Jun 21
@very-rusty saidthe ships in smiths dock were refits we had a crane to lift all our materials onboard but mixing the lightweight screed was done in an old tin bath then transported to different decks in buckets it was back breaking but was a reall work out.
Yes, I know it wasn't much fun back in those times and if you worked in an apartment building you may have carry cement and tiles up 18 or 20 floors. I know my brother-in-law who was older than I was telling me about it, when I asked him if he worked out. He said try it and see if you would consider it a work out. I said: I don't have to I can just imagine carrying a bag t ...[text shortened]... n were in dry dock and already completed, so no danger that I can think of that could happen.
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