tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post572314350251206166..comments2024-03-28T18:43:48.393+00:00Comments on Scroblene...: Welsh hillsiders' quandary...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-82092804316258971872013-02-04T08:35:00.115+00:002013-02-04T08:35:00.115+00:00Thanks Scrobs, I shall pass that snippet on.
I fr...Thanks Scrobs, I shall pass that snippet on.<br /><br />I freely confess that I am a Gooner and have been since I was 5. That came about because it was probably the first football team that I ever heard of. My mum had knitted me a typical 1940's fair-isle pully which I wore to school. The female teacher noticed it and exclaimed: "What a lovely jumper! Just like The Arsenal".<br /><br />Isn't that cute?<br /><br />Problem was the jumper was two shades of blue.......!! But I knew nothing of team colours for the following several years, by which time the lifelong loyalty seed had been firmly embedded.rvinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-48992460668919839432013-02-04T07:45:48.154+00:002013-02-04T07:45:48.154+00:00I'm sure you have lovely little legs, Scrobs. ...I'm sure you have lovely little legs, Scrobs. Haggis's? (Haggi?) Have legs shorter on one side so they can run round mountains, so I'm told. Never seen one as they're tricky little blighters and difficult to catch. A delicacy though #omnomnomPhilipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-35030713220213952302013-02-04T06:30:48.483+00:002013-02-04T06:30:48.483+00:00No, but it was a favourite for years, and, eventua...No, but it was a favourite for years, and, eventually just wore out Reevers!<br /><br />Funny you should mention that, because only last night, we were talking about how jerseys like that were often made with a big lateral stripe, and that my grandmother had indeed knitted one for me (red and yellow), which lasted for ages!Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-57392571402648485842013-02-04T05:15:18.612+00:002013-02-04T05:15:18.612+00:00Harrumph! My other half wants to know if that pul...Harrumph! My other half wants to know if that pully was knitted by your other half!<br /><br />(Hope it doesn't have one arm shorter than t'other!).rvinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-32129909582091751772013-02-03T20:57:37.355+00:002013-02-03T20:57:37.355+00:00Aww now, Elecs, you're being a bit harsh on yo...Aww now, Elecs, you're being a bit harsh on yourself here!<br /><br />Yup, 'tis the Beacons, but I suspect you are much harder than I was back in those days!<br /><br />By the way, that pic shows a very much younger Scrobs taken during the 1987 gale, but then, I had brown hair, not grey...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-26143660023264902572013-02-03T20:40:34.238+00:002013-02-03T20:40:34.238+00:00You look younger than I thought you would.
Wales ...You look younger than I thought you would.<br /><br />Wales is tough country and can see why the SAS use it to test candidates. <br /><br />I was stranded in the Brecons in foul weather for the night a year or two ago - betwixt Fan y Big and Cwm Llch. <br /><br />It was a night of bliss spent in my bivvy bag unable to venture outside. A real test of army surplus gear without which I'm sure I wouldn't be here. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-71149911087300717212013-02-03T18:55:03.065+00:002013-02-03T18:55:03.065+00:00Lucky Elbers, Lils!
Perhaps there are a few mixed...Lucky Elbers, Lils!<br /><br />Perhaps there are a few mixed feelings today, but what about Italy clopping France then!<br /><br />Marvellous!<br /><br />(Spag bol on the menu and no mishtake...)!Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-17293581843309041772013-02-02T09:22:37.550+00:002013-02-02T09:22:37.550+00:00I will have to ask Elby, Scrobs as he is at the ru...I will have to ask Elby, Scrobs as he is at the rugby in Cardiff today.xlilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-33096148058896310612013-01-31T05:03:35.716+00:002013-01-31T05:03:35.716+00:00You're getting far too technical here, Reevers...You're getting far too technical here, Reevers.<br /><br />;0)Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-10264446875040925812013-01-31T03:53:30.349+00:002013-01-31T03:53:30.349+00:00... and there was me thinking that only cricketers...... and there was me thinking that only cricketers had short legs..<br /><br />....besides which, if one leg is shorter than the other that means they can only play in one direction otherwise they would fall over when they turned round. Shirley?rvinoreply@blogger.com