What are people buying?

[Buff Orpington]

I once read a very old Great Western Railway accident summary where one welder objected to having to use the very crude goggles of that time. He still objected after they had saved him from two injuries that would have blinded him.

The most depressing thing about the annual summary was that although the accident rates were better in 1999 the only class of accident that had disappeared was porters being bitten or kicked by horses.

[grizzlymc]

So being bitten or kicked by small children was still an HSE problem even then?

[FreddBloggs]

Nahh in those days, the porters just threw them tothe horsesto get kick and bitten by a professional.

[grizzlymc]

Spose it wouldn't be very PC to carry a stick for beating the little bastards to within an inch of their lives?

[Norman D. Landings]

They were all up chimneys in them days.
Or tugging off the gentry for a shiny copper penny.

[grizzlymc]

Put'em back up them chimenies. Good for them.

[Paul]

Half full! At my age, I'm stretching to half fill a shot glass!

...with all the force of a dripping tap!

[Peeler]

Ah Paul, listen, I've recently acquired a collection of Spencer Smiths 18thC figures, some bare, some plastic, some painted & based, foot & horse, no guns. I'll keep them for you for Ayton mate, yours for £60, boxes included.

[Essex Boy]

Ah Paul, listen, I've recently acquired a collection of Spencer Smiths 18thC figures, some bare, some plastic, some painted & based, foot & horse, no guns. I'll keep them for you for Ayton mate, yours for £60, boxes included.

I've got my eye on you, sonny Jim.

[Paul]

Ah Paul, listen, I've recently acquired a collection of Spencer Smiths 18thC figures, some bare, some plastic, some painted & based, foot & horse, no guns. I'll keep them for you for Ayton mate, yours for £60, boxes included.

...or you could melt them down for a doorstop Then i'd give you a shiny £1 coin for it