Things that time forgot.

[Nick Armstrong]

I hadn't realised that it was no longer possible to hover between the UK and France.

Many a year since they disappeared…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/951090...d%20catamarans.

Everyone used to complain about discomfort/noise/nausea but I took the hovercraft to France a couple of times and thought it was brilliant … much better than the snail’s pace of the ferries…

[teamsaint]

Many a year since they disappeared…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/951090...d%20catamarans.

Everyone used to complain about discomfort/noise/nausea but I took the hovercraft to France a couple of times and thought it was brilliant … much better than the snail’s pace of the ferries…

Our honeymoon was a brief jaunt to Paris, and we splashed out on the hovercraft to treat ourselves.

[ardcarp]

much better than the snail’s pace

I first read that as 'the sail's pace'! Never one to miss the opportunity to have a Brexit grouse, it has become extremely difficult to use your own sails to cross the Channel. You now have to get your passport stamped on entering French territory and have it stamped again when you leave. Finding a passport office open to do a one-off stamp can take days. Not only that but you have to inform OUR border control when you leave British waters and inform them again when you get back. WHY? Basically, it's wrecked recreational sailing. Whilst it's not a thing the majority of people worry about, for fanatical sailors (and most aren't rich gits) it's a disaster.
I've still not identified one single benefit from Brexit. Sorry if I've changed the subject!

[johncorrigan]

Our honeymoon was a brief jaunt to Paris, and we splashed out on the hovercraft to treat ourselves.

We did that too, saint, though we were running so late and didn't have anything booked in Paris so we nipped off the train at Amiens and had a fab night there. Only time I was ever on a hovercraft

[Nick Armstrong]

Dial - a - disc.

Clearing out one’s inbox for incoming messages, too, teams

[eighthobstruction]

Clearing out one’s inbox for incoming messages, too, teams

....zinc name plates....punch machines on Piers....

[Frances_iom]

I...
I've still not identified one single benefit from Brexit. Sorry if I've changed the subject!

for 99% of the population there is only disbenefit but remember it's the other 1% who also having the loudest megaphone got their way.

[Serial_Apologist]

....zinc name plates....punch machines on Piers....

"What the butler saw" machines have also diss a pier'd.

[eighthobstruction]

....you don't see many ziggurats these days....used to be 2 a penny....

[Pulcinella]

....you don't see many ziggurats these days....used to be 2 a penny....

Aren't they all behind the bike sheds?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Aren't they all behind the bike sheds?

[french frank]

Having a heavy cold for a fortnight, I invested in a Vicks inhaler to relieve nasal congestion. Which reminded of the time when, as children , we had benzedrine inhalers. We didna ken, we didna ken …

[eighthobstruction]

....surely someone must be monitoring this : (in this country) there don't seem to be many house-flies about....

....goodness me french frank on benzedrine....all those nights of burning the midnight oil....Tssssh "Night after night she devoured manuscript after manuscript....till there were no more"....they added "she was seen to keep raising a small white tube to her nose"....

[HighlandDougie]

Aren't they all behind the bike sheds?

I snorted with laughter (the rosé went up my nose) at both the original post - Eighth Obstruction, fast on the way to being the Forum's National Treasure - and at Pulcinella's witty take on it. Keep it up, teams!

[french frank]

they added "she was seen to keep raising a small white tube to her nose"....

'Tis true, 'tis true! But we (children) didn't know about opening them up, taking them apart. No idea what people did then - chew it? put it in their tea? Vicks small white tubes are menthol, camphor and Siberian pine needle oil.