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  • Flosshilde
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 7988

    I prefer my version! It suits my romantic/pessimistic nature

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    • Segilla
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 136

      Originally posted by marthe View Post
      Nylon sheets! Easy care, but so uncomfortable.
      Nevorr, Nevorr, Nevorr! - well not for me.
      One flip and I could turn over in bed with little effort. Now, and without a footboard, it's not so easy.

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      • Osborn

        Originally posted by marthe View Post
        Nylon sheets! Easy care, but so uncomfortable.
        And unsafe. Turn over when the air's dry & you risk electrocution.

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        • marthe

          We didn't have nylon sheets in the US of A, or flannel for that matter. Until the 1970s, the only sheets we had were white pima cotton made in the USA. Sleeping on sheets that had been dried on the clothesline was a heavenly experience! I first encountered nylon sheets in Belgium when I went to visit cousins in the late 60s. The Swiss cousins, OTO had wonderful cotton sheets! I first came across flannel sheets at my in-law's house in England. Now, the big deal is to have sheets with a very high thread count.

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          • Lateralthinking1

            We had Brentford Nylons. Is it my imagination or were there two kinds of sheet - 1. Brushed and 2. Slithery? Anyway, whatever happened to these prices? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR1aZ5ltvHo.

            And whatever happened to nice static Christmas lights in traditional reds, yellows and greens? Almost everything locally is in brash and piercing blue and white. I am sure it flashes on the wave that could trigger epilepsy.
            Last edited by Guest; 29-12-11, 23:51.

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            • Lateralthinking1

              .....Low train fares - Was absolutely staggered to hear tonight that the Italian equivalent to a £3,000 all modes season ticket from Woking to London costs £364. It would be worthwhile to have a bit of research to find out when the train rip-off began.
              Last edited by Guest; 30-12-11, 04:02.

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              • salymap
                Late member
                • Nov 2010
                • 5969

                Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View Post
                We had Brentford Nylons. Is it my imagination or were there two kinds of sheet - 1. Brushed and 2. Slithery? Anyway, whatever happened to these prices? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR1aZ5ltvHo.

                And whatever happened to nice static Christmas lights in traditional reds, yellows and greens? Almost everything locally is in brash and piercing blue and white. I am sure it flashes on the wave that could trigger epilepsy.
                I still have some Brentford nylon sheets which I use as a mattress cover under a cotton sheet. I have never heard about the risks of electrocution. They also sold cheap curtains.

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                • mangerton
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3346

                  Originally posted by salymap View Post
                  I still have some Brentford nylon sheets which I use as a mattress cover under a cotton sheet. I have never heard about the risks of electrocution.
                  That was a slight exaggeration from Osborn, saly. There is no denying though that the sheets - like anything made from man-made fibres - could build up a static charge.

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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View Post
                    We had Brentford Nylons. Is it my imagination or were there two kinds of sheet - 1. Brushed and 2. Slithery?
                    ... or "Gloss" and "Matt"!

                    And whatever happened to nice static Christmas lights in traditional reds, yellows and greens?
                    Weren't these a result of using nylon sheets?

                    It would be worthwhile to have a bit of research to find out when the train rip-off began.
                    Just google the date of Privatization!
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • salymap
                      Late member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 5969

                      My, you're sharp today Ferney

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                      • Serial_Apologist
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 37861

                        Originally posted by salymap View Post
                        My, you're sharp today Ferney
                        I mostly find him chromatic, saly!

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                        • salymap
                          Late member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 5969

                          But he could never be flat [Bb]
                          Last edited by salymap; 30-12-11, 19:09.

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            Naturally!
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • Barbirollians
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 11771

                              Originally posted by Alison View Post
                              Matthew Kelly

                              Dmitiri Alexeev
                              Dmitri Alexeev has been appointed to the position of Professor of Advanced Piano at the Royal College of Music.


                              Prompted by playing my LP of Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2

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                              • vinteuil
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 12959

                                .

                                ... when was the last time any of us had correspondence addressed to us as 'Esq.' ???

                                It used to be the case that all the stuff I got from bankers/lawyers/accountants/poncey wine shops came in envelopes addressed (as 'twere) to "F X Vinteuil esq". Now it's always "Mr F X Vinteuil".

                                I know I was getting stuff as an esq back in the 90s - when did this disappear?

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