Whatever happened to......?

[Flosshilde]

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

[Segilla]

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.

[Osborn]

Nylon sheets! Easy care, but so uncomfortable.

And unsafe. Turn over when the air's dry & you risk electrocution.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[salymap]

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.

[mangerton]

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.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

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!

[salymap]

My, you're sharp today Ferney

[Serial_Apologist]

My, you're sharp today Ferney

I mostly find him chromatic, saly!

[salymap]

But he could never be flat [Bb]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Naturally!

[Barbirollians]

Matthew Kelly

Dmitiri Alexeev

http://www.rcm.ac.uk/about/news/all/professorofadvancedpiano.aspx

Prompted by playing my LP of Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2

[vinteuil]

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... 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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