BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
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- South Tyneside
Never seen one of their stores (do they have stores?), a quick online browse, they look like an expensive IKEA, probably too upmarket for the impoverished North,
Normal Island
- Thread starter theclaud
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Never seen one of their stores (do they have stores?), a quick online browse, they look like an expensive IKEA, probably too upmarket for the impoverished North,
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
My wife has some of the same prints as the kids but they don't wear them at the same time, because that would be awful. I do wonder if Primark are deliberately copying the Scandi mums though. It would make sense.
You can tell the true devotees though, just shout 'Wankel!' and see how they reply.
mudsticks
Squire
My kids took to to stealing my clothes..
Despite having plenty enough of their own.
I've lost some rather nice items that way..
And a bit annoyingly they looked quite a lot more stylish on them.. 🙄
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
I think my sister has some of my mum's clothes which date from before I was born. Mid 70s or so.
mudsticks
Squire
I fear there were rather a lot of times when subconsciously or otherwise, we'd end up dressed roughly the same..
(Before they had choices..)
The ubiquitous corduroy dungees, and stripey top of the wholefoodista famalam 🌈😇
I'm seeing it revisited by the latest crop of 'crunchy moms' and their youthlings -sweeet💜💚 .
Almost makes me nostalgic for yea olden days.
If you don't follow 'sad beige' on insta' Jim then you really should.
The mandatory cross backed linen apron for crunchy homeschooling moms, and Werner Hertzogs 'Cappucino Sacks for Cappucino Women - You will look like you are in a potato sack" still has me in stitches..
"Do you long to be Amish - but you have tattoos?? 😁"
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Ian H
Legendary Member
E's mother made her own and E's, until she got dementia. This one is, I think, for sale (ignore the hat).
mudsticks
Squire
Very smart
And neatly done
You'll be unsurprised to hear that i used to make a lot of mine own, and the kids clothes, having learnt how to at my mothers knee.
The younger one has learnt to sew quite well now ( sadly he was the only boy in textiles gcse) and is making some interesting items for himself - and occasionally for others too..
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
I've seen some of the sad beige stuff. Mainly horrible looking nurseries.
Lucy & Yak are the dungarees of choice for the forest school and home ed / unschooling crowd these days, and nurturing your microbiome is all the rage. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
mudsticks
Squire
Oh lor tell me about it - i get quite stressed by the amount of scobies* i get left at the end of summer - once all the beautiful youth have dispersed from the 'stead.
* i just can't hack the responsibility of that many weird looking symbiotic creatures in jars that I'm left to look after
By spring of course they're all dead and slimey and can safely be chucked in the hedge --
Only for a fresh crop to arrive mid-spring
The struggle is real believe me !!
Ian H
Legendary Member
Sometimes you don't need a caption.
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icowden
Legendary Member
Elsewhere on Normal island, a man carries out a seemingly pointless journey:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65260394
He could have saved a tenner on the travel alone by getting the National Express overnight and changing at Birmingham.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65260394
He could have saved a tenner on the travel alone by getting the National Express overnight and changing at Birmingham.
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theclaud
Reading around the chip
mudsticks
Squire
mudsticks
Squire
You wouldn't get nearly such good scenery on an overnight bus 🏝️ 🌈