Life on Mars

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 22 Feb 2007, 22:53

Didn't have my thinking hat on!
What did we do without Wikipedia?

Â£sd or "LSD", for Librae, Solidi, Denarii (pounds, shillings, pence), the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies of the UK and other countries

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 22 Feb 2007, 23:59

Yeuch, bri nylon sheets still give me nightmares

as for the candy stripe flannelette sheets, my Mum still puts them on my bed at her house. I love them

I won't have anything else on my bed winter or summer(self coloured ones though ! ) they're like a comfort blanket to me.

We also had the fibreglass curtains when I was young......................until my hamster pulled them into it's cage one night and chewed them, not a pretty sight, and not a happy Mummy

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 24 Feb 2007, 00:26

Sure the fibreglass curtains would be considered a fire hazard now, as well as a hamster hazard!
We also found some Camay soap, remember that?
Also found Long Line bras (still in the packet), though they're coming back into fashion.

Would have saved you the flannelette sheets TG but the were really a bit ( a bit?? ) passed their best. Beyond using as dusters

I had a pal at school whose mum used bri nylon sheets all the time. She had a spider phobia and the sheets on her unshaven legs made her feel like the arachnids were all over her ( we were young and shaving legs was oh so daring...)

The gas mask although a WW2 one was bought as a joke as Pa in law was a great fan of the Grumblweeds

For 70s nostalgia who remembers listening to Radio Luxemberg? Fab 208

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 24 Feb 2007, 00:57

Radio Caroline

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 27 Feb 2007, 20:50

teddygirl wrote: as for the candy stripe flannelette sheets, my Mum still puts them on my bed at her house. I love them I won't have anything else on my bed winter or summer(self coloured ones though ! ) they're like a comfort blanket to me.
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I use to love them too. Striped sheets reminded me of streamers and vice-versa. How simple life seemed.

LOM is not on tonight...giving way to the football.

Correction, for those of us who have BBC4 its on at 10 o'clock.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 10 Apr 2007, 20:29

Last episode of "Life on Mars" in 30 minutes!!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:02

Aww, why did they have to spoil it with a happy ending

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:07

Well, I was

and

.

That bit on the roof was something else. And the wee testcard lass at the end

Must get the DVD!!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:09

I thought the bit on the roof was a fantastic ending, only it wasn't.. I did like the girl at the end though; nice touch

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:10

BBC Drama certainly likes messing with our heads: this and "The Reichenbach Falls". Even "Dr Who"!

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:18

Bum, I missed the Reichenback Falls! Trying to think of BBC1 progs now... Hotel Babylon promised much but was far too tame. TalkPorty could offer to become their guest scriptwriters.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:22

Pity you missed The RF - it was bizarre, but very good! The same as LoM in that it dealt with reality v nae real in a witty and at times thought-provoking way.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 10 Apr 2007, 22:42

I'll try to scrounge a copy

Izzie · Post by **Izzie** » 11 Apr 2007, 06:51

There is more to come

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6542633.stm

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 11 Apr 2007, 21:32

rapunzell wrote:Aww, why did they have to spoil it with a happy ending

That was a happy ending???

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 11 Apr 2007, 21:43

He died happy! I think.. I suppose it is debatable whether being an inspector in 1973 Manchester is everyone's idea of the best coma/ heaven.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 11 Apr 2007, 22:17

How could it be heaven
I didn't see any chocolate

Mind you they did have Aztec bars back then
and Ice Breakers

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 11 Apr 2007, 22:22

SoupDragon wrote:How could it be heaven
I didn't see any chocolate

Mind you they did have Aztec bars back then
and Ice Breakers

Oooooh don't, I got a big bag of belated birthday and easter chocolate today and I can hear it calling to me from the kitchen..