The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

I will have to try them , Walkers are my favourites close second are M&S oatcakes , in fact there so similar I I wonder if walkers make them for M&S , or oatcake espionage some one has stolen Walkers recipe.

Think Walker’s shortbread is one of the better ones too

 

[BoldonLad]

I think there may have been an age limit but I never had a medical. It had nothing to do with school.

It is a long time ago (59 years!), but, I think, I recall, there was a "medical check" and, some kind of school input, but, I cannot remember the details. There was definitely an age qualification (in my area), you had to be 14 years old.

 

[oldwheels]

It must be getting really bad out there. Fishnish/Lochaline ferry is off and the MV Isle of Mull was going to make an attempt at 1330 from Oban with no guarantee of landing but nothing on text so she may still be out there somewhere.
A bit like the old MV Lochinvar which set out from Oban bound for Tobermory in dodgy winter weather and vanished for 3 days. She made it into the Sound of Mull but heavy snow reduced visibility so much they put in to Lochaline for refuge. There was no radio in those days and no telephone connection to Lochaline so no way of communicating with the outside world. Since she was inside the loch and not visible search parties on Mull could not see anything anyway and they were getting seriously worried when she eventually appeared.

 

[ColinJ]

Is this right ...?

• Oats are pretty much the unprocessed product. Often fed to livestock.
• Porridge oats are rolled oats which still have most of the fibre and take some time to cook.
• Oatmeal is a more processed form of rolled oats, with less fibre and quick to cook

I will have to try them , Walkers are my favourites close second are M&S oatcakes , in fact there so similar I I wonder if walkers make them for M&S , or oatcake espionage some one has stolen Walkers recipe.

I like the seeded ones - a bit of extra flavour, nutritional value, and 'crunch'!

 

[Dave7]

My job at 14/15 years was delivering medicine for a chemist.I would put 1 or 2 lots in the saddle bag and go off to deliver them.
As we lived near Birkenhead docks I would regularly deliver to the foreign ships. A bit scary some times for a 14 year old as many of them were really black and didn't speak English.
From memory I earned 12 shillings a week.

 

[oldwheels]

Think Walker’s shortbread is one of the better ones too

I would guess it is most likely that Walkers make them and use an M&S package.

 

[Mo1959]

I would guess it is most likely that Walkers make them and use an M&S package.

Yes, think a lot of that goes on.

 

[oldwheels]

Is this right ...?

• Oats are pretty much the unprocessed product. Often fed to livestock.
• Porridge oats are rolled oats which still have most of the fibre and take some time to cook.
• Oatmeal is a more processed form of rolled oats, with less fibre and quick to cookI like the seeded ones - a bit of extra flavour, nutritional value, and 'crunch'!

Oats are the grain unprocessed.
Porridge oats are rolled oats exactly as it says and probably a lot of husk removed.
Oatmeal is ground oats in mostly 3 grades. Fine, medium and pinhead which is the coarse.
I use pinhead for porridge and medium for oatcakes.

 

[ColinJ]

I had an argument years ago with my then girlfriend about... cornflakes! She insisted on buying Kellogg's and got very annoyed when I bought a supermarket own-brand (at a good saving). I was convinced that they were identical and being made in the same factory somewhere. I took a packet of each down from the shelf in the shop and compared the nutritional numbers. Every one matched to 0.1%!

 

[oldwheels]

Yes, think a lot of that goes on.

I happens with most successful products and supermarket own brand are usually the same product rebadged
It happens in all consumer products and we badged our hats to suit the intended market.

 

[Mo1959]

I had an argument years ago with my then girlfriend about... cornflakes! She insisted on buying Kellogg's and got very annoyed when I bought a supermarket own-brand (at a good saving). I was convinced that they were identical and being made in the same factory somewhere. I took a packet of each down from the shelf in the shop and compared the nutritional numbers. Every one matched to 0.1%!

In saying that, I bought Aldi’s fruit and fibre the other day and it’s not nearly as nice as Kellogs. Wouldn’t buy it again.

 

[oldwheels]

It is a long time ago (59 years!), but, I think, I recall, there was a "medical check" and, some kind of school input, but, I cannot remember the details. There was definitely an age qualification (in my area), you had to be 14 years old.

In my case it was more like 70 years but there were no checks of any kind that I remember I bought my Flying Scot from the proceeds. I got 15 shillings a week which was not to bad in those days.

 

[oldwheels]

In saying that, I bought Aldi’s fruit and fibre the other day and it’s not nearly as nice as Kellogs. Wouldn’t buy it again.

Less sugar perhaps?

 

[Mo1959]

Less sugar perhaps?

Think it could be..just seems really bland and not even as crunchy for some reason.

 

[BoldonLad]

In my case it was more like 70 years but there were no checks of any kind that I remember I bought my Flying Scot from the proceeds. I got 15 shillings a week which was not to bad in those days.

You are 84? Keep peddling!