The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

When I first started working in a tall building overlooking the Mersey I noticed some distinctive ships with grey decks sailing up and down the river and I wondered what they were

I was told they were "the poo boats" - but this is Liverpool - believing everything people say is risky!

anyway - turned out that they were right - the transported "untreated sewage" out to sea and dumped it in specific places

When I was off shore sailing from the Wirral - the furthest buoy we sailing round was labelled "sewer"
It was considered best to NOT fall in near that one
the term "Mersey Goldfish" was in common use amoung the boats crews as well


all that has stopped due to regulations

and people still talk about "The Good Old Days"!!!!

Mersey Goldfish referred to used condoms that floated around. As kids we got used to swimming in the Mersey with them floating around us.

 

[Dave7]

A friend is a fully qualified Alpine guide and is taking clients into the Cumbrian mountains on Thursday.

Wind chill at an altitude as low as 750m is estimated to be -20C.

Proper cold and rather them than me tbh.

I do wonder, why would anyone do that.?

 

[Dave7]

Yes but we did have rickets and Polio in the Good ol' Days - which have pretty much been lost

Like Mersey Goldfish washed up on the beach

not sure if replacing it with tik-o-gram is good or bad?????

As a boy in 1950s I knew several kids suffering from polio. A horrible desease (spelling??)

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I do wonder, why would anyone do that.?

The challenge, I guess.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

As a boy in 1950s I knew several kids suffering from polio. A horrible desease (spelling??)

My younger brother contracted it aged 18 months. Left leg was affected.

In 1967 he was the second person in the country to have a world-pioneering operation to lengthen the affected leg. Made a huge difference to his life.

Sadly, he has become an alcoholic in latter years.

 

[Moon bunny]

I was told they were "the poo boats" - but this is Liverpool - believing everything people say is risky!

anyway - turned out that they were right - the transported "untreated sewage" out to sea and dumped it in specific places

You could, if you were so inclined, book a cruise on one.

https://ss-shieldhall.co.uk/