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canetoad

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39. I'm not sure the Ozzies in 70s London

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #38)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:18 PM

Dec 2021

Were totally representative of the rest of the country.

One of the old hold-outs is Ian, who lives in the local retirement village. He is ex Navy and his language is the bluest you could imagine.

His memory is not fantastic. Few years ago he met a woman and they became close; he kept calling her Sheila. Finally met Ian's paramour (at a funeral, of all things) and said G'day Shiela. Turns out her name is Jenny.

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