Cold War GB 2018 Discussion Thread

[PR19_Kit]

Is Rule 11 the new Rule 6?

[Old Wombat]

Well written Rule 3, very sensible & very clear!

Are you sure Fred was involved?

[zenrat]

I resemble that remark.

[Weaver]

Is Rule 11 the new Rule 6?

There is no Rule 6. If you need further clarification, please re-read this message. Quietly.

[Weaver]

Well written Rule 3, very sensible & very clear!

Are you sure Fred was involved?

Request to the site mods: can we have one of those smileys with it's lips zipped shut please?

[NARSES2]

Well written Rule 3, very sensible & very clear!

Are you sure Fred was involved?

Request to the site mods: can we have one of those smileys with it's lips zipped shut please?

What like this one ? 

[Weaver]

Well written Rule 3, very sensible & very clear!

Are you sure Fred was involved?

Request to the site mods: can we have one of those smileys with it's lips zipped shut please?

What like this one ? 

Yeah, just like that. Ahem. It's not my fault, my first ever pair of glasses are still eight days away... (that was 'rolleyes' right?)

[zenrat]

Well written Rule 3, very sensible & very clear!

Are you sure Fred was involved?

Request to the site mods: can we have one of those smileys with it's lips zipped shut please?

What like this one ? 

Yeah, just like that. Ahem. It's not my fault, my first ever pair of glasses are still eight days away... (that was 'rolleyes' right?)

Welcome to the club foureyes.
🤓

[Old Wombat]

  - wasn't there yesterday ... I don't think so, anyway ... I'm kinda embarrassed, now ... 'coz I can't actually remember if it was or wasn't ... Scary!

[Weaver]

Well written Rule 3, very sensible & very clear!

Are you sure Fred was involved?

Request to the site mods: can we have one of those smileys with it's lips zipped shut please?

What like this one ? 

Yeah, just like that. Ahem. It's not my fault, my first ever pair of glasses are still eight days away... (that was 'rolleyes' right?)

Welcome to the club foureyes.
🤓

I was going to suggest opening a night-life venue called Club Foureyes, with membership limited to spectacle wearers, but then it struck me that it might attract all the least attractive people, on the principle that it was the place they were most likely to get lucky...

[NARSES2]

Been wearing specs since I was 7, and boy do you then find out how cruel kids can be 

People with "normal" eyesight who look through my my specs suffer a slight hallucinogenic experience I'm told because the lens are that thick 

[zenrat]

I got my first pair at about that age.
I lost count of how many pairs I broke over the years.
People say to me "haven't you ever thought about contact lenses?" and the answer is no.
I've been wearing glasses for 43 years and i'm used to it.  Plus I don't like the thought of putting things in my eyes.

[Mossie]

Been wearing specs since I was 7, and boy do you then find out how cruel kids can be 

People with "normal" eyesight who look through my my specs suffer a slight hallucinogenic experience I'm told because the lens are that thick 

Glad to say that's changed Chris, my two have had glasses since they were 4.  Combination of more kids are given them at a younger age, repairs are mostly free (lost track of how many trips we've had to Boots) so no sticking plasters and a good range of frames to choose in kid friendly schemes.  One of them had a patch for a while, we were nervous to what other kids might say or do but they thought they were cool as they had patterns on.

[Weaver]

I got my first pair at about that age.
I lost count of how many pairs I broke over the years.
People say to me "haven't you ever thought about contact lenses?" and the answer is no.
I've been wearing glasses for 43 years and i'm used to it.  Plus I don't like the thought of putting things in my eyes.

Same here re contacts - I don't like the idea of things in my eye, plus the unbelievable amount of buggering about I've seen contact wearers go through with them puts me right off.

[NARSES2]

Been wearing specs since I was 7, and boy do you then find out how cruel kids can be 

People with "normal" eyesight who look through my my specs suffer a slight hallucinogenic experience I'm told because the lens are that thick 

Glad to say that's changed Chris, my two have had glasses since they were 4. 

Really glad to hear that mate 

Same here re contacts - I don't like the idea of things in my eye, plus the unbelievable amount of buggering about I've seen contact wearers go through with them puts me right off.

Same here. An optician once told me, admittedly a fair while ago that 90% of men who try contacts give up, whereas 95% of women persevere. Read into that what you will.

My ex had some of the first "soft" contacts, which had to be sterilised every night. They had there only mini steriliser, took about 30 mins, which was fine unless you were on a caravan site where the only plugs were in the men's toilets/shower block. Every night for 2 weeks you'd find me in there holding the two wires of the steriliser into the two pin shaver socket  Young love is  such a wonderfull thing