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   LarFinn  
   
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     Topic: I feel Dirty..Posted: 08 May 10 at 7:02am  | 
 
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   Less well remembered was the harsh winter that year....or so I'm told, twas only a babe at the time.
    
   
   
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     Posted: 08 May 10 at 8:46am | 
 
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   Shame on you Graham! How could you vote for that plonked? Just 
 
   
   
  wait and see what a mess him and his deranged mate George make of things. One Tory seat in the whole of Scotland. We are not convinced by mr smoothy up north.  | 
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     Posted: 08 May 10 at 8:48am | 
 
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   Typo- I meant to say plonker!!!!!!!! And that is being very polite.
 
   
   
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     Posted: 08 May 10 at 10:55am | 
 
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    Yes Grumph, you're right. It was 74 when we had the Lib/Lab pact, and it was 76 when the IMF was called in. It' like a real life version of Life on Mars. Will orange flares be back in fashion soon I wonder...  | 
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     Posted: 08 May 10 at 7:08pm | 
 
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   Maybe not the orange flares but the flowery tiered skirts I was wearing then as a student are back in!
    
   
   
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     Posted: 09 May 10 at 7:34pm | 
 
   
   
   
 Yachts still have to carry them, I believe, but with VHF being more common, channel 16 is more popular, as are mobile phones... I was only 7 going on 8 during the 3 day week, so have only vague memories of it. Orange flares (the real ones in this context) have stuck in the mind more!  | 
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     Posted: 09 May 10 at 10:25pm | 
 
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  ruled. I seem to recall having shoes with three inch platform soles, and five inch heels, suited me to a T, for a while there I got to be as tall as everyone else, until they caught on of course.. 74 was a blinding year for music, parties and a great time to be young with a bit of disposable income, no-one cared about politics, any more then than most folk do now, but then we didn't have a badly educated media industry controlled by irresponsible money men with all sorts of agendas.  | 
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     Posted: 10 May 10 at 8:14am | 
 
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 '74 was a blinding year full stop (IMHO of course).....(1974 that is not 1874)  | 
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   Watch as the progressive "One nation" tories, the neo-cons and the old-school hardline tories proceed to rip into each other, all blaming Cameron for failing them
    
   
   
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