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Old Feb 27th 2009, 10:14 pm
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Old Feb 27th 2009, 10:16 pm
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Old Feb 27th 2009, 11:42 pm
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No
A drawing pin fixed to a cotton reel, holding a rubber band in place. The band goes through the hole and a pencil holds it in place.
Twist the pencil around, place the device on a flat surface and it's propelled along.

No jokes about a propelling pencil allowed.
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A drawing pin fixed to a cotton reel, holding a rubber band in place. The band goes through the hole and a pencil holds it in place.
Twist the pencil around, place the device on a flat surface and it's propelled along.

No jokes about a propelling pencil allowed.
Damn, i had one lined up and ready to go

By the way, i love this thread so much....
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Originally Posted by FlirtyKnickers
By the way, i love this thread so much....
It's certainly had a lot of posts in a short time.
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Their first wage?

£10.49 less 57p NI = £9.92 in 1973
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Their first wage?

£10.49 less 57p NI = £9.92 in 1973
You can remember your NI contributions, i'm impressed
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You can remember your NI contributions, i'm impressed
It was a fixed amount in those days. Working in the DSS might have helped me remember it too.
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
It was a fixed amount in those days. Working in the DSS might have helped me remember it too.
And there's me thinking your a fountain of knowledge...
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Pacers (like starburst but with green and white stripes)
Pin-Hi lemonade (with a golf ball on the can) or Quatro (which was just Lilt under a different name I think)
White dog poo
Summertime Special on Saturday evening TV while we ate Lamb Dalesteaks and crinkle cut chips at my Nan's house.
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That thing shaped like a letter W. A pencil in one part and you traced a point over a drawing and reproduced it, perhaps bigger or smaller.

What was it called?
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Dinner Tickets - not to be confused with Cynthia Payne's Luncheon Vouchers.
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