caergog
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 02:15
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a wellie is a wellington boot ( i assume or else i have had the comletely wrong impression of ms girl in wellies for a long time) it is generally a rubber coated (i think) water proof boot that comes up to just below the knees, often seen worn by farmers and in muddy places they are very good if you go tattie (potato)picking. in the 1970's the moon boot appeared which was basically a version of the wellie but with a foam inner lining to keep you warm alas you tended to get very sweaty feet with these. In the 1980's ( and possibly still now) certain odd persons in the uk wore barber coats( this being a rubber coated jacket) and wellies but these tended to be a little slim fitting number( for city folk prendiending they were from the country) often these people hung out with lady diana ( later princess) or aspired to and were called sloanes ( they also wore strange frilly collars). Now adays you can get little wellies for doing the gardening in that only come up to the ankles but i imagine ms girl in wellies has the traditional type but i could be wrong so hopefully she she will correct me if so. i quite like the little ankle ones but alas do not have a garden at present .
incidently while on the subject when in wellies you may find yourself eating sandwiches the name for these originated from lord sandwich ( i think) who while on an outing decided to put his meat (? it could have been fish or veg not sure) between his bits of bread. some how though I think many people probably did this before but he just thought he was superbly inventive and gave the idea his name.
When i was little( about 12) i used to go tattie picking and wear my wellies and eat sandwiches and also 'pot noodles' we got payed five pounds a day which looking back was crap but was enough to buy chritmas presents ( the october holidays in scotland are often called the tattie holidays). our first cat came from the tattie farm as there were loads of them running around and the old lady used to collect all the litlte kittens and put them in a caravan and feed them milk and tattie peelings. when our cat came home he would often sit amongst the potatos in the house no doubt thinking of his youth!
oops i have digessed a little( maybe alot) wine is just so divine ! ;)
love caroline xx
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caergog
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 02:20
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oops sorry with reference to sloanes the word i meant was 'pretending' and with reference to kittens the word was supposed to be 'little'.
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marvel63
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 02:22
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Thanks. I know those boots from that Monty Python character R. B. Gumby (the village idiot with hankerchief on his head) As an American lad, some of my first impressions of England are from that show.
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caergog
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 02:46
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do you not have wellies in america??? what do you use in stead??
love carolinexx
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caergog
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 02:52
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ps our local councillar here in aberystwyth was the naked women in monty python's 'The life of brian'. she was at my husbands graduation ceromony on wednesday. I felt quite sorry for her and the mayor as they have to go to all of the eight(i think) ceromonies, if you know some one it is not so bad but if you don't it can't be the most exciting occasion in the world.
where are you in america??
love carolinexx
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marvel63
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 06:07
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We call wellies rubber boots or galoshes. Since I live in Los Angeles now I believe it has only rained 10 times in three years, no joke. No galoshes or wellies needed. Also, that naked woman was in a lot of the t.v. show
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girlinwellies
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my fav subject
Jul 21, 2002, 11:17
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Hey Fanks Caroline,
Dont fink i cud give a better explaination of wellies m'self....
We get lots of rain round here marvel63 so i have to wear them quite alot. Also i find it very enjoyable for some reason getting then very muddy etc...but wont go to far into that....
Fink blokes look cute inem too ;-)
There's some great mud in San Francisco bay...so get ur galosherssss on and have a go!
GiW
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caergog
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Re: arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
Jul 21, 2002, 14:41
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oops i was having a bit of a drunken rant last night! I feel a bit bad as the counciller must be sick to death of people knowing her for this and ignoring her other achievments by all accounts she is a very clever woman. it must be the same for mr cope when he is sometimes only remembered for 'reward'.
i am glad you have rubber boots i was getting concerned you would get muddy feet when it rained or wet feet in the everglades!
love carolinexx
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caergog
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Re: my fav subject
Jul 21, 2002, 14:44
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thankyou, i was in a bit of a drunken ranting mood last night oops i forgot about the fishermans waders though the kind of very large verion of the wellie.
love carolinex
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Joolio Geordio
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Suprisingly Enough
Jul 21, 2002, 14:50
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Er..... Hello
My name is Joolio and I too own albums by Whitesnake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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