I think I was fair...

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:57 pm

Tonight, I can not believe the beahviour of my revolting neighbour on Facebook.

I wrote a status update earlier saying:

" Does anyone want these before I put them on E Bay ? Original 1970's Ladies knee high, Leather Doc Martin's, excellent condition... £100 or near offer...

Straight away within seconds one of my racing associates private messaged me and said his daughter was begging him for them and Yes. So I messaged back saying they were his.

Then this revolting neighbour came on saying " but you're a bloke".

It went on for a bit and now she's got really funny about It all.

First of all, I know for fact she's size 4 and these are size 6... then she offered me Instalments !!!!!

I've tried to be nice and told her I like to think I am a fair person and he Inboxed me first... that's fair.

Now she's trying to claim I promised her these boots years ago... why would I do that when I can get £150 on E Bay for them?

Some people :-5:-5:-5

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:14 pm

What about your braces. What are you selling them for ?

Ben Shermans ? I know they'll be far too big for me but....

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:16 pm

Snowfire;1446735 wrote: What about your braces. What are you selling them for ?

Ben Shermans ? I know they'll be far too big for me but.... Funny enough... I still have original 1970's Levi jeans, Ben Sherman shirts and the braces somewhere.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:19 pm

oscar;1446736 wrote: Funny enough... I still have original 1970's Levi jeans, Ben Sherman shirts and the braces somewhere.

Had to wear them in the bath in them days. Shrink them to fit. Then bleach them.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:36 pm

Snowfire;1446737 wrote: Had to wear them in the bath in them days. Shrink them to fit. Then bleach them. I remember It well... In the early 70's my parents had a yellow bathroom suite... My Mother would often come home and find either myself or my brothers sitting In a bath of water In our Levi Jeans and would have an epi about staining her yellow bath....

Oh and Blakey's.... did you ever bang them In your DM's... My Mother said I sounded like the local Milk horse clipping up the street.

etc.... I say Yellow... My Mother would say ' Primrose'

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:43 pm

oscar;1446738 wrote: I remember It well... In the early 70's my parents had a yellow bathroom suite... My Mother would often come home and find either myself or my brothers sitting In a bath of water In our Levi Jeans and would have an epi about staining her yellow bath....

Oh and Blakey's.... did you ever bang them In your DM's... My Mother said I sounded like the local Milk horse clipping up the street.

I had Blakeys in all my boots.

I'm too young to have taken part in the shrink to fit craze but I can remember jeans so tight it took ten minutes per leg to get them on and then you had to lie on the floor to do the zip up!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:49 pm

Betty Boop;1446739 wrote: I had Blakeys in all my boots.

I'm too young to have taken part in the shrink to fit craze but I can remember jeans so tight it took ten minutes per leg to get them on and then you had to lie on the floor to do the zip up!

I used to do that lying on the bed and then walk around once done up like you had a spinal brace on.

The bleaching of the Levi's was quite an art In those days... not light enough and you got laughed at... too light and you got laughed at... and then you had to cut a knee open for good measure.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:53 pm

Snowfire;1446737 wrote: Had to wear them in the bath in them days. Shrink them to fit. Then bleach them.

Inside toilet eh! you must have been posh.

posted by oscar

Original 1970's Ladies knee high, Leather Doc Martin's, excellent condition... £100 or near offer...

Disturbingly I have this image of you standing there tapping your whip against them, odd cos I don't know what you look like.

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Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:00 pm

gmc;1446742 wrote: Inside toilet eh! you must have been posh.

Well it was a prefab. I wouldn't call that posh.

I didn't have blakeys in my Doc Martins but I had them in my Royals and my Brogues

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:12 pm

gmc;1446742 wrote: Inside toilet eh! you must have been posh.

posted by oscar

Disturbingly I have this image of you standing there tapping your whip against them, odd cos I don't know what you look like.

. Me and my Mother In Law a few year ago In said Boots.... the whip was just outside of the shot.

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gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:05 pm

Snowfire;1446744 wrote: Well it was a prefab. I wouldn't call that posh.

I didn't have blakeys in my Doc Martins but I had them in my Royals and my Brogues

Prefabs I remember them,I had an aunt and uncle that lived in one until the seventies. There's still some in my old home town, used for sheltered housing would you believe. They were better than some of the prefab concrete houses they replaced them with

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:19 pm

gmc;1446821 wrote: Prefabs I remember them,I had an aunt and uncle that lived in one until the seventies. There's still some in my old home town, used for sheltered housing would you believe. They were better than some of the prefab concrete houses they replaced them with

I loved it there and my Nan and Grandad (who didnt have an inside loo) thought it was paradise.

Bloody freezin in the winter though. Single little log burner that heated the closest 6 ft of the room and nothing else.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:58 am

Going back to my OP...

I'm astonished.

I parceled up the boots and sent them by recorded delivery lunchtime yesterday to Ireland.

Got a message lunchtime to say they had arrived !!!! That's damn good service by Royal Mail. It was actually less than 24 hours.

Then 10 minutes ago, the buyers payment appeared In my account when I checked on line.

Meanwhile, my revolting neighbour continue's to carp.

I then get another message to say his daughter had arrived home and to say she Is ecstatic about her boots, Is an understatement. He said he realises the grief I got from the neighbour but he commended me on my fairness and offered me a week In Ireland as his guest at his horse racing stud farm.

I think that just endorses my own beliefs and everything I was taught as a child. Be a good loser, be fair and Karma will pay you back In kind.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:13 pm

I am still wondering why you have a person you seem to despise on your facebook.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:30 pm

LarsMac;1447008 wrote: I am still wondering why you have a person you seem to despise on your facebook. Several reasons but I can understand your question.

My husband Is good pals with her partner. He's actually an Ok guy and he uses my husband as an outlet to vent. As a neighbour, we have watched her kids grow up and we have a good relationship with the teenagers and It would hurt them If we turned against their Mother. So we endure her to keep things sweet although we try to distance ourselves from her to not offend the rest of the family... If that makes sense.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:08 pm

oscar;1447012 wrote: Several reasons but I can understand your question.

My husband Is good pals with her partner. He's actually an Ok guy and he uses my husband as an outlet to vent. As a neighbour, we have watched her kids grow up and we have a good relationship with the teenagers and It would hurt them If we turned against their Mother. So we endure her to keep things sweet although we try to distance ourselves from her to not offend the rest of the family... If that makes sense.

Understand, completely.

I have one of those, myself.

My brother-in-law is a dunderhead.

He posts stuff on facebook that would make Tude Dog seem like a commie. He irritates the crap out of me.

His wife is a sweetheart, and his daughter is a wonderful person. My Wife was very upset when I told her I had "unfriended" him, and insisted I re-friend him.

So, for her, I did.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:32 pm

LarsMac;1447057 wrote: Understand, completely.

I have one of those, myself.

My brother-in-law is a dunderhead.

He posts stuff on facebook that would make Tude Dog seem like a commie. He irritates the crap out of me.

His wife is a sweetheart, and his daughter is a wonderful person. My Wife was very upset when I told her I had "unfriended" him, and insisted I re-friend him.

So, for her, I did. I get that completely. This neighbour Is the same... posts s.hit on my status updates but I have to be pleasent because her kids will see It. If I unfriend her, then she will make sure her partner can't be my husbands pal...It's very difficult In situations like that when you have to suffer a ******** just to keep the peace.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:59 pm

Okay let me ask. What are Blakeys?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:24 am

Hope6;1447093 wrote: Okay let me ask. What are Blakeys?

Blakeys Segs | The Original Shoe Protectors