My mum had a full set of glasses, a full dinnerware set and a full set of soup bowls from a garage......Mobil I think.....my Gramps used to work there when I was little so we got 'extra' vouchers
Got 2 free garage tumblers in our Scottish cottage... Had a great electric blanket, "bought" with Green Shield stamps - reluctantly decided recently it was no longer safe to use, after 20-something years (don't worry folks, we did get it serviced regularly - but eventually the firm went bust!).
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Re senior momentism: OH and I spent much of yesterday afternoon and evening assembling an IKEA "Brimnes" day-bed (one of those clever things that turns into a double by pulling out the side), and it WORKED. Didn't fall out over it either, and managed to understand all the instructions, eventually... so I reckon the little grey cells must still be working ok... (Won't tell you how many times we put down the screwdriver & couldn't remember where it was, though )
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I started my senior moments when I was in my thirties. I married a twin, woke up one morning and couldn't remember which twin I married. Needless to say he is now my ex. Plus, I couldn't stand his brother whichever one he was!!!
Aaah the screwdriver thing Liri - bit similar to the old secateurs thing that isn't it...
How many times did you find it under the sheet of instructions in the same way that the secateurs are always under the pile of trimmings? - or maybe that's just me.
And if they're ALWAYS there - why don't I remember look there first?
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
That screwdriver/secateurs thing is the same as the sellotape and scissor thing when you are wrapping presents, it drives me mad.
I also had loads of stainless steel serving dishes with green shield stamps which havent long gone the way of the charity shop, also pyrex dishes and stands. Green Shield stamps were a godsend when it came to the old 'bottom drawer'.
My friends dad was working in Ireland when he met the girl of his dreams. About 3 weeks after he returned to England she turned up on the doorstep declaring undying love. Passion got the better of them and she ended up pregnant. Unfortunately it wasnt the girl of his dreams it was her twin sister. Times were very different then and they got married and had the baby (my friend) they never did get divorced.
That rang a bell Runnybeak, my mum used to collect the free plastic flowers you got with washing powder. We also used to have that loose tea but I thought it was called Green & Blacks. I could only cook Vesta's when my dad was at work he used to go mad if I cooked that 'foreign muck' in the house, never was very politically correct my dad.
Wish I still had my 1970 World Cup coin collection. Had the full set - all mounted in the special blue cardboard mount - courtesy of Esso petrol. But I guess most of us had those.....?
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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My mum had a full set of glasses, a full dinnerware set and a full set of soup bowls from a garage......Mobil I think.....my Gramps used to work there when I was little so we got 'extra' vouchers
Just the one tumbler left here friends from the garage
I bought stainless steel serving dishes witht green shield stamps for my bottom draw ,also pans.,
the pans are long gone but I've only recently given the serving dishes to help the aged charity shop.
Got 2 free garage tumblers in our Scottish cottage... Had a great electric blanket, "bought" with Green Shield stamps - reluctantly decided recently it was no longer safe to use, after 20-something years (don't worry folks, we did get it serviced regularly - but eventually the firm went bust!).
Re senior momentism: OH and I spent much of yesterday afternoon and evening assembling an IKEA "Brimnes" day-bed (one of those clever things that turns into a double by pulling out the side), and it WORKED. Didn't fall out over it either, and managed to understand all the instructions, eventually... so I reckon the little grey cells must still be working ok...
(Won't tell you how many times we put down the screwdriver & couldn't remember where it was, though 
)
I started my senior moments when I was in my thirties. I married a twin, woke up one morning and couldn't remember which twin I married. Needless to say he is now my ex. Plus, I couldn't stand his brother whichever one he was!!!
Aaah the screwdriver thing Liri - bit similar to the old secateurs thing that isn't it...
How many times did you find it under the sheet of instructions in the same way that the secateurs are always under the pile of trimmings? - or maybe that's just me.
And if they're ALWAYS there - why don't I remember look there first?
You snuck in there Early Riser - blimey that IS a bad one!!!!
That screwdriver/secateurs thing is the same as the sellotape and scissor thing when you are wrapping presents, it drives me mad.
I also had loads of stainless steel serving dishes with green shield stamps which havent long gone the way of the charity shop, also pyrex dishes and stands. Green Shield stamps were a godsend when it came to the old 'bottom drawer'.
My friends dad was working in Ireland when he met the girl of his dreams. About 3 weeks after he returned to England she turned up on the doorstep declaring undying love. Passion got the better of them and she ended up pregnant. Unfortunately it wasnt the girl of his dreams it was her twin sister. Times were very different then and they got married and had the baby (my friend) they never did get divorced.
That rang a bell Runnybeak, my mum used to collect the free plastic flowers you got with washing powder. We also used to have that loose tea but I thought it was called Green & Blacks. I could only cook Vesta's when my dad was at work he used to go mad if I cooked that 'foreign muck' in the house, never was very politically correct my dad.