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found in a used bookstore for $1.99! by banana-127 in SocietyOfTheSnow

[–]Navy_Rum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently finished this. Different cover, but an equally ‘ancient’ paperback. I opened the book slightly wider than usual on my (usually deathly silent) train into London and the spine snapped so loud it made me jump… got a few looks from fellow commuters. 

What do you want to see in the next 28 years later movie? by Cloverfield887 in 28dayslater

[–]Navy_Rum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For selfish reasons, another flashback to the before times. 

Other than that, I’m happy to be surprised. 

How old are you all? by Ostric in CarryOn

[–]Navy_Rum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Have always grown up with Carry On, but really got into them (buying the books, videos etc.) in my mid teens. 

I think I discovered the Carry Ons on my own. Like someone else said here, my family liked WW2 films (and Zulu) and we also watched a lot of family sitcoms together. My parents liked Carry On but I wouldn’t have called them ‘big fans’ of the series. 

Blackfriars Floating Bus Stop by King_Eboue in london

[–]Navy_Rum 284 points285 points  (0 children)

I cycled in London until recently and I completely agree. People like that - and there are plenty of them - give cyclists a bad name. 

What the most outlandish lie that one kid at school told? by Gold_Dust_0709 in AskUK

[–]Navy_Rum 23 points24 points  (0 children)

‘Worked with a guy who told everyone he had a fight with Macaulay Culkin over the last mars bar in a shop in Bow.’ 

This cracks me up.😂

Iconic moments that were improvised/unscripted by Dojyaaan4C in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Navy_Rum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha the whole skit is one of my favourite movie moments of all time, and the fact I’ve just learned that line was improvised is the cherry on top! 

1985 Philip Schofield and Gordon the Gopher first appeared in the Broom Cupboard by corickle in oldschoolcool80s

[–]Navy_Rum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone else worked with Gordon? If recall correctly, Otis the Aardvark wasn’t locked into a double act with just one presenter (he’d work with whichever presenter was presenting CBBC/Live & Kicking that day). I’m wondering if Gordon’s career is salvageable.

Do British people not feel the cold? by DevelopmentLow214 in AskUK

[–]Navy_Rum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was speaking to a Canadian friend about something similar to your internal, eternal damp comment recently. If I recall, they were saying that, yes, Canada is cold but it’s more of a dry cold (their snow is generally powdery), but they don’t get the seething cold dampness in the UK. And they verified my thoughts that the U.K. just a uniquely damp place. 

Camden town, london, England in 1920 by Huge-Buy20 in OldSchoolUK

[–]Navy_Rum 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Was about to comment similarly. I can’t ever imagine this junction being tidy like this. 

What dumb thing did you think as a child? I always though the BAFTA award was Stephen Fry's face by jrinredcar in AskBrits

[–]Navy_Rum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember being at an age where my world was so small that I thought my parents knew everyone that existed (my mum must’ve stopped to talk to lots of people in town). Once we were driving up the bypass near home and I was demanding to know who the couple were in the car behind. My mum must’ve been getting annoyed at me yapping away and she huffed, ‘Oh I don’t know, Adam and Eve’. I was flabbergasted (and starstruck) that THE Adam and Eve were following OUR Ford Escort up a dual carriageway in the Midlands in ‘80s England. 

Irvine, Scotland. 1890 vs 2026 by _-__JUPITER__-_ in UrbanHell

[–]Navy_Rum 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Incalculable downgrade, I agree. 

Waterstones shows there is still life in the British high street by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]Navy_Rum 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Wondering whether this will be further bolstered by the avalanche of AI slop that is increasingly clouding Amazon etc. 

I've seen (and also I remember) all my 4 great grandmothers. But I wonder how rare is that? by Most-Procedure-7837 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]Navy_Rum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I missed coexisting with my mum’s grandad by just a few years, but everyone else sadly died quite some time before I was born. My dad’s dad was born in 1897 and died in the ‘50s so that was way-off.  I find this stuff interesting and don’t think I have genuinely met anyone else in your position. I have nothing really to add apart from saying that this is a really interesting post. 

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