Yes it pretty fun. The series sets of 6 mats were tricky to complete.
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Is it the case that during the tie when Guinness was dispensed in hospitals it was ābottle conditionedā not pasteurised?
Can imagine that there would have been benefits from that to people who were not moving on a regular basis.
Willy.
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Iāve got boxes of beermats too from when me and my mate were teenagers 
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I am thinking of giving some of my Nait kit to my youngest daughter, perhaps some CB. I realise that giving her the Nait2 and a P3 is the equivalent of my Dad offering me this at age 25. 
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In a similar vein I was MC for a 30th reunion of work colleagues from 1985 to 2015. As one of the big films of 1985 was Back to the Future set between 1955 and 1985, I did a (hopefully humorous) speech comparing fashion, cars, computers, mobiles, music and failed businesses. It was surprising just how different the eras were.
It was a shock to see some people after 30 years when I remembered them as their young selves.
Sadly that was 7 years agoā¦ā¦
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An excerpt below from the blog of political scientist Professor Matt Goodwin.
It was the reference to 9/11 that struck me most - that doesnāt seem very long ago at allā¦
āThis week I met my new first year university students. They were born in ā¦ brace yourself ā¦ you are about to feel old ā¦ 2004. This means they were not alive during 9/11. They cannot remember prime ministers Blair and Brown. They can barely remember David Cameronā¦ā
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Not sure I want to remember any of them either 
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I like to measure time in movies. Those first year students; the Star Wars prequal trilogy are old movies before their time. Ditto The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
To most of us, they are still new-ish.
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Currently watching an episode of Dadās Army. Looked up the actress playing Godfreyās sister. She was born in 1888. Amy Dalby.
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He was in The Persuaders! Last night.
I had a couple of shop service people call me Sir this weekā¦ I since had a shave and recovered a few years.
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When I was in hospital I had a card from my best friend with a picture of us together earlier in the year. I was largely pointing nurses etc. at it to show what I normally look like as opposed to with my current 13kg weight loss. (Plus for myself enjoying the picture of a friend I love very dearly.) Three of the hospital staff over the weeks asked if she were my daughter (the age gap is 6 years!!). Oddly enough all 3 were Occupational Therapists, which is what she does for a living 200 miles away, I decided it was a conspiracy.
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Donāt dismiss the conspiracy theory! Itās a medical professionalās ploy Iām sure My sister is a GP and has trained my daughter to nag me about my excess bulk and to take the pi55 whenever she deems appropriate. Which is often!
However, where I am also being made to feel old is the jargon my kids use which is so completely different to 5, 10, 20 years ago etc that I feel like Monty Burns from the Simpsons, stuck making outdated Vaudeville references.
My wife and I went to a function the other night and apparently the way I dressed āhad dripā or at least did compared to my wife. Apparently thatās a good thing. Or was last weekā¦.
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I had to look up both āhad dripā and Monty Burns.
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I remember an incident many years ago when my late father came to visit me when I was living/working in London. We got on a crowded bus, and two young ladies got up to offer him their seat. He was profoundly shocked, as that had never happened to him before.
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I didnāt dare look up drip. Iāve had sympathy for Monty Burns for a number of years on the cultural front though!
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A year ago my son in law ran into a major neurological problem and was in hospital (but thatās another story). My daughter (who is nothing to do with medicine) rang her best friend who is a neurologist, but at the other end of the country. She told her friend that one of the issues was that she couldnāt get any real information about what was going on. Her friend said she would try to get in touch with the neurologist treating her husband in London.
Anyway my daughterās phone rang that evening and it was her husbandās neurologist, who after introducing herself said āAre you a medic too? Iāve had five emails from different people asking me to ring you!ā A good and informative conversation ensued.
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My next birthday. 
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Itās complementary (I think) suggesting some kind of swagger and desirability.
The brief search I did suggested that it implied you have so much of something itās ādripping from you/out of youā, maybe thatās swagger, finesse, money etc
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Looking into the cockpit as you board a flight and wondering if the young chap in the driving seat has started shaving yet.
Willy.
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