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  1. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    That’s really bad luck. You should send them back and ask for replacements!
  2. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I agree with Turnip but being a lazy so-and-so I take them to the dry cleaners instead.
  3. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    It’s rather a good look and it evokes a proud working class culture that was central to the economy - unlike the 1930s when there was mass unemployment or today’s zero hours culture. Back to the sweaters: it is very similar to the hand-knitted Shetland sweaters I used to wear when I was...
  4. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The trouble with these ‘alphabet soup’ terminologies is that they often lump together groups who have little in common and are often at loggerheads (another old fashioned expression!). Also the whole ‘identity’ thing is a bit reductionist and emphasises difference rather than shared humanity...
  5. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I meant that they arrived quickly. OK are very efficient and combined with the hyper-efficient German postal system I’m not really surprised the WPs reached you in two days.
  7. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    That was very quick!
  8. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Didn’t Barack Obama use the word ‘shellacking’ a few years back, after the mid-term elections?
  9. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    ‘Buck your ideas up.’ Similar meaning to ‘pull your socks up’ (see above).
  10. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    Let’s blame the spellcheck
  11. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    I mean campbellsofbeauly.com (!)
  13. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    Very good choice of Woolly Pullies: I have these but more often wear Navy, Black or Dark Grey Mix. Your Swedish spelling is spot on. However I have found a Scottish site campbellsofbuleau.com which has exactly the right Shetlands in a good range of colours!
  14. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    Yes, I’ve been looking at Harley and will try Shetland Voe. When I wore them years ago I think it was Shetland Knitwear Ltd!
  15. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    Funny you should say that, because as you might see from other threads I am a stalwart customer of OK and have a large collection of their Woolly Pully sweaters and a Submariners sweater from them. I am also a great fan of fishermen’s sweaters, especially Guernseys. OK don’t do this type of...
  16. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I'm sorry I missed the link. I remember this movie. We have benefited a lot in the UK from the presence of the Ugandan Asians, many of whom were expelled from the country by Idi Amin (although the policy actually started under Milton Obote).
  17. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    That's interesting. I wonder if it was one of the Entebbe movies. Amin would have picked up that phrase from his British military training. When he came to power, he appeared to be Anglophile and pro-western (as his background and training would have suggested) and so the direction he took...
  19. Ticklishchap

    You know you are getting old when:

    Lowering the tone for a moment as my concentration lapses at midday (a hazard of home working), I have found that growing older means that farts increase in frequency, duration, volume and intensity.
  20. Ticklishchap

    Einstein-style sweater

    I am looking for a wool sweater similar to the one above, in this iconic photograph of Albert Einstein: close-knit wool with turn-back cuffs. It would be an occasional change from the military and fisherman's sweaters for which I am noted. I have owned a number of them in the past, mainly in...
  21. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    ‘You need to pull your socks up’: said to someone being lazy or inefficient.
  22. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Funnily enough I remember this phrase and I always think of it when I see Quality Street chocolates. The phrase went out of use because the word queer became a frequent homophobic slur applied to gay men. However it has now been ‘reclaimed’ so that we have queer film festivals, queer art, etc...
  23. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I have been thinking more about it and even tried it on again while working at home this afternoon. I have only previously worn it a couple of times. Yes, I do like it and it goes well with navy or grey chinos, cords or jeans.

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