Re: OT: 1958 a day in the life of a TV repairman

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:10

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:52:02 +0000, jimbo wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:01:56 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
> 
> 
>> I lived in the tower blocks at Essex Uni and thought nothing of it but
>> nowadays appreciate a garden to go out to, to relieve the boxed in
>> feeling. I'd never go on a prison ship, AKA cruise liner,
>> for the same reason
> 
> you want your own front door....own back door.........lammy
> flooring.......minted.....big man.......

The difference withg those tower blocks was that each one (and each 
floor) was a community. My floor had me, a guy from Aylesbury, a 
Mauritian, a Malaysian, someone from the Isle of Wight, a Pole, a Greek, 
an Iranian, two black Africans and a white South African. 

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