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just had a bit of Snap ( shared with a small black dog ! )
Brown wholemeal Toast with flaked peppered mackeral smothered on it and a big thick old crust layered over with Strawberry jam and finished off a box of Shortcake bikkies dunked in my tea
But I digress, it was the Tin the shorties came in that evoked a memory, its a nice tin, about 300mm long by 200mm wide and around 40mm in depth, all tartanny and scottish looking
now when I first started out fishing, back in the late 60's early 70's I woulda fought my brothers for that tin, in fact I did, and had all my floats, such as they were stashed in it, quills, corks, a couple of proper shop bought floats, some strange red, yellow and white plastic things that were meant to shine in the dark (never found out if they worked)
the rest of my gear, feeders, leads, hooks shot etc were kept in "tupperware" look alike boxes that I bought at jumble sales or cigar boxes that I either found up the city dump or were given to me, and all kept in the wooden box-seat that I had spent a few saturday afternoons making up in the carpenters shop up to the Hospital where my old Dad worked, (the joiners taught me rudimentary skills, I made them untold tea and swept up and cleaned the workshop in fair exchange)
Ive often thought to myself when I finish off a tub of margerine or Ice cream, What can I use that box for, far too many end up in the recycling bin these days,, Ive got a lot filled with various bits and bobs, screws, pins, nails etc, but I always seem to be chucking em away
strange how times change aint it
Brown wholemeal Toast with flaked peppered mackeral smothered on it and a big thick old crust layered over with Strawberry jam and finished off a box of Shortcake bikkies dunked in my tea
But I digress, it was the Tin the shorties came in that evoked a memory, its a nice tin, about 300mm long by 200mm wide and around 40mm in depth, all tartanny and scottish looking
now when I first started out fishing, back in the late 60's early 70's I woulda fought my brothers for that tin, in fact I did, and had all my floats, such as they were stashed in it, quills, corks, a couple of proper shop bought floats, some strange red, yellow and white plastic things that were meant to shine in the dark (never found out if they worked)
the rest of my gear, feeders, leads, hooks shot etc were kept in "tupperware" look alike boxes that I bought at jumble sales or cigar boxes that I either found up the city dump or were given to me, and all kept in the wooden box-seat that I had spent a few saturday afternoons making up in the carpenters shop up to the Hospital where my old Dad worked, (the joiners taught me rudimentary skills, I made them untold tea and swept up and cleaned the workshop in fair exchange)
Ive often thought to myself when I finish off a tub of margerine or Ice cream, What can I use that box for, far too many end up in the recycling bin these days,, Ive got a lot filled with various bits and bobs, screws, pins, nails etc, but I always seem to be chucking em away
strange how times change aint it
