My father had one of those that he brought back when he was invalided home from India, and wore it round his knees when he was working in his unheated study.
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Everyone had at least 1, where we lived, Fishy. Prolly Army surplus bought, ‘cos they were cheap.
I’ m sure that your Father’s was a proper one.
Carinthia.xx
Scratches surreptitiously…
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I am reasonably sure that it was brought home with him, because there were photographs of him on the ship back from India sitting on the deck with it hiding his wasted leg from the polio. It was called the piab: Pa’s Indian Army Blanket. This was not a term of approbation! (I thought for years it was another bit of Indian Army slang, like chup - quiet - and bas - enough.)
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It will have been, Fishy. Mr C had one when he did his National Service. Not much use in Austria, but it covered the bunk springs on the journeys
He said ever after, that he could sleep anywhere, & did
Even 15 minutes would set him up. Called Power Naps now, I believe…
Carinthia.xx
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Eeek Army blankets!
I had 2 army Sergeants as Grandparents and those blankets were used as Summer bedding with army blankets on an army camp bed in the kitchen
I loathed them
Rooms in our house were rented by holiday makers to pay the rates every year
The flat on the top floor was rented by students (a married Greek couple) who were great help with my homework
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-3° outside, feeling like -6
It has started to snow again
Carinthia.xx
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The dance of the seven army-surplus blankets…
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As chilly as a quarter barrel of beer here…
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Bluddy Ell, Joe
Thatizz cold…
Carinthia.xx
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I seem to remember from childhood that neighbours would use cardboard to protect windscreens from snow and a bit of frost. Our car was always parked up in the garage which was a challenge for Mam, who had to reverse down a long drive in the dark, when on-call. I’ll have mentioned this, but the Council cleared her path of snow to the main roads and, when others had 'phone party lines, we had a ‘dedicated’ line. Privilege in a different guise.
Mushroom and egg fried rice with roasted kale for dinner did the job, for us.
Soo xx
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Yes, Soo
I had forgotten about cardboard
I should hope that Mam did get certain privileges - out day & night delivering babies.
One of the Magistrates once told me that the best thing about having her baby was tea anna fag with the Midwife afterwards!
Have moved the black pudding & cabbage to tomorrow, as I have eirher been asweep or sneezing today.
Carinthia.xx
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But who orders babies in the middle of the night? Pizza, yes. Booze etc drop-off, yes. Babies I don’t see the urgent need for.
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And so died Gus’s dreams of writing for TA…
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You know Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? It would be a bit like that, only much gorier and more violent better. For instance, Josh would be needing Hollowtree for the velociraptor hatchery.
And you don’t want to know what would happen with Alice’s Chris’s baby. Or Kirsty and the feckin’ horses…
or indeed to Tony’s train-set, unlike the readers of Proctology Today
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Let us start with an educational and informational piece on agricultural equipment and safety. (The entertainment starts with the arterial spray.)
yardarm
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Medicinal, please
Am well down the 2nd box of tissues since Monday
Sneezing like mad, & my nose is raw & sore
Nottan Good Look…
Hey Ho
Carinthia.xx
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We do not approve. Bah! and also Pah!
Gxx
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I can see Brian as a vampire
Lillian is another vampire
Jenny is a shrieking banshee
Brookfield is populated by a pack of werewolves
I can see Gus’s writings coming along famously
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Fecksakes, I look even worse now.
Have just heard that 1 of my oldest friends died last night. 
Carinthia.xx
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Hugs of sympathy dear one
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