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GENERAL STUFF => GENERAL DISCUSSIONS => Random Chit Chat => Topic started by: Ugly Mongrel on January 11, 2014, 11:26:33
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There is a small park not far from where I live called Fellmonger Park. I pass it every day and often wondered who "Fellmonger" was, so I Googled it, thinking it may be some ancient local who lived in the district and had had a park named after him.
To my surprise, I found out that a fellmonger was a hide tanner or someone who removes the wool from sheep hides prior to tanning.
I don't think there would be too many fellmongers left these says and I started wondering how many other professions have faded into oblivion with the passage of time.
Can you think if any others?
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I'll start with prostitute.
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I'll start with prostitute.
Now that's a profession that's not around nowadays. :whistler: :fum:
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I'll start with prostitute.
Now that's a profession that's not around nowadays. :whistler: :fum:
Well, I can't find one. :D
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Chimney Sweep? :confused:
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Service station attendant.
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Rabbit processors
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Police Beat Officer.
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Rag and Bone man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag-and-bone_man).
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The Only one so far that I can think is still not around is the service station attendant and Rabbit processors,Steve rag and bone men are now known as Pickers,prostitutes are still around if you know where to look, Fell Mongering is still alive and well,just not as labor intensive as it used to be and yes The Ol Chimney Sweeps are still out there,not a job I'd do not these days.
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Police Beat Officer.
There are still police officers on the beat here in Queensland.
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There is one service station that I know of in Brisbane that has driveway attendants who will fill your car and do tyres and windscreen. It's in Dutton Park.
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Police Beat Officer.
There are still police officers on the beat here in Queensland.
Yeah harassing poor buggers just trying to have a quiet Beer :whistler: :whistler:
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:wtf: did a rabbit processor do? And don't say "process rabbits". :harhar:
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Police Beat Officer.
There are still police officers on the beat here in Queensland.
Yeah harassing poor buggers just trying to have a quiet Beer :whistler: :whistler:
No, only if they're a bit queer, Rick.
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Police Beat Officer.
There are still police officers on the beat here in Queensland.
Yeah harassing poor buggers just trying to have a quiet Beer :whistler: :whistler:
Careful, Rick, we don't want this thread moved to the "Politics" folder. :rofl:
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Sagger makers bottom knocker. Its genuine - look it up.
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:wtf: did a rabbit processor do? And don't say "process rabbits". :harhar:
Skun and Gutted Rabbits,always had a hand in processing the skins as well,used to be a good living,when the brother and I were younger(lots younger)and rabbits weren't infected with Mixie, We used to spend a weekend up Talend Bend way,get a fair few rabbits,dress em and sell em down the local $2 a pair.
Oh and yes there are still limited numbers of Meat rabbit farms around,not many now days
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... Steve rag and bone men are now known as Pickers ...
R&B men used to call round the streets using a horse & cart, in the 1960's, around my parents home. Don't see them at all these days.
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Police Beat Officer.
There are still police officers on the beat here in Queensland.
Not here in the UK tho... That responsibility has been delegated (jiffed) on to Community Service Officers... So I'm right :goodjob2:
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... Steve rag and bone men are now known as Pickers ...
R&B men used to call round the streets using a horse & cart, in the 1960's, around my parents home. Don't see them at all these days.
Correct Steve.
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I remember them.
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Door to door Rent collector (social housing)
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:wtf: did a rabbit processor do? And don't say "process rabbits". :harhar:
Basically, Butchers of Rabbits, which were then supplied to supermarkets in SA as a human consumption food item. The release of the Calicivirus wiped out the rabbits and the industry overnight.
A cruel act. :fum: :fum: :fum: :fum: :fum: :blubber:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=calici+virus (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=calici+virus&rlz=1C1NOOH_enAU496AU496&oq=calici+virus&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.7456j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=rabbit+haemorrhagic+disease&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgzUHyyNGM26Blz_uCUvpTlpz8hqjOhdXcEZ-uWteSWZJpZAkFxuUxc_FK8Wpn6tvkFxsaJSuwcDjdUju4ao1xzSyj3AtPmNixh2Wk8ALAH4WSO9YAAAA)
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There is one service station that I know of in Brisbane that has driveway attendants who will fill your car and do tyres and windscreen. It's in Dutton Park.
There are also several in Tassie. At least one of those is in Launceston. I saw the signs as I drove in. After about 2 minutes I got out and served myself. Nothing was said as I paid the bill. :undecided:
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They could tell you weren't family. :rolleyes:
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They could tell you weren't family. :rolleyes:
Ah. Thank you.
All makes sense now. :lol:
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They could tell you weren't family. :rolleyes:
In Tassie, that would be impossible. :P :D :eek:
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There is one service station that I know of in Brisbane that has driveway attendants who will fill your car and do tyres and windscreen. It's in Dutton Park.
There are also several in Tassie. At least one of those is in Launceston. I saw the signs as I drove in. After about 2 minutes I got out and served myself. Nothing was said as I paid the bill. :undecided:
Not many, Trev.. But like you say a couple.. But you have to wear a short dress before they will come out! :snigger:
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There is one service station that I know of in Brisbane that has driveway attendants who will fill your car and do tyres and windscreen. It's in Dutton Park.
There are also several in Tassie. At least one of those is in Launceston. I saw the signs as I drove in. After about 2 minutes I got out and served myself. Nothing was said as I paid the bill. :undecided:
Not many, Trev.. But like you say a couple.. But you have to wear a short dress before they will come out! :snigger:
And the problem is????? :Shocked:
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There is one service station that I know of in Brisbane that has driveway attendants who will fill your car and do tyres and windscreen. It's in Dutton Park.
There are also several in Tassie. At least one of those is in Launceston. I saw the signs as I drove in. After about 2 minutes I got out and served myself. Nothing was said as I paid the bill. :undecided:
Not many, Trev.. But like you say a couple.. But you have to wear a short dress before they will come out! :snigger:
And the problem is????? :Shocked:
Your red dress would work Terry. :goodjob:
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There is one service station that I know of in Brisbane that has driveway attendants who will fill your car and do tyres and windscreen. It's in Dutton Park.
There are also several in Tassie. At least one of those is in Launceston. I saw the signs as I drove in. After about 2 minutes I got out and served myself. Nothing was said as I paid the bill. :undecided:
Not many, Trev.. But like you say a couple.. But you have to wear a short dress before they will come out! :snigger:
And the problem is????? :Shocked:
Your red dress would work Terry. :goodjob:
Not with you or me in it. :mrgreen: :rofl: :rofl:
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Cooperer
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I'll start with prostitute.
Now that's a profession that's not around nowadays. :whistler: :fum:
Well, I can't find one. :D
I hear all the cool kids in the new generation call it by its slang term:
Marriage :snigger:
Service station attendant.
In the state of New Jersey it is illegal to pump your own petrol; SSAs everywhere.
(http://www.dvdactive.com/images/reviews/screenshot/2005/12/untitled.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Cezy7Sx.jpg)
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Service station attendant.
In the state of New Jersey it is illegal to pump your own petrol; SSAs everywhere.
(http://www.dvdactive.com/images/reviews/screenshot/2005/12/untitled.jpg)
Not sure of the relevance of the image but that would stop drive offs (or certainly reduce them) :goodjob:
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Cooperer
They are still around. I've seen them in work in Scotland (at Glenfiddich) and in Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales. After all, the wine barrels, etc. don't make themselves.
There are a few full service petrol stations down this way.
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the last Cooperer i saw was in Surry Hill's cooper st, near Sydney's central Railway. used to make all the beer kegs, they don't use wooden beer kegs still?
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the last Cooperer i saw was in Surry Hill's cooper st, near Sydney's central Railway. used to make all the beer kegs, they don't use wooden beer kegs still?
We call someone who makes a barrel a "cooper" in the UK. You Aussies seem to have added an "er". Makes it sound like you are not surerer about it. :evil:
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So were those Cooper Climax race cars made out of beer barrels then?? :confused:
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A bit off topic but my first new car (as opposed to second hand) was a Hillman Imp which had a 875cc Coventry Climax all aluminium engine at the rear of the car. The engine and gearbox were great, but the rest of the car rubbish. It had a 12 month warranty and during that first year it was in the garage for a total of 11 weeks. The main problems were with the suspension and pneumatic throttle.
Coventry Climax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Climax)
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Looks like an interesting read thanks Alan (I'll come back to it) :goodjob:
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A bit off topic but my first new car (as opposed to second hand) was a Hillman Imp which had a 875cc Coventry Climax all aluminium engine at the rear of the car. The engine and gearbox were great, but the rest of the car rubbish. It had a 12 month warranty and during that first year it was in the garage for a total of 11 weeks. The main problems were with the suspension and pneumatic throttle.
Coventry Climax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Climax)
What you're really telling us, Alan, is that your first climax was by far your worst climax. :rofl: :rofl:
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In Tasmania they call your first climax an aunty climax.
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:judges: :-[
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A bit off topic but my first new car (as opposed to second hand) was a Hillman Imp which had a 875cc Coventry Climax all aluminium engine at the rear of the car. The engine and gearbox were great, but the rest of the car rubbish. It had a 12 month warranty and during that first year it was in the garage for a total of 11 weeks. The main problems were with the suspension and pneumatic throttle.
Coventry Climax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Climax)
Alan the 65 Hillman Imp by Rootes Group was my first car in 1967, I thought it was a magnificent motor back then. :lol: Mine was green in colour. In 1969 I traded it in for a Ford Falcon Panel Van - one that could fit a mattress in the back :-[ You know what for. :lol: :snigger: OK I will say it 'A shagging Wagon.' :happydance: :-[
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My car was also a slime green. I had so much trouble with it during the first 18 months (and now out of warranty) the dealer offered to take it back with a very attractive deal for a dark blue Singer Chamois which was a "posh" Imp. The Chamois had a modified suspension and the pneumatic throttle had been replaced by a cable which proved to be reliable. I only had this car for about 18 months because I was promoted in my job and it came with a company car - a Singer Gazelle.