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Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37372

What defines a toy and is there a age where toys have to stop... I asked our old fella for a train set for Xmas when I was 8 .. he said I was too old for things like that...WTF did he expect me to get, a pipe, a car coat and a pair of driving gloves ........... and possibly grow a moustache? :roll:

Even now I still feel peeved cos I never got one :evil:

grabec · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:12 pm

That's shocking. Proper toys should never stop, because there should always be summat in you capable of playing them. If not, you've ossified

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:13 pm

Now that I am a father myself, I have come to the conclusion that gadgies never grow up.

Before I got married, I thought 'I'll be grown up one day'.

Before I had the bairn I thought 'I'll be grown up one day'.

Now I realise that women grow up, and men are designed not to.

You're never too old for a train set. Me dad has one and he's in his 60s.

I've got shitloads of lego and matchbox cars in the loft, and I just can't wait until the bairn is old enough to play with them.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37372

I'm glad you said that, cos that's what I've done, bought that elusive train set........... rolfl

anybody got any bits they don't want...?

grabec · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:19 pm

I bought the bairn a train set when she was about 4, and we spent many happy hours making tunnels out of folded monopoly boards etc. Sadly, we have no bits left, no. Must have gone to Oxfam

aido87 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:19 pm

Snowy wrote:

What defines a toy and is there a age where toys have to stop... I asked our old fella for a train set for Xmas when I was 8 .. he said I was too old for things like that...WTF did he expect me to get, a pipe, a car coat and a pair of driving gloves ........... and possibly grow a moustache? :roll:

Even now I still feel peeved cos I never got one :evil:

its a good job it hasn't scarred you for life :uhoh:

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:10 pm

poolieinnottingham wrote:

Now I realise that women grow up,

No they don't....our lass has loads of Toys!!!! :uhoh:

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6473

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:28 am

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5IvscOsGdSY

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37372

aido87 wrote:

Snowy wrote:

What defines a toy and is there a age where toys have to stop... I asked our old fella for a train set for Xmas when I was 8 .. he said I was too old for things like that...WTF did he expect me to get, a pipe, a car coat and a pair of driving gloves ........... and possibly grow a moustache? :roll:

Even now I still feel peeved cos I never got one :evil:

its a good job it hasn't scarred you for life :uhoh:

..no affect whatsoever, I just accepted it ... and shot him. :wink:

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:32 am

poolieinnottingham wrote:

Now that I am a father myself, I have come to the conclusion that gadgies never grow up.

Before I got married, I thought 'I'll be grown up one day'.

Before I had the bairn I thought 'I'll be grown up one day'.

Now I realise that women grow up, and men are designed not to.

You're never too old for a train set. Me dad has one and he's in his 60s.

I've got shitloads of lego and matchbox cars in the loft, and I just can't wait until the bairn is old enough to play with them.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37372

Funny, but there was always that group of kids who wanted to be grown up even in the the juniours and usually they were the swots or the gobshites and after shunning toys they reached a certain age and started buying big boys toys ... lost childhood ...?

grabec · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:13 pm

My brother-in-law makes small scale (of course) steam trains for a living. He loves them so much that eventually he gave up his day job to spend more time with them!

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