Jeremy's Alibi...

[lookout]

Used to be a sailor(ess) lookout and that's quite true! 

Oh,,good for you,Caroline.
 Yes,in ALL walks of life.!

[maggie]

Empty vessels always make the most noise,Caroline.

That's a familiar expression from my youth Lookout!!

[lookout]

That's a familiar expression from my youth Lookout!!

Maggie,a lot of those expressions ring true as well. My youth too. ( many moons ago )

[maggie]

Maggie,a lot of those expressions ring true as well. My youth too. ( many moons ago )

So many of our sayings were associated with seafareing lookout

[lookout]

So many of our sayings were associated with seafareing lookout

Yes Maggie,,it must have been an old salt who devised them.

[mertol22]

Yes Maggie,,it must have been an old salt who devised them.

  i  feel a Spancil Hill moment coming on.

[maggie]

  i  feel a Spancil Hill moment coming on.

Love that by The Dubliners Mertol.

[lookout]

  i  feel a Spancil Hill moment coming on.

Oh no,Mertol,,I promise not to break out into a song. You wouldn't like it.

[-Harters-]

Love that by The Dubliners Mertol.

Didn't they do one about a barrel of bricks, sick note or something, I found that hilarious as a kid.

[maggie]

Didn't they do one about a barrel of bricks, sick note or something, I found that hilarious as a kid.

Just looked it up Hartley, it was called Paddy's Sick Note.  Don't know it but I prefer their dreary nostalgic ballads myself...there's no accounting for taste

[mertol22]

Love that by The Dubliners Mertol.

Hazel o Connor did a good cover on a album Smile if i remember rightly.

[maggie]

Don't think I could take that Mertol...one step too far for me

[-Harters-]

Just looked it up Hartley, it was called Paddy's Sick Note.  Don't know it but I prefer their dreary nostalgic ballads myself...there's no accounting for taste

Yeah that was the one. 

[grahameb]

Yes Maggie,,it must have been an old salt who devised them.

Like the word "chunder". Those in the crows nest were sometimes seasick and called out, "Watchout under" which for obvious reasons got shortened to " 'ch'under".

[Steve_uk]

Hi Steve_uk

Re your 3rd para above re the tactile nature and feeling of benevolence in the family I assume you are not referring to JM's step father who was apparently abusive towards her?

Apolgies for dragging out old posts but I'm a bit slow in keeping up  .

Well I hadn't heard of the alleged abuse,which would explain her wanting to get away from her family and thereby sticking with Jeremy long after she should have ended the relationship.