tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post4900811544034903325..comments2024-03-11T19:40:23.089+00:00Comments on Views from the bike shed: All things vintage a'merkin!The bike shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-23765301518600097632012-11-22T10:56:32.993+00:002012-11-22T10:56:32.993+00:00The conversation-stopping greeting "a merkin ...The conversation-stopping greeting "a merkin for your quim" can be, but should not be, confused with "a penny for your thoughts". Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336839035760628741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-85574842714097824572012-11-22T10:38:08.829+00:002012-11-22T10:38:08.829+00:00Cycling to Merkins (*sniggers*) Cafe a few times w...Cycling to Merkins (*sniggers*) Cafe a few times was one of this summer's highlights for us. When we hadn't got enough cash for our toasted teacakes (no chip and pin machine there), they let us pay the next day...can't imagine Costa being quite so forgiving! Everyday Life On A Shoestringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06038009981638541163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-16902005812412320692012-11-20T03:23:04.233+00:002012-11-20T03:23:04.233+00:00The Italian run caffs round the Aldwych and The St...The Italian run caffs round the Aldwych and The Strand were my morning lifesavers...their morning rolls with bacon and egg have few equals.<br />But rents rise..and they've disapeared in favour of places where the waiter sneers at your order which given that it was obtained more than twenty minutes to appear.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-70843554210027439772012-11-19T18:00:31.149+00:002012-11-19T18:00:31.149+00:00Waky caffs alive and well here on Glastonbury :-DWaky caffs alive and well here on Glastonbury :-DKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-86711424129716027872012-11-19T17:27:28.587+00:002012-11-19T17:27:28.587+00:00I got a merkin in last year's Secret Santa at ...I got a merkin in last year's Secret Santa at work. I'm keeping it, just in case...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124374747737466986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-66695792120154349322012-11-19T12:57:47.989+00:002012-11-19T12:57:47.989+00:00well if THAT's a merkin, what's a firkin?
...well if THAT's a merkin, what's a firkin?<br />I've obviously been mixing them up all this time.<br /><br />I love vintage caffs and anything of that ilk, that's not cloned in every town, city and county around the world. <br /><br />Love it.<br />:DClippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.com