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Whistling

Started by: admin (1641)

Do people still whistle tunes? My dad was always whistling various tunes, but I can't remember the last time I heard someone walking along whistling a tune Maybe it was Ronnie Ronalde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xllx8vqzrTw

Started: 5th Apr 2018 at 20:35
Last edited by admin: 5th Apr 2018 at 21:03:28

Posted by: watchalot (982)

every time i start to whistle a tune my misses says shurrup

Replied: 5th Apr 2018 at 20:44

Posted by: momac (12425) 

My Dad was a brilliant whistler,I still have a tape of him whistling a song in
1970,I started to copy him,but my Grandma who was Irish said "A whistlin'
woman and a crowing hen brings the devil out of his den.

Replied: 5th Apr 2018 at 21:01

Posted by: admin (1641)

Replied: 5th Apr 2018 at 21:04

Posted by: momac (12425) 

Apart from the bird sounds,it reminded me of my Dad..I wonder why we
don't hear whistling nowadays..it's so comforting.

Replied: 5th Apr 2018 at 21:18

Posted by: Anne (4385) 

Could it be because today's pop music doesn't lend itself easily to whistling and humming. Don't really know because I don't listen nowadays.

Replied: 5th Apr 2018 at 21:38

Posted by: momac (12425) 

I think people are more stressed generally nowadays than they used to be.
it's only my opinion.

Replied: 5th Apr 2018 at 21:42

Posted by: kathpressey (5593) 

out shopping last week and wearing my new hearing aids. I thought someone was behind me whistling but he was a builder up the scaffolding. It was very cheerful and nice to hear. Coming back te same way he was still whistling the same tune so I bet his workmates get a bit fed up of it!

Replied: 6th Apr 2018 at 08:53

Posted by: irene (2901) 

You always heard whistling when I was a little girl in Ince.....the milkman, the coal-man, the paperlad and even men just walking along the street whistled a tune. It was such a cheerful sound.

Replied: 6th Apr 2018 at 12:10

Posted by: ayrefield (4465)

Nowadays folks are too busy talking constantly into a phone to be whistling, and I'm sure half of them are talking to themselves at that.

Roger Whittaker was an excellent whistler.

Mexican Whistle aka Too Much Birdseed

Replied: 6th Apr 2018 at 14:25

Posted by: billy (26053) 

dont whistle on board any ship ya may be on.....old superstision you are whistling up a "GALE"

Replied: 8th Apr 2018 at 11:36

Posted by: billy (26053) 

i paid two and a half grand for my hearing aids kath.....they are useless. are yours private kath?

Replied: 8th Apr 2018 at 11:42

Posted by: ayrefield (4465)

billy, I got fitted with a hearing aid at the Linacre Centre and that was good, surprising the sounds you can hear again, though I've lost it now and searched high and low but it can't be found and I'm wondering if our dog has buried it somewhere. The initial one was free, though for a replacement I'll have to pay.

Replied: 8th Apr 2018 at 14:56

Posted by: billy (26053) 

what kind of loot are they asking forAYRE?any idea?

Replied: 10th Apr 2018 at 14:44

Posted by: mortarmillbill (928)

I think swmbo paid £90 for her replacement.

Replied: 10th Apr 2018 at 17:17

 

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