{"id":1036,"date":"2010-04-03T12:47:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T12:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofah.webhostingireland.ie\/blog\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2010-08-08T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T11:30:27","slug":"forging-ahead-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/forging-ahead-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Forging Ahead part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Forging Ahead part 3<\/h1>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>FORGING AHEAD by Jimmy Connerly (based  on an idea by Rico)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>scene 1 continued<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"brian enters\" src=\"http:\/\/ofah.net\/images\/Under-arrest.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"brian enters\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>Grandad: Here,  Del, we&#8217;ll be alright for money won&#8217;t we?<br \/>\nDel: Alright? Of course we will you  soppy old div.<br \/>\nGrandad: Well, your deals aren&#8217;t doing all that well at the  moment, you haven&#8217;t given me any housekeeping for three weeks.<br \/>\nDel: Oh, I  see! You asking me if we&#8217;re going ok was a subtle way for you to ask me for  money is it, you crafty Goat!<br \/>\nGrandad: Now you know you always give me the  housekeeping money without fail, it&#8217;s not like you. I&#8217;ve had to buy today&#8217;s  dinner out of me pension.<br \/>\nDel: For goodness sake Grandad, you should have  mentioned it earlier, things aren&#8217;t that bad.<\/p>\n<p>Del pulls a huge wad of  notes from his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Grandad: \u00a0What&#8217;s that lot?<br \/>\nDel: \u00a0Most of  this is spoken for Grandad but we&#8217;re not doing that bad, I&#8217;ll not see you  short.<\/p>\n<p>Del hands Grandad about fifty pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Del: Here you are  Grandad, you take that for now, if you need any more let me know.<br \/>\nGrandad:  Oh, cheers Del.<br \/>\nDel: Using your pension money, honestly! What did you get us  for dinner anyway?<br \/>\nGrandad: It&#8217;s a surprise.<br \/>\nDel: (Smiles) Oh! Cheers  Grandad, I&#8217;ll look forward to that.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney reenters, Trigger is with  him.<\/p>\n<p>Del: Watcha Trig, what brings you round?<br \/>\nRodney: A son of an  old mate of yours, been looking for you in The Nag&#8217;s Head.<br \/>\nDel: Blimey Trig,  you did that without moving your lips.<br \/>\nTrigger: No, that was Dave who said  that Del.<br \/>\nRodney: Don&#8217;t worry about it Trig, it&#8217;s just Del&#8217;s idea of a  joke.<br \/>\nDel: (Laughing to himself while still counting out the rest of the wad)  Son of an old mate of mine? Who?<\/p>\n<p>Rodney heads for the kitchen, shaking  his head.<\/p>\n<p>Trigger: Said his name was Brian.<br \/>\nDel: (Thinking) Brian? I  don&#8217;t recall knowing any Brian.<br \/>\nTrigger: Yeah but Brian said you knew his  dad.<br \/>\nDel: Bloody hell Trig, I didn&#8217;t mean the kid, I meant what was his old  man&#8217;s name?<br \/>\nTrigger: Oh, I see what you mean.<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a pause while  Del waits for Trig. Trig just stands there.<\/p>\n<p>Del: So what was  it?<br \/>\nTrigger: You mean what was Brian&#8217;s dad&#8217;s name?<br \/>\nDel: Gor blimey! Yes  Trig! What was his old man&#8217;s name?<br \/>\nTrigger: Oh, I don&#8217;t know.<br \/>\nDel:  (Astounded) What do you mean you don&#8217;t know?<br \/>\nTrigger: Well I didn&#8217;t ask  him.<br \/>\nDel: You didn&#8217;t think to ask him?<br \/>\nTrigger: Well, I wanted to let you  know first.<\/p>\n<p>Del shakes his head in resigned disbelief as Rodney  reenters.<\/p>\n<p>Del: It wouldn&#8217;t have taken you a second to have asked  him who his Dad was Trig! Anyway; why didn&#8217;t you just phone us from the  pub?<br \/>\nTrigger: No, I thought of that but I didn&#8217;t have any change.<br \/>\nRodney:  Couldn&#8217;t Mike have got you some?<br \/>\nTrigger: Oh yeah, that would have been a  good idea Dave.<br \/>\nDel: Stone me, bloody hell the pair of them (points to  Rodney and Trigger as he looks at Grandad) It&#8217;s Tom O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s Wednesday Night  Out &#8211; I&#8217;ll name these plonkers in one!<\/p>\n<p>Grandad laughs, Rodney scowls.  Trigger shows no response.<\/p>\n<p>Trigger: So are you coming then? He said  he&#8217;d wait.<br \/>\nDel: Eh?? Who?<br \/>\nTrigger: Brian!<br \/>\nDel: Oh him! No, he can carry  on waiting. I&#8217;m not going out to meet some son of some bloke I may or may not  even have known. Besides, I&#8217;ve got Grandad&#8217;s dinner to look forward to.<br \/>\nRodney: What, Spam?<br \/>\nDel: No, Grandad&#8217;s surprise he bought us out of his  pension.<br \/>\nRodney: Yeah, my guess is that that would be the tin of Spam on the  sideboard out there in the kitchen. I&#8217;ve just seen it.<br \/>\nDel: Tinned Spam!  Grandad, you shouldn&#8217;t have!!<br \/>\nGrandad: How many slices would you like  Del?<br \/>\nDel: No Grandad, I meant you really shouldn&#8217;t have! Come on Trigger,  we&#8217;ll take your car. Rodney, you too, get your coat on, were going down The  Nag&#8217;s Head!<br \/>\nGrandad: What&#8217;ll I do with the Spam? Shall I save it?<br \/>\nDel:  No!<\/p>\n<p>Rodney and Trig have already exited. Del is half in \/ half out the  door. He looks back.<\/p>\n<p>Del: (Looking back) Actually yeah, save it Grandad.  There&#8217;s a few loose tiles on the bathroom wall, I&#8217;ll use that for  grouting!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/forging-ahead-part-4\/\">On to part 4<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/forging-ahead-part-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Forging Ahead part 3 FORGING AHEAD by Jimmy Connerly (based on an idea by Rico) scene 1 continued Grandad: Here, Del, we&#8217;ll be alright for money won&#8217;t we? Del: Alright? Of course we will you soppy old div. 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