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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: floo on April 23, 2015, 11:49:16 AM
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Floo, it would be good to reinstate this thread if only in remembrance of Keturah because I doubt very much she will be returning to this forum.
I love reading the diverse and sometimes informative posts written here, too.
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the mods can start deleting posts for being off topic again! lols!
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Dear Sweetpea,
Floo, it would be good to reinstate this thread if only in remembrance of Keturah because I doubt very much she will be returning to this forum.
Shame, but I hope and pray you are wrong, her sense of humour is sorely missed.
Gonnagle.
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Dear Sweetpea,
Floo, it would be good to reinstate this thread if only in remembrance of Keturah because I doubt very much she will be returning to this forum.
Shame, but I hope and pray you are wrong, her sense of humour is sorely missed.
Gonnagle.
Absolutely, Gonners. This place gets far too serious at times. Keturah's interactions were like a breath of fresh air.
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the mods can start deleting posts for being off topic again! lols!
Maybe we should start a new thread entitled "Judder Man v The Mods".
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We've just got the official blind club T shirt back from the printers.
The front gives the name of the club (which I helped set up 25 years ago)
The back has
"May contain nuts".
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We've just got the official blind club T shirt back from the printers.
The front gives the name of the club (which I helped set up 25 years ago)
The back has
"May contain nuts".
Clearly a testament to accuracy Jim (in your case anyway) :) :) :)
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Guilty as charged!
We set the club up as a group run by visually impaired folk, for visually impaired folk.
The idea was to show those who were losing their sight later in life (as the majority of blind people do) that we can be criminally insane and get away with it.
I have a poster of one of the members....an eighty three year old who had lost her sight through a stroke at the age of eighty.
She is pictured wearing a complete chicken outfit, using a long cane, as she walked down the street in her own village raising money for sight savers international.
I was walking beside her, long cane in hand, wearing full hihghland dress plus a rather nifty seeyoujimmy hat.
You get the picture?
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Guilty as charged!
We set the club up as a group run by visually impaired folk, for visually impaired folk.
The idea was to show those who were losing their sight later in life (as the majority of blind people do) that we can be criminally insane and get away with it.
I have a poster of one of the members....an eighty three year old who had lost her sight through a stroke at the age of eighty.
She is pictured wearing a complete chicken outfit, using a long cane, as she walked down the street in her own village raising money for sight savers international.
I was walking beside her, long cane in hand, wearing full hihghland dress plus a rather nifty seeyoujimmy hat.
You get the picture?
I can imagine it - but when do we get to see it for ourselves?
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Well - we're getting a booklet printed with some of the images on it, mainly to distribute to local health care centres, etc, with details of our activities (well, the ones we can safely print, anyway).
The aforsaid poster will be the front cover.
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Well - we're getting a booklet printed with some of the images on it, mainly to distribute to local health care centres, etc, with details of our activities (well, the ones we can safely print, anyway).
The aforsaid poster will be the front cover.
If it is available on-line (as a PDF) perhaps you could post a link?
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Well - we're getting a booklet printed with some of the images on it, mainly to distribute to local health care centres, etc, with details of our activities (well, the ones we can safely print, anyway).
The aforsaid poster will be the front cover.
If it is available on-line (as a PDF) perhaps you could post a link?
That's a thought....I'll get someone who knows how to set up a website without throwing a brick at the computer, to look into it.
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maybe we should start a thread entitled "why does mh spend his life suckholing the mods"?
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iz it becoz de is paganz?
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Guilty as charged!
We set the club up as a group run by visually impaired folk, for visually impaired folk.
The idea was to show those who were losing their sight later in life (as the majority of blind people do) that we can be criminally insane and get away with it.
I have a poster of one of the members....an eighty three year old who had lost her sight through a stroke at the age of eighty.
She is pictured wearing a complete chicken outfit, using a long cane, as she walked down the street in her own village raising money for sight savers international.
I was walking beside her, long cane in hand, wearing full hihghland dress plus a rather nifty seeyoujimmy hat.
You get the picture?
WE Would if you posted it... :)
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maybe we should start a thread entitled "why does mh spend his life suckholing the mods"?
I do not, as you so delightfully put it, suckhole the Mods.
I do however understand that being a mod is difficult enough at the best of times and having someone with a permanent burr under their saddle just because a mate of his got banned is pathetic.
He's banned - get over it and start over.
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Beautiful, MH. Just beautiful :D
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Hear hear (or is it "here here"? I never know). Very pleased to see you floo.
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Good story, Floo! :)
I saw this as I was about to go in search of the old thread, because I have had an excellent day today. I have been organising a get-together for about 16 of old friends from school. today was the day and we met at a hotel near Waterloo. Buffet lunch in an area of the bar reserved for us. Two were unable to comebut a great time was had by all. We are all dynamic, active, lively women!! :D
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On Wednesday, I'm flying to Edinburgh for the day for lunch with an old friend. :)
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Good for you SusanDoris! Hope you have a good time.
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My front lawn is horribly over-grown. I have to do it, soon.
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But what a year it's been for dandelions.
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
How old are you? My gran would have only been 105 in September. :D
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
How old are you? My gran would have only been 105 in September. :D
88.
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One of my husband's grans lived to 103. What is more she was extremely fit and well up until she was 99, less so after that but still not bad. Can't see me lasting that long but you never know.......
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Just out of curiosity, can you see the series of emoticons below?
🇬🇧😉🌹💐👍🏻👍🏻⚡️☔️🐹💃🏻🎉🍷🍷🍷🍷🍯🍩
Yes, I take it you are using you iPad? I use my iPad for posting most of the time and sometimes use iPad emoticons here - I assume everyone else can see them too but I hadn't really thought about it much.
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My computer has just predicted that there will be no General Election in 2020 as IS will obtain nuclear weapons before then and annihilate the world!
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My computer has just predicted that there will be no General Election in 2020 as IS will obtain nuclear weapons before then and annihilate the world!
I wouldn't worry about it.
My computer predicted that both myself and another member of this forum are only 19 year old. No names - oh ok take the thumbscrews off - it was Jeremyp.
Clearly computers are rubbish at predicting things.
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I should point out by the same method I was 16
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I should point out by the same method I was 16
Young whippersnapper.
(Never thought I'd get the opportunity to use that particular word!)
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My granddad would have been 148 yrs this year. He married when he was 50 and dad was born in 1919. I was adopted in the late 60s. And yesterday I went out and bought the Maxspect Glaive led lighting system for my fishies. Some of the colours make my Black skirts a bit scared. It was snowing here yesterday morning but in the afternoon I was potting hanging baskets and a couple customers popped in to see what I have going and to place their orders for the next couple weeks.
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The weather forecast is good for tomorrow.
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In here, life is beautiful. The girls are beautiful. Even the orchestra is beautiful!
Popped into my head as a result of BA's post, why???????
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Still haven't got the front lawn done.
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Well I've heard the weather forecast is good for tomorrow.......
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But if I leave the lawn as it is, my cat can keep on hiding in it.
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I wonder why blue is called "blue?"
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From Wiki:
The modern English word blue comes from Middle English bleu or blewe, from the Old French bleu, a word of Germanic origin, related to the Old High German word blao.[2] In heraldry, the word azure is used for blue.[4]
In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboy) and dark blue (синий, siniy). See Color term.
Several languages, including Japanese, Thai, Korean, and Lakota Sioux, use the same word to describe blue and green. For example, in Vietnamese the colour of both tree leaves and the sky is xanh. In Japanese, the word for blue (青 ao) is often used for colours that English speakers would refer to as green, such as the colour of a traffic signal meaning "go". (For more on this subject, see Distinguishing blue from green in language)
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I can see the symbols you are adding. Rose, on my phone (which is not an i-Phone) but not only tablet.
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I just sneezed.
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Bless you
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Bless you
Careful Trent, you'll be converting next. ;)
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I hope you don't mind me indulging in a bit of pride at my Grandson's first blog entry. He is ten and home schooled.
Hi all, this is T's first ever blog entry. He, like myself, is Dyslexic and usually hates writing. However, he really got into this and has worked super hard and allowed me to help him edit it too. It would encourage him greatly, if anyone does have a few moments to read through and leave some encouraging feedback! Thanks x (My daughter, his Mum)
Diary of a home ed kid
Hello world!
Posted on May 12, 2015
In my science, I have been learning about this dude Sir Isaac Newton, who from being plonked on the head with an apple discovered all these laws of physics. Well, I tried plonking an apple on my head to see if I could understand all this science stuff better. All I got for my trouble was slightly concussed! Anyway, I’ve had to work mega hard to understand his laws of motion. One of the experiments in my textbook was to demonstrate his second law, that objects of a greater mass require a greater force to get them into motion. You had to put the egg on top off the toilet roll tube and the toilet roll tube had to be on top of the pan and the pan was on top of the glass. Then you had to knock the pan. The energy was transferred from the pan into the toilet roll tube which knocked them out of the way. The egg, which has more mass, resisted, staying in the same place until acted upon by gravity and dropped into the glass below. All very well I thought, but I had a better experiment in mind. I tried to get my mum up out of bed on a Saturday morning. This defiantly proved two of Newtons laws. The law of inertia states that something prefers to stay at rest unless acted on by a force and that the second law says that the greater the mass of an object the more force is required to get it into motion. Seriously, getting my mum up on a weekend is no easy task, it required me take all the covers off her, prod her and when that failed I had to use the magic force, the bribe of a coffee, that worked like a charm.
The third law we studied is really weird and wacky. Get this, if I fall over accidently knocking the wall, the wall seeks its revenge. It actually pushes you back with the same of amount force! I kid you not. How bonkers is that? What's even more mad, is the fact that that wall is mostly made of empty space which bends, like a rubber band, when you fall into it. Oh and due to the fact that all atoms have electrons, whizzing at speed, the wall is actually moving too! Ok, so, due to its mass, you don’t feel the wall hit you back, but the fact is it does. The law states, that for every action there is and equal and opposite reaction. But, wait a minute, I mean if I was to hit my brother, yes there would defiantly be a reaction but I’m betting the force he uses to hit me back wouldn’t be equal. Given how much bigger he is than me, I’m not so dumb as to try it and find out!
Back to the law of inertia. Once an object is in motion, will stay moving at the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a force. Ok, so whilst on earth, I know friction an gravity put a stop to most things all too quickly. Now where's the fun in that? Imagine otherwise, throwing the tennis ball for my dogs, Willow and Pippin, they would be chasing that ball for ever! Still if my dogs were launched with their ball into space, that's exactly what would happen, well until either hit by a passing comet or sucked in by the gravity of some planet, forced to orbit it for ever. On second thoughts, its a good job planet earth does have gravity!
Floo, I love this.... please congratulate your grandson, for me, on a wonderful blog.
Original, descriptive text. 'T', I rather hope one of our resident physicists comments on your endeavours.
By the way..... I think your mum is very clever to manage any kind of a lie-in at weekends.
We don't have any 'stars', unfortunately, on this forum, so two :) :) will have to do.
Take care, and keep blogging.
Ooops! Edited for spelling!
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A fairly new (very new to me), pseudo-physics disclipline is doing the rounds. Cymetrics. Anyone else heard of it?
Floo, your son is doing really Well!
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Floo, glad to see your grandson has got the art of googling sorted already. ;)
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Just interrupting the sequence to say that I had a very pleasant day with my friends in edinburgh yesterday. trouble-free travel, light lunch at a bistro run by their son and family, shared info about others we knew years ago, then home.
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'J' is the tenth letter of the alphabet.
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It's just coming up to 09.23.
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someone just coughed.
should I be worried?
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Depends on the state of their pelvic floor.
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Your grandson sounds great floo. Well done to the family!
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On George Best's birth certificate, his actual name is, Ronald Samuel Best.
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Since this is a topic for going off topic I saw this guy on TV the other day...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_MacDonald_%28economist%29
Disappointed he didn't got here!
http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/corporate_careers/training_and_development/hamburger_university.html
:)
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I hope you don't mind me indulging in a bit of pride at my Grandson's first blog entry. He is ten and home schooled.
Hi all, this is T's first ever blog entry. He, like myself, is Dyslexic and usually hates writing. However, he really got into this and has worked super hard and allowed me to help him edit it too. It would encourage him greatly, if anyone does have a few moments to read through and leave some encouraging feedback! Thanks x (My daughter, his Mum)
Diary of a home ed kid
Hello world!
Posted on May 12, 2015
In my science, I have been learning about this dude Sir Isaac Newton, who from being plonked on the head with an apple discovered all these laws of physics. Well, I tried plonking an apple on my head to see if I could understand all this science stuff better. All I got for my trouble was slightly concussed! Anyway, I’ve had to work mega hard to understand his laws of motion. One of the experiments in my textbook was to demonstrate his second law, that objects of a greater mass require a greater force to get them into motion. You had to put the egg on top off the toilet roll tube and the toilet roll tube had to be on top of the pan and the pan was on top of the glass. Then you had to knock the pan. The energy was transferred from the pan into the toilet roll tube which knocked them out of the way. The egg, which has more mass, resisted, staying in the same place until acted upon by gravity and dropped into the glass below. All very well I thought, but I had a better experiment in mind. I tried to get my mum up out of bed on a Saturday morning. This defiantly proved two of Newtons laws. The law of inertia states that something prefers to stay at rest unless acted on by a force and that the second law says that the greater the mass of an object the more force is required to get it into motion. Seriously, getting my mum up on a weekend is no easy task, it required me take all the covers off her, prod her and when that failed I had to use the magic force, the bribe of a coffee, that worked like a charm.
The third law we studied is really weird and wacky. Get this, if I fall over accidently knocking the wall, the wall seeks its revenge. It actually pushes you back with the same of amount force! I kid you not. How bonkers is that? What's even more mad, is the fact that that wall is mostly made of empty space which bends, like a rubber band, when you fall into it. Oh and due to the fact that all atoms have electrons, whizzing at speed, the wall is actually moving too! Ok, so, due to its mass, you don’t feel the wall hit you back, but the fact is it does. The law states, that for every action there is and equal and opposite reaction. But, wait a minute, I mean if I was to hit my brother, yes there would defiantly be a reaction but I’m betting the force he uses to hit me back wouldn’t be equal. Given how much bigger he is than me, I’m not so dumb as to try it and find out!
Back to the law of inertia. Once an object is in motion, will stay moving at the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a force. Ok, so whilst on earth, I know friction an gravity put a stop to most things all too quickly. Now where's the fun in that? Imagine otherwise, throwing the tennis ball for my dogs, Willow and Pippin, they would be chasing that ball for ever! Still if my dogs were launched with their ball into space, that's exactly what would happen, well until either hit by a passing comet or sucked in by the gravity of some planet, forced to orbit it for ever. On second thoughts, its a good job planet earth does have gravity!
Floo, I love this.... please congratulate your grandson, for me, on a wonderful blog.
Original, descriptive text. 'T', I rather hope one of our resident physicists comments on your endeavours.
By the way..... I think your mum is very clever to manage any kind of a lie-in at weekends.
We don't have any 'stars', unfortunately, on this forum, so two :) :) will have to do.
Take care, and keep blogging.
Ooops! Edited for spelling!
Thanks SP. :) Sadly our daughter has various health problems which necessitates quite a lot of bed rest. Her two lads, 13 and 10, who are both home schooled look after her so very well, whilst their Dad is at work.
Sorry to hear that, Floo, but it sounds as though your grandsons are doing a sterling job. I know a family in a similar position.... the mother has MS; the children have been running the household, alongside their father, from a very young age.
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KO, I can't open the second link.
Floo, this thread appears to be turning into our 'Facebook' page!
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You were quite right floo. You have to keep your fluid levels up, lots of water. You will wee even if you don't drink a lot of water and it can damage your kidneys if you don't flush the toxins out. You know all that but tell him other people have said the same! Bless his heart. Good luck!
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Gonnagle, if you are reading, this is for you! My reader is well through 'Raising Steam' and we are both enjoying it very much. It's a pity she can't do the accents for the voices which, if I was able to read it myself, I would automatically do!, but that doesn't detract from the story.
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Gonnagle, if you are reading, this is for you! My reader is well through 'Raising Steam' and we are both enjoying it very much. It's a pity she can't do the accents for the voices which, if I was able to read it myself, I would automatically do!, but that doesn't detract from the story.
Didn't like Raising Steam that much. Too many things on one story and too many things reliant on a good knowledge of previous books for my liking
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Dear Susan,
Gonnagle, if you are reading, this is for you! My reader is well through 'Raising Steam' and we are both enjoying it very much. It's a pity she can't do the accents for the voices which, if I was able to read it myself, I would automatically do!, but that doesn't detract from the story.
I know exactly what you are talking about, eh lass we had real coal for tea, Pratchett really does conjure up wee men in flat caps and whippets, what's that wee guy who had programmes on the telly about blowing up huge chimney stacks.
I don't know about the female of the species but when it comes to anything about steam engines us guys become children again, I honestly think if the great man had just written about the history of Steam engines and threw in his wonderful humour it would still have been a great book.
Gonnagle.
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Thank you, gonnagle. In some ways, hearing it in instalments means that we both get more out of it than we would if we just read it straight through.
There's another book published more recently, whose name I cannot remember, but a friend gave it to me. Have you read it?
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Dear Susan,
There's another book published more recently, whose name I cannot remember
More recently!! no sorry, unless it is one of those Long Earth things which were not my cup of tea.
Gonnagle.
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I'll find the title and post it asap.
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I'm going to cut my toe nails this evening!
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About 10 minutes ago, I was on Solent Radio!! There was an item about the Touch Tours run by Southampton Art Gallery. I was interviewed briefly.
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Is it available on catch up?
I'd love to avoid it.
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Is it available on catch up?
I'd love to avoid it.
:D Probably! It was on the Katie Martin show on BBC Radio Solent between 3:0 and 3:3 this afternoo . The item was about 3:10 and came directly after Randy Crawford singing.
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Is it available on catch up?
I'd love to avoid it.
:D Probably! It was on the Katie Martin show on BBC Radio Solent between 3:0 and 3:3 this afternoo . The item was about 3:10 and came directly after Randy Crawford singing.
Take no notice of Thrud, Susan..... he's just being mean. ;) If I can find it, I'll have a listen. Very cool.... 8)
Can someone sort this page out, thanks.
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Aren't you fascinated by that social titbit Rose?
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It's Floo's fault SP, she broke it with this post: http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=10183.msg520566#msg520566
The mods should sort it out like they do with long URLs.
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
How old are you? My gran would have only been 105 in September. :D
88.
Thou shalt not tell lies...
If 121 then your mother could only be 100 if born when gran 21.
Which makes your gran 33 when you were born so how old was your mother?
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My computer has just predicted that there will be no General Election in 2020 as IS will obtain nuclear weapons before then and annihilate the world!
It is weird because the general feeling is the end is on it's way.
King James Bible
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
King James Bible
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
One thing that would certainly sttop the light and darken everywhere for a long time would be the dust after nuclear explosions in mass on the earth. What could drag a third of stars from the sky or kill mass amounts of people?
The last days could well be on the way...
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It's Floo's fault SP, she broke it with this post: http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=10183.msg520566#msg520566
The mods should sort it out like they do with long URLs.
Crud the Barbarian... sounds about Right....
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=
Crud
One of the most useful words used for 'Crap'. Kids use it so the high-strung parents won't throw a fit.
20 WORDS RELATED TO CRUD
crap shit poop poo gunk dang fuck scum filth turd dirt damn muck shoot slime cruddy darn sludge frick gross
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
How old are you? My gran would have only been 105 in September. :D
88.
Thou shalt not tell lies...
If 121 then your mother could only be 100 if born when gran 21.
Which makes your gran 33 when you were born so how old was your mother?
Uh?
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Gonnagle
The Terry Pratchett book I was referring to is,'A Slip of the Keyboard - Collected non-fiction'. Have you read it?
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In three and three-quarter hours it will be midnight!
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
How old are you? My gran would have only been 105 in September. :D
88.
Thou shalt not tell lies...
If 121 then your mother could only be 100 if born when gran 21.
Which makes your gran 33 when you were born so how old was your mother?
Uh?
You made a statement that your gran would be 121 on the 30th September.
I asked how old YOU were and you said 88.
Which means your gran is only 33 years older than you. So when you gran 33 you had to be born. So how old was your mother if you 88 and gran only 33 years older than you?
If your grandmother had to have you mother at approximately 16-17 years of age and your mother had to have you about the same age.
So it was not really something that happened in 1927.
So if you are 88 you were born in 1927. and your gran was born 1894.
So that was my point... If you are 88 how can your gran be just 33 when you were born?
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My gran would have been 121 on April 30th.
How old are you? My gran would have only been 105 in September. :D
88.
Thou shalt not tell lies...
If 121 then your mother could only be 100 if born when gran 21.
Which makes your gran 33 when you were born so how old was your mother?
Uh?
You made a statement that your gran would be 121 on the 30th September.
I asked how old YOU were and you said 88.
Which means your gran is only 33 years older than you. So when you gran 33 you had to be born. So how old was your mother if you 88 and gran only 33 years older than you?
If your grandmother had to have you mother at approximately 16-17 years of age and your mother had to have you about the same age.
So it was not really something that happened in 1927.
So if you are 88 you were born in 1927. and your gran was born 1894.
So that was my point... If you are 88 how can your gran be just 33 when you were born?
Sassy, sorry to say, but when I said I am 88, I was joking!! And you went to all that trouble to disabuse everyone. A lot of what I say is tongue-in-cheek, you know. :D :D
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Gonnagle, if you are reading, this is for you! My reader is well through 'Raising Steam' and we are both enjoying it very much. It's a pity she can't do the accents for the voices which, if I was able to read it myself, I would automatically do!, but that doesn't detract from the story.
Didn't like Raising Steam that much. Too many things on one story and too many things reliant on a good knowledge of previous books for my liking
"Raising Steam" was Sir Terry Pratchett's last book! He knew, and had known for some time, that he was dying. The book was his final farewell to not only his fans in this world but to the Discworld as well
If uyou did not like it I think that you will find out that you are well and truly outnumbered by thosewho will treasure it for what is is as much as for what is in it!
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
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Dear Susan,
The Terry Pratchett book I was referring to is,'A Slip of the Keyboard - Collected non-fiction'. Have you read it?
Yes, that is where I discovered he liked to class himself as a cheerful atheist, the book gives you a nice little insight into the great man himself.
Gonnagle.
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Nope, not Farmer.
Try again.
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Dear Farmer,
Sorry mate :-[ :-[
Gonnagle.
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
MATTHEW HOPKINS....I presume???
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
MATTHEW HOPKINS....I presume???
Correct ma'am!
And, seeing as it is you, I should point out that the middle name is pornounced 'Heyzooss'.
The character's full title is Assassin and Personal Assistant to Lord Lucifer of Hades and he is a character from a manga comic called The Hell Rangers - do not try finding it anywhere as, as yet, it is still a work-in-progress, incomplete and unpublished!
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
MATTHEW HOPKINS....I presume???
Correct ma'am!
And, seeing as it is you, I should point out that the middle name is pornounced 'Heyzooss'.
The character's full title is Assassin and Personal Assistant to Lord Lucifer of Hades and he is a character from a manga comic called The Hell Rangers - do not try finding it anywhere as, as yet, it is still a work-in-progress, incomplete and unpublished!
Small mercies!
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
MATTHEW HOPKINS....I presume???
Correct ma'am!
And, seeing as it is you, I should point out that the middle name is pornounced 'Heyzooss'.
The character's full title is Assassin and Personal Assistant to Lord Lucifer of Hades and he is a character from a manga comic called The Hell Rangers - do not try finding it anywhere as, as yet, it is still a work-in-progress, incomplete and unpublished!
Anything in relationship to the The Screwtape Letters?
Wormwood got competition? ;D
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
MATTHEW HOPKINS....I presume???
Correct ma'am!
And, seeing as it is you, I should point out that the middle name is pornounced 'Heyzooss'.
The character's full title is Assassin and Personal Assistant to Lord Lucifer of Hades and he is a character from a manga comic called The Hell Rangers - do not try finding it anywhere as, as yet, it is still a work-in-progress, incomplete and unpublished!
Anything in relationship to the The Screwtape Letters?
Wormwood got competition? ;D
I have never read/seen the Screwtape letters.
I have no idea as to who Wormwood is,
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
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How unpleasant! What's your problem? Mummy taken all your toys off you? ( Sits back and waits for offensive response.)
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Oh my WORLD! Such a nasty little temper on that one. BA, probably mummy never bought Nasty any toys in the first place. Can't blame her.
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
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How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
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How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
Why not advertise your ignorance even more clearly!
I am Pagan not atheist!
My name is silly?
You can hardly claim that 'Bashful' is an accurate desciption of your posts on here!
Pot kettle black!
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
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How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
Why not advertise your ignorance even more clearly!
I am Pagan not atheist!
My name is silly?
You can hardly claim that 'Bashful' is an accurate desciption of your posts on here!
Pot kettle black!
So, instead of spending your time vilifying Christianity, and things Christian, why not expound on your beliefs? Let's hear what you find so irresistible and believable. Can you?
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
::)
How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
Why not advertise your ignorance even more clearly!
I am Pagan not atheist!
My name is silly?
You can hardly claim that 'Bashful' is an accurate desciption of your posts on here!
Pot kettle black!
So, instead of spending your time vilifying Christianity, and things Christian, why not expound on your beliefs? Let's hear what you find so irresistible and believable. Can you?
I have done this on several occasions on this Forum.
Try reading what is posted and not just what you want to see - i e posts that support Chritianity without question or doubt.
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
::)
How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
Why not advertise your ignorance even more clearly!
I am Pagan not atheist!
My name is silly?
You can hardly claim that 'Bashful' is an accurate desciption of your posts on here!
Pot kettle black!
So, instead of spending your time vilifying Christianity, and things Christian, why not expound on your beliefs? Let's hear what you find so irresistible and believable. Can you?
I have done this on several occasions on this Forum.
Try reading what is posted and not just what you want to see - i e posts that support Chritianity without question or doubt.
I must have missed what must have been hugely riveting posts on your beliefs. Perhaps you might be kind enough to give me a small résumé of your chief beliefs?
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Dear Farmer ( it is you )
Sir Terry - Discworld fans will hear your name on the wires for many generations to come! May you travel the Iron Girder for as long as you may wish. Blessed Be!
Amen brother, Amen.
Gonnagle.
Sorry, Gonnagle, but I was not Farmer!
MATTHEW HOPKINS....I presume???
Correct ma'am!
And, seeing as it is you, I should point out that the middle name is pornounced 'Heyzooss'.
The character's full title is Assassin and Personal Assistant to Lord Lucifer of Hades and he is a character from a manga comic called The Hell Rangers - do not try finding it anywhere as, as yet, it is still a work-in-progress, incomplete and unpublished!
Small mercies!
As if your opinion counts for anything - especially in the matter of humour - even more in the matter of humour in Manga!
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BA, if you want to discuss paganism then posting on the pagan topic might be an idea?
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BA, if you want to discuss paganism then posting on the pagan topic might be an idea?
Right.
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
::)
How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
Why not advertise your ignorance even more clearly!
I am Pagan not atheist!
My name is silly?
You can hardly claim that 'Bashful' is an accurate desciption of your posts on here!
Pot kettle black!
So, instead of spending your time vilifying Christianity, and things Christian, why not expound on your beliefs? Let's hear what you find so irresistible and believable. Can you?
I have done this on several occasions on this Forum.
Try reading what is posted and not just what you want to see - i e posts that support Chritianity without question or doubt.
I must have missed what must have been hugely riveting posts on your beliefs. Perhaps you might be kind enough to give me a small résumé of your chief beliefs?
What, so you can take the piss and compare my beliefs negatively to yours?
No thanks!
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Dearest Matty,
Congrats on joining in on the name changing. I recall a little witch a while back having a negative comment or two about name changing. I wonder where he went?
Moderator: quoted content removed - I have changed ny name ONCE not, like you, more times than you have changed your underwear!
Do not bother addressing me again as, as far as I am concerned you are not worth the energy I would need to expend to reply to you.
Moderator: quoted content removed
::)
How do you know how often Johnny changes his underwear? :o
The mind boggles :o
Now if I, or any Christian, had come up with that last post from Nathaniel Scrote, or what ever silly name he thinks is amusing, then I would have come in for all sorts of flack, rightly so. But as is always the case on this forum, the atheists, hypocritically, say what they like and see no fault in it. Perhaps one or other of the atheists here might condemn that last sentence?
Why not advertise your ignorance even more clearly!
I am Pagan not atheist!
My name is silly?
You can hardly claim that 'Bashful' is an accurate desciption of your posts on here!
Pot kettle black!
So, instead of spending your time vilifying Christianity, and things Christian, why not expound on your beliefs? Let's hear what you find so irresistible and believable. Can you?
I have done this on several occasions on this Forum.
Try reading what is posted and not just what you want to see - i e posts that support Chritianity without question or doubt.
I must have missed what must have been hugely riveting posts on your beliefs. Perhaps you might be kind enough to give me a small résumé of your chief beliefs?
What, so you can take the piss and compare my beliefs negatively to yours?
No thanks!
That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
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Im happy to discuss my pagan beliefs. If someone takes the piss I'll just go and find some grown-ups to talk to.
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd. In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
I haven't had it all my own way, and have never run away from criticism of my beliefs: quite the opposite. I just wish more of it was constructive and not just vitriol and silly references to fairies and magic.
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Yeah, you probably won't get far talking to pagans if you think fairies and magic are 'silly'.
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It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd.
Not to me.
In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
This to me indicates that you don't like your beliefs being challenged or criticised in any way whatever, and see any such challenge or criticism as "offensive." Even if this were true, so what? Offence never killed anybody. In the modern world "offence" is one of those buzz-words which appears to be designed to close down debate and to shut up criticism. There is such a thing as offence, no question, but so what? Being offended has never equalled being right.
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It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd.
Not to me.
In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
This to me indicates that you don't like your beliefs being challenged or criticised in any way whatever, and see any such challenge or criticism as "offensive." Even if this were true, so what? Offence never killed anybody. In the modern world "offence" is one of those buzz-words which appears to be designed to close down debate and to shut up criticism. There is such a thing as offence, no question, but so what? Being offended has never equalled being right.
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Why spend so much time being negatively offensive, in the way you and others do on here? Why not engage in serious debate, without the need for constant vitriol and put-downs? Not a very intelligent way to approach things.
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Why spend so much time being negatively offensive, in the way you and others do on here?
Offence is in the eye of the offended, and more often than not seems merely to be a tactic designed to close down debate and shift attention away from from close, careful and sceptical scrutiny of - to say the very least - extremely implausible beliefs about the nature of reality.
Why not engage in serious debate, without the need for constant vitriol and put-downs? Not a very intelligent way to approach things.
Gladly.
Give us something seriously to debate.
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Why spend so much time being negatively offensive, in the way you and others do on here?
Offence is in the eye of the offended, and more often than not seems merely to be a tactic designed to close down debate and shift attention away from from close, careful and sceptical scrutiny of - to say the very least - extremely implausible beliefs about the nature of reality.
Why not engage in serious debate, without the need for constant vitriol and put-downs? Not a very intelligent way to approach things.
Glady.
Give us something seriously to debate.
If you need to say that, after spending so much time "debating" on here, then I wonder why you dn't just opt out of it.
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If you need to say that, after spending so much time "debating" on here, then I wonder why you dn't just opt out of it.
Because I'm still waiting for something that isn't quite patently founded on wishful thinking or - which is worse, as even wishful thinking can in principle sometimes be based upon sound thinking - this or that howling logical fallacy.
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That is an interesting question Rose. How does dearest Matty know how often I change my underwear? (snork) He must know how often I don't wear any I guess. Whatever paddles his rubber kayak.
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Yeah, you probably won't get far talking to pagans if you think fairies and magic are 'silly'.
Seconded - I consider "think[ing] fairies and magic are 'silly'." is a form of "taking the piss".
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd. In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
I haven't had it all my own way, and have never run away from criticism of my beliefs: quite the opposite. I just wish more of it was constructive and not just vitriol and silly references to fairies and magic.
The "Vitriol" I reserve for the way in which Christians seem to cling to the belief that any other religion is wrong, blasphemous and beyond question.
When are Christians going to acknowledge that the oldest religious artifact yet discovered is of Pagan origin - the Venus of Willedorf, a small statuette 23,000 to 25,000 years old, that, by comparison Christianity is a Johnny-come-lately on the religious scene.
The fact that my belief is pantheistic recognises that no-one, not even a deity can know everything about everything and reflects the real world of specialisation; deities who have particular talents to be called upon when needed, exactly as you would call upon a dentist or a doctor - you would not go to a doctor to get you teeth seen to.
My belief is that the deities are immanent, that the idea that a male can exist without a female, even in a deity, is ridiculous.
Magic is NOT part of the Pagan belief. Magic, Witchraft, is a practice within the Pagan community, practiced by some and not by others, but using the forces of nature and the power of the trained mind to achieve a change in the physical world.
Your beliefs are your beliefs to which you are perfectly entitled, you are not, however, in my opinion, entitled to denigrate or dismiss as false my beliefs just because you do not agree with them, and I am entitled to my beliefs, I do not try in anyway to convert you to my belief, why do you conider it your right to try to convert me by the denigration of what I believe as "silly"?
Incidentally - I do NOT believe in fairies! Some Pagans do, but I do not.
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But first you would need to define 'believe in' and 'fairy'.
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But first you would need to define 'believe in' and 'fairy'.
I do not believe that fairies exist.
They are a pretty fairy tale for children and artists.
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd. In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
I haven't had it all my own way, and have never run away from criticism of my beliefs: quite the opposite. I just wish more of it was constructive and not just vitriol and silly references to fairies and magic.
The "Vitriol" I reserve for the way in which Christians seem to cling to the belief that any other religion is wrong, blasphemous and beyond question.
When are Christians going to acknowledge that the oldest religious artifact yet discovered is of Pagan origin - the Venus of Willedorf, a small statuette 23,000 to 25,000 years old, that, by comparison Christianity is a Johnny-come-lately on the religious scene.
The fact that my belief is pantheistic recognises that no-one, not even a deity can know everything about everything and reflects the real world of specialisation; deities who have particular talents to be called upon when needed, exactly as you would call upon a dentist or a doctor - you would not go to a doctor to get you teeth seen to.
My belief is that the deities are immanent, that the idea that a male can exist without a female, even in a deity, is ridiculous.
Magic is NOT part of the Pagan belief. Magic, Witchraft, is a practice within the Pagan community, practiced by some and not by others, but using the forces of nature and the power of the trained mind to achieve a change in the physical world.
Your beliefs are your beliefs to which you are perfectly entitled, you are not, however, in my opinion, entitled to denigrate or dismiss as false my beliefs just because you do not agree with them, and I am entitled to my beliefs, I do not try in anyway to convert you to my belief, why do you conider it your right to try to convert me by the denigration of what I believe as "silly"?
Incidentally - I do NOT believe in fairies! Some Pagans do, but I do not.
I did not describe your beliefs as "silly," I said your name is silly, which it is (M116.) I have not denigrated your beliefs because I don't know what they are, and you seem very reticent about elaborating.
I most certainly have no intention of trying to "convert" you to anything. I have to say this to people so often. I simply "fight my corner," defending my own beliefs. You make an awful lot of assumptions, mostly wrong ones.
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But first you would need to define 'believe in' and 'fairy'.
I do not believe that fairies exist.
They are a pretty fairy tale for children and artists.
If we mean pretty little creatures with gossamer wings, I agree.
What about nature spirits?
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd. In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
I haven't had it all my own way, and have never run away from criticism of my beliefs: quite the opposite. I just wish more of it was constructive and not just vitriol and silly references to fairies and magic.
The "Vitriol" I reserve for the way in which Christians seem to cling to the belief that any other religion is wrong, blasphemous and beyond question.
When are Christians going to acknowledge that the oldest religious artifact yet discovered is of Pagan origin - the Venus of Willedorf, a small statuette 23,000 to 25,000 years old, that, by comparison Christianity is a Johnny-come-lately on the religious scene.
The fact that my belief is pantheistic recognises that no-one, not even a deity can know everything about everything and reflects the real world of specialisation; deities who have particular talents to be called upon when needed, exactly as you would call upon a dentist or a doctor - you would not go to a doctor to get you teeth seen to.
My belief is that the deities are immanent, that the idea that a male can exist without a female, even in a deity, is ridiculous.
Magic is NOT part of the Pagan belief. Magic, Witchraft, is a practice within the Pagan community, practiced by some and not by others, but using the forces of nature and the power of the trained mind to achieve a change in the physical world.
Your beliefs are your beliefs to which you are perfectly entitled, you are not, however, in my opinion, entitled to denigrate or dismiss as false my beliefs just because you do not agree with them, and I am entitled to my beliefs, I do not try in anyway to convert you to my belief, why do you conider it your right to try to convert me by the denigration of what I believe as "silly"?
Incidentally - I do NOT believe in fairies! Some Pagans do, but I do not.
I did not describe your beliefs as "silly," I said your name is silly, which it is (M116.) I have not denigrated your beliefs because I don't know what they are, and you seem very reticent about elaborating.
I most certainly have no intention of trying to "convert" you to anything. I have to say this to people so often. I simply "fight my corner," defending my own beliefs. You make an awful lot of assumptions, mostly wrong ones.
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" ... silly references to fairies and magic."
Any post which posits that your beliefs are the only truth is, IMO, a form of proselytising.
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I don't see any difference between the less than credible stories in the not so good book, and other myths and legends like fairies, goblins, elves and black magic!
Give it up, Floo: you're nothing but a hypocrite
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Given my understanding of the concept of hypocrisy, what makes her a hypocrite?
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Floo
I wonder if we can start a new 'topic for going off topic' which can remain as interesting items of info which most of the rest of us are interested to read and respond to or not as seems useful. Perhaps Vlad and BA could start their own!! :)
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Given my understanding of the concept of hypocrisy, what makes her a hypocrite?
Can't you let your acolytes, Leonard and Floo, answer for themselves. Floo accuses me of proselytising, which is simply not so, as I have so often said; the last time only yesterday. I stand up for my beliefs, and defend them against the strange people on this forum. Floo attempts, day in and day out, to try and persuade others to change their beliefs by her constant barrage of atheist nonsense. She is proselytising, and accuses me of it: that is hypocrisy! Now, perhaps you can let her answer for herself - if she can find the necessary template!
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Given my understanding of the concept of hypocrisy, what makes her a hypocrite?
Can't you let your acolytes, Leonard and Floo, answer for themselves. Floo accuses me of proselytising, which is simply not so, as I have so often said; the last time only yesterday. I stand up for my beliefs, and defend them against the strange people on this forum. Floo attempts, day in and day out, to try and persuade others to change their beliefs by her constant barrage of atheist nonsense. She is proselytising, and accuses me of it: that is hypocrisy! Now, perhaps you can let her answer for herself - if she can find the necessary template!
As I think that I have said elsewhere, your "stand[ing] up for my beliefs, and defend[ing] them against the strange people on this forum" is a form of proselytising, in my view anyway.
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Given my understanding of the concept of hypocrisy, what makes her a hypocrite?
Can't you let your acolytes, Leonard and Floo, answer for themselves. Floo accuses me of proselytising, which is simply not so, as I have so often said; the last time only yesterday. I stand up for my beliefs, and defend them against the strange people on this forum. Floo attempts, day in and day out, to try and persuade others to change their beliefs by her constant barrage of atheist nonsense. She is proselytising, and accuses me of it: that is hypocrisy! Now, perhaps you can let her answer for herself - if she can find the necessary template!
As I think that I have said elsewhere, your "stand[ing] up for my beliefs, and defend[ing] them against the strange people on this forum" is a form of proselytising, in my view anyway.
Pros·e·ly·tize:
v. pros·e·ly·tized, pros·e·ly·tiz·ing, pros·e·ly·tiz·es
v.intr.
1. To attempt to convert someone to one's own religious faith.
2. To attempt to persuade someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.
v.tr.
To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another.
I'm not doing that. You are completely wrong.
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Given my understanding of the concept of hypocrisy, what makes her a hypocrite?
Can't you let your acolytes, Leonard and Floo, answer for themselves. Floo accuses me of proselytising, which is simply not so, as I have so often said; the last time only yesterday. I stand up for my beliefs, and defend them against the strange people on this forum. Floo attempts, day in and day out, to try and persuade others to change their beliefs by her constant barrage of atheist nonsense. She is proselytising, and accuses me of it: that is hypocrisy! Now, perhaps you can let her answer for herself - if she can find the necessary template!
As I think that I have said elsewhere, your "stand[ing] up for my beliefs, and defend[ing] them against the strange people on this forum" is a form of proselytising, in my view anyway.
Pros·e·ly·tize:
v. pros·e·ly·tized, pros·e·ly·tiz·ing, pros·e·ly·tiz·es
v.intr.
1. To attempt to convert someone to one's own religious faith.
2. To attempt to persuade someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.
v.tr.
To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another.
I'm not doing that. You are completely wrong.
I disagree, by placing your comments here to be read by others you are pointing out what you see as the correctness of your beliefs which is what others disagree with - defending your beliefs in this way is inherently stating that other beliefs are in error.
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Given my understanding of the concept of hypocrisy, what makes her a hypocrite?
Can't you let your acolytes, Leonard and Floo, answer for themselves. Floo accuses me of proselytising, which is simply not so, as I have so often said; the last time only yesterday. I stand up for my beliefs, and defend them against the strange people on this forum. Floo attempts, day in and day out, to try and persuade others to change their beliefs by her constant barrage of atheist nonsense. She is proselytising, and accuses me of it: that is hypocrisy! Now, perhaps you can let her answer for herself - if she can find the necessary template!
As I think that I have said elsewhere, your "stand[ing] up for my beliefs, and defend[ing] them against the strange people on this forum" is a form of proselytising, in my view anyway.
Pros·e·ly·tize:
v. pros·e·ly·tized, pros·e·ly·tiz·ing, pros·e·ly·tiz·es
v.intr.
1. To attempt to convert someone to one's own religious faith.
2. To attempt to persuade someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.
v.tr.
To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another.
I'm not doing that. You are completely wrong.
I disagree, by placing your comments here to be read by others you are pointing out what you see as the correctness of your beliefs which is what others disagree with - defending your beliefs in this way is inherently stating that other belief are in error.
I am not attempting to "convert" anyone - I couldn't be bothered. If what you say is correct, then nobody can ever give an opinion, even though it is simply a statement of their position, without being accused of deriding other beliefs, or attempting to convert.
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Moderator:
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I sat on my arse yesterday. :)
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Well done, her! Was the weather good where she was?
It was lovely here. I walked just about 4.5 miles I think and although my muscles ached afterwards, there was no Pain in my ancient, worn out left hip. Still no sign of compensation claim coming to a conclusion! :)
#154 What infantile stupidity! If you can't say something interesting, why don't you stay out of this thread?
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I also picked my nose at one point Suzy.
Is that more interesting to you?
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Of course what is or isn't "interesting" is highly subjective.
Why should your subjective opinion of what is interesting be allowed to dictate who can and cannot post in this thread Suzy?
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I was just looking up the old Bible college that my parents were involved with in the 1930s and 40s. This college is a big part of the history of my province. Two of our premiers having been pastors and teachers there. Anyhow, was pleasantly surprised while browsing the site to suddenly hear a short message from my father. A short address to the people of Bethel right before we left the city for the country life. I know i was in the audience but have no memory of this speech from dad. I had almost forgotten what my dad's voice sounded like.
http://tinyurl.com/pfwlmk2
edited to replace long URL
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Hope that wasn't too distressing for you, Johnny.
I listened to your father's talk - interesting. Where was he from? His accent and voice reminded me of a youtuber, Jeff Rense.
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Hello SweetPea,
Oh no, not distressed, just missing him.
Dad was born and raised on the original farm a mile and a half east of Calgary. My siblings and I sold the homestead after my Aunts passing in 2002. Today all the buildings my granddad built, barns, blacksmith shop, house, ect. in 1904, 05 are still standing and are as sound as they were when built. House has even had a balcony built on the upper level.
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Thanks for sharing that with us johnny, it was nice to hear, and interesting too.
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Sending much sympathy your way, Floo! Hope it heals quickly.
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Floo, get some gardening gloves!
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There was something on Radio 4 yesterday about a huge exhibition of garden furniture etc plus plants and everything else. Apparently, you can get sort of 'designer' garden gloves - cost from £17 - £20! But someone e-mailed in to say that proper gardeners use the cheapest that are strong and sensible!
By the way, I'm wearing a 24-hour blood pressure monitor at the moment! I shall be very interested to find out what the readings are!
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Hope the results are good, Susan.
Beautiful sunny weekend here so the farmer has decided to muckspread - we're indoors with the windows shut. <greenface>
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As a country boy through and through I always loved the smell and still do. It can certainly unblock the tubes that's for sure.
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I don't know what they spread but it's kind of fishy-smelling rather than wholesome-countryside-ish.
Mind you, I liked the smell of horse manure, but it smells completely different after some time in the digestive system of a Labrador.
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Yup ;)
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Yup ;)
Everything in the world smells completely different after some time in the digestive system of a Labrador.
Even Chanel No 5.
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Monitor showed a need for slight increase in pills! :)
Went to West Quay today. Had lots of help from staff organising replacement buses from Brockenhurst to Southampton, taxi drivers and shop assistants. In West Quay there is a very sensibly planned dark line at the side of the long walk, lined with shops, into the centre, so I follow this, with white-taped walking stick in one hand and signal cane in the other! Bought a new cosy dressing gown from M&S, walked round to the taxi rank not far from the Bar Gate for the return journey. Most enjoyable day.
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Took my boy with me to fill up last night, which he moaned about - until we spotted a Bugatti Veyron on the forecourt. My goodness it was beautiful - and the noise! Like it had a souped-up panther under the engine.
Rather incongruous seeing it filling up at Tesco though. I imagined they ran on Elysian nectar with a dash of kryptonite.
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It wasn't horrible. It wasn't even noise. It was like the purr of a big cat.
(Seriously, it wasn't louder than a normal engine. Just very, very different).
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It wasn't horrible. It wasn't even noise. It was like the purr of a big cat.
(Seriously, it wasn't louder than a normal engine. Just very, very different).
For that kind of money I should bloody well hope so!
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Dear Rhiannon,
On the subject of beautiful noises, the sound of a diesel train as it leaves Queen St station, like the drone of bagpipes, primitive and beautiful. :)
Gonnagle.
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Dear Rhiannon,
On the subject of beautiful noises, the sound of a diesel train as it leaves Queen St station, like the drone of bagpipes, primitive and beautiful. :)
Gonnagle.
My brothers and I, when younger and still living at home, would, on weekends, open the windows and play records (vinyl records) of the Pipes and Drums, usually the Massed Pipes and Drums, of the various Highland regiments and from the Tattoo's.
It was some years later that our mother admitted that she hated the sound of the pipes and, when we played the music (a term, when applied to the pipes, she hotly disputed) she had taught herself to 'tune out' the pipes and listen to the drumming only.
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I have confess, and it may well be treason for a Scot to admit this, but I cannot stand the unmusical racket made by bagpipes.
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I have confess, and it may well be treason for a Scot to admit this, but I cannot stand the unmusical racket made by bagpipes.
That's not treason, it's heresy!
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Dear Rhiannon,
On the subject of beautiful noises, the sound of a diesel train as it leaves Queen St station, like the drone of bagpipes, primitive and beautiful. :)
Gonnagle.
I agree the noise the bagpipes make is a primitive drone! ;D
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HERETIC PHILISTINE ALERT!
Thia is tantamount to blasphemy.
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I have confess, and it may well be treason for a Scot to admit this, but I cannot stand the unmusical racket made by bagpipes.
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No 'maybe's about it.
treason is wot it is.Glad we've sorted that out.
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
Not hypersensitive at all.. May be just sick of hearing the same old bull that Atheists reproduce time after time. Groundhog day got nothing on the atheist total recall going on day after day, after day, after day... whoops getting into the atheist way there. ;)
What is incredibly boring is the lack of bringing anything that really damages Christianity in any way. Don't you get tired of having nothing positive or helpful to bring to these threads..
Remember Shaker...what you sow is what you get... :D
Do you fancy making fish butties with the loaves and five fishes...Oh that's right atheists cannot make it stretch that far. So perhaps another reason Christ is right and you are wrong... ;D Don't take it to heart it is just a forum after all.
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Im happy to discuss my pagan beliefs. If someone takes the piss I'll just go and find some grown-ups to talk to.
Well that could be difficult unless you are claiming only pagans grown up. I am sure you are not after all they believe in things equal to fairy stories... :D ;)
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Yeah, you probably won't get far talking to pagans if you think fairies and magic are 'silly'.
So no grown ups there then.
Well, we will have to let you children carry on pretending the things you know are not real are there....Good Luck
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It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd.
Not to me.
In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
This to me indicates that you don't like your beliefs being challenged or criticised in any way whatever, and see any such challenge or criticism as "offensive." Even if this were true, so what? Offence never killed anybody. In the modern world "offence" is one of those buzz-words which appears to be designed to close down debate and to shut up criticism. There is such a thing as offence, no question, but so what? Being offended has never equalled being right.
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Why spend so much time being negatively offensive, in the way you and others do on here? Why not engage in serious debate, without the need for constant vitriol and put-downs? Not a very intelligent way to approach things.
Look you have to cut Shaker some slack. He use to be pleasant at one time. Then he took a break and he is in pain a lot of the time. He doesn't say it, but it is true. I suppose if his health picked up then so would his mood. Pray for your enemy who knows when he feels better the OLD Shaker may return.
What do you say, Steve... :-*
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Yeah, you probably won't get far talking to pagans if you think fairies and magic are 'silly'.
Seconded - I consider "think[ing] fairies and magic are 'silly'." is a form of "taking the piss".
In all honesty talking to pagans about things like fairies and magic would be silly. It serves absolutely no positive purpose for anyone.
I guess there is taking the piss and talking piss. Either way it serves no logical purpose and is of no earthly use to man or beast.... :D
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That wasn't my intention, though it would make a difference to listening to your negative comments about Christianity, and having it all your own way. Of course, it's just possible that you are afraid to say what you believe, because your beliefs are so open to negative interpretation. You can't have much confidence in what you believe, then.
Does none of that apply to Christianity? An awful lot of Christians seem to be incredibly hypersensitive even to the very mildest criticism of their beliefs. If according to you sensitivity to criticism entails shakiness of belief, well ...
P.S. As regards "having it all your own way" ... Christians have had that for a strikingly long time, no?
It seems to me your idea of "mild" criticism is very odd. In the main, the criticism on here is far from mild; and is often extremely offensive, and puerile.
I haven't had it all my own way, and have never run away from criticism of my beliefs: quite the opposite. I just wish more of it was constructive and not just vitriol and silly references to fairies and magic.
The "Vitriol" I reserve for the way in which Christians seem to cling to the belief that any other religion is wrong, blasphemous and beyond question.
But it isn't true. Pagan religions are pagan because the entities do not exist. But as for other religions being wrong or blasphemous it is something I have never heard about. Only one God after all.
When are Christians going to acknowledge that the oldest religious artifact yet discovered is of Pagan origin - the Venus of Willedorf, a small statuette 23,000 to 25,000 years old, that, by comparison Christianity is a Johnny-come-lately on the religious scene.
There we have it and now they think is 23,000 to 25,000 Estimated to have been carved 24,000–22,000 BCE,
Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott hypothesise that the figurines may have been created as self-portraits [10] in spite of the fact that no facial features are depicted.
NOT a religious artifact...
The fact that my belief is pantheistic recognises that no-one, not even a deity can know everything about everything and reflects the real world of specialisation; deities who have particular talents to be called upon when needed, exactly as you would call upon a dentist or a doctor - you would not go to a doctor to get you teeth seen to.
Assumptions.. still require belief/faith.
My belief is that the deities are immanent, that the idea that a male can exist without a female, even in a deity, is ridiculous.
Which came first, the man, the woman or the baby.
Magic is NOT part of the Pagan belief. Magic, Witchraft, is a practice within the Pagan community, practiced by some and not by others, but using the forces of nature and the power of the trained mind to achieve a change in the physical world.
Like antibiotics achieve change in medical conditions within the body returning it back to normal. That is right... if magic worked we would not require a doctor would we. If you had an abscess on your appendix would you cast a spell or let the surgeon operate. Christianity allows for surgeons to do work their gift.
Your beliefs are your beliefs to which you are perfectly entitled, you are not, however, in my opinion, entitled to denigrate or dismiss as false my beliefs just because you do not agree with them, and I am entitled to my beliefs, I do not try in anyway to convert you to my belief, why do you conider it your right to try to convert me by the denigration of what I believe as "silly"?
Logically, speaking how could you stop someone believing in something they know to be unreal. If Christianity was such, then you would believe in that too. Your beliefs are no concern of ours but when you openly dismiss and insult people then you are in no position to make demands on others. Or demand respect when you have none yourself for others.
Incidentally - I do NOT believe in fairies! Some Pagans do, but I do not.
I don't believe in fairies but I do believe in Angels.
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But first you would need to define 'believe in' and 'fairy'.
I do not believe that fairies exist.
They are a pretty fairy tale for children and artists.
If we mean pretty little creatures with gossamer wings, I agree.
What about nature spirits?
You mean evil spirit within the world. Sorry Rhi, couldn't resist it... :D
On a serious note, I believe it to be just another form of escapism for some people to hold on to. ;)
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I also picked my nose at one point Suzy.
Is that more interesting to you?
Dirty buggar get a tissue and wash your hands after. :o >:(
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I am a bit pleased with myself. :)
In the last 30 minutes I have managed to get rid of a wasp nest in our shed, for once without getting stung. :) Normally I sustain a few stings when I have to destroy a nest!
I have also managed to touch in areas of cream paintwork around the house using brilliant white paint coloured to the right shade with a tea bag, it seems to have worked! :)
Floo, how did you get rid of the wasps nest got one in the garden cupboard. Thanks...
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Blimey Gordon you are going to be done for treason, OFF WITH YOUR HEAD, and I am going to be done for blasphemy! ;D ;D ;D
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And rightly so - in both instances......:D
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Yeah, you probably won't get far talking to pagans if you think fairies and magic are 'silly'.
So no grown ups there then.
Well, we will have to let you children carry on pretending the things you know are not real are there....Good Luck
Like your god and the "risen" Christ you mean!
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To anyone who may be interested.
My wife and I may well be appearing in a programme on ITV1 this Thursday evening at 7.30pm. The name of the programme is "Growing Old - Care in Crisis?: Tonight". I hasten to add that we were only a part of the programme.
You may be interested in the background to it, so here goes.
We were asked, along with several other couples(of mature? age), to take part in this programme. Our part was to demonstrate the value of dancing as you get older, followed by a group discussion with Penny Marshall(the interviewer). The discussion was a great deal to do with care in the home, the role of the NHS as regards the older generation and it also touched upon the problems associated with going into an actual care home. Both my wife and I have strong views upon these subjects, and, hopefully and especially, my wife's rather unconventional views will be broadcast in the programme. The whole thing took nearly three hours to film, and we each had to sign a disclaimer as regards editing etc. so I hope that any views expressed are not taken out of context(!).
Of course they may decide to cut it altogether, but I doubt that somehow.
You can easily recognise us because we are obviously the best dancers. ::) ;)
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Please post a reminder on thursday morning, enki. That sounds interesting.
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Moderator:
Recent posts seem to have become more fractious than informative - so perhaps this would be a good time to move on!
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End of the world is nigh.
Wednesday 07 October 2015 apparently.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/06/end-of-world-7-october-ebible-fellowship
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This forum was jogging a long quite nicely, on the whole, until a certain poster turned up again! Their presence seems to be like a curse on the forum, if one believes in such things! >:(
Don't try and detract from your duplicitous behaviour: it was not I who unearthed it!
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This forum was jogging a long quite nicely, on the whole, until a certain poster turned up again! Their presence seems to be like a curse on the forum, if one believes in such things! >:(
Well, for about half an hour, it's quite enjoyable watching his wrecking behaviour, but then it gets boring. Surely he's be better off on a nice Christian forum, where there are no personal attacks and nothing interesting happens.
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This forum was jogging a long quite nicely, on the whole, until a certain poster turned up again! Their presence seems to be like a curse on the forum, if one believes in such things! >:(
Well, for about half an hour, it's quite enjoyable watching his wrecking behaviour, but then it gets boring. Surely he's be better off on a nice Christian forum, where there are no personal attacks and nothing interesting happens.
I reckon the poster in question must be trying to get into the Guinness Book of Records for the number of posts he has chalked up since his reappearance! ::) About 100, I believe!
What about your little episode of 'memory loss?" Still trying to divert attention, eh.
It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away. I only respond to other people's comments - they can't help themselves! ;)
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It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away.
Actually, no - the forum was rolling along very nicely indeed without your hypocrisy and inevitable thread-killing wherever you pop up.
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It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away.
Actually, no - the forum was rolling along very nicely indeed without your hypocrisy and inevitable thread-killing wherever you pop up.
Thread-killing!! My initial thread is at 147 posts at present. Nobody forces anyone to contribute to my thread, including you.
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It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away.
Actually, no - the forum was rolling along very nicely indeed without your hypocrisy and inevitable thread-killing wherever you pop up.
Thread-killing!! My initial thread is at 147 posts at present. Nobody forces anyone to contribute to my thread, including you.
I wasn't referring to that one specific thread but every other one where you fetch up, which is instantly derailed and becomes all about you, your maiden aunt vapours about swearing, hypocritical abuse of other posters, etc. etc. ad nauseam.
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It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away.
Actually, no - the forum was rolling along very nicely indeed without your hypocrisy and inevitable thread-killing wherever you pop up.
Thread-killing!! My initial thread is at 147 posts at present. Nobody forces anyone to contribute to my thread, including you.
I wasn't referring to that one specific thread but every other one where you fetch up, which is instantly derailed and becomes all about you, your maiden aunt vapours about swearing, hypocritical abuse of other posters, etc. etc. ad nauseam.
And, as you would demand, some examples, please.
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When I'm back on the laptop later this evening, it'll be a pleasure. Plenty to choose from.
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When I'm back on the laptop later this evening, it'll be a pleasure.
I'll wait with bated breath, especially for something about my maiden aunt. :)
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It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away.
Actually, no - the forum was rolling along very nicely indeed without your hypocrisy and inevitable thread-killing wherever you pop up.
Thread-killing!! My initial thread is at 147 posts at present. Nobody forces anyone to contribute to my thread, including you.
Yeah - 'cos everyone is pointing out the errors in your assessment of the contents of the OP!
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It's the first time this forum has come alive in the last two months, whilst I was away.
Actually, no - the forum was rolling along very nicely indeed without your hypocrisy and inevitable thread-killing wherever you pop up.
Thread-killing!! My initial thread is at 147 posts at present. Nobody forces anyone to contribute to my thread, including you.
Yeah - 'cos everyone is pointing out the errors in your assessment of the contents of the OP!
Usual rubbish answer. I'm consistently told I'm this that and the other, but the dummies still post to me!
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Yeah, you probably won't get far talking to pagans if you think fairies and magic are 'silly'.
So no grown ups there then.
Well, we will have to let you children carry on pretending the things you know are not real are there....Good Luck
Like your god and the "risen" Christ you mean!
Not the same thing at all... we know our God and Christ is there. But you just don't want to see it...
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I think they got it wrong again.... We are all still here... ;D
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End of the world is nigh.
Wednesday 07 October 2015 apparently.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/06/end-of-world-7-october-ebible-fellowship
Yesterday has come and gone and all is well.
Or is it? Has the world actually ended? Am I now living in a world of illusion? Should really stop watching 'Matrix' trilogy.
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End of the world is nigh.
Wednesday 07 October 2015 apparently.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/06/end-of-world-7-october-ebible-fellowship
Yesterday has come and gone and all is well.
Or is it? Has the world actually ended? Am I now living in a world of illusion? Should really stop watching 'Matrix' trilogy.
So, dadvokat, you listen to the prophecies of a newspaper? These people, the Christian fellowship mentioned, are 'fake' Christians and they have an agenda.... to lead folk away from the true 'Word'. Any true Christians that knows God's Word knows:
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matt 24:36
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End of the world is nigh.
Wednesday 07 October 2015 apparently.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/06/end-of-world-7-october-ebible-fellowship
Yesterday has come and gone and all is well.
Or is it? Has the world actually ended? Am I now living in a world of illusion? Should really stop watching 'Matrix' trilogy.
So, dadvokat, you listen to the prophecies of a newspaper? These people, the Christian fellowship mentioned, are 'fake' Christians and they have an agenda.... to lead folk away from the true 'Word'. Any true Christians that knows God's Word knows:
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matt 24:36
And a 'true' Christian is? One that thinks like you? ;D
Whatever it is, it's not one who sees ghosts.
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Mine was done a couple of weeks ago - arm much less sore than usual.
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Mine done three days ago and I am now going through the bloody awful copld that I get every time I have the jab which I am told I have to have bcause I am asthmatic, diabetic and elderly!
Sneeze ;D Snuffle ;D Sneeze!
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Dear Rhiannon,
On the subject of beautiful noises, the sound of a diesel train as it leaves Queen St station, like the drone of bagpipes, primitive and beautiful. :)
Gonnagle.
Especially if you are on it, heading South to England.
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Dear Rhiannon,
On the subject of beautiful noises, the sound of a diesel train as it leaves Queen St station, like the drone of bagpipes, primitive and beautiful. :)
Gonnagle.
Especially if you are on it, heading South to England.
;D ;D ;D
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Need to book mine too. I get one as I've had pneumonia.
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Dear Rhiannon,
On the subject of beautiful noises, the sound of a diesel train as it leaves Queen St station, like the drone of bagpipes, primitive and beautiful. :)
Gonnagle.
Especially if you are on it, heading South to England.
Harking back to an ex-member of this Forum - the only decent thing to come out of Wales is the M4.
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Dear Jeremyp,
Especially if you are on it, heading South to England.
A minor point old son, just to keep you right, the trains leaving Queen St do not head south, they go to all other points of the compass but not south, to head south you would need a train from the Central. ;)
Gonnagle.
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Dear Jeremyp,
Especially if you are on it, heading South to England.
A minor point old son, just to keep you right, the trains leaving Queen St do not head south, they go to all other points of the compass but not south, to head south you would need a train from the Central. ;)
Gonnagle.
Typical miserable Scot, spoiling a good joke.
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Dear Jeremyp,
Especially if you are on it, heading South to England.
A minor point old son, just to keep you right, the trains leaving Queen St do not head south, they go to all other points of the compass but not south, to head south you would need a train from the Central. ;)
Gonnagle.
Typical miserable Scot, spoiling a good joke.
Was better when Dr Johnson did it.
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Try coming from Essex.
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Try coming from Essex.
How does an Essex girl stop herself from getting a headache?
She buys a car with a padded dashboard.
Boom! Boom!
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LOL!
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This made me giggle!
A vicar was invited to attend a party. He was dressed in his clerical shirt and collar.A little boy kept staring at him the entire evening. Finally, the vicar asked the little boy what he was staring at. The little boy pointed to the vicar’s neck.
When the Vicar finally realized what the boy was pointing at, he asked him, "Do you know why I am wearing that?"
The boy nodded his head yes, and replied, "It kills fleas and ticks for up to three months."
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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informan nuestra existencia Thank God, according to this weeks Economist mag, playboy no longer does full nudity in their mag.
What on earth is it about some people that makes them think there is something to be ashamed of in admiring an aesthetically pleasing nude model?.
Queen Victoria I can excuse, since she was not the brightest apple in the barrel ... but such an attitude in so-called educated and intelligent people is astonishing.
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I have bought a foot warmer! Plug in, pop both feet into a furry double slipper and keep the circulation going well. Mainly for sitting at the computer.
Note to self: Remember to remove feet from warmer before attempting to walk away! :)
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I have bought a foot warmer, so I can sit here at the computer and keep my feett cosy and warm!
I have just had a phone call from a lady not so far away who was given (with my permission of course) my name and e-mail address. She has llost her remaining focal vision so is going to arrange to come and spend some time here with me to see how I manage my life. She sounds a very positive kind of person, so we should get on well.
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RJG-Royal Jelly Glycoprotein
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"The yearning hand reaches backwards
Grasping the security blanket of yesterday"
Ya, perhaps that's something to like, laughter is good.
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Dear Floo,
You hang in there old girl and yes I will pray for you, yes I know you don't believe in it, but that is what I do for friends in times of trouble, I pray ;)
Gonnagle.
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Thanks, I appreciate your sentiments Gonnagle; even if I don't share them. :)
The doctor has been and hopefully antibiotics will solve the problem, which I hasten to add they don't give unless they really believe they will help.
Anyway I am definitely going to our baby girl's party, and have even dolled myself up and put make up on, SHOCK HORROR. ;D It starts at 6-30pm as her kids have school tomorrow, so they can't be too late back from the restaurant.
Gonzo looks great in make up
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Incidentally, a merry Christmas tomorrow for all our Orthodox readers, well, there is at least one.
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Still not had my flu jab had no time.
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I had some numbness in left side of face on Sunday, and again on Monday and spent 24 hours in Southampton hospital for detailed checks. Scan showed no new bleed, so it was a TIA, not a stroke.
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I had some numbness in left side of face on Sunday, and again on Monday and spent 24 hours in Southampton hospital for detailed checks. Scan showed no new bleed, so it was a TIA, not a stroke.
Get well soon all the same Susan.
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Get well soon all the same Susan.
Thank you. fortunately, I was organising the tap class this morning as usual!
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The doctor is visiting my husband again later today. As I expected the antibiotics haven't cured his present problem, and I think he is in it for the long term, which is a pain for me as well as him, poor guy! :(
Floo,
Will pray he is soon on the mend. I know only too well how the well are drained by caring for the ailing.
But we love them and so do our best. Hope he is soon well.
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I've just clicked on my favourites link to International Sceptics and it came up with '502 Bad Gateway'. Anyone know what that means?
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Having issues like this with Google searches. Suspect some form of malware attack on Google
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Thank you. I'll get the Tech chap to have a look when he comes soon.
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How lovely to be able to do that.
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today was the latest touch Tour in Southampton art Gallery and was one of the very best yet. The artist, Ben Johnson, spoke to us about his work, of which an exhibition has been taking place there. He spoke of himself but, although he is obviously, and justifiably, famous world-wide, there was not a trace of conceit. I've just had an e-mail from one of the other blind attendees (like me, she has some peripheral vision left) saying what an excellent talk it was.
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So I have to get it out there, but I can't really tell anyone in 'real' life so - Mrs O. and I are attending a clinic early next month to have a frozen embryo implanted!!! :)
We're going to have another baby :o ;D
O.
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Congrats big O! :D
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Congrats big O! :D
Heartily seconded!!
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Dear Outsider, ( best part of a loaf )
Congratulations old son ;)
Gonnagle.
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Hope all goes well for you and Mrs O
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Congrats big O! :D
Absolutely!
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Just for something to do, I looked up torvill and Dean ... and it seems that on Thursday evening on Ch 4 at 9:30 there is the first of a series of 3 programmes teaching 50 Notti ngham youngsters to perform a show. Sounds interesting.
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So I have to get it out there, but I can't really tell anyone in 'real' life so - Mrs O. and I are attending a clinic early next month to have a frozen embryo implanted!!! :)
We're going to have another baby :o ;D
O.
Brilliant stuff, O. :)
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So I have to get it out there, but I can't really tell anyone in 'real' life so - Mrs O. and I are attending a clinic early next month to have a frozen embryo implanted!!! :)
We're going to have another baby :o ;D
O.
Great news. I'm chuffed for you both. :)
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((O)))
Psalm 127:3King James Version (KJV)
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Hope all is a success... :)
Floo,
Reminds me of my brother when he was small.
When it snowed he would get a shovel and clear the paths of the old people to allowing them to walk out without fear of falling. He never took any reward offered but accepted a cup of tea from any offering whilst working.
Actions speak louder than words. It isn't the money but the fact your grandson saw his dad needed a lift.
Sometimes children can lead the way for adults. :)
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Why is it that some people in our area feel impelled to put their rubbish and recycling out well in advance of bin collection day? It is very windy here, and I noticed on my walks today that people have already put their bins out, it isn't collected until tomorrow! By the time the bin men arrive there will be rubbish blowing all over the neighbourhood, that really annoys me! >:(
In our area this is actually a breach of the local bylaws and can get you a £ 1,000.00 fine.
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Why is it that some people in our area feel impelled to put their rubbish and recycling out well in advance of bin collection day? It is very windy here, and I noticed on my walks today that people have already put their bins out, it isn't collected until tomorrow! By the time the bin men arrive there will be rubbish blowing all over the neighbourhood, that really annoys me! >:(
What do you mean by "well in advance"? Most people in my area put the bins out the night before collection day. They're supposed to be outside your property by 7:00am and that's not necessarily possible for everyone, so the vast majority do it late the previous evening.
Additionally they're wheely bins with lids, so rubbish can't blow anywhere.
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What do you mean by "well in advance"? Most people in my area put the bins out the night before collection day. They're supposed to be outside your property by 7:00am and that's not necessarily possible for everyone, so the vast majority do it late the previous evening.
Additionally they're wheely bins with lids, so rubbish can't blow anywhere.
Our bylaw is the same, but it applies to any rubbish etc placed on the street side of the property line and behind the property line before midnight of collection day. We are supposed to be getting wheely-bins before the end of the month. That should be interesting as they are only allowing one bin per property and ours is a HIMO with five separate 'households"!
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Why is it that some people in our area feel impelled to put their rubbish and recycling out well in advance of bin collection day? It is very windy here, and I noticed on my walks today that people have already put their bins out, it isn't collected until tomorrow! By the time the bin men arrive there will be rubbish blowing all over the neighbourhood, that really annoys me! >:(
I can understand your irritation if rubbish is blowing about but if the stuff is in bins, why would that happen? Bins aren't usually that flimsy. I have known bins to be blown over in the past but that was when there was gale force wind so it was an exception, and it happened to lots of bins and other things.
Loved the quotations your eldest sent to you, they are hilarious.
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Why are people putting bins out two or three days before collection?
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It is daft but really the council should provide bins, it is always a problem when only sacks are available. Our recycling and food waste are collected at an unearthly hour on a Wednesday morning so bins (blue and green topped) are always put out the night before. If we only had sacks the foxes would pull them apart, I can remember that happening many years ago and it was dreadful. The general refuse bin (black top), is collected about 1.30pm so can go out on the day but because we have bins for everything, if people are away they can put them out in advance.
Nothing (don't remember what I was going to say here, I seem to have started a new sentence :-) ).
If it really is a problem floo, why don't you and neighbours ask the council for extra bins? That's what happened in Greenwich Borough where I live, so long ago that I don't remember; it wasn't me who complained and asked, I thought about it and by the time I'd finished thinking, others had done it and we had new bins. They don't have to be great big ones, just up the road the borough is Bromley and they have small, neat recycling and food waste bins.
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Ladies and Gents,
it's been fun visiting, but I'm going to have to disappear for a while, again. I've just got a new job, and I'll be spending quite a lot of my time on the road, driving, so a lot of my spare time will be taken up now.
I'll pop back every now and then to see how everyone is, of course :)
O.
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Ladies and Gents,
it's been fun visiting, but I'm going to have to disappear for a while, again. I've just got a new job, and I'll be spending quite a lot of my time on the road, driving, so a lot of my spare time will be taken up now.
I'll pop back every now and then to see how everyone is, of course :)
O.
Make sure you do :)
Hope the new job goes well.
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Dear Outrider,
Good luck in your new job :)
Gonnagle.
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Ladies and Gents,
it's been fun visiting, but I'm going to have to disappear for a while, again. I've just got a new job, and I'll be spending quite a lot of my time on the road, driving, so a lot of my spare time will be taken up now.
I'll pop back every now and then to see how everyone is, of course :)
O.
Good news for you, bad news for the greater good of R & E. All the very best.
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Good luck in your new job, Outy. I've enjoyed reading your posts. Cheers.
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Ladies and Gents,
it's been fun visiting, but I'm going to have to disappear for a while, again. I've just got a new job, and I'll be spending quite a lot of my time on the road, driving, so a lot of my spare time will be taken up now.
I'll pop back every now and then to see how everyone is, of course :)
O.
Good luck with the new job. Been lovely having you around again - don't leave it so long next time. ;)
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I will miss your brilliant contributions, outrider. Please try to visit often! Love, L.
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I echo above good wishes and compliments.
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This morning I was thinking back to my schooldays. When I was about 13/14 a classmate and I would sometimes walk down to our local town centre during the two hour lunch break and have our lunch in one of the eateries. On the way back to school we often walked passed the undertakers, which had its doors open on a fine day. The coffins which were being constructed were on display. We would dare each other to run in and touch a coffin if there was no one around! We did this on a number of occasions until one day we totally freaked out on discovering one of the coffins was occupied by a body of a man in a suit, YIKES! That was one daft game we didn't play again! :o
Just for you then ....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plIwegXI69I
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Back in 1963 when I was six, our family moved to Hong Kong.
We had a wonderful flat on Tai Hang Road with a massive balcony overlooking the harbour. Back then, Hong Kong was nothing like as built up as it is now and our building was surrounded by quite a bit of greenery.
Me and my younger brother thought of it as jungle and shortly after we moved in we went out to explore. After an hour or so we came across some large clay urns which, on inspection, were full of human bones. We grabbed a skull and took it back to our flat whereupon both our Chinese amahs were aghast. It turned out the bones were the remains of the ancestors of our Chinese landlords.
We nearly got evicted!
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So ya dug up some bones and kept them for show and tell and then buried them when you moved. Oh and you kept a gravestone on display to boot. I don't believe that for a second. Oh, and what did the police have to say about it? They will have examined those bones and determined if they were human. Did you tell the new owners of your home about what you dug up and reburied? Do you know they have commented on your stories about their home?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-17103281
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Both my sons came to visit me at the same time today, so that was lovely.
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Ah, so you had a lovely Mothering Sunday then, Susan. :)
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Ah, so you had a lovely Mothering Sunday then, Susan. :)
Yes, it was lucky that it coincided with Mothering Sunday! :)
I've lived here since they were small - nearly fifty years!
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This morning I was sitting on the settee with feet up listening to an audio book. I decided to move one of the curtains, which I can do from that position; they are lightweight. I flung it easily to my right ... .. and the whole curtain rail fell to the floor, curtains and all!!!
My neighbour had had the same thing happen earlier this week to her bedroom curtain track. Do you think there is a secret message in all this?!!!
:D:D:D
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This morning I was sitting on the settee with feet up listening to an audio book. I decided to move one of the curtains, which I can do from that position; they are lightweight. I flung it easily to my right ... .. and the whole curtain rail fell to the floor, curtains and all!!!
My neighbour had had the same thing happen earlier this week to her bedroom curtain track. Do you think there is a secret message in all this?!!!
:D:D:D
Yes! Use better rawlplugs. :)
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Yes! Use better rawlplugs. :)
Yes, it's Satan doing his rounds. Looks like it's curtains for the both of you.
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:d :D
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Yes, it's Satan doing his rounds. Looks like it's curtains for the both of you.
ROFLMAO!
Short post but gets you five stars in my book!
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Yes, it's Satan doing his rounds. Looks like it's curtains for the both of you.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Some of the posters on this forum could make a good living script writing for sit-coms.
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Some of the posters on this forum could make a good living script writing for sit-coms.
Thanks, but I don't think my ITMA type of humour would catch on these days. Perhaps if somebody started a thread with a couple of sentences and each participant added a few more sentences we could see what kind of script would evolve.
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Thanks, but I don't think my ITMA type of humour would catch on these days. Perhaps if somebody started a thread with a couple of sentences and each participant added a few more sentences we could see what kind of script would evolve.
Sounds a bit like 'consequences'.
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Thanks, but I don't think my ITMA type of humour would catch on these days. Perhaps if somebody started a thread with a couple of sentences and each participant added a few more sentences we could see what kind of script would evolve.
Heaven help us! ITMA! Almost as non-PC as Alf Garnett or Benny Hill!
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Thanks, but I don't think my ITMA type of humour would catch on these days. Perhaps if somebody started a thread with a couple of sentences and each participant added a few more sentences we could see what kind of script would evolve.
Can I do you now, sir?
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Can I do you now, sir?
Ooooh! You ARE awful! But I like you! :-*
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The sun is shining and I'd really like to go out walking, but the wind is far too strong, and if I ventured as far as the cliff top, I expect I could easily be blown right off the cliff and over to The Needles! :)
Well, the wind dropped quite a bit, so I've just been out for half-an-hour, to town and back. Very pleasant.
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Sounds encouraging for many subjects, floo. Mine were less encouraging; apart from those comments which said, ''Lyn is conspicuous by her absence'', or ''Lyn is disruptive'', I got, ''Makes no effort''.
What did they know anyway about either of us ::). Sheesh.
Aincha glad your not at school now?
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Appalling. Mind you, I remember mine getting some at a very early age, though not four. I was about eight when we started having home work. Maybe homework for young children nowadays is 'fun' as opposed to slog.
There's no doubt basic education is not as good as it was (I don't want to sound like ''back in the (not so) good old days'', but it is so. Kids learn how to pass exams - and gain great kudos for their school, league tables and all that - but leave school not seeming to know very much. Maybe that is the result of too much emphasis on learning for exams and not enough all round education. I don't know - but I wouldn't want to be a teacher. They have more pressure than ever.
Someone with whom I am friendly - both husband and wife are ''bods'' - have two kids aged 12 and 14. They believe there should not be any homework. Whilst I believe there can be too much homework, I can't quite work out how anyone survives without some independent study. Anyway their kids do it, regardless of their parents' beliefs. It should not be too stressful though and it is up to parents to make sure their children are not pushed too hard. Kids blossom if they are nurtured.
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Today I have been mostly saying Space Ghetto in an American accent
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Dear Floo,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35957829
I would, fascinating stuff poo, guy on radio yesterday talking about a baby eating its mothers poo just before it is born, he said something like, the baby is fully human in the womb and then 50% human when it is born after eating its mothers poo ( I may have that bit completely wrong ) anyway the baby needs its mothers poo for gut bacteria.
Poo is brilliant stuff, ask any child.
Gonnagle.
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I thought that too floo.
On googling I found this: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25603-babys-first-gut-bacteria-may-come-from-mums-mouth/
so I think Gonners heard it wrong but, boy, is there some convoluted stuff on the internet about babies and mothers and poo! It is hardly surprising if he was confused.
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Dear Brownie,
My default setting, totally confussed ::) ::)
Gonnagle.
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Dear Floo,
I have been confused my whole life and according to you and our oldest member, old LJ, it don't get any better. :o :o
Gonnagle.
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It certainly is a good thing.
My cats are microchipped. The last time Thomas was injured by a car, someone took him to a local vet who telephoned us because of the microchip.
Years ago, though, my son said that microchipping was the thin end of the wedge because, ''First it's pets, next it will be children''. ::) All very sinister and Bib Brotherish. So we didn't bother. Then one went missing, we were lucky that we managed to locate him (it was Thomas, always is), once again at a vet surgery. After that we had them all chipped and sucks to what young offspring thought. That was a long time ago, the cats are getting old now.
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It all seems a bit Big Brotherish to me floo. Scary really if you think about the implications. I remember once Bev (I'm sure she won't mind me mentioning her in this benign context), saying she thought it might be a good idea for children, when they go missing. I saw her point although I don't think microchipping traces anyone or any animal's whereabouts, it's just that they can be identified if found.
For myself, the government has enough information on me, or I presume so, without having more on a specific database and I feel there is already sufficient invasion of privacy in our society.
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Good for you floo but it isn't necessarily about wanting to hide stuff about ourselves (I doubt we can anyway), it's just that everything can be exposed and undoubtedly there are people and organisations that would tap into confidential information. It's not always about an individual, it can concern family. We often read in the media of quite decent people who are suddenly thrust into the limelight because of something a relative did. That's not nice. It's particular bad for children who are innocent and not responsible for something an unknown aunt or uncle did in years gone by.
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Dear Floo and Brownie,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075flzj
One hour 13 mins and forty seconds in, exactly what I said, it must be true, it is on radio 2 and it is the Jeremy Vine show.
Gonnagle.
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This morning my daughter-in-law (who is very good at picking out just the right thing) very kindly took me out to the curtain material shop and the carpet shop and we have chosen curtains and carpet for my bedroom. It is a real treat to be able to order them knowing that I can use some of the compensation money! Mind you, I do not recommend my method of obtaining such money!
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No indeed, but I'm glad you have such a lovely treat coming, Susan.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-36045987?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_wales_news&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=wales
A woman from Powys, Wales has been banned from calling her daughter Cyanide! Poor child having a mother who would even consider doing such a thing. :o
She would have been the death of some poor guy! ;)
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Very good Leonard.
For some reason my computer will not insert smileys, you deserve one.
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I made my last batch of shortbread on Thursday, which has proved very popular over the years. My arthritic fingers make impossible for me to knead it properly. :(
What about a food processor with a kneading hook?
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Dear Topic,
Has anyone ever heard of this saying,
TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
A discussion Death has with his Granddaughter in the book Hogfather, written by Sir Terry Pratchett, when I search on the internet, all I seem to get is references back to the book or conspiracy theories about why NASA never went back to the moon :o has anyone ever heard a song or a poem containing this line.
Here is the full conversation.
“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
MY POINT EXACTLY.”
Gonnagle.
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Has anyone else had sudden hail, sleet and heavy, cold rain in their area! i have here in London. It was quite a shock as it was fine earlier. I spoke to my old man who is in Norfolk and he said they'd had the same there a little while ago.
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It must be doing the rounds. Just raining now but sunny.
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Dear Brownie,
Also here in sunny Glasgow, but it should not come as a surprise, this is the time of year for hail, also the term hail stones maybe wrong, I don't think we actually get hail, our hail is not proper hail, that wee bloke from Top Gear had a programme about it.
Gonnagle.
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It must be hard going for a hamster. I only went as far as the dustbin and it felt as though I was being pelted with nails.
Anyway, hail gonnagle.
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We had a bit of sleet first thing this morning, but it has been very sunny for the rest of the day,so far.
Yes! A friend drove us both to a reception by the RNIB fund-raising dept, held in the BournemouthAFC's function room this morning. I didn't notice, but my friend said there was a shower of snow, hail and rain at one point. Sun's been out since then.
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This morning I am having a new kitchen sink (plus associated drainage) and a new gas hob fitted, so I have just spent twenty minutes removing all the stuff from the cupboard under the sink!!! I have also phoned my cleaner who is coming round some time to see how much of it can be thrown away ... and that's most of it I think!!
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I have just upgraded to Windows 10 and trying to get used to the new settings.
I am still using Windows 7 Professional - I was warned by several of the IT professionals at the company I then worked for to avoid Windows 10 like the plague.
Considering the problems that I have heard about from preople who installed it (willinglyor otherwise) it wasn't bad advice, and advice I am glad that I followed.
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Whilst on the topic of computers - I have got internet access again (I lost my shared access whe n my daughter moved out) and I am glad that I missed nothing that has not been posted by both sides (Christian and non-Christian (of all shades)) at least fifty times before.
I still have hopes (no pun intended) of seeing something new, but . . . .
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I am still using Windows 7 Professional - I was warned by several of the IT professionals at the company I then worked for to avoid Windows 10 like the plague.
Considering the problems that I have heard about from preople who installed it (willinglyor otherwise) it wasn't bad advice, and advice I am glad that I followed.
Owlswing, I found Window 7 Home Premium the best. With a change of PC I was on Windows 8, which I found a pain. The other day, my laptop decided to upgrade itself to Windows 10. It seems a slight improvement on Windows 8 but I still think I would go back to Windows 7 given the chance.
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Owlswing, I found Window 7 Home Premium the best. With a change of PC I was on Windows 8, which I found a pain. The other day, my laptop decided to upgrade itself to Windows 10. It seems a slight improvement on Windows 8 but I still think I would go back to Windows 7 given the chance.
I've been told that there is no Windows 9 in order to distance Windows 10 from 8 which was considered to be somethimng of a disaster and that 10 was written to correct all the problems, hence the free and sometimes automatic upgrade. It was not made easy to find out how to prevent automatic, almost compulsory, upgrading.
I'm pretty sure that there are people who can still install 7 Professional or Home Premium for you, I just don't know where you would go to find them - an appeal on FaceBook perhaps . . .
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See if this cheers you up ..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-36348013
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I am a little sad that R&E seems to be attracting less posts than heretofore, I hope things will pick up and it isn't a downward trend towards oblivion like so many other forums. :(
People say that things like Facebook are killing off forums - as a non-Facebooker I wouldn't know, though I find it hard to believe that Facebook allows for the same sort of extended discussions such as you get on a standard forum. I can't imagine the 'Searching for God' thread on Facebook.
Advertising is the key, I think, but tricky to do.
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I am a little sad that R&E seems to be attracting less posts than heretofore, I hope things will pick up and it isn't a downward trend towards oblivion like so many other forums. :(
It isn't particularly. The numbers go up and down a bit and some days it is quiet around this time but if you look at the stats, this year is pretty much in line with the last two years which were very consistent.
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People say that things like Facebook are killing off forums - as a non-Facebooker I wouldn't know, though I find it hard to believe that Facebook allows for the same sort of extended discussions such as you get on a standard forum. I can't imagine the 'Searching for God' thread on Facebook.
Advertising is the key, I think, but tricky to do.
You could do it on Facebook but you would need a closed group to control the discussion, else popularity just turns it into a messy free for all, and that sort of defeats the point. I suppose it is easier to add people to such groups and would be less likely for people to encounter difficulties joining but not sure that would create much of a difference.
Anyway as the stats indicate it's not a question of numbers of posts in comparison to 2014 and 2015.
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You could do it on Facebook but you would need a closed group to control the discussion, else popularity just turns it into a messy free for all, and that sort of defeats the point. I suppose it is easier to add people to such groups and would be less likely for people to encounter difficulties joining but not sure that would create much of a difference.
Anyway as the stats indicate it's not a question of numbers of posts in comparison to 2014 and 2015.
FB does have discussion groups - indeed one of our members here has started one which I did belong to for awhile. It's ok on Facebook but it is much more difficult to follow the discussions (at least that's what I find) as you tend to have to search more than you do on a traditional MB like this.
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We could publicise the forum through Twitter and so on but that requires someone with the time to do it and the right style to get noticed.
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FB does have discussion groups - indeed one of our members here has started one which I did belong to for awhile. It's ok on Facebook but it is much more difficult to follow the discussions (at least that's what I find) as you tend to have to search more than you do on a traditional MB like this.
Yes, Facebook because of its wider remit doesn't lend itself to that type of discussion. It works OK if you are taking a specific point of view or are organising something. I wouldn't be particularly interested in raising the sort of numbers of posts that we have held steady at for over 2 and half years to much. Something like 300 -350 average would be good, i.e. about 100 more than we do average.
I think it's the number of posters that is concerning as at times we could do the threads by numbers.
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You could have it enlarged floo, might mean adding some gold. I'm sorry you can't wear it any more as it is.
Being sentimental about jewellery is a funny thing. My mum lost her engagement ring, she thought she pulled it off when taking off her gloves in a department store. Her fingers had got a bit thinner so it wasn't as well fitted as it had been. She asked in the shop but no-one handed it in. She was really upset about it, for goodness knows how long. She bought herself a replacement ring but kept saying, "It's not the same". I felt sorry for her but after a while I thought, "You're fit and well, it's only a thing after all".
Some years ago we were burgled and my engagement ring was taken. I still feel a pang when I think of it, I too have replaced it but "it's not the same" and when I go out, I look in second hand jewellery shops in the hope of seeing it which isn't likely. So I understand a bit more now how my mum felt.
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The Points of View message-board closed on Monday and people were leaving links to other forums, someone left a link to this board so you may see some traffic coming this way.
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Thanks for the heads up, SP. :)
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Yet another Beeb casualty ::)
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I'm intrigued as to who posted the link, though. Their login was 'U V' (with the gap) followed by quite an old number.
Reveal yourself ??
Ha,ha..... probably not.
Just seen your post, Shaker. Yes, it's a real shame. I only looked-in there occasionally but always enjoyed reading the comments and reviews.
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A good name for a goldfish, floo. Better than ''Jaws'' or ''Moby'' which I have known in the past.
I had to google Tim Peake, had forgotten all about him. I bet he's glad to be back.
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A good name for a goldfish, floo. Better than ''Jaws'' or ''Moby'' which I have known in the past.
I had to google Tim Peake, had forgotten all about him. I bet he's glad to be back.
Newsthump have pointed out that Tim Peake wishes to stay in space as it's a bit shit down here.
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Yeah right :D.
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Floo, very witty!
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Bless its heart.
(Nevertheless, I bet Tim will be glad to get back to his bowl after a while)
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After 80 years of hands free from problems, I have acquired arthritis in the middle finger knuckle of my right hand. *grumble grumble mutter mutter* I'm using Ibulieve gel but I would like to register a complaint somewhere about this! :)
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Sounds good floo, I used to do them years ago. I have a feeling, if I started doing jigsaws, I'd become obsessed with them.
I like crosswords.
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Susan, I'm sorry for you. You might find it subsides, comes and goes. I know the arthritis won't actually go but I mean it may not be acute for long periods. Everyone gets a bit of arthritis after the age of 25, doesn't always cause problems. Hope you get some relief with Ibuleve, the gels are pretty good. My husband uses them, including Voltarol gel. It's better than taking stuff by mouth which can be gut rotting.
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Thank you, brownie and Floo.
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Your sister's sounds like my mum's old medicine cupboard floo. I remember finding all sorts of odd stuff like Arnica (yellow) which must have been bought in the 1940s, Calamine lotion and Golden Eye Ointment!
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My medicines can get out of date too.
The trouble is some of them can become stronger or weaker or not have the desired affect after the sell by date has passed.
I think some of the reason they get so old is because you are not supposed to bin medicines but take them to the chemist for disposal. I rarely remember.
In fact sometimes I'm lazy and put them in the bin :-[
You are meant to take them to a chemists for disposal.
After my op I had awful trouble trying to dispose of used needles ( had to inject myself, something to do with blood clots) neither the chemist nor the hospital would take them in because each insisted it was the others responsibility.
I wouldn't throw those in the bin.
In the end I got a bit narked and the chemist agreed to dispose of them.
I think that's why drug addicts leave the flippin things lying around.
I kept taking the things back and forth trying to dispose of them in a responsible fashion.
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Same here floo. You can still buy it but it's not called "Golden Eye Ointment" any more, it is sold by its proper name of chloramphenicol eye ointment. Not that I've ever bought it. It was probably very effective - but not the tube I threw away after my mum died :D.
Rose, I would think most of us bin out of date medicines. Not 'dangerous' stuff but the sort of thing you can buy over the counter.
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Same here floo. You can still buy it but it's not called "Golden Eye Ointment" any more, it is sold by its proper name of chloramphenicol eye ointment. Not that I've ever bought it. It was probably very effective - but not the tube I threw away after my mum died :D.
Rose, I would think most of us bin out of date medicines. Not 'dangerous' stuff but the sort of thing you can buy over the counter.
My dad recommends goose grease for a chesty cough, I've always been lucky enough to avoid that one.
Vasiline is wonderful stuff, the wd40 of the human body.
Calamine lotion another good old one.
Optrex another one, use it once then the bottle sits there :D
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Oh yes I always have a bottle of Optrex!
Lucky old Vick floo!
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Vick is another good old one, germolene another. TCP
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Thanks goodness we were spared goose grease! Mum always put Vick on our chests, as I still do today.
My granddad was very ill. We rubbed goose grease all over him and after that he went downhill fast.
-- Milton Jones.
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We have Germolene and TCP too.
Does anyone use talcum powder anymore? I haven't used it for years. I used it on our kids when they were small, but I can't remember it being used on the grandchildren.
No, I don't think so. It's pointless stuff but I remember using it when I was a teenager. Not since.
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I haven't seen it yet floo, was quite keen to do so actually. I've heard mixed reports. One critic described it as actors enjoying themselves, in other words, being self indulgent. I'll wait and see. I've only ever seen a few episodes of the original 'Dad's Army' so not really in a position to judge, J has seen more and used to enjoy it, plus recent reruns on freeview channels.
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I too noticed his absence, floo. I imagine he's on holiday.
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I'm sorry to hear that, I too hope he's OK floo. He's been missed!
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Shaker hasn't been around for a while, I hope he is OK?
I was thinking that today.
He vanished the same time as another lady poster he had a lot in common with.
Perhaps they aloped :o
Somewhere where there's no signal! :o
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I see Mick Jagger is going to be a father again at the age of 72! It will be his 8th child, his girl friend is only 29. When the child is 20 he will be 92, assuming he is still in the land of the living!!!!!
I was a bit scathing about Ronnie Wood becoming a father again at a fairly advanced age. His young wife or girlfriend had twins! However I thought about it and he may well be a very good father for a good few years; when he pops his clogs his wife will find someone else of her own age :D. With Ron Wood, I don't think I've ever quite got over how he treated his previous wife, Jo; messing about with the 21 year old au pair. Still that's history, he's moved on and presumably Jo has too.
Mick Jagger - well he makes a career out of having children ;D so it doesn't surprise me one bit. By all accounts he is an excellent father and grandfather, the kids all love him to bits so this one won't be any exception. Imagine having Mick Jagger as a dad! There's some street cred in that. Again, the girlfriend can find herself someone more age appropriate at a later date.
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Last night my husband and I watched the new Dad's Army film, and were very disappointed. Goodness knows why they bothered to do a remake, Toby Jones as Mannering was pathetic, and the rest of the cast weren't much better. We used to enjoy the old Dad's Army programmes, they were amusing, but this one was silly!
Anyone else feel the same way about the film?
You apart from the fact that it is, supposedly, set about two years after the need for the Home Guard to wait for a Nazi invasion of the UK was past? Along. of course, with various other historical inaccuracies!
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It is very hot here, but there is just the right amount of light breeze.
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It is hot and humid here; I am wishing for snow!
What I hate most are the hot nights. I know it's hot when my summer duvet feels like my winter one in spring. Perhaps this post should have been on another thread but what heck I'm a rebel!!!
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Dear Forum,
Is this a topic for going off topic :P :P Congratulations to our Sane on his recent Modship, wear the T shirt with pride old son and stay away from the drinks cabinet ::) ::)
Gonnagle.
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Hear, hear - or here here, I never know which.
Yes it is very 'ot, would be nice to be beside the seaside.
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Hear, hear - or here here, I never know which.
Yes it is very 'ot, would be nice to be beside the seaside.
And there's a lot of dishy guys, that I'd like to be beside,
Beside the seaside ...... beside the sea.
(with apologies to the lyric writer, although I guess he's long dead.)
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Apropos of nothing, I used to be able to play that tune on my nose. I could also 'throw' it, making it sound as though it came from somewhere else which worked if no-one was looking at me of course. I'd do it in the classroom and it caused great mirth.
The I progressed to "Pictures of Matchstick Men", more openly.
Later I could do "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring", playing both sides of my nose.
I thought I was original! Then I saw someone doing it on TV and I thought, "Bah!" I put my instrument away with a heavy heart :(, figuritively speaking.
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Dear Brownie,
Now that is a topic for going off topic :P I think you should sharpen up that skill, not literally :o why not try for the X factor. :o
Gonnagle.
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Dear A Topic for going off Topic,
Well I never!! James Watt ( the man who invented the steam engine ::) ::) ) okay he came up with a separate condenser, anyway, he came up with the idea whilst walking on Glasgow Green, he also went to Glasgow University, no not the new one ( well newish ) the old one which sat on the High St.
Hell! James Watt probably had a drink in the old college bar :)
Everyday's a school day, funny thing is I was reading about Darwin and ended up researching Watt. :o
Gonnagle.
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Shaker hasn't been around for a while, I hope he is OK?
Just to note Shaker is fine and just having a break
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Just to note Shaker is fine and just having a break
Thanks for that!
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Excellent news, thank you NS.
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It will be nice to have Rhiannon back too, when she has had her break. No rush or pressure if she is reading, but she is missed too.
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I wonder why Rhi left so suddenly?
You are not ther only one!
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She had some home stuff to do that was going to take up a lot of time. I'm sure she'll be back when she's finished.
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Honestly I don't know any more than I've said, floo. No details. However Gordon said (I think) that he thought/hoped she'd be back in a while.
I suppose one positive thing about no longer being a registered member is that there will be no personal messages to distract from other stuff. She might look in though and will see that she's missed.
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Honestly I don't know any more than I've said, floo. No details. However Gordon said (I think) that he thought/hoped she'd be back in a while.
I suppose one positive thing about no longer being a registered member is that there will be no personal messages to distract from other stuff. She might look in though and will see that she's missed.
Just to say that I've been in touch with Rhi and that she is fine, and she appreciates the concern of others following her sudden departure. She urgently needed to make some space to deal with events in real life, so hopefully we'll see her back before too long.
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Am on my first visit to Scotland since I was a kid. Am currently heading to Glasgow from near Balmoral - the sun is out and the views are glorious. Never realised how beautiful Scotland is.
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I hope you enjoy Glasgow as well, beloved as it is by some on this board.
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Thanks NS - yes, I wanted to let the Scottish posters on here know that I was really impressed with Scotland and have enjoyed my bank holiday break. All the Scots so far are extremely friendly and helpful.
Never been to Glasgow before but looking forward to having a quick look around. The family and I are stopping at the Hilton in William Street before we head back to London tomorrow so if that's near any of you Scottish posters and you're free please do come by and I'll buy you a coffee - I know a pint is more appealing but unfortunately I can't buy you a pint what with being Muslim :)
If not - just consider this a hey in advance as I'm passing through your town (I haven't got there yet).
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Unfortunately I am out this evening and on the redeye tomorrow
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Oh floo, they are gorgeous little girls. I saw them on the news today, it's wonderful that both survived the operation and they are doing so well. I hadn't twigged they had been so premature as well as conjoined.
Gabriella, good that you are enjoying your holiday. Scotland is lovely, you are lucky that the weather is fine for you too.
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Dear Gabriella,
I would appreciate your thoughts on your quick look around the centre of the Universe ;) your thoughts of the great city of Glasgow.
Gonnagle.
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Hi
Just logged back. Ha,ha - centre of universe - Sorry Gonnagle - I just read this. I have to be honest - I loved the Scottish country-side but from what I saw of Glasgow city it seemed not much different to London. I was only there for one night so I did not get time to look around properly. The Scottish people I met - so nice. You and NS are good representatives of Scottish folk.
They seem to say "folks" a lot in Scotland.
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They seem to say "folks" a lot in Scotland.
...as in
'Bartender - Where's ma swally, av'e bin waitin fur ages oan it, fur folks sake'?
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Dear Septic toe,
Shut up :P :P
Dear Gabriella,
Not much different from London, I have never heard the second city of the Empire described as such but maybe that is why I like London so much, I do feel at home in that city, strange thing is on the odd trips to Edinburgh I feel totally alien :o
Gonnagle.
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When I went to the fridge this morning I found a mosquito in there. Usually flies etc.. that get catch in the fridge are all sluggish cause the cold but this mosquito flew out at grease lightening. I chased it round the room (hours of fun) but I never managed to kill it, even though the warmer temperature seemed to make it fly more slowly - well, that's old age for you!!!
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I am just about to set off to catch the Paddle Steamer Waverley for a days cruise around the Isle of wight. The historic steamer spends most of it's life somewhere around Glasgow I understand, so I imagine it will be familiar to a few people on this board.
Steaming down the Jurassic Coast - fantastic
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Nice bit of prose there, floo, had the intended effect on me. I felt a bit of a shiver go down my back. There was a film on TV last night, ITV, 'United 93', concerning a hijacked plane that was diverted by the passengers from crashing into the twin towers on 9/11; of course it did crash somewhere else and there were no survivors. The film was a tribute to the passengers. I saw quite a lot at the beginning and at the end of the film and it was very, very moving.
Jack - "... that's old age for you!!!" - on the contrary, your mosquito sounds as though it's extremely youthful!
We went to Whitstable last week, stayed for a couple of nights. It was extremely relaxing and very good for both of us. The hotel was lovely:
http://crescentturner.co.uk/
When we sat out and looked at the view from the terrace before leaving on Friday, both wished we had another day. The restaurant is excellent too, we ate there on Wednesday night and Thursday lunchtime.
Still we had to get back for our cats, one of whom has end stage renal disease and was looked after by our vet. She was fine when we got home, quite perky and glad to go out in the garden. None of the four have left us alone since we've been back. My neighbour told me our big male cat, Thomas, whom he was feeding, was "Very polite" :D.
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Jack - "... that's old age for you!!!" - on the contrary, your mosquito sounds as though it's extremely youthful!
I think it had just had a blood transfusion, that's all. Something I need!
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A little red wine might suffice.
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Saw a black fox the other night. I believe they are rare. I thought it was a street lighting effect but got a closer look where a normal one I'd seen previously and sure enough it was, well, a dark charcoal.
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This is probably for Hope.
This week the Flying Scotsman (pictured in my avatar) has been running in our local vicinity. So, at lunchtime today, the OH and I drove to the nearest viewing spot which is right on the SVR track. What a wonderful experience.... 'she' really is magnificent. You'd be amazed how quiet, too. It was all over in a flash but we managed to take a video.
Now our wee grandson must see the footage.... we took him on the regular steam train a few weeks ago.
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It's very rare to see a black fox, Jack. Only five sightings in this country in as many years, apparently. Pity you didn't have camera handy.
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It's very rare to see a black fox, Jack. Only five sightings in this country in as many years, apparently. Pity you didn't have camera handy.
You're joking, only five? He/she is a regular round here as I've seen it three times. I know it is the same one as it has a white tip a the end of its tail. As for a camera it was pretty dark for such things, especially as black doesn't show up too well in the dark, as Gazza joked to his cost.
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Here's an article (from last year) about a black fox, with photographs, Jack. Quite beautiful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3249278/Wildlife-photographer-captures-amazing-images-extremely-rare-black-fox-playing-garden-Yorkshire.html
I wonder if the fox has a mate or will have a mate, maybe a red fox as there are so few black ones. If so you might find the fox brings its cubs into your garden during daylight - tortoiseshell? I don't know what mixed race foxes are called :-). We used to see red fox cubs every year, our cats played with them.
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Here's an article (from last year) about a black fox, with photographs, Jack. Quite beautiful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3249278/Wildlife-photographer-captures-amazing-images-extremely-rare-black-fox-playing-garden-Yorkshire.html
I wonder if the fox has a mate or will have a mate, maybe a red fox as there are so few black ones. If so you might find the fox brings its cubs into your garden during daylight - tortoiseshell? I don't know what mixed race foxes are called :-). We used to see red fox cubs every year, our cats played with them.
At my last house I had a regular vixen visitor; and eventually she brought her litter into the garden, and they came regularly, waiting outside the kitchen door, hoping for something.
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They are gorgeous aren't they? I used to feed the foxes regularly and treated a couple for mange until a few years ago when there were reports of them becoming too bold and attacking people. Not just one report, there were a few. One woman was in bed and woke up with a fox biting her ear! Another fox bit a small child. So it seemed the right thing to stop feeding them, after all they used to manage well enough, hunting and scavenging - but I liked them.
Foxes still pass through the garden occasionally and I have to say they don't seem any worse for me not feeding them. Some are really beautiful - but never seen a black one.
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Here's an article (from last year) about a black fox, with photographs, Jack. Quite beautiful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3249278/Wildlife-photographer-captures-amazing-images-extremely-rare-black-fox-playing-garden-Yorkshire.html
I wonder if the fox has a mate or will have a mate, maybe a red fox as there are so few black ones. If so you might find the fox brings its cubs into your garden during daylight - tortoiseshell? I don't know what mixed race foxes are called :-). We used to see red fox cubs every year, our cats played with them.
Thanks for that. Mine was the same with that white speckled effect on the body, from what I could tell. It could have just been sheen from the streetlights, but it was pretty much the same as the photos.
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I was wondering why black foxes are so rare and found this:
http://www.campingadviceblog.com/animal-facts-the-rare-black-fox/
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Hee hee. However, even without the sexual connotations it's rather a gross thing to say. A bit "Yeuch". So I don't like him and won't invite him round for tea.
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...and certainly wouldn't want him to use the lavatory
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Getting back to black foxes, last night was something. Getting up at 3 to go to the bathroom I looked out to see if it was there and after a short while it came and approach quite near, so I got a good look at it. It seemed quit youthful for something had caught it's attention and it was doing that excited leaping and dancing - quite charming. It then moved on.
I couldn't sleep and after a while I heard this grunting sound so I looked out and there it was again (not a sound I recognize as being of a fox). It went into the shadows and began eating something, so all I could see was this black morphing smudge. Then I noticed some movement to the right and a second black fox joined it. Eventually the first quickly left and soon after the other one followed it.
I potted about a bit and before I went back to bed I looked out again and saw another fox but this one was grey. The photo link that Brownie provided showed these foxes having flecks of white in their fur so this one must have had many more to create the grey look. Could of just been old. Seems the black fox gene is strong round my parts.
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I have bought a new piece of equipment for the tap class. It's a Portogram B75V and it arrived today. My neighbour came in to show me which button is which (I put bump0ons on the main ones I am going to use) so I'll see how it goes at class tomorrow.
The tea chers at the dance school use iphones but I simply couldn't manage those.
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My husband and I had our yearly flu jabs this morning, have other posters had theirs?
Yes - had mine last Saturday.
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So did I, a week ago today.
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I got a bunch of roses from my neighbour's dog yesterday! ;D ;D ;D
Wow, love at first sight. Next he'll be giving you a bone!!! ;D
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Yeh, I am not sentimental about animals, but the neighbours worship the ground on which their dog walks and treat it like a human! It even has its own Christmas tree! ::)
A dog's gotta piss somewhere!
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Came into possession of one of those plastic fivers a week ago. Really liked it. The BoE should start making plastic 10ers and 20's straight away.
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Yesterday I had a mini fire in the kitchen. A plastic seal from one of the square fridge containers had fallen near one of the back gas rings. I didn't see it when I turned on the gas under a saucepan, but a few minutes later I saw some rather jolly little flames on the side of the small choppingboard which was leaning against the wall behind the hob. I turned on the cold tap and carefully carrying the board - the handle was not on fire - and put it in the sink. Then when it had gone out - but not quite - I opened the back door and threw it out onto the path. My neighbour came in to see what other damage I had done, but fortunately it was just bits of the plastic lid sticking to things. Next time my cleaner comes, I'll ask her to see if she can scrape it off. I'm always sensible and careful, but will make sure in future always to check that the hob is clear.
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A couple of days ago we had yet another unsolicited phone call. My wife answered this one, but I suddenly heard her give a rather heartfelt sounding expletive, just before she put the phone down. On enquiring what gave rise to this rather out of character response on her part, she told me it was someone trying to sell us triple glazing. However when she quite politely declined(as we always do), the caller finished by saying the immortal words: "Remember, Jesus still loves you." I gather that it was this that led to her rather interesting and rather emotive reaction. :)
I found it quite amusing, and, on reflection, so did my wife. ;D
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Maybe they have asked to be able to rejoin and been forgiven, with certain conditions?
That happens quite a bit on forums.
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Can people not post as Guest on here? I honestly don't know, floo and haven't seen any new/old people around today - which means little because I often don't notice things.
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Oh well, I daresay we'll find out in due course. As you say, not big deal in the general scheme.
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Very positive.
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I have just been told the very first woman Bishop in the Church in Wales has been appointed as Bishop of St Davids.
Well done them.
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Just had an e-mail from my Baby Sister who is on a 5* cruise in the Med with her husband, (sooner her than me!).
Why, what's wrong with her husband? ???
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I was in Egypt in February, and accidentally left a notebook in my hotel room in Cairo. No really important stuff there, just a few obs I'd made at various places. The hotel found it....and,eight months later, it arrived via the postie this morning. Better late than never!
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Good stuff, Jim..... you must be pleased! :)
Just had an e-mail from my Baby Sister who is on a 5* cruise in the Med with her husband, (sooner her than me!). They are having a good time, and graciously accepted the Captain's invitation to join him at his table. ;D
My daughter and her family are on holiday in Dubai, and she has just emailed me to say my wee granddaughter, who is 2yrs 9mths, is swimming on her own! :)
Hurrah!! She is such a determined wee soul, haha...
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Yesterday I was walking to town and although I was using the (white) walking stick for safety, I was not having to use it for support and was able to walk briskly. A man passed me and said,'Goodness, you walk fast!'
Well that really made my day! :)
I've been doing all the exercises and have achieved a level of strength which almost entirely compensates for the totally clapped-out hip joint. It just goes to show that the GP was right when he said that if I worked at it, I would not need a hip op.
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It just goes to show that the GP was right when he said that if I worked at it, I would not need a hip op.
Good progress, Susan, but does that mean you will not be able to dance to Hip Op music?
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Good progress, Susan, but does that mean you will not be able to dance to Hip Op music?
:D :D
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No, I haven't looked at anything like that - is there an over-80s one?!!
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Does anyone post on any over 50s forums? I have tried a few but they seem to be infested by dirty old men trying to shock! :o
They sound like, "Grab a granny", forums.
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No, I haven't looked at anything like that - is there an over-80s one?!!
I think one was set up but by the end of the week there were no members left!
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:D :D
Just had a vision of you doing hip-hop with a long cane........ Think I either need to stop or start drinking.......
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Heart monitor, worn a few weeks ago for 24 hours, shows heart decides to take a rest every now and again at night! Seeing cardiologist next and very likely will have to have a pacemaker.
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I was gobsmacked yesterday when talking to a neighbour who mentioned she cleans her dog's teeth every night before it goes to bed. I realised the creature is more than pampered, but I have never in my life heard of dogs having their teeth cleaned! ::)
Does anyone on this forum clean their dogs teeth?
I think it is quite common - I have certainly heard of it before. (Non dog owner here)
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I was gobsmacked yesterday when talking to a neighbour who mentioned she cleans her dog's teeth every night before it goes to bed. I realised the creature is more than pampered, but I have never in my life heard of dogs having their teeth cleaned! ::)
Does anyone on this forum clean their dogs teeth?
Was this the dog that gave you flowers or something? If it kissed you it would at least have had a fresh tang to its breath. ;D
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I don't know what it is about Wales, but lorries and buses frequently crash into railway bridges because the drivers haven't taken into account the height restrictions!
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/live-a498-shut-near-porthmadog-12259251
The Welsh use a different metric system to us based on the average length of a leek making them misjudge all manner of things.
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The Welsh use a different metric system to us based on the average length of a leek making them misjudge all manner of things.
IIRC, a kilometre there is the point at which you give up chasing a sheep as you will be too knackered to do anything even if you do manage to catch it.
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Not funny! ::)
I thought it was ;D ;D
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'tis true too! Max Boyce said so and he takes a leek wherever he goes.
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Not funny! ::)
You've never heard of a leak meter?
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Not funny! ::)
Quite right Floo it wasn't funny, it was hilarious! ;D
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today I bought a pair of No. 8 knitting needles and a large ball of chunky wool. I'm going to do some knitting, purely as an activity, not, of course, to produce something! I shall carryon until I've dropped all the stitches or run out of wool. Then I think I'll pull it all back and start again!! :)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38157727
Good for them. :)
Excellent news, floo, thanks.
What I didn't like, though, was this bit:
One gay contributor said the church had once felt a "painful place"
I would be most unhappy with a church that felt painful places, particularly if one painful place was mine! What an imposition.
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SusanD, knitting is extremely therapeutic. I went through quite a long phase of knitting some years ago and produced some weird and wonderful things. It didn't last, I'm now left with bags of yarn and endless needles and patterns. Still, may take it up again one day, who knows. It was good for me while it lasted.
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today I bought a pair of No. 8 knitting needles and a large ball of chunky wool. I'm going to do some knitting, purely as an activity, not, of course, to produce something! I shall carryon until I've dropped all the stitches or run out of wool. Then I think I'll pull it all back and start again!! :)
That's a good metaphor for British productivity!
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That's a good metaphor for British productivity!
:)
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I have a new granddaughter! :)
Just an hour old....
Now I must try and get some sleep, lol..
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I have a new granddaughter! :)
Just an hour old....
Now I must try and get some sleep, lol..
Congratulations SP - hope mother and baby are well.
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It's likely he will pop his clogs before sentencing. If he goes to gaol he will almost certainly die in prison. I doubt his age will affect his sentencing though he would obviously have to be sent somewhere that has facilities for a geriatric.
It makes sickening reading
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I found this bit quite chilling: "The court heard he abused the girls at his home in Erdington, in the cab of his works truck and in his garden shed after placing them on a work bench."
Horrible man.
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Nas-ty.
When you think about it, floo, there are loads of old people (twenty years or more older than you and I), walking about (or hobbling), living relatively normal lives, sometimes pillars of community :o, who were active pervs and paeds when we were young girls. Back in the day when youngsters were not believed. The vast majority of adults were not like that at all and couldn't even begin to imagine it, especially not about someone they knew; the idea was too shocking to contemplate. Hence the 'cover up' culture.
Well I for one am not sorry to see the back of those days.
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Yes indeed and young people are far more streetwise. Of course, it isn't only minors who are abused but I don't want to go further off topic (& sexual abuse is not the only kind).
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:D, Thanks floo! I know this is the "off topic" thread but going on about one issue would alter the spirit of the thread so I won't say more here & now; the subject will undoubtedly come up again, on another thread.
Other than that, I don't have much to add today except that I seem to have lost two Christmas presents that I want to wrap; I've searched everywhere and they are eluding me! It is quite frustrating. At times like this, I wish I still smoked!
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That is gorgeous, floo, a lovely present.
(No sooner had I posted my previous response, I found the two presents I had mislaid - virtually right in front of my eyes in a store bag. Whoopee!)
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I see the forum clock is no longer fast, which was irritating. No doubt thanks are due to Jeremyp, our forum techie. :)
Nope. I can't claim the credit for that one.
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight, so how did it get fixed?
The clock pixies?
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I am feeling old, my eldest grandchild is 15 today, he is the same age I was when I met my husband in 1965.
My oldest goes back to university for his second year next week. My youngest was due to arrive into the world this week. I'm not even going to get started on how old I feel!!!
O.
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Today ten members of the tap group went out for our annual lunch at a nice restaurant which is, incidentally, owned and run by a man who has, with his twin brother and twin children, tap-danced all his life! Food not quite as good as usual in the choice I made, but it's the company that is more important. Also it is the one time of the year where everyone can chat for an hour or two, without being called to order by me in the studio!! :)
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I'm not well today. However this means I can stay in bed with books and my journal and ignore the mess in my kitchen.
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I'm not well today. However this means I can stay in bed with books and my journal and ignore the mess in my kitchen.
Probably time for the Talisker
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Probably time for the Talisker
;D
Think I might need to drive later though if I'm up to it.
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Well, on the subject of health - I had a bit of a funny turn yesterday. While walking home from town, I came close to passing out, managed to get to the Surgery on the other side of the road, and then had to sit fighting for breath. This is not like me. No problem at tap this morning though.
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Well, on the subject of health - I had a bit of a funny turn yesterday. While walking home from town, I came close to passing out, managed to get to the Surgery on the other side of the road, and then had to sit fighting for breath. This is not like me. No problem at tap this morning though.
Blood sugar?
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Blood sugar?
I don't think so - that has never been the source of any of the various TIAs etc that I've had!!
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I don't think so - that has never been the source of any of the various TIAs etc that I've had!!
diagnosis by amateur message board doctor is the most efficacious!!!!
Was just a punt, I've had it combined with slight dehydration and the symptoms are similar but generally easily remedied.
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diagnosis by amateur message board doctor is the most efficacious!!!!
Yes, I think we're all getting very good at that!!
Was just a punt, I've had it combined with slight dehydration and the symptoms are similar but generally easily remedied.
Also I have to very grudgingly take into account that I'm nearly 81!!!
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Yes, I think we're all getting very good at that!!Also I have to very grudgingly take into account that I'm nearly 81!!!
and twice as sharp as Trump
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and twice as sharp as Trump
:D :D
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Blood sugar?
That's why vampires like it.
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The latest version of my SuperNova is V16, so I bought it. Today I thought I'd instal it, having been reassured by Dolphin Tech that all I had to do when the disc was in the computer was to press Enter each time. Well, I was flummoxed straight away because the first thing said, 'Play with Windows media player. I pressed enter, then it said, 'Choose options.... or something so I gave up immediately, and have left a phone message with Tech Support to ask them to do a remote and instal it for me!!
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TodayI phoned the Highways Department to see if there was any news on a problem I reported where I am in danger of falling. The only saving grace is that I would be on a controlled crossing, so car drivers would see and, presumably, help. Anyway the news is that the problem is going to be dealtwith next week during half term. The crossing concerned is for the large Comprehensive School and the Leisure Centre.
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Has there been any news of Leonard James since Gordon's post in December?
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Has there been any news of Leonard James since Gordon's post in December?
No. There hasn't been anything despite trying various ways to find out.
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Thank you, NS. Such an intelligent, clear-thinking man.
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You are lucky to have such a dream. I dreamed about a hairy wee haggis chasing me to tune of bagpipes.
(I'm lying)
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This morning on my usual Sunday morning walk, I took a route past the controlled crossing where last week the permanent puddle exactly where I have to cross has , as a result of the work done last week during half term, GONe!!
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Sorry to hear that, Floo
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Sorry to hear about those problems, Floo.
I have called in on this topic today to say that I have heard from my younger son in Australia who has been on an excursion out to sea where there is a cage from which one can see sharks. He saw three. I look forward to hearing more.
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I hope they would have been very small sharks!
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That looks like a very interesting place. I have been to quite a few very large aquariums (or aquaria, I suppose!) and found them very interesting.
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Stalag more like!
How silly to be bothered about name of prison. No-one in Brixton, Dartmoor, Holloway,Wakefield complained about the names of their local prisons. Looks like 'padding' news.
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None of that has anything to do with the name of the prison though, which isn't relevant. The Welcome sign is more for staff and visitors than inmates. Not all the inmates will be hardened criminals.
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I make no excuses for hardened criminals.
Don't understand the fuss about the name of the prison when so many are named after the areas in which they are situated.Tomorrow I might motor down to Ford(Sussex) if weather good. Nice place :D.
You could start a thread about prisons in the UK, there might be some posters who know more about them than us.
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I am cuŕrently on the number of the beast for topics started.
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I have a new granddaughter! :)
Just an hour old....
Now I must try and get some sleep, lol..
Congrats SweetPea xx
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Truly horrible. Presumably no-one knew she was pregnant until it was too late to do anything about it.Not surprising for such a young child. The article says the father is only a few years older. What do they mean bya few years I wonder?
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Birdsong decoded
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/britain-enchanted-by-birds-telling-each-other-to-fk-off-20160413107967
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NS
Very good link - LOL!
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As part of my morning walk today I walked up the bridle path at the back of our house. The sun was in my eyes so I didn't see a bramble sticking out as I passed by. My vanishing beauty has now been greatly enhanced by a long scratch on my face, which was bleeding quite heavily. It is a good job vanity about my looks is not one of my many sins! ;D
I thought you had a painting in the loft? That's why you didn't need the everlasting life offered by Christ.
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Dear Jack Knave,
Nasty, but at the same time highly hilarious ;D ;D
Gonnagle.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, Floo.
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One of Wilde's, floo :D.
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What on earth are you rabbiting on about?
Gonny got it.
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I have just spent about a few hours in A&E as I had a fall this morning when walking up the bridle path. I slipped on some mud and landed on my right arm. I thought at first I had dislocated it as I have restricted movement in the top of the arm now. However, 4 X rays later it is found to be very badly bruised. I have to have physio on it in two weeks time! I can't drive, which is a real inconvenience!
Oww!
Sounds painful.
hope it mends soon Floo, so you regain your independence.
At least you spent just a couple of hours in A & E, sometimes it ends up being a lot longer.
Sometimes I find applying warmth helps.
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Sorry to hear that, floo. Do hope the physio exercises work well.
As we get older, just about the most important thing to do is not to fall! That is why I always wear good trainers. The base being wider, particularly at the heel, means that even if you catch your foot on something you are far less likely to trip. Also, since the accident (three years ago now!) I take a walking stick when I'm out as this extra point can form the fthird point of a triangle which is the most stable shape. Even though with exercise and determination I have regained full strength in my left hip and do not need to support myself with the stick, I never take a chance on going out without it, particularly because of the added problem of having only the peripheral vision on one side. Even in the house, I never try to turn quickly - quite a few people I know have done this and fallen - breaking hips or arms.
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I am so sorry to hear of the accident floo which sounds very painful indeed! Don't try & do too much while the bruising heals floo, give yourself time to recover. Get help if necessary! Glad you're going to have physio, you'll be OK eventually but it's unpleasant in the meantime.
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How you feeling floo?
(Only have one pound coin atm, unusual because I've saved them in a tin for a while. Probably spent any valuable ones :( )
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Thursday today, so that's tap class! 7 of us today and it's just lovely to hear all our feet tapping in unison.
And I have just spent an enjoyable twenty minutes or so watching some you tubes of the opening sequence from 42nd Street.
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Thursday today, so that's tap class! 7 of us today and it's just lovely to hear all our feet tapping in unison.
And I have just spent an enjoyable twenty minutes or so watching some you tubes of the opening sequence from 42nd Street.
You might like this one from 'Anything Goes' ......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo6lPifGnGA
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Thank you - I went straight to it! I'll add it to my collection of tap dancing favourites!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39748246
I hope this guy is sent down for a very long time, for deliberately mutilating his patients!
Very much agree. I hope the money he made from it all is used to pay for his stay in prison.
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Yesterday I had an apt at the hospital following tests two weeks ago. I have a small breast tumour for which the treatment is pills for three months and then a review. It is low grade and low level so that is good, but I thought that would be the diagnosis. I was most impressed that they seem to have found records of the last one which was 30 years ago!
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Yesterday I had an apt at the hospital following tests two weeks ago. I have a small breast tumour for which the treatment is pills for three months and then a review. It is low grade and low level so that is good, but I thought that would be the diagnosis. I was most impressed that they seem to have found records of the last one which was 30 years ago!
Hope all goes well, SusanD
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Thank you, NS.
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Thank you, Floo.
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;D That is really funny floo, pity you didn't take a photo. Wonder what they are advertising?I expect it's someone playing a prank on the house owners.
(Susan only just seen what you posted above, do hope you get on alright.)
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Yesterday I had an apt at the hospital following tests two weeks ago. I have a small breast tumour for which the treatment is pills for three months and then a review. It is low grade and low level so that is good, but I thought that would be the diagnosis. I was most impressed that they seem to have found records of the last one which was 30 years ago!
I am please to hear the good news Susan about something which must have been very worrying.
Up and onwards. Hope the treatment a complete success.
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Robinson and Sassy
Thank you for saying. Fortunately, I feel very well - I went to the gym this morning, for instance!
I wouldn't be surprised if, in a couple of years time, people started saying, 'Oh, are you stil here? I thought you were dead!' !!!
I've been taking the Letrozole since Thursday and no side effects so far.
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Robinson and Sassy
Thank you for saying. Fortunately, I feel very well - I went to the gym this morning, for instance!
I wouldn't be surprised if, in a couple of years time, people started saying, 'Oh, are you stil here? I thought you were dead!' !!!
I've been taking the Letrozole since Thursday and no side effects so far.
I'm glad all is going well. 🙂
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I'd not heard of one floo, is it like this?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4712.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xair+walker.TRS0&_nkw=air+walker&_sacat=0
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Looks great, folds up too.
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I was thinking of conservatory but don't think I'll buy one right now. Let us know how you get on with it.
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A bit of fun this morning - my daughter-in-law came to the dance studio and took a few minutes of me dancing! :) This is so that, when I'm dead, my sons will have a record of what ancient mother did!
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My husband had an appointment with the nurse at our surgery this morning for 9.00am. The poor guy has a nasty carbuncle on the back of his neck, which I am dealing with, but obviously it needs checking up on until it is better. We were seen at 8.48am and on our way home by 9.02am, how is that for service? :)
I hsd one of those years ago. Fucking awful it was. I wish him a speedy recovery.
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My husband had an appointment with the nurse at our surgery this morning for 9.00am. The poor guy has a nasty carbuncle on the back of his neck, which I am dealing with, but obviously it needs checking up on until it is better. We were seen at 8.48am and on our way home by 9.02am, how is that for service? :)
Yes, the NHS can be very fast. I had an infection on the first day of our holiday, and I rang the surgery at 8am, went round for a test, and got antibiotics by 10am, and we were on our way.
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The computer chap came this morning and fixed things so that I can see the video(s) my daughter-in-law took of me tap dancing!! Unfortunately, it has to be watched sideways! :)
If it's okay with studio owner, I will try and post a link to it, but that might take a while.
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That'll be good, Susan. :D
I have an ear infection and feel thoroughly miserable.
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Sorry to hear that, Floo. I haven't had an ear infection since I was a kid.
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I was taken out for lunch today by a handsome, sweet and very amusing young man. Just the tonic I needed!
This was posted by our middle daughter (43) on Facebook. No she isn't cheating on her old man, the young man in question is her son, nearly 13, who likes to treat his Mum to a meal from time to time. His reasoning is that very elderly people, like his mother, need looking after. ;D
If his description of a 43 year old is 'very elderly' what does he call people of our age!
On second, third and fouth thoughgts I don't think I want to know!
Though some years ago my son and his siister, 7 and 9 at the time, wetre doing their home work and having finished his he offered to help his sister with hers.
Sister: I have to show the difference betwen a pair of words and I'm stuck on one.
Brother: What are the words?
Sister: Old and ancient.
Brother: Oh, that's easy - Mum's old (29 then) and Dad's ancient (44)!
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Yet again this morning I have encountered a blocked pavement with no safe place to walk provided. I go for my long walk early on a Sunday so that I can move as smartly as I can without having to peer out for other people. On the way back I had a taxi and the driver stopped at the other end of the blockage and made a note of the communications company involved, so I have spent the last fifteen minutes writing a report. I have also left a message on their phone number, stating that I have a complaint and that they should phone me tomorrow. I intend to be at my assertive best!
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A friend of mine in Somerset was telling me about a local news item - a 90-year-old Zoomba dancer! I googled it and the article was very interesting. The pictures were light so I could get a good idea of what was going on.
I then googled zoomba dancing and watched part of a video! As my friend says, it is a bit like step aerobic classes without the step and every now and again the music includes someone calling out, 'zoom, zoom zoomba!'
Well it passed a quite interesting twenty minutes or so, but I must do the washing up now! :)
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Hello - I'm back, after a longish break.
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Welcome back Steve! Plenty to get your choppers into - go on, son :D
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Will do! I was most disappointed on another thread to be agreed with by Floo...
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Hospital today - pills apparently working, lump slightly smaller, no op even being considered , come back in six months time! Well, I thought that would probably be the opinion, but it is definitely good news. :) :)
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Hospital today - pills apparently working, lump slightly smaller, no op even being considered , come back in six months time! Well, I thought that would probably be the opinion, but it is definitely good news. :) :)
Definitely good news, hurrah
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Thank you, NS. :)!
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Thank you, Floo. :)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40861465
Wow!
wow! Thank you for posting that, Floo. Very interesting.
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This morning I pressed the button for a controlled crossing. No-one else crossing. The green man lit up, the beeps sounded. I held up my white stick ... and a car went straight across in front of me. Fortunately, I had not actually stepped off the kerb. Just as well I was wearing my hearing aids, the sound of the engine was not right for a car slowing down.
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Is it worth reporting this? Presumably the car will be on camera but it won't show that you were on the pavement.
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Is it worth reporting this? Presumably the car will be on camera but it won't show that you were on the pavement.
I did wonder about that, so I phoned 101 and spoke to a person in the enquiries dept who said she would record it in case similar events happen at the same place. As far as I know, there isn't a camera there - I'll see if I can find out.
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Like the case of the jogger pushing the woman into the road on Putney Bridge. I am just astonished at he number of nasty minded selfish people out there.
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All god wishes for your anniversary, Floo.
For anyone who is interested, my tap dancing video is now on my Face Book page - the Tech chap was here yesterday and fixed it for me! :)
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On my walk this morning I found £40 in notes lying on the pavement. I phoned 101 when I got in, but the police had no interest in the matter whatsoever. I have put a notice up near where I found the money, stating that if anyone has lost any money to call me, and tell me how much they are supposed to have lost. If a person phones and can't give the exact amount, of course they don't get the money. If the owner doesn't claim it by the end of the week I shall donate it to charity.
They may have lost more than £40 though. All you know for sure is that they lost at least that amount.
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Under the Theft Act 1968, a person is guilty of theft if they “dishonestly appropriate property [including cash] belonging to another”.
‘Lost property will continue to “belong to another”, unless it has genuinely been abandoned by the owner. The fact that cash has been dropped in the street does not necessarily mean it has been abandoned.’
However, he adds that in the end it’s down to whether you could reasonably believe the owner of the cash was untraceable, or you had already taken reasonable steps to find them – such as by going to the police.
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WOW, the Red Arrows have just flown passed our house, FANTASTIC! :)
That's not fair! :) Could you please tell them to fly past mine?! Are there nine of them again?
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That's not fair! :) Could you please tell them to fly past mine?! Are there nine of them again?
when they flew over the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, I watched it on TV and then went out onto the balcony as they flew over my flat
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My partner lives near Duxford so he gets Spitfires flying over his garden. :)
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'Scuse me, while I go and sulk! :D They will actually be at the Bournemouth Air Show three times later this week, but it is no good trying to see them. Even if I did decide to get the train and then find my way down to near the pier somewhere, I'd need someone to keep pointing out where they were to make it worth while. But at least I have been there, done that, got the Red Arrow mug!
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I found out today that my web site, which used a free space provided bymy ISP when I joined back in about 2002, has been DIS-CON-TIN-UED, i.e. the free web space has been discontinued. This means that my personal web site is no longer available and has vanished for ever into a cyber grave.
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And today I find I hav shingles!! Well, I could really do without that, thank you very much! On my neck left hand side front. Saw Duty Doc (who happened to be my GP which was good) at 8:30 this morning and have started the pills - 7 days, 5 a day. I have to say that I am very dis-pleased And I checked this afternoon about swimming, and I cannot swim until two weeks after it has cleared completely.
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Bad luck, Susan, when I had it, I felt as sick as a dog, and stayed in bed. The drugs do help.
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Thank you, Floo.
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Bad luck, Susan, when I had it, I felt as sick as a dog, and stayed in bed. The drugs do help.
Thank you, wigginhall. Do you remember how long it took for the shingles to clear up?
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Thank you, wigginhall. Do you remember how long it took for the shingles to clear up?
My rash got better quite quickly, although it hurt like hell to start with. About a week. But I felt very tired for 2 weeks. It's a nasty virus.
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I am so sorry to hear about your shingles, Susan. Very unpleasant. It will clear up soon but is not nice while you have it - give yourself a fortnight (I had it not long after aunt died two and a bit years ago). However, in a few days you will feel much better if not quite recovered.
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wigginhall and robinson
Thank you for your posts - that is encouraging!
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I hope you're feeling a bit better Susan.
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Thank you, robinson. The itching has more or less stopped. It is a bit of a bind though having to take the pills five times a day! I'm an early bird, so I have, as today, taken the first one at 5:30, but yesterday evening it was quite difficult to remain awake until 9:30 p.m.! :)
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I can imagine, think I'd have taken the pills a bit eariier, don't suppose it would hurt. But glad itching has stopped & hope it isn't too painful.
Remember having something to 'paint' on mine (which was front of waist), my mum had it too some years back, round waist, & had to apply something to it.
You take care of yourself.
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A man from the local Fire and Rescue people has just been to change the smoke alarms. I have them fitted as a free service because of my blindness and age. They put new ones in about a year or so ago, but then about six weeks ago, they started cheeping. They fitted two- well I thought it was two - new ones, but these also started cheeping, so that's why they had to try again.
He pointed out that I had three - well, that was news to me - I thought I only had two! But no, there's one in the hall too. Ah, well, we live and learn! :)
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I had my hand too near the mug and managed to scald it with boiling water intended for the mug. Held under running cold tap for an extended time and although it is sore to the touch, I think I have avoided a burn which would need attention. Stupid thing to do. I should know better by now!
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Thank you, Floo. Actually, I thought it was probably better to be safe than sorry, so phoned a taxi and went to Lymington Hospital Small Injuries clinic where I was the only patient - well, it was still only about 8:20 a.m.! There is a dressing which is put on worse burns which contains some sort of Vaseline, but I didn't need the dressing, so she took it apart and smeared the ointment over the back of my hand, and said to use E45 all the time to keep it moist. So it was sensible to get it checked. Back home by 9:0!
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I have a small scar on my tummy where I managed to iron it while pregnant. Apparently it's not uncommon as mums to be forget how much space they take up. :-[
Speedy recovery, Susan.
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Rhiannon
Oh dear! Glad to hear the scar is small!
Whatever the nurse put on my hand this morning has worked wonders. I have also been putting E45 on all day. It was probably a good idea to go straight to the Clinic this morning.
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I have a small scar on my tummy where I managed to iron it while pregnant.
No amount of ironing will get rid of that bunp!
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I have just seen this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-41402931
A mermaid has been banned from a swimming pool in Bromsgrove!
Bloody foreigners. Thank goodness Brexit will help to keep them out!
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They can breathe underwater though and will wash up onto the beach at night.
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They can breathe underwater though and will wash up onto the beach at night.
I suppose that is better than the usual jellyfish and condoms!
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On Saturday, I am flying to Jersey for the day to see my one remaining sibling. He was over here quite a few times before our brother died in July, so we thought it would be nice for me to go over there for a few hours. It is many years since last I visited.
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Have a good time, even if it is Jersey you are visiting, I am a Guernsey girl. :)
My sister-in-law's mother was Guernsey born. She died early last year aged 102 and was on Channel Islands TV! The Mayor of St Helier was there because she was quite a figure there. Her husband was Vicar of one of the main CofE churches.
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My sister-in-law's mother was Guernsey born. She died early last year aged 102 and was on Channel Islands TV! The Mayor of St Helier was there because she was quite a figure there. Her husband was Vicar of one of the main CofE churches.
But Susan, St Helier is in Jersey not Guernsey. Be careful how you tread - this is Donkeys versus Toads territory.
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Don't they have 'constables' but spelled in a French way, in each parish? A type of mayoral equivalent.
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But Susan, St Helier is in Jersey not Guernsey. Be careful how you tread - this is Donkeys versus Toads territory.
:) I spent a pleasant day with my brother and sister-in-law yesterday. We did not go out because it rained, but we had a very delicious home-baked steak and kidney pie. I was offered a second helping and accepted - it was so delicious!!
Yes, my sister-in-law's mother was born in Guernssey but lived most of her life in Jersey - which I mention just in case anyone was, in fact, confused!! :)
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I think it's a great name. Could it be a historic family surname?
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Aaarghhh! Been stuck in the middle of an ongoing house-move for three months now - we had our offer accepted in early July - and we went round to measure up for stuff this weekend (what kind of person takes the curtains with them when they've already moved out and been living somewhere else for two years!?!?!?!) only to find that they've dug up the drains in the back garden...
Argh!
O.
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Godyn is Flemish. I think it's quite a good name.
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Possibly, the boy's mother, whom I have never met, is of Eastern European origin, I think.
I did a google and found it as a Polish surname.
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Aaarghhh! Been stuck in the middle of an ongoing house-move for three months now - we had our offer accepted in early July - and we went round to measure up for stuff this weekend (what kind of person takes the curtains with them when they've already moved out and been living somewhere else for two years!?!?!?!) only to find that they've dug up the drains in the back garden...
Argh!
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Sympathies. Will the work be put right?
The owner of the place I moved to last year took the curtain poles too.
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Sympathies. Will the work be put right?
A number of phone calls have been made this morning trying to ascertain this - the work is being done by the neighbour, as it's their drain which runs across the property.
The owner of the place I moved to last year took the curtain poles too.
I get that curtains can be expensive (these definitely aren't!), but the people we're buying from have not lived there for two years, they've been renting the place out. What do they need with the curtains - have they been sat in their new places for two years waiting for this to sell so they could finally have curtains again?
O.
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That is sweet!
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Every now and again, I turn on the oven in order to put, say, a potato in to bake, go on the computer and then, after half-an-hour, remember that I have forgotten to put the potato in. this I did just now too.
Very annoying!! :D
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The best way is to do both - in the microwave for 10 minutes to cook inside then into a hot oven to go crispy.
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I have no other purpose for a microwave. Slow baked in the oven also always tastes better.
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I definitely like them really crisp and nice and fluffy inside!
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The best way is to do both - in the microwave for 10 minutes to cook inside then into a hot oven to go crispy.
a microwave with an integral oven , you cant go wrong!
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This afternoon my super next-door neighbour very kindly came in to help me put re-cycle bags, plus tied on with string, over the back and seat of a swivel chair and then put it out on the front grass for collection and disposal by the Council tomorrow morning. It wasn't expensive and is still comfortable to sit in, but it is too large and too heavy. The (imitation!) leather has torn in places and although it was just right for sitting in when I first got the computer, I now need, and have bought, a neater swivel chair with a straighter, firmer back.
It looks quite odd, sitting out there!! :)
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My husband, who eats baked potatoes, would object if they were crispy, he likes the way I do them.
Or that's what he tells you! ;)
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Good for him, I like people who tell it like it is. At least you know where you are with them.
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You haven't met my husband, he always tells the truth, if he doesn't like something I soon know about it! He has never been in the business of sparing someone's feelings, he tells it like it is.
Maybe he just says that - to spare your feelings! :-\
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That is hilarious as you would know if you met him. ;D As I said he tells it like it is, which doesn't always make him popular. He tells me if he doesn't like the food he is eating. Our tastes are different so he has the food he likes and I have what I like, no problem.
Goddess help you, and him, Floo, if a militant feminist ever reads the above comments!
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I was out at exactly the same time - once the clouds parted it was beautiful.
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It was gorgeous last night driving home, the clouds only added to the beauty of it. Thick fog has come down here now, can’t see across the road. Don’t think it’s going to burn off either.
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Tonight’s moon is blood red. And yes, I know it’s pollution.
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It is too cloudy to see the moon at present, but no doubt the end timers will be over the moon if it is red. ;D
We had a red sun a couple of months back and seem to have come through it unscathed. These end timers need a new strategy.
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Yesterday at tap I was able to hop on my left foot a bit! There are of course quite a few steps where hopping is necessary.:)
Before the accident, even though the hip was very dodgy, it wwas no bother, but it has taken me all this time to get to the stage where my left hip and leg muscles are strong enough to include hops, in spite of the hip.
Example: tap spring, tap spring , tap spring shuffle hop; repeat four times; quite fast!
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Just testing to see if I have accidentally logged out.
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If my parents had lived it would have been their 70th wedding anniversary today.
Bless them. How lovely to get married at Christmas! Mine married as early as possible in the new year (59 years next month - I think, I'm not good with dates), they tell me it was still very festive. Can't beat Christmas though.
Just testing to see if I have accidentally logged out.
You're still here Susan!
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Every Friday I get an e-mail from Amazon with suggestions as to what to ask Alexa to do. One of today's was 'Alexa, start 7-minute work-out!!' It started with 'jumping jacks, and then a little ping after about a minute, but I'll have a proper try at it later.
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Hospital check-up yesterday. Tumour has shrunk a bit more. Next apt in six months, then probably discharge and keep taking the pills! :)
Annual lunch for my tap group today. It was a most enjoyable few hours.
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Yesterday afternoon I had a headache, after a silent migraine - the jazzy eye thing. I never get headaches. Paracetamol didn't work. So, as I didn't feel right, I phone 111 to ask whether it could be that flu. A nurse phoned me back, but concluded a 999 call was required. Sigh!!!
BP up to 208/95 I was trundled off to A&E but it was fairly quiet and I was seen quickly. It was most likely a small bleed in the brain, but I gradually improved and came home. They are so good there, aren't they? Blood tests, ECG, doing all the checks, no feeling of being rushed or anything. I am back to normal this morning, but I think I might decide that my usual walk might not be the best idea!
The doctor said I could either go to a Stroke Clinic or see GP, so I will see GP on Monday, just to check up on medication etc.
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Take care, Susan.
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Thank you, Little Roases and rhiannon. I feel a bit tired this morning, but then I didn't get to bed unti lmidnight!
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You have my very best wishes, SD.
I, too, have silent migraines. There was a short period last summer when I was having scotomas almost every day - in addition to which I was having dizzy spells. Naturally (after consulting Dr Internet) I was convinced I had Meniere's disease, I've had tinnitus for years.
The GP (a trainee - standing in for my own GP) put me on an antihistimine which cleared up the dizziness. Since then I have had very few episodes of migraine. She did not think I had Meniere's but was having some inner ear problems which she thought the antihistine would clear up. She was probably right.
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Thank you for your post, HH. Actually, since my heart surgery four years ago, I did not have any of those silent migraines - I did not know they were called scotomas - until last year. I always rather assumed they were to do with blood pressure, but who knows?!! The internet doctor knows far too much, I think!
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It can be helpful though. I have had all kinds of odd symptoms for years - many of which were dismissed as ‘stress’. I had really had enough a few years ago and did a bit of detective work on google and discovered that the likely root of my problems - from pains in my feet to migraine - was my spine being thrown out of line by my having hypermobility. A trip to the GP followed by a consultation with a physio confirmed just that. Now I can manage the situation and am reasonably pain free thanks to exercise, nurofen and massage.
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I AM OLD! :D
But nowhere near as old as I am!!!
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Littleroses, who is the author of the quote in your posts?
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I am probably going to have to change my medication(Letrozole) because I'm having a (rare) side effect - some hair loss. I don't mind losing hair on upper lip :) and can cope if necessary with no eyebrows, which are already much thinner, but I draw the line at disappearing eye lashes, so next appointment brought forward from July to March.
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A local pub has a sign saying "Six Nations Live Here". Bloody immigrants!
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What a horrible thing to say! >:(
It's a joke.
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Hell's teeth, Paulo Rosae - apart from your lamentable sense-of-humour failure, having known me online for some years, and knowing my politics to be left of sensible, do you really think I would say "bloody immigrants" in all seriousness?
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Bloody idiot! ;)
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Hell's teeth, Paulo Rosae - apart from your lamentable sense-of-humour failure, having known me online for some years, and knowing my politics to be left of sensible, do you really think I would say "bloody immigrants" in all seriousness?
I think you flatter yourself if you think that we shoulde remember your posts, your political views, etc etc from day to day, let alone week by week. , There are probably some who can keep a mental file on that sort of thing, and I think that is commendable, but as I cannot ever check anything quickly
what I do is to respond to the current posts.
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I think you flatter yourself if you think that we shoulde remember your posts, your political views, etc etc from day to day, let alone week by week. , There are probably some who can keep a mental file on that sort of thing, and I think that is commendable, but as I cannot ever check anything quickly
what I do is to respond to the current posts.
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That isn't what he wrote, and it was addressed to LR.
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Still not funny, as people seem to have it in for immigrants these days.
And the joke is mocking them
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If you say so! ::)
it works on the basis of implying that someone who is racist is dumb enough to think that an advert for the showing of the Six Nations Rugby in a pub when the match is on live, actually refers to 6 different nations living in the pub.
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I don't get that either, but I know nothing about rugby or any other sort of sport, nor do I wish to, so save your breath to cool your porridge.
You don't need to know anything about rugby. The point is that since you have no clue what the joke is about then you are unable to say that it is offensive
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That isn't what he wrote, and it was addressed to LR.
Is there a new rule which says one cannot respond to posts addressed to others? that would be a pity.
By the way, I am using the proxy site most of the time. Do you know why it stays on line and the other one doesn't?
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Is there a new rule which says one cannot respond to posts addressed to others? that would be a pity.
By the way, I am using the proxy site most of the time. Do you know why it stays on line and the other one doesn't?
No, but given he was talking about the knowledge that LR of his posting and not commenting on the knowledge of anyone else, then comments from anyone else about their knowledge of him would be irrelevant.
As for the proxy site, to be honest, I'm not sure what the problem is that it avoids in this case because the problem that happens for you, and occasionallh me is intermittent.
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Still not funny, as people seem to have it in for immigrants these days.
Not only these days! I remember when I was at school the outcry about 'Asian' immigrants coming here first from Kenya and then from Idi Amin's Uganda.
It was pretty obvious the poster was joking though LR. No-one here would say,"Bloody immigrants", on here and mean it.
(I was of course serious when I called him a bloody idiot ;). )
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Not only these days! I remember when I was at school the outcry about 'Asian' immigrants coming here first from Kenya and then from Idi Amin's Uganda.
It was pretty obvious the poster was joking though LR. No-one here would say,"Bloody immigrants", on here and mean it.
(I was of course serious when I called him a bloody idiot ;). )
Society is far, far better now than the far right racism back in the 70s. Incredibly violent times.
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Too right. If people were only able to put themselves in the position of a person uprooted from their home, some of their family, starting over in a foreign land.....
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Well done to him!
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I have seen this before ;)
Why do spiders hide in my bath? ;D
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Well, it looks very much as if I have a pulmonary embolism! I might well have had it for several weeks!!! I was so dizzy yesterday when I got up that I had to call 111. I had to cancel tap dancing! Saw GP in the afternoon. She took blood test and I'll have result today. Fortunately, I feel well at the moment!
Watch this space!
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Thank you, LR.
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GP has phoned to say blood test results negative - so no pulmonary embolism!! Next thing will be exercise ECG.
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GP has phoned to say blood test results negative - so no pulmonary embolism!! Next thing will be exercise ECG.
Take care
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NS and LR
Thank you for saing.
I saw GP at 6:05 (they work late on Fridays!) and fortunately it was the one who knows me best. Angina is almost certainly the right answer. I have prescription for spray to use if I experience the tightness across my upper chest. This should work immediately. If pain persists, then dial 999!
I shall be having an exercise ECG at Southampton during the next week or so, and GP said that they will probably do other checks as well.
I feel very well otherwise, but on a serious note - if I don't visit this site or post something for too long, then an e-mail to this computer will be seen by my neighbour or my son who lives in Salisbury. I am assuming that you have my e-mail address NS?
I do not, however, expect this to be necessary for a good long while yet! :)
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Yes, SusanDoris we have your email address. But keep passing the open windows!
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NS - passing the open windows - that's an expression I have never heard before! Where does it come from?
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NS - passing the open windows - that's an expression I have never heard before! Where does it come from?
One of my many favourite books
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hotel_New_Hampshire
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Just catching up with this, SD, take good care. You are who I want to be when I grow up. :)
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NS - I have read the synopsis of the book - what a complicated story; it sounds more like half-a-dozen books all rolled into one.
Just catching up with this, SD, take good care. You are who I want to be when I grow up. :)
:) Thank you.
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I do not, however, expect this to be necessary for a good long while yet! :)
Good!
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Locally, there is a social club organised once a month for the blind and partially sighted which I attend occasionally. today the speaker was Denice Ryan who has had a career as a stuntwoman. She is semi-retired now, but finds it amusing that she is now asked to perform any stunts needed for the older women in various TV series. She was a very good speaker. She has been for quite a few years now a stunt co-ordinator.
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I wonder if any of the parents who name their daughter "Jade" know what the word meant 200-odd years ago...
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It was known as the 'loin stone', reputed to cure conditions of the loins and kidneys, apparently.
The older meaning of "jade", not the stone. Look it up.
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I'll help you out. Scroll down to the second definition. Very roughly, it meant "slag" or "slut". We get the adjective "jaded" from it.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/jade
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People use the name because of the stone and colour. The archaic term is, well, archaic.
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People use the name because of the stone and colour. The archaic term is, well, archaic.
Clive James used it in a newspaper column a few years ago.
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Clive James used it in a newspaper column a few years ago.
So people will think he was referring to the stone.
Language changes. For the sake of clarity using archaic terms doesn’t serve a purpose in the context of a newspaper colum, however self-satisfied.
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We gave our youngest girl her second name because it was associated with my maternal grandmother, of whom I was very fond. We would have given her my grandmother's first name but no child should be saddled with 'Bertha', even as a second name. Besides which, my grandmother disliked it. My husband didn't like her mother's first name, so we settled on, 'Jane', that of her mother-in-law. WHOOPS! we had registered her names before informing my grandmother, it turns out she couldn't stand her mother-in-law! :o
In my family I’ve found some lovely names dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. I know Henrietta isn’t that unusual but I had no idea it was a family name. There’s also a couple of Roseinas, and a Luke, which I’ve always liked as a man’s name.
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So people will think he was referring to the stone.
Language changes. For the sake of clarity using archaic terms doesn’t serve a purpose in the context of a newspaper colum, however self-satisfied.
He wrote "fortune always was a fickle jade", which can hardly refer to the stone.
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I am feeling really fed up with myself. I got something out of the freezer to defrost last night before I went bed. I discovered this morning I hadn't closed the freezer properly, and everything in it has defrosted! Some stuff I will be able to use in the next day or so, but some I have had to dispose of. I HATE food waste, especially as there are so many people starving in this world! :o
That is just so annoying, isn't it. I did that not long ago, but I did take a chance on some of the stuff and have now used all that, so it was okay!
With my Tech chap's help I am now subscribed to the Daily Telegraph crosswords and can print off the cryptic and the quick to work on them on my CCTV. I only tackle about two of the cryptics a week so far, because it takes me several days to almost complete them - the last few clues I look up the answers. It is annoying when you can't work out the reason for the actual answer! It is so nice to have another hobby to do.
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I am feeling really fed up with myself. I got something out of the freezer to defrost last night before I went bed. I discovered this morning I hadn't closed the freezer properly, and everything in it has defrosted! Some stuff I will be able to use in the next day or so, but some I have had to dispose of. I HATE food waste, especially as there are so many people starving in this world! :o
I sympathise with you 100%! Happened to me a couple of years ago - not sure if it was me or husband but I took the blame. The amount of stuff we had to throw away or cook quickly* is dreadful. Since then both of us have been doubly careful when closing freezers.
*Was nice, we cooked things we wouldn'totherwise have cooked routinely :). Not advertising leaving freezer not properly closed tho', just saying.
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One advantage of chest freezers, I suppose - gravity will close the door, even if you forget.
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Saw Doctor at Chest Pain clinic today - seems I must go back on to beta blockers so I hope that will solve the problem. When I got home, I phoned the surgery to ask for a prescription to be made up, but the hospital had already phoned them to say. I was most impressed.
Bit of a long story, but I was taken off beta blockers about 15 months ago.
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Welll, I got as far as when he got to college and had to pass an exam with some blue book, but I couldn't face reading any more!
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And just when you thought life couldn't get any crazier, I found this on the BBC news website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43700153
Very interesting LR! It often surprises people to know how many adults cannot read & have spent all their lives avoiding situations because of it. Prisons too have a high number of inmates who are illiterate - one can imagine the situations they get into & how they react with violence. A sad business.
I'm glad the man learned to read eventually but I do wish he had had more help when he was at school; he would now! I did think at one time of doing a course on teaching adults to read but really didn't - and still don't - have the time to commit to it; maybe when I retire.
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Be thankful you're not in the House of Commons. There are 300-odd lizards there, on the Tory benches.
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HA! HA!
I have found the lizard and put it in a large glass jar in a sunny position with plenty of foliage to hid under. My daughter would like to see it, I will release it into the wild after her visit this morning.
Are you sure it won’t overheat?
Maybe your daughter could make do with some photos.
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Please be careful.
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We have decided it is probably a newt and I have made it a small pond in the garden and it seems happy enough, end of story.
Good, I like newts.
I’ve only ever seen a native lizard twice. Once was when I found a slow worm next to a busy road in a nearby town, which I moved into a hedgerow nearby. The other was when a common lizard was stuck on the concrete sea defences on a beach in Norfolk. We took a quick photo before my daughter put him back up in the dunes so he could hide from the gulls in the marram grass. I still have photos of both on my phone.
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The slow worm or blind worm - so called because it's not slow, it's not blind, and it's not a worm.
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Good to see Sriram posting again. :)
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Yes it is, I wondered about him yesterday.
Back to lizards, haven't seen a native one for many years - since I was a child.
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About time too!
I was up at 5.20 am and there was no news then.
Well of course I hope all goes well & she produces a healthy child fairly soon.
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They need a job
Quite sufficient to see and hear about it on TV.
I'm expecting the usual anti-monarchist flack but personally, I'm delighted. Knew she would pop today! Good news about her sister being pregnant too.
Next one - Zara Phillips's baby.
Nice for the Queen to have two great grandchildren this year.
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Pity they've used up George.
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Darren? Jade? Wayne? Kayleigh?
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"Seksen bir" is Turkish for "Eighty-one", and English for "a great night out".
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And the significance of that is?
It's a joke
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I don't get it?
Seksen bir = Sex and beer
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Obvious but this headline from Newsthump still made me laugh.
http://newsthump.com/2018/05/03/oxford-analytica-officially-declare-victory-over-longstanding-rivals-after-cambridge-analytica-close/
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I'd just like to mention that I am a bit sad that new posts are so dominated by political views. I suppose it is because we have sort of run out of new opinions on any religious or philosophical discussions, but personally, I don't mind going over them again! :)
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I'd just like to mention that I am a bit sad that new posts are so dominated by political views. I suppose it is because we have sort of run out of new opinions on any religious or philosophical discussions, but personally, I don't mind going over them again! :)
Why? It's just another area of discussion. IF you don't want to take part you don't have to.
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Why? It's just another area of discussion. IF you don't want to take part you don't have to.
Well, one of the reasons is that my hobbies/activities are so limited that if there is not so much of one of the things I can do, and enjoy doing, then that is a pity for me personally. And that is no-one's problem but my ownand I deal with it sensibly and practically!!
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I'd just like to mention that I am a bit sad that new posts are so dominated by political views. I suppose it is because we have sort of run out of new opinions on any religious or philosophical discussions, but personally, I don't mind going over them again! :)
How do you mean?
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How do you mean?
I suppose the 'Searching for God' is a good example!! I've long since forgotten the first few pages
, but in any case the same ideas come up in different forms and are always interesting to talk about from perhaps a slightly different angle! It Is, as I have mentioned occasionally, like an old group of friends who have met for years just to discuss and, although we know each others' views, the next meeting is always something to look forward to. In the end, the original group I belonged to here ceased, not because any of us had become fed up with it, but simply because circumstances had changed. One couple I bump into regularly in town are now 92 and 88 and there is still the same instant ease of communication.
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We were driving round Peterborough, and I noticed some road signs saying, 'do not use satnav'. I think it's because there are lots of new roads, and maybe people are going up cul de sacs, and into ditches. Strange to see them.
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Is it April fools day?
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/permission-nappy-change-consent-sexuality-expert-deanne-carson-a8345581.html
This sexuality expert is suggesting parents ask their babies consent before changing their nappies! :o
A not very interesting story on the face of it, but this take on it is, I think. Because babies can’t consent but very often don’t fancy being changed, so asking for ‘consent’ and then changing them anyway teaches them what, exactly?
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I attended the funeral of a friend yesterday. Very sad.....but two of the songs played were Matt Munro songs. I had forgotten what a fine vocalist he was.
The last song "Softly as I Leave you" left not a dry eye in the crematorium.
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Are you a Yanny or a Laurel person? When I heard the sound on television I heard Yanny very distinctly. When I listened to it from the following site through earphones I heard Laurel.
https://blogs.webmd.com/webmd-interviews/2018/05/yanny-or-laurel-what-an-audiologist-hears.html
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Yanny when on tablet, both Laurel and Yanny when I heard it on radio
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Does anyone else think that Dr Hardy in 'Casualty' is an obnoxious, jumped-up little shit?
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I've missed the last two episodes. I thought he was OK but when he was 'acting clinical lead' he was out of his depth and alienated people. I'll give you a more informed opinion when (if) I catch up.
Where's Little Roses? She likes Casualty.
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I've missed the last two episodes. I thought he was OK but when he was 'acting clinical lead' he was out of his depth and alienated people. I'll give you a more informed opinion when (if) I catch up.
Where's Little Roses? She likes Casualty.
Moderator LittleRoses asked for her membership of the board to be cancelled.
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Thanks NS. Hope LR is alright, if she looks in I wish her all the best.
Everything happens when I'm away!
This afternoon a greenfinch flew though my open French doors and sat on one of the sofas which was unoccupied. Really beautiful. It must have been scared so I opened the doors wide, stood behind it and eventually it flew out.
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StevenH I watched Casualty last night & previous episode. No, can't say I found Ethan to be an 'obnoxious, jumped-up little shit', he seemed same as always to me. He was out of his depth when acting clinical lead which led to staff relation problems,wasn't ready for that responsibility . Maybe I missed something that you saw, I was half asleep last night and haven't long been up this morning!
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This morning I walked to Barton, sat on the bench by the Beachcomber, got out my mobile to phone for a taxi home. No ringing tone. I asked a passerby walking her dog, if she would be kind enough to see why it didn't seem to be working. No signal or something. She got out her phone - same thing. She walked to a different spot - same result. She then asked me where I lived - and drove me home. That was so very kind. Such a nice woman too - has lived in this area for almost as long as I have but she is much younger!
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My son, my baby boy, officially now has bigger feet than I do. How did that happen? :-\
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My son, my baby boy, officially now has bigger feet than I do. How did that happen? :-
Ah, yes, I remember the day I was tryin to tell my younger son off and he was tall enough to look down slightly at me! :D
Today I bought a new non-slip bath mat to stand on when I shower for safety. I read the instructions because I don't want it to perish too quickly. Rule No. 6 was to avoid something or other because it would 'effect efficiency', so for fun I looked up the company and found a contact number, spoke to a chap and explained the problem! He said that next time they order another lot from China, they wil correct this!!
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They shoot up, don’t they? My younger daughter is taller than me now, and in the car this evening I suddenly realised my son has a deep, manly singing voice now.
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Our middle daughter phoned this morning to say our eldest grandson (16) passed his Grade 6 piano exam with flying colours. :)
His brother (nearly 14) belongs to an archery club, which he joined a couple of months ago. They had some former Olympians visiting the club last night. Apparently they were highly impressed with his prowess in the sport and reckon he could represent his country in the future. :)
I am a proud old granny. :)
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You have every right to be :)
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Ah, yes, I remember the day I was tryin to tell my younger son off and he was tall enough to look down slightly at me! :D
Today I bought a new non-slip bath mat to stand on when I shower for safety. I read the instructions because I don't want it to perish too quickly. Rule No. 6 was to avoid something or other because it would 'effect efficiency', so for fun I looked up the company and found a contact number, spoke to a chap and explained the problem! He said that next time they order another lot from China, they wil correct this!!
Both of my sons make me look like a midget that's the trouble when you adopt them you've very little idea of much about what they're likely to grow into, I suppose it's a bit of a bonus but there was little fear of them being as good looking as their parents, tough but they had to be told.
Regards to all ippy
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The bridle path at the back of our property is being mown and the trees cut back, for the first time this year. Special tractors are used for the purpose. Usually it would have been done at least half a dozen times by now, but our council is strapped for cash. Normally it doesn't cause us any problems but because it has been left so long the tree branches are larger and one of them about 18 inches long and a couple of inches wide flew over our fence, and hit our sunroom patio doors! Fortunately no damage was done. I have had a word with guys who were most apologetic. I also noticed the Millennium Stone put up when the bridle path was created has been knocked over an damaged, WHOOPS! Not entirely their fault as it was completely grown over and they couldn't have seen it. I suspect the council will get some flak for that.
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I have spent most of the afternoon at the hospital with my husband. He has a possible UTI, but they are going to check out it isn't his dodgy prostate going pear shaped. I must admit it is a relief that they have kept him in, as the last two days haven't been easy to put it mildly. :o No doubt they will kick him out soon, in all probability tomorrow.
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I wish you both well and hope that he's better soon.
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I have spent most of the afternoon at the hospital with my husband. He has a possible UTI, but they are going to check out it isn't his dodgy prostate going pear shaped. I must admit it is a relief that they have kept him in, as the last two days haven't been easy to put it mildly. :o No doubt they will kick him out soon, in all probability tomorrow.
I'm sorry to hear that,YR. I hope the hospital can put him back on track again.
I seem to have been visiting hospitals fairly regularly lately! I'm still waiting for results of tests. Latest thing has been low potassium.
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I have spent most of the afternoon at the hospital with my husband. He has a possible UTI, but they are going to check out it isn't his dodgy prostate going pear shaped. I must admit it is a relief that they have kept him in, as the last two days haven't been easy to put it mildly. :o No doubt they will kick him out soon, in all probability tomorrow.
Hope it gets sorted, LR. Glad he's getting looked after.
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I'm sorry to hear that,YR. I hope the hospital can put him back on track again.
I seem to have been visiting hospitals fairly regularly lately! I'm still waiting for results of tests. Latest thing has been low potassium.
Hope you get fixed too, SD!
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Thank you. :)
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Thank you. :)
From me too!
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I have spent most of the afternoon at the hospital with my husband. He has a possible UTI, but they are going to check out it isn't his dodgy prostate going pear shaped. I must admit it is a relief that they have kept him in, as the last two days haven't been easy to put it mildly. :o No doubt they will kick him out soon, in all probability tomorrow.
Hope he recovers quickly LR: and that you take the opportunity to look after yourself.
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What Gordon said LR!
Susan I hope your test results come back normal.
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So today after having had the hall and stairs redecorated, I thought I would spruce up the blinds we have up at the stair windows.
Who knew the blinds were silver ?
I am ashamed to say the layer of dust that has accumulated over the past (ahem) several years has given the impression that the colour was a sort of murky grey. A rancid pond look if you will.
The rest of the house does get cleaned, honest. It's just these blinds are awkward to get to - and as Quentin Crisp once remarked:
“There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.”
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I'm with Crisp on that one but I'm reliably informed that dust bunnies do become feral after a while.
My house is thoroughly cleaned once a fortnight which suits me. We always have a tidy up the night before the cleaner's due.
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L R, hope it all goes well for both of you and you too Susan.
Kindest possible regards to the pair of you, ippy.
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Excellent.
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Thanks for the kind comments. :) I phoned the hospital a few minutes ago to see how my husband is doing, I was told he had a comfortable night, whatever that actually means. He will undergo a number of tests today. My daughter and I will visit him this afternoon.
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Hope all goes well, LR.
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I saw my husband this afternoon and he didn't seem too bad, apparently the scan was clear, but we still haven't been told exactly what his problem is, I assume it is a bad UTI. My daughters are visiting him tomorrow and I will go in on Sunday. I get the impression they are hoping to discharge him on Monday, all being well.
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Good luck, LR, At least you are in a cooler part of the country which will help him to stay well once home.
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Good luck, LR, At least you are in a cooler part of the country which will help him to stay well once home.
We have had the temperatures as high as 32C! My husband definitely has a UTI, they have put him on antibiotics They may discharge him tomorrow or Tuesday, I am hoping for another day or two before he comes home to fully recharge my batteries. I will see him this afternoon.
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I have only one family member left, an aunt (who was living immediately next door and was, for all practical in tents and porpoises, mum #2), who is 90 today (and somehow healthier, fitter, livelier, more zesty, more energetic and just more everything than I ever was or have ever been), so a bit of a lash-up in a reet nice place is in order.
Posting light until further notice. If it's more than a few days, send out the helicopter.
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Have a great bash and best wishes to your aunt
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My husband was in a great deal of pain when we saw him a little while ago. They had removed the catheter at 10.30 am but he still hadn't managed to go when we arrived about 3.30pm, in spite of drinking plenty of water. The longest he has ever managed to last in the past was 2hrs, and that was on rare occasions. But the silly man didn't like to tell the nurse he was in pain! :o Anyway they will re-catheterise him, as soon as a doctor is available to do it, as it is now a specialist task, a nurse can't do it. I don't want him coming out of hospital until they have sorted him out.
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Sounds like he is in the best place right now, LR - and he's better there until he is recovered enough to return home. Fingers crossed he improves over the coming days.
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Oh dear, LR, hope it gets sorted for him.
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Oh dear, LR, hope it gets sorted for him.
I think they might discharge him today, with the catheter in place, I believe it now has to be in for two weeks before they will try to remove it again.
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My husband was discharged at lunchtime. I am still getting to grips with how to sort out his catheter, and how to attach the night time one to the one around his leg. I am not great on written instructions, I prefer to be shown how to do it.
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This is worrying for you LR but I'm sure you'll cope. You say the hospital gave instructions & hopefully spare bags to your husband on discharge.
The District Nurse should have been contacted to come in regularly and care for his catheter, worth phoning your GP to make sure that has been put in place.
There are some youtube videos demonstrating what to do with night time catheters attached to leg, might be easier than reading instructions.
Good wishes to you both.
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I wasn't shown how to connect up the night catheter, as there was a screw up. No one on the ward told me that he was being discharged, and he was already in the discharge lounge when I finally discovered what was going on! Anyway, our youngest daughter put in an appearance this afternoon, and worked out what to do. She explained it all to this senile old bat, so hopefully I will be able to do the business later on.
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Our tiger is sunning itself just outside the front door. From a distance it looks realistic, in 2005 when we were in a rented 4th floor apartment near the prom in Eastbourne for nine months, we thought it might be fun to take it with us. I was so amused when a group of Japanese tourists congregated below the apartment taking photos. ;D
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There is an extremely strong smell of smoke this morning, I assume it is from the grass fires some miles away. We have only had one heavy shower of rain lasting about 5 minutes, instead of all the rain forecast. :o
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Something amusing, seeing Mary Berry playing drums at a festival, I wonder if she gets smashed on vodka afterwards.
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I often state I am never going to do something again, then do it! ::)
This morning both my husband and I are candidates for the funny farm, we have been scene shifting yet again! Last time we moved certain items, which are really heavy, I stated categorically that they would stay put forever more! However, my husband had other ideas, good ones at it happens, so once more the furniture was on the move.
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That's good, shows your husband is feeling better.
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That's good, shows your husband is feeling better.
Nothing has changed on his health status.
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This morning our tiger is sitting outside our front door sunning himself. I have explained to him that he must be on his best behaviour, the freezer doesn't require restocking at present with his offerings. ;D
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Er....Tiger? Is that the name of your cat (who catches rodents birds and fish for you)?
They do like basking in the sun as long as it isn't too hot, when I came in a little while ago next door's cat was sprawled out at the front of our house.
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Er....Tiger? Is that the name of your cat (who catches rodents birds and fish for you)?
They do like basking in the sun as long as it isn't too hot, when I came in a little while ago next door's cat was sprawled out at the front of our house.
I mean a tiger, we don't have any domestic cats anymore. The local kids keep asking if they can stroke him. It is a pity I can't display a photo of him on this forum, as I can on others on which I post.
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Auntie Myra, the lady who saved me from being mown down by a horse and cart, which bolted towards me on the drive of my childhood home in 1952, when I was 2 years old, is 101 years young today. :) Auntie Myra has all her marbles in good order, but her mobility is not so good these days. I have told her I am expecting her to reach 110 at the very least. :D
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Went to the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival today, where I did my bit in the war against the demon drink by killing a few and taking five prisoners.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmkAjmN3
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Our Baby Daughter popped round to see us today. She and her family got back from Florida yesterday, they had a pleasant time, particularly enjoying the space centre. :)
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I was having problems with my Kindle, over the phone my eldest daughter has just talked me through how to fix it. :) I like my Kindle, it has buttons to press, which I prefer, the more modern ones are touch screen, which I would find hard to use.
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I quite often try to use the screen on remaining non touch screen devices.
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I needed a new seat fitted on the loo in my en suite bathroom, it was very awkward to do and I didn't want my husband doing it after all his recent problems. Our eldest girl turned up this afternoon and soon had it sorted out for me. What would I do without her? :)
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I needed a new seat fitted on the loo in my en suite bathroom, it was very awkward to do and I didn't want my husband doing it after all his recent problems. Our eldest girl turned up this afternoon and soon had it sorted out for me. What would I do without her? :)
Glad to hear you're 'comfortably bum' again, and if we lose an 'n' that is a great cue for a great song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KaYCj98quY
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I needed a new seat fitted on the loo in my en suite bathroom, it was very awkward to do and I didn't want my husband doing it after all his recent problems. Our eldest girl turned up this afternoon and soon had it sorted out for me. What would I do without her? :)
Wee in the garden?
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Wee in the garden?
I expect she's got a bath.
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I should have known better than to mention my new loo seat on this forum! ::) ::)
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Well you do have more than one loo.
My personal loo too needed replacing, a year or so ago. I just used another one until it was replaced, didn't take long.
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I am quite chuffed because I have done most of Saturday's cryptic crossword, but I'm hoping someone can help with this:
what is the word that means when you set something in motion, it will keep moving in that direction if there is no friction, gravity or a blockage to prevent it? I've tried googling but can't think of the right way to phrase the question! It's a ten-letter word. I have T blank N blank T at the end but am not convinced they're right.
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turbulent?
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I am quite chuffed because I have done most of Saturday's cryptic crossword, but I'm hoping someone can help with this:
what is the word that means when you set something in motion, it will keep moving in that direction if there is no friction, gravity or a blockage to prevent it? I've tried googling but can't think of the right way to phrase the question! It's a ten-letter word. I have T blank N blank T at the end but am not convinced they're right.
Is that pretty much how the clue is phrased? I'm not sure that there is a word for that.
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The only word I can think of is momentum, but that's probably because I've been reading about politics!
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I think what Susan is describing is perpetual motion.
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The clue is: Natural impulse about Diane isn't clear (10)
turbulent?
Thank you - I'll make a note and see if I can confirm some of the other letters.
The only word I can think of is momentum, but that's probably because I've been reading about politics!
Yes, me too ... and then of course it is difficult to move one's mind away from that word!
Thank you Rhiannon - actually, having now written this post, I wonder whether my idea that it might be that word I can't think of is probably daft!!
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What's the clue?
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What's the clue?
It is in #686
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Sorry, Susan.
Think of Diane as being Di.
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natural impulse = instinct
Diane = di
Isn't clear = indistinct
Undecided, but sounds right :-\
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Rhiannon and enki
Ah, thank you,. Yes of course it is INDISTINCT. And I should, of course, have thought of it myself!!!
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With help, gratefully received, for just one clue, I have completed the Saturday puzzle crossword!!! I hope bluehillside is reading this because it was reading that book by Sandy Balfour that helped me do that much more quickly than I would have done. Mind you, I think the setter of the Saturday crossword must have been one whose style suits me.
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I managed to do my back in yesterday morning, goodness knows how. It is really painful when I am moving around, but I have to keep going. I hope it sorts itself out soon.
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It is a beautiful day here, as it has been more or less since Thursday. It is the weekend of the Bournemouth Air Show and I bet it is doing fabulously well. The Red Arrows will have flown on both days, and they will be doing so soon. I do just so wish I could be there, standing near the Pier and catching as many glimpses as possible of their wonderful performances.
But I simply can't of course - far too many people even if I had someone to go with me. Ah well, I have had the privilege of seeing them quite a few times over the years.
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Hi Susan,
With help, gratefully received, for just one clue, I have completed the Saturday puzzle crossword!!! I hope bluehillside is reading this because it was reading that book by Sandy Balfour that helped me do that much more quickly than I would have done. Mind you, I think the setter of the Saturday crossword must have been one whose style suits me.
bluehillside is, and well done! As you know, I'm retired from here (the trolling was such a bore in the end) but I'm glad you like the Balfour book as well.
All best.
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Blue,
I’ve no idea who this troll is.
I’ve noticed that banned posters has been updated. No connection of course.
Rhi
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Yes blue.
You may wish to reconsider? Just a thought.
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Hi Susan,
bluehillside is, and well done! As you know, I'm retired from here (the trolling was such a bore in the end) but I'm glad you like the Balfour book as well.
All best.
Delighted to hear that, and thank you for popping in to say!
The cryptic two weeks ago was so difficult, I gave up after a clue or two. This last Saturday's I have a few answers but will need to look up some synonyms to help I think. It certainly seems to be one where the book's )and your) explanation of how to put the parts together is needed.
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My grandson (nearly 15) was rushed to hospital last night with a terrible headache, radiating down his neck. His parents thought he had a ruptured aneurysm like his grandfather, my husband! This was how it had presented itself when he had the one which trashed half his brain in 2006. The hospital was eventually able to rule that out, but they thought our grandson had a very bad migraine. That has been ruled out too, but it now appears there is something wrong with his neck, hopefully a muscular problem, but they are going to check for a small break! He is a very good football player so could have done something to it when he had a match yesterday. The hospital also did a routine urine test and discovered there could be a bit of a problem with his kidneys! His mother has a problem, which revealed itself when she started uni in the 90s! It never rains but it pours. :(
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Fingers crossed it is nothing serious LR - let us know how he gets on.
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Fingers crossed it is nothing serious LR - let us know how he gets on.
Thanks Gordon. :)
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My grandson (nearly 15) was rushed to hospital last night with a terrible headache, radiating down his neck. His parents thought he had a ruptured aneurysm like his grandfather, my husband! This was how it had presented itself when he had the one which trashed half his brain in 2006. The hospital was eventually able to rule that out, but they thought our grandson had a very bad migraine. That has been ruled out too, but it now appears there is something wrong with his neck, hopefully a muscular problem, but they are going to check for a small break! He is a very good football player so could have done something to it when he had a match yesterday. The hospital also did a routine urine test and discovered there could be a bit of a problem with his kidneys! His mother has a problem, which revealed itself when she started uni in the 90s! It never rains but it pours. :(
Very sorry to hear all of this Floo, hope it turns out to be something easily sorted out.
I wish you all well, ippy
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Thank you for the kind comments. :)
A HUGE sigh of relief our grandson's condition is muscular, no doubt due to whatever happened when he was playing football. He is still in hospital waiting to be signed off, they are dealing with an emergency at present, but should be back home later on tonight. He is in a very pleasant teenage wing there is all mod cons where computer games are concerned, so the wait shouldn't be too arduous.
Obviously his kidney problem will need further investigation, but that is for another day. It is possible he is allergic to Ibuprofen like his ancient grandmother.
All being well he should be back at school on Wednesday. :)
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Glad to hear your grandson is ok, Littleroses, and I'm sure they will sort his kidney problems out. My daughter had a kidney problem which required a small operation and all is well now.
These grandchildren, eh. I remember when our three children eventually left home and then found partners and married, I thought, well no more worries. How wrong was I!! And now it's the grandchildren I find myself worrying about too! Ha,ha…. they will take on their own burdens and sort through them and deal with them and grow inwardly. All good....
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Glad to hear your grandson is ok, Littleroses, and I'm sure they will sort his kidney problems out. My daughter had a kidney problem which required a small operation and all is well now.
These grandchildren, eh. I remember when our three children eventually left home and then found partners and married, I thought, well no more worries. How wrong was I!! And now it's the grandchildren I find myself worrying about too! Ha,ha…. they will take on their own burdens and sort through them and deal with them and grow inwardly. All good....
My grandson got home at 10.30pm last night, he is taking it easy today and back to school tomorrow. He will have to go back to the hospital on Thursday for physio and to check out his kidney problem, fingers crossed it isn't serious. He mustn't do any contact sports for the time being which will upset him, being a good football player, a coach to the under tens, and not a bad cricketer.
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My grandson got home at 10.30pm last night, he is taking it easy today and back to school tomorrow. He will have to go back to the hospital on Thursday for physio and to check out his kidney problem, fingers crossed it isn't serious. He mustn't do any contact sports for the time being which will upset him, being a good football player, a coach to the under tens, and not a bad cricketer.
Hope all get sorted for him.
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I spoke to our grandson at lunchtime, I am concerned that he sounds very rough and still in a lot of pain. I can't see him being up to going to school tomorrow. :(
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I spoke to our grandson at lunchtime, I am concerned that he sounds very rough and still in a lot of pain. I can't see him being up to going to school tomorrow. :(
I hope he gets to rest up. I know it's early in the school year but sometimes it just has to be. Bless him.
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I hope he gets to rest up. I know it's early in the school year but sometimes it just has to be. Bless him.
He has a GCSE's coming up so can't afford to be off school for long, no doubt work will be sent home for him to do if need be.
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This last Saturday's cryptic crossword is a bit more difficult! One of the clues was: Kit that's sillier yet working without batteries (5-9)
I googled it and the answer came up s SIEGEARTILLERY
Well, I can vaguely see the connection between batteries and artillery, but fail totally to see the SIEGE part. Can anyone explain?
And what has the word Kit got to do with anything?! (mutter mutter)
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This last Saturday's cryptic crossword is a bit more difficult! One of the clues was: Kit that's sillier yet working without batteries (5-9)
I googled it and the answer came up s SIEGEARTILLERY
Well, I can vaguely see the connection between batteries and artillery, but fail totally to see the SIEGE part. Can anyone explain?
And what hahs the word Kit got to do with anything?! (mutter mutter)
Kit here is Gear. The rest of Siege Artillery is an anagram of 'sillier yet'. Artillery is synonym for batteries, and the Siege part means that it happens from outside/without.
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Kit here is Gear. The rest of Siege Artillery is an anagram of 'sillier yet'. Artillery is synonym for batteries, and the Siege part means that it happens from outside/without.
Many thanks. It was clear that it had to be an anagram, but I couldn't work out why the number of letters didn't work. In any case, I'd never have got the answer!
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He has a GCSE's coming up so can't afford to be off school for long, no doubt work will be sent home for him to do if need be.
Sorry to hear about your grandson LR, hope he is feeling better & there's nothing seriously wrong.
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Sorry to hear about your grandson LR, hope he is feeling better & there's nothing seriously wrong.
We have just had an update from our daughter, who took 'E' to the outpatient's clinic today. All his blood tests were normal, which is good news. :) He has a very bad muscle strain due to the whiplash injury sustained when playing football at the weekend. He will be in a lot of discomfort for quite a while poor lad, and will have to grin and bear it. As for his kidneys, it looks as if it was an effect of all the pain he was in. They will check 'E' out again next Wednesday, and he will have physio as well. In the meantime, pain or no pain, he must go back to school as he has his GCSE's looming.
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Our vicar daughter has just phoned, a bit shaken. She had only been home about 5 minutes when a large tree belonging to the property across the road from her vicarage came down in the gale, blocking the road (a bus route) and her drive. Fortunately her car was not hit, however she is unable to get it out until the tree has been removed, goodness knows when that might be. :o
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The Tech chap has been here today - to upgrade my SuperNova software (with patch) and to fix the printer which seized up on Saturday when I had printed the quick crossword but not the crptic one! So now I have the cryptic. I've done a few clues, but when I get really stuck, I'll start a new Crossword Clues topic if that's okay with everyone...
In order to test the printer, tech chap printed today's cryptic ... ... I read through the clues and couldn't do any! Never mind, I'd rather work on the Saturday one.
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I had a compliment from my grandson (12) today, he didn't think I looked too bad considering how very old I am. ;D
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Our middle daughter and family are off to the US for a four week holiday, sooner them than me! :o When booking their tickets they had to say if they were on any social media sites! No doubt Trump would turn them away if they said anything nasty about him! They will probably have to tattoo, 'I love Donald Trump', on their foreheads before being allowed to enter the country! ;D
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This morning, whilst my husband is out at his monthly Probus meeting, a club for retired business and professional men, I decided to position some large, heavy stones in a place at the front of our property. With the aid of the wheelbarrow I managed to take them one at a time to their resting place, even though it was a struggle, I am pleased with result. However, my back, which I put out a few weeks ago is now beginning to twinge a bit. No doubt I will get a telling off for being so stupid when he arrives home. ::)
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You push the boundaries LR. Hope there is nothing more than a twinge!
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You push the boundaries LR. Hope there is nothing more than a twinge!
Thanks, so far it isn't too bad. My husband said I was an idiot, but likes what I have done.
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My husband had an out patients appointment this morning at our local hospital. There was a bit of excitement when a patient arrived in chains, handcuffed to a prison officer with another one by his side.
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I can just imagine!
Hope husband is OK.
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I can just imagine!
Hope husband is OK.
Unfortunately things aren't brilliant where my husband is concerned. It looks as if he might possibly have another problem, which we hadn't envisaged that could be very serious indeed. :o
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Unfortunately things aren't brilliant where my husband is concerned. It looks as if he might possibly have another problem, which we hadn't envisaged that could be very serious indeed. :o
Oh dear. Hope it turns out to be a false alarm.
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So do I LR, I am sorry.
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Thanks Rhi and Robbie. In himself he seems very well so when they said that they had picked up something possibly wrong with his pancreas it was a huge shock, hopefully it is a false alarm. I am much more concerned about it than my husband, being a born worrier, he doesn't seem to have a worry bone in his body.
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I'll economise as much as possible with words, but thought some might be interested in the following, which includes a laugh or two as well as a panic!
On Monday, my day started with a letter from Lymington Hospital saying that they have arranged an appointment for me on Wednesday 1st April, 2020!!! :D So I thought, if I'm alive then, I'll go to every appointment they care to give me!!
Then I visited Salisbury Hospital for a 24-hour heart monitor*. No problem - got there early and had a sandwich and a cup of tea. The technician said to pull up T-shirt, which I did - and out fell my vest!! I'd worn it on Sunday when out walking, took both of together, put them on chair, put on shirt Monday, completely forgetting about vest ... which could have fallen out any time since I dressed!! That really made me laugh!!
taxi to station, was guided to train, it started ... and I realised I did not have my purse. PANIC!** I phoned Assisted travel and they phoned Salisbury station. When I got to Southampton, )having by then realised that I have a key safe and knowing there was only cash and my key in purse - no cards), the staff there communicated with Salisbury and told me about procedures for lost property. I continued my journey home. Taxi from station to home.
As we turned into the Close where I live, the driver noticed a car outside my house. It was the taxi driver from Salisbury who had found my purse and driven all the way to New Milton to return it to me.
That was so extremely kind, wasn't it? He wouldn't take any money. I asked how he knew where I lived.
He knew myy name - the hospital had called for a taxi for me - and I had said I was going back to NM. He rang the hospital, but of course they cannot give out personal info, so - and this is a clever thing - he googled me!!!!!
Well, all turned out well; and on Tuesday I made sure I used that Taxi Company for the five times I needed a taxi. The first one was the same driver, so I was able to give him an extra large tip.
*I was taken to Salisbury A&E on the night of the World Cup final, because Southampton weretoo busy, so I thought it was only fair to do what they asked. In any case, one of my sons lives in Salisbury.
** I don't know how that will have affected the heart monitor!!
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I hope NS is ok I note he hasn't posted for six days, even though he has looked in on the forum, which is very unusual for him.
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I'm fine, but thanks for the concern.
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I'm fine, but thanks for the concern.
I am so glad you are ok, :) I was concerned.
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Good for him, I like people who tell it like it is. At least you know where you are with them.
Hi Robbie,
I always thoroughly wash my potatoes and scrub them. Then I boil them in a large pan for about 30-40 minutes then I bake them in the oven. The skin splits whilst cooking and leaves a fluffy potatoe inside and the skin is just right to eat with it. Whatever filling we choose the whole thing is scummy.
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Bless them. How lovely to get married at Christmas! Mine married as early as possible in the new year (59 years next month - I think, I'm not good with dates), they tell me it was still very festive. Can't beat Christmas though.
You're still here Susan!
My grandparents Queenie and Jack were married on Christmas day. I don't know anyone today married on that day.
Times have changed and for the good I believe.
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Hi Robbie,
I always thoroughly wash my potatoes and scrub them. Then I boil them in a large pan for about 30-40 minutes then I bake them in the oven. The skin splits whilst cooking and leaves a fluffy potatoe inside and the skin is just right to eat with it. Whatever filling we choose the whole thing is scummy.
Er - thank you for that :D.
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Today for the very first time I saw a woman doing a bin round, she was driving the bin lorry, and getting out to help her male colleagues. Has anyone else seen a woman doing this job?
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Today for the very first time I saw a woman doing a bin round, she was driving the bin lorry, and getting out to help her male colleagues. Has anyone else seen a woman doing this job?
Quite a few, but then it's a job that I know quite a few people in.
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Quite a few, but then it's a job that I know quite a few people in.
Jolly good. :)
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Yes, I've seen female dustpeople ;).
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Why am I thinking of Piers Morgan?
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He had an argument with a journalist and said if you can't handle media scrutiny, go and be a dustman.
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He had an argument with a journalist and said if you can't handle media scrutiny, go and be a dustman.
What a patronising git!
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Why am I thinking of Piers Morgan?
Shouldn't that be on the vulva thread?
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Why am I thinking of Piers Morgan?
"The name's Morgan - capital M, small organ." Someone on Facebook. (I hope - unless it was on here. Apols if so.)
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And just when I thought I couldn't get anymore stupid than I am, I wasn't paying attention when I had a sharp knife in my hand at lunchtime. I manage to slice my chin, although it is a very tiny cut I have been bleeding like a stuck pig! It seems to have eased off a bit now. I have applied a huge plaster to the cut which has improved my looks no end! I shall take it easy for the rest of the day, I have seen enough of A&E to last me a lifetime having spent 14 hours in there over the weekend when my husband had a problem.
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And just when I thought I couldn't get anymore stupid than I am,
There you go under-estimating yourself again :P :P
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There you go under-estimating yourself again :P :P
I love you too! :P Thanks for the giggle, I needed it. ;D
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Has anyone ever heard of "kek" as an alternative to "lol"? I hadn't until a few minutes ago, but according to a thread on the book of faces, it's common in online gaming circles. Apparently, there were a lot of Koreans involved when it got going, and the Korean convention for representing laughter in print is "kekeke", rather than the English "hahaha". You learn summat new every day.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45938486
Apparently Dr Martens are selling well.
Two of my daughters are great fans of those boots. Our vicar daughter finds them particularly useful when presiding over a burial in bad weather. I have never owned a pair, I have weird feet and would probably not find them comfortable.
Do other forum members own a pair?
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Never owned doc martins. What with my shaved head people might get the wrong impression, not that I ever liked to look of them too much anyway.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45938486
Apparently Dr Martens are selling well.
Two of my daughters are great fans of those boots. Our vicar daughter finds them particularly useful when presiding over a burial in bad weather. I have never owned a pair, I have weird feet and would probably not find them comfortable.
Do other forum members own a pair?
Yep.
Couldn't care less what they look like, but the grip on the sole is great for frosty or light snowy weather.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45953252
Wow a rectangular iceberg in Antarctica, that is really weird.
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Strange! I wish the Beeb wouldn't treat every sentence asa separate paragraph.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45972639
A man living in Devon was stuck on his flat roof for three days. That would be bad enough if he was a young chap, but this guy is 102. :o He is in a stable condition in hospital.
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www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/17010507.fun-and-games-casino-royale-style-maths-club-at-hanmer-primary-school/
I think running a primary school maths club in the form of a casino is crazy, it could encourage them to take up gambling when they are older! :o
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It appears that they're just playing games and learning at the same time. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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It appears that they're just playing games and learning at the same time. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
I think encouraging kids to play a gambling game could encourage them to take it up seriously later on in life. Many people are addicted to gambling, especially these days as it is all too easy to lose a lot of money on line in seconds. >:(
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I usually come down on the side of 'it's all just good fun' but in this case I'm with LR. I know first hand what gambling addiction does.
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In a few days time, my older son will be 59. He maintains a good level of fitness - all the yers he was an RAF Hercules pilot, that was essential.
The younger one is only two years behindHe too is fit and well.
There was an 82-year-old on the Stephen Nolan show the other day and when asked about his age, he replied 'But I still think of myself as 28!' sensible man!
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So I noticed that the BBC were showing "Truly, Madly, Deeply" last night on TV. Decided to watch it again for a couple of reasons. When I first watched it I remembered enjoying the film immensely, so that was one reason. The other reason was Alan Rickman naturally.
So why did I find it unwatchable? Had to turn it off. Could not stand it. Strange how the passage of time, and possibly one's mood, affects our tastes.
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So I noticed that the BBC were showing "Truly, Madly, Deeply" last night on TV. Decided to watch it again for a couple of reasons. When I first watched it I remembered enjoying the film immensely, so that was one reason. The other reason was Alan Rickman naturally.
So why did I find it unwatchable? Had to turn it off. Could not stand it. Strange how the passage of time, and possibly one's mood, affects our tastes.
Not something I have watched, not my thing. I liked Rickman in the Harry Potter series.
I have watched things again which I used to like when young, but been disappointed when I watched them again in later years.
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Trent, I remember not enjoying 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' with Juliet Stephenson, a little less than 20 years ago. So not surprising you didn't like it more recently. That's how it goes I'm afraid.
I know when I saw it I had the idea it was a remake of something older/classic and it wasn't. Juliet Stephenson was worthy of more but I daresay some liked it.
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I’m one of the ‘some’. What was I thinking?
Although given that it’s competition at the time was Ghost...
Best story I heard about Juliet Stephenson was from Paul Merton. It was when there was a fashion fur making Shakespeare ‘accessible’ by casting comedians and the like in minor roles. He was playing Fourth Tankard or something and was waiting to record his line for R4, and JS and some other Serious Actors were benonabing that they couldn’t find someone to direct them at the RSC or whatever. PM said ’ ‘I’ll do it. Yeah, go on, I’ll give it a go.’ Apparently JS wasn’t amused. ‘Well the look she give me.’ ;D
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I slipped over on my daily walk this morning and have fractured the top of my right arm quite badly. :o I can't remember when I have in so much pain. I have an appointment at the fracture clinic tomorrow. I can't use that arm at all so I don't know how I will manage, but no doubt we will find a way to do so. Our eldest girl is being FANTASTIC. :)
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You poor girl! You really go through it don't you. Not that long ago that you had an accident if I remember correctly. Can imagine a break is painful. For goodness sakes don't try and do anything with that arm even when it starts to feel better.
[flowers]
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I’m one of the ‘some’. What was I thinking?
Although given that it’s competition at the time was Ghost...
Best story I heard about Juliet Stephenson was from Paul Merton. It was when there was a fashion fur making Shakespeare ‘accessible’ by casting comedians and the like in minor roles. He was playing Fourth Tankard or something and was waiting to record his line for R4, and JS and some other Serious Actors were benonabing that they couldn’t find someone to direct them at the RSC or whatever. PM said ’ ‘I’ll do it. Yeah, go on, I’ll give it a go.’ Apparently JS wasn’t amused. ‘Well the look she give me.’ ;D
I think Juliet Stephenson is no doubt a good actress but I am reminded, whenever I see her on screen, of her abysmal choice of taking part in Channel 5's prejudiced and ignorant drama 'Hear the Silence' which, at the height of the MMR scare, was supportive of the view that the MMR jab was linked to autism. Hugh Bonneville took the part of the now disgraced Dr Wakefield, and the whole rotten offering encouraged those who were against MMR.
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Some months ago I saw an old episode of 'Judge John Deed' which was about mobile 'phone masts causing neurological problems including cancer.That theory has since been debunked like the MMR-autism link. However at the time there seemed to be quite reasonable connections.
I do like Juliet Stephenson btw, regardless of her taking parts in dubious dramas. Don't they all?
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I saw her in Burn This with John Malcovich. He was extraordinary, in a play I didn't really like. She was just there. I think she can be very good but often for me feels mannered. She was excellent in Liaisons Dangereuses, acting with Alan Rickman who I think gave the best stage performance I have ever seen.
Linking to the discussion of the 50 pound note, she played Rosalind Franklin in The Race for the Double Helix.
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I slipped over on my daily walk this morning and have fractured the top of my right arm quite badly. :o I can't remember when I have in so much pain. I have an appointment at the fracture clinic tomorrow. I can't use that arm at all so I don't know how I will manage, but no doubt we will find a way to do so. Our eldest girl is being FANTASTIC. :)
Sounds horrendous, LR. Hope you have lots of lovely pain relief to help you feel better. Good to know you have help around too.
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I slipped over on my daily walk this morning and have fractured the top of my right arm quite badly. :o I can't remember when I have in so much pain. I have an appointment at the fracture clinic tomorrow. I can't use that arm at all so I don't know how I will manage, but no doubt we will find a way to do so. Our eldest girl is being FANTASTIC. :)
Sounds dreadful. Thoughts are with you. Take care.
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I slipped over on my daily walk this morning and have fractured the top of my right arm quite badly. :o I can't remember when I have in so much pain. I have an appointment at the fracture clinic tomorrow. I can't use that arm at all so I don't know how I will manage, but no doubt we will find a way to do so. Our eldest girl is being FANTASTIC. :)
Oh dear: you need to look after yourself and do as you are told!
Might be an idea to give the weightlifting a miss for a couple of days :)
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Oh dear: you need to look after yourself and do as you are told!
Might be an idea to give the weightlifting a miss for a couple of days :)
YES SIR. ;D I didn't sleep at all last night, I just couldn't get comfortable whatever I did. I have an appointment at the fracture clinic at 9.30am, I don't think they are going to do anymore than give me advice.
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My fracture is more extensive than I realised, if it doesn't heal on its own I will require surgery. I am really touched by the number of phone calls wishing me well. My former geography mistress 92 called me a few minutes ago.
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My fracture is more extensive than I realised, if it doesn't heal on its own I will require surgery. I am really touched by the number of phone calls wishing me well. My former geography mistress 92 called me a few minutes ago.
A couple of years ago, my mother, in her seventies, slipped over and broke her leg just above the ankle. She had to have surgery but she has made a complete recovery albeit I think there is still some metalwork in there. In fact, she is fitter now than she was then because, after being immobile for a while she had to build up strength in her leg again and she kept on with the exercise.
I think you’ll be fine.
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My fracture is more extensive than I realised, if it doesn't heal on its own I will require surgery. I am really touched by the number of phone calls wishing me well. My former geography mistress 92 called me a few minutes ago.
Good luck, sweetheart.
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It's nice that so many care LR & that includes your fellow R&E posters. Hope it gets better soon, must have been a bad fall.
Just woke up (yawn, didn't need to be for another hour but as I was awake I arose), and the above first sentence looks clumsy. I know what I meant at the time, that we all care.
Please keep us updated on your progress and also tell us how your husband is doing.
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I slept slightly better last night, but I am still in a lot of pain. I suspect being the daft old bat I am I overdid it yesterday. Our middle daughter is coming up on Monday for a few days to help us out, which is good of as she lives over 100 miles from us. My husband is doing the chores like washing up and preparing meals under my supervision, domesticity was never his thing.
He is still waiting to hear about the hospital appointments he is supposed to have, but appears to be in good health at present.
Typing with one finger is not easy and takes me ages.
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I slept slightly better last night, but I am still in a lot of pain. I suspect being the daft old bat I am I overdid it yesterday. Our middle daughter is coming up on Monday for a few days to help us out, which is good of as she lives over 100 miles from us. My husband is doing the chores like washing up and preparing meals under my supervision, domesticity was never his thing.
He is still waiting to hear about the hospital appointments he is supposed to have, but appears to be in good health at present.
Typing with one finger is not easy and takes me ages.
Hope it isn't as stressful as it sounds.
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Hope it isn't as stressful as it sounds.
It is pretty stressful, but compared to the things with which others have to cope, we aren't doing too badly.
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I hope all improves soon (& am sure it will) but glad your daughter is coming up for a few days to help.
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The older one gets, the more important it is not to fall.
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At tap this morning, there were 9 of us and then the teacher who used to run the class years ago and who pops in when she is not busy examining for the ISTD called in, put on tap shoes and was helping everyone with technique. It was such an enjoyable morning, especially getting a little further through the routine I know to the St Louis Blues, Glenn Miller. everyone's enjoying learning it.
I am so lucky to be able to move, even if I don't hop or spring with the same agility as in previousyears!
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......... and here it is?.......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmTT7fxOH0U
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......... and here it is?.......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmTT7fxOH0U
Thank you for posting that link - how did you find it?! :)
I watched it all the way through of course.
Unfortunately, even if I made a video of our version - which is actually on a more advanced dancing level! - I could not do so without asking the
choreographer and teacher from whom I learnt it at least 15 years ago. I tried to contact her again recently, but found out that the place where I know she was teaching was pulled down a couple of years ago and a large block of flats is being built in its place.
I think, however, that I will soon be able to post a link to a video of me dancing the Intermediate 'warm-Up routine!! Watch this space!
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GOD, I HATE laptops and mobile phones! They are useful, if not essential, nowadays, but I still hate them.
A few days ago, Google took it upon itself to lock me out of my account. I tried getting back with my email and password, but it kept telling me that they didn't match. Finally, it deigned to tell me that the email address I should put in is not the yahoo one I actually use, but the gmail one I never use. I tried with that, but got a message telling me that a lot of unusual activity had been detected on my account (me trying to get back with the wrong email, no doubt), and now they needed to send a verification code to my mobile, so I had to send them my mobile number (it doesn't occur to them, apparently, that a norty person trying to hack my account could simply send them their own mobile number). I didn't actually have a mobile, since I hardly ever use one, so today i had to go to Argos, buy a cheapo payg one, set it up (a small nightmare in itself - why the hell do sim cards come in three different sizes, ffs?), and have now finally got back in. I've got an acer chromebook, so unless I'm in to my Google account, I can't use it.
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I went to the fracture clinic this afternoon. The staff exclaimed at my wonderful colourful bruises. I had more x rays, I don't need surgery thank goodness. I have to go back in about 6 weeks time. The doctor was very pleasant and we had a pleasant chat, I was his last clinic patient of the day. When he heard I came from Guernsey he got out his phone to show me photos of his recent holiday there. Our eldest girl is not amused, he asked us if we were sisters. He is the 11th person to ask that question over the years, I keep a tally. ;D
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Glad you're progressing well & being youthful with it :D.
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My husband spent sometime in A&E last night, more problems with his catheter, which the district nurse was unable to sort out. :o
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Poor bloke.
How are you feeling?
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Poor bloke.
How are you feeling?
Tired. I am getting very good at doing all sorts of tasks one handed. :)
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My husband was supposed to have an MRI scan on Wednesday to check out his pancreas, which might have a problem. However, he is unable to have an MRI due to the fact he has a metal clip in his brain, after the surgery he had in 2006 when the aneurysm burst. Metal and MRI scans don't go together. He will have to have a CT scan instead when it can be arranged.
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What a plonker! Got up three hours early for work this morning. Had my breakfast and everything before I even realised.
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What a plonker! Got up three hours early for work this morning. Had my breakfast and everything before I even realised.
You must enjoy your work if you are that eager to get on with it, ;D may one ask what it is you do?
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You must enjoy your work if you are that eager to get on with it, ;D may one ask what it is you do?
I work in a warehouse receiving goods. I do generally enjoy my work but I had no intention of getting up that early. I usually set my alarm for 6:30 but I accidentally set it for 3:30.
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I work in a warehouse receiving goods. I do generally enjoy my work but I had no intention of getting up that early. I usually set my alarm for 6:30 but I accidentally set it for 3:30.
:D :D Oh dear, I know it is not funny, but it's one of those things which is funny ... after the event!!
I've lost my mobile phone. I think it is, must be, in the house somewhere. One of the taxidrivers suggested I ring it. Unfortunately, I don't know its number, and in any case it is switched off!!
It is only a simple one which is pay-as-you-go and I think there's about £8 on it, but I do hate losing things. My neighbour has come in and looked around, but she can't see it. I only use it to phone for a taxi when I need one when I'm out!
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What a plonker! Got up three hours early for work this morning. Had my breakfast and everything before I even realised.
My brother did that once. Woke up in a panic thinking he had overslept. Got the entire family up, washed dressed and breakfasted. Had a go at his son for having to be told to get out of bed. Then he realised it was still only 4am.
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When it comes to doing daft things I am way ahead of most people. ::) Only I would be stupid enough to walk up the bridle path at the back of our house when it was slippery after heavy rain. It was even more stupid as I had a fall last year causing tendon damage to my right arm. This latest fall causing a bad fracture of the upper right arm, which is going to take a considerable time to heal, is not only inconveniencing me but my busy children. :-[ Goodness knows when I will be able to drive again. :o Still I am getting good at using one arm, and don't need assistance to wash and dress etc. My problem is that I tend to overdo it. I guess it wasn't really necessary to move furniture around yesterday! ::)
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What a plonker! Got up three hours early for work this morning. Had my breakfast and everything before I even realised.
Did you go back to bed? I would have.
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Did you go back to bed? I would have.
Yes I did. Woke up more tired than I did the first time.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is it that so many men appear to find it difficult to put duvet covers on? We have just been changing the beds, and I have been trying to instruct my husband in this art, something he has never mastered in all our years of marriage. It has always been my task but that is impossible at the moment due to my broken arm. We did it in the end, I am exhausted! ::)
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AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is it that so many men appear to find it difficult to put duvet covers on? We have just been changing the beds, and I have been trying to instruct my husband in this art, something he has never mastered in all our years of marriage. It has always been my task but that is impossible at the moment due to my broken arm. We did it in the end, I am exhausted! ::)
When you say men is this just a lazy sexist assumption based on your experience with one man, your husband, or do you have many men you put duvet covers on with?
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When you say men is this just a lazy sexist assumption based on your experience with one man, your husband, or do you have many men you put duvet covers on with?
My three brothers-in-law, all highly intelligent men, are incapable of putting on a duvet cover, so are the husbands of many of the women with whom I am acquainted. I didn't say ALL men are useless at this task, no doubt you have no problem putting one on.
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Your husband is used to having to do stuff but he will learn and in the end, when you are better, will instruct you about his system as if he's invented it! People do things they thought they never would when needs must. Give him encouragement! In many years gone by men behaved as if they were totally incapable but many weren't, they just had to like it, be willing and learned. Some ended up being really good!
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Your husband is used to having to do stuff but he will learn and in the end, when you are better, will instruct you about his system as if he's invented it! People do things they thought they never would when needs must. Give him encouragement! In many years gone by men behaved as if they were totally incapable but many weren't, they just had to like it, be willing and learned. Some ended up being really good!
I have been trying to teach him to do it for nearly 50 years, and it still hasn't sunk in. ::) How on earth can putting on a duvet covet be harder than putting together flat pack furniture, or doing complicated graphs on the computer, with which he has no problem with at all, in spite of having only half a functioning brain?
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Putting clean duvet cover on is fiddly but, honestly, it isn't difficult. duvet cover is much same size as duvet, put cover on top of duvet, show the opening and anyone can work out how to do it. Your husband is trying it on.
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Putting clean duvet cover on is fiddly but, honestly, it isn't difficult. duvet cover is much same size as duvet, put cover on top of duvet, show the opening and anyone can work out how to do it. Your husband is trying it on.
Or has dyspraxia.
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Oh yes hadn't thought of that one :D.
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He definitely doesn't have dyspraxia.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Why do so many women drivers appear to have so much difficulty understanding the highway code. It drives me nuts. I've tried explaining it to many of them (I used to be a driving instructor) but they just don't get it.
(I made the bit up about me being a driving instructor - in fact I made the whole thing up just to show how easy it is to make stupid sexist remarks, but I wasn't talking about all women Floo I'm sure you are a really good driver)
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Why do so many women drivers appear to have so much difficulty understanding the highway code. It drives me nuts. I've tried explaining it to many of them (I used to be a driving instructor) but they just don't get it.
(I made the bit up about me being a driving instructor - in fact I made the whole thing up just to show how easy it is to make stupid sexist remarks, but I wasn't talking about all women Floo I'm sure you are a really good driver)
I have been able to drive since I was 12, and so far, touching a forest full of wood, I haven't had an accident, parking or speeding fine, the latter admittedly being more luck than judgement in my younger days. :-[ As for the highway code, I probably wouldn't pass the written test learner drivers have to take these days. I can't map read, and only know which is left and right by looking at my hands! ::) I don't drive on motorways anymore, I can't drive in poor light conditions, as my night vision isn't good. I have insisted my girls tell me the second they feel I am no longer fit to drive and I will give up immediately.
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I think TV was having a dig at your sexist comment about men and duvet-covers.
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I think TV was having a dig at your sexist comment about men and duvet-covers.
I would never have guessed! ::)
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I would never have guessed! ::)
Well, your reply gave the impression that you hadn't.
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Well, your reply gave the impression that you hadn't.
::)
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I have just had an e-mail from my baby sister bemoaning the fact that their chimney sweep arrived this morning. The weather is very windy in my home island today, so there was quite a lot of mess. As a young kid I remember excitedly running outside to watch for the sweep's brush popping out through the chimney. I have no recollection of when I last saw a sweep in action, we never required one for any of the many homes we have owned during our married life. Have other posters seen chimney sweep recently?
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I have just had an e-mail from my baby sister bemoaning the fact that their chimney sweep arrived this morning. The weather is very windy in my home island today, so there was quite a lot of mess. As a young kid I remember excitedly running outside to watch for the sweep's brush popping out through the chimney. I have no recollection of when I last saw a sweep in action, we never required one for any of the many homes we have owned during our married life. Have other posters seen chimney sweep recently?
I watched Mary Poppins several weeks ago.
Does that count?
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I watched Mary Poppins several weeks ago.
Does that count?
Of course. ;D
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Someone in one of my Facebook groups is called Glenn Wank.
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Someone in one of my Facebook groups is called Glenn Wank.
That's be an interesting one to put on those coasters and things you can get with the meanings of surnames on at tourist places.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46425774
BONKERS!!!!!!
This guy feels discriminated against as he is not permitted to change the age on his birth certificate to 20 years younger than his 69 years, to enhance his dating prospects. ::)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46425774
BONKERS!!!!!!
This guy feels discriminated against as he is not permitted to change the age on his birth certificate to 20 years younger than his 69 years, to enhance his dating prospects. ::)
He's actually a right wing nut job making a point against trans people self identifying.
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He's actually a right wing nut job making a point against trans people self identifying.
which is in many ways valid
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Another weekend without fixing of SuperNova problems. For instance, the voice is echoing the characters I am typing, but will not read the line. If the Tech Team cannot do a remote control on Monday, which will be nearly two weeks since problems began,I shall be really fed up.
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My arm is on the mend, I managed to drive the car around the block a few minutes ago. I wouldn't wish to drive it any further at present, but in a week or two I might be able to stop incommoding our eldest when we need to go somewhere. :)
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My arm is on the mend, I managed to drive the car around the block a few minutes ago. I wouldn't wish to drive it any further at present, but in a week or two I might be able to stop incommoding our eldest when we need to go somewhere. :)
That is good news - do you have some physio exercises to do?
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That is good news - do you have some physio exercises to do?
No doubt I will be given some next week when I attend the fracture clinic. However, my daughter did point out to me that I shouldn't have attempted to drive until I had the say so from the clinic, if I had an accident, even if it wasn't my fault, the insurance company could use my broken arm as an excuse not to pay out!
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Your daughter is dead right! However, I expect you are OK now, hope so.
I am not OK atm but not goin 2 talk bout it atm.
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Your daughter is dead right! However, I expect you are OK now, hope so.
I am not OK atm but not goin 2 talk bout it atm.
My children are always right! ;D I have a way to go before I will have complete movement of the arm again, but enough to do most tasks.
I am sorry you are not ok.
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In the immortal words of Gloria Gaynor, I will survive :-).
Glad to have a 10am start at work today.
Sounds as though you are making progress. Onwards and upwards.
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This afternoon, I had to be in - British Gas were going to fit a new meter. Engineer arrives, looks at meter (which is outside), has to look at electric meter, says this has to be changed to, so they cannot do gas one until January! I'm not bothered, I don't look at the meters anyway, but it sounds as if the organisers of this meter changing programme are causing all sorts of problems for the engineers!
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This afternoon, I had to be in - British Gas were going to fit a new meter. Engineer arrives, looks at meter (which is outside), has to look at electric meter, says this has to be changed to, so they cannot do gas one until January! I'm not bothered, I don't look at the meters anyway, but it sounds as if the organisers of this meter changing programme are causing all sorts of problems for the engineers!
We have a smart meter, which my husband checks on a daily basis, and makes graphs of our energy use.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/shropshire
How on earth did that idiot manage to do that?
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/shropshire
How on earth did that idiot manage to do that?
LOL! (which is ok because no one was seriously injured)
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I now have the answer to one of the clues to one of the Quick crosswords (Wild guess (4,2,3,4)which is Shot in the dark ... but, very annoyingly, I can't find the page on which I've printed the crossword. *gnashing of teeth*!)
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I am FED UP! I went to the fracture clinic this afternoon, and hoped they would tell me I could drive, but no such luck. :( Whilst my fracture is healing quite well, they say it would be most unwise to drive at present because it wouldn't take much to displace it again. BOO HOO! :(
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I am sorry LRoses, I was going to ask. Not entirely bad news though as you've been told your fracture is healing. We are all told that patience is a virtue but it's not easy. You have my sympathies.
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I am sorry LRoses, I was going to ask. Not entirely bad news though as you've been told your fracture is healing. We are all told that patience is a virtue but it's not easy. You have my sympathies.
Thanks. :) Not that I deserve any sympathy for putting myself in this position in the first place by my own stupidity. :o It is my eldest girl who requires sympathy for having to take me shopping, and my husband and I to hospital appointments.
I attached this entry from her Christmas letter, which I have just seen, CHEEKY MUPPET! ;D
As usual I have had a busy and varied year. Life as a Vicar is never dull! Add to that doing various activities with Guides, trying to write up my PhD and keeping my parents out of mischief. Unfortunately I didn’t manage the latter and having had to spend time in A&E on a Saturday with dad, mum didn’t want to be left out and fell over and broke her shoulder 2 days later while out for an early morning walk. It is amazing what she is still able to do with one arm but driving and shopping are beyond her, as will peeling the veg for Christmas dinner. (My new job!)
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I have just had a lovely chat on the phone with, 'Auntie' Myra, the lady who saved my life when I was two from a horse and cart, which was bolting towards me. Now aged 101, she has all her marbles, she still enjoys knitting, and word searches to keep her mind active. :)
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Just back from Bournemouh Hospital where I have been since Wednesday. Chest pain on Tuesday did not really go away in spite of spray,. so Wednesday morning saw GP who sent me to hospital.
They did angiogram MRI scan and chest X-ray. News is that I have only one out of three heart arteries functioning and even that is a bit dodgy! Home today with increased medication; follow-up consultation within four weeks; if any worries, get help asap.
I do not feel 100%, but bearing in mind that I tap danced lastThursday, walked on Sunday and swam on Monday ... maybe I'll survive a bit longer. Anyway, the tap group haven't yet learnt the end part of the choreography to the St Louis Blues, and it would never do for them not to have been shown how to do it! :)
The hospital were first class in every way.
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Oh my - you take it easy Susan, and do what the medics say!
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I'm winding down with a small drink after being out for the night.
Susan you really are an inspiration. I love your attitude. My dad is a bit like you.
LittleRoses I had a read through to catch up including what your daughter wrote. Her style of writing is very like yours, that's quite noticeable.
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This morning there was the spectacular sight of a few hundred people including children, dressed in Santa suits, running passed our house. They were doing this run for Cancer Research. It was a shame the weather wasn't nice for them, it is raining and gloomy out there. :( I have just give a sizeable donation to the charity on-line. My husband is most grateful that the CT scan he had the other week has shown that nothing is wrong with his pancreas. :)
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Your daughter is dead right! However, I expect you are OK now, hope so.
I skipped to the last page of this thread and this is the first post I read, so I had no context. I thought OMG somebody's daughter has died.
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No, that would be, "Your 'hamster' is dead, right?".
(Didn't want to say 'daughter' in that context)
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I've just discovered that Hieronymous Bosch's surname should be pronounced "Bosk", not "Bosh", because he was Flemish, not German. That means that he and Vincent Van Goch (roughly "Hoch", not "Gock") have the two most mis-pronounced surnames in art.
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I've just discovered that Hieronymous Bosch's surname should be pronounced "Bosk", not "Bosh", because he was Flemish, not German. That means that he and Vincent Van Goch (roughly "Hoch", not "Gock") have the two most mis-pronounced surnames in art.
People always miss that it should be David Hokeycokey (Hockney). Soorack Loovanck (Sarah Lucas)
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I have just spent the last half hour or so listening all the way through to, and responding to, an article by an author named Evelyn Rysdyk about her new book on Shamanism. I think I'd call it totally delusional, psychobabbly waffle for the supremely gullible.
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Never known a Shaman or had anything to do with Shamanism but have read some things about it. I find it a bit scary, anything that invites 'malevolent spirits' frightens me, even if I know, logically, they do not exist!
However, each to their own. Shamans don't bother me, no Shaman has ever tried to evangelise me. As I said, I've not met one. I enjoy fantasy but it has to be friendly and beautiful, I've not worked out how to get into that so far but if I did, I'd know it was pure fantasy. Authentic Shamanism would, I think, freak me out.
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Never known a Shaman or had anything to do with Shamanism but have read some things about it. I find it a bit scary, anything that invites 'malevolent spirits' frightens me, even if I know, logically, they do not exist!
However, each to their own. Shamans don't bother me, no Shaman has ever tried to evangelise me. As I said, I've not met one. I enjoy fantasy but it has to be friendly and beautiful, I've not worked out how to get into that so far but if I did, I'd know it was pure fantasy. Authentic Shamanism would, I think, freak me out.
But, as you have already thought that through and know there are no such things as actual, factual spirits, whether benign or evil, you would not let yourself be taken in in the first place I think.
If the people who write these books of totally imagined fantasy made it clear that the book was fiction, then okay, but unfortunately this never happens, as the authors are usually themselves convinced. If they are writing to make money by exploiting the gullible, then their hypocrites.
Ah, well, it will take probably another 500 - 1,000 years for fantasy to be seen by the majority for what it is, something to be enjoyed as being something our human brains are capable of and to be enjoyed and valued as such.
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We are feeling very proud of one of our grandson's (nearly 13) whose Mum was overwhelmed by the lovely things his teachers had to say about him at his parent's evening. He struggled a bit at primary school, more due to lack of self esteem than anything else. Secondary school has been the making of him, he is top of set 1 for most subjects, and his teachers are falling over themselves for him to choose their subjects for GCSEs. Besides being intelligent he is very empathetic as well, and apparently helps other kids if they have problems, which is to his credit. :)
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We spent a few hours in A&E during the night, from about 12.45am until 5.15am! My husband's catheter got blocked again! They were supposed to have done minor surgery on him before Christmas so a suprapubic catheter could be put in place, as they are less likely to block than one in the urethra. But of course they haven't got around to a yet, and they can't say when it is likely to happen. It is quite likely more trips to A&E will be on the cards, as the District Nurses are finding it harder and harder to fit new catheters due to his large and very vascular prostate! He is supposed to have it removed at some stage, but again no time frame has been given. HEY HO!
My husband is snuggled up in his bed making up for being sleep deprived during the night Naturally he expected his breakfast in bed delivered by the good fairy, who has all the usual chores to perform, in spite of lack of sleep. But I shall keep telling him what wonderful wife I am, and how fortunate he is to have me. If I tell him enough times he might begin to believe it. ;D
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No.1 son Danny, daughter-in-law Nic, and grand-daughter Harriet arrived today, all the way from Melbourne, Australia. I was shocked to realise that I hadn't seen Danny for about 20 years; he's 41, and has spent about half his life in Australia, and has the accent now. Nic(ole) is Aussie born and bred, though she comes from Perth, on the West Coast, which is about as far from Melbourne as London is from Eastern Europe. Harriet is seven, eight in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow, they're off to visit other relatives, coming back here for a few days in early Feb. before going back, and taking Harriet to London on her birthday. I recommended the London Eye, which I went on with No. 2 son in 2000, when it opened, but there are of course tons of things to see and do in London.We went to our local Wetherspoons for lunch; kids are allowed in during the day. Harriet is apparently a great reader, a girl after my own heart. I asked her what she liked reading, and she said "books". Sensible answer! Dan was amazed at how much Hemel Hempstead town centre has changed.
https://flic.kr/p/2eaP117
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Harriet and Mum. (https://flic.kr/p/2ebCyNY)
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Harriet and Mum. (https://flic.kr/p/2ebCyNY)
I hope you had their permission to post this photo?
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Yes, obv.
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Yes, obv.
I always get concerned when I see a picture of a child on forums as they can be used by perverts for their sick purposes. I got into terrible trouble years ago when I proudly posted a photo of one of my grandsons. Their Mum really tore me off a strip, explaining what a pervert might do with such a photo.
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I always get concerned when I see a picture of a child on forums as they can be used by perverts for their sick purposes. I got into terrible trouble years ago when I proudly posted a photo of one of my grandsons. Their Mum really tore me off a strip, explaining what a pervert might do with such a photo.
Do perverts only "use" photos which don't have permission?
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Do perverts only "use" photos which don't have permission?
What a daft question! ::)
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It's not a daft question at all, you walked right into that one!
Steveh they're good pictures (& I much like your bookcase) but please tell me what Harriet has on her head in the first pic.
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A unicorn horn and ears Alice band. Glad you like the photos! They've now headed off to visit other relatives, and are coming back for a few days inearly Feb., before heading back to Oz.
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Oh gosh steveH I thought it looked like a blue willy! My mind, honestly.
Harriet has really lovely hair. I bet you enjoyed spoiling her.
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A blue willy???
You don't see many of those around.
Unless your in a vibrator shop.
Where have you been going on your lunch break Robbie? ;)
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I'm not and have never been into synthetics, feel embarrassed now but it looked odd to me on first glance and that just came into my mind. :-[ Oh please, wish I hadn't said it.
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Saw GP this morning - yes, I am functioning on one-and-ahalf arteries! But he was explaining that the heart is an amazing organ which can create new pathways for itself to keep itself working, which mine must be apparently quite good at doing! I could last for years,!
Yes, I did have a small heart attack and yes, they will do a stent later if necessary, but best avoided if possible.
Also had a letter from Bournemouth Hospital today saying that they had made an appointment for me on 1st April for the Gastroenterology Dept! Why, I wondered, and so did the GP. So I phoned, left a message with the secretaries, one of whom phoned back just now to say that there was a mistake because of the initials of the consultants concerned ! A corrected letter will be sent out soon.
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That sounds really positive Susan.
And as to the stent my Mum had two at the age of 91 and it all went really well, so if it does become necessary to have stenting try not to fret too much (easier said than done, I know).
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That sounds really positive Susan.
And as to the stent my Mum had two at the age of 91 and it all went really well, so if it does become necessary to have stenting try not to fret too much (easier said than done, I know).
Thank you for your post.
My goodness! Two stents at 91, that's quite something. Family history means that the odds are not good, but I am very lucky that I am not one who frets about such things.
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Good 4 you. You're inspirational. Like my dad who was 92 last Sept (& the Queen of course).
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Trent re: your post 860, the leopard slug has a blue one. Wigginhall said so.
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I went to the fracture clinic this afternoon. I have been told that whilst my fracture is not completely healed, I have enough movement in my arm to drive again as long as I take it easy. BIG RELIEF! I will only go down to the supermarket and back to start with, and take it from there. I have just been on a short drive and back with no problems. :)
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I went to the fracture clinic this afternoon. I have been told that whilst my fracture is not completely healed, I have enough movement in my arm to drive again as long as I take it easy. BIG RELIEF! I will only go down to the supermarket and back to start with, and take it from there. I have just been on a short drive and back with no problems. :)
that is good news.
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I am very saddened today to hear that a friend with whom I have been going out to coffee on Saturdays for years now died yesterday. She had phoned to say she was 'too poorly' to go out on Saturday ... ... and her son phoned me this morning.
I have known her - she lives just near - for fifty years and although our lives did not overlap daily, we have talked whenever we met. A most kind and thoughtful person - one of the things she has done for a long time is to make sure my landing light is on at night; she can see my upstairs windows from her upstairs windows. I shall miss her a lot.
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that is good news.
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I am very saddened today to hear that a friend with whom I have been going out to coffee on Saturdays for years now died yesterday. She had phoned to say she was 'too poorly' to go out on Saturday ... ... and her son phoned me this morning.
I have known her - she lives just near - for fifty years and although our lives did not overlap daily, we have talked whenever we met. A most kind and thoughtful person - one of the things she has done for a long time is to make sure my landing light is on at night; she can see my upstairs windows from her upstairs windows. I shall miss her a lot.
That is very sad, indeed. :(
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One of the undertakers, with whom our vicar daughter has contact, never fails to ask after her senile old mother's health, one could feel quite twitchy! ;D ;D ;D
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GOD, I hate mobile phones! I bought a cheap payg one a week ago, and couldn't get the thing set up - it had no instructions worth talking of, and I couldn't work out how to put the £10 credit on to it, so in the end I gave it to my son. Today, I bought another, slightly more expensive, but a model I've had before, but had to use my Swiss Army knife to prise the back off. While doing so, I managed to slice my thumb open, and bled all over the nice clean floor of the cafe in Sainsbury's. Then I had to get the SIM card in, and it was a while before I realised that I had to press out the smaller one: why the f... why on earth do they have different sizes? getting it in was horribly fiddly: someone with arthritis couldn't do it. I've finally got it set up with the time and date and £10 worth of credit on it but I still HATE MOBILE PHONES!. >:( >:( >:(
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And another thing: YOY have 3G stopped selling £25 top-up vouchers, when that is still the price of seven gigawhatsits on my payg wifi? £20, the new highest priced voucher, only gets you 3, which goes nowhere, and is much poorer value. To get roughtly thesame value deal, I have to buy a new SIM card with 12 gigwhatsits on, for £40. Changing the SIM card every time is bloody daft!
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GOD, I hate mobile phones! I bought a cheap payg one a week ago, and couldn't get the thing set up - it had no instructions worth talking of, and I couldn't work out how to put the £10 credit on to it, so in the end I gave it to my son. Today, I bought another, slightly more expensive, but a model I've had before, but had to use my Swiss Army knife to prise the back off. While doing so, I managed to slice my thumb open, and bled all over the nice clean floor of the cafe in Sainsbury's. Then I had to get the SIM card in, and it was a while before I realised that I had to press out the smaller one: why the f... why on earth do they have different sizes? getting it in was horribly fiddly: someone with arthritis couldn't do it. I've finally got it set up with the time and date and £10 worth of credit on it but I still HATE MOBILE PHONES!. >:( >:( >:(
I can't say they thrill me either. I have a basic phone to take with me when I am driving in case of emergency, it is always switched off and rarely sees the light of day. My children are not pleased with me as I flatly refuse to learn how to text.
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I had nothing better to do for a few minutes so I googled members of my family and extended family. It was interesting to see how many of us are featured, including my husband and myself. I am not talking about FB or other social media sites.
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I have a mobile phone, of course - I think it would be silly not to have one - but only use it to phone for a taxi when I'm outand, very occasionally for some other reason.
This afternoon, the Electric Company have fitted one of those smart meters - at their expense and for their benefit! It won't make any difference to me. It has to be done before British Gas can fit their smart meter.
I was, however, most impressed to find that the Engineer was a young woman, so of course I congratulated her on her achievement.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-47108382
I had never heard of this weird phenomenon of snow rollers before now!
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OM actual G! I've just discovered that I share my birthday with Boris! The horror!
(Also Aung San Suu Kyi, Salman Rushdie, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, and the delectable Helen Geoge, who plays Trixie, the glamour-girl out of off of 'Call the Midwife'.)
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Didn't know you were as young as Helen George. The others all look old for their years. I'm sure you look young and blonde and sweet like Helen.
I just googled famous people born on April 4th 1960 (my birthday), and don't recognise any of them! Maybe I'll be the first really famous person by the time I die - famous for what I wonder?
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I see Paul McCartney has been awarded a gold Blue Peter badge. Our Down's Syndrome son (nearly 34) was awarded three ordinary BP badges when he was young. Our lad is also featured in the Millennium addition of the Blue Peter annual. Sorry for boasting, but I am very proud of our lad, in spite of having quite severe learning difficulties he is one of the nicest people you could ever wish to meet. We are so fortunate that we were chosen as his adopted parents, he brightens the darkest day. :) :) :)
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You've been very blessed Littleroses.
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Didn't know you were as young as Helen George.
Iwish!I just googled famous people born on April 4th 1960 (my birthday), and don't recognise any of them! Maybe I'll be the first really famous person by the time I die - famous for what I wonder?
My sister's birthday is April 4th! Martin Luther King was murdered on your eighth, and her 14th, birthday.
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You've been very blessed Littleroses.
Yes we certainly are where our children/grandchildren are concerned. :)
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Yes that's what I meant. My eldest getting married soon. Niece at end of May.
I've had a funny couple of days at home, will have to use up my annual leave before April but all I've wanted to do this week is cosy up on the sofa, read and watch bit of TV/Netflix. Apart from posting on here a bit of course.
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I see the children's programme, 'Crackerjack', is coming back again. I remember watching it was a child when the late Eamonn Andrews was the presenter.
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CRACKERJACK!
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From my bedroom window I have just watched the Air Bus new BelugaXL as it was about to fly into Hawarden Airport not far from us. It is HUGE.
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It's far too warm for this time of year.
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It's far too warm for this time of year.
My husband is moaning that it is chilly, although I don't think it is.
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My husband is moaning that it is chilly, although I don't think it is.
will he be having that with boiled rice or pitta bread ?
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will he be having that with boiled rice or pitta bread ?
Chilli, boiled rice and pitta bread aren't to our taste.
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I think that was meant to be a joke, LR: think of 'chilli con carne'. Now it's been mentioned I fancy it despite being roughly 3.30am. I got up for glass of water but now want chilli and rice! Can't see myself cooking it at this hour though, tired and going back to bed. Lasagne tonight with chips and salad. How boring am I talking about food at this hour! Cornflakes maybe?
Washing machine packed up a day or so ago, new one arriving Friday. I have a few things soaking in buckets/bowls - white/light/dark. It can wait 'til Friday.
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I think that was meant to be a joke, LR: think of 'chilli con carne'. Now it's been mentioned I fancy it despite being roughly 3.30am. I got up for glass of water but now want chilli and rice! Can't see myself cooking it at this hour though, tired and going back to bed. Lasagne tonight with chips and salad. How boring am I talking about food at this hour! Cornflakes maybe?
Washing machine packed up a day or so ago, new one arriving Friday. I have a few things soaking in buckets/bowls - white/light/dark. It can wait 'til Friday.
Yes dear, I did realise that. ::)
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Bless you, I'm sure you did. I don't always get my own jokes never mind other people's! I had a crusty cheese roll not long ago - (back to food again). Wish I hadn't bothered, I've taken a green smoothie back to office & Njoying that.
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Saw Breast Cancer Clinic Surgeon this morning - she has decided she will remove the lump under a local anaesthetic and that will be in March! The risk is higher of course because of all the blood thinners I have to take to keep my heart working, but I have every confidence in them all ... and in my tendency to bounce back!
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Saw Breast Cancer Clinic Surgeon this morning - she has decided she will remove the lump under a local anaesthetic and that will be in March! The risk is higher of course because of all the blood thinners I have to take to keep my heart working, but I have every confidence in them all ... and in my tendency to bounce back!
I am keeping my fingers crossed for you Susan.
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Saw Breast Cancer Clinic Surgeon this morning - she has decided she will remove the lump under a local anaesthetic and that will be in March! The risk is higher of course because of all the blood thinners I have to take to keep my heart working, but I have every confidence in them all ... and in my tendency to bounce back!
You go, girl!!!
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Saw Breast Cancer Clinic Surgeon this morning - she has decided she will remove the lump under a local anaesthetic and that will be in March! The risk is higher of course because of all the blood thinners I have to take to keep my heart working, but I have every confidence in them all ... and in my tendency to bounce back!
Know what you mean about the blood thinners Susan. I'm still taking them after my new hip op(not a bad spelling of the dance!) I can't wait to get rid of the white stockings as well. Hope your op goes ok, I'm sure it will. :)
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LR, NS and enki
thank you for the encouraging remarks, much appreciated.
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Phone call from Surgeon's secretary this morning - op on 28th March in the afternoon; day surgery; so I'll probably book a couple of nights in the Residential Care home down the road which keeps rooms for just that sort of occasion. I stayed there one night last year when I was not wel and it saves my son (s) having to think of coming to stay with me.
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This morning I could hear a lot of noise sort of inside the house - it took me a while, because the noise was not continuous, to realise that a pigeon must have fallen down the chimney and is now behind the gas fire in the lounge. Gas chap coming this afternoon, so I hope it is not too difficult to remove what I presume is now a dead pigeon.
The protective cowl I had fixed on the chimney years ago must have broken or something, so that's another job that will need doing.
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Our youngest daughter and family had a FANTASTIC time at the Harry Potter Experience last week. She said it was the best outing they have ever had, and not too expensive either. She brought me a Harry Potter tea towel and the guide book, which looks like an interesting read.
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Gas heating and plumbing chap came this afternoon and yes, there was a pigeon, dead, plus the skeleton of another! So he cleaned it all including the fire itself. He will come back next week to make sure the chimney is properly covered to prevent further problems!
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Gas heating and plumbing chap came this afternoon and yes, there was a pigeon, dead, plus the skeleton of another! So he cleaned it all including the fire itself. He will come back next week to make sure the chimney is properly covered to prevent further problems!
I am glad you have that sorted out Susan. :) Our present house doesn't have a chimney, for which I am thankful, having had problems with them at previous properties of ours.
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A couple of weeks ago I decided to rejoin the Community Association. I used to be a member when I used to belong to the discussion group years ago. I can't join in much, but will call in for coffee occasionally. Today I had an invitation to a New Members Tea and Cakes on 23rd - but I do not expect a lively afternoon! I pass it almost every day, so I thought it will be a good idea to be a member.
Also today a copy of my Health andWelfare addition to LPA arrived, so that's available if necessary.
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Our eldest girl has a new name for her aged parents, 'The Ice Cubes'. Our boiler packed up the day we had snow, FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o We knew a new boiler would be required this year but hoped it would last out until the summer months. Typical that is should end its life when the weather is at its coldest. We have no hot water, so I boil a kettle for the washing up, and fortunately one of our showers is electric, otherwise we would be smelly as well as cold. The fan heaters are on overtime, but I reckon an igloo would be much warmer than our abode at present! The new boiler has arrived and our plumber/boiler specialist will start installing it tomorrow, it is likely to take two days to fit. So by the weekend with a bit of luck, we might have some heat. Although no doubt by then we will probably have a heatwave! ;D
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Hope they get you sorted soon LR, this is no weather to be without heating.
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Hope they get you sorted soon LR, this is no weather to be without heating.
Sheldon came unexpectedly this morning and removed the old boiler. He prepared everything ready for the new one to be put in tomorrow, he hopes that by tomorrow evening we will have the heating on, fingers crossed.
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WE HAVE HEATING. :) Sheldon has done a wonderful job, we are so pleased. He doesn't charge much either, no wonder he never has to advertise and is so popular that he is overworked. A multimillionaire employs him when needed and that guy can afford the best, he drives a £16,000,000 car!!!!!!!!! My baby sister keeps threatening to kidnap Sheldon whenever she needs any plumbing done, as he is so reasonable whereas you need to be a multimillionaire to afford the prices trades people charge in Guernsey! :o
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https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/17516954.night-of-magic-planned-to-help-save-overtons-oldest-building/
If god won't help out, leave it to the Magic Circle. ;D
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My Salisbury son has visited this morning and sorted out the Alexa so that I can now listen to Radio 4 again.
Just before he arrived, I had heard a voice coming from the computer saying something I couldn't make out, but it did it again and the words were: There is no mains power. So he fixed that too by switching back the switch on the meter.
And he re-ibnflated my fitness ball for me too! I use it to sit at the computer sometimes.
All in all, a satisfactory visit!
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Some people have more money than sense, they are buying limited addition nappies at £160 a pair! ::)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47319641
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My husband and I have just purchased a couple of keyrings for £100! Now before anyone tells us we have more money than sense, I will explain. Our vicar daughter runs an after school club for primary school children, for Lent the children came up with the idea of making key rings for a homeless charity. They hoped they would raise as much as £100, which of course seems a lot of money to kids of that age. We didn't want them to be disappointed so hence the expensive keyrings. :)
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Sounds good to me LR. I have asked for money towards Chester Zoo for my birthday which was on 4th of Aprll, and we all asked for same when my dad died in March. So we will no doubt be given a nice bouquet of flowers or plant and some money for the charity of our choice which suits us fine. There has also been the Mozambique/ Somalia appeal. So many horrible things happening.
You did the right thing about the expensive key rings, imo.
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My children love their elderly Mum, they did her proud yesterday. :)
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I woke around 2:0 a.m.
I noticed what I thought was a smell of gas. Went to the window, which was open, and could smell it outside. Checked downstairs - all okay. Opened lounge window - same smell outside. Phoned the emergency number, thinking someone would say, 'Ah, yes, we have had a problem in the area' or something. The meter is outside lounge window. A chap came along and checked thoroughly, but he said he could smell it in the air from when he left his house. Seems there was some kind of Southampton dock area to do with plastics and a large cloud of some kind of gas, not dangerous, had risen into the air and was being blown miles away by the wind.
I'm glad I did not call anyone out on a wild goose chase, but was obviously right about the smell. thank goodness we have sensible and very capable engineers on call 24 hours a day to make sure all is safe.
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I've just had a scam phone call! Some bored voice from goodness knows where asking if I was Mrs Susan, then being encouraged to continue, he said The Ministry of Something...
Me interrupting: which ministry
Him: Repeated something that sounded like Ministry of ... oh dear, I've forgotten already!
Me: Go on
Him: The Government have chosen you to receive
At which point I burst out laughing and he put the phone down!!! :D
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I've just had a phone call from somebody with an American accent claiming to be from British Telecom saying that they were going to cut off my Broadband. I didn't wait to hear the rest and hung up.
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I've just had a phone call from somebody with an American accent claiming to be from British Telecom saying that they were going to cut off my Broadband. I didn't wait to hear the rest and hung up.
You didn't suggest that you had scissors ready to cut off the electricity?
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I've just had a phone call from somebody with an American accent claiming to be from British Telecom saying that they were going to cut off my Broadband. I didn't wait to hear the rest and hung up.
I had one of those about three weeks ago. I just put the phone down without comment, as it was of course a scam.
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You didn't suggest that you had scissors ready to cut off the electricity?
No, but I wish I had the phone number it came from so that I could impersonate Donald Trump and say 'You have offended me bigly with your fake news. I have instructed the FBI to arrest you immediately'.
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No, but I wish I had the phone number it came from so that I could impersonate Donald Trump and say 'You have offended me bigly with your fake news. I have instructed the FBI to arrest you immediately'.
More and more now these scammers get hold somehow of UK numbers, so try dialling 1471, write down the number and then google it!! You get some interesting results, mostly from people who have thought, correctly, they were scam numbers.
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More and more now these scammers get hold somehow of UK numbers, so try dialling 1471, write down the number and then google it!! You get some interesting results, mostly from people who have thought, correctly, they were scam numbers.
Helps if you don't have a landline
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Helps if you don't have a landline
Unfortunately, I can't manage without one, but I either put the phone down straight away, or play along for a bit. I never feel concerned or ruffled by scam calls and fortunately, I don't have that many.
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Our Internet is really playing up today, it is driving me completely crazy!
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Our Internet is really playing up today, it is driving me completely crazy!
I had a scam call from "Openreach" telling me that some people were stealing my internet!
A guy with poor English and a heavy Indian accent, his name was Peter Smith, seemingly.
I queried at length with him as to how that could happen. Basically those internet thieves were creeping up to my house and patching into my network.
"Peter" of course could fix it for me for a price.
No thanks, I said that when I see them I'll just set my dogs on them and could he explain why the internet thieves would drive for two miles along a dirt track to my farm, which cannot be seen from the main road, to steal internet that doesn't get above 5 mbps?
"Peter" hung up on me!
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I had a scam call from "Openreach" telling me that some people were stealing my internet!
A guy with poor English and a heavy Indian accent, his name was Peter Smith, seemingly.
I queried at length with him as to how that could happen. Basically those internet thieves were creeping up to my house and patching into my network.
"Peter" of course could fix it for me for a price.
No thanks, I said that when I see them I'll just set my dogs on them and could he explain why the internet thieves would drive for two miles along a dirt track to my farm, which cannot be seen from the main road, to steal internet that doesn't get above 5 mbps?
"Peter" hung up on me!
I never engage these people in conversation, I just hang up on them.
My internet connection is very, very slow today. I can't access the iplayer on our smart TV, which is a pain as most of the programmes we wish to watch are on that! Hopefully our eldest girl will see if she can reboot it when her busy Easter schedule is over.
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I never engage these people in conversation, I just hang up on them.
My internet connection is very, very slow today. I can't access the iplayer on our smart TV, which is a pain as most of the programmes we wish to watch are on that! Hopefully our eldest girl will see if she can reboot it when her busy Easter schedule is over.
I always engage with them for as long as possible.
If they spend time trying and failing to scam me then they are not trying and potentially succeeding in scamming some other unfortunate person.
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I always engage with them for as long as possible.
If they spend time trying and failing to scam me then they are not trying and potentially succeeding in scamming some other unfortunate person.
My usual approach with calls like this is to tell them that we've had some suspicious calls of late, so the line is being monitored and that I've been asked, by the 'authorities', to activate a recording/tracing device that has been installed to monitor any calls that aren't from contacts I know.
That tends to get rid of them.
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I have not had one of these calls for a long time and that was when I was in France.
I have imagined saying something like: "How did you get hold of this number? You do know that this number isn't accessible to normal callers, don't you?" Then place my hand over the phone and call out "Major Thompson, it's one of those calls again, Do you want it traced?"
I did hear of one person - who having received a call from "Microsoft" kept the scammer on the line "trying to follow" instructions. After a while he was asked to describe what was on the screen and he replied "Just the Apple logo, as usual."
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I have not had one of these calls for a long time and that was when I was in France.
I have imagined saying something like: "How did you get hold of this number? You do know that this number isn't accessible to normal callers, don't you?" Then place my hand over the phone and call out "Major Thompson, it's one of those calls again, Do you want it traced?"
I did hear of one person - who having received a call from "Microsoft" kept the scammer on the line "trying to follow" instructions. After a while he was asked to describe what was on the screen and he replied "Just the Apple logo, as usual."
I have been advised by a member of my family who is an IT specialist, that it is best never to engage these people in conversation.
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I have been advised by a member of my family who is an IT specialist, that it is best never to engage these people in conversation.
I suppose, innocent non IT people like yourself should just hang up.
On the other hand, savvy people can engage them for as long as is convenient in order to waste their time.
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I suppose, innocent non IT people like yourself should just hang up.
On the other hand, savvy people can engage them for as long as is convenient in order to waste their time.
Why bother, surely most people have better things to do with their time?
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I have had a chest infection and am on second lot of antibiotics. This morning I had no energy, but son came down, bought us some lunch - a selection of pizzas, plus some garlic bread, cleared everything up afterwards .. and so I feel heaps better this afternoon.
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I have had a chest infection and am on second lot of antibiotics. This morning I had no energy, but son came down, bought us some lunch - a selection of pizzas, plus some garlic bread, cleared everything up afterwards .. and so I feel heaps better this afternoon.
Jolly good. :)
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Why bother, surely most people have better things to do with their time?
I consider potentially helping others, less fortunate than myself , to be a good thing.
But that's just me!
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I consider potentially helping others, less fortunate than myself , to be a good thing.
But that's just me!
I very much doubt the way you are handling it is going to put them off calling others.
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I very much doubt the way you are handling it is going to put them off calling others.
I never claimed that it would do that.
All that I can do is reduce in a small way, the number of people being called and potentially scammed.
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I never claimed that it would do that.
All that I can do is reduce in a small way, the number of people being called and potentially scammed.
If it pleases you to think that, no problem.
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If it pleases you to think that, no problem.
If it pleases you to think otherwise then no problem also.
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For our Scottish posters, in particular, I have just seen this, it is so very pretty. :)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48065113
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For our Scottish posters, in particular, I have just seen this, it is so very pretty. :)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48065113
In japan, this is the season for haname - in their thousands, people congregate to see and walk among the cherry blossom. Offices will decamp and go and have lunch parties under the blossom (the office junior will have been sent out with instructions to bag a good place and claim it by spreading blue groundsheets.
Cherry blossom emphasises the evanescence of life. I have witnessed haname in Tokyo and Kyoto.
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Sounds like shoe polish; smells nice.
To the be.st of my memory I was only scammed once, a small sum but i didn't have much money a few years back. Not nice anyway.
i've just been discharched from hospital which was a nightmare. I cried when I left. Yes I know, big baby but if I never see the place again I won't be sorry.
I can't imagine patients being so badly treated.
Can't do much for a few weeks.
Hope you all enjoyed Easter.
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i've just been discharched from hospital which was a nightmare. I cried when I left. Yes I know, big baby but if I never see the place again I won't be sorry.
Glad to hear the nightmare is over, Robbie, and hopefully you're now feeling much better (and are doing what the medics advise).
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Glad to hear the nightmare is over, Robbie, and hopefully you're now feeling much better (and are doing what the medics advise).
Most definitely seconded. Whatever the nightmare was, thank kgoodness you are on the healing side of it.
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Sounds like shoe polish; smells nice.
To the be.st of my memory I was only scammed once, a small sum but i didn't have much money a few years back. Not nice anyway.
i've just been discharched from hospital which was a nightmare. I cried when I left. Yes I know, big baby but if I never see the place again I won't be sorry.
I can't imagine patients being so badly treated.
Can't do much for a few weeks.
Hope you all enjoyed Easter.
Hate hospitals, though I admire those who work there. Hope you are feeling better. Take care.
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Sorry to hear about your hospital experience, Robbie. I hope you make a speedy recovery.
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Hope your hospital experience is well behind you, Robbie, and you're on the mend.
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My husband and I are very grateful to Buckley District Nurses who provide him with an excellent service, they are lovely people who go above and beyond the call of duty. :)
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What a fun few days we have had, NOT! My husband had a suprapubic catheter installed on Thursday, as his regular one kept blocking, he was supposed to be a day case in spite of having a general anaesthetic. However, as he clearly had an infection they didn't release him until Saturday morning. Since he has been home his right leg has got more and more painful, he suffers from nerve damage in that leg, due to being paralysed down his right side for a few months after his brain haemorrhage in 2006, but it didn't usually bother him too much. He has gone from being able to go for long walks and do most things for himself, to hardly being able to walk at all. I am not sure exactly what the problem is, whether it is the effect of the anaesthetic, or the antibiotics he is on. But I do know if this goes on much longer I am not going to be able to cope. We are awaiting the arrival of the district nurse and see what she has to say about his condition.
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Update on my thrilling life since February: my apple trees are coming to the end of their blossoming, and were smothered in blossom. The bees and other pollenating insects did their bit, and it looks as though I'll get a very heavy crop this year - except off my 'Bramley's Seedling', which for some reason didn't produce much blossom, and therefore won't produce much fruit. I'll be making lots of cider in October. I didn't make any last year because the crop was too light, but I managed ten gallons in 2017, when I had a heavy crop. I hope my trees aren't all going into biennial-bearing, but gallons of cider every two years is ok. I will be spending much of today knocking my neglected back garden into shape. (I'm in the first of two weeks annual leave.)
I've been doing lots of cycling, now that the weather is improving. On Monday, I went to Aylesbury (from Hemel Hempstead) and back, out via canal towpaths and back by road. 38 miles.
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For our Scottish posters, in particular, I have just seen this, it is so very pretty. :)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48065113
:D
Gosh!
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A well dressed, very polite woman turned up at our daughter's church with a toddler and baby claiming she had lost her credit card and her car was nearly out of petrol and would someone be kind enough to lend her some money. Our daughter said she would take them home in her car, funnily enough the woman disappeared. Our girl heardr from other clergy she had tried it on at their churches too. The police have been informed.
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So yesterday as part of our on-going search for a property on the South coast we ended up in Shoreham on Sea. Purely by accident - or my lack of a sense of direction. Anyhow, it is amazing how the perception I had of a place I had, admittedly, never visited, was so different from the reality.
I had, in the past, only seen Shoreham from afar, Brighton to be exact. I just dismissed it as a power station near the sea. How wrong can one be. It's a nice little place with a fairly old town centre and is on the banks of the river Adur. Rivers do generally make places more interesting I find. Low tide and the river bed was scattered with assorted fishing boats and house boats and boats that don't appear to have any recognisable function.
It struck me as the kind of place Dickens might have written about. Anyway back in Nottingham now, not the kind of place Dickens ever wrote about.
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Though he both performed there and stayed there
https://whatpub.com/pubs/NOT/629/curious-tavern-nottingham
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Though he both performed there and stayed there
https://whatpub.com/pubs/NOT/629/curious-tavern-nottingham
Oh my goodness. I used to drink in there regularly (in the 80's)!
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And the Mercure has a Charles Dickens meeting room made up of the Charles and indeed the Dickens
http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/venues/mercure_nottingham_city_centre_hotel.asp
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And the Mercure has a Charles Dickens meeting room made up of the Charles and indeed the Dickens
http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/venues/mercure_nottingham_city_centre_hotel.asp
I've not been in since Mercure took it over. Will pop in when I next venture into the City centre. (Expect a report back sometime next year!)
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Why is it household appliances seem to pack up around the same time? In the last three months we have required a new boiler, vacuum cleaner, and yesterday a new washing machine. If more pack up I will need to stand on the street corner waiting for people to pay me to go away. ;D ;D ;D
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Why is it household appliances seem to pack up around the same time? In the last three months we have required a new boiler, vacuum cleaner, and yesterday a new washing machine. If more pack up I will need to stand on the street corner waiting for people to pay me to go away. ;D ;D ;D
what time was it when they packed up Lr?
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what time was it when they packed up Lr?
Ehhhhhhhhhh?
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I have been busy this morning. I cut down a monkey puzzle tree, rearranged my husband's bedroom, moving his bed from one end of the large room to the other, and his clothes chests. I also lugged up the stairs a heavy leather chair, he wanted in his room. Soon I will have muscles like those of a body builder! ;D
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-48469798
What an idiot. If he ever reaches maturity he might regret his crazy looks, as well as probably be an embarrassment to his child. :o
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Not only have I had a slightly unusual week, but today I have toothache (apt on Monday) and to cap it all managed to tip over on the floor a saucepan with just ready to eat minced beef plus a Dolmio sauce. Both my neighbours are out, so I had to call my son in Salisbury to come down and clear up the mess. I just couldn't see where to start. I was inordinately upset, which is quite unusual for me. Anyway, he has just gone having cleaned and tidied up everything. So that was very kind of him.
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Sometimes quite small things are much more upsetting for all sorts of unconnected reasons. Hope that you have a better time SD. Take care
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Sometimes quite small things are much more upsetting for all sorts of unconnected reasons. Hope that you have a better time SD. Take care
Thank you! He said there is a large stain on the carpet and he's going to look at the house insurance to see if a small claim could be made,. On the bright sidee - I can't see it!
However, there is an item of lovely good news in the family - older granddaughter is now engaged
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Not only have I had a slightly unusual week, but today I have toothache (apt on Monday) and to cap it all managed to tip over on the floor a saucepan with just ready to eat minced beef plus a Dolmio sauce. Both my neighbours are out, so I had to call my son in Salisbury to come down and clear up the mess. I just couldn't see where to start. I was inordinately upset, which is quite unusual for me. Anyway, he has just gone having cleaned and tidied up everything. So that was very kind of him.
SD
I really feel for you , I fully understand how living on your own can be a challenge sometimes especially when illness or injury have to be contended with and of course , you have limited vision too.
If I had been available I would have loved to come over and help and maybe had a nice glass of something together .
Usually I can be wherever I want to be but my van/home is off the road for repairs at the moment so I'm fairly stuck in one place(which is driving me nuts)
So stay strong and keep smiling SD
best wishes
Walt
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Thank you! He said there is a large stain on the carpet and he's going to look at the house insurance to see if a small claim could be made,. On the bright sidee - I can't see it!
However, there is an item of lovely good news in the family - older granddaughter is now engaged
Met a friends very new granddaughter today. First friend of my generation to be a grandparent.
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SD
I really feel for you , I fully understand how living on your own can be a challenge sometimes especially when illness or injury have to be contended with and of course , you have limited vision too.
If I had been available I would have loved to come over and help and maybe had a nice glass of something together .
Usually I can be wherever I want to be but my van/home is off the road for repairs at the moment so I'm fairly stuck in one place(which is driving me nuts)
So stay strong and keep smiling SD
best wishes
Walt
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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Met a friends very new granddaughter today. First friend of my generation to be a grandparent.
Quite a few of my friends are now great-grandparents! I hope I shall live long enough to be one too!
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Quite a few of my friends are now great-grandparents! I hope I shall live long enough to be one too!
I had a sister 19 years older than myself, her family live in the Grimsby/Cleethorps area the latest I hear I now have a great great great nephew and niece living up there, I've been an uncle since I was a six year old.
Regards ippy
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I had a sister 19 years older than myself, her family live in the Grimsby/Cleethorps area the latest I hear I now have a great great great nephew and niece living up there, I've been an uncle since I was a six year old.
Regards ippy
Wow! That's quite something! :)
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Yesterday I rang yourDolphin and ordered a new computer (desktop). I hkeep having to turn this one off and let it cool down or something whenthe the fans make a noise. the Tech chap tried to get replacement fans, but it is proving quite tricky and in any case this is what is nowadays called old, since it dates from 2011 and it's Windows 7 which,I'm told, ceases to be 'supported' in December. Well, I was going to wait to see if I was likely to live long enough to make it worth while :D but that's ridiculous! I don't care how long I've got, I'm going to have the benefit of a new computer anyway! Dolphin will put my SuperNova software on, plus e-mail, but the Tech chap will transfer the small amount of stuff stored.
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I have had the first hour of root canal treatment this afternoon, so have rung Wiltshire Farm Foods to order some soft meals to be delivered on Wednesday to have until next Monday, when I go for the second one. There may have to be a third apt, but I don't care if it means my teeth will last longer than me. :)
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Wow! That's quite something! :)
Makes me feel like Methuselah and I'm only 77.
Oh yes I was listening to BBC radio 4 this afternoon (1/7/19) at about fourish I heard a Starling speaking in parrot fashion saying, 'European Starling' amongst other things and no I haven't been at the bottle see if you can do a catch up on that one, there's a Shakespearian connection to it.
I would think a talking Starling would be right up your street Susan,
Regards ippy
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I remember that from school. In Henry Vl pt l Hotspur says he will teach a starling to say 'Mortimer' to the king. I'll see if I can find the quot.
PS Here it is. Got that from BBC, there's a picture and they are beautiful, colourful birds albeit destructive:-
"Nay, I'll have a starling shall be taught to speak nothing but Mortimer, and give it to him to keep his anger still in motion,"
I didn't know they could talk!
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I remember that from school. In Henry Vl pt l Hotspur says he will teach a starling to say 'Mortimer' to the king. I'll see if I can find the quot.
PS Here it is. Got that from BBC, there's a picture and they are beautiful, colourful birds albeit destructive:-
"Nay, I'll have a starling shall be taught to speak nothing but Mortimer, and give it to him to keep his anger still in motion,"
I didn't know they could talk!
Nor did I know they could mimic our voices either; I'm a listen to jabber when I have the radio on person, I sort of don't hear the bits I'm not interested in and then I seem to catch on to a word or something and some sort of auto pilot kicks in then I'm all ears.
This BBC Rad 4 programme cut in whilst I was on my hands and knees weeding my veg patch in the garden where they, the announcer referred to a Starlings and a Shakespeare connection with the US of A, if you haven't already done so you should do a catch up on it I found it fascinating.
I've now got another one of those lesser known facts added to my list that enables me to pass it onto my reluctant listener friends whilst, at the same time, I've got the the doorway blocked before they can leave, this can be very therapeutic for me not so much for my ex-friends though.
Regards ippy
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Dolphin phoned me last week to say that my new computer was ready and we arranged for this to be today. So I have been all day waiting for it. A van turned up about midday and a chap came to the door with a package for which I had to sign. It was obviously not the computer - too small,too lightweight. I phone Dolphin an dtold them. It still hasn't arrived. It's probably not Dolphin's fault - they sent the computer and the keyboard to couriers. It seems to be the couriers who have, for some unknown reason, separated the two boxes. So a beautiful day has been wasted sitting around waiting for a delivery.
Whether the new one is up and running this week or next isn't a matter of great importance, but I have had to cancel the Tech chap's intended visit tomorrow to do that.
A bit fed up!
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Computer arrived Thursday afternoon, Tech chap came and made it workable and again today to make it the way I like it.
But, more importantly, something I have known for about six weeks now is official - my older granddaughter and her fiancé are expecting a baby end January.
Smiles and excitement all round!!
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The Whaley Bridge residents have been given permission to return to their homes. I bet their insurance will be sky high and they may well have difficulty trying to sell their houses should they wish to do so. No way would I wish to live below a reservoir. :o
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Our granddaughter started secondary school today, all went well. :)
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Our third started back and Nursery today, and the baby has a check-up, but social services have just shut our eldest daughter's day service place for two weeks due to 'staff shortages'... I'm at work, but it's not making life easy for Mrs. O. to keep having to change schedules.
O.
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We booked our flu jabs for the last Saturday of this month have other posters booked theirs?
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Last time I had a flu jab (I get it free becos of job), as did my dad, mum, in laws and sister, dad and I had very bad flu end Nov beg Dec. My flu progressed to chest infection, my old dad recovered well but it took me longer. Couldn't go to nephew's Christmassy wedding, my husband and two daughters went without me - he took a lot of persuading but it was important he went, it's his sister's son.
I'm not keen to have the flu jab again.
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Never had a flu jab, not planning to, many years since I had flu.
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We booked our flu jabs for the last Saturday of this month have other posters booked theirs?
I get a flu jab every year but my doctor's advice is to get it as late as possible as it only lasts for about six months. I usually get mine about November.
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My husband is in hospital it is possible he may have had a TIA, they will keep him in for a couple of days to access him.
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My husband is in hospital it is possible he may have had a TIA, they will keep him in for a couple of days to assess him.
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That's very traumatic for you and him Littleroses. I really hope he is OK once he's had all the investigations & is suitably treated. Also I want you and your children to be alright. Thinking of you.
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That's very traumatic for you and him Littleroses. I really hope he is OK once he's had all the investigations & is suitably treated. Also I want you and your children to be alright. Thinking of you.
I second those thougths.
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I spoke to my husband this morning, he seems his usual self and says he is fine apart from being bored stiff. I have a list of things I have been instructed to bring in when we visit him at 1pm, to make his stay less boring! I have told him how fortunate he is to have been admitted to the stroke unit, especially as they only had one bed free, and he is staying there until they discover what caused yesterday's problem. He should see the neurologist tomorrow, they won't keep him in any longer than necessary.
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Sounds positive littleroses. I hope whatever it was, was not too serious and he'll soon be home with you.
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Sounds positive littleroses. I hope whatever it was, was not too serious and he'll soon be home with you.
If it was a TIA it can always occur again, unfortunately. Both his parents had strokes, which carried them off.
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Yes TIAs do occur again, sometimes several times. However if Mr Littleroses definitely did have a TIA the doctors will presumably give him advice & put him on medication to avoid it happening again.
Let us know how he gets on Littleroses.
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Our daughter and I saw my husband this afternoon, he seemed fine and in good spirits, apart from being desperate to come home. He was able to walk down to the café, which is a bit of a route march, his walking seems normal. However, they are keeping him in hospital for at least another couple of days as he is still being assessed, there appears to be some swelling on his brain, but the cause is not clear, they are still treating it as a TIA. Whilst we were there they moved him to another bay for less acute patients.
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My husband was discharged this afternoon, they don't appear to be entirely sure what caused his problem.
He is back to his normal self again, so hopefully it was a one off.
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I have just seen this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49699494
A baby born on the recent anniversary of 9/11 at 9.11pm weighing 9lbs 11oz.
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Of course for any sensible country it was born on 11/9
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-49679193
This article made me so angry, how can some parents be so stupid as to put fizzy drinks and milkshakes in babies feeding bottles? :twisted: No wonder so many children have many of their teeth extracted at a young age.
Our grandchildren only drank milk and water when young. Our eldest grandson who is 17 still does, he doesn't enjoy tea of coffee. I have never seen any of the others imbibing fizzy drinks, come to think of it.
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I doubt that many people doing it are doing it out of much other than ignorance. Sad all round.
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Not only does it rot the kid's teeth, the sugar they imbibe contributes to them being overweight. There seems to be so many obese children around these days. :o
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-49679193
This article made me so angry, how can some parents be so stupid as to put fizzy drinks and milkshakes in babies feeding bottles? :twisted: No wonder so many children have many of their teeth extracted at a young age.
Our grandchildren only drank milk and water when young. Our eldest grandson who is 17 still does, he doesn't enjoy tea of coffee. I have never seen any of the others imbibing fizzy drinks, come to think of it.
you seem to be confusing 'fizzy' with sugary . There is an important difference in this context .
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you seem to be confusing 'fizzy' with sugary . There is an important difference in this context .
Most fizzy drinks contain sugar, which is what the link I gave was referring!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-49783488
Skinny dipping in the North Sea for charity. I am glad I was not there to witness it, let alone take part. I prefer the human body covered up, especially mine. :o
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I would happily given the right weather be naked most of the time. The North Sea is never the right weather
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I would happily given the right weather be naked most of the time. The North Sea is never the right weather
Whatever turns you on I suppose, naked people turn me right off.
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It's rather that I find clothes while fun in some ways, odd in many.
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I agree, LR. To do such a thing to babies is completely daft, and I bet there's some laziness involved in somecases.
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So was on a course today and something happened that made me feel really old. For a variety of reasons the presenter mentioned that he was really looking forward to 1 film next year. The update of Top Gun.
2 people in the room had never heard of it never mind watched it!
One of them after we discussed it and when it was released said ' I don't like black and white films'
I am now watching Top Gun
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So was on a course today and something happened that made me feel really old. For a variety of reasons the presenter mentioned that he was really looking forward to 1 film next year. The update of Top Gun.
2 people in the room had never heard of it never mind watched it!
One of them after we discussed it and when it was released said ' I don't like black and white films'
I am now watching Top Gun
NS
A great film with some real flying in it for plane spotters like me 👍
Enjoy old chap 😎
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I'm currently parked in the viewing area of an RAF base waiting for night flying sorties of the Typhoons
Clear sky and no wind conditions , might get some decent afterburner snaps
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Youngest rolled over for the first time last night - she's a little behind as she spent a few months with a hip-harness on, but I'm sure she'll be crawling soon!!!
O.
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Youngest rolled over for the first time last night - she's a little behind as she spent a few months with a hip-harness on, but I'm sure she'll be crawling soon!!!
O.
Good news: be warned though with regard to female children, since crawling is just the start of it - in time they grow into women, they start to tell you where you are going wrong (pretty much from as soon as they start to talk), and along the way they will spend most of your money. :)
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Good news: be warned though with regard to female children, since crawling is just the start of it - in time they grow into women, they start to tell you where you are going wrong (pretty much from as soon as they start to talk), and along the way they will spend most of your money. :)
In the eyes of my eldest girl (35) I can't do a thing wrong ,
In the eyes of my youngest girl (23) I can't do anything right 😤
In the eyes of my Ex I was a cheque book ! 😳
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Good news: be warned though with regard to female children, since crawling is just the start of it - in time they grow into women, they start to tell you where you are going wrong (pretty much from as soon as they start to talk), and along the way they will spend most of your money. :)
SEXIST, SEXIST, SEXIST!!!!!!!!!!! :P ;D
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Youngest rolled over for the first time last night - she's a little behind as she spent a few months with a hip-harness on, but I'm sure she'll be crawling soon!!!
O.
good luck with your youngest 🎉
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Good news: be warned though with regard to female children, since crawling is just the start of it - in time they grow into women, they start to tell you where you are going wrong (pretty much from as soon as they start to talk), and along the way they will spend most of your money. :)
Well, we survived the older pair, he's 22 now and she turns 20 later this year, but I guess you never know when one of them's going to turn on you!!!
O.
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Well apart from saving up to send their old mum on a one way trip to Mars when she gets more senile than she is now, ;D I can honestly say our girls are wonderful and very caring. :)
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We had our flu jabs earlier this morning, our surgery has two Saturdays in autumn dedicated to that purpose. Have other posters had theirs yet?
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This morning I went to the DT crosswords page, but found I was logged out. this has not happened before because the tech chap set it up for me and the staff at DT were very helpful. I tried to log in but it said e-mail or password was wrong. My next-door neighbour very kindly came in and managed to get to the point where I could print off the cryptic one.
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Odd fact, that had never occurred to me before: "like" has subtly changed its meaning, or at any rate its usage. It used to be synonymous with "please", so Shakespeare always says "it likes me", e.g. in 'King Lear, "his countenance likes me not", but now it is synonymous with "enjoy", so we say "I like it".
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Odd fact, that had never occurred to me before: "like" has subtly changed its meaning, or at any rate its usage. It used to be synonymous with "please", so Shakespeare always says "it likes me", e.g. in 'King Lear, "his countenance likes me not", but now it is synonymous with "enjoy", so we say "I like it".
It also features as a button in some social media sites where people 'like' something and click a button accordingly - I confess I don't use these sites but presumably it indicates approval. I've also seen recent references to 'woke' that have nothing to do with sleep, but I haven't caught up with this new usage yet.
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It also features as a button in some social media sites where people 'like' something and click a button accordingly - I confess I don't use these sites but presumably it indicates approval. I've also seen recent references to 'woke' that have nothing to do with sleep, but I haven't caught up with this new usage yet.
I have just looked 'woke' up.
Woke means being conscious of racial discrimination in society and other forms of oppression and injustice.
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I have just looked 'woke' up.
Woke means being conscious of racial discrimination in society and other forms of oppression and injustice.
Ah - so it is a synonym for 'awareness': I wonder what was wrong with 'aware(ness)'.
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Ah - so it is a synonym for 'awareness': I wonder what was wrong with 'aware(ness)'.
Goodness knows. The term 'wicked' is now used as a term for something good or exciting! ::)
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Ah - so it is a synonym for 'awareness': I wonder what was wrong with 'aware(ness)'.
It's often used in a pejorative sense as PC Brigade was to suggest that the 'awareness' has perhaps gone a bit far into a caricature of what the aim is. In 5 or so years 'woke' has gone from being something self proclaimed and congratulatory to mostly a mocking usage.
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Ah - so it is a synonym for 'awareness': I wonder what was wrong with 'aware(ness)'.
Absolutely nothing!
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Goodness knows. The term 'wicked' is now used as a term for something good or exciting! ::)
Where have you been for the last 3 decades? :P
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Where have you been for the last 3 decades? :P
I doubt any of us can accurately claim to be 'down wit the kids'
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Where have you been for the last 3 decades? :P
Sorry not with you?
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Sorry not with you?
That's how long "wicked" has meant "good".
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Sorry not with you?
I just meant "wicked" has been used for years in that sense - but as NS has seen fit, very cruelly imo, to point out how ancient I/we are I suggest we say no more about it.
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;D I have to say I thought the same. Twenty, thirty years ago - maybe more - 'wicked' (spelt 'wikid'), was a buzz word. You don't hear it much now but you would hear youngsters saying, "Wikid or what!" if they liked something.
LR I expect you consider all that to be minging.
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I just meant "wicked" has been used for years in that sense - but as NS has seen fit, very cruelly imo, to point out how ancient I/we are I suggest we say no more about it.
I know that. ::) I didn't say it was a new term, I was just pointing out like word 'woke', 'wicked' is used in a way these days that is far from its original meaning.
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The vernacular is ever changing. I wonder what the next 'new' word will be.
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The vernacular is ever changing. I wonder what the next 'new' word will be.
That could be the basis for a new thread - giving new meanings to old words.
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The vernacular is ever changing. I wonder what the next 'new' word will be.
Try here
https://momydady.com/teenage/teen-slangs-words/
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That could be the basis for a new thread - giving new meanings to old words.
Your word is my wossname. (http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=16817.0)
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Your word is my wossname. (http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=16817.0)
I notice we have both acted on trent's suggestion but with different interpretations. Happy to pursue both.
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I notice we have both acted on trent's suggestion but with different interpretations. Happy to pursue both.
Moi aussi.
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I get irritated when the parcel delivery drivers expect a person to open the door the second they ring the bell. I am usually upstairs as my bedroom acts as my study too, so it takes me about 30 seconds or so to get to the door, by which time the drivers are knocking on the neighbour's door to see if they will take the parcel in.
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The problem is that many of them are private contractors and to make any money from delivering they have to deliver an enormous number of packages. Every second they are waiting contributes to a very long working day.
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The problem is that many of them are private contractors and to make any money from delivering they have to deliver an enormous number of packages. Every second they are waiting contributes to a very long working day.
But by the time they have knocked on a neighbour's door asking if they will take in the parcel, then dropped a note through my door telling me where it is, they would have been long gone if they had waited a few more seconds for me to get to the door.
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But by the time they have knocked on a neighbour's door asking if they will take in the parcel, then dropped a note through my door telling me where it is, they would have been long gone if they had waited a few more seconds for me to get to the door.
If you're offered a choice of deliverer when ordering online, go for Royal Mail, rather than one of our so-called competitors. We ain't perfect, but we're better than that.
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If you're offered a choice of deliverer when ordering online, go for Royal Mail, rather than one of our so-called competitors. We ain't perfect, but we're better than that.
We have never been given a choice, unfortunately, otherwise I would go for Royal Mail.
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I saw a car with BLUE headlights today, it didn't look like an emergency vehicle. My daughter said they are a fashion trend, but the police could pull them in as they aren't legal here in the UK.
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I'm reading 'English Villages', by F.R.Banks. In the historical introduction, he makes an interesting point: that villages were usually named, not by their inhabitants, but by their neighbours The inhabitants of a village would just call it "the village", or something similar, but their neighbors might call it "Northton" or "Southby" or something, to distinguish it, so that they could say things like "I'm going to Northton market".
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We have lived in two English Villages, Pilsley in Derbyshire, our first home 50 years ago, and Paddock Wood in Kent, which I believe is now a town. We have lived in three villages in Wales, our present one is quite small.
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Phone rang. Automatic voice said: This is British Gas. Press any key.' (I don't think it said 'please'.)
Put phone down, rang free (to the blind) Directory Enquiries and got put through to British Gas.
Remained silent through all prompts, so got through to a person in the end. Asked if this was a scam.
Girl (with slightly foreign accent, and who kept speaking quickly so I had to request a slower repeat half the time, located my file and said that it was a meter reading request.
I pointed out that the meter has been located outside the house for many years and can be read without access to the inside of the house.
She: But we don't come and read meters now. Have you got a smart meter:'
I then sighed and explained that they, British Gas, had come to install one about a year ago, found I didn't have the right kind of electric meter so it couldn't be done. Southern Electric installed suitable meter. British Gas came back, bringing a meter that wouldn't fit. Proper ones not available.
No word from them since!!
The girl made an appointment for new meter to be installed on Saturday, when the meter will be read. I'm not holding my breath!!
I also asked her to register a complaint about having such scam-like automatic phone cals.
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I am awaiting the arrival of my new passport today. I presume it will still be the red one, and not the blue post Brexit colour, assuming we actually leave the EU. I am not intending to go abroad, or back to my home island, but it is so much easier to produce a passport when identification is required, like when I renew my driving licence in time for my 70th birthday in January.
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I don't recall having to produce evidence of identity when my licence was changed on becoming 70. I vaguely recall that it was done online - as it is after every three years.
When I fly to Jersey - two or three times a year - I use my concessionary bus pass as identity. Unfortunately it cannot be used on Jersey buses.
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I don't recall having to produce evidence of identity when my licence was changed on becoming 70. I vaguely recall that it was done online - as it is after every three years.
When I fly to Jersey - two or three times a year - I use my concessionary bus pass as identity. Unfortunately it cannot be used on Jersey buses.
I haven't been back to my home island of Guernsey since 2013, but it was easier to display my passport than anything else, especially as the photo on my driving licence is like something out of a horror film. :o
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Haven't you got a bus pass?
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I haven't got a bus pass as I don't require one. I haven't used a bus for about 50 years
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I haven't travelled on a bus for years, either ... but you never know. It's always a good thing to be prepared. And then when you do go to Guernsey ...
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I haven't travelled on a bus for years, either ... but you never know. It's always a good thing to be prepared. And then when you do go to Guernsey ...
The three scariest words in the English language are... Replacement Bus Service
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I haven't travelled on a bus for years, either ... but you never know. It's always a good thing to be prepared. And then when you do go to Guernsey ...
The word is more IF than when. I am my husband's carer, even if he doesn't recognise me as such.
Our Down's Syndrome son (34) is visiting us today. He is a cheeky so and so, he keeps telling me I am VERY VERY OLD, something he has been telling me since he was 4 years old. ;D ;D ;D
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This morning I went to the supermarket just after 7am. As it was still quite dark all the drivers had their lights on, it was only when I drove past them I realised there had been a cyclist coming towards me. I hadn't seen him before then as the tiny light on his bike was almost invisible because of the car lights. If he had been wearing a high viz jacket and of course a helmet, which he wasn't, he would have been easier to see. It is about time it was illegal for cyclists to be out on the road without wearing these necessary items of apparel.
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How I agree with you, LR.
I go to the gym every morning at 6.30. There are not only cyclists, but joggers and dog walkers around at that time. Virtually no-one wears reflective vests and very few wear light coloured clothes, Cyclists tend to ride on pavements and then dart onto the road when they want to take a turning or a short cut. And some ride without any lights at all.
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How I agree with you, LR.
I go to the gym every morning at 6.30. There are not only cyclists, but joggers and dog walkers around at that time. Virtually no-one wears reflective vests and very few wear light coloured clothes, Cyclists tend to ride on pavements and then dart onto the road when they want to take a turning or a short cut. And some ride without any lights at all.
For my early morning walk I have a thick yellow high viz jacket for cold dark days and high viz armbands for warmer dark days.
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I renewed my driving licence on-line this morning with the help on our eldest girl, one can do so 90 days before one's 70th birthday. We came across a website, which claimed to be the DVLA, but was clearly a fake. :o We found the genuine one and did the business, I was then instructed to cut my old licence card in half and return it to the DVLA, which surprised me. I am not sure what will happen should I need to show it to the police before I get my new one.
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And you did not need your passport ...
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And you did not need your passport ...
I did, which I renewed the other week.
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https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18002939.shotton-motorist-given-ticket-not-de-iced-windscreen/
What an idiot you need a clear windscreen when driving. >:(
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Sorry to disappoint anyone who thought I'd gone for good - I'm back. I've been unavoidably offline since the weekend, after my craptop, on its last legs for a while, finally expired, but I'm now on a public computer in the library, and am shortly going to collect my new laptop from Argos. I had limited access to the interweb via computers in the canteen at work, but, bizarrely, this forum is banned: I got a message from Royal Mail saying access was barred because it fell under the category of "Traditional religion"! What has RM got against traditional religion? I suspect that it's a euphemism for nutty Islamist websites, and they ban all sites that have anything to do with any religion, so as not to be accused of Islamophobia.
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Sorry to disappoint anyone who thought I'd gone for good - I'm back. I've been unavoidably offline since the weekend, after my craptop, on its last legs for a while, finally expired, but I'm now on a public computer in the library, and am shortly going to collect my new laptop from Argos. I had limited access to the interweb via computers in the canteen at work, but, bizarrely, this forum is banned: I got a message from Royal Mail saying access was barred because it fell under the category of "Traditional religion"! What has RM got against traditional religion? I suspect that it's a euphemism for nutty Islamist websites, and they ban all sites that have anything to do with any religion, so as not to be accused of Islamophobia.
I now have this in my head given the 'Traditional Religion'
https://youtu.be/BLrcKHKtV5g
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Our water has been off since last night. The Welsh water company claimed to have fixed the burst water main some distance from our village, but now there appears to be another problem, which they are looking into. I have been down to the supermarket to get some large water bottles. It is horrible not being able to have a shower or even wash ones hands, it is good job I have plenty of anti-bac gel. :o
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Wow, I only applied to renew my driving licence on Tuesday, the new licence card arrived by this morning's post, I am impressed. :)
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There has been quite a lot of talk about unicorns on another thread. Anyway when I was in the supermarket this morning I saw a fairly large unicorn soft toy with which I bonded immediately. I couldn't leave it on the shelf so put it in my trolley. When I got home I tried to smuggle it inside before my husband caught sight of it, but too late, his eyes the ceiling. ;D It is now enhancing the top of my wardrobe.
I have sent a photo of it to our girls and my sisters, I await their reaction, no doubt the men in white coats will be here before the day is out. ;D
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I've just discovered that another member of one of my Facebook groups is George Orwell's great-nephew! :o
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Ah, Autumn, the time when it becomes difficult to distinguish between leaf litter and dog litter, until you get into your car. ::)
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Ah, Autumn, the time when it becomes difficult to distinguish between leaf litter and dog litter, until you get into your car. ::)
I believe that was Keats' first line on his first attempt at Ode to Autumn
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The Burning Of The Leaves by Robert Laurence Binyon. https://allpoetry.com/The-Burning-Of-The-Leaves
We'll soon be in winter but it's still autumn for ten more days.
Can't say I've ever burned leaves but can imagine it smells nice, bonfires are pleasant.
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I've had a bit of very welcome news regarding the tap group. I've realised for a while that energy levels are going, so had made the decision to stop at the end of this term. One of the dance school/owners is going to continue the Thursday tap class in January. I've been running it for at least ten years and prior to that I used to do it whenever the teacher was unable to take it. However, I've had to slow down(shock, horror!) and the the energy required to *spring* on to other foot, to hop on the left one, and maintain the stamina required to dance a whole routine without a rest has gone forgood, I'm afraid! For example, I know, and have shown the others, a whole routine learnt years ago (using Advanced Level steps) to 'TheSt Louis Blues' (Glenn Miller) but no more!
I could still manage to run the class if it wasn't for the worsening cataract which makes everything that much more difficult to see, although of course in tap dancing, we each have a space and all move in the same directions at the same time, so bumping into each other doesn't happen!
I shall of course join the class, but will no longer have the responsibility of being there and organising it.
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All credit to you Susan Doris.
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I have developed a new style of makeup. I placed dinosaur stickers on my visage, and sent a photo to my sisters and kids. I am awaiting the knock on the door and being carted off by men in white coats. ;D ;D ;D
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I was looking up synonyms for 'problem' and cursoring down listening, when I heard the word 'climactic' used in a sample sentence when the word should obviously have been 'climatic '! I would have copied the link, but I changed the window by mistake and lost it.
Synthetic Dave reads everything exactly as spelt, so I notice spelling errors easily.
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My late wife's talking computer did that as well, always pronouncing the end of urls as "dot co dot uck". You wouldn't have thought it would be too difficult to programme it to recogniise urls, and pronounce them "dot co dot you kay".
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My late wife's talking computer did that as well, always pronouncing the end of urls as "dot co dot uck". You wouldn't have thought it would be too difficult to programme it to recogniise urls, and pronounce them "dot co dot you kay".
Synthetic Dave does in fact say U, K, but if there is a vowel in an acronym, it tries to make it a word, so I have to go back and read letter by letter. Mind you, that often leaves me just as puzzled as before!!
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WORRYING: Both of my sons have partners that come from Glasgow, one of my boys lives in England and the other one lives on Rhodes Greece, I'm thinking conspiracy?
ippy
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WORRYING: Both of my sons have partners that come from Glasgow, one of my boys lives in England and the other one lives on Rhodes Greece, I'm thinking conspiracy?
ippy
Coming from Glasgow is very wise, if it's like what I've read.
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If anyone fancies reading about 3300 words of psychobabble
, I can point them in the direction of an article on the GH forum. The Author of the Month for December is:
Maria Papaspyrou, author of Femtheogenic Consciousness:
One of the things about Synthetic Dave is that I can just listen and let this type of incomprehensible rubbish flow past me. Actually trying to read it would be such an impossible thing to do - my brain would not let me do it! In my opinion, it is an insult to intelligence.
I did not comment directly, but picked out a few ridiculous comments about death and started a small topic on that. Well, it's cold outside and although it's sunny, it's not a day for walking - sun too low for a start - and I'm at a bit of a loose end today so that occupied a bit of time!
I have a new braille book - Postcards from Greece, by Victoria Hislop and it has started well, so I'll read some more of that this afternoon.
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Coming from Glasgow is very wise, if it's like what I've read.
That would depend on what you read about Glasgow.
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My late aunt by marriage came from Glasgow, and my middle daughter's husband was born there.
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Coming from Glasgow is very wise, if it's like what I've read.
I've just had a thought Rangers and Celtic, one of the girls has only just partnered up with my lad in Greece, hope they're both on the same side, even more worrying?
ippy.
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My late aunt by marriage came from Glasgow, and my middle daughter's husband was born there.
Looks like it's too late to complain about it now L R, don't be too hard on yourself, we all have our crosses to bear.
Regards, ippy.
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Looks like it's too late to complain about it now L R, don't be too hard on yourself, we all have our crosses to bear.
Regards, ippy.
Apart from the midges, I like Bonny Scotland and most of the Scottish people whom I have met.
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Apart from the midges, I like Bonny Scotland and most of the Scottish people whom I have met.
So do I like the Scots people L R, but even so that doesn't stop us giving them a hard time.
Regards, ippy.
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So do I like the Scots people L R, but even so that doesn't stop us giving them a hard time.
Regards, ippy.
I don't get the logic of that statement?
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At about 10:50 this morning, I walked down to town, wearing new trainers to test them for comfort (result - very good) and called into Morrison's for some chilled soup. Tried to phone for a taxi with mobile phone, but it just beeped and screen went black. Asked another customer to see if battery okay - answer, yes. So I walked home! Well, that was a much better thing to do from the health point of view! Phoned Tesco phone dept, and apparently there's something about a battery-saving thing if you don't use the phone for more than a certain number of weeks.
Some of us oldies do not feel the need to be using our mobile phones all the time!! :) However, I will try and remember to use it more often to make sure it is always working when a request for a taxi is needed.
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At about 10:50 this morning, I walked down to town, wearing new trainers to test them for comfort (result - very good) and called into Morrison's for some chilled soup. Tried to phone for a taxi with mobile phone, but it just beeped and screen went black. Asked another customer to see if battery okay - answer, yes. So I walked home! Well, that was a much better thing to do from the health point of view! Phoned Tesco phone dept, and apparently there's something about a battery-saving thing if you don't use the phone for more than a certain number of weeks.
Some of us oldies do not feel the need to be using our mobile phones all the time!! :) However, I will try and remember to use it more often to make sure it is always working when a request for a taxi is needed.
I have to remember to make a call from time to time with my mobile just to keep it alive. As I have said before, I only carry it with me when I am driving, it is always switched off.
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I don't get the logic of that statement?
Not everything is logical LR, Mr Spock woudn't understand either.
I like Scotland too (havent been for yonks), like you I have Scottish rellies; my brother in law and niece's husband are from Edinburgh. I'm going next year and really looking forward to it. Bro in law's lovely older sister is having a 65th birthday bash, she's been very unwell and now she has recovered she wants to splash out (or her children do).
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I don't get the logic of that statement?
Be warned if you go in for some lite banter with most Scots, get ready to make a swift exit whilst licking your wounds.
They're easier to understand for me when the nearer it is to Edinburgh they come from, they had two Glaswegians on pointless last week my wife and I we genuinely couldn't understand them, they seemed to be O K.
Regards, ippy.
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https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/football-s-coming-home-church-of-england-to-launch-clergy-team?fbclid=IwAR2ke1BJRwv0Jn-WACcE2-ih-6WMUHxFpYfQQLv2aTsg8A0rCIX0RhN-FI0
There once was a football-mad rev.
Who thought that his talent would nev.
Until one day, alas!
When he fumbled a pass,
And his game reached a not-very-clev.
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We were awoken by the sound of a car alarm at about 1.30am, I went outside to check if the noise was coming from my car, which it wasn't thank goodness. I have no idea where the sound was coming from. It went on for about two hours, I had to put my earplugs in to deaden the noise. :o
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There seems little point in car alarms, they go off for hours and no police drive up to see if anyone is actually suspicious. An alarm could frighten off a car thief but surely an experienced car thief would know how to disable it, get in the car and drive off quickly? Agree the sound is very annoying.
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There seems little point in car alarms, they go off for hours and no police drive up to see if anyone is actually suspicious. An alarm could frighten off a car thief but surely an experienced car thief would know how to disable it, get in the car and drive off quickly? Agree the sound is very annoying.
I suspect it was probably a faulty alarm, I have never heard a car alarm go off in our neighbourhood before, and it is very rare to hear a house alarm go off either.
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Can you bake sweet potatoes in their jackets, same as proper spuds? I hope so, because I put one in the oven about 15 minutes ago. I'm going to have it with mushroom and tommy toe sauce. I'll have to use the medim-sized saucepan; ther won't be mushroom in the small one.
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Can you bake sweet potatoes in their jackets, same as proper spuds? I hope so, because I put one in the oven about 15 minutes ago. I'm going to have it with mushroom and tommy toe sauce. I'll have to use the medim-sized saucepan; ther won't be mushroom in the small one.
nice try , needs some work though 😤
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I dislike baked potatoes having been forced to eat them as a kid. My husband is very fond of them so I cook his in the microwave, he is very satisfied with the result. I don't think I have ever used sweet potatoes.
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It was edible, but not a huge success. The inside was too soft, and the skin not crisp enough.
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I dislike baked potatoes having been forced to eat them as a kid. .
If you dislike baked potsatoes, fair enough, but I doubt that being forced to eat them as a child is the reason. We all have our food likes and dislikes, and they seem to be arbitrary, with no obvious reason for them. I detest apriicots, and am not keen on carrots or broccoli, as I've just ssid on the sprout thread. Sprouts are okish.
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It was edible, but not a huge success. The inside was too soft, and the skin not crisp enough.
the only similarity between a potato and a sweet potato is the name .
You might as well call a cat a dog because they both have four legs
You're welcome 🍷
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It was edible, but not a huge success. The inside was too soft, and the skin not crisp enough.
Looking at online it says to prick the skins and rub olive oil on them.
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I like jacket potatoes, crispy skins, nice fillings.Wouldn't do it with sweet potatoes though, I cut them up, season and roast. Sweet potatoes can be mashed with 'ordinary' potatoes.
Love sprouts (not when I was a kid) & honey roast carrots & parsnips.
I can only eat broccoli with cheese sauce, sometimes with cauliflower. Purple sprouting broccoli is lovely :- https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/purple-sprouting-broccoli-spears/085237-43315-43316
These are so sweet! Look like miniature Christmas trees. If you spoon cheese sauce on it looks like snow (me being fanciful):- https://ocado.com/products/waitrose-small-romanesco-66437011
Oliphant, if you cook turkey properly it will not be dry. Duck is nice though one won't go far if there's more than two people at table.
All the trimmings with Christmas dinner are the best bits.
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I went to the supermarket this morning just after 7am, I have never seen it so busy even at Christmas, the universe and its husband were there! Usually I am the only customer at the checkout. I got the few bits and pieces I required, and have no wish to see the place again until after Christmas.
I have just dropped my husband off at our girl's vicarage so she can take him to buy my pressies. When she and her sisters were small he would take them to assist him with his shopping on Christmas Eve. I always knew one of my presents would be perfume as the kids came back smelling to high heaven of it. He tried out the tester bottles on them. As they got older they refused to go shopping with him. ;D
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The busiest shopping scene I've ever witnessed was one Christmas eve in Manchester city centre in the early 70s, when I got stuck in the middle of a people-jam for several minutes.
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This morning I drove passed a van, the driver was talking on his mobile phone with one hand, with the other was resting on what appeared to be a map on the steering wheel, which he was looking at as he was trying to steer his vehicle with a couple of fingers! YE GODS!!!!!!!!!!!
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Today is the 13th anniversary of my husband's devastating brain haemorrhage. Considering the medics didn't think he would survive it, or if he did he would be left drooling in a nursing home he hasn't done too badly.
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That is so good LR & I'm sure not least bec'os of your and your family's good care & love. Hope U had happy Christmas & wish all the best for new year tho' that is a couple of days+ away. A loving family cannot be measured. Your post cheered me.
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That is so good LR & I'm sure not least bec'os of your and your family's good care & love. Hope U had happy Christmas & wish all the best for new year tho' that is a couple of days+ away. A loving family cannot be measured. Your post cheered me.
Thanks Robbie.
My husband has come this far due to his determination more than anything else, imo. He has always done his own thing and even with half a working brain he continues to do so, even if it I don't think it wise. He has other problems these days, which I won't go into, but insists on having his daily walk. He has gone walkabout at the moment, I haven't a clue where he is going, but that is up to him I suppose.
We had a good Christmas. I will take all the decorations down tomorrow as it is done and dusted for another year.
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Just rubbed my eye, because it was itching. Forgot I'd been chopping hot chillies earlier. OWWWWWWWWWW!!!
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Just rubbed my eye, because it was itching. Forgot I'd been chopping hot chillies earlier. OWWWWWWWWWW!!!
Poor you, don't forget to scrub your hands well next time you chop chillies.
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Just rubbed my eye, because it was itching. Forgot I'd been chopping hot chillies earlier. OWWWWWWWWWW!!!
Been there. Feel sympathy.
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An odd thought that recently occurred to me: we are often told that strong passwords contain numbers as well as letters, but there are only 10 numbers, whereas there are 26 letters, and if the password is case-sensitive, there are 52, so surely all-letters would be more secure.
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An odd thought that recently occurred to me: we are often told that strong passwords contain numbers as well as letters, but there are only 10 numbers, whereas there are 26 letters, and if the password is case-sensitive, there are 52, so surely all-letters would be more secure.
If every character could be a letter, you have 52 possibilities per character, if every character could be a letter or a digit, then there are 62 possibilities per character.
So, for example, if you have a 8 character password* made up of just (case-sensitive) letters there are 528 = 53,459,728,531,456 possibilities, if you add in numbers there are 628 = 218,340,105,584,896.
* Too short for sensitive applications
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If every character could be a letter, you have 52 possibilities per character, if every character could be a letter or a digit, then there are 62 possibilities per character.
So, for example, if you have a 8 character password* made up of just (case-sensitive) letters there are 528 = 53,459,728,531,456 possibilities, if you add in numbers there are 628 = 218,340,105,584,896.
* Too short for sensitive applications
Indeed. However, if "at least one number" is specified the possibilities are fewer:
628-528=164,880,377,053,440 (for an 8 character password).
As well as increasing the total number of possibilities people need to be deterred from using names or words which could be found in a dictionary.
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If every character could be a letter, you have 52 possibilities per character, if every character could be a letter or a digit, then there are 62 possibilities per character.
So, for example, if you have a 8 character password* made up of just (case-sensitive) letters there are 528 = 53,459,728,531,456 possibilities, if you add in numbers there are 628 = 218,340,105,584,896.
* Too short for sensitive applications
That makes sense. Thanks.
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As well as increasing the total number of possibilities people need to be deterred from using names or words which could be found in a dictionary.
You shoudn't use anything too obvious, like the name of the football team you support plus the year of your birth, but there is a case for something not too obvious to other people but easily memorable to you, and for using the same password for all applications, which is that you won't have to write it down. If you went for zDFqEbnFjG2:;n@8&9, you'de have to write it down or you'd forrget it, unguessable though it probably is to a norty person.
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You shoudn't use anything too obvious, like the name of the football team you support plus the year of your birth, but there is a case for something not too obvious to other people but easily memorable to you, and for using the same password for all applications, which is that you won't have to write it down. If you went for zDFqEbnFjG2:;n@8&9, you'de have to write it down or you'd forrget it, unguessable though it probably is to a norty person.
Please don't use the same password for all applications. That's madness. It means that you have no protection beyond one password. If you are a victim of identity theft it exposes you completely. I am feeling quite ill at the thought.
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You shoudn't use anything too obvious, like the name of the football team you support plus the year of your birth, but there is a case for something not too obvious to other people but easily memorable to you, and for using the same password for all applications, which is that you won't have to write it down. If you went for zDFqEbnFjG2:;n@8&9, you'de have to write it down or you'd forrget it, unguessable though it probably is to a norty person.
Just to add to what NS said - he's very right, you should definitely not use the password you use for this site for anything else that's in any way important. This site does not support secure connections (https://), so your password is sent in clear text over the public internet every time you log in - you might as well write it on a postcard and send it by mail.
Most browsers support storing multiple passwords for different sites, protected by a master password, so you don't need to remember them all. You can also get third party applications that securely store passwords in an encrypted database, again protected by one master password (which obviously shouldn't be used for anything else), for example keepass (https://keepass.info/).
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Our eldest grandson is 18 today, it doesn't seem five minutes since he was born!
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Just to add to what NS said - he's very right, you should definitely not use the password you use for this site for anything else that's in any way important. This site does not support secure connections (https://), so your password is sent in clear text over the public internet every time you log in - you might as well write it on a postcard and send it by mail.
Most browsers support storing multiple passwords for different sites, protected by a master password, so you don't need to remember them all. You can also get third party applications that securely store passwords in an encrypted database, again protected by one master password (which obviously shouldn't be used for anything else), for example keepass (https://keepass.info/).
The only sites I reaslly wouldn't want anyone hacking, and the only ones anyone might conceivably want to hack, are my bank and my emails, and they both have different passwords from the rest and each other.
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Our eldest girl asked me to drop my husband off at her vicarage at lunchtime. She had promised to do things with him like take him out and about etc, as part of her Christmas pressies to him. I naturally thought that was what she was going to do today, but SURPRISE, SURPRISE, the whole family was assembled to celebrate my birthday and that of our eldest grandson who has just had his 18th birthday. Our daughter had made a dinosaur cake and dinosaurs biscuits. I have a HUGE dinosaur balloon emblazoned with 70s. WOW! Today was apparently the most convenient day for the party although my birthday isn't until the week after next.
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Glad you had a lovely birthday, LR!
Isn't it wonderful how small children walk! After swimming on a Monday afternoon, I wait for my taxi home in the reception area of the Recreation Centre and many children come in for various activities. They add little skips and jumps and various arm waving to their progress from the door to the gate through to the pool etc. A joy to see.
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If you dislike baked potatoes, fair enough, but I doubt that being forced to eat them as a child is the reason. We all have our food likes and dislikes, and they seem to be arbitrary, with no obvious reason for them. I detest apricots, and am not keen on carrots or broccoli, as I've just said on the sprout thread. Sprouts are okish.
Apricots if you ever have reason to wire brush a piece of rusty iron the smell of the brushed iron reminds me of apricots they even taste a bit like rusty tin must taste like.
I think it's the favour of the jam to put atop a cake before icing, UG.(rusty tin flavour).
I try to make my wife put anything apricot away in the shed at the bottom of the garden.
ippy
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Apricots if you ever have reason to wire brush a piece of rusty iron the smell of the brushed iron reminds me of apricots they even taste a bit like rusty tin must taste like.
I think it's the favour of the jam to put atop a cake before icing, UG.(rusty tin flavour).
I try to make my wife put anything apricot away in the shed at the bottom of the garden.
ippy
Someone who detests apricots can't be all bad, even if they are a brexiter!
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Someone who detests apricots can't be all bad, even if they are a brexiter!
Can't think why you think I don't like Apricots?
ippy.
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I like apricot jam on croissants and apricot crumble from tinned apricots; when I've bought fresh apricots they didn't taste nice,interesting what you've said on here, I thought I probably bought them out of season which is why the taste was odd, but maybe they are always like that. Dried ones are lovely chopped up and put on cereal& porridge.
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I like apricot jam on croissants and apricot crumble from tinned apricots; when I've bought fresh apricots they didn't taste nice,interesting what you've said on here, I thought I probably bought them out of season which is why the taste was odd, but maybe they are always like that. Dried ones are lovely chopped up and put on cereal& porridge.
Don't let it worry you too much Robbie there must be a treatment centre somewhere that'll have a cure for this dreadful affliction of yours!
Chopping them up must involve handling the blasted things, is there anywhere you can chop them up away from everybody else so that you don't spread any of the side affects or fumes of them effect anyone that has to live in the same house as your otherwise good self.
ippy
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You alright L'lR?
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Great-grandson born today just before 9:0 a.m. all well! 7 lb 8 oz
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Excellent news :)! Lovely name too.
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Nicola Sparsons is dead! Is this the end of 'Just a Minute'? One can't imagine it without him, but then, one couldn't have imagined ISIHAC without Humph, but it's still going, with Jack Dee in the chair.
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Palindromic date today:
02.02.2020
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Palindromic date today:
02.02.2020
Only if you use tiresome leading zeros. Until 30-odd years ago, when computers became common and started demanding leading zeros, we'd've written it "2.2.2020". I still do, except when an electronic form demands leading zeros.
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Only if you use tiresome leading zeros. Until 30-odd years ago, when computers became common and started demanding leading zeros, we'd've written it "2.2.2020". I still do, except when an electronic form demands leading zeros.
There's always one numerical pedant to spoil things ;)
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Checking my diary to see what taxi bookings I need to make and thinking podiatry was the 13th, I found to my horror that I'd missed the appointment which was 7th. I had not written it in because I had not checked the appointment card. It's not the end of the world, but I just really hate missing appointments.
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Only if you use tiresome leading zeros. Until 30-odd years ago, when computers became common and started demanding leading zeros, we'd've written it "2.2.2020". I still do, except when an electronic form demands leading zeros.
Don't worry - there will be a proper one next year : 12.02.2021.
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Don't worry - there will be a proper one next year : 12.02.2021.
Nah - you are still using the leading zero in the month.
Who knew pedantry was infectious ;)
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Don't worry - there will be a proper one next year : 12.02.2021.
That's still got a leading zero, although if you express the year as the last two figures only, it becomes palindromic without a leading zero: 12.2.21.
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So I have to put new batteries in hearing aids. I do it carefully because the teeny hinges are not very robust - unlike the old ones, I'm afraid - and what happens? The stupidly designed little hinged bit falls off. So now I'll have to go to the shop tomorrow and they'll have to send it away to get a new one and, I can assure all who are reading this, that is extremely annoying!!
Ah, well! You can probably hear the deep sigh which follows … ...
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Our grandson, celebrated his 14th birthday yesterday by having a flying lesson, a present from his parents. He joined the Air cadets last year and has been anxious to see if being a pilot is something he would like to pursue as a career. His instructor was most impressed with the lad, saying he did extremely well in spite of the air turbulence. I am surprised that one can learn to fly at such a young age, but you can't learn to drive a car on the highway until you are 17.
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Instead of a stop tap, we have a switch to shut off our water supply. It just looks like an ordinary light switch, put the bit you press is blue. So much easier than having to turn off a stop tap. Does any other poster have one of these devices?
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Instead of a stop tap, we have a switch to shut off our water supply. It just looks like an ordinary light switch, put the bit you press is blue. So much easier than having to turn off a stop tap. Does any other poster have one of these devices?
Sounds like a very sensible idea.
About 15 years ago, I was still a member of a David Loyd Club and, when I could still get there by bus fairly easily, enjoyed using the facilities, particularly the 25-metre outside (roof over in winter)pool. Today my neighbour took me there just to see whether it would be possible to go and use it now. It is just the most gorgeous pool, but even if I joined for a short period just for fun, the cost of taxi there and back, the cost of even brief membership, and the difficulties getting from the changing rooms to the pool are out of all proportion to the pleasure of using it! :) Ah, well!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51586871
As from March 23rd 1st class stamps are going up by 6p to 76p, and second class stamps are going up by 4p to 65p!!!!!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51586871
As from March 23rd 1st class stamps are going up by 6p to 76p, and second class stamps are going up by 4p to 65p!!!!!
If the cost of postage stamps had gone up in line with inflation since they were introduced, a first class stamp would cost over £2.
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Word for the day - Kakistocracy.
I have no particular government in mind ;)
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Today (well, tomorrow morning to be absolutely precise) is the start of reuben's sixth week of life. :)
My other granddaughter has knitted me a new cardigan which is exactly the right length, size and style that I was hoping for. My son brought it here for me yesterday.
And a change of one medication seems to have given me more energy, which is really nice. I am very lucky.
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Had a reminder yesterday that tempus continues to fugit - my eldest grandchild received his provisional driving license in the post.
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Eye check-up yesterday - the doctor, a young woman, gave me the definitive answer I have been asking for for a couple of years: even if I took the serious risk of having cataract surgery, it would not assist the slowly worsening peripheral vision, as it is the deterioration of the macula (where there's a central scar anyway) which is the reason. Why wasn't that explained sooner? *Ssigh* I have always said that I want to know exactly what the condition is. By knowing exactly, it is far, far easier to deal with. I may lose more and more, but at least I'll know the reason WHY!!
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Eye check-up yesterday - the doctor, a young woman, gave me the definitive answer I have been asking for for a couple of years: even if I took the serious risk of having cataract surgery, it would not assist the slowly worsening peripheral vision, as it is the deterioration of the macula (where there's a central scar anyway) which is the reason. Why wasn't that explained sooner? *Ssigh* I have always said that I want to know exactly what the condition is. By knowing exactly, it is far, far easier to deal with. I may lose more and more, but at least I'll know the reason WHY!!
Sorry to hear that Susan. :(
My husband is blind to all intents and purposes in one eye since his massive brain haemorrhage in 2006, before that he had been diagnosed with mild macula degeneration. Last time he saw the optician he was diagnosed with cataracts, which probably wouldn't need treating for about 10 years, fingers crossed!
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So I have to put new batteries in hearing aids. I do it carefully because the teeny hinges are not very robust - unlike the old ones, I'm afraid - and what happens? The stupidly designed little hinged bit falls off. So now I'll have to go to the shop tomorrow and they'll have to send it away to get a new one and, I can assure all who are reading this, that is extremely annoying!!
Ah, well! You can probably hear the deep sigh which follows … ...
Hi Susan
I have just got some new hearing aids which are rechargeable. The batteries are built-in and I just put them into a slot in the recharge device which uses a USB connection to connect to an electricity supply.
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Hi Susan
I have just got some new hearing aids which are rechargeable. The batteries are built-in and I just put them into a slot in the recharge device which uses a USB connection to connect to an electricity supply.
Do you mean that the whole hearing aid is rechargeable? Or is it just the batteries?
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Yes. The hearing aid itself. There are no batteries - or rather, the battery is inside the hearing aid and is not accessible. The whole hearing aid is put into the recharging unit. I put the aids on charge last thing at night and they are fully charged the next morning.
My old aids would last for perhaps three or four weeks before requiring a battery change. I would guess that one charge (which actually takes about three hours) will last for three or four days.
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Yes. The hearing aid itself. There are no batteries - or rather, the battery is inside the hearing aid and is not accessible. The whole hearing aid is put into the recharging unit. I put the aids on charge last thing at night and they are fully charged the next morning.
My old aids would last for perhaps three or four weeks before requiring a battery change. I would guess that one charge (which actually takes about three hours) will last for three or four days.
Interesting - thank you. Phoned Scrivens, local place for hearing aids, and asked about them. A bit pricey!! If my needs involved a lot of hearing in different places, I might well think about it, but since I am here at home mostly, and, as at present, using headphones to hear what I'm doing, I think I'll pass on that for now.
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Rishi Sunak is chancellor of the exchequer. One of my FB friends has just pointed out that his name is an anagram of "hi-risk anus".
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Interesting - thank you. Phoned Scrivens, local place for hearing aids, and asked about them. A bit pricey!! If my needs involved a lot of hearing in different places, I might well think about it, but since I am here at home mostly, and, as at present, using headphones to hear what I'm doing, I think I'll pass on that for now.
I have two of the N H S free, (previously paid for), hearing aids I just call in at my local health centre and pick up fresh free batteries when I've only a couple left, they are small and working fine, the batteries last me about a week, they're working fine I can hear your posts very clearly.
Regards, ippy.
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I am in my local Wetherspoons, and there is a young woman opposite who is a dead ringer for Greta Thunberg. Can it be...?
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Wiltshire Farm Foods ordered Thursday for delivery today between 10 and 12. Nothing - and no info why. Lovely day too. Ah, well. No point in trying to go out for a walk round the block now because it is swimming later this afternoon.
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I am in my local Wetherspoons, and there is a young woman opposite who is a dead ringer for Greta Thunberg. Can it be...?
If you ask nicely perhaps she'll give you a re run of the things her parents have told her to say.
ippy
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If you ask nicely perhaps she'll give you a re run of the things her parents have told her to say.
ippy
Sort of bollocks I'd expect from a Brexiter.
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If you ask nicely perhaps she'll give you a re run of the things her parents have told her to say.
Wow - you really have swallowed that right-wing propaganda, haven't you? Is this climate change denial or just being nasty about an effective young campaigner because... well, why?
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If you ask nicely perhaps she'll give you a re run of the things her parents have told her to say.
ippy
A highly unpleasant comment. >:( Greta is an extremely intelligent girl, and all her comments are her own take on climate change.
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'Word of the day: "Fucktardis" - somebody who is an even bigger idiot on the inside than they appear to be on the outside.'
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LR - quite.
NS - ;D
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A highly unpleasant comment. >:( Greta is an extremely intelligent girl, and all her comments are her own take on climate change.
I'm sure I didn't say whether I agree with her parents or not, as it happens I feel there must be something in this global warming and the evidence certainly is pointing in that direction but there?
ippy.
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Sort of bollocks I'd expect from a Brexiter.
Coming from your good self Vlad I'll take it as a compliment and minorities should always be able to freely speak out, no matter how bitter they may be.
Regards, ippy.
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Coming from your good self Vlad I'll take it as a compliment and minorities should always be able to freely speak out, no matter how bitter they may be.
Regards, ippy.
Not Vlad.
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Not Vlad.
Beg your pud you're right I got that bit wrong, I wish I could be saying I never make a mistake and be telling the truth.
Regards, ippy.
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I am a total liability! I removed some flatbread from the baking tray, which I had been heating up for lunch. I was about to convey the tray to the sink for a wipe over when my dodgy arthritic fingers inside the oven glove somehow made the tray point upwards and connect with my right cheek. The resulting burn is about half an inch long, FANTASTIC!!!! :o I already have a scar on that side of my face, many years ago an enthusiastic dog of ours clawed my face as I bent down to give it a food item. It is a very good job vanity about looks is not one of my many faults.
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I am a total liability! I removed some flatbread from the baking tray, which I had been heating up for lunch. I was about to convey the tray to the sink for a wipe over when my dodgy arthritic fingers inside the oven glove somehow made the tray point upwards and connect with my right cheek. The resulting burn is about half an inch long, FANTASTIC!!!! :o I already have a scar on that side of my face, many years ago an enthusiastic dog of ours clawed my face as I bent down to give it a food item. It is a very good job vanity about looks is not one of my many faults.
Lr
The flat bread sounds delish
Have you got some Yorkshire hummus ( mushy pees) , Apple, grapes ,cheese and a splash of olive oil to go with it ?
I'm bloody starving at the moment !
Sorry about the burn though 😱
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Lr
The flat bread sounds delish
Have you got some Yorkshire hummus ( mushy pees) , Apple, grapes ,cheese and a splash of olive oil to go with it ?
I'm bloody starving at the moment !
Sorry about the burn though 😱
Cooking up a huge chilli just now. May allow full self isolation.
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Cooking up a huge chilli just now. May allow full self isolation.
Aww flippin eck
I'm just round the corner from you , save me a bit 😜
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Cooking up a huge chilli just now. May allow full self isolation.
btw
Have you got a few bottles of Corona to go with that ?? 😷
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Lr
The flat bread sounds delish
Have you got some Yorkshire hummus ( mushy pees) , Apple, grapes ,cheese and a splash of olive oil to go with it ?
I'm bloody starving at the moment !
Sorry about the burn though 😱
We only have soup with it, nothing else. Mushy peas are REVOLTING, imo.
Unfortunately the burn is quite a lot larger than I initially thought, serves me right for not paying enough attention to what I was doing. No doubt my girls will give their senile old Mum a lecture when they find out about it. ???
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Aww flippin eck
I'm just round the corner from you , save me a bit 😜
hey, we should meet up and go down the pub...
Or we could go on a toilet roll hunt - which may well replace Easter Egg hunts this year, as there seem to be ridiculous numbers of Easter Eggs.
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hey, we should meet up and go down the pub...
Or we could go on a toilet roll hunt - which may well replace Easter Egg hunts this year, as there seem to be ridiculous numbers of Easter Eggs.
shame about the pub situation 😪
However the toilet roll hunt might be more practical for the aftermath of the chili😤
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We only have soup with it, nothing else. Mushy peas are REVOLTING, imo.
Unfortunately the burn is quite a lot larger than I initially thought, serves me right for not paying enough attention to what I was doing. No doubt my girls will give their senile old Mum a lecture when they find out about it. ???
REVOLTING ?
have you gone mad ?
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REVOLTING ?
have you gone mad ?
Probably, but not where that horrible concoction is concerned. I don't think any of my family like mushy peas, either.
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NHS staff are facing empty supermarket shelves when they shop after coming off shift !
Maybe we should have NHS collection bins where we can donate food for them , similar for the ones for the food banks 😷👍
Just a thought
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Btw
I once got arrested in a food bank .
Misread the sign
Thought it said sperm bank ! 😱
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Probably, but not where that horrible concoction is concerned. I don't think any of my family like mushy peas, either.
I wouldn't put it as strongly as that, but I'm not wild.
Re. chilli: I first heard of chills some time in the mid-60s, when they were not nearly as well known in the UK as they are now. I was in my mid teens, and in the kitchen of a friend's house. The friend offered me a dred chilli to taste, and told me they wer called chillis because theyy tasted cool, like cucumbers. I believed him, and put it whole in my mouth. I didn't make that mistake a seconnd time.
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A thought has just struck me about your frequent name changes Steve. Apart from some people being bit confused at first as to who you are, I wonder if it makes any difficulties for people with vision problems like Susan Doris and Anchorman? They have a special software package I believe.
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A thought has just struck me about your frequent name changes Steve. Apart from some people being bit confused at first as to who you are, I wonder if it makes any difficulties for people with vision problems like Susan Doris and Anchorman? They have a special software package I believe.
Fair point. I'll change it less often.
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I wouldn't put it as strongly as that, but I'm not wild.
Re. chilli: I first heard of chills some time in the mid-60s, when they were not nearly as well known in the UK as they are now. I was in my mid teens, and in the kitchen of a friend's house. The friend offered me a dred chilli to taste, and told me they wer called chillis because theyy tasted cool, like cucumbers. I believed him, and put it whole in my mouth. I didn't make that mistake a seconnd time.
H G-T
Just going by the name , are you a gay person ?
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NHS staff are facing empty supermarket shelves when they shop after coming off shift !
Maybe we should have NHS collection bins where we can donate food for them , similar for the ones for the food banks 😷👍
Just a thought
Good thought!
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A thought has just struck me about your frequent name changes Steve. Apart from some people being bit confused at first as to who you are, I wonder if it makes any difficulties for people with vision problems like Susan Doris and Anchorman? They have a special software package I believe.
SusanDoris, Anchorman? Is it an issue?
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H G-T
Just going by the name , are you a gay person ?
Just going by your post, are you a prick?
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Just going by your post, are you a prick?
Mostly
Mmwah 😘
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Mostly
Mmwah 😘
Aren't we all?
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Fair point. I'll change it less often.
Good boy, why not go back to calling yourself by your given name, it is far nicer than anything else you have come up with?
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Good boy, why not go back to calling yourself by your given name, it is far nicer than anything else you have come up with?
You are in danger of making Steve sound like a pet Labrador.
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Good boy, why not go back to calling yourself by your given name, it is far nicer than anything else you have come up with?
You ever changed your name?
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Fair point. I'll change it less often.
Well I approve of your name changes: a bit of fun is rarely a bad thing, and besides I immediately saw the Goonery with this one.
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Fair point. I'll change it less often.
I gave up trying to work out who was who ages ago.
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H G-T
Just going by the name , are you a gay person ?
How very dare you!
No, but the original H G-T, a character in 'The Goon Show', was supposed to be, although, it being the 50s, it was hinted at rather than openly stated, and was a source of ribaldry.
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Good boy, why not go back to calling yourself by your given name, it is far nicer than anything else you have come up with?
Nah - boring.
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I gave up trying to work out who was who ages ago.
Maybe I'll carry on changing it, then!
I assume that most people know who I am from my avatar, a clock-face, which appears alongside every post, but that wouldn't work for you or Anchorman, I suppose.
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You are in danger of making Steve sound like a pet Labrador.
A pit bull terrier would be nearer the mark. ;D
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Maybe I'll carry on changing it, then!
I assume that most people know who I am from my avatar, a clock-face, which appears alongside every post, but that wouldn't work for you or Anchorman, I suppose.
I rarely see avatars as I mostly post on phone where it doesn't show. Your name choices are consistent. Your posting style is easy to see, and other than Vlad who was absent for a long time, no one else regular changes their name.
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On fire for Jesus.
https://youtu.be/VD4lqf5iKWY
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I rarely see avatars as I mostly post on phone where it doesn't show. Your name choices are consistent. Your posting style is easy to see, and other than Vlad who was absent for a long time, no one else regular changes their name.
Oh, that's all right then!
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My children appear to appreciate their old Mum iftheir Mother's Day greetings are anything to go by. :)
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Just got back from church - in my front room, live-streamed on Facebook. My communion elements were home-made, wholemeal bread and damson wine.
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What a lovely thing to do Hercules (Hercules loved his mum and his father was a force to reckoned with).
'Great is thy faithfulness' being sung on TV from St David's Cathedral on TV,I don't usually bother with such things but it followed Peston. They're in good voice preumably not today, must have been recorded. Now talking about Moses.
A pit bull terrier would be nearer the mark. ;D
That was surprisingly witty.
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What a lovely thing to do Hercules (Hercules loved his mum and his father was a force to reckoned with).
'Great is thy faithfulness' being sung on TV from St David's Cathedral on TV,I don't usually bother with such things but it followed Peston. They're in good voice preumably not today, must have been recorded. Now talking about Moses.
That was surprisingly witty.
Why? Everyone who actually knows me will attest to my sense of humour, especially where making jokes about myself are concerned .
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How very dare you!
No, but the original H G-T, a character in 'The Goon Show', was supposed to be, although, it being the 50s, it was hinted at rather than openly stated, and was a source of ribaldry.
hahaha 😂
That's why I asked , apparently it wasn't noticed by the BBC at the time which made it even more amusing .
Stay safe and well 😷
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Hope you're keeping well too Walter, did your electricity come back on?
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I heard about our European Starlings learning to speak last year apparently they learn to speak in a similar way to Parrots, you could have knocked me Down with a Feather, sorry about that, well anyway I thought I'd enter 'talking' Starlings into the YouTube browser today and what a revelation, it's worth a look, it's certainly surprising.
ippy
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I heard about our European Starlings learning to speak last year apparently they learn to speak in a similar way to Parrots, you could have knocked me Down with a Feather, sorry about that, well anyway I thought I'd enter 'talking' Starlings into the YouTube browser today and what a revelation, it's worth a look, it's certainly surprising.
ippy
Quite a few bird species can be taught to speak to a greater or lesser degree. Before parrots or budgies were common in this country, people used to train tame jackdaws and magpies to speak.
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Quite a few bird species can be taught to speak to a greater or lesser degree. Before parrots or budgies were common in this country, people used to train tame jackdaws and magpies to speak.
Yes it's interesting and I suppose there must be the usual survival factor involved somewhere with this ability.
Regards, ippy.
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I assume the survival factor is the ability to imitate the sound of something that will scare off predators - imitating a dog bark, for instance, would scare off a cat.
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I assume the survival factor is the ability to imitate the sound of something that will scare off predators - imitating a dog bark, for instance, would scare off a cat.
Not a good example. I had a cat with which no dog on Earth would have lasted five minutes. The occasion when I saw a terrified fox slinking away from her is etched in my memory.
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;D
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Do others face time? I have been forced into it by my kids, as they want to see my husband and I in person as they can't visit us at present. I have to use my tablet, not something of which I am fond, much preferring my laptop. I keep screwing up, but hopefully by the end of the week I might have got better at it.
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Do others face time? I have been forced into it by my kids, as they want to see my husband and I in person as they can't visit us at present. I have to use my tablet, not something of which I am fond, much preferring my laptop. I keep screwing up, but hopefully by the end of the week I might have got better at it.
My tablet's up the creek although I don't use it for posting on the forum because it hasn't got a spell check.
Just a thought if I can get my tablet mended I'll have to see if there's an automatic spell checker app available for it, does anyone know of one that works on a tablet onyl idd be gery hapfull if onsome koud lot my now?
Regards, ippy.
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Do others face time? I have been forced into it by my kids, as they want to see my husband and I in person as they can't visit us at present. I have to use my tablet, not something of which I am fond, much preferring my laptop. I keep screwing up, but hopefully by the end of the week I might have got better at it.
FaceTime is an Apple product and is designed for Apple equipment - iPhone, iPad etc. It provides a service similar to Skype but in many people's experience it is much better than Skype. It is certainly my preferred communication app. You should thank your "kids" for trying to encourage you to use something which is excellent and which doesn't cost you a penny.
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FaceTime is an Apple product and is designed for Apple equipment - iPhone, iPad etc. It provides a service similar to Skype but in many people's experience it is much better than Skype. It is certainly my preferred communication app. You should thank your "kids" for trying to encourage you to use something which is excellent and which doesn't cost you a penny.
I am getting better at it.
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I was chatting on the phone a few minutes ago to my daughter's mother-in-law who lives in Wrexham with her husband. She said that the little girl who was stabbed to death on Sunday in a park in Bolton by a woman, was the granddaughter of their next door neighbours! They knew the child, who was a lovely little girl, and can only imagine what her grandparents are going through. :cry:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-52040433
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I saw a news item about some women who had been spotted searching through people's paper recycling bags and removing items. It was presumed they were looking for names and addresses and maybe other personal items like bank statements! I always remove our names and addresses from anything I put in the recycling bag. I shred any personal documents, which are no longer required.
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Bunked off cyberchurch, and went for a 30-mile, socially-distasnced bike ride through Gaddesden Row, Water End, Potten End, Berkhamsted, Wigginton, and Aldbury.
The route:
https://www.strava.com/routes/26192719
The photos:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMQ6DDx
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Our youngest grandchild is 12 today, it doesn't seem five minutes since she was born, the years go by so quickly.
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Our youngest grandchild is 12 today, it doesn't seem five minutes since she was born, the years go by so quickly.
Ain't that all too true!
And they accelerate after your fiftieth birthday!
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Ain't that all too true!
And they accelerate after your fiftieth birthday!
Tell me about it! You only have to blink and another week has gone by. :(
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Tell me about it! You only have to blink and another week has gone by. :(
I do wonder if in addition to the well known idea that time speeds up with age whether social and technology changes may add to that perception.
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I do wonder if in addition to the well known idea that time speeds up with age whether social and technology changes may add to that perception.
An interesting suggestion, but I am not quite sure how it would do that? I remember my maternal grandmother, who died in 1980, complaining about how fast the years were flying by as she got older.
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An interesting suggestion, but I am not quite sure how it would do that? I remember my maternal grandmother, who died in 1980, complaining about how fast the years were flying by as she got older.
Yes, as I said it's a well known idea that people feel time moves faster as they get older.
My pondering is that given social and techology change, we are bombarded with and consume information at a different rate than previously.
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This may help:
https://uk.slow-watches.com/
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Yes, as I said it's a well known idea that people feel time moves faster as they get older.
My pondering is that given social and techology change, we are bombarded with and consume information at a different rate than previously.
I tend to ignore as much of it as possible. I rarely use my mobile phone, preferring our landline. My computer goes off before 7pm and is not switched on again until 8am.
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This may help:
https://uk.slow-watches.com/
Now that would drive me bonkers I like radio controlled clocks and watches so I know the time to the nearest second, VERY SAD! ::) Maybe NS is right about technology making the time seem to go faster.
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I suspect that one's perception of time is governed by one's cumulative experience of time passing. At the age of 5 a year is 20% of your total life experience, at the age of 50 it is 2%.
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"The town of BORING, Oregon, is twinned with the Scottish town of DULL, in Perthshire. In 2013, they were joined by the former gold mining site of BLAND in New South Wales, Australia, to officially create what was called a “trinity of tedium”.
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"The town of BORING, Oregon, is twinned with the Scottish town of DULL, in Perthshire. In 2013, they were joined by the former gold mining site of BLAND in New South Wales, Australia, to officially create what was called a “trinity of tedium”.
;D
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Do student rag weeks still take place? I haven't seen anyone selling a rag mag for decades. I used to have a collection of them but they disappeared log ago.
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I have been informed that someone in a very senior position has seen some of my artwork and would like me to create a piece for them. I will see what I can come up with.
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My husband's meds etc were supposed to be ready for collection today. I checked on-line to see what time the pharmacy was open this afternoon, I was surprised to see it said it was now only open on Mondays and Tuesdays, which seemed a bit odd. I thought I would phone just to check, I got straight through to the receptionist who couldn't understand why that misinformation was on-line. She said that must account for them having so few people into today. It was great, I didn't need to queue, I walked straight in and collected the items. The receptionist said they were going to contact head office to find out what was going on. I told her not to bother as it suited me nicely, JOKE! ;D
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You must have posh pharmacy if it has a receptionist!
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Amusing incident just now: I logged on, and the Google home page came up, as usual. I must have passed my cursor over the google speech-recognition logo, which I've never used before, because suddenly and unexpectedly up came a big red microphone symbol, and the words "Speak now". Surprised and slightly annoyed, I said "What the fuck?", and immediately a link to a YouTube video whose title included those words came up!
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I have recently, rather late in life, discovered how to make roast potatoes that are really crisp on the outside. After parboiling them and draining them in a sieve, shake them up and down and round and round for a minute or so in the sieve. This fluffs them up on the outside, providing extra surface to get crisp.
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I have recently, rather late in life, discovered how to make roast potatoes that are really crisp on the outside. After parboiling them and draining them in a sieve, shake them up and down and round and round for as minute or so in the sieve. This fluffs them up on the outside, providing extra surface to get crisp.
If you add a little flour that works well too.
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The first thing I see on my computer this morning is an e-mail fom a Mr Charles de vanh Coch who, very generously, has decided to give his wealth away and all I have to do is to click on the link to his "foundation" to cnfirm my e-mail address!!! Anyone else received one of these yet? You see, apparently my e-mail address has been chosen at random!
ETA I googled 'new scam - coch foundation' and the first link that came up was this
https://www.charleskochfoundation.org/privacy-statement/
and it raises questions as it appears to be a grant giving organisation.
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He's one of the notorious Koch brothers, who support eye-wateringly-right-wing politics, and oppose environmetal regulations. Absolute arsehole.
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He's one of the notorious Koch brothers, who support eye-wateringly-right-wing politics, and oppose environmetal regulations. Absolute arsehole.
Thank you - I'm not surprised! Is the grant-giving Foundation genuine?
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Thank you - I'm not surprised! Is the grant-giving Foundation genuine?
The foundation appears so, but your email may be scam, pretending to be from the foundation. Some of them are very realistic. I once got a scam email supposedly from NatWest bank, about my account. I might have been fooled, were it not that I have never had a NatWest account.
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The foundation appears so, but your email may be scam, pretending to be from the foundation. Some of them are very realistic. I once got a scam email supposedly from NatWest bank, about my account. I might have been fooled, were it not that I have never had a NatWest account.
I think that anyone who really believes they are going to receive over a million pounds jjust like that needs to go and lie down and have a rest!!
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I think that anyone who really believes they are going to receive over a million pounds jjust like that needs to go and lie down and have a rest!!
I agree, sadly some people are very gullible! :o
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52758787
A woman in the Netherlands has been told by the court to remove photos of her grandchildren from social media sites. She put them there without the parent's permission.
Many years ago as an excited granny I put some photos of my grandson on a forum, I was told off very severely for doing so. :-[ It was a daft thing to do as sick perverts can use them for their own evil purposes. >:(
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I think it's a bit over the top.
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Apparently there a road sign in France pointing in the same direction to:
The Crematorium and Restaurant La Flambé
Well it made me giggle.
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Just watched Corronation Street with my mum and it was proceeded with "contains scenes some viewers may find distressing". Can I suggest that anyone who finds anything in Corronation Street distressing, then they shouldn't be watching television at all.
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Our next door neighbour fixed our shed door yesterday as it was coming off its hinges and replaced them. Today he removed some stakes and trellis near the lounge patio door, which had been irritating us for a long time, it looks so much better now. Naturally we paid him for the doing the work for us. Our neighbour has been glad to have jobs to do whilst working from home, he has constructed some lovely bird tables for people. He goes back to work on Monday a job that also involves construction.
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This morning I have been laminating some old photographs in order to preserve them. There is one which is well over 100 years old of my three great aunts on my father's side of the family. There is another of me with my parents when I was about a year old, and the only one I have of me in my nurses uniform taken in 1968.
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The url for this forum website says at the beginning 'not secure'. Strange, because it never used to say so. Does anyone else see this on the url for this site?
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The url for this forum website says at the beginning 'not secure'. Strange, because it never used to say so. Does anyone else see this on the url for this site?
It's pretty much always been that way. It depends on how you login as to whether you get the message. You will notice some urls are http and some are https - the https are the secure ones. We could move the site to https but since we have no financial aspects and it would increase costs and may lead to loss of data we have not done so. I would emphasise though, as I have covered before, that you shouldn't use a password on here that you use on any site where you need things to remain secure.
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Oh, how funny, I can't believe I haven't noticed it before! Yes, that's right, when I clicked on the 'not secure' it warned of not using passwords that could link to sites you may want to keep secure.
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Has anyone any idea of how I can best dispose of a whole jar of runny honey? I did not know of course that it was runny honey until I opened it. I had clearly typed 'set honey' on the shopping list (and I am of course very grateful to the lady who does my shopping) but I simply cannot cope with runny honey.
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Has anyone any idea of how I can best dispose of a whole jar of runny honey? I did not know of course that it was runny honey until I opened it. I had clearly typed 'set honey' on the shopping list (and I am of course very grateful to the lady who does my shopping) but I simply cannot cope with runny honey.
The honey will often crystallise when the temperature is lowered. You try puting it in the fridge or freezer for a short time and see what happens.
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The honey will often crystallise when the temperature is lowered. You try puting it in the fridge or freezer for a short time and see what happens.
Thank you! I'll do that straight away. :)
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Bars and restaurants reopen here in Finland today. Just having my first pint on the terrace, and although I haven't smoked for ages, thought I'd have a fag as well. Bliss!
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Bars and restaurants reopen here in Finland today. Just having my first pint on the terrace, and although I haven't smoked for ages, thought I'd have a fag as well. Bliss!
Enjoy.
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Bars and restaurants reopen here in Finland today. Just having my first pint on the terrace, and although I haven't smoked for ages, thought I'd have a fag as well. Bliss!
Surely if you haven't smoked for ages it would have been wise to give up altogether, seeing how much harm smoking can do to your health?
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Surely if you haven't smoked for ages it would have been wise to give up altogether, seeing how much harm smoking can do to your health?
Yeah, but it's only the one. Fortunately I've always been able to stop when I want to, in the words of Tommy Cooper, just like that that!😁
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Yeah, but it's only the one. Fortunately I've always been able to stop when I want to, in the words of Tommy Cooper, just like that that!😁
Only one can cause damage.
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Bars and restaurants reopen here in Finland today. Just having my first pint on the terrace, and although I haven't smoked for ages, thought I'd have a fag as well. Bliss!
I quit smoking years ago, but I have to admit, there's nothing like it when having a well earned drink.
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I am so glad my husband and I have never smoked nor do our children. No one has ever been permitted to smoke in our home.
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Some posts make me want to take up smoking.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-52867140
Apparently some cretins are still tombstoning in spite of three people being seriously hurt the other day. >:(
I well remember a couple of my uncles tombstoning when I was 2 years old, not that it was called that in those far off days. They were supposed to be babysitting me, but as that was such a boring activity they decided to take me with them when they went diving off, Albecq a very dangerous cliff in Guernsey. They sat me at the top off the cliff telling me not to move until they got back from their dive. Fortunately for me I was obedient, or I would have ended up in the sea too. :o
A photo of the cliff.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuarthamon/49956700383/
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New scam??? Phone rang, American voice, message about having paid £290 last year for internet something - services I think - so you will nnbe charged this year; if you wish to cancel this ring...' - unrecognisable code
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New scam??? Phone rang, American voice, message about having paid £290 last year for internet something - services I think - so you will nnbe charged this year; if you wish to cancel this ring...' - unrecognisable code
Yep - my mobile phone highlights likely scam calls as they ring
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If I don't recognise the number, I don't answer the phone. Many phone calls I get which I believe to be scams have numbers which indicate an origin in Africa or SE Asia. None of the callers leave a recorded message.
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If I don't recognise the number, I don't answer the phone. Many phone calls I get which I believe to be scams have numbers which indicate an origin in Africa or SE Asia. None of the callers leave a recorded message.
Unfortunately of course, I cannot see anything on the phone window.
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If people are wondering why SteveH hasn't posted since June 1st, I have heard that his computer has packed up and he can't get it fixed at present.
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If people are wondering why SteveH hasn't posted since June 1st, I have heard that his computer has packed up and he can't get it fixed at present.
Thanks LR, we had wondered and indeed sent him a couple of emails, which he obviously would note receive, to check on him.
We have an ongoing worry about Dicky Underpants who hasn't been logged on since March 18th. Again we have tried sending emails as well as IMs but so far nothing.
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I find it interesting to look at houses, which are for sale in places in which we have lived over the years. I was looking at some in the parish in which I used to live as a child in Guernsey. I came across the manor house originally belonging to my great aunt, which is on the market for a few million. She used to live in a small wing of the house leaving her 'son' and his wife to live in the rest. I have put the word 'son' in inverted commas as in reality she was actually his aunt. Her sister died in childbirth and she was forced to marry her sister's husband, a horrible man, so she could bring up the baby boy! >:( She never had children of her own. My great aunt outlived them all, eventually dying at the age of 104 in the early 90s.
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My husband went out for a walk before lunch and about 30 minutes later someone came to tell me he had fallen over and would I come and collect him. He looks a right mess, a cut over his left eye, one on his upper lip and cuts on both hands. He was able to get into the car fortunately, I took him home and patched him up. This is his fourth or fifth fall in the last two or three months. I have told him he has to be more careful, especially as his vision problems are getting worse. He tells me I am fussing about nothing! :o
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My son (from Salisbury) arrived about 12:30 and stayed about an hour and a half. He brought me some items of shopping and some cash, plus a cheese and tomato sandwich made with a loaf of bread he made yesterday! Plus a punnet of fresh stoned dates from Waitrose so that was realy nice. I haven't seen him for three months. And it's a lovely day, and I did 24 laps of my walking too. All in all - a good day.
Mind you, the Saturday cryptic crossword seems to be another by the clever clogs so I'm going to have to do a bit of googling to get anywhere!
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It is our eldest girl's 50th birthday today, which makes my husband and I feel very old indeed. It is also my husband's birthday, he is 73. We were sorry we couldn't celebrate her birthday in style with her sisters, but they are not permitted over the border into Wales. Our daughter came for lunch, she sat outside our sunroom door to socially distance as we sat inside. She erected a tarpaulin because it had been raining. We had a pleasant time, the rain held off until she was just about to leave. It is a birthday we won't forget in a hurry.
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If people are wondering why SteveH hasn't posted since June 1st, I have heard that his computer has packed up and he can't get it fixed at present.
Indeed, and thanks for passing on the info, but I'm back now, as I'm sure you're all delighted to hear, and re-learning the ins and outs of Windows computers, after years of using Chromeboks. Nice big screen - that's one advantage.
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Indeed, and thanks for passing on the info, but I'm back now, as I'm sure you're all delighted to hear, and re-learning the ins and outs of Windows computers, after years of using Chromeboks. Nice big screen - that's one advantage.
I'd better don my flak jacket and helmet again. ;D
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Feeling foolish as I discovered yesterday my email decided to file all notifications from here in the spam folder. I've missed out on quite a bit. :(
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Re. Trent's signature. (https://flic.kr/p/2jf7bVS)
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OW! I have just been stung by a wasp. I was about to swat the thing, but it got its revenge in first! I am no stranger to wasp stings having had very many in my 70 years on this planet. I had multiple ones on my face about 30 years ago when disposing of a wasp's nest.
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This morning, a member of the Adult Social Services Sensory team came to the house and went with me along my main route to town to the Bank. I knew it would have been too stressful to try to do it on my own. I would have been able to do it, but it was far more sensible to have someone with me. He is coming here again on the next two Thursdays, so I'll make sure I go the alternative route and then I hope I'll be more or less back to normal. I knew the amount of peripheral vision had lessened a bit and yes, it was noticeable, but I shall just need to be sensible and practise.
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LR, I hope you're okay. SD, that seems like a great service. Don't think we have anything like that on this side of the pond.
Just came in from out back. The wrens have been in a frenzy all morning. When I finally went out to see why, a fledgling (still on the small side) red-shouldered hawk flew from the fence to the trees in the berm. >:(
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Just got a £160 bonus in my pay, so I splashed out on loads of strong, dark pipe tobacco to while away the lockdown time with.
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LR, I hope you're okay. SD, that seems like a great service. Don't think we have anything like that on this side of the pond.
Just came in from out back. The wrens have been in a frenzy all morning. When I finally went out to see why, a fledgling (still on the small side) red-shouldered hawk flew from the fence to the trees in the berm. >:(
I am fine thanks, I am used to wasp stings.
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Just got a £160 bonus in my pay, so I splashed out on loads of strong, dark pipe tobacco to while away the lockdown time with.
So very healthy! ::)
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Re. Trent's signature. (https://flic.kr/p/2jf7bVS)
;D ;D
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So very healthy! ::)
You disappoint me - I was expecting "IDIOT!!!".
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You disappoint me - I was expecting "IDIOT!!!".
;D
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When shopping this morning I used a reusable face mask I had recently purchased, rather than the one I had made out of one of my husband's hankies. I discovered it kept steaming up my spectacles, which was most irritating! Has anyone else had this problem when using a mask?
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When shopping this morning I used a reusable face mask I had recently purchased, rather than the one I had made out of one of my husband's hankies. I discovered it kept steaming up my spectacles, which was most irritating! Has anyone else had this problem when using a mask?
Oh yes. A minor irritation though, in the grand scheme of things.
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Oh yes. A minor irritation though, in the grand scheme of things.
True
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When shopping this morning I used a reusable face mask I had recently purchased, rather than the one I had made out of one of my husband's hankies. I discovered it kept steaming up my spectacles, which was most irritating! Has anyone else had this problem when using a mask?
Yes, it is annoying. Some Youtubers offer different solutions, but I haven't tried any yet.
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I haven't found that specifically, but I hate the bloody things - I did try the disposable ones on offer at work a few times, but chucked them away after an hour or less each time, because they get hot and humid inside. Maybe fancier ones would not be so bad.
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I haven't found that specifically, but I hate the bloody things - I did try the disposable ones on offer at work a few times, but chucked them away after an hour or less each time, because they get hot and humid inside. Maybe fancier ones would not be so bad.
Maybe if you shaved off your beard they might be less uncomfortable. My nephew is a dentist in England, when the dentists in his practice when back to work the males who had beards were required to shave them off, they made their masks less effective.
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I haven't found that specifically, but I hate the bloody things - I did try the disposable ones on offer at work a few times, but chucked them away after an hour or less each time, because they get hot and humid inside. Maybe fancier ones would not be so bad.
100% cotton is best. At first, I could barely stand wearing them. But, slowly, I'm getting used to them. Like LR says, those in the medical field assure us you do get used to wearing one. I'm looking forward to the day when I forget I have it on!
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100% cotton is best. At first, I could barely stand wearing them. But, slowly, I'm getting used to them. Like LR says, those in the medical field assure us you do get used to wearing one. I'm looking forward to the day when I forget I have it on!
I am using linen ones and it's good if I get the mask pinned down by wire in my glasses, and I breathe through my nose.
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I am using linen ones and it's good if I get the mask pinned down by wire in my glasses, and I breathe through my nose.
I've got some that tie behind your head now - because I have to wear hearing aids all the time (just the two mind) I had a couple of near disasters with the 'elastic behind the ears' variety where several times on removal of the mask one of my hearing aids 'pinged out' in the car park, and on one occasion it came close to being flattened by car.
The alternative was to not wear hearing aids when shopping, but that means I can't use my phone to get instructions from a higher authority for when confusion sets in.
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I've got some that tie behind your head now - because I have to wear hearing aids all the time (just the two mind) I had a couple of near disasters with the 'elastic behind the ears' variety where several times on removal of the mask one of my hearing aids 'pinged out' in the car park, and on one occasion it came close to being flattened by car.
The alternative was to not wear hearing aids when shopping, but that means I can't use my phone to get instructions from a higher authority for when confusion sets in.
My husband had the same. I'm making ours, and I was able to make his with stretchable fabric top and bottom to go around his head.
I am using linen ones and it's good if I get the mask pinned down by wire in my glasses, and I breathe through my nose.
Can you describe in more detail what you mean by "pinned down by wire in my glasses?" I'll look into linen versus cotton. Anything that will be more comfortable.
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Giving a friend a haircut tomorrow morning. Not because I'm skilled. She's desperate. And, she's a risk (works in a hospital.) We've decided for the morning so we can be outside, in the sun, in this Florida heat. But, COVID does hate the heat and sun. We're still both wearing masks just to be safe.
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Just been to a pub, for the first time since lockdown began: 'The Full House', my local 'spoons. Had two pints of beer and one of cider, and chicken and rib combo for lunch. Saw some of the other regulars, including "superwoman", a blonde bombshell of about 30 (stone, that is; she's probably pushing 40 in years). The restrictions were a bloody nuisance, but I accept that they are necessary until this sodding disease is defeated.
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Just been to a pub, for the first time since lockdown began: 'The Full House', my local 'spoons. Had two pints of beer and one of cider, and chicken and rib combo for lunch. Saw some of the other regulars, including "superwoman", a blonde bombshell of about 30 (stone, that is; she's probably pushing 40 in years). The restrictions were a bloody nuisance, but I accept that they are necessary until this sodding disease is defeated.
Was everyone wearing a mask? Never wanting to mask shame, but damnit, Steve. This is getting serious.
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Was everyone wearing a mask? Never wanting to mask shame, but damnit, Steve. This is getting serious.
I don't think anyone was! Mind you, I live in an area - Hertfordshire and surrounding counties - that has got off pretty lightly with Covid-19.
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I don't think anyone was! Mind you, I live in an area - Hertfordshire and surrounding counties - that has got off pretty lightly with Covid-19.
This was clearly the case in Florida just three months ago. I could so understand the complaints that we were shutting down when there were hardly any cases. And, now, here we are. It's all around us. Hopefully, you got away with it for now, Steve. But, damnit, if you aren't careful, even people in their 40s are dying who were very healthy and fit. (Now, in Florida, the average age in the hospital has gone way down. 35! That likely has to do with all the rest of us who are most vulnerable being super careful--which you are not being!)
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In order to attract some birds into my garden, which is quite small and on a housing estate, I hung a wire tube filled with fat balls from a tree. Within a few days it had had the desired effect. It has been visited by sparrows, thrushes and blackbirds among others.
My garden is also visited by two large pigeons. The pigeons, however, never feed directly from the balls. They stay on the ground and appear to be eating crumbs which have fallen to the ground as a result of the other birds' activities.
It occurred to me that the pigeons may be too large and too heavy to be able to use the tube and thus rely on the other birds to enable them to feed.
Avian opportunism (or even division of labour)? Has anyone else observed this kind of behaviour?
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In order to attract some birds into my garden, which is quite small and on a housing estate, I hung a wire tube filled with fat balls from a tree. Within a few days it had had the desired effect. It has been visited by sparrows, thrushes and blackbirds among others.
My garden is also visited by two large pigeons. The pigeons, however, never feed directly from the balls. They stay on the ground and appear to be eating crumbs which have fallen to the ground as a result of the other birds' activities.
It occurred to me that the pigeons may be too large and too heavy to be able to use the tube and thus rely on the other birds to enable them to feed.
Avian opportunism (or even division of labour)? Has anyone else observed this kind of behaviour?
The pigeons and magpies rely on the other smaller birds to drop bits onto the ground from the fat ball container we have hanging on our bird table.
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Annoying! Just woke up three hours late for work. Still, not going to rush. Making bacon and eggs before I leave home.
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What is your job? I wouldn't be very happy if I was your employer.
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Work in a warehouse. Maybe four or five times late a year. I'll do the time back or just take it unpaid. No sweat. My boss is pretty relaxed. Thought I'd close my eyes for ten minutes when my alarm went off. Three hours later I woke up.
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Work in a warehouse. Maybe four or five times late a year. I'll do the time back or just take it unpaid. No sweat. My boss is pretty relaxed. Thought I'd close my eyes for ten minutes when my alarm went off. Three hours later I woke up.
You are fortunate to have an employer who allows you to turn up late for work without good reason. Good job you are not working for me.
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You are fortunate to have an employer who allows you to turn up late for work without good reason. Good job you are not working for me.
Everyone's late sometimes. A few times a year is nothing. It's normal. Eveeyone's a bit tired sometimes. Anyway, I hate work. If I didn't need money I wouldn't work. Bloody good at my job though.
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Everyone's late sometimes. A few times a year is nothing. It's normal. Eveeyone's a bit tired sometimes. Anyway, I hate work. If I didn't need money I wouldn't work. Bloody good at my job though.
What a fantastic attitude you have, NOT! >:(
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Who in their right mind would go to work if they didn't need the dough?
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Who in their right mind would go to work if they didn't need the dough?
Many people enjoy their jobs. My husband was an academic before his brain haemorrhage, he loved his work so much he even took it on holiday with him, the only day he didn't do any work at all was on Christmas day.
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Fair enough. We're all different. I suppose it's different for those who feel they have a calling to a specific line of work. Me? I never knew what I wanted to do. Ended up having to do jobs I hate all my life. Hope to have enough money one day so that I don't have to anymore. There's a million things I'd rather do.
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I think I might give up buying train tickets for my work jouneys. No one bothers to check them (or rather they only very rarely check them). If I buy a ticket I want someone to check it. Very annoying. No point buying the damn thing otherwise.
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I think I might give up buying train tickets for my work jouneys. No one bothers to check them (or rather they only very rarely check them). If I buy a ticket I want someone to check it. Very annoying. No point buying the damn thing otherwise.
Are you trying to wind everyone up with your daft posts today?
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Are you trying to wind everyone up with your daft posts today?
Dead serious. The ticket's gone to waste if no one checks it and I've thrown money down the khazi.
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Dead serious. The ticket's gone to waste if no one checks it and I've thrown money down the khazi.
So are you saying you will steal a ride on a train? If that is so, it is illegal, wrong and immoral. I thought you were supposed to be religious.
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So are you saying you will steal a ride on a train? If that is so, it is illegal, wrong and immoral. I thought you were supposed to be religious.
You'd be shocked at some of the things I've done during my time.
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You'd be shocked at some of the things I've done during my time.
You seem proud of yourself! >:(
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We've just signed off on the installation of a whole-house generator. We're preparing for increasingly worse weather (hurricanes) and the power outages (in horrible heat) that follow.
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Hair cut and perm today! A couple of friends said it lookd nice long and suggested having a super cut in order to not have a perm. I thought about it, but the most important reason why I like the way it has been for years is that I know what I look like. IfI had a new style, I would spend the rest of my life not knowing and that would be a constant, slightly niggling background worry!
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We've just signed off on the installation of a whole-house generator. We're preparing for increasingly worse weather (hurricanes) and the power outages (in horrible heat) that follow.
Keep safe.
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Keep safe.
Thanks. We've made other improvements: high-impact windows and doors, higher-standard roof and drainage system. We've lived in this house over thirty years, and the flooding was getting bad. The drainage system has helped a lot.
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Thanks. We've made other improvements: high-impact windows and doors, higher-standard roof and drainage system. We've lived in this house over thirty years, and the flooding was getting bad. The drainage system has helped a lot.
Our previous very old property (1610), was only yards from a small river, which came too close for comfort from time to time. It use to worry me a lot, if we had a lot of rain I would get up in the middle of the night and stand on the river bank to check how high up the bank it was, crazy or what? ::) I was relieved when we sold the place in 2012. Our present house is only about 30 years old with all mod cons for which I am very grateful, especially mains drainage. It was my job to rod out the drain to the septic tank at the other home when it got blocked, which it did frequently! :o
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You have forgotten to tell flower girl that the place was haunted ... ::)
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You have forgotten to tell flower girl that the place was haunted ... ::)
That was a minor inconvenience for which there was probably a natural explanation.
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Our youngest daughter and her eldest lad visited us this afternoon, we haven't seen them in person since the end of February. They were pleased to see the very old people were still alive and kicking. ;D
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Yesterday and today one of those scam phone calls about internet will be switched off or something. I did not respond of course, but when I turned on Outlook, and it came up with 'cannot access this page', funnily enough my first thought was about those phone calls. The reason was in fact simply - router needed turning off and on again, but the fact that I even let the idea enter my head is a little disconcerting.
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Yesterday and today one of those scam phone calls about internet will be switched off or something. I did not respond of course, but when I turned on Outlook, and it came up with 'cannot access this page', funnily enough my first thought was about those phone calls. The reason was in fact simply - router needed turning off and on again, but the fact that I even let the idea enter my head is a little disconcerting.
I have had a number of those spam calls, but a while back. I ignored them realising they were spam, but it would be easy enough to get sucked in by them, I guess.
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This morning I went out at 7:40 to do my 20 laps of the Close so half the time I was in the shade which made it much easier.
Reuben is now at my son and d-in-law's so I hope he is coping with the heat all right!
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Well, I have just had a lovely day. My younger son collected me before 9:0 a.m. and I've got to know baby Reuben. A happy and contented child, full of energy - loves being able to practise being upright. My older son an partner arrived at lunch time; we all had a barbecue in the garden, with lots of baby watching!, until it was time for them to leave when rain and thunder started. my younger son drove me home - arrived back home half-an-hour ago. My granddaughter's partner is coming down tomorrow by train and they will drive back home to Sheffield on Saturday.
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We have a replica of a medieval broadsword, which we wish to get rid of, it weighs a ton. If they were actually that weight you would need to have been a weight lifter to wield it. :o I will have to ask around to see if anyone would want the sword, we are giving it away.
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We have a replica of a medieval broadsword, which we wish to get rid of, it weighs a ton. If they were actually that weight you would need to have been a weight lifter to wield it. :o I will have to ask around to see if anyone would want the sword, we are giving it away.
Why do you have such a thing?
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Why do you have such a thing?
We were given it many years ago.
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Well, it's nearly 10:30 p.m. so past my bedtime, but about half-an-hour ago I arrived back from a 4.5 hour visit to A&E. during the past three or four days, I have had some chest pain actually strongish discomfort which made its presence felt; , not sharp, more dull and some tightness so today phoned GP, who, bearing in mind my history, advised ringing 999. Details were taken, had a phone call back with more questions, but I had to have some blood test which the local surgery couldn't do, so paramedics came along, did ECG, took another long set of answers to questions. Most of the time in A&E of course, I was just sitting on one of the beds, doing nothing. Blood pressure taken at regular intervals and two more ECGs plus an X-ray. Seems to be some lack of sodium, but there was fibrillation last night - apparently I should have phoned 999 then, but it went away after a while - so it had to be an A&E visit.
There will be follow-up apppts with GP and maybe a Cardiologist. I'm feeling fine nowand having had nothing to eat or drink since I left here, have had a bowl of cereal and a hot drink!
And that's quite enough excitement for one day!!
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Glad you're back home, Susan and hope you had a good night's sleep.
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If cycling the streets to deliver pizzas doesn’t appeal, how about donning some scuba gear for the gig of underwater pizza delivery for a Floridian hotel? Guests at Jules’ Undersea Lodge, which is 21 feet below the surface of the sea at Key Largo, get pizza for dinner as part of their overnight stay. Don’t worry about soggy crusts: the pizza comes sealed in a plastic box. Warning: you will need to be sub-aqua qualified to apply for the role.
I have just come across this, the mind boggles!
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Glad you're back home, Susan and hope you had a good night's sleep.
Yes, thank you; I put the cordless phone by my pillow Friday night and last night too, just in case! Haven't got much energy today, but I'll have to make some of that by mid-September because yesterday I heard that the tap class is to re-start then! I hope I'll still be able to use the other studio and run through the routines I know, particularly the Advanced 'quick Jazz' - which for me needs half-speed music! That is, I'll think it in my head at the speed that suits my feet, otherwise I will not touch anything, so the Dance Studio owner will not have to spend time wiping that area down as well.
By the sound of the letter I received today from the Leisure Centre, I don't think it will be possible to organise and manage my weekly swim, but I'll arrange a chat with the organiser to see if it will ever be possible, even if I have to wait until the New Year.
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A handy little word search for you:
RAAB
BORIS
CUMMINGS
GOVE
SHAPPS
HANCOCK
PATEL
REES MOGG
SUNAK
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A handy little word search for you:
RAAB
BORIS
CUMMINGS
GOVE
SHAPPS
HANCOCK
PATEL
REES MOGG
SUNAK
Got it just by looking at the names.
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A handy little word search for you:
RAAB
BORIS
CUMMINGS
GOVE
SHAPPS
HANCOCK
PATEL
REES MOGG
SUNAK
;D
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Indeed an ANUS NON MIRABILIS
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Indeed an ANUS NON MIRABILIS
;D
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The 2021 calendar I ordered yesterday came by courier today in a large box in which you could have put at least a half a dozen of them! I get really irritated when things arrive in boxes, which are much larger than required. >:(
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I don't think I have ever seen such a large house spider as the one I came across on the hall ceiling this morning. It was as large as the tarantula spiders I used to own, although not hairy like them.
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Headlines on ''Microsoft News' this morning: "PM to face MPs at PMQs", and "[Tom] Cruise rents cruise ship for filming". Are they having a laugh?
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This morning I have spent 35 minutes in the gym just testing out my fitness. Because of the more or less daily walking I've been doing, treadmill and reclined bike no problem. Ad and abductor - resistance one notch lower, but it was really nice to be back.
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One shouldn't laugh....
https://news.sky.com/video/commuter-train-blocks-view-of-harry-potters-hogwarts-express-after-fans-queued-for-hours-to-see-it-12085432?fbclid=IwAR3py3PYrInhX4tPi3-xsPcGLzKfPLIF-FzxMk07Yh9fZz5XjV8Ib-nt8ts
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SO you will all know the clickbait that appears on your screen to lure you into advertisements.
You know the type "Last photos of people before they die horribly" or "50 starlets you've never heard of - then and now pictures". Well one lure keeps cropping up on my feed regularly, saying "Last tragic picture of Dusty Springfield" this appears below a photograph of the very much alive Petula Clark.
Somebody on the interweb doesn't know their British Divas very well >:(
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There's a great programme to be made about British Divas.
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There's a great programme to be made about British Divas.
Starting with Tom Daley?
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The strip light in the kitchen half of my kitchen/dining room stopped working this morning. I phoned the local builder (who actually lived in this close when younger) and left a message asking what he could suggest.
Knoing that he is a very kind man, I was not surprised when he called round about an hour-and-a-half later, saw the problem, went off to get two new strips, came back and fitted them and has just gone. Wwe are so fortunate here to know people like that. He knows how much I rely on good light and put things right for me for which of course I am most grateful.
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The strip light in the kitchen half of my kitchen/dining room stopped working this morning. I phoned the local builder (who actually lived in this close when younger) and left a message asking what he could suggest.
Knoing that he is a very kind man, I was not surprised when he called round about an hour-and-a-half later, saw the problem, went off to get two new strips, came back and fitted them and has just gone. Wwe are so fortunate here to know people like that. He knows how much I rely on good light and put things right for me for which of course I am most grateful.
Good P R is one of the best ways of getting more work, staying in business, fortunately it comes naturally to the larger number of people in this line of work.
All the best to you SD, ippy.
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This morning I couldn't find my two cloth face masks, so, a bit disgruntled, I went round and round all the places I might have put them. The right place is on a table in the lounge. In the process I turned out a drawer where I found all sorts of things to throw away, an old £20 note on a shelf, but the drawer is now very tidy! Eventually, I thought of feeling on the floor by the table - and yes, found them! This shows that my cleaner hadn't moved the tables when vacuuming, but that doesn't matter. Equiilibrium restored, I am going to Lymington (by taxi) to ssee if I can find some suiteble shower-proof outerwear to enable me to maintain my up-and-down-the-Close walking during winter.
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This morning I couldn't find my two cloth face masks, so, a bit disgruntled, I went round and round all the places I might have put them. The right place is on a table in the lounge. In the process I turned out a drawer where I found all sorts of things to throw away, an old £20 note on a shelf, but the drawer is now very tidy! Eventually, I thought of feeling on the floor by the table - and yes, found them! This shows that my cleaner hadn't moved the tables when vacuuming, but that doesn't matter. Equiilibrium restored, I am going to Lymington (by taxi) to ssee if I can find some suiteble shower-proof outerwear to enable me to maintain my up-and-down-the-Close walking during winter.
Been there, done the crawling about the floor bit, shouted at the face mask, which hardly ever answered back.....to find I'd put it in my jacket pocket.
It's an age thing.....
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Been there, done the crawling about the floor bit, shouted at the face mask, which hardly ever answered back.....to find I'd put it in my jacket pocket.
It's an age thing.....
:) well, I've bought my suitable trousers and jacket with hood (from a shop called Rohan's) - total cost £255 but I think I'll live long enough to get my money's worth! I'll still be wearing my trainers but if they get wet, then I have a spare pair and in any case, it will be unlikely that I'd be going out again on the same day if I've walked in the rain!
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More money spent today! this time on a 4 ft x 2 ft 6 in tap board ! It is from a firm in Totnes called Barnliving and will be delivered fairly soon. In my large (full width of the house) kitchen/dining area) I long since got rid of the dining table as I prefer having space annd this space is going to be just the place to use it. I was thinking I can use the windowsill to hold on to but it will be far more sensible to have a proper dance support bar ... which will go nicely on the walll between the windowsill and the radiator, can be used for other exercises too and will not be in a place where I can knock myself on it Its main use in tapping will be to assist some slight elevation!by mistake.
Watch this space!!!
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Put on new wet wether gear and at 9:07 I walked my 20 laps of the Close with hood up and adjusted to fit closely. Cocooned comfortably like that, the grey light, the light rain and strongish wind - though not a cold one - meant it was a pleasure , so I am really pleased with my purchases. Time taken - 52 mins which is a good average for me.
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His Excellency Rumen Radev, president of Bulgaria, is a fighter pilot. He was a MiG 29 squadron commander from 1997-1999 and ended up as Commander in Chief of the Armed forces. He performed a Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre at an air show in 2014.
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His Excellency Rumen Radev, president of Bulgaria, is a fighter pilot. He was a MiG 29 squadron commander from 1997-1999 and ended up as Commander in Chief of the Armed forces. He performed a Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre at an air show in 2014.
That is an interesting piece of info - is there any reason in particular why you posted it today?
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Had to get a smart Phone because I could no longer turn up the volume loud enough for me to hear it anymore on my old phone, mind you it was one of those phones that the youngsters refer to as a brick, a bit of a shame because it folded and looked just like a Star Trek communicator, never did get Scotties number.
Anyway I've managed to get a micro sim and a micro 512 SD card for this new phone closely followed by a a copy of two books, 'Android Phones & Tablets for Dummies' also 'Android Phones for Seniors'.
Had a quick look at both books and it looks like I'll have to transfer photos to the SD card every so often from the phone's inbuilt memory, I was hoping to put photos/film straight onto the SD card without going through a transfer process, I think I've read the books right but I'm open to being corrected on this as I have to admit to being correctly described as a bit of a smart phone virgin.
Any help on this would be greatly welcome, the only proviso I respectfully ask if any help is offered please reply in the old pre smart phone version of our English language if someone on forum would be kind enough to lend a helping hand?
The phone is a : Samsung Galaxy A21s
ippy.
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That is an interesting piece of info - is there any reason in particular why you posted it today?
I've been watching some Digital Combat Simulator videos on YouTube, and someone mentioned it in the comments on one of them.
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Had a quick look at both books and it looks like I'll have to transfer photos to the SD card every so often from the phone's inbuilt memory, I was hoping to put photos/film straight onto the SD card without going through a transfer process, I think I've read the books right but I'm open to being corrected on this as I have to admit to being correctly described as a bit of a smart phone virgin.
If you're talking about photos and videos you take on the phone, there's usually a setting in the camera app itself. If you select the camera and look for a cogwheel icon, that'll get you to settings and then there should be one called "Storage location" or similar, where you should be able so select between "internal memory" and "SD card".
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Had to get a smart Phone because I could no longer turn up the volume loud enough for me to hear it anymore on my old phone, mind you it was one of those phones that the youngsters refer to as a brick, a bit of a shame because it folded and looked just like a Star Trek communicator, never did get Scotties number.
Anyway I've managed to get a micro sim and a micro 512 SD card for this new phone closely followed by a a copy of two books, 'Android Phones & Tablets for Dummies' also 'Android Phones for Seniors'.
Had a quick look at both books and it looks like I'll have to transfer photos to the SD card every so often from the phone's inbuilt memory, I was hoping to put photos/film straight onto the SD card without going through a transfer process, I think I've read the books right but I'm open to being corrected on this as I have to admit to being correctly described as a bit of a smart phone virgin.
Any help on this would be greatly welcome, the only proviso I respectfully ask if any help is offered please reply in the old pre smart phone version of our English language if someone on forum would be kind enough to lend a helping hand?
The phone is a : Samsung Galaxy A21s
ippy.
Hi Ippy. I've just got the same phone as you. Very impressed with it so far. Haven't yet transferred any files as I haven't put in a SD card yet(it's already got 32g memory) but it should be easy enough. Here's some instructions on how to do it:
https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-232286/
Also it should be easy to transfer any files from a computer(e.g. music, pics etc.) by simply connecting to a computer which will see the phone as a hard drive.
I'm still finding out about it. Incidentally I used a nano sim.
If you like astronomy apps, there's a superb one in Google Store, called Sky Safari. The free version is excellent.
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Hi Ippy. I've just got the same phone as you. Very impressed with it so far. Haven't yet transferred any files as I haven't put in a SD card yet(it's already got 32g memory) but it should be easy enough. Here's some instructions on how to do it:
https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-232286/
Also it should be easy to transfer any files from a computer(e.g. music, pics etc.) by simply connecting to a computer which will see the phone as a hard drive.
I'm still finding out about it. Incidentally I used a nano sim.
If you like astronomy apps, there's a superb one in Google Store, called Sky Safari. The free version is excellent.
Thanks for the help I promise I try to get my 78 ear old brain around it.
I take the bimonthly Which PC Computer Magazine and Samsung phones are at the top of its reviews in front of iPhone most of the time now but I can't afford their top of the range all singing and dancing jobbies but going by the glowing reports Samsung seem to be running the show I'll guess that applies to how their cheaper phones compare with similar priced phones of other makes.
I haven't got into the photo side of this amazing machine yet, now I'm retired I deal with most problems in that moment when you think to yourself 'I'm in the right frame of mind to deal with that problem now', and then I'l go to it, that moment with the phone hasn't arrived yet, I will do it.
Regards and thank you again to you and to all of those other offers of help, ippy.
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What a headline!
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-54782634?__twitter_impression=true
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Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train - of course
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430
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Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train - of course
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430
Seen elsewhere
A Rotterdam artist's creation
Prevented a train conflagration
- On leaving the rail,
It stopped on the whale,
Which wasn't its scheduled cetacean
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Seen elsewhere
A Rotterdam artist's creation
Prevented a train conflagration
- On leaving the rail,
It stopped on the whale,
Which wasn't its scheduled cetacean
:) Nice one - and so nice to have a fun story at this time.
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Very much this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
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This afternoon a van turned up at our next door neighbour's house, in huge letters it called itself, "WOOF WASH WAGON". The neighbours have taken on their teenage granddaughter and her very small yappy dog. Anyway the creature was carried into the van for a wash. BONKERS! Still it made us giggle. ;D Our dogs, much larger of course, had the hose put over them if they needed it.
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Mine used to go in the bath, enjoyed it too, then rinsed off with the shower. In summer, sometimes in a child's paddling pool. People do take their dogs to canine beauty parlours, I s'pose what you saw is a mobile one :D.
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Get a cat - they wash themselves, AND bury their shit, so you don't have to pick it up in a plastic bag, AND you don't have to take them for walks.
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Get a cat - they wash themselves, AND bury their shit, so you don't have to pick it up in a plastic bag, AND you don't have to take them for walks.
But, if you get into an argument with one, prepare to lose.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55150052
In January the cost of 1st class stamps are going up by 9p to 85p, and 2nd class stamps by 1p to 66p!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55150052
In January the cost of 1st class stamps are going up by 9p to 85p, and 2nd class stamps by 1p to 66p!
Are you complaining? I would have thought that you would be pleased. After all, you don't buy books because you don't want trees to be cut down. Higher stamp prices must surely mean that fewer people will send messages using paper. ::)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55150052
In January the cost of 1st class stamps are going up by 9p to 85p, and 2nd class stamps by 1p to 66p!
If the cost of a first class stamp had kept pace with inflation since the penny black was introduced, it would now cost several pounds.
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In a long list of humorous and not so humorous monikers, Vlad's latest is a small work of genius.
I salute you sir.
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In a long list of humorous and not so humorous monikers, Vlad's latest is a small work of genius.
I salute you sir.
Indeed. It is a thing of beauty
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-55303575
This is incredible, a dog rescued from a sea of foam created by wild weather in Australia!
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The Tech chap has been here this morning and organised some things on the computer. He has also put Zoom on it, and is going to get me a suitable camera so that I can see -i.e. peer at as best I can! - the family on this monitor. So with a bit of luck I shall be able to see something of greatgrandson opening his Christmas presents! He'll be 11 months old.
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As if my poor husband hasn't got enough problems he now has a inguinal hernia to add to his list! :o The doctor has told him that he mustn't do any heavy lifting in case it strangulates.
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As if my poor husband hasn't got enough problems he now has a inguinal hernia to add to his list! :o The doctor has told him that he mustn't do any heavy lifting in case it strangulates.
That's tough. Take care
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That's tough. Take care
Thanks. :)
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This morning the builder/handyman fixed my ballet bar in position, so now when I put my tap shoes on and practise on my tap board, I should be able to do it with better balance!
ETA justr returned from local hospital having had heart monitor fitted. Have to wear for 72 hours. You can just bet, though, that nothing unusual will happen during that time!
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I have just opened the bedroom window to let out a red admiral butterfly! I don't remember ever doing that before at this time of year.
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Watched the 'Call the Midwife' Christmas special last night - first time I've seen it for ages. As usual, I could do without the sentimental bits, especially la Redgrave's homespun-wisdom voice-overs at the beginning and end, but on the whole it was great fun. A circus came to Poplar, with a grizzled owner and ringmaster whom I eventually recognised as Peter Davison, whom I hadn't seen for many years. Back in the 70s and 80s, he was all over the TV, as the fifth (?) Doctor and Tristan Farnon, but largely disappeared from view for the last 30-odd years.
Also interested to note that they had the midwives masking up while delivering sprogs. That is historically accurate - we're up to 1965, and apparently that was the norm then, though they don't wear masks now (well, they probably have this year, but not before that). The thing is, in previous series, they haven't worn masks, despite it being anachronistic, because the director wanted them to be recognisable, so they've changed their mind about that. (I know this because of an article in Radio Times a few years ago, about anachronisms in the series, most of them accidental, like having them sit down to a meal including broccoli, which was almost unknown in the UK in the early 60s. They realised just in time, and digitally turned it into cauliflower, by turning the green to white.)
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We watched it last night. It took me a while to recognise Peter Davison.
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Just found out that the actor Alexander Siddig is a descendant of the Mahdi, and a nephew of Malcolm McDowell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Siddig
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I have just had a Zoom conversation, organised by my (younger) son, with our friends in Adelaide. That was just lovely. I shall not ever be travelling to Australia again, and they too are restricted by the pandemic. I've known them since 1986 when their daughter was in my class during my exchange teaching year. In 1987 they came to UK and the whole family stayed with me for several months and then lived nearby for a couple of years before returning to Australia, repeating the exercise a few years later annd of course I have been to see them multiple times. I now have a way of our being able to see each other (or peer sideways at in my case!!).
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Yesterday, I was able to see on zoom my greatgrandson moving around, standing, playing - on the light-coloured carpet near the window in my sons house, so that was really nice.
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A good time to 'Tap your troubles away' ......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6skpCNIoes
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A good time to 'Tap your troubles away' ......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6skpCNIoes
Lovely - thank you! If only I could see it better, but I could see the movement of feet and legs and of course hear it!Who was the girl? I don't think it was Bonnie Langford.
As I've always said, you can't tap dance for an hour without a smile on your face at the end of it!..
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Lovely - thank you! If only I could see it better, but I could see the movement of feet and legs and of course hear it!Who was the girl? I don't think it was Bonnie Langford.
As I've always said, you can't tap dance for an hour without a smile on your face at the end of it!..
It's Anna-Jane Casey
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna-Jane_Casey
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Lovely - thank you! If only I could see it better, but I could see the movement of feet and legs and of course hear it!Who was the girl? I don't think it was Bonnie Langford.
As I've always said, you can't tap dance for an hour without a smile on your face at the end of it!..
In case you didn't know, after you start playing the youtube piece you can press the 'f' key on your keyboard and it displays in full screen. This may help you see it better. You can return to the conventional screen by pressing the Escape key on your keyboard.
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It's Anna-Jane Casey
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna-Jane_Casey
Many thanks for the link - what a very talented young woman. And how wonderful to know and sing all that fabulous music...
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In case you didn't know, after you start playing the youtube piece you can press the 'f' key on your keyboard and it displays in full screen. This may help you see it better. You can return to the conventional screen by pressing the Escape key on your keyboard.
Thank you, I didn't know that. Mind you, I'm not sure that SuperNova will allow it, but I'll definitely try it again to see.
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Lovely - thank you! If only I could see it better, but I could see the movement of feet and legs and of course hear it!Who was the girl? I don't think it was Bonnie Langford.
As I've always said, you can't tap dance for an hour without a smile on your face at the end of it!..
Gunhild Carling singing, trombone-playing and tap-dancing to her own composition, 'Hot-head'. https://youtu.be/NVMOcnHvUYs
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Gunhild Carling singing, trombone-playing and tap-dancing to her own composition, 'Hot-head'. https://youtu.be/NVMOcnHvUYs
Thank you - a bright and cheerful start to the day!
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This afternoon I had my first Covid vaccination. No problems so far.
While you waited for 15mins after the procedure you were given a sheet of notes to read with all the info on the vaccination including the ingredients. This was a list of expected chemicals but also included sucrose (I received the Pfizer vax). I'm intrigued as to why sugar should be involved and can only think that sugar can be used as a preservative.
Can anyone here enlighten me further?
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Our next door neighbours are having some brickwork rebuilt. In order to do this the men doing the job had to saw up some of the old bricks, causing a lot of dust, which was blowing in our direction. They weren't wearing masks or protective clothing, and were covered in it, breathing it all in, CRAZY! :o
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55863928
A dinosaur footprint was discovered by a four year old girl when visiting a beach in Wales with her father. The footprint is thought to be about 220 million years old, WOW!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-55950942?at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=C496F758-6C78-11EB-AEC4-34A196E8478F&at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64
How could anyone be so stupid? >:(
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-56045881
A very rich dog, which has been left $5million by its deceased owner. ::)
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Apparently St Valentine is not only the patron saint of love he is also the patron saint of epilepsy. My husband found that very interesting as he has the condition since his brain haemorrhage in 2006.
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Apparently St Valentine is not only the patron saint of love he is also the patron saint of epilepsy. My husband found that very interesting as he has the condition since his brain haemorrhage in 2006.
There are bits of St Valentine in Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin, allegedly. I've visited them.
http://www.whitefriarstreetchurch.com/index.php/the-church/shrines/saint-valentine
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It is the census for England and Wales next month. For the first time questions will be asked about one's sexuality and gender orientation, which are voluntary. Apparently there is a £1000 fine if the form isn't filled in.
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It is the census for England and Wales next month. For the first time questions will be asked about one's sexuality and gender orientation, which are voluntary. Apparently there is a £1000 fine if the form isn't filled in.
it's also muddling the sex question
https://fairplayforwomen.com/sex-in-the-census-our-legal-challenge-to-stop-the-ons-redefining-sex/
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It is incredible how quickly houses in our neighbourhood are selling, in spite of the pandemic. Most are sold subject to contract. Our next door neighbours put up their house on Tuesday and accepted an offer on it yesterday.
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I see NS has racked up 3000 topics on this forum. Flipping heck, he must be wanting to get a mention in the Guinness Book of Records! ;D
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I don't know if anybody has seen the Musical La La Land. Here's a new slant on the dance scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW9Xrs0YTM4
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I see NS has racked up 3000 topics on this forum. Flipping heck, he must be wanting to get a mention in the Guinness Book of Records! ;D
As I have covered a couple of times previously, around the time of me moving into the moderation team, we were getting very quiet and new threads were getting rarer so I make an effort to post new threads that take my interest to keep the board going.
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This afternoon I was due to go to /Bournemouh Hospital to have my cosmetic contact lens cleaned and polished. Wow, an outing! Something to look forward to! Taxi bookked .. so what happens? The Artificial Eye Centre (in Blackpool) phoned me about 10 o'clock to say that they were sorry, but the appointment had had to be cancelled as the Technician was unwell.
*shrug* Ah, well ... ... I've printed off today's cryptic so I'll have that to do instead!
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Un peth i chi gyda chyllell ar!
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Stunning sunset over Glasgow tonight.
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Pictures of the sunset last evening (as per my previous post) from various places in Scotland.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56252055
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WOW! Those are most impressive. :)
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On the first of my two visits to Scotland, in 1967 on a family holiday (three days of the Edinburgh Festival followed by the Isle of Skye), I remember we saw some stunning sunsets. Are they a Scottish speciality?
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Census - story goes something like this: phoned RNIB, I haven't got a form, info supplied and was put through to ONS, helpfulperson put me through to the census office, spoke to a young woman who took details and made appointment for phone call to me next Wednesday but I found out straight away afterwards that I was not free that day.Phoned the 0800 number I had asked for in case of just such a case and spoke to another young woman who carefully took details and arranged for the 11th instead, but then she must have pressed the wrong key because the phone went dead. Phoned 0800 number again, spoke to a young chap who completed the alteration of day and time.
All done very quickly !
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Census - story goes something like this: phoned RNIB, I haven't got a form, info supplied and was put through to ONS, helpfulperson put me through to the census office, spoke to a young woman who took details and made appointment for phone call to me next Wednesday but I found out straight away afterwards that I was not free that day.Phoned the 0800 number I had asked for in case of just such a case and spoke to another young woman who carefully took details and arranged for the 11th instead, but then she must have pressed the wrong key because the phone went dead. Phoned 0800 number again, spoke to a young chap who completed the alteration of day and time.
All done very quickly !
Ongoing legal challenge to the Census which is England and Wales on the sex question and guidance.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sexinthecensus2021
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Ongoing legal challenge to the Census which is England and Wales on the sex question and guidance.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sexinthecensus2021
Hmmmm, I don't suppose that will cause the census to be postponed, though, but we'll see.
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Our youngest daughter starts a new job on Wednesday. She will be the HR advisor for a well known very large company with connections in another country too. We are so proud of her as there was a lot of competition for this particular post. :) It will be her first fulltime job since her eldest child was born nearly 18 years ago. The children are old enough to look after themselves whilst their parents are at work. Their father works from home several days a week at present.
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If I hear anymore about the Oprah Winfrey interview with Harry and Megan I think I will scream!
Just saying (as they say)...
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If I hear anymore about the Oprah Winfrey interview with Harry and Megan I think I will scream!
Just saying (as they say)...
A sentiment I think many of us share.
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If I hear anymore about the Oprah Winfrey interview with Harry and Megan I think I will scream!
Just saying (as they say)...
So will I. >:(
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56307466
The new Swansea bridge is really ugly, imo. :o
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56307466
The new Swansea bridge is really ugly, imo. :o
I've seen prettier, I must admit.
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I've seen prettier, I must admit.
Pass the smelling salts.
You are nearly in agreement there ;D
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My talking bathroom scales has told me several times recently that my weight is fifty-four-point-ten kilograms. Could someone please tell me the difference between fifty-four-point-ten and fifty-five?!
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My talking bathroom scales has told me several times recently that my weight is fifty-four-point-ten kilograms. Could someone please tell me the difference between fifty-four-point-ten and fifty-five?!
Obviously fifty-four-point-ten means your lighter ;)
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Obviously fifty-four-point-ten means your lighter ;)
:) Perhaps some sort of an occasional built-in comfort zone?! At other times it says fifty-five. Mind you, it is slightly annoying because I think it is because of a change in medication that it is saying around 55 instead of 54 anyway!
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Making it illegal for sport's coaches and the clergy to have sex with kids aged 16/17 is to be put before Parliament. I hope it is voted in. It is already illegal for teachers and social workers to have sex with pupils of that age who are in their care.
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My Census form has been completed on the phone. No problems there, and I have no objection to being asked about my sexual orientation! However, I was slightly flummoxed by the options: straight, heterosexual and two others. Could someone please tell me what is the difference between straight and heterosexual?!!
I opted for heterosexual, but it really doesn't matter one way or the other - I'll certainly be dead before the next Census and no-one who knows me would think I was anything unusual!!
ETA Curiosity killed the cat, so I looked it up! Straight means attracted to the opposite sex only in a sexual or romantic way. Heterosexual means you are attracted to the opposite sex only, but leaves out the romantic bit, for which the word 'hetero-romantic' is required apparently! :)
And well, imagine that - I've lived all my 85 years without even thinking of such nuances of meaning.
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My Census form has been completed on the phone. No problems there, and I have no objection to being asked about my sexual orientation! However, I was slightly flummoxed by the options: straight, heterosexual and two others. Could someone please tell me what is the difference between straight and heterosexual?!!
I opted for heterosexual, but it really doesn't matter one way or the other - I'll certainly be dead before the next Census and no-one who knows me would think I was anything unusual!!
ETA Curiosity killed the cat, so I looked it up! Straight means attracted to the opposite sex only in a sexual or romantic way. Heterosexual means you are attracted to the opposite sex only, but leaves out the romantic bit, for which the word 'hetero-romantic' is required apparently! :)
And well, imagine that - I've lived all my 85 years without even thinking of such nuances of meaning.
In the census question "straight or heterosexual" are actually the same option, so it's just a matter of wording.
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In the census question "straight or heterosexual" are actually the same option, so it's just a matter of wording.
/Thank you. I presume you mean there is just the one box to tick. The woman talking to me didn't mention that!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56358257
A Parkinson's skin-swab test is being developed.
My husband's mother had Parkinson's Disease, as did one of my aunts by marriage.
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My children expressed their fondness for their old Mum with cards and gifts to celebrate Mother's Day. :)
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My children expressed their fondness for their old Mum with cards and gifts to celebrate Mother's Day. :)
Just had a call with my mother for an hour and half. Sharp as ever.
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My children expressed their fondness for their old Mum with cards and gifts to celebrate Mother's Day. :)
Mothering Sunday, not Mother's day. It's traditionally a day off from Lent, and, as I always give up booze, I have had a pint of Theakston's Old Peculier and one of Wychwood Hobgoblin, and have two bottles of Tillington Hills cider to go.
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Thorntons the chocolate maker are to close all their stores! :o
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Thorntons the chocolate maker are to close all their stores! :o
:o
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Happy St Patrick's Day
https://youtu.be/OCbuRA_D3KU
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For a few minutes this evening we had what is described as a, 'mackerel sky'. I wish I had taken a photo, when I looked the term up I discovered they are quite rare. I can't remember when I last saw one.
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For a few minutes this evening we had what is described as a, 'mackerel sky'. I wish I had taken a photo, when I looked the term up I discovered they are quite rare. I can't remember when I last saw one.
Like this? (https://flic.kr/p/2kMqr1i) This was over my house on November 6th last year.
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Just like the old weather forecasting rhyme 'Red sky at night- shepherd's delight, Red sky in the morning - shepherd's warning' there was 'Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, Never too wet and never too dry'.
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Like this? (https://flic.kr/p/2kMqr1i) This was over my house on November 6th last year.
Yes just like that.
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Just like the old weather forecasting rhyme 'Red sky at night- shepherd's delight, Red sky in the morning - shepherd's warning' there was 'Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, Never too wet and never too dry'.
Or, as we say in Hemel Hempstead, "Orange sky in the morning, Buncefield's on fire". https://flic.kr/p/2kfW7vk That was a couple of hours after the first explosion, as the sun rose and illuminated the pall of smoke.
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I sent off our census form online first thing this morning, I had an e-mail to say it had been received. Have other posters sent off theirs?
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I sent off our census form online first thing this morning, I had an e-mail to say it had been received. Have other posters sent off theirs?
Yes - ten days ago. I figured that there was was only one possible change to the information I submitted - and since I wouldn't be here it wasn't my problem.
I received a confirmation email. Several people I know also sent their returns early.
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A heart warming story about a company director who has Down's Syndrome. :)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56442775
Our DS son (36) has made us very proud over the 35 years since we adopted him. He has a wonderful personality and a number of achievements, including several Blue Peter badges.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56535979
Rhea birds are running wild on a Hertfordshire housing estate. Maybe they are trying to find a poster on this forum who lives in that county. ;D ;D ;D
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A rheally unusual news story.
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I wonder what roast rhea tastes like?
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I wonder what roast rhea tastes like?
I tried it once. It was horrible. "What dire rhea!", I expostulated.
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I tried it once. It was horrible. "What dire rhea!", I expostulated.
;D
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I don't believe that. It is impossible to eat roast rhea and expostulate at the same time.
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My computer clock has not automatically changed to BST. The Tech chap is going to be here in a few weeks so it doesn't bother me particularly, but a bit annoying.
I've just asked Alexa and that is the right time.
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My computer clock was showing GMT instead of BST this morning but I somehow managed to fix it.
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I have eight proper (i.e. mechanical) clocks to wind every Sunday, and today I had to adjust them as well. My digital radio-controlled clock, which I use to set the proper clocks by, did its thing during the night. My three bike computers are showing the correct time again, after being an hour fast all winter, because changing them is a bit of a faff, so I left them on BST all winter.
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We only have four ordinary clocks which need adjusting, all the rest including our watches are radio controlled, thank goodness.
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My (older) granddaughter phoned this morning and then sent me a video of Reuben laughing and giggling in the bath, using a plastic cup to pour water over his head! It came up full screen on the monitor so I was able to get a much better picture of him than I have before. Made my day!
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My sister is going to see her new grandson for the first time this coming weekend. She is very excited at the prospect of seeing the little man who was born the other week. :)
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My sister is going to see her new grandson for the first time this coming weekend. She is very excited at the prospect of seeing the little man who was born the other week. :)
She is lucky. My new grandson was born nine months ago but in the Channel Islands. (He is a crapaud not a donkey.)
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She is lucky. My new grandson was born nine months ago but in the Channel Islands. (He is a crapaud not a donkey.)
Poor little soul being a crapaud (toad) instead of a donkey. I am proud of my donkey status. ;D I hope you get to see him before too long.
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My (older) granddaughter phoned this morning and then sent me a video of Reuben laughing and giggling in the bath, using a plastic cup to pour water over his head! It came up full screen on the monitor so I was able to get a much better picture of him than I have before. Made my day!
I bet it did - good news!
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Dog joins relay race and wins.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/athletics/56854177
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My younger granddaughter is expecting her first child later this year. She phoned to tell me yesterday. Verry exciting and just lovely news.
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I was walking along the bank of the Avon today. The sunshine was glorious and there were many people around.
I saw two middle-aged women coming towards me talking earnestly. As they drew level I heard one say to the other:
The wife doesn't let him have it very often.
And then they moved out of earshot. My mind boggled. What could they be talking about? The car? Rhubarb crumble? The tv remote control?
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Arty socks:
https://musearta.co.uk/collections/all
For inexplicable reasons (to me at least) I want a pair. Probably the Mondrian ones.
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I want some too! The Tree of Life,Van Gogh's Starry Night & Irises are my favs. They're going on my wish list.
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I have definitely messed up the layout of the familiar page I know every time I go to R&E. I'm not entirely sure what it is I've done but it's a little uncomfortable with something different!
?All help gratefully received.
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I need a new wristwatch, and would prefer a mechanical one to quartz or radio-controlled. The other day, I found a site called 'Sputnik 1957', which sells vintage watches made in the Soviet Union between the 1950s and the 1980s, some of which are very attractive. I bookmarked two I particularly liked, and they promptly sold out, but I think I'll go with this one, if it doesn't sell out before Friday, when I'll have the dosh to pay for it. I like the big, bold numbers and the clean, unfussy face, and the Cyrillic words lend it an exotic touch. They transliterate, apparently, as "Shturmanskie" (navigator), and "Raketa" (rocket).
https://sputnik1957s.com/collections/best-sellers/products/rare-shturmanskie-rocket-raketa-vintage-military-wrist-watch-1980s
[Edit] In fact, I've just ordered it, despite not having the dosh in my account until Friday: Santander are good about allowing you to be overdrawn for a few days.
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It seems I have bursitis in my right hip. I've looked up all the - mostly gloomy of course! - side effects and have some special gel from the doctor to use on it. Anybody had experience with this? It is very annoying!
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I am back again now, it was mean to deprive you of my company, you must have missed me so much. ;D ;D ;D Seriously though, I think it is a good idea to take a break from time to time.
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I am back again now, it was mean to deprive you of my company, you must have missed me so much. ;D ;D ;D Seriously though, I think it is a good idea to take a break from time to time.
Good to 'see' you
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Good to 'see' you
Thanks :)
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My children have been trying to persuade me to learn how to send texts, something I have refused to learn to do up to now. My basic phone is only taken with me when I am driving just in case there is an emergency. However, there is a valid reason now why I should learn to text so I am to be given lessons by my grandson (17). I will also have an updated phone too. I hope I manage to get the hang of it.
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I have been going through some of the scrapbooks which belong to our DS son (36). When I home schooled him I thought it would be more interesting for him to write letters to celebs he saw on TV than boring stuff like, 'I had Weetabix for my breakfast today'. I had forgotten he had so many responses, having not looked at those scrapbooks for a good number of years. Many of the celebs had written him lovely letters as well as signed photos of themselves, which was kind of them. :)
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As many of you know I don't really approve of the honours system, but I can't help but be pleased by this one:
https://www.alisonmoyetmusic.com/alison-moyet-to-receive-an-mbe/?
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Hello everyone, just saying hello, as I’ve not been around for a while. Glad to see the familiar names are still here - no doubt I’ll work out whether the unfamiliar belong to Steve or Vlad quite easily…
I hope you are all well and have not suffered too much due to either the virus or the lockdown. I’ve personally had a good lockdown, haven’t lost anyone and don’t know anyone who’s been particularly ill, either; I’ve been working from home and enjoying it. I do recognise I may have been remarkably lucky.
Personally ok, but depressed to witness the on-going destruction of our country and society by a government comprised of corrupt liars and / or incompetent buffoons. I’m proud to live in a heartening, S*n-free, red haven and try to avoid the news…
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Welcome back. I'm Steve, so the other one must be Vlad.
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Great to see you back, Christine.
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Welcome back Christine. Good to see you.
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I ordered nose clips for my face masks, which are supposed to stop my specs steaming up. They arrived today, I am most disappointed with them, they are hard to fit on the mask and not very comfortable.
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On Monday we drove over to Seaford in East Sussex and walked over Seaford Head and down to the Cuckmere River taking in views of the Seven Sisters. We spent a bit of time sitting on the beach by the Cuckmere and heard an approaching noise. A troop of Hare Krishna devotees dressed in the traditional orange colours were approaching playing drums and doing their usual chanting.
My partner, who for some reason was a bit grumpy, was not best pleased.
I found it rather beautiful and magical.
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That was an interesting experience. :)
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Has anyone seen the shape of the rocket Jeff Bezos has had sent into space? I must admit it made me giggle, I wonder if you think it resembles a part of the male anatomy?
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Has anyone seen the shape of the rocket Jeff Bezos has had sent into space? I must admit it made me giggle, I wonder if you think it resembles a part of the male anatomy?
Filth I tell you, filth. ;)
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/australian-newsreaders-struggle-to-contain-laughter-when-reporting-on-jeff-bezos-e2-80-99-crudely-shaped-rocket/ar-AALby38?ocid=uxbndlbing
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When did Father's Day begin to be celebrated here in the UK, it wasn't when I was a kid or even when my children were young?
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When did Father's Day begin to be celebrated here in the UK, it wasn't when I was a kid or even when my children were young?
I remember buying Father's Day cards in the early 70s
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I remember buying Father's Day cards in the early 70s
I'm pleased to report that these days the cards tend to come with bottles of desirable liquids.
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File this under stuff I did not know:
'Meowing is cat communication for humans'
From: Izzi Howell, author of 'Cats react to science facts' and winner of the Royal Society of Science’s Young People’s Book Prize
“Adult cats only meow at humans! Kittens meow to get their mother’s attention, but wild cats stop meowing at each other as they move into adulthood. However, pet cats have realised that their cute chirps have the same effect on people as mother cats. So meowing is basically a new form of cat communication specifically for humans! “
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:o
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Our middle daughter (47) had both her hips replaced on Tuesday having had problems with them since she had her first son 19 years ago. The surgery she had is experimental and developed in Australia where her hip replacements were made especially for her. She felt pretty grotty after the surgery, but is beginning to make good progress and will be discharged as soon as she is able to walk with the crutches, hopefully in the next day or so.
Unfortunately her youngest son (nearly 17) dislocated his shoulder whilst playing volley ball with his mates yesterday. Some years ago he badly damaged the same shoulder when falling from a tree, he had surgery on it and it would appear that it has left him with some weakness. The shoulder has been reset, but he has to go back to hospital tomorrow for more tests, to check if anything else needs to be done. His poor Dad has quite enough on his plate worrying about our girl and could do without this added concern. :o
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Word of the week - "hammydown". Someone on Facebook posted a screenshot of someone else's Twitter post, in which she said that she was getting rid of her old hammydown furniture.
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I have two items of 'hammydown' furniture from my childhood home. One item is a few hundred years old and worth a bob or two, the other item is useful. The first item is being 'hammydown' to our eldest who has requested it.
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Personalised number plates have always seemed to me to be a riduculous self-indulgence. As it is - I'm someone who considers a motor car to be a tin box with a wheel at each corner that gets me from A to B. I expect my motor car to be reliable, safe and economical and I am prepared to spend money to ensure that it remains so. I am totslly uninterested in treating my car like a status symbol.
The other day, I saw a car bearing the registration number ELIOTT D - I assume that this was registered as EL10 TTD. Is the way the number is now displayed legal?
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I don't see the point of them either. My late brother-in-law liked to have a personalised number plates on his cars.
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Useless fact: the world's first personalised number plate was owned before WW1 by Harry Tate, a music Hall star. It was T8.
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A heart warming story. :)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-57600677
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Far from being heart warming this story is deeply shocking. :o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina
The youngest woman in history in history to have a baby, which can be confirmed as factual, was five years and 7 months old. This occurred in Peru in 1933!
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The Occupational Therapy dept here are very helpful. Some years ago, I havd a safety gate fixed on the small landing at the top of the stairs and I use it all the time. When I'm upstairs for more than a few minutes, I close it and that removes all concern that i might slip and fall down the stairs for any reason.
Today, the same chap has been to fix a bench seat which can be held up with a clip or put down to rest on the opposite side of the bath. I need that extra safety because, although my movements are not restricted, my orientation in the shower is more difficult because of the decrease in the peripheral vision.
Maintaining my independence is important to me!
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Heart-warming photo of the week. The woman is Carson Pickett, an American soccer star, and the kid is Joseph Tidd, who was 21 months old when the photo was taken, two years ago. Both were born without a left forearm. Pickett's Wikipedia entry refers to it as a "fist-bump", but it's more of a stump-bump, I'd've thought.
Here. (https://twitter.com/espn/status/1153296037714571264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1153296037714571264%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tallahassee.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Ffsu%2F2019%2F07%2F23%2Fformer-fsu-soccer-star-carson-picketts-special-moment-fan-captured%2F1802774001%2F)
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During my school days and that of my children the most senior prefect was referred to as head girl or head boy, at our grandchildren's secondary school they are referred to as, 'head learner'. Our grandson (17) has that status, he was interviewed by senior staff and governors as were other senior pupils. He was deemed the best for the job, which involves quite a bit of work, like bringing to the attention of the senior staff any problems pupils are experiencing.
The head girl at the secondary school I attended was having an affair with one of the married male teachers! >:( We all knew about it as no doubt did the staff, nowadays the teacher would be for the high jump and rightly so. :o
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57652297
These jetpacks look interesting. I think in my younger days I might have liked to try one out if they had been available.
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I have dropped the 'little' from my username and will be known as 'Roses' in future, which is my family nickname.
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Do you know what just popped into my head.
Roses grow on you.
I think I need chocolate.
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;D
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Last Friday our grandson (15) an RAF cadet had a trip in a glider, he was permitted to take the controls for a bit. He was thrilled, it was a brilliant experience and has made him keener than ever to become a pilot. :)
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Last Friday our grandson (15) an RAF cadet had a trip in a glider, he was permitted to take the controls for a bit. He was thrilled, it was a brilliant experience and has made him keener than ever to become a pilot. :)
I've always fancied a go at gliding.
Unfortunately there is the coward within me that assures me this will never happen!
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We had a notice put through the door mid week saying that Mark Tami our Labour MP would be visiting our road at 11am today, and to put the notice on our window if we wanted a chat. I didn't bother as I hadn't anything to say to him. However, on my early morning walk I didn't see those leaflets in any of the windows in our road. I saw Mark walking up the road and felt a bit sorry for him so pretended to look for something in the car as he came passed our house so I could say 'hello' to him.
I first met Mark in 2008, at my request as we were having some problems with the road in which we then lived. I was looking after our baby granddaughter when he turned up. I offered him a cuppa and Tami walked the floor with her whilst I made it.
I met Tami again in 2019 when he was visiting our area. I reminded him of our first meeting, which he remembered, me being once seen never forgotten, of course. ;D We had a nice little chat today, I said he must be pleased that Keir Starmer is now leader of the Labour Party instead of Corbyn, whom he thought was a terrible leader when I saw him three years ago.
I have no doubt brightened up Mark Tami's day a lot. ;D
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If my MP, fat, puce-faced, Tory brexiter "Sir" Mike Penning, walked down my road, all I'd give him would be two fingers and a loud raspberry.
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If my MP, fat, puce-faced, Tory brexiter "Sir" Mike Penning, walked down my road, all I'd give him would be two fingers and a loud raspberry.
That says more about you than him! ::)
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That says more about you than him! ::)
I see the divorce is back on ;)
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As so often happens I go down a rabbit hole on the internet and come across something I feel sure I should have known about, but didn't.
Tonight the special surprise was Dextrocardia.
That is people who are born with their heart on the right hand side of their chest.
It occurs in 1 in 12,019 pregnancies. It doesn't usually carry any adverse consequences.
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The heart is really in the middle of the chest, but more to the left of the centre-line than the right (or vice-versa, with dextrocardia). When yanks put their right hand supposedly over their heart when the national anthem is played, half of them are actually covering their left lung.
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The Dextrocardia complications that some people with the condition have are:-
Blocked intestines (due to a condition called intestinal malrotation)
Heart failure.
Infection (heterotaxy with no spleen)
Infertility in males (Kartagener syndrome)
Repeated pneumonias.
Repeated sinus infections (Kartagener syndrome)
Death.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58141756
The smallest baby on record has just left hospital after 13 months. Kwek Yu Xuan a baby girl born in Singapore was just 212g (7.47oz) - the weight of an apple - when she was born and measured 24cm long.
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Beautiful day for a bike ride, so I went on one - first for ages.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5776850895
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I have heard that landline phones are to be done away with in 2025, which I find very concerning. I don't like using mobiles, I just take mine with me when driving. Due to my husband's brain damage he finds it very hard to use his now, even though he could text like a teenager prior to the aneurysm bursting in his brain in 2006.
What do other posters think about landlines being scrapped?
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They've been obsolete for years, so hardly surprising.
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They've been obsolete for years, so hardly surprising.
Of course they haven't been obsolete for years, all my many contacts have landlines, which they use, as well as mobiles.
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Of course they haven't been obsolete for years, all my many contacts have landlines, which they use, as well as mobiles.
I 'm absolutely with you on this one, Roses. I cannot manage with a mobile as I need large number buttons. I'll contact the RNIB during the next week or so to find out what they have to say.
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I 'm absolutely with you on this one, Roses. I cannot manage with a mobile as I need large number buttons. I'll contact the RNIB during the next week or so to find out what they have to say.
I expect the style of handsets currently used on landlines will still be available, just that they will connect over the internet - which will be available everywhere. Many of this type are already in use in offices.
It is just that wired analogue connections can be eliminated - you won't be obliged to have a small mobile phone.
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I expect the style of handsets currently used on landlines will still be available, just that they will connect over the internet - which will be available everywhere. Many of this type are already in use in offices.
It is just that wired analogue connections can be eliminated - you won't be obliged to have a small mobile phone.
Oh, I see, but I hope I can keep my same telephone number - I do not like these long mobile phone numbers.
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Oh, I see, but I hope I can keep my same telephone number - I do not like these long mobile phone numbers.
You may well be all set up anyway. If you've got a broadband and phone deal it won't make any difference to you except you plug your phone into your router with an adaptor instead of a socket on the wall (at least I think that's it!).
This item goes into detail on the changeover:
https://www.lifeline24.co.uk/digital-telephone-switchover/
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You may well be all set up anyway. If you've got a broadband and phone deal it won't make any difference to you except you plug your phone into your router with an adaptor instead of a socket on the wall (at least I think that's it!).
This item goes into detail on the changeover:
https://www.lifeline24.co.uk/digital-telephone-switchover/
Thank you for saying. I don't think I'll try to read the link though! :)
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I expect the style of handsets currently used on landlines will still be available, just that they will connect over the internet - which will be available everywhere. Many of this type are already in use in offices.
It is just that wired analogue connections can be eliminated - you won't be obliged to have a small mobile phone.
This is termed VOIP - voice over internet protocol. At my house in France I have "normal" telephone but it is plugged into the modem and I have access to over 100 countries at no extra cost. I think that quite soon telephone exchanges - as we know them - may disappear.
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The situation isn't as bad as I thought it was, my daughter has put my mind at rest.
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This made me laugh:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/17/the-latest-conspiracy-theory-about-the-bbc-its-lying-about-the-weather?
Why I hear you ask?
When we relocated to the South Coast we first thought about moving to Littlehampton and viewed a few properties there. Two of the four estate agents we met told us that Littlehampton had a micro-climate. We decided Littlehampton was a bit too quiet for us. So our search took us further along the coast to Worthing where once again we were regaled with tales of the fabled micro-climate specific to Worthing. A friend of ours is now looking to move to Seaford (other side of Brighton from us) we asked her to note how many times a micro-climate was mentioned to her by estate agents. She's up to three currently.
It's not a micro-climate, it's just sunnier in the South.
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This made me laugh:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/17/the-latest-conspiracy-theory-about-the-bbc-its-lying-about-the-weather?
Why I hear you ask?
When we relocated to the South Coast we first thought about moving to Littlehampton and viewed a few properties there. Two of the four estate agents we met told us that Littlehampton had a micro-climate. We decided Littlehampton was a bit too quiet for us. So our search took us further along the coast to Worthing where once again we were regaled with tales of the fabled micro-climate specific to Worthing. A friend of ours is now looking to move to Seaford (other side of Brighton from us) we asked her to note how many times a micro-climate was mentioned to her by estate agents. She's up to three currently.
It's not a micro-climate, it's just sunnier in the South.
Having lived in Leith rather thsn Edinburgh, it did have a micro climate. I used to be in Edinburgh in the sun, and look down to Leith which was covered in cloud.
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While I'm worth
My room on this Earth
I will be with you
While the Chief
Puts sunshine on Leith
Oops. Wrong thread!
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Phone call from my younger son yesterday - he has had a heart attack, is in hospital, had one stent, now on an urgent list for double by-pass. An absolutely dreadful shock of course.
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Sorry to hear that Susan. Hope everything turns out alright soon.
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Poor Susan what a terrible a shock for you. :( I hope your son receives his surgery soon and makes a good recovery.
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Really sorry to hear this, SusanDoris.
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Awful news Susan, but hopefully the medics will get him sorted.
Take care, please.
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Dreadful shock for you and your family. Take care.
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Many thanksfor the above. He's just phoned to say he is going to have some sort of pre-op procedure and the by-pass surgery within a day or so.
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Keep us posted on how he is doing.
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Really sorry to hear this, Susan. I hope that his operations go well - the outcome from by-pass surgery is usually good.
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Thank you. They want his enzyme levels to come down and as they seem to have halved since he was there, they should be down more after another day's rest. Fortunately, he is sensible and is not sitting there fretting or fussing.
I was talking to my younger granddaughter yesterday and they are all hoping he will be able to attend the older one's wedding at the end of September.
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It is about 7:15 a.m. and I keep humming in my head the first line of that song, 'It's a most unusual day ...'
My son has just phoned me from his hospital bed. Having been prep'd yesterday morning, the operation had to be postponed because of a lack of ICU places, but he will be operated on today, all being well. I've had a bath and made sure I am organised to be collected at 9:0 a.m. for my operation, but I should be back home around the middle of the day. Then it will be a matter of waiting to hear from my daughter-in-law that my son is safely post-op.
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I hope all goes well today for both of you, Susan.
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I hope all goes well today for both of you, Susan.
Thank you, Gordon. I had to sit around waiting for quite a while, but I had taken my braille book with me. Went into theatre at 2:20 p.m. Successful op under local anaesthetic, cup of tea and sandwich then wait for car to come and take me home.
Phoned my daughter-in-law as soon as I got home to hear that my son had been in ICU since 4:0 p.m. having had a quadruple, yes a QUADRUPLE, by-pass. My goodness, what an overwhelming shock to hear that! Update when I know more.
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Thank you, Gordon. I had to sit around waiting for quite a while, but I had taken my braille book with me. Went into theatre at 2:20 p.m. Successful op under local anaesthetic, cup of tea and sandwich then wait for car to come and take me home.
Phoned my daughter-in-law as soon as I got home to hear that my son had been in ICU since 4:0 p.m. having had a quadruple, yes a QUADRUPLE, by-pass. My goodness, what an overwhelming shock to hear that! Update when I know more.
Glad to hear that all went well for you - fingers crossed that it goes equally well for your son: I'm sure he is in good hands.
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I hope all goes well for you and your son Susan.
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Hope everything works out okay, Susan.
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Thinking of you and your son Susan, wishing a good recovery for you both.
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Thinking of you and your son Susan, wishing a good recovery for you both.
Thank you and enki for good wishes. My son was back in HDU last night with drains and tubes removed, so that looks promising.
I have a very slight soreness at point of small wound, but no problems.
I just wish there was more of a clear future for men with prostate cancer. With increasing awareness though and a much more outgoing approach, there will be far better support and knowledge available I hope.
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My son phoned me this afternoon! His voice sounded tired of course, but he has been out of bed and sitting on a chair. Walking a bit was hoped for, but he felt a bit dizzy - not surprising!
It turns out he had a triple by-pass - they put a stent in one of the arteries as soon as he was taken to hospital, so that accounts for the fourth artery.
We can all breathe again now as he is on the right side of it all.
I did 9 laps up and down the Close and have had no need of any pain killers - well, I didn't expect to - same as last time!
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Good news, SusanDoris
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Susan, I am so pleased you and your son are doing well. :)
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Excellent news all round, Susan.
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Excellent news all round, Susan.
Thank you, yes, it is, isn't it. Today he was checked by the physio who, it seems, was pleased he could talk easily while walking. He's just waiting for final checks then a friend is coming to drive him home. His wife and daughter are driving back from Cornwall today. His hockey club fellow members have been providing plenty of texting, messaging etc support.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58398606
Will your car accept eco-petrol, which is be coming to the filling stations this month? Fortunately mine will.
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All I've got that runs on petrol is 'The Beast', the big, battered-but-working, second-hand lawnmower that my son bought from a friend and I bought from my son. It runs on ordinary unleaded. I don't know if it'll take E10, but there's one way to find out.
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Phone call from my son this morning sounding right back to normal! Such a relief since when he phoned the other day he sounded so very tired. Yesterday he walked for five minutes following rehab instructions. His entry report showed that his condition was 'critical' but the discharge one was very positive and they don't seem to expect any further problems. What an enormous relief from the worry of the past two weeks!
He should be walking for about 30 minutes fairly briskly in about 5 to 6 weeks so we are hoping he can look forward to walking daughter down the aisle at the end of this month.
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Great news, Susan: the forthcoming wedding may well be just the tonic you and your son need!
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Very pleased for you and son Susan.
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Great news, Susan: the forthcoming wedding may well be just the tonic you and your son need!
Yes, and I think my son will be well looked after and also made to do all the right things to absolutely avoid any problems!
I shall not be going - it is in Sheffield and I would need guiding everywhere; I'd have to go up the day before and I cannot face trying to manage a hotel room etc etc. Also, even if I went, I would not be able to see enough and that, combined with having to use hearing aids, would mean I wouldn't be able to hear properly what was going on either! My son will arrange for me to see some photos on my computer, or more likiely on his large screen TV, later on.
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Very pleased for you and son Susan.
Thank you, robbie.
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Couldn't be more pleased for you and your son, Susan. Take care.
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Couldn't be more pleased for you and your son, Susan. Take care.
Thank you for saying, and, you know, it is at times like this that this forum really does make a difference, doesn't it.
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Can anyone tell me what link to go to to listen to the new ABBA song. please?
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Can anyone tell me what link to go to to listen to the new ABBA song. please?
Here you are Susan, two links, one for each song:
https://youtu.be/pAzEY1MfXrQ
https://youtu.be/hWGWFa3jznI
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Here you are Susan, two links, one for each song:
https://youtu.be/pAzEY1MfXrQ
https://youtu.be/hWGWFa3jznI
Thank you very much; I like the second one better than the first, but I shall have to listen quite a few times to get all the words!
/And good voices remain good voices, however much older the singers get.
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And good voices remain good voices, however much older the singers get.
Well, sort of!
I had the pleasure of seeing Petula Clark sing when she was in her 70's and she was brilliant. No noticeable loss of range or power - and she sang for two hours.
However, other singers don't fare so well, and it is, I think, down to how they look after themselves. I'm not going to post it here, but there are videos of Liza Minnelli (who whether you like her or not, could belt out a tune and hold it very well in her prime) performing more recently, and well basically she shouldn't. The loss of her talent I am sure is down to many years of abuse - smoking, drugs, etc.
Other voices, more notably male singers (in my experience) take on an edge of frailty that makes their singing somehow more touching and affecting. Thinking the late Johnny Cash here, amongst others.
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There's only one way to settle this....
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I have just been told elsewhere that The Human League's album is 40 years old today.
I refuse to believe this is possible unless a Tardis is involved.
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I have just been told elsewhere that The Human League's album is 40 years old today.
I refuse to believe this is possible unless a Tardis is involved.
You mean Dare? Going to concert where they will do it in its entirety in December.
And also Soft Cell doing Non Stop Erotic Cabaret next month.
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You mean Dare? Going to concert where they will do it in its entirety in December.
And also Soft Cell doing Non Stop Erotic Cabaret next month.
I did mean Dare - meant to put it in but obviously didn't. Perhaps a sign that 40 years has actually elapsed. :-[
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Doughnuts - Food of The Gods
https://youtu.be/-ITHvtBjegw
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Remembrance pizza
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Poppy, bought this morning. I've got some white peace poppies at home, so will add one of them later. (I'm in the pub atm.)
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Poppy, bought this morning. I've got some white peace poppies at home, so will add one of them later. (I'm in the pub atm.)
Mine's a pint.
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Mine's a "can you explain the joke you just posted cos I don't get it. I'm sure I'm being dense but I can't make it work" and a pint.
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Mine's a "can you explain the joke you just posted cos I don't get it. I'm sure I'm being dense but I can't make it work" and a pint.
If you mean on the joke thread, "sons raise meat/sun's rays meet". Geddit now?
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If you mean on the joke thread, "sons raise meat/sun's rays meet". Geddit now?
OK got it. I perhaps need that pint to fully appreciate it!
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Mine's a "can you explain the joke you just posted cos I don't get it. I'm sure I'm being dense but I can't make it work" and a pint.
Just listen to it! It did take me a couple of minutes though!
By the way, I've bought a new microwave. Same as last one except that instead of having very simple controls, one of them has been made tricky. I'll have to get someone to mark it with Tippex really well.
The old one is just about usable but as soon as I can use the new one, the better.
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Somewhat odd
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Somewhat odd
What is it?
By the way, younger granddaughter had baby Maisie at 2:0 a.m. today! All well.
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What is it?
By the way, younger granddaughter had baby Maisie at 2:0 a.m. today! All well.
Congratulations Susan - wonderful news.
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What is it?
By the way, younger granddaughter had baby Maisie at 2:0 a.m. today! All well.
Congratulations
The picture I put up was of a Christmas tree ornament that has Jesus, a dog (different breeds available) sitting on a crescent moon.
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Uberkitsch.
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I sometimes bake bread - my usual practise is to use a bread-making machine to do the initial mixing then take out the dough so that before baking it can spend an hour or so rising in the mould in which it be baked. Today, with the idea of making it easier to extract the proved dough from the machine's mixing bowl, I lined the bowl with greaseproof paper.
Imagine my surprise when I found that the yeast had caused the paper to be absorbed totally into the dough.
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That reminds me of somebody I worked with who put a packet of crisps in the oven to warm them up and they all came out plastic coated.
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I sometimes bake bread - my usual practise is to use a bread-making machine to do the initial mixing then take out the dough so that before baking it can spend an hour or so rising in the mould in which it be baked. Today, with the idea of making it easier to extract the proved dough from the machine's mixing bowl, I lined the bowl with greaseproof paper.
Imagine my surprise when I found that the yeast had caused the paper to be absorbed totally into the dough.
:D :D Oh dear!!
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Of course!
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Of course!
He may well be canonised at some time in the future. ::)
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Sometimes Twitter makes me smile
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1471810451805773826.html
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Some beautiful pictures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59727407
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This sums up my year pretty accurately:
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The BBC get burned by the Sunday Sport
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Lovely thread
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1477053504812466176.html
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I just have to share this somewhere. Melanie Phillips well known Journo has coined this sentence and I'm just loving it:
"Ubiquity of body art is born out of an existential crisis of humanity in the post religious world."
Bless her. Because there is nothing more to worry about than tattoos.
Oh and Mel I don't think between 20 - 30% of people having tattoos counts as ubiquitous.
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I just have to share this somewhere. Melanie Phillips well known Journo has coined this sentence and I'm just loving it:
"Ubiquity of body art is born out of an existential crisis of humanity in the post religious world."
Bless her. Because there is nothing more to worry about than tattoos.
Oh and Mel I don't think between 20 - 30% of people having tattoos counts as ubiquitous.
Even if there were, any attempt to divorce tattoos from religion falls foul of a huge number of religions outside of Abrahamic ones...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17697918/#:~:text=Tattoos%20play%20an%20important%20role,make%20extensive%20use%20of%20them. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17697918/#:~:text=Tattoos%20play%20an%20important%20role,make%20extensive%20use%20of%20them.)
O.
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Even if there were, any attempt to divorce tattoos from religion falls foul of a huge number of religions outside of Abrahamic ones...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17697918/#:~:text=Tattoos%20play%20an%20important%20role,make%20extensive%20use%20of%20them. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17697918/#:~:text=Tattoos%20play%20an%20important%20role,make%20extensive%20use%20of%20them.)
O.
Presumably not true religions according to Mel
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Palindromidate
22 02 2022
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Palindromidate
22 02 2022
Yes, it is interesting, isn't it. I wonder if the US can count it? After all, theirs is 2.22.22
The next one will be, what, a century away?!
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Yes, it is interesting, isn't it. I wonder if the US can count it? After all, theirs is 2.22.22
The next one will be, what, a century away?!
I reckon it will be 08 02 2080
Must put that in diary and remember to do something special when it comes round - I'll be a sprightly 127!
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Seems I was wrong - it's 03 02 2030.
There is a list of them here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/palindromes/comments/587h3e/all_palindrome_dates_ddmmyyyy_this_century/
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Yes, it is interesting, isn't it. I wonder if the US can count it? After all, theirs is 2.22.22
The next one will be, what, a century away?!
23.02.2032 is our next one. For the US, it's 3.20.2023. We don't have one in common again till the next millenium.
ETA - I see Gordon has found an earlier one.
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I reckon it will be 08 02 2080
Must put that in diary and remember to do something special when it comes round - I'll be a sprightly 127!
The 2080 date is the next ambigram
https://www.herald.co.zw/interesting-palindrome-ambigram-date-today/
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Fascinating thread on how far you can travel by rail from St Pancras in 24 hours
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1509035606067888129.html
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So I'm currently reading a series of detective books set in the midwest of the USA - Missouri to be precise. Anyhow, during this series, they keep referencing gas stations known as the "Kum and go". I found it difficult to take the books seriously for a while because (call me smutty) the gas station kept turning into a brothel in my mind. Anyway, I goggled it:
https://www.kumandgo.com/
They exist.
As I live and breathe someone thought this was a good name for a business.
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Susie Dent's word of the day:
“Word of the day is ‘maw-worm’ (19th century): one who insists that they have done nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.”
I have no idea who she has in mind. ::)
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Susie Dent's word of the day:
“Word of the day is ‘maw-worm’ (19th century): one who insists that they have done nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.”
I have no idea who she has in mind. ::)
Perfect.
People also ask
What are maw worms?
maw-worm (plural maw-worms) Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.
maw-worm - Wiktionary
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Who is that clapped-out old fart? Oh, wait.. (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=8035897076427789)
Me on a bike ride yesterday with Hemel Hempstead cyclists.
In case you can't access the video...
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The only member of the royal family that knows how to wave properly is wee Louis.
Wonderful moment earlier on the balcony when he pushed in front of her maj. the cameras jumped away and in the next shot he was seen back in line literally being held by the scruff of the neck by Mum.
P.S. Climate change doesn't exist for the royal family: how many guns salute?? Fly passes grand. Much as I love the Red Arrows (saw them in training some years ago in Weymouth) they leave behind a lot of chaos.
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Fascinating stuff
http://thelondoni.com/behind-the-green-door-elms-lester/
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This must be false - BJ has a hairdresser? I don't think so!
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Another milestone today on the hike from birth to death. I have applied for my bus pass.
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Another milestone today on the hike from birth to death. I have applied for my bus pass.
Ikeep meaning to do that - I've been entitled for a few years - although since I hardly ever use buses, there's not much point. Now, if old farts got a free rail pass, that'd be worth having.
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Ikeep meaning to do that - I've been entitled for a few years - although since I hardly ever use buses, there's not much point. Now, if old farts got a free rail pass, that'd be worth having.
I use my bus pass as a formal proof of identity document when I fly to the Channel Islands.
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Another milestone today on the hike from birth to death. I have applied for my bus pass.
I've had one since I was sixteen. The older one was for free transport on bus or train in the former Strathclyde region; since then it has been expanded to free bus or train transport anywhere in Scotland for registered blind people.
Curiously, the pass was introduced in Strathclyde on the insistance of bus drivers, who were fed up sorting out change for tickets!
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Home-made sauerkraut - started on Sunday, jarred an hour or so ago. I tasted a bit: sour as buggery. The fermentation was sped up by the heat on Monday and Tuesday, and to a lesser extent yesterday.
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I thought I would look in on the forum again, it is 10 months since I last posted.
I hope you are all Covid free? My husband and I have been fortunate not to have gone down with it yet, fingers crossed that continues to be the case. Members of our family have had the virus, but fortunately they had it very mildly and are now Covid free.
What a mess this country, and the world in general, seems to be in at present. Hopefully things will buck up in the next few months.
Take care everyone.
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Roses
Good to see you. Glad to hear you are keeping covid free.
Take care.
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Good to see you posting here again.
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I thought I would look in on the forum again, it is 10 months since I last posted.
I hope you are all Covid free? My husband and I have been fortunate not to have gone down with it yet, fingers crossed that continues to be the case. Members of our family have had the virus, but fortunately they had it very mildly and are now Covid free.
What a mess this country, and the world in general, seems to be in at present. Hopefully things will buck up in the next few months.
Take care everyone.
Good to see you
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Oh gawd - not you again! (Only joking - welcome back.)
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Thank you for the kind comments on my return to the forum, they are much appreciated. :)
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A Leith Affogatto!
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Jings, crivens and help ma boab!
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I have a TV producer trying to persuade me to do another programme featuring me to be shown next year, for which I would be given a ridiculously large sum of money. :?: If I do agree, which I am far from sure about, I will donate all the money to charity.
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I have a TV producer trying to persuade me to do another programme featuring me to be shown next year, for which I would be given a ridiculously large sum of money. :?: If I do agree, which I am far from sure about, I will donate all the money to charity.
What aspect of your life would be the focus?
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Robots from the Deep
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What aspect of your life would be the focus?
They wish to do a programme about the weird happenings at our previous property. There are four programmes in the series and ours is one of them. They will use the film footage they already have on it when I took part a good number of years ago, they will pay me very generously for that even if I have no wish to take any further part in it. Apparently the people who live there now have had strange activity too.
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Discovered an odd fact yesterday, in Darwin's 'The Descent of Man', which I'm reading atm: nearly all tortoiseshell cats are female. Male ones are extremely rare, and have an extra sex chromosome, being XXY, which renders them sterile. I found that last bit of info online.
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I slipped over this morning and bashed my left hip. :o It is a bit painful but as I have full movement of my leg I don't think it is broken just bruised.
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Every few years, I count my books. I've just done the latest count: 3135 (give or take 10 or so, to allow for miscounts).
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Our previous property was like a library we had so many books we had collected over the years, a few thousand I should think. When we moved to our present home 10 years ago I insisted that we downsized the collection drastically, as we rarely read books these days, we prefer our Kindles. We have several bookcases but they are stocked mostly with books to which we have an attachment like those we had as kids, my schools prizes, and those given to us as presents.
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When looking at the calendar this morning I realised that 53 years ago today my husband and I were married. He was 22 and I was 19. We don't celebrate wedding anniversaries, just not us.
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Our grandson has got the grades he requires for his place at university. We are so PROUD. :)
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I am taking another break from this forum. There is a lot going on in my life at present, which needs my attention. I wish you all well, especially those who have health problems.
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Roses I was just going to say I am glad to see you; though I haven't been posting much recently, I look in occasionally. Glad you've avoided Covid, nobody in my family has had it so far. As for the country we will muddle through and things will get better. I hope all goes well with you.
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I'm pleased to see you, too, Roses. I have enjoyed your inputs (though not necessarily agreed with them) since the BBC days ... long ago.
Anyway ...
I am gazing out on sun-soaked France at the freshness of a new day. My eardrums, however, are being assaulted by the constant sound of a very large aircraft which has been circulating at a low level (perhaps 10,000 feet) for over half an hour. With my neighbours, I have determined that it is an Airbus Beluga - which is used to transport wing components from north Wales to the assembly line at Toulouse (which is about 100 km SE).
So why is it behaving like this? My guess is that it has taken off from Blagnac and has developed a fault and is having to burn off fuel before being able to return.
While I have been typing the noise has gone ... I hope that it lands safely.
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My life is a little less busy at present, so I thought I would pop back to see how you are all doing. I know I must have been missed, so it would be cruel to deprive you of my company for too long, especially Steve. :P ;D
My life is likely to get very busy again on Monday and Tuesday week when the BBC film crew will be there and a presenter will be interviewing me. I will be taking a break from the forum again then as I shall be absolutely knackered. I will still have all my chores to do, and my husband to look after.
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Channel 4 on BBC's 100th birthday. First reply is very good
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I don't think anybody "put their heating on" in 1922. They had open coal fires.
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Review the effects of high-intensity headlights on road safety.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618353
Why this has only got 33 signatures beats me.
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Review the effects of high-intensity headlights on road safety.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618353
Why this has only got 33 signatures beats me.
Probably because it's one bloke's bonnet-bee, and not important.
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Probably because it's one bloke's bonnet-bee, and not important.
Do you drive?
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Do you drive?
No, I cycle, but that's irrelevant.
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No, I cycle, but that's irrelevant.
As a cyclist, you ought to be concerned, as if a car is behind you and the driver is dazzled by an oncoming car headlight, he may not see you.
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Some of you may know, that many years ago now, I worked in Poland for 8 months. Fascinating experience.
But, I was reminded today of something that still makes me smile, and that is the sign you saw hanging up everywhere which was this:
"Uwaga pies"
My basic grasp of Polish when I first got there told me that Uwaga was usually a warning, the literal translation is "Attention". So my mind was thinking "attention pies". Low flying sausage rolls, etc.
Of course, I soon found out that "pies" is the Polish word for dogs. Which makes a lot more sense as a warning.
Still, I never quite shook the feeling when I saw the sign that I should be on the look out for dangerous Melton Mowbray pork pies.
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Just got my new passport. Picture makes me look way harder than I am. I believe they are going to making a new series of Rebus, the photo would be my audition for Big Ger Cafferty.
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Just got my first state pension payment. It was over £11,000! Presumably, they only pay it once a year. I assumed it was once a week. I've just paid a few outstanding bills, and will treat myself in a modest sort of way.
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Just got my first state pension payment. It was over £11,000! Presumably, they only pay it once a year. I assumed it was once a week. I've just paid a few outstanding bills, and will treat myself in a modest sort of way.
It's normally paid every 4 weeks into your bank account. Have you worked past retirement age? If so maybe they pay out a bigger sum in those circumstances.
https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/what-youll-get
Never heard anyone get £11,000 in one go though.
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Presumably don't want their reputation to go up in smoke
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/mcdonalds-to-take-down-mccrispy-advertising-billboard-that-was-erected-next-to-crematorium-sign/ar-AA17llhB
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It's normally paid every 4 weeks into your bank account. Have you worked past retirement age? If so maybe they pay out a bigger sum in those circumstances.
https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/what-youll-get
Never heard anyone get £11,000 in one go though.
I got a letter from them. For some reason, they dated it from January last year, so they had a year's worth of back-payment to pay me! I will be getting the normal pension every four weeks, as you say.
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I have seen this - now you too must watch
https://youtu.be/S3JhgupA_pg
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Superb
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I have seen this - now you too must watch
https://youtu.be/S3JhgupA_pg
I watched - and now I'm going for a wee lie down in a darkened room.
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Jupiter and Venus this evening
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Just back from a few days in Bologna. Excellent city for walking and food. Some great churches packed with art, stories and bones.
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One trys
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I remember a notice in the toilet of a guest house I stayed in -
" Please don't put foreign bodies down the toilet".
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Just back from a few days in Bologna. Excellent city for walking and food. Some great churches packed with art, stories and bones.
Can you confirm that Spaghetti Bolognese is unknown there (at least as a local dish)?
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Can you confirm that Spaghetti Bolognese is unknown there (at least as a local dish)?
See the menu below from the restaurant that was in the hotel for tagliatelle al ragu. They sell #notspaghettibolognese T shirts.
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See the menu below from the restaurant that was in the hotel for tagliatelle al ragu. They sell #notspaghettibolognese T shirts.
Yes, just as I thought.
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Important analysis
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https://www.rossiandriccardo.com/blogs/articles/spaghetti-bolognaise-an-italian-classic-that-is-not-italian
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I always give up booze for Lent. Mothering Sunday is a traditional day off from Lent, and I thought that it was today, so I bought a bottle of beer and two of cider to drink today, only to discover that Mothering Sunday is next Sunday. However, rather than have the bottles sitting on the larder shelf for a week, tempting me, I decided to have my day off a week early, so I have drunk them today, and also went to my local Wetherspoons pub for lunch and a pint (Katsu grilled chicken curry and a pint of Black Dragon Welsh cider).
In other news, I've just watched a documentary about the demise and funeral of her late majesty, and confess that, republican though I am, I got quite emotional at times. especially at a shot of little Princess Charlotte, seven years old, bursting into tears during the funeral. Whatever you think of the institution, Her Maj. was a remarkable woman. It was, thank heavens, a lot more dignified than the ridiculous scenes at the funeral of Princess Diana, but of course it was very different: that was the sudden, shocking, violent death of a young woman; this was the peaceful and anticipated death of a very old lady.
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For pi day
π in the sky
He'd think about her
constantly – well, 22/7 –
never completing.
He even stopped eating.
Then, one day – at 3.14 –
a chance meeting.
But, sadly,
not repeating.
Brian Bilston
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For pi day
π in the sky
He'd think about her
constantly – well, 22/7 –
never completing.
He even stopped eating.
Then, one day – at 3.14 –
a chance meeting.
But, sadly,
not repeating.
Brian Bilston
Ain't that cute.
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Really?
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A Noddy ticket
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-dialect-confuses-visitor-who-26512264
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This is true
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“It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's house.
Inside the house was Eeyore.
"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.
"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet" said Eeyore, in a glum sounding voice.
"We just thought we'd check on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."
Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather sad, and alone, and not much fun to be around at all.
Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time with someone who is sad, and alone, and not much fun to be around at all, would you now."
Pooh looked and Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.
Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling sad, or alone, or not much fun to be around at all. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."
"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.
Because Pooh and Piglet were there.
No more; no less.”
- AA Milne
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Today, 29 April is the birthday of:
Thomas Beecham
Malcolm Sargent
Rudolf Schwartz
Duke Ellington
Zubin Mehta
Lonnie Donegan
Does this provide sufficient evidence for astrology to be taken seriously? ::)
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Today, 29 April is the birthday of:
Thomas Beecham
Malcolm Sargent
Rudolf Schwartz
Duke Ellington
Zubin Mehta
Lonnie Donegan
Does this provide sufficient evidence for astrology to be taken seriously? ::)
April 26th is the birthday of Marcus Aurelius, David Hume, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Except 2 are in the Julian calendar
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The Times report on the moving of the Stone of Destiny got into a bit of a mess
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Brilliant - the Neopalitan Mafia eh - I'm a plain vanilla man myself, so I should be safe ;)
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10 meg for only $3398!
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Superb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65424870
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Liked this
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Made all the funnier by it being the Springfield Police Dept
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65608917
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Seen on Twitter
https://twitter.com/IsabellaRosner/status/1658554043927601152?t=nGzST88iqeqjVF5Y5q5SMA&s=19
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Cab Calloway's Jive Dictionary
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Love this
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"the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1661664420253016064?t=wSg4B9yUlIfth17iOTuObw&s=19
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A rather splendid response to Sainsbury's:
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Superb
https://twitter.com/DannyBate4/status/1667925203958071297?t=7DDOQPFpI4enh2HN2SUGYQ&s=19
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Is anyone else unable to get on to Facebook at the moment?
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Is anyone else unable to get on to Facebook at the moment?
Just posted something. Also, it's working according to IsItDownRightNow (https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/).
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I got in in the end. Must've just been me.
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Interesting attempt at Navratilova
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;D ;D ;D
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Got to show you my new old watch, a 'Hebdomas' by the Swiss firm of Schild et Cie, made in the early 20th Century (I don't know more accurately than that). They were called 'Hebdomas' from the French 'hebdomadaire' meaning 'weekly', because that's how often they needed to be wound, by virtue of a an extra-large mainspring. I love the art-nouveauish look, and the visible balance wheel. Sorry the photos are a bit shit - my hands are too shaky these days.
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjALXcN
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Short afternoon bimble from Hemel Hempstead to Redbourn and back, including a pint of Brakspeare's Lantern Ale (3.8%abv}at the Holly Bush in Redbourn.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9737522451
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I'm 26,330 days old today. Amazing how much totally useless information you can discover online.
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Odd facts I've just discovered about 'Yesterday' by the Beatles: although credited to Lennon and McCartney, it is in fact only by Paul. Furthermore, though the recording is credited to the Beatles, it is performed only by Paul, with backing musicians. It is one of the most covered songs ever, which is in line with my own experience: back in 1965, when it was released, I heard a cover version by Frank Sinatra, and another by someone else, before I finally heard the Beatles'/Paul's version. I discovered all that after reading the Wikipedia entry on the Beatles after watching the film 'Yesterday' yesterday on iplayer.
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Odd facts I've just discovered about 'Yesterday' by the Beatles: although credited to Lennon and McCartney, it is in fact only by Paul. Furthermore, though the recording is credited to the Beatles, it is performed only by Paul, with backing musicians. It is one of the most covered songs ever, which is in line with my own experience: back in 1965, when it was released, I heard a cover version by Frank Sinatra, and another by someone else, before I finally heard the Beatles'/Paul's version. I discovered all that after reading the Wikipedia entry on the Beatles after watching the film 'Yesterday' yesterday on iplayer.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Richard Curtis is a writer of some stuff I really like, and some stuff I hate but Yesterday was quite jolly.
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I loved it, too - I've seen it twice now.
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From the great Dorothy Parker
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Why do we say "Northern England/Scotland/Ireland", but "North Wales", and similarly with "South[ern]"?
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Why do we say "Northern England/Scotland/Ireland", but "North Wales", and similarly with "South[ern]"?
I wouldn't say Northern England or Scotland, I'd say "the North of'
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Interesting sales pitch
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So on FB I posted about Southerners not knowing what a cob is. A friend posted this helpful photo of the various names for a bread roll:
I'm not sure they are all describing the same item.
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So on FB I posted about Southerners not knowing what a cob is. A friend posted this helpful photo of the various names for a bread roll:
I'm not sure they are all describing the same item.
A buttery definitely isn't
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A lardie cake is many, many things, but a plain bread roll it is not!
O.
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Short afternoon bimble from Hemel Hempstead to Redbourn and back, including a pint of Brakspeare's Lantern Ale (3.8%abv}at the Holly Bush in Redbourn.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9737522451
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Just seen that there is a tribute band in Scotland called The Foo Fifers - superb!
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Just received my first bus pass. I'm now officially an old fart.
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Just received my first bus pass. I'm now officially an old fart.
Join the club Steve - I've been one for 6 years now (officially that is, of course unofficially it has probably been a lot longer).
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Sax appeal.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/859613955022645
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Odd fact - "eleven plus two" not only equals "twelve plus one", it's also an anagram of it.
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One of the great Scottish accents
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23811179.disney-world-actors-scottish-accent-goes-viral-tiktok/
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Wise words
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Someone in a fermented food Facebook group asked what she could use instead of "glutenous [sic] rice", as she is gluten-free.
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I think you've answered your own question, BBC News. ::)
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The half and half around the world
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_and_half#Ireland,_England_and_North_America
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While I accept that the slit experiment is mindblowing, it is as nothing to trying to understand how the laws of physics seem completely ignored when you knock over an open tub of pungent spices, and it appears to be able to materialise in five places at once.
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2 extremely boring deliveries today. One a chunky amount of oven cleaner, second a small amount of heartburn liquid available off the shelf. Had show age idea for the second which I could have drunk in a oner in front of the bemused delivery urchin with no effects but none for the oven cleaner with which I could have gone on a rampage of some considerable effect.
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For all your ned Christmas ideas
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Light-the-hoose juice?
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Superb stuff
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For an extended tour, presumably, but why Fuller's Earth, and what is a sticking p'aster?
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Anyone with a spare £ 3/4M can biy an iconic Glasgow bar, as seen in Succession.
https://www.glasgowworld.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/end-of-an-era-as-the-laurieston-bar-is-up-for-sale-4376319
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I think FB's algorithm for things I might be interested in buying is a bit off
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When your flatmate is a Scottish news reporter...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23863118.comedians-hilarious-parody-scottish-newsreader-goes-viral/
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When your flatmate is a Scottish news reporter...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23863118.comedians-hilarious-parody-scottish-newsreader-goes-viral/
"Och aye the news"?
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Anyone with a spare £ 3/4M can biy an iconic Glasgow bar, as seen in Succession.
https://www.glasgowworld.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/end-of-an-era-as-the-laurieston-bar-is-up-for-sale-4376319
And an article on the pub
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23869675.laurieston-bar-story-iconic-glasgow-pub/
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Born #OTD in 1923, in Townhead, Glasgow, baseball player, Robert Brown Thomson.
Known as the 'Staten Island Scot', his pennant-winning three-run home run for the NY Giants in 1951 is known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", and is one of the most famous moments in baseball history.
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I find this oddly hypnotic
https://youtube.com/shorts/5onrJVCoawg?si=4jM6bu3Yth1GWaEX
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On the site I go to to look at birthdays to help suggest stuff for the music thread, it highlighted that it is Spencer Perceval's birthday. He's given the vip treatment witb a special box and a portrait of him. The description is: British statesman and Prime Minister (Tory: 1809-12), born in London. I think they may be missing something.
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It's just a candle but I feel I need to call out the hazmat brigade to take care of it.
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Getting this advert on FB which assures me it's a trusted seller....
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From the Oban Inn, Oban
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Were I still inclined to attempt to appear in Doctor Who, I might
buy (looks at price), hire this for my audition for The Master
https://www.wolfandbadger.com/uk/the-shining-collar-mens-cape/
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Erm...what have I got in my pocketses? An isotonic drink, and an energy bar!
https://www.theconqueror.events/lotr/
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Things you never knew you didn't want Part 1,000,009
https://www.glasgowworld.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/glasgow-brewery-launches-bovril-inspired-beer-4420156
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Lovely video of a stag off for a swim
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/red-deer-stag-takes-a-dip-as-he-goes-swimming-off-scottish-isle-of-islay-coast
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Oddly enough it is not generally referred to as the 'Walnut Whip' hotel.
https://news.stv.tv/east-central/scotlands-first-w-hotel-with-distinctive-walnut-whip-design-opens-for-bookings-in-edinburgh
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Still alive in Whamageddon. The best I've ever managed was 1.27 pm on Christmas Eve.
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Still alive in Whamageddon. The best I've ever managed was 1.27 pm on Christmas Eve.
Does the German version count? https://youtu.be/GHEYviIDz6s?si=ZmvuvgJQKpJ4ZUlp
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Does the German version count? https://youtu.be/GHEYviIDz6s?si=ZmvuvgJQKpJ4ZUlp
It's not the original
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Useful tip, if you can't see the cursor on your computer screen: move it to one corner by moving the mouse or stroking the touch-sensitive pad in that direction, and you should be able to see it when it gets there.
Curious fact I've just discovered about pedestrian-controlled crossings: as well as a beep when the green man shows, for the benefit of the blind, there's a cone underneath the control box with a rough, tactile surface that spins round when it shows, for the deaf-blind. I've just got back from the shops, and had a feel, and it was indeed there, and span on cue.
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'I told you we should have got a gnome'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67602627
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Just around the corner from me, hadn't seen anything about it happening. Popping round to have a look.
https://www.glasgowworld.com/best-in/glasgow-university-unveils-plaque-for-famous-graduate-4433928
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That'd scan better if the second half was re-arranged a bit:
"My love for you is overdue"
I said, and she said "Fine".
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Seen for the first time this year, makes me feel Christmassy
https://youtu.be/4yZOab5gl-4?si=BSx71tr2GE-rA0uf
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Society has fallen
https://www.nationalworld.com/news/offbeat/man-on-mobility-scooter-in-devon-caught-on-camera-knocking-another-oap-during-row-over-pasty-4444986
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Society has fallen
https://www.nationalworld.com/news/offbeat/man-on-mobility-scooter-in-devon-caught-on-camera-knocking-another-oap-during-row-over-pasty-4444986
Only in Devon though. What is disturbing is that wheelchairs there are now being fitted with jam and cream scone cannons, some scones are made with jam on top, and worse still, some with cream on top.
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Only in Devon though. What is disturbing is that wheelchairs there are now being fitted with jam and cream scone cannons, some scones are made with jam on top, and worse still, some with cream on top.
You see if that happens in Doctor Who, I'll be all in.
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Happy Birthday, Glasgow Underground
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Just throw the tin at the ground and see if it bounces?
https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/15/asda-sainburys-tesco-recall-tins-may-contain-rubber-balls-19978811/
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Then they shouldn't have named the explosion
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You can drive home for Christmas in Chris Rea's car
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67781769
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Happy solstice!
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Happy solstice!
And happy solstice to you
https://youtu.be/ZzpRwnTNE4Y?si=V08bGVxHEuy7LEpp
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The bad E cheeses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67819074
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"Give it five minutes in the meecrowahvay". She could always call it a "popty-ping", which is the Welsh nickname for it (the official Welsh word is "microdon"). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-67819215
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‘We left London for our 11,000-acre family estate during lockdown – and never looked back’
As you do
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/great-estates-left-london-230-year-old-family-estate-lockdown/
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Hugh Fraser, Captain Hastings to David Suchet's Poirot, co-wrote the theme to Rainbow.
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The murders at Charlie Hebdo were 9 years ago
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'Scots react with horror to Gordon Ramsay breakfast roll' - quite right, brioche is for desserts
https://www.glasgowworld.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/scots-react-with-horror-to-gordon-ramsay-breakfast-roll-4474065
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Her beautiful conker hair!!!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12978349/LIZ-JONES-news-Kate-hospital-member-family-struck-down.html
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I wish her well in her recovery - but beyond that I don't give a fuck.
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Number of my friends still have these having been given them in school 50 years ago
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Salty advice
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/24/perfect-cup-of-tea-needs-a-pinch-of-salt-and-squeeze-of-lemon-says-us-chemist
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I've heard of adding a pinch of salt to coffee, but not to tea. What's she want to get rid of the bitterness for? Tea is supposed to be bitter!
I approve of her comment that mugs should be short and fat, to conserve heat, though: the ideal shape is a square cylinder, as tall as it is wide.
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Please don't find this funny.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/26/mobility-scooter-user-died-after-driving-off-suffolk-promenade-while-asleep
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This is a stunning column from Gregg Wallace. You could have locked our finest satirists in a room under instructions to come up with the most cutting column for weeks, while threatening to bum torture and kill their families, and they would not have come close. (Possibly because that is an entirely evil and, in terms of management style, counterproductive way to behave)
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One of the times you need a heart of stone not to laugh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68226509
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Welsh signs strike again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68226224
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One of the times you need a heart of stone not to laugh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68226509
But still a little cheer when it's reversed
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68256029
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Gong hei fat choy
Have a great year of the dragon, everyone
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'How to defend yourself in an XL Bully attack: Dangerous dog expert gives advice on what to do if you're mauled by the banned breed' - err, ok...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13055513/How-defend-XL-Bully-attack-dangerous-dog-expert-advice-banned-breed.html
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'I made my Star Wars Chewbacca suit from 45 bags of hair extensions' - packed with moments of genius.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68297972
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The world in 2000 according to Blue Peter viewers in 1974
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/y2k-competition/z63wcqt
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Day six of giving up booze for Lent. Doing ok so far, but looking forward to Mothering Sunday, the traditional day off in the middle of Lent, when I will indulge again, before going back on the wagon until Easter.
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You know what, sad and pathetic Eamonn Holmes may be but he's not bombing anywhere and in today's world, that's something
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/eamonn-holmes-slated-after-insisting-he-wouldnt-date-taylor-swift/ar-BB1iDwIM
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Nottingham: Man used spoon to try to steal cash from Post Office
A spoon is surely third in the utensil threat league?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-68412550
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The delights of fitting a new toilet seat. There must be easier ways than the method in the diagram. Not helped by the 'Tip': The factory has been debugged , no adjustment is required under normal conditions.
(I think 'the factory has been debugged' = factory tested)
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The delights of fitting a new toilet seat. There must be easier ways than the method in the diagram. Not helped by the 'Tip': The factory has been debugged , no adjustment is required under normal conditions.
(I think 'the factory has been debugged' = factory tested)
Have you forgotten to add a link?
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Have you forgotten to add a link?
No, it's a generalised comment about toilet seats. They are all awkward, and the diagram was actual real paper.
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Has missed until today that Jenny Logan the woman from the Shake n Vac advert was Velma Kelly in the first West End production of Chicago.
https://youtu.be/4q8inM0gKVo?si=vnMOQWg0KqXQnkAG
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'Orkney shop orders more Easter eggs than population'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c723n29vv9go
Being my age, I was immediately reminded of this
https://youtu.be/Rw0ZMUrnFC8?si=rP61gbtQzRHT9kGL
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Happy vernal equinox! It was at 3:06 this morning, but at least the day's right.
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The origin of the word Thagomizer is fascinating.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
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Gary returns from the wild.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68656073
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Beautifully accurate description of a perfect episode of Grand Designs
https://www.whingewhingewine.co.uk/perfect-episode-of-grand-designs.html
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Beautifully accurate description of a perfect episode of Grand Designs
https://www.whingewhingewine.co.uk/perfect-episode-of-grand-designs.html
As a viewer over the 25 years mentioned this is so spot on that it needs to be displayed on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square. It really is that good.
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As a viewer over the 25 years mentioned this is so spot on that it needs to be displayed on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square. It really is that good.
I like the bits where they explain what they want to do, and it's going along OK until they drop a piece of absolute madness in that you have to rewind to check that they actually said 'all of the builders that we've talked to have said this is impossible but we believe in it'.
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Proposal to create square outside Liverpool St Station, and call it Sir Nicholas Winton Square - seems like a good idea.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/city-of-london-to-create-the-sir-nicholas-winton-square-next-to-liverpool-street-station-71421/
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Proposal to create square outside Liverpool St Station, and call it Sir Nicholas Winton Square - seems like a good idea.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/city-of-london-to-create-the-sir-nicholas-winton-square-next-to-liverpool-street-station-71421/
Quite right too. I've seen the two rather moving memorials at the station.
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Mt Etna blowing smoke rings!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-68752290
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Superb!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c163dwpele4o
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How many circles?
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The weirdness of chocolate smoking sets
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How many circles?
A headache
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Windy Miller dances Thriller
https://youtu.be/1qtFDCYLlRQ?si=cttCvbbsCKl3y1UP
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That is absolutely brilliant - love it!
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Phantom Time Conspiracy Theory - the odd things you discover on trawling through the net.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory
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Phantom Time Conspiracy Theory - the odd things you discover on trawling through the net.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory
I've heard of that. What nonsense some people will believe!
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Breaking News - Plato Dead!
This just in from our Herculaneum correspondent:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/herculaneum-scroll-plato-final-hours-burial-site
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Breaking News - Plato Dead!
This just in from our Herculaneum correspondent:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/herculaneum-scroll-plato-final-hours-burial-site
;D
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Of course
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Separated at birth
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Apparently one of at least 10 in the family
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_Fish
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Walt recently asked if resurrection was contrary to physics. The answer is no. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/10/beloved-cardiff-pub-demolished-in-2012-reopens-after-brick-by-brick-rebuild-on-new-site)
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Missed the Aurora Borealis here last night. Fiddle!
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Fnarr, fnarr
https://www.thepoke.com/2024/05/13/this-episode-of-c5s-the-hotel-inspector-featuring-an-owner-called-muff-is-todays-funniest-two-minutes/
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Johann Hari and his broken relationship with facts
https://www.thepoke.com/2024/05/13/jay-rayner-gave-johann-hari-both-barrels-about-his-new-book-and-his-correction-took-it-to-a-whole-new-level/
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'Inappropriate' behaviour shuts down Dublin to New York City portal - I'm deeply deeply shocked.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/inappropriate-behavior-shuts-down-dublin-to-new-york-city-portal/e082c15f-96aa-40f2-8760-1081048cdebd
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One of the wonders of the world, the Premier Inn lights.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04348v8r9eo
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Peter Cushing, and Morecambe and Wise. We're A Couple of Swells. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/eUgy1bI5xHI?si=10kdr1s5OdIhvAmC
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"'Osama Bin Lager' beer sells out after going viral"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnllen9xq5lo
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18-year-old dog dies shock horror!!
This one, who is the subject of a meme - supposedly world-famous, though I've never seen it before.
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18-year-old dog dies shock horror!!
This one, who is the subject of a meme - supposedly world-famous, though I've never seen it before.
And you, the Memeking, and so down with the kids, and their crytocurrencies!
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And you, the Memeking, and so down with the kids, and their crytocurrencies!
As Tony Blackburn said a few years ago, "I can still get down with da kidz, but getting up again afterwards is more problematical."
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Apparently there was an attempt at a US remake of Dad's Army!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rear_Guard
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A USAian review of Buckfast:
An American wine connoisseur made the mistake of reviewing buckfast… Here’s their tasting notes:
Buckfast Tonic Wine (No Vintage)
Screw cap, took it off about 30 minutes before to bring in some air. Apparently made by monks in England. Decided to try while cooking dinner. Poured into a glass, first glance has a very inky almost brownish color that you see in older wines. Very syrupy, liquid clings to the side of the glass when swirled. Almost 15% ABV.
Stuck my nose in and was hit with something I’ve never experienced before. Barnyardy funk (in a bad way) almost like a dead animal in a bird’s nest. A mix of flat Coca Cola and caramel with a whiff of gun metal.
On the palate, overwhelming sweetness and sugar. Cherry Cola mixed with Benadryl. Unlike anything I’ve tasted. I’m not sure what this liquid is but it is not wine, I’m actually not sure what it is but it tastes like something a doctor would prescribe. A chemical concoction of the highest degree. Can only compare it to a Four Loko.
Managed to make it through a couple small glasses but not much more. Has absolutely ruined the evening drinking-wise for me as I tried to drink a nice Bordeaux after but the iron-like metallic sweet aftertaste I just couldn’t get out of my mouth even after a few glasses of water. I don’t drink a lot of coffee regularly so I also have mild heart palpitations from the caffeine after just drinking a bit of this and feel a slight migraine.
An ungodly concoction made by seemingly godly men. I believe the Vatican needs to send an exorcist over to Buckfast Abbey as the devil’s works are cleary present there. After tasting this “wine,” the way I feel can only be described as akin to being under a bridge on one’s knees orally pleasing a vagrant while simultaneously drinking liquified meth through a dirty rag.
I’ve drank a lot of wines in my life and will never forget this one.
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Agree with the Buckfast review
Little article on badly named London Tube stations.
https://londonist.com/london/transport/which-tube-station-is-furthest-from-its-namesake
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A good day today, no odd socks in the socks and pants wash, and picked up the exact number of hangers for the shirts wash. Tiny, but cheering, victories.
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Because everyone needs an excerpt from The Thin Man now and again
https://youtu.be/S9cnYeFFeC4?si=bXx_HZ8Khf0uA8zH
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Just had the delights of an Apprentice Boys of Derry march down my street, celebrating 1690, and other such joys.
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Yesterday I encountered one of the eternal verities of life for the umpteenth time. The main TV stopped linking to the Internet, all other devices were fine. I tried re-entering the quite complex password with the interface not quire at the cutting edge of entry. Nothing.
Switched the internet router off and on again after waiting for a time when that was feasible, and it worked perfectly.
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Yesterday I encountered one of the eternal verities of life for the umpteenth time. The main TV stopped linking to the Internet, all other devices were fine. I tried re-entering the quite complex password with the interface not quire at the cutting edge of entry. Nothing.
Switched the internet router off and on again after waiting for a time when that was feasible, and it worked perfectly.
If in doubt, turn it off, wait 10 seconds then turn it back on again. It's in the Bible somewhere.
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If in doubt, turn it off, wait 10 seconds then turn it back on again. It's in the Bible somewhere.
And lo, the Lord God looked around and was displeased. His creation seemed still when there should be movement. He sighed and switched of his creation, and switched it back on again. Life began
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The weather looks crap, but at least they didn't get snowed on. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2024/jun/11/full-steam-ahead-snowdon-mountain-railway-in-pictures)
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I was 73 yesterday, but have only just discovered that my birthday is called "Juneteenth" in the USA, and is a national holiday. I'm flattered!
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I was 73 yesterday, but have only just discovered that my birthday is called "Juneteenth" in the USA, and is a national holiday. I'm flattered!
I had no idea the 19th of June is called 'Juneteenth' in the USA and is a national holiday. I have no doubt that was because it is my husband's date of birth (1947)! ;D It is also our eldest girl's birthday (1970). It was the only birthday present he got from me that year and of course the best one. :D It is also his eldest nephew's birthday. (1958)
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Was looking at a holiday flat in Florence, and it has a couple of Union Jack cushions. I know I'm supposed to dislike it for a number of reasons but it's an utterly brilliant piece of design. As the Marseillaise is to anthems, the Union Jack is to flags.
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One of those days of fascinating sport with so much going on but not necessarily finals, and final days of events
Jimmy Anderson playing the first day of his final test, a stonking day in the mountains on the Tour De France, Djokovic on Centre Court in his 60th Slam Quarter Final with edge from the previous win and up against an adopted Brit since De Minaur's life partner is Boulter (not the Bolter), and England in the semi finals of the Euros, with a Copa America semi final between Columbia and Uruguay to follow.
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One of those days of fascinating sport with so much going on but not necessarily finals, and final days of events
Jimmy Anderson playing the first day of his final test, a stonking day in the mountains on the Tour De France, Djokovic on Centre Court in his 60th Slam Quarter Final with edge from the previous win and up against an adopted Brit since De Minaur's life partner is Boulter (not the Bolter), and England in the semi finals of the Euros, with a Copa America semi final between Columbia and Uruguay to follow.
And the Djokovic - De Minaur is scrapped as De Minaur pulls out.
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Am I right in thinking I am only female of the species posting on R&E these days? Some members don't reveal their gender or age, I wonder why?
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Am I right in thinking I am only female of the species posting on R&E these days? Some members don't reveal their gender or age, I wonder why?
Gabriella posts as The Accountant, and Christine has posted recently on the trans thread.
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Thanks NS.
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Am I right in thinking I am only female of the species posting on R&E these days? Some members don't reveal their gender or age, I wonder why?
No, there are a few others. As for not revealing one's age or gender, why should one?
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No, there are a few others. As for not revealing one's age or gender, why should one?
Why not?
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We have other intermittent female posters - Christine and The Accountant OBE,KC (used to be Gabriella)
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Why not?
If people want to, they can. If not, they don't have to.
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If people want to, they can. If not, they don't have to.
Of course people don't have to reveal their age or gender. I am just questioning why some have no wish to do so?
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Of course people don't have to reveal their age or gender. I am just questioning why some have no wish to do so?
But why would they wish to do so. Not revealing stuff is the default. Revealing stuff needs a reason.
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During our evening meal, Alexa was playing smooth radio (don't judge) in the background, when on came "Careless Whisper" by George Michael.
Out of curiosity, the partner asked Alexa when this was first released. The speaking box came back with 23rd July 1984. Forty years almost to the day. How the fuck did that happen? 40 years? This is some kind of cosmic joke.
I am not happy.
(It is still a magnificent song though)
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During our evening meal, Alexa was playing smooth radio (don't judge) in the background, when on came "Careless Whisper" by George Michael.
Out of curiosity, the partner asked Alexa when this was first released. The speaking box came back with 23rd July 1984. Forty years almost to the day. How the fuck did that happen? 40 years? This is some kind of cosmic joke.
I am not happy.
(It is still a magnificent song though)
What a songwriter
https://youtu.be/quqlt_RNMEw?si=-UtnpbLRjTRBG2A9
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Liz who?
https://x.com/BestForBritain/status/1819321750846394841
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Our youngest daughter, husband and their younger son (18) and daughter (16) are flying off to Orlando in Florida this morning, the flight was due to leave at 11am, but it hasn't left yet, hopefully it won't take too much longer. I hope they have a really good holiday.
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Tiny Jaws
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy553j377do
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I have just had a message purporting to come from EVRI the parcel delivery firm saying the parcel they were about to deliver had been damaged and could I give them my home address! I haven't ordered anything so no doubt it is a scam! >:(
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Our youngest daughter and family have just flown back from Florida, she wasn't feeling too good on the plane and thought she was starting with a cold, but unfortunately when she did the test it came back positive for Covid, poor girl.
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It is going to be an expensive week one way and another! As well as having to buy a new laptop as my Windows 10 laptop was on its way out, I was unable to get my Honda Jazz to start before 7am when I was about to go to Tesco to buy my groceries, the battery seemed to have packed up. I phoned my car insurance company and they sent out someone from the RAC to check it out. The battery did need changing and they aren't easy to get as the Honda Jazz is no longer being produced. To cut a long story short someone will come out on Thursday from the RAC Mobile Mechanics to fix for me. As the car parts are going to get harder and harder to obtain I am going to consider buying a new car! As well as all that I have had get Tesco to deliver my groceries, which they can't do before tomorrow, I am not thrilled about as I like do it in person, to check the date stamping etc. HEY HO! :o
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The Daily Star on the real news
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Our water is off at the moment, which is a nuisance to say the least! It is burst pipe apparently in the next village, the waterboard hopes to get it fixed by 11am, fingers crossed.
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Fantastic conspiracy
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Our water is off at the moment, which is a nuisance to say the least! It is burst pipe apparently in the next village, the waterboard hopes to get it fixed by 11am, fingers crossed.
is it back?
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is it back?
Yes thank goodness, it came back after lunch, but it took a while for it to get back to normal again. I gather some people are still waiting for it to be sorted out. :o
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Tomorrow is the anniversary of this correction
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When I went to Tesco yesterday to get my weekly groceries, which I pay for with my debit card, I also drew out £100 in £20 notes from their cash machine as I like to have a bit of cash, in case it is needed during the week. It was only when I got home I noticed on one of the notes someone has scrawled upside down in ink on frontside of it the numbers 1350, how weird??? I have put the note aside and will take it with me when I go the supermarket next week and show it to the manager to see if he has an explanation.
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When I went to Tesco yesterday to get my weekly groceries, which I pay for with my debit card, I also drew out £100 in £20 notes from their cash machine as I like to have a bit of cash, in case it is needed during the week. It was only when I got home I noticed on one of the notes someone has scrawled upside down in ink on frontside of it the numbers 1350, how weird??? I have put the note aside and will take it with me when I go the supermarket next week and show it to the manager to see if he has an explanation.
It's not really anything to do with him. The cash packets will have been supplied centrally, and it will just be part of those.
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It's not really anything to do with him. The cash packets will have been supplied centrally, and it will just be part of those.
You are probably right. I just want to know if the note is still usable.
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You are probably right. I just want to know if the note is still usable.
Yes, it's still usable.
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It is the first time I have seen anything scribbled on a bank note. Anyway I had a word with my youngest sister who was a bank manager at one time and she says it is useable.
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It had probably been the top not of a bundle, and the number was the value of the bundle.
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I had my 6th monthly dental check up this morning, all is well with my fangs and I don't have to go for another 6 months. ;D
As the dental practice is on the main road and steps have to be climbed up to it my husband finds it hard to access. Apparently dental home visits can be arranged for the disabled.
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I had my 6th monthly dental check up this morning, all is well with my fangs and I don't have to go for another 6 months. ;D
As the dental practice in on the main road and steps have to be climbed up to it my husband finds it hard to access. Apparently dental home visits can be arranged for the disabled.
No disabled access? Shame on them!
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Passed the 'prettiest bookshop in the world' today. Have visited before but that was off season. Passing it at busy season around 12, it's quite incredible how big the queues are.
https://www.livrarialello.pt/
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Our water is off again due to another burst pipe. I hope it is fixed very soon, more people are affected this time than before!
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"I'll give you my carbon footprint up the hole" - superb
https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/local-news/1604814/i-ll-give-you-my-carbon-footprint-up-the-hole-offaly-pub-hits-back-at-turf-fire-critic.html
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How many kids know the difference between a weed and a smart phone? Our next door neighbour hired a teenager to mow their lawn and do a bit of weeding. He spent more time on his phone than doing the job they were paying him to do! ::)
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Wrong type of squirrels on the train
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly32plprg5o
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This might belong somewhere else but I can't find a suitable thread. Anyway more of the endless musings of Musk - or as others have specualted AI:
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Who doesn't love a giant baby penguin?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3w4nld5e3o
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I decided to go to the supermarket this morning instead of early on Monday morning as I usually do, we are supposed to have very heavy rain and high winds tomorrow! I was driving along at 30 mph, which is the speed limit for that particular road, when suddenly it became like Brands Hatch! :o 10 or more cars came racing along at speeds of about 80 to 100 mph towards the dual carriageway it was really scary! Those idiots could have caused a terrible accident! >:(
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I decided to go to the supermarket this morning instead of early on Monday morning as I usually do, we are supposed to have very heavy rain and high winds tomorrow! I was driving along at 30 mph, which is the speed limit for that particular road, when suddenly it became like Brands Hatch! :o 10 or more cars came racing along at speeds of about 80 to 100 mph towards the dual carriageway it was really scary! Those idiots could have caused a terrible accident! >:(
Report it to police.
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A few minutes ago I saw a pigeon on our bird feeder with most of the feathers having been pecked off the back of its head poor thing! :o
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I'm back - for now. My laptop won't let me get past the index page at the moment, though it's ok with all other sites. I'm now on a public computer in the library, which is likely to be my only way of accessing R&E for the time being, so my visits may be infrequent. Stop cheering.
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I'm back - for now. My laptop won't let me get past the index page at the moment, though it's ok with all other sites. I'm now on a public computer in the library, which is likely to be my only way of accessing R&E for the time being, so my visits may be infrequent. Stop cheering.
Good to hear from you. We sent a couple of PMs when you didn't post in Wordle etc. What, if any, error message are you getting in your own computer?
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Good to hear from you. We sent a couple of PMs when you didn't post in Wordle etc. What, if any, error message are you getting in your own computer?
One saying that the site took too long to reply.
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One saying that the site took too long to reply.
If you get a chance try a proxy server site such as
https://www.proxysite.com/
If that doesn't work send an email to
admin@religionethics.co.uk
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Thanks for the advice, and thanks to Gordon for his. For whatever reason, I'm now back - hopefully for good.
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The Aurora Tomatolis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm20ng0m403o
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The tragedy of Kurt Cobain not getting to see GPS
https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/25/dame-helen-mirren-gutted-kurt-cobain-died-he-got-see-gps-technology-21863779/
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The tragedy of Kurt Cobain not getting to see GPS
https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/25/dame-helen-mirren-gutted-kurt-cobain-died-he-got-see-gps-technology-21863779/
How sad that Vincent Van Goch never experienced the wonder of MS Image Creator.
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They seem to have got away scot brie.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje03dq2pyyo
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Over the last five or so years, Glasgow Council's refuse dept have changed the recycling bin provision for the flats I live in, about every 6 months, sometimes quite radically. On getting the lift down to some recycling last week, I discovered they had removed them all, and this is still the case.
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Sean Lock on Gregg Wallace
https://www.thepoke.com/2024/11/29/everyones-talking-about-gregg-wallace-and-it-sent-the-great-sean-locks-a-verdict-on-the-masterchef-presenter-viral/
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The police stopped a car which was covered in Christmas lights!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30p07lp58yo
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The police stopped a car which was covered in Christmas lights!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30p07lp58yo
Absolutely ridiculous, it's not even December!
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How can it be December? :o
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Today is the first day on which I allow myself to start thinking about, and preparing for, Chr*stm*s. I refuse to do o before December.
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Read somewhere that World Taekwondo was called the World Taekwondo Federation until 2017, when it dawned on them that the initials had other possible connotations.
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Read somewhere that World Taekwondo was called the World Taekwondo Federation until 2017, when it dawned on them that the initials had other possible connotations.
I can quite see why they changed the name!
Our son, who has Downs Syndrome, enjoys going to his Taekwondo classes on a Saturday. :)
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The 'Searching for GOD*' thread hasn't been posted to for nearly a fortnight. Has it finally been the recipient of long-overdue assisted dying? Good bloody riddance, if so.
*Why the capital letters? I've often wondered.
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The 'Searching for GOD*' thread hasn't been posted to for nearly a fortnight. Has it finally been the recipient of long-overdue assisted dying? Good bloody riddance, if so.
*Why the capital letters? I've often wondered.
It has a habit of resurrecting.
As to the capitals, I think that was Sassy paying obeisance to her god or something.
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Baby jumping
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/el-colacho-the-story-behind-spains-baby-jumping-festival
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Anyone been to Sofia? Any recommendations?
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Christmas ruined
https://vt.co/lifestyle/doctors-are-warning-people-not-to-put-frozen-potatoes-in-their-anus
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Superb
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Appeared on my timeline elsewhere from 10 years ago.
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'I've been the soundtrack to nights out for 40 years'
Last night tonight for a place I've been visiting in Glasgow for 40 years. Went last Thursday for lunch to say goodbye. Now at tge age when what once was new, is now going.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceve1r4l8pmo
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The midnight train to Greenock, not one of Gladys Knight's better songs but a train I once frequented
https://archive.vn/UodWX
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Bizarre news story of the month. Does it not occur to any of the whingers to just remove them, chuck the bananas in the dustbin, or compost heap, and wash and keep the plate?
https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/07/plate-peeled-bananas-appears-street-every-month-no-one-knows-22311483/
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Had a lovely e-mail from Netflix this morning.
They are updating my price from March.
No, you are not. You are increasing it by 20% you obfuscating gits.
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Bad news, I'm afraid - I'm back! I've been unavoidably offline for a week or so, but now I'm back on line.
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Bad news, I'm afraid - I'm back! I've been unavoidably offline for a week or so, but now I'm back on line.
welcome back. I'd spotted you missing from the games section.
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We had a broken fence panel after the last storm. A firm called 'Bespoke Garden Resolutions' was highly recommended by others who have had similar problems. They fitted a new fence panel on Saturday, I am most impressed with how quickly the job was done and how little I was charged.
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Meanwhile in Fife
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Baffled by this bring offered on Amazon with the description
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"Business forced to take down giant inflatable of Michael Myers after backlash" - There used to be a shop in Glasgow that sold children's clothes called Weans World, I presume they could have had a giant Mike Myers inflatable
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/glasgow-business-forced-to-take-down-giant-inflatable-of-michael-myers-after-backlash
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First drink of lockdown from 5 years ago
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I found a fiver on the pavement this morning just outside our next door neighbour's house. It isn't theirs, if no one claims it soon I will put it in a charity box.
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I found a fiver on the pavement this morning just outside our next door neighbour's house. It isn't theirs, if no one claims it soon I will put it in a charity box.
Why not give it to a homeless person? Do a lot of good. :D
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What a chart
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Enjoy
https://youtu.be/39xq5AATMp4?si=dk2aYiHtAF_vqaB6
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Ffs!
https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2025/march/27/club-statement--damage-to-valley-parade-fire-memorial/