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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #375 on: November 02, 2016, 06:16:43 PM »
Very positive.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #376 on: November 02, 2016, 06:18:52 PM »
Quote from: Floo on November 02, 2016, 06:13:00 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #377 on: November 12, 2016, 02:11:45 PM »
Quote from: Floo on November 12, 2016, 01:52:52 PM
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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« Reply #378 on: November 12, 2016, 02:17:10 PM »
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #379 on: November 12, 2016, 02:33:21 PM »
Good stuff, Jim..... you must be pleased! :)


Quote from: Floo on November 12, 2016, 01:52:52 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #380 on: November 15, 2016, 07:10:29 AM »
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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« Reply #381 on: November 15, 2016, 08:38:27 AM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on November 15, 2016, 07:10:29 AM
  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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« Reply #382 on: November 15, 2016, 04:07:11 PM »
Quote from: ekim on November 15, 2016, 08:38:27 AM
Good progress, Susan, but does that mean you will not be able to dance to Hip Op music?
:D :D
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #383 on: November 22, 2016, 05:40:28 PM »
No, I haven't looked at anything like that - is there an over-80s one?!!
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #384 on: November 22, 2016, 06:32:05 PM »
Quote from: Floo on November 22, 2016, 04:33:34 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #385 on: November 22, 2016, 06:32:25 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on November 22, 2016, 05:40:28 PM
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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« Reply #386 on: November 22, 2016, 06:33:52 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on November 15, 2016, 04:07:11 PM
: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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #387 on: November 30, 2016, 01:41:35 PM »
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #388 on: November 30, 2016, 02:51:26 PM »
Quote from: Floo on November 30, 2016, 02:45:27 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #389 on: November 30, 2016, 07:59:43 PM »
Quote from: Floo on November 30, 2016, 02:45:27 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #390 on: December 01, 2016, 05:42:01 PM »
Quote from: Floo on December 01, 2016, 03:18:16 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #391 on: December 01, 2016, 06:58:43 PM »
Quote from: Jack Knave on December 01, 2016, 05:42:01 PM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #392 on: December 02, 2016, 09:28:36 AM »
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #393 on: December 02, 2016, 12:08:52 PM »
'tis true too!  Max Boyce said so and he takes a leek wherever he goes.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #394 on: December 02, 2016, 07:14:03 PM »
Quote from: Floo on December 02, 2016, 08:26:41 AM
Not funny! ::)
You've never heard of a leak meter?
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #395 on: December 03, 2016, 11:12:01 AM »
Quote from: Floo on December 02, 2016, 08:26:41 AM
Not funny! ::)
Quite right Floo it wasn't funny, it was hilarious!  ;D
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #396 on: December 03, 2016, 04:31:05 PM »
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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« Reply #397 on: December 03, 2016, 05:07:14 PM »
Quote from: Floo on December 03, 2016, 08:52:59 AM
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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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #398 on: December 03, 2016, 07:44:18 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on December 03, 2016, 04:31:05 PM
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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« Reply #399 on: December 04, 2016, 06:07:47 AM »
Quote from: Jack Knave on December 03, 2016, 07:44:18 PM
That's a good metaphor for British productivity!
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