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They live it up when they want. Several weekend breaks a year, a weekend at Ragdale Hall just gone. Double income, no kids etc.

OIC. No excuse then.

...All my mother told me about sex was that the man goes on the top and the woman goes on the bottom. For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds!!

Classic! :hihi:

Most BBQs I've been to, almost everybody contributes to the food without being asked - even if it's for a birthday. Same goes for some indoor birthday parties round here - people bring cakes and stuff without being asked. Some folks just aren't as well-off as others and welcome a bit of help with the catering.

...Joan Rivers however is funny.

You bet your bippy she is - just love that woman.

...I had no idea you weren't allowed to breastfeed in public to start with. Who on earth could possibly find it objectionable?

Yes, I was unaware of its illegality too. Not seen anyone arrested for doing it.

I eat tones of the stuff and its never affected my ability to get stiff, if is has its a good thing, since walking around with one all day might be cause for attention.

yes, who knows what the consequences would be if you cut down on your consumption.

she's 13, but not yet totally morphed into a grunting troglodyte teenager

Sounds much like mine (same age and still mostly human). If I had not bought the card, handed her the pen to write it and then retrieved it from where it had fallen on the floor and taken it to the post box herself, her father would have been as disappointed as you were. It's not evil intent - they just have some seriously wonky connections in their brain wiring at that age, but they really do not want to be told what to do ...

I agree with Womerry, I'm sure it wasn't deliberate, koenigsinger. So much else going on in a child's head at that age. Mine's 14, so I know.

Nothing. no card, not even a phonecall. kept a lid on it at my mum and dad's so as not to spoil dad's day, got home an hour ago and had a bit of a sniffle to myself. I'm ok now.

How old are they? the child/ren, I mean.

Paper round.

A great big hug from my daughter - you just couldn't buy it.

...(Jonny Vegas? not so much ... -Sorry Jonny V)

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...I've just been rereading The Bookseller of Kabul...

What a book! - I wouldn't want to be a woman in that culture.

Like plain clothed Guardian Angels?

 

What ever happened to them? I think they worked in NYC.

As far as I know they're still operating - and not just in New York - think they have a group in London too.

The curse that lures many a veggie into a kebab!

:hihi: Not this one.

On while/until comments, what about the signs on level crossings, "Do not cross while the red lights are flashing"

:hihi: Love it.

Yes, I'd never heard it before coming to South Yorkshire. I still find it strange, even after nearly 40 years I don't use it.

I've only been in Sheffield for 20 years and I found myself using 'while', in this context, for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. True integration.

Call me a nerd, but this is one of the most interesting threads I've read on SF.

Yes, I'm honest if I'm asked what I do. I don't tend to ask others what they do however - usually just wait for them to tell me.

I hate to throw food away, (a waste of both food and money). I try to buy just what I know will be consumed, using all leftovers later on during the week. Ok, sometimes I'm caught out with, say, the odd bit of mouldy fruit, too far gone to even become a pie filling (in which case I'll compost it), but I think remembering how my mum used to struggle to feed us kids on very little has shaped my attitude. Having said that, I have friends (usually the higher-income earners) who chuck out food, left, right, and centre.

all that ended under cromwell,the royals were ousted,then re installed to the throne as figureheads of britain by the then government

True, but they were still the ones to be 're-installed' and thus retaining a position of privelege, originally gained through foul deeds.

Its bizarre and perverse that in this day and age people are granted privilege and position just because of the accident of their birth.

Even more perverse considering that they hold their current priveleged position because some of their ancestors were thugs who murdered and stole in order to gain wealth and power. 'Divine right of kings?' No way.

You can easily fall in love with the idea of a person, who you get to know online first.

I'd agree with that. Several years back, someone who I only knew through a mutual interest chatroom told me they'd fallen in love with me. Then we met, and she realised what a great mistake she'd made.

Although I don't drive, I hate to miss out on all the excitement. Can anyone tell me when and how I should start to PANIC?

A poor Brazilian rubber harvest has lead to a shortage of cycle inner tubes.

..that would only be a crisis in South Yorkshire

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The other day I was walking down Stannington road towards The Anvil. There was a plump girl sat at the bus stop. As soon as she saw me she came out and asked for 40p to get her home on the bus, as she had traveled to see her mom and she wasn't in so she was stuck in Stannington. I am a sucker for a hard luck story so I gave her a quid. Got back home told my OH what had happened. She turned round, described her perfectly and said she had had the same thing asked of her a couple of days previously. Since then I have seen her outside Howcrofts just above the anvil and saying the same story. Now I don't mind helping people out if they need it. But I am disgusted that people have the cheek to do this. I know it goes on a lot im not stupid or anything. Just thought I would mention it as I think she should be stopped the little fat scrounger!!

I think we've nearly all been had in this way at some point in our lives.

If public transport was free, we'd get rid of this problem at one fell swoop.

I like your thinking.