May Chit Chat

by ladybugcngc Tue 01 May 2018, 19:33

by it's me Tue 01 May 2018, 20:30

Oh

Why all this joy ? Very Happy

by ladybugcngc Tue 01 May 2018, 20:33

it's me wrote:Oh

Why all this joy ?

I've been cleared of all charges against me.

by it's me Tue 01 May 2018, 20:34

I want it me too ! There is always something to worry about Crying or Very sad

by ladybugcngc Wed 02 May 2018, 02:16

it's me wrote:I want it me too ! There is always something to worry about

Philippians 4:6-7

by it's me Wed 02 May 2018, 06:20

What does it mean?
Can you explain please
Thanks in advance

by ladybugcngc Wed 02 May 2018, 06:26

it's me wrote:What does it mean?
Can you explain please
Thanks in advance

It's a Bible verse, for your reading. Take from it what you may.

by Admin Wed 02 May 2018, 06:38

May Day! May Day!

by it's me Wed 02 May 2018, 11:50

Admin wrote:May Day! May Day!

Is it an help request !?

by ladybugcngc Wed 02 May 2018, 15:25

it's me wrote:
Admin wrote:May Day! May Day!

Is it an help request !?

by Admin Wed 02 May 2018, 18:49

by Admin Sun 06 May 2018, 07:15

Oh, I've just realised: I'm going to be back in the UK for the royal wedding!!!!

by Joanna Sun 06 May 2018, 15:11

It's a May Public Holiday Weekend here in UK.
Which means a lot of people have Monday off from work.

And for once the weather is hot and sunny this weekend.

YAAY.

KATIE.....I'm pleased that you'll be here in UK
for the Royal Wedding on May 19.

Obviously there's loads of TV coverage of the event,
both on BBC and SKY.

So ENJOY.

sunny

by Admin Sun 06 May 2018, 17:33

Ooh, I can't wait! I've already placed an Ocado order for scones, clotted cream, jam, prosecco and other sundry delights. We're going to make an afternoon of it! I've even - pause to get over the embarrassment - ordered a tin of shortbread from M&S in a commemorative royal wedding tin.

Wait, I think I get share a photo of it. Here we go:

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There was also a rather nice one for the new prince thingagumbob, but I decided I'm not spending twelve quid on biscuits and anyway, this is the third baby.

by annemarie Sun 06 May 2018, 18:22

I'm not ashamed to admit i'm looking forward to the wedding. I have watched all of them starting with Charles and Diana.

by LizzyNY Sun 06 May 2018, 21:25

I love seeing how everyone gets all dressed up. I can't wait to see Meghan's dress and how Amal's hairdresser does her hair. I'm curious to get a look at her family and see how they interact with the royals - if they do.

Katie, the tin is very nice. Are the biscuits good as well, or are you just really paying for the souvenir tin? I love those things. They're great for keeping all kinds of things in once the contents are gone.

by Donnamarie Mon 07 May 2018, 03:15

Me too! I love the show of it all. Can’t wait to see Meghan’s gown.

The biscuits look yummy Katie. They look like a proper shortbread .... made with a pound of butter? What’s not to like?!

by carolhathaway Mon 07 May 2018, 06:48

Shortbreads are just yummie, I love them and always buy several boxes when I'm in England. (You actually can buy them in special shops in Germany, but they are just too expensive...)

When I was a kid, I always bought 'Kellogg's Variety' which are about eight small boxes of different cereals which you could never get in Germany (and my mum hadn't bought them anyway). Now you get them in every German supermarket, and it's simply not the same.

I also love Club Orange by McVitiesand just ate the last one I had bought in England last summer.

I really love to taste the food in other countries!

by LizzyNY Mon 07 May 2018, 11:54

Carolhathaway - Very Happy

I remember those Kellogg's eight-packs! They were great for a quick breakfast or a snack. I also remember only wanting to eat my favorites and my mother being annoyed that I made her buy the whole thing just to eat a couple of boxes. (The 8-pack was more expensive than buying a couple of larger boxes.)

Very Happy

I also just remembered one summer at camp. We went on a sleep-out in the "woods" (really just a small stretch of trees - the camp was in farmland). Anyway, when we woke up in the morning the camp counselors said they had hidden our breakfast - Kellogg's cereal boxes and containers of milk - all around our campsite. If we wanted to eat we'd have to find it ourselves. What they failed to tell us (and I'm not even sure they knew themselves) was that our little patch of trees was in the middle of a cow pasture. As the sun rose, so did the smell! We abandoned the hunt and headed back to camp where they hosed us down before they let us back on the campgrounds! Laughing

I agree about tasting food in other countries. I think it might be the best part of traveling! My favorite? Peaches in Italy! Huge, so sweet and dripping with juice! Absolutely wonderful!

by melbert Tue 08 May 2018, 01:25

LizzyNY wrote:I love seeing how everyone gets all dressed up. I can't wait to see Meghan's dress and how Amal's hairdresser does her hair. I'm curious to get a look at her family and see how they interact with the royals - if they do.

Katie, the tin is very nice. Are the biscuits good as well, or are you just really paying for the souvenir tin? I love those things. They're great for keeping all kinds of things in once the contents are gone.

I read somewhere that he doesn't even know Meghan and is not doing her hair and the Clooney's probably are NOT going as per his initial tweet. What a bonehead!

by Admin Wed 09 May 2018, 14:02

Hey, have you guys seen the recent 'controversy' about the meaning of IMHO? I've always understood it stands for 'in my humble opinion' but apparently a lot of people think it stands for 'in my honest opinion'.

What do you guys think?

by LizzyNY Wed 09 May 2018, 14:42

I always thought it was "humble", too (since that's the original pre-computer era expression) but it works for me either way.

by annemarie Wed 09 May 2018, 14:52

I have heard explained both ways.

by Way2Old4Dis Wed 09 May 2018, 15:32

Does anybody pontificate about their dishonest opinion?

It's "humble," dammit. These fast-fingered millennials ain't taking away my acronyms.

by Donnamarie Wed 09 May 2018, 16:21

Really. It’s nonsense. It’s always been and should continue to be “humble”!

by PigPen Wed 09 May 2018, 16:41

Admin wrote:Hey, have you guys seen the recent 'controversy' about the meaning of IMHO? I've always understood it stands for 'in my humble opinion' but apparently a lot of people think it stands for 'in my honest opinion'.

What do you guys think?

What... tired of all the arguments on the other threads.. ya gotta start one here??

by Way2Old4Dis Wed 09 May 2018, 16:53

We had primary elections in my state yesterday. For the first time in my voting life, I did not study the details of the candidates' histories. It went like this:

If a woman was a choice, she got my vote.
If there was an incumbent vs a challenger, the challenger got my vote.

Fortunately, there were no instances where the incumbent is a woman.

This is a prelude to the midterms. New blood. More women. And I don't care one whit who the Democrat is; he or she will get my vote. Vote Blue, no matter who. (And I'm a registered Independent.)

by LizzyNY Wed 09 May 2018, 17:38

Way2Old4Dis wrote:Does anybody pontificate about their dishonest opinions?

Have you not met our President?!!!! Very Happy

by LizzyNY Wed 09 May 2018, 17:46

Way2Old4Dis wrote:We had primary elections in my state yesterday. For the first time in my voting life, I did not study the details of the candidates' histories. It went like this:

If a woman was a choice, she got my vote.
If there was an incumbent vs a challenger, the challenger got my vote.

Fortunately, there were no instances where the incumbent is a woman.

This is a prelude to the midterms. New blood. More women. And I don't care one whit who the Democrat is; he or she will get my vote. Vote Blue, no matter who. (And I'm a registered Independent.)

YAY, Way! Way to go!!!!!!!! Not sure I'd agree about candidates histories as there are some women whose platforms I don't agree with, but I honestly believe that voting blue is the only way to bring any semblance of ethics and responsibility and dignity back to our government.

by Donnamarie Wed 09 May 2018, 17:58

YES, YES, YES. Counting on that BLUE WAVE! A BLUE TSUNAMI would even be better!

by Admin Wed 09 May 2018, 18:38

PigPen wrote:What... tired of all the arguments on the other threads.. ya gotta start one here??

Well, it looked like you weren't going to get round to it!! What's a girl to do? Give hearts

by Way2Old4Dis Wed 09 May 2018, 21:50

Lizzy, I concur fully about the history thing. I didn't vote blindly, but it was pretty damn close. But, you know what? I figure that, even in the worst of circumstances, Democrats won't enable and abet a criminal. I mean, look at what they did to Al Franken, a perfectly good Senator.

by carolhathaway Wed 09 May 2018, 21:58

I just read a very sweet police report on our local newspaper:
A local woman called the police and said that she can't reach her daughter via phone and asked the officers to drive to her daughter's home just a few miles away to check if she's okay. The police did so and met the daughter who apologized and told the officers that she just had been out longer than usually so her mom wasn't able to reach her on the phone.
The sweet issue about is that the daughter is 80, and her mom is 105.
As long as your parents are alive, you'll always remain being a child...

by LizzyNY Wed 09 May 2018, 23:23

Way2Old4Dis wrote:Lizzy, I concur fully about the history thing. I didn't vote blindly, but it was pretty damn close. But, you know what? I figure that, even in the worst of circumstances, Democrats won't enable and abet a criminal. I mean, look at what they did to Al Franken, a perfectly good Senator.

Yep! Especially now because they're trying to re-energize the party and be as inclusive as possible. They want to remind people what's good about the party and bring all the different factions together. If we're going to take back Congress, Bernie's progressives and the millennials are going to have to figure out how to work with middle-of-the-road old school party regulars. There's a lot of work to do before election day. Just keep voting BLUE! Thumbs up!

by Donnamarie Thu 10 May 2018, 00:39

carolhathaway wrote:I just read a very sweet police report on our local newspaper:
A local woman called the police and said that she can't reach her daughter via phone and asked the officers to drive to her daughter's home just a few miles away to check if she's okay. The police did so and met the daughter who apologized and told the officers that she just had been out longer than usually so her mom wasn't able to reach her on the phone.
The sweet issue about is that the daughter is 80, and her mom is 105.
As long as your parents are alive, you'll always remain being a child...

Ahh, very sweet. And so true. Parents are destined to worry about their children forever no matter how old they are.

by What Would He Say Thu 10 May 2018, 01:28

CarolH.... I love you

by annemarie Thu 10 May 2018, 01:35

Awww, yep they will always be our children no matter how old they get.

by carolhathaway Sat 12 May 2018, 20:26

Does anybody watch the Eurovision Song Contest from Lisbon? My daughter urged me to watch it, so we do...

by party animal - not! Sat 12 May 2018, 21:39

Yep, Carol. A hoot - and obviously not to be taken too seriously. Lots of people in the UK hold parties for this - and we have a very witty commentator

by carolhathaway Sat 12 May 2018, 23:34

So do we. It's a man who does the shiw for more than 20 years and is really good, his comments often hit the mark.

I did really like Estonia, Austria, Italy, Ireland and Germany. And now wait whi's going to win. I don't take it seriously, it's just fun.

by carolhathaway Sat 12 May 2018, 23:44

Israel won (I forgot to name it, also liked it a lot), Cyprus is 2nd, Austria 3rd and Germany 4th. Great!

by annemarie Sun 13 May 2018, 12:00

Happy Mothers Day to all those who have raised loved and cared for children, whether yours or someone else's.

by annemarie Mon 14 May 2018, 19:24

Margot kidder passed a way she was 69, she played Lois Lane in the Superman movies.

by LizzyNY Mon 14 May 2018, 23:27

Sad to hear that. I saw the first Christopher Reeve "Superman" movie at a screening and I remember her from that movie. She was really good. I seem to remember something about her not being well sometime after that, but I don't remember what the issue was. Sad to know she's gone.

by carolhathaway Tue 15 May 2018, 21:24

On mother's day my daughter invited me to go to the movies with her. We went to a special screening of 'Mamma Mia' at our local cinema for mothers and daughters. The mothers got a glass of champagne, the kids got popcorn. The film contained the texts of all the songs, so about 100 women sung throughout the whole film.

A great campaign for the upcoming sequel. Not to forget the unvelievable news that ABBA recorded two new songs, just 35 years after they seperated...

by ladybugcngc Wed 16 May 2018, 16:54

Does anybody know if the birds come to sing to you in Como?

by party animal - not! Thu 17 May 2018, 16:37

Royal Wedding rehearsal by the Household Cavalry in Windsor today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWNMQztZbvY

Not sure the background music works..........!

by annemarie Thu 17 May 2018, 18:16

I love royal weddings.

by carolhathaway Thu 17 May 2018, 20:43

My niece gave birth to a baby boy named Fynn on Tuesday,
I saw him today after they had returned from the hospital and was shocked how small he is - although my twins were much smaller due to their premature birth. But he seems to be healthy and fine although ny niece had ignored her pregnancy until six weeks ago.

I'm a greataunt now and feel like I'm twenty years older now Wink

by annemarie Thu 17 May 2018, 23:36

Congratulations Carol.

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