Poor El.

The only Polish I know is dziekuje, which is pronounced jen-ku-ye and means thank you ( I picked it up on our trip to Krakow).

Mr Yogi, who does not have a talent for languages and forgot it was Polish, couldn't understand why people were looking oddly at him when he said it to people - in Prague!

 

Good morning everyone. Weather is dry atm, with lots of low cloud.

Good morning everyone, I am glad you are getting some response from the Post Office Skylark, I should think so too.

 

Mr Yogi sounds like me Yogi, easily confused

 

Having cogitated, deliberated and maybe even obfuscated I have decided that we should definitely let EL off the naughty step as he is so kind in providing wonderful clips, let's hear everybody say AYE!

AYE!

Good noon everyone Foggy start but now a very bright sunny day Skylark I'm too am pleased that the post office have been so helpful, they certainly should be too, I hope you get a full refund Yogi, thank goodness mr yogi isn't a geography or languages teacher El, it's almost the season of good will, I think you should be allowed off that naughty step

AYE 

I should really be picking up Polish by now, round here every 2nd person is Polish! Doesnt sound an easy language to learn tho...

It looks tricky to learn to read & pronounce it!

I've posted before that my grandfather learned to read Tibetan though I don't think he ever tried to learn how to pronounce it. The written version is used throughout Tibet, but he spoken versions vary depending on the region and apparently vary so much that a Tibetan in one region won't understand what a Tibetan from another region says. As my grandfather would have learned Tibetan to be able to correspond with Tibetans, he would only have needed the written version.

You certainly have an interesting family El x


Well started my Christmas shopping, have to sometime i suppose. Only 2 boxes of Lynx  and 3 selection boxes, but its a start ! 
Dont have a clue what to get my granddaughter ..........

AYE!

 

You are right about Mr Yogi being easily confused, Squiggle.

 

Skylark, I'm pleased to hear they are taking your complaint seriously and I hope you are compensated for the extra expense you incurred due to the dumpling at the PO being incompetent.

That sounds intriguing, El. How did your grandfather come to correspond with Tibetan people?

I've bought Christmas cards, wrapping paper and gift tags - that's it, so far.

Its a start Yogi 

Defrosting my freezer at the moment, will start getting food in. Still not sorted what we are doing for the big day................

I need to start making space in our big freezer for Christmas food. There isn't room in there for a pigeon, never mind a turkey, atm.

Was looking at the Early Learning site, saw a nice pink cooker set for my granddaughter. Daughter says NO, she doesnt want her daughter being brought up to think a woman only cooks and cleans. A racing track it is then !
I do see her point, but she is only 3 and enjoys all that, but what do i know , i have only had a career and brought up 2 children 
What can one do??  I feel slightly miffed as you may can tell....
Anyway off to make my sons tea !!! Hope daughter thinks thats ok 

 

Aww, that's a shame. Just because she wants to play with a cooker atm doesn't mean she'll be brainwashed into thinking a woman's place is in the kitchen.

Youngest son asked for (and got) an ELC cooker and accessories for his fourth birthday, and there's no signs of him being a drudge in the kitchen.

kids like to copy what grown ups do, having a cooker would give her hours of fun! I've had kids in who want a Hoover for Christmas lol

El did your grandfather travel to Tibet?

I agree, children have always loved playing at cooking, it is a big part of all our lives after all.  I am not keen on laying down laws about what children should play with, follow the child's lead is what I say.  I can remember a Christmas when my daughter was desperate to get an ironing board (she got one).

 

My grandfather was a philatelist (= stamp collector) and in the world of philately he was known around the world. If someone from anywhere in the world sent a letter addressed to just his name and England with no address, Royal Mail recognised that the letter was intended for him. When the Chinese squashed the Tibetan uprising in 1959 he gave help to one of the Lamas (not the Dalai Lama) escape from Tibet. I do not know how he came to know that Lama or in what way he helped him escape but I do know that the Lama gave him a complete collection of all Tibetan stamps ever issued. That is not a lot of stamps, and I know that the stamps were sold after my grandfather died.

 

I don't think he ever visited Tibet though. It's unlikely due to the Chinese squashing the uprising Tibet would not have been a safe place. Wiki puts the number of Tibetans killed during that uprising as somewhere between 200,000 and 1,000,000 people.

You have a really interesting family history, El. What a great story.

Your family history is fascinating El, you should really do one of those programmes like "Who Do Think You Are" or such..

Sorry had a moan there, just the jolly hols season starting! Methinks daughter has her nose out of joint slightly, as her brother is going to Amsterdam and she isnt !

Anyone got a cottage to rent for me and the dog, on top of a hill preferably ??  From now till 3rd January...perfick 

I've got a spare room (doesn't have a bed in it atm but I'm sure I could get one quite quickly), if that's any help.

At the risk of being sent to the naughty step in place of EL..........

 

I am surprised that your father never went to Tibet EL as I had heard that philately will get you everywhere   creeps away

 

It was a very interesting story EL, sorry.

Thank you Yogi, floor would be welcome , on my way 
 xxx

 

I'll go put the kettle on.

Cheers Yogi  

 squiggle

Got to go for now, will be back to watch IACGMOOH.

Watching programme about insomnia, not sure if its networked , hope i get some answers to my sleep problems....but tried everything ...no tabs tho..i dont believe in that route.

Oh well no further forward.... 

Have to get off, goodnight everyone 

Howdy

 

Is El Loro around?

 

Can anybody help if not!  My posts have gone all 'stretched' and I know this is because of something simple, but I can't remember what it is - any ideas?  It's only on this forum, nowhere else

Hi scatts EL is not usually around (well in this thread) at this time of day.  He will be on first thing in the morning and he may well be in other threads, wish I could help but he's the expert.

 

Night night everyone, I do hope you manage to get a good night's sleep Skylark, night night Yogi hope you have enjoyed the IACGMOOH thread, talk to you in the morning.  Night night everyone, sleep tight

Scatts, El is usually around quite early in the mornings 8-9 am (ish).

I'm sure he'll be able to help, as soon as he sees your post.

 

Goodnight Skylark and Squiggle, I'm off to bed too.

Leaving hugs for Ros, Summer and Velvet.

Scatt, I'm sure El-Cylopedia will have an answer for you tomorrow I found the story about your grandfather really interesting El, he must have been the George Clooney of stamp Hollywood! I follow the Dalai Lama on twitter, the other day he tweeted this; "Compassion is a feeling from deep in the heart that you cannot bear someone else's suffering without taking steps to relieve it" I then realised that my mum is the most compassionate person I know, it was a great moment because she often drives me but this is a quality that I can hugely admire in her Skylark, I too have a spare room, if you need to run further away, you're most welcome

Sweet dreams for all

Good morning everyone

 

Scatts, I remember that you had a problem with being able to quote and it was to do with the compatability setting. Link as to how to sort that out

 

I know that individual forum pages can be stretched if the zoom page has been accidentally switched on, but that would only apply to single pages, not the forum as a whole. I also know that in some browsers, if someone has posted a picture which is very wide (wider than width of the forum page) that it does result in very wide pages (other browsers are able to cope with that). But that would only apply to that page, not the forum as a whole.

^ my first thought was wide pics, but then I thought that it's only be the one page and not the whole forum. Well done El Good morning all happy Friday!

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