Texts?  In my day it was pigeon post 

 I liked how they did it when I was at school.  If a child was sick then 2 of their classmates were told to walk them home.  I was usually picked to walk the sick person home so I'd make sure I took the long way and stopped at the shop if I had money.  There was always the chance that the parent wasn't home though so we'd often have to walk the sick kid back to school.

That's what I meant by shit programmes 

I've just found out today that I'm going to be a Glam-ma again 

yay! Congratz

Thank you.  I'm rather excited about it this time 

I  didn't think you were old enough tbh Cinds, thought you were early to mid 30's

Jen I'm 41, but the grandchildren are being produced by my stepdaughters so really I'm a grandparent by default.

  congrats Cinds 

Congratulations! 

Thanks Pengy & Kaffy 

Oooooooooh how lovely. Nothing better - don't know if and when I'll get another but it's so exciting.

 

Congratulations 

Thanks Soozy I'm very excited about another baby, but not at the prospect of being fleeced for another expensive travel system that is so impractical it will get discarded after a month or so 

Yeah ...........it seems that all new mums want the very latest, most expensive, super duper pram stuff and then you see them a few months on with a lightweight/practical Argos buggy. Some of these 'travel systems are so heavy/bulky and downright complicated.

Soozy I tried to tell the first one she would regret it as it was so big and bulky, it wouldn't fit in the boot and would be a nightmare to get on and off a bus, but no she had to have it and as I said to Mr C, if we did it for one we have to do it for the other too.

  No-one ever listens when I say they are wasting hundreds by buying those.  I learnt with my first son....big bulky contraption that wouldn't fit anywhere so with my 2nd I bought a buggy suitable from birth and it lasted right through til I didn't need it any longer.

 

Cinds....offer to buy a good buggy instead of the minibus.

Ells, I tried to do that the last time with the first daughter, hopefully this one will see the sense. 

 

ION we're off to see George Michael's Symphonica concert tonight.  Finally!

Lucky, lucky, lucky you - I love George.

 

Just back from my colonoscopy - hopefully all sorted for another five years - they removed 2 polyps for examination (he told me they looked harmless). Apparently I have diverticular disease as well - the doctor said - you probably already know that. I didn't actually but it's causing me no problems.

 

The Doctor, assistant and nurse were great - good sense of humour - we were having a bit of a laugh.

 

This time I was given the option whether to have the sedation or not - I declined and had gas and air instead - much better option.

he's looking  much better lately 

 

 

 

hope you had a fab time 

Mrs H it was brilliant, thank you.  Well apart from the miserable bastard who was sat in front of us and expected everyone to sit quietly with folded arms while watching the concert.  He kept going and telling the teacher (usher/marshall) on the people surrounding him   It was quite ridiculous, then his wife started verbally abusing someone sat behind us, and when someone tapped her on the shoulder to ask her what the problem was they started accusing them of 'physical assault' and taking pictures of everyone surrounding them.  I have honestly never witnessed such ridiculous behaviour in all of my life.  

 

Anyway, it just added to the novelty of a fabulous evening.  I'm not a huge GM fan (it's my gay husband that is) but I will take my hat off to him and say he is an amazing live performer.

glad you enjoyed - I always imagined he would be fab live and had hoped he was back to full health to do the concerts proud 

 

shame about the *boring ones* though  

 

beggers belief really if he/they thought everyone was gonna sit like muppets during a live show 

I'm very jealous - I simply adore George.

 

Glad you had a good time - and as you say, sometimes the 'nutters' just make it more memorable.

There was also a fight.  Only in Newcastle could a fight break out at a George Michael concert.  I didn't see it, but saw them getting taken out and Mr C said that they had just been fighting   Now I've seen fights at an AC/DC stadium concert, which I suppose with all the shoving and lurching forwards people can have short tempers, but for a fight to break out in a seated venue 

I'll post some pics when I get around to uploading them.

I am able to watch English, French, Italian, Dutch, Walloon, and Flemish early evening quiz progs. An amalgam of chase, pointless, golden balls, tipping coins. I've just seen a lady win 15€ ! The Germans don't seem to go in for such tomfoolery. Though I haven't got all of the channels.

That tipping coins one was terrible.

 

ION I didn't think we'd had that much to drink last night, but god knows what we got up to when we got home but I've just found a this on my bedside drawers 

 

One is reminded of a ditty one used to sing at school. It started thusly........ A rich girl uses Vaseline, a poor girl uses lard. I'm unable to remember the rest.

i'M SURE the name Dinah is in the song somewhere.

ooooh way too many dirty thoughts have rushed into my head.

 

But I'll settle for the cleanest answer...

 

Maybe your bed springs needed oiling?

 

 

 

 

Or your gay husband (your words, not mine) got a bit too into the GM spirit

Ells  

 

Anyway here's some pics.  Why are they so small? 

 

Wasn't that Dinah, Dinah show us your leg 

 

...etc?

Nice pics Cinds ... looks like it was a good evening - at the concert and at home afterwards

Adele "Skyfall" theme for the next James Bond

'Skyfall's debut comes days after a 90 second clip of the song leaked online, with the track drawing comparisons to Dame Shirley Bassey's iconic Bond themes.
Adele co-wrote 'Skyfall' with producer Paul Epworth. The duo previously collaborated on the chart-topping single 'Rolling in the Deep'.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/mu...-skyfall-listen.html

(Adelle had a very good write up for her song) I must confess I knew about Dinah and her issues "down there" all along. I thought it rather vulgar for a family forum such as this one.

 I don't know anything about Dinah.

Imagine this.... if you will....

 

You're a successful, well-regarded employee.  You have a lucrative contract with a sign on fee with your employer and your employee is very keen for you to stay with them.

 

You may or may not have a clause in your contract that allows you to speak to other employers.  However, your employer 'forbids' you from talking to other employers, but you and your employer really know that there's little they can do to stand in your way if you decide to go elsewhere.

 

A better job comes along, almost certainly with higher pay but your employer 'forbids' you to talk to that employer, even though you know the job is yours if you want it and your employer can hardly physically stop you from talking to some someone else.

 

You talk to them anyway, resign and soon are taken on by the other employer.

 

Six months later you sue your employer for 'unfair dismissal' and put in a claim for compensation!

 

Am I missing something here?  Is this not taking the piddle?

 

Paul Lambert, what a loathsome scumbag!  Aston Villa are welcome to the *****!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-19839446

Reading that I tend to agree.

 

He obviously has no shame.

That's yer market economy in action.

Me neither Ells.

 

We are obviously far too innocent to know about these things