Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

What do you make of this?

Wall paper hung back to front in the past.

Is it listed? How old do you think it is?

Years ago somebody I knew bought a huge village green facing Georgian house on 3 storeys..... and I popped round to see it (almost derelict). One bedroom had Beatles wallpaper from the 60s. I think he ripped it off, but stuff like that actually has a 2nd hand marketplace, which is unbelievable.

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

OH's adopted cousin got random letter from biological mother - I thought that wasn't meant to happen. Name/ address not meant to be released without consent?

There's quite a lot of information available on 192.com if people know the name, eg:

* Phone book data if listed
* Directors info if higher up in a company
* Electoral roll info if allowed
* Older electoral data (pre 2001 data protection) if they haven't moved.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Woah, that's awful, I just switched on tv to wet wet wet singing. Of that were not bad enough what the hell has happened to Marti pellow's voice? He sounds about eighty? I cannot believe they are going to tour with his voice so weak. He's been working hasn't he? Why is is his voice so weak?

Are they now just Damp Damp Damp?

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Are they now just Damp Damp Damp?

Yeah. They should be drowned drowned drowned. :eek:

Honestly, I was shocked.

neverdespairgirl

Every year, just after Christmas or so, my mother says, "Lighter every day, from now on!"

Every year, on this day, my Dad emails all of us and says, and he has today:


Darker every day from now until Christmas!

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

I think of the nice men I am close to in a 'brotherly love' sort of way. I was accused of feeling something more for one once when in fact I felt very protective of him because of his personal cirumstances.

I never had brothers, and friends (including vitual ones) who are caring and teasing and funny and warm always are especially valued to me because I wanted brothers so very much.

I'm not sure that there's a massive difference, really. The differences between my 3 siblings aren't mostly gender-based, but individual-based, if that makes sense?

I adore my Bruv - but my sisters are wonderful too.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'm not sure that there's a massive difference, really. The differences between my 3 siblings aren't mostly gender-based, but individual-based, if that makes sense?

I adore my Bruv - but my sisters are wonderful too.

I'd swap my sister for a brother any day of the week. But then I have friends with only brothers who longed for a sister.

All I know is I really wanted a brother or a few of them. I am also not one of those women who says 'I prefer men and don't have many girlfriends' but I do find the dynamic between my male and female friends is often different.

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd swap my sister for a brother any day of the week. But then I have friends with only brothers who longed for a sister.

All I know is I really wanted a brother or a few of them. I am also not one of those women who says 'I prefer men and don't have many girlfriends' but I do find the dynamic between my male and female friends is often different.

I like men and women as friends.

I think I'm lucky to have both a brother and sisters.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I like men and women as friends.

I think I'm lucky to have both a brother and sisters.

I too like a balance of sexes as friends. In fact, I value the differences and balance of all the variety in my friendships.

I think YOU are luck to have both a brother and sisters as they are lucky to have you. I can think of others I think are lucky to be only children :rotfl:

I've just worked out its warm enough to have a bath filling with the shower if I take the shower head of. I am one VERY HAPPY BUNNY.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

You can find some people...... my friend was a bad mother and had her kid taken from her and force-adopted away from her when he was about 3. 10 years later his photo was in the newspaper as he'd been photographed in the school football team, so she knew where he went to school from that ..... and she knew where he was living and what his last name was. It was a small village, she'd only have had to turn up to be able to find/spot him within an hour or so. They'd kept his first name and he was very distinctive looking (looked just like her).

There are, sometimes, ways for people to track some people down.

zagubov wrote: »

It's discussed on other threads here there's lots of ways kids can be identified especially with photographs being on social sites.

Plus school videos DVDs websites etc.

Remember the Darwin family from the East Midlands who thought that Panama had a different internet from the UK?:D

The world's getting better connected more and more and I'd imagine privacy's becoming more of an aspiration than a reality.:o

I should point out he is now in his forties, so no school photos etc and doesn't do facebook.