Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

zagubov

Gen or Viva, have you ever been ice skating north or south of the equator?;)

neverdespairgirl

Poor cow - I remember it being irritating when I was a few days overdue and people kept asking me what was happening - I wanted to shout "NOTHING. OBVIOUSLY. BECAUSE I STILL LOOK LIKE A BEACHED WHALE". Must be far more frustrating for her.

zagubov

Found when our kids arrived the best thing was to keep the well-wishers away so OH could get some rest. Everybody wants to pop by and say hello, and nobody thinks about how knackered the poor mum feels.

Kate's not going to get much peace from now on.:(

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

Gen or Viva, have you ever been ice skating north or south of the equator?;)

I can confirm that at Macquarie Park they skate anti clockwise.

Bloody good news in the cricket I must say. They are taking it very badly over here.:T:j:beer:

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

So, the BIG news today is that somebody called Kate has gone into labour. About as exciting as Big Brother.

As the Queen's cousin said: "people have babies all the time".

And I loved the Queen's "hope it hurries up, I'm off on holiday".

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

Found when our kids arrived the best thing was to keep the well-wishers away so OH could get some rest. Everybody wants to pop by and say hello, and nobody thinks about how knackered the poor mum feels.

Kate's not going to get much peace from now on.:(

Etiquette used to dictate that the mother was confined, with no visitors for two weeks. This was mostly due to keeping germs at bay.

If you ever do any genealogy you'll come across a phrase of "churching". Most people were christened, married, buried at churches - women were churched. It was a blessing service given to them when they did emerge from their houses after the confinement of birth. A blessing as they'd survived/recovered. In the Jewish faith, which many NPs will know about, these women were purified in a similar event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churching_of_women

neverdespairgirl

It was also a cleansing, though, from the "impure" state of childbirth. Iffily.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

It was also a cleansing, though, from the "impure" state of childbirth. Iffily.

I typed that first, then amended my post as I thought saying that might start a bit of a ruck

But yes. Cleansing from the filth in God's eyes that is childbirth.

mystic_trev

Generali wrote: »

Bloody good news in the cricket I must say. They are taking it very badly over here.:T:j:beer:

Great to hear that Gen I'll defo be up for the Sydney Test and have got my tickets already. Flying to Hobart after Melbourne, then on to Sydney in the New Year. I'll contact you nearer the time.

Generali

mystic_trev wrote: »

Great to hear that Gen I'll defo be up for the Sydney Test and have got my tickets already. Flying to Hobart after Melbourne, then on to Sydney in the New Year. I'll contact you nearer the time.

Ooh, well reminded. Must get my MCG and SCG tickets sorted.

It's great watching the Aussies getting thrashed over here. I was at the SCG to see Cook coming so close to his double century last time around against Michael Beer's comedy spin. His only ball seemed to be the slow one that goes straight on. As for Mitchell 'wide' Johnson. LOL!

As Fred Titmus once said, "There is no more glorious sight than watching English batsmen empty an Australian cricket ground by 5pm!". (I paraphrase).