Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I wanted a brother, badly. But I wanted an older one. I was desperate for my parents to adopt from Ethiopia. . I also remember feeling a bit odd about the age thing going on and suggesting we all swapped about so daddy married my sister and mummy was the grandmother. :eek: my mother must have hated me. :o:o the others cannot have been that impressed either. :rotfl::rotfl:

When we were in Brazil, I met a street child who was a bit older than me and cleaning shoes by the roadside. I begged my mum to bring him home and then mentioned this for several years after. I don't think as a child I quite understood the practicalities... just that he needed a mummy and daddy and that I had those and was untypically willing to share. I still wonder what happened to him.

CKhalvashi

vivatifosi wrote: »

When we were in Brazil, I met a street child who was a bit older than me and cleaning shoes by the roadside. I begged my mum to bring him home and then mentioned this for several years after. I don't think as a child I quite understood the practicalities... just that he needed a mummy and daddy and that I had those and was untypically willing to share. I still wonder what happened to him.

There's a lot that could have happened; some bad, some good.

Last time I was in Russia (early June), we met with some of the C1R staff, all new graduates, but what I later found out was that 4 of the 12 were former street children of Moscow/StP, that the state 'mentored' through uni.

Say what you want about the Russian government (and I have a lot to say, 99% of it not good), but this was really good of them, IMO.

CK

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

The story underneath about the man who hid under a stall in Merry Hell and still got caught is also worthy of a read.

Because the children both leave their schools this year, we've been considering a move to either Worcester or the 'posh' bit on the edge of the Black Country. After reading this, Worcester looks much more likely.

Merry Hill didnt look like that last time I went, and they didn't have £700 worth of goods in total inside the Jolly Green Giant. How things change!

silvercar

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I read that as Guadari, which is a Georgian ski resort. Not somewhere I'd like to go, as it's full of bloomin' tourists!

I agree with the rest of the suggestions.

On the meeting yesterday, I now have the support of a Welsh MEP, as I've somehow managed to convince her it would be good for Channel 4, S4C (as in wouldn't cost them anything) and for my own company. Things are good!

CK

Do you have to provide welsh subtitles for S4C?

Wheezy_2

CKhalvashi wrote: »

On the meeting yesterday, I now have the support of a Welsh MEP, as I've somehow managed to convince her it would be good for Channel 4, S4C....

Since we got Freesat box, been flicking to SC4 Digidol...

Pencampwriaeth y Chwe Gwlad, Gemau rhyngwladol yr hydref, RaboDirect Pro12, Cwpan Heineken, Uwch Gynghrair Principality a Rygbi´r Colegau a’r Ysgolion.

...and BBC Alba...

Gheibh sibh fios an seo mu na trì seirbheisean a tha sinn a' libhrigeadh ann an com-pàirteachas

...and obviously don't understand it, so my question to the NP's....do any of you speak/understand welsh or gaelic?

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Posh alert!

We went to Wales when I was a kid
Stayed in caravans in farmers' fields, with a chemical toilet next to the caravan.

Posh alert!
I would have thought you pooped in a bucket.

CKhalvashi

silvercar wrote: »

Do you have to provide welsh subtitles for S4C?

We have no contract at all with S4C at the moment, and this would probably be done by their own team. The below is not classified, but please don't quote, as I will delete.

Think of it as a mini X-Factor.

CK

silvercar

Pencampwriaeth y Chwe Gwlad, Gemau rhyngwladol yr hydref, RaboDirect Pro12, Cwpan Heineken, Uwch Gynghrair Principality a Rygbi´r Colegau a’r Ysgolion.

I understand odd words and can sometimes make out whole sentences.

6 nations, ....games....heineken cup .....rugby in colleges and schools

sss555s

silvercar wrote: »

I understand odd words and can sometimes make out whole sentences.

6 nations, ....games....heineken cup .....rugby in colleges and schools

Most Welsh sentences have "down by yu" in them somewhere :shhh:

GDB2222

Just booked my B&B at Hotels.com via Quidco. I get 10% cash-back. That's quite a good saving for a couple of extra clicks.

How much are the hotel paying for this online booking service, and why didn't they try to get my booking over the telephone when I rang up to check something?