Breaking Through, Travelling On

Goldiegirl

gallygirl wrote: »

Mine too . Shed a few tears watching programmes about it and dragged Mr GG along to the exhibition and went into the Cathedral to see where he'll be buried :T.

greent wrote: »

And mine! We spent a whole term on him/ his story in history at school and it was one of my favourite pieces.

Karmacat wrote: »

I just had a look at her website - fascinating! She's really focussed in, from the look of it, looks really interesting. Thats an author I've marked, thanks Goldie.


Never studied him at school or at college I suspect he's got a very raw deal till recently, since the Tudors were the ones who shaped the telling of his story, poor man. I see Benedict Cumberbatch is playing him for the Beeb - that means redress, I'm sure

Our history teacher was a lovely man, who was one of those old style teachers who inspired his class, which is where my interest in history started. He also fanned the flames of my interest in the theatre - he was in a local am dram group, and visits to the local theatre to see him perform were a big part of the school year.


However, he didn't like the Wars of The Roses, as he thought it was all too complicated, so we skimmed over this period. He said there'd only be one question on this period in our O Level, and we should ignore it!


So it's only in recent years that I've had time to look at this era in more detail




My favourite Sharon Penman book, The Sunne In Splendour', covers TWOTR, and she's very sympathetic to Richard

Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III :j:j

Goldiegirl

It's so sad when there's family troubles, but supporting your mum is the best thing that can be done.


My mum, who died in 2008, sadly had dementia, and a situation arose which meant that I had no further contact with one branch of the family, which saddens me, as my mum and this particular aunt were very close in previous years. But the thing that happened was too big to overcome, so I've just had to accept the situation. But I know that I did right by my mum, which is the most important thing


Hope your exercises have gone ok. It's reminded that I really should get out each day for a walk. I was very good in September and October...... but it's very chilly out there, so I've got lazy.


I WILL improve ....but probably not until next year!

Karmacat

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Our history teacher was a lovely man, who was one of those old style teachers who inspired his class, which is where my interest in history started. He also fanned the flames of my interest in the theatre - he was in a local am dram group, and visits to the local theatre to see him perform were a big part of the school year.

Teachers like that are very special, aren't they. I don't think I had any who were as good as that, but I had maybe 3 who were just really good teachers, and obviously liked their subject. It was enough for me to like it too

My favourite Sharon Penman book, The Sunne In Splendour', covers TWOTR, and she's very sympathetic to Richard

Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III :j:j

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Goldiegirl wrote: »

It's so sad when there's family troubles, but supporting your mum is the best thing that can be done.

Thats what I think ... if I make her life rubbish, by standing on my rights, I'm not treating her any differently from the way these rellies have treated her

My mum, who died in 2008, sadly had dementia, and a situation arose which meant that I had no further contact with one branch of the family, which saddens me, as my mum and this particular aunt were very close in previous years. But the thing that happened was too big to overcome, so I've just had to accept the situation. But I know that I did right by my mum, which is the most important thing

Thats very sad, Goldie, I'm sorry you had to go through all that. As you say, knowing you did right by your mum, that stays with you, and its a comfort.

Hope your exercises have gone ok. It's reminded that I really should get out each day for a walk. I was very good in September and October...... but it's very chilly out there, so I've got lazy.


I WILL improve ....but probably not until next year!

You'll get there!
:rotfl: I had a good fast walk, but no exercises yet, if I move half an inch the wrong way its still like I've been stabbed so exercises aren't on the agenda today.

Karmacat

[STRIKE]- phone call[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]- phone call[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]- post Amazon book sale, one of the big hardback ones :j[/STRIKE]
This was the fast walk - to the post office, half an hour's walking.

[STRIKE]- paperwork admin, I let a crowd of stuff build up at the end of last week.[/STRIKE]
Finished on Tuesday - fiddle fiddle faddle

[STRIKE]- book restaurant[/STRIKE]
Half an hour earlier than we wanted, but its do-able.

- call friend to come to restaurant

[STRIKE]- use free skaye bet[/STRIKE]
And I hope the Powers That Be are kind and I get some money back, because I made a right pigs ear of this! :rotfl:

[STRIKE]- little bit of online shopping for an extra pressie [/STRIKE]
And they've despatched it!
[STRIKE]
- send my betfair withdrawal to savings account, or if the paperwork admin works, buy premium bonds.[/STRIKE]
Sent to savings account, along with the £1.46 from Amazon, the £561 from the spread betting service, and the smar kits refund; I included the seedcorn money in that as well :j And the euros arrived in France too, free of charge as they promised.

[STRIKE]- Asda online order.[/STRIKE]
Ordered for late Wednesday on a £1 delivery

[STRIKE]- BACK EXERCISES :j though not starjumps [/STRIKE]
Oops! No, since I've had a walk, and I was deep-breathing and whatnot, I'm not even going to *try* to do exercises. Ignore this one, please :rotfl:


Percentage achieved: up from 5.11% to 5.26%

Alchemilla

Brothers! Ploof!!

It is all very highbrow over here.

+1 to Mr Cummerbatch.Have you guys seen him in Parade's End?

gallygirl

Alchemilla wrote: »

+1 to Mr Cummerbatch.Have you guys seen him in Parade's End?

Oh, ding dong . In a very highbrow way of course .

Karmacat

Alchemilla wrote: »

Brothers! Ploof!!

My bruvver's a good'un, Alchemilla, honest (apart from never answering his email ).

It is all very highbrow over here.

I know, it makes me nervous sometimes

+1 to Mr Cummerbatch.Have you guys seen him in Parade's End?

I've not ... but I like him

gallygirl wrote: »

Oh, ding dong . In a very highbrow way of course .

Of course :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: best Leslie Phillips imitation too, I think :A

Anybody know anything about growing figs from seed ie, from figs? Enquiring ( = daft) minds want to know

Karmacat

Not nearly as much paperwork admin as I thought - a lot of it was bumpf, and two were from premium bonds because I put my account online rather than queue at the PO. I almost lost the will to live setting it up! As well as a new number, temporary password, permanent password (set out in a way they approve) plus *three* phone numbers (s*d them, they can have one and like it!) two security greetings from them and **five** security questions, I was about to stamp my foot :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I've finally finished it all, however; it hardly seems worth it for such a tiny number of premium bonds, but you never know when my matched betting might make me a million pounds


ETA - and the wonders of compounding strike again (in a way). I got Santander shares when they privatised. They used to be worth £11 or so, and now they're worth £5.70 or so but at least they haven't gone bust Another four allotted to me, as I have "reinvestment" ticked for the divvy, plus £3.29 on the rights sale (I still don't know what that is, but that money is reinvested into shares too, when there's enough in the kitty). So thats another £26.21.

Goldiegirl

I've been wondering to get my one premium bond online with a view to buying a few more..... but I'll leave that in the pending tray for a day when I have absolutely nothing else to do!


Ah, the joys of compound interest!


The first months interest in my new current accounts have been paid. As the accounts are fully funded, the interest wouldn't be compounded, so I've had to transfer all the interest over to another account, so that it can earn interest.

Karmacat

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I've been wondering to get my one premium bond online with a view to buying a few more..... but I'll leave that in the pending tray for a day when I have absolutely nothing else to do!

I agree! I originally did it because I was going to put the bits and bobs I earned on this pension push into premium bonds, before making a big pension payment in March, but its taken so long, its not really on.

You'd be horrified if you *did* do it though - the minimum number of premium bonds you can now buy is £100!

Ah, the joys of compound interest!


The first months interest in my new current accounts have been paid. As the accounts are fully funded, the interest wouldn't be compounded, so I've had to transfer all the interest over to another account, so that it can earn interest.

Thats a good idea! The shares look a bit frustrating in a way, as they've halved in value since they came out, but they were freebies - I got them because I had an account when Abbey privatised.


I have a bit of a confession to make ... when I said on here that I was stopping doing swag bux, I didn't ... which meant I kept on playing computer games, hurting my wrists, thumbs and fingers, and generally wasting my time rather than writing, or doing a matched bet. Tomorrow will *finally* be enough for a £3 Amazon voucher, and I *swear* that I'll leave it alone. I'll go on each day to check for the arrival of the voucher code, and I'll do the freebies (3 points a day) - when the code arrives, I'll put those points to a charity (easy to do on there) and delete the account. I can't afford to waste the time or the opportunity loss, and I don't *want* to waste like that either.

The Firestarter (Financial Independence) bloke has introduced me to another one http://financiallyfreebyforty.blogspot.co.uk/ high dividend share income. As far as I remember, shares that pay high dividends are especially recommended in tough times, so I'll be following this guy in particular.

Off to do the skaye bet now.