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Nice People 12: Nice in Nice
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We switched it on since the NPs were so critical.
Very entertained to see the bloke who was supposed to open the baton had difficulties. Bit of a b*llsup there. He did finally manage to get it open, but to be honest I thought it would have been better if he didn't. I thought Queen's speech spectacularly boring. What a waste of money for the whole thing in these times of "Austerity". Grrr!0 -
ukmaggie45 wrote: »Queen's speech
Was the sole redeeming feature of the whole fiasco.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Was the sole redeeming feature of the whole fiasco.
And they even managed to c0ck that up, with the first 2-4 words being unintelligible as the mic level wasn't right.
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You'd think that mic levels would just be basic. Opening ceremony 101.0
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You say you would like that sort of encouragement and accountability. Could we try and provide that (similar to you turning into a pumpkin at midnight)?
Thank you. The detail isn't something I'd care to do in the publicity of a web forum, but it might be helpful if we resurrect the "shoot me if I'm on here after midnight" thing. Although in school holidays my kids stay up later and we all get up later, so 1am applies in school holidays instead of midnight.
And we won't start right now. Give it 23 hours and then start.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
It was lovely..we need a NP day at the seaside with NP children.
OH got in about half an hour ago. His flight was delayed by a few hours as the plane back had a passenger problem at Gatwick. The pilot gave the short version of events, being that a parent lost their children prior to boarding, causing several hours of search and delay.
The First Officer said they hoped to make up a bit of time as they "would fly the 'plane, like they had stolen it". Passengers clapped:)
I now own a box of Amaretti.:)
So he was awake and away from home near as dammit 24 hours? Poor love!
A day at the seaside sounds great fun, though, especially in this weather. It's warm, even at this time of night.
Poor darling Kermie has just caught his first cold. I've got it too, but I'm not as confused and bothered by it as he is. He keeps trying to feed, then looks really puzzled, "why can't I breathe and have milk at the same time? Normally I can!". He's not a happy camper.No, definitely not a mis-type. Yes, pretty extreme. Even my mother says that when you are told your son/daughter is going to have a baby, you are delighted. Same for number 2 and 3, then you get slightly less enthusiastic (I paraphrase) with each subsequent announcement, to the point of suggesting he ties a knot in it or something..
My parents were pretty chuffed at the prospect of my second, at least, they did a good impression of being pleased. But they might get tired of the process after another 12 (I don't intend to give them the chance to find out if they'd like it or not, though).At some point the eldest children could be producing at the same time as their parents. So kids get aunts and uncles younger than they are.
My FIL used to say that at a Conservative Jewish wedding, the bride's pregnant. At an Orthodox wedding, either the bride's mother or the groom's mother is pregnant. At a liberal / reform wedding, the Rabbi's pregnant.....That is the crux of the problem.
You can't fire at a hospital.
You can't live with rockets being fired at you indefinitely.
Really is a mess.
Yup.I want to be a grandma.:) It would be lovely (unless they lived in Australia/far side of world when I think I would feel a bit sad) .
No chance on the horizon so better keep my views to myself.:)
OH also wants to be a grandad at some stage too.
I'm sure the time will come - Miss Spirit's pretty young to be setting up for motherhood yet, isn't she?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Lots of spinsters and childless women in my dad's side of the family. Dad had 3 sisters, all 3 married, only one had (2) kids. Dad also grew up with a raft of "maiden aunts" close by too.
My Dad's mother had 4 older sisters, with a great string of Victorian / Edwardian names (Maria, Clara, Violet, Florence, Phyllis). One was a maiden aunt, the other three had children, ranging from 2 to 4 each. Dad was extremely fond of his aunts, and close to many of his cousins, still. All 5 of them trained as nurses, and several also as midwives. Not sure how many of them did midwifery.
His Mum and her sisters were close, and spent a lot of time together, two of them lived together in Maidstone for a decade or so in their 80s, and we saw a fair bit of them there (it wasn't far from my parents' Kent house).My mum told me that when she was a midwife she came across a woman who had had a baby at 15. The daughter also had a baby at 15. When these three, the grandmother, mother and daughter, were 45, 30 and 15, they were all pregnant at the same time.
Having a baby at the same time as your Mum or daughter does - very weird.
Having one at the same time as your Granny / grand-daughter does - dysfunctional. Just beyond weird.She was a district midwife, with a bicycle, like those ones in "Call the midwife". They mostly deal with the straightforward cases who have normal healthy babies, and leave the problem ones to the doctors. When I was pregnant it never seemed to cross her mind that I would have anything other than a safe birth resulting in a healthy baby.
BIL is a junior doctor, and he said obstetrics is one of the most routinely-stressful medical disciplines, as it is always unpredictable. No other area of medicine goes quite so easily from calm and normal to panic stations, he says. In most areas, you know where the high risks and dangerous situations and patients are, but in obstetrics, it can quite often come out of the blue.PasturesNew wrote: »That's an art. This sofa came with a set of covers on it and two other sets.... I took off the one that was on and tried to fit one of the others and failed.
Putting sofa cushions back on is a devil-inspired task. Nearly as bad, and fruitless, as putting sleeping bags back into those tiny little bags that they clearly only fitted into the first time by magic....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I think it was NDG?
Happy to take the credit for anything! But I had nothing to say about bleach, sorry. I opined on microfibre cloths, instead, at about the same time.There are specific ethnic groups in Asia with birth order peculiarities but there are other factors working there.:(
The ones who kill / neglect / abort their infant daughters?Yes, yes, plural of anecdote isn't data. I know.
It's a useful phrase, and one I use often myself. Can't really help it, though, I suppose? Even the scientists among us, such as you and Zag, can't help but be influenced by your own experiences, I suppose, unless you are setting up experiments or data-gathering designed to exclude them as far as possible.Interfering Mum? Really feel it is important to encourage kids independence.
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But really they should be looking after themselves.
Interfering? No. That implies you were pushing in. Sounds more as if DS 2 was bleating for Mum's help than it being pushed on him.
I reckon boys are far lazier than girls about getting Mummy to sort their lives out. My brother once got my Mum to phone him in Australia so he wouldn't be late for catching a coach somewhere and miss it. We all told Mum off for that - she stayed up to do it - and teased Bruv about it when he got home.
So yes, DS 2 should definitely have put on his Big Boy Pants and sorted his own life out, but he's a boy, so he'd rather you did it for him, and you're his Mum, so of course you did it.
Sam reckons girls demonstrate far more independence from a young age than boys do - she says few girls over the age of 2 will accept any help dressing themselves, if they can help it, whereas many 10 year old boys would be delighted if someone relieved them of the onerous task of putting their own shoes on.Yes, I agree. But you can't turn off being a parent (I'm guessing as a non-parent).
My mum would do the same. Though I probably would have only told her about the travel dilemma when I was safely back home so she wouldn't have had a chance to help
See my above gender comments (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
So, 1 Bush = declaring war on terror and invading 2 countries. Then what's going on at the moment in gaza is probably around 10 to 20 milliBushes.
Is 1 milliBush 1/1000 th of 1 Bush, then?Supposedly, the secret is to have handsome sons. On average, better-looking men are more likely to produce daughters first.;):whistle:
Says a lot more for my Dad (3 daughters, then 1 son) than it does for OH (2 sons, no daughters.....)PasturesNew wrote: »Which sport is best for you quiz: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28062001
It chose lawn bowls for me
Followed by shooting and table tennis.
I got netball! It's the only competitive sport I've played since I left school I enjoy it, and am looking forward to going back to it after I stop breastfeeding. There is no sports bra in the world which could make it comfortable until then.....
The Commonwealth Games is as big a competition as any in the netball world as essentially all the countries who play it seriously are in the Commonwealth. I think that the final has always been Australia v New Zealand at the C Games. Always.badminton or table tennis.; I'm ignoring the bit where it says I'm a discus or javelin thrower, no disrespect, but none of them look that feminine.....:eek:
Isn't it shot-putters who really go for the butch look? Or hammer throwers?
Badminton sounds a better bet IMO. Or table tennis. More fun as well.PasturesNew wrote: »With hard flooring, you really need to keep an eye out for one of those cordless mini vacuums.... so you can hoover up the little bits/pieces when you spot them. Having the big patio doors open wide a lot of the day and with a whirlwind occurring on the patio a few times a day and dumping stuff in .... it's something that's now on my list
We've got one of those. They are great, I highly recommend them. Useful for sofas / armchairs, too. And corners.Went out with parental unit to celebrate said parental unit's retirement. Ate too much. Feel sick.
Wednesday's fast day was moved to Friday this week under the "because I want to" clause of the diet.
Other than that... is hot. Is sweaty. Has broken washing machine. Oops.
Oooops. Terminally and expensively broken? This isn't the weather where you want to be out of clean shirts / pants / etc! Is parent happy to retire?ukmaggie45 wrote: »Sorry for the moan - hope you all don't mind,
That's one of many functions of hte NP thread!
I hope the various troubles sort themselves - the heat's enervating enough if you're in perfect health, and if you aren't, so much more so. Ironing etc really can wait, though. It's not going anywhere!chewmylegoff wrote: »The commonwealth games opening ceremony reminds me of a primary school play.
A major difference, though. When you attend a primary school play, you do so under a moral and emotional obligation, because of a close relationship to someone taking part.
With this, you can turn it off, or go and wash your hair, or something.chewmylegoff wrote: »So I can moan about it. Also I can't do anything about it as OH and her mum are watching it and I have the iron rather than the remote!
I thought man was given dominion over the earth, the creeping things that creepeth, and the remote control? Check Genesis!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Don't you hate it when you "invent" a nifty gadget that could sell based purely on price/convenience/ease .... yet you won't as you can't protect it/afford to patent it in the vague hope that, in time, it would provide an income?
Just dreamt up a little gadget that'd solve my immediate problem and a fear others may have..... although not even tooled up to make one for myself.... although I could pop out and make the gadget by visiting a good hardware shop. I think I'll make one for myself actually .... can't share... it's a genius idea.0
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