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The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

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  • silvasava
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    MadamMim - you're in!!
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • Floss
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    Cocketts wrote: »
    My grandmother used to say 'you don't look at the mantlepiece when you are stoking the fire':eek:

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :beer: to your grandmother!

    Lillibet please DON'T mention N****e....she's been away so long it must be hoped that she has become misplaced :p:D
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  • monnagran
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    I'm not sure about 'Siren Song,' Silva. As I recall, the Siren's job description was something about luring likely looking sailors on to the rocks so that their boats were wrecked.
    I don't remember what they did with the likely looking sailors.
    Had their wicked way with them perhaps?

    mmmmm..............maybe 'Siren's Song' isn't such a bad idea after all. Let me think about it.
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    Have trouble remembering how to fly.
  • monnagran
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    Floss wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :beer: to your grandmother!

    Lillibet please DON'T mention N****e....she's been away so long it must be hoped that she has become misplaced :p:D

    Sorry to disappoint you but Nursie has not been misplaced at all. I happen to know that she is residing in GreyQueen's understair cupboard with Henri d'Vac.
    An unlikely coupling, I know, but you know what they say......."There's a lid for every pot." Or in this case, "There's a Nursie for every French dirt suckerupper."
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    Have trouble remembering how to fly.
  • Floss
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    Oh good, I was a bit worried that she may have absconded while GQ was cleaning her new-to-her bicyclette, but as long as you're sure she is still safely tucked away that's OK.
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  • MMF007
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    I think I'll pack a freezer box with my latest discovery for you all to sample *thinks* this should guarantee my place on board.
    How about nutmeg icecream?!? If I need to up the stakes I could run to apple tarte tatin with nutmeg icecream?!
    Oh, and as my 'plus one', I nominate my caribbean friend - tall dark and handsome with a voice like soft velvet and a very chivalrous manner. Shiver me timbers, indeed!
    I'm off for a lie down in a darkened room, the excitment is just too much for me :rotfl:
    I have changed my work-life balance to a life-work balance. :grin:
  • silvasava
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    MmF - yesyesyes - I'm gonna have to have another cuppa - a deep dark voice always does it for me - Hugh and Russel can go overboard And ice cream!!! Jester can take the tiller cos ill be occupied
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • silvasava
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    Sorry - tablet friends with Monna's - Hester!!!!
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • monnagran
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    MMF, please slap a 'RESERVED' notice on your friend. He's mine.

    It's not raining. The wind isn't blowing. The sun isn't shining. It's not bitterly cold. It's not over-warm.

    That's the weather dealt with.

    No plans for today except for cooking a nice lunch. For me. Because I'm worth it.

    Can you tell that I am struggling for something to say?

    I'll let you all get on with your interesting lives.

    THOUGHT FOR SUNDAY

    Answered prayers don't always look like we expect them to.
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    Have trouble remembering how to fly.
  • monnagran
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    I repeat, He's mine! Eat your heart out Silva.
    I believe that friends are quiet angels
    Who lift us to our feet when our wings
    Have trouble remembering how to fly.
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