General Chat

No comment, apart from the fact that I wasn't there at the time and I had no say in the matter.

I did later on, but that's another story :-|

1......... when I 1st joined GR I really was 39

2.........when I 1st joined GR I didnt like pasta but I do now but only shells

3..........when I 1st joined GR I had never watched SCD

4..........when I 1st joined GR I did let on about my aoura ;-)

5.........please see no4 which is full beam tonight ......* zips gob* :-(

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

6............ I like GR because it is a community board

7............ I do not like to see people upset

8.............I do not like to see people get far to up themselves

9.............I do like to see when 7&8 coinside

10...........I have always been a rebel please see 7 8 and 9 :-|

1. I like Tayto crisps.

2. I love Cidona.

3. Lyons tea is my preferred medicine for many ills.

4. I should not consume boiled bacon & cabbage prior to a long ramble.

5. Neat handwriting impresses me greatly.

1. I had to appear in Court when I was 8 months pregnant

2. I have a close relative who spent one million pounds in one day in a bi polar episode.

3. I had to commit someone I loved to a mental institution.

4. I have a happy nature

5. I do not, or have never owned a red anorak :-D

5b I have had incredible support from wonderful GR members in the last three
years, *blows kisses to all :-D <3

I is a wiz and am computer literate ;-)

I've always lived near to the sea

I had to appear at an inquest when I was a teenager

I like to be organised if possible

I hate dark gloomy mornings :-(

.....happy today because the skies are blue and sun is shining :-D

Lol....here was me thinking the other day that we don't really know much about Dermot but he always seems to be there in the background. methinks he is making up for it now, and very interesting it is too ;-)

I have to say that all your posts are so interesting but now I want to know more.....one of the biggest questions would be Why?..or.....tell me more!

So if anyone wishes to elaborate ...please feel free :-)

It's the quiet ones that are so interesting. Two of the quiet ones have caught my eye. Dermot, who has written an autobiography if he only posts twice more (what on earth are tayto crisps?).

And dear Hayley with her aura. Their modesty shines through every sentence they write.

:-) ;-)

Seeing as others do it here we go

I do have a valid driving license even though I havent been allowed in the drivers seat for years.

I miss my mother but not with heart-ache

I think I am addicted to crab salad that they do in Spain

I hate crabs

and ....well that will wait for another date

1. I began learning to cycle without stabilisers when I was 5 years old during which time I became well acquainted with every bunch of nettles in the vicinity or thereabouts.

2. My mum & sister caught a fleeting glimpse of Pope John Paul 2nd at Knock, Co Mayo when he made his Papal visit in 1979. It rained most of the day!

3. My dad was James, so was my paternal Grandfather & paternal Great-Grandfather. Lively wits needed when researching the family tree.

4. I’d like to be cremated please - but only after I die. I'm not in any great hurry.

5. We had a working horse on our farm in the 1960s named Dan - a powerful yet gentle pet.

I can read gravestones that are almost smooth.

I can't rivet with a dolly and hammer.

I can wiggle my ears and do my eyebrows like Roger Moore (There's useful!)

My pastry isn't bad.

I can knit.

1. I used to have a disgustingly awful habit of biting my nails till last year. Much pleasure was gained over the years from said activity.

2. I dislike being given vouchers for items or shops irrelevant to my mode of life. (I’ll let John cogitate on this comment for a little while!)

3. I still look forward to relaxing weekends despite being retired for 9 years.

4. I don’t particularly appreciate being asked to house-sit at someone else’s abode for an anticipated parcel delivery - just because I’m readily available & they are at work earning loads of money.

5. I have a reasonably equipped home gym situated in the salubrious garden shed. Free membership.

1 I have been retired for only 4 weeks, and already have forgotten what a weekend is.
2. I read everything that Dermot writes, and understand some of it.
3. I am an imam
4. An ancestor married a first cousin of Queen Victoria. Both father of his wife and father of Princess Victoria were Dukes and sons of George III.
5. I can easily understand writing of 18th century, but have no idea how to read a mobile phone txt msg.

1. The late ‘Albert Arkwright’ was my favourite TV comedy character.

2. My brother’s eldest is a Reporter for The Irish Daily Mail.

3. My dad worked as a tour guide in Northern Ireland - c1930s.

4. Many years later, I remember him going to the local town to buy himself a new bicycle. He returned with a new scooter instead.

5. If I had married my first love, I’d be a widower by now. Sad!

1. If I'd married my first true love, I would be dead.

1. If I'd married my first love, I would have been widowed at age 45

2. I'm a stage 4 ovarian cancer survivor

3 I've never been able to ride a bicycle

4. I won a beauty contest............at Butlins, aged 5!

5. I've climbed a "Munroe" - Shehallion, near Loch Rannoch.

I know I've already had a go, but I thought of 5 more - hope nobody minds!

:-) :-) :-)

Number 2 mate is enough on its own to warrant a second go...oops not my thread but sure they wont mind :-)

However number 3 is a minus point. Come on you done number 2 so conquer number 3 - they have stabilisers you know :)

I think you could still win a beauty contest, GiN. :-)

One of the nice things about being a very old man is that you can compliment a girl and she longer thinks you are either 1. insincere or 2. trying it on.

My OH is same as your 2 (except Stage 4 Cervical, which is slightly less fatal than overian). Back in 1983. Fortunately we lived near Addenbrookes where they were pioneering laser treatment. In those days, it was very unlikely anyone would survive at that advanced stage. Now, she is healthy, 60, and looks 15 years younger. Often, I am taken for her father :-(