General Chat

1. I once did a sponsered jailbreak from Shepton Mallet; and got all the way to Swindon in Wilstshire.

2. I used to run marathons when I was younger.

3. I once ate a whole black forest gateaux. Yum :-)

4. My gf is an immigrant

5. Today is my birthday :-)

1. I was a diving champion at Crystal Palace

2. I have many siblings

3. My Aga is my best friend

4. My grandmother was french

5. I'm married to my childhood sweetheart (but my heart is with my border collie) :-0

I used to go to ballet lessons.

I have driven an HGV.

I have 4 valid driving licences.

I have a Swiss bank account.

I performed on stage for the first time at the age of 5 and was the star of the show - yet, since adulthood, performing on stage is something which would absolutely petrify me.

Oh dear, Oh dear........ can I think of five that you don't already know? :-D

1. I have a Scozzie accent :-D It gets more Scottish than Aussie when I have a nippy sweetie

2. Margaret Stewart (daughter of James II of Scotland) is my 16xgreat-grandmother

3. I have a toy boy :-D

4. I have danced on stage

5. I have lots of secrets :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

A whole year ago and with the lovely BC and. Hayley too.....just had an entertaining re-read.....

Here we go again.........

1. I have never met anyone from GR

2. Sometimes I can run faster than my dogs :-D

3. I speak with an Irish accent

4. This has been the worst year of my life but I have never told anyone why and doubt I ever will.

5. This time next year I am going to be a millionaire ( they say that if you say it enough times it will come true ) :-D

You're like Gypsy Rose Lee, Dermot. Only a couple of feathers to go.

I am also a xenophobia counsellor - in the Rhondda. There are two Rhondda Valleys and the people of Ferndale have an irrational fear of those who live in Treorchy in next valley. Mind, not so irrational when you see the fights that erupt at the border post up in Penrhys :-( :-(

Dermot, am fretting here. There will be nothing left for you to reveal!! :-D And here was me thinking you were a man of mystery :-D :-( <3

1. I still believe in Santa.

2. I receive numerous Christmas Cards from acquaintanances who never bother to phone me throughout the year.

3. Likewise, I send out loads to many I haven’t called either.

4. Last year, a lady at Church on Christmas Eve handed a card to me saying - “Sorry, I couldn’t remember your name”.

5. I’m training to be a xenophobia counsellor.

1,,,,I hate injections,,,,but have given 1000's

2,,,,I was born on Brit soil but not in GB. ;-).

3.,,,I dislike christmas..

4,,, I would give my last away.

5.,,,I hated school authority.... ;-) :-D :-D :-D.

1. Personal philosophy - a bird in the hand is finger licking good. (Someone else wrote this but I agree entirely.)

2. To be perfectly honest, I usually believe a dishonest man when he tells me he is lying.

3. I look forward to regularly reading ‘The Philadelphia Trumpet’ monthly magazine. (It wouldn’t surprise me if some of the articles were ghost-written by John.)

4. I started a thread on GR Quizzes & Games section in February 2009 which will shortly reach its 28,000 posting.

5. As far as I can tell, just one other Poster from the beginning continues to contribute to this very day. Politicians would love such solidarity.

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 :-(

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

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

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!

:-) :-) :-)

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

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 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. 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.

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 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.