General Chat

Island is pants at growing mushrooms :-D

Tweedledum and Tweedledee Stray - chin-chin! :-D

I get a Vodka Virus sometimes too ;-)

Doris Day!!! Shortlist (and it will be a smash hit) are Leonora Lewis, Jane MacDonald, Barry Humphries and Bonnie Langtry :-D :-D

I fell in the pit we emptied our lavvy bucket into twice. Each time I was wearing some new clothes and each time I was with my cousin.

This same cousin has never forgiven me for passing the eleven plus fifty years ago.

I can gas, arc and MIG but can't TIG.

I own a commercial torque wrench.

My eyes are a funny colour.

The revelation about Queen Victoria being your gt gt gt grandmother is quite common, I have found in my life. Or at least claims of that. Usually via Prince of Wales (Edward VII)

Have just been reading about the entrance of Princess Alexandra of Denmark and her 2 sisters through London Bridge station in 1862 (I think) in preparation for her marriage to a bronzed and fit young Prince of Wales. Well, that bronzed and fit young man was already paying off lovers at Trinity College, Cambridge and seemed to continue his lifelong hobby till his death in 1910. How many of us are first cousins 3 times removed of Susan with, I wonder. I worked with a girl in Cambridge about my age who claimed her gt grandmother had a fling with Bertie - and the photo of her gt grandmother more or less convinced me she was right. :-) She was a single mum never short of cash was her gt grandmother!!

I have one on my tree - Mme Augusta d'Este, daughter of Duke of Sussex. Her brother Augustus could easily have been King and perhaps Victoria would not even have had a look in, except as a minor royal. But Duke of Sussex married a "commoner".

Isn't family history interesting sometimes?

lol @island, me n Wend could be wine flu twins ;-)

I'm looking for a saxophonist doubling french horn wearing size 37 boots.

I was Kaiser Bills' batman

I'd like to teach the world to sing

I talk to the trees

I saw mummy kissing Santa Claus

6. Wend gets wine flu all year round.

wow - what amazing stories - Florence :-D :-D <3

MistyCat - we need you on the depression thread

lol wend not today tho :-D

Stray's son is amazing - and very cute :-) Stray's Mum is also amazing :-) Don't tell Stray I said so ;-)

You didn't all believe Susanwiv's little porkies did you? A nun indeed and Queen Victoria's great great granddaughter? Come on :-D Great way to start a very interesting thread - wouldn't you say?

Wend, I don't think you`ve lost your marbles, but you may have a hole in the bag, he he.
:-D :-D :-D

StrayKitten wishes to add:

6.....i get wine-flu regularly all year round :-D

1.... my son is amazing "altho some of you already know this"
2..... my mum is amazing "but dont tell her i said so"
3..... i once sang "the snowman" at the town hall "oh the shame"
4..... i had 2 of my fingers cut of in a door n sewed back on ;-)
5..... i LOVE christmas :-D :-D :-D

My Mum was a Geordie but didn't have a trace of accent left by the time I grew up.
My Grandfather was married 5 times 4 were bigamist.
I've flown to Australia and back 4 times on my own and to America once.
That didn't scare me but I'm scared of and won't drive on motorways here.
I use my Dads saying a lot when things don't go right. " it makes you want you throw the whole house up the chimney"

James I of Scotland is my 18xgreat-grandfather
(no biggie, I think half of Scotland is descended from the Stewarts :-) )

I have metal pins in my feet :-0

I have a toyboy (but I'm not a cougar!) :-0

I can sign for the deaf, and have a smattering of 5 languages, can swear in many more.

I'm a .................. hmmmm, I don't think I'll leave that one :-D :-0 :-0 :-0

1. I played badminton at Wimbledon.

2. I was part of a team that danced for the Queen.

3. I was a police officer.

4. My gt grandfather was killed in he Creswell mining disaster, his body wasn't recovered until 11 months later.

5. My nan lived until she was 102.

Chris

I've been on national TV due to my driving skills

Paul Young made me a cup of tea after we'd had a fight in a car park

I've done several parachute jumps and also wing walked

I have had dinner cooked by sumo wrestlers in Japan

My family's pub in Ballyhooly is featured on the "Pubs of Ireland" poster

1. My great great grandfather was maltese (my oh says i'm a maltesa!)
2. One of my ancestors was captured with guy fawkes for trying to blow up parliament.(son says omg we have terrorists in the family)
3. I launched the blood doning appeal for Scotland 2003 on t.v
4.I met Adam(from countryfile) and had my pic taken with him 3yrs ago.
5.I have given 26 pints of blood and have my silver award.

Susan well well are you royalty then?

Interesting thread
Florence
in the hebrides. :-)

Will get back to the thread tomorrow. I have to be awake by 4-30 to go to an agility competition.

As Suemaid says.....nobody is boring. It has been quite interesting in fact.....gotta go.....be good :-D

Much respect Sue - whenever I'm asked what I would like to be able to do - it's public speaking!

Very envious of you to have that talent :-D

No-one is boring - we all have interesting stories in our lives :-D <3