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Alan Cresswell
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Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot…
For those in the UK, enjoy the fireworks safely. Check there's no wildlife sheltering in the bonfire before you light it.
The rest of us will have no such fun (the best I'll manage is the regular loud fireworks set off by the local school ... at 6 in the morning!)
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Ha! the anniversary of Mr. Lamb's installation as pastor here. I remember thinking Guy Fawkes' Day was appropriate. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot…
For those in the UK, enjoy the fireworks safely. Check there's no wildlife sheltering in the bonfire before you light it.
The rest of us will have no such fun (the best I'll manage is the regular loud fireworks set off by the local school ... at 6 in the morning!)
First time I ever went to England we landed on the afternoon of bonfire night. It was also (they said) the worst rain storm to hit the UK in decades. We saw one lonely oil drum bonfire sputtering on a rooftop across from our hotel.
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Jengie jon
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It always rains on bonfire night. The Good Lord knows we cannot be trusted with fire so sets the sprinklers to over time.
Jengie
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LeRoc
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Today is the Day of Black Consciousness in Brazil.
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Hedgehog
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On this date in 1928, John Barrymore married Dolores Costello.
This union would result in two children (Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore and John Drew Barrymore). On his fourth marriage, John Drew Barrymore would father Drew Barrymore.
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Welease Woderwick
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Today is Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day - I celebrated mine by having a 2 hour nap this afternoon - I'm really good at naps!
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Kelly Alves
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I have a unique talent for being born on this day ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Hedgehog
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No wonder you are so uniquely talented! Happy Birthday!
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Welease Woderwick
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Felicitations Kelly!
![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Alan Cresswell
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Now, some may consider the last Thursday in November to already be a special day to give thanks.
But, don't forget the even more important celebration. Today is Cake Day
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Piglet
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Did someone mention CAKE?
While I'm here, may I wish all our American shippies seasonal felicitations and happy turkey-eating?
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Welease Woderwick
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The Feast of Saint Andrew today. Patron Saint of Scotland, in the Western tradition and of many places within the Eastern tradition.
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Alan Cresswell
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I cooked a haggis supper last night after our prayer meeting. OK, so it was haggis from cans (because I didn't fancy the logistical difficulties of bringing a proper haggis half way around the world). Tatties were simple. Neeps a bit more challenging, I resorted to a mix of carrot and diakon - which worked quite well.
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Baptist Trainfan
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You probably couldn't get any Irn Bru, though ...
We have a bottle ready to be opened later.
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Alan Cresswell
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No, I didn't use any of my 23kg allowance to carry Irn Bru. Just single malt whisky.
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Piglet
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Proper thing too - although you could possibly use the Irn-Bru if you over-indulge in the whisky ...
Happy St. Andrew's Day to all, and happy haggis-hunting!
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Welease Woderwick
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![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Yesterday I missed putting World AIDS Day on here - after 30+ years the fight goes on and the search for a cure continues. Like many gay men I have lost a number of friends to the disease - but remember that worldwide it is primarily a disease that affects women and that, as in most things, the poor are the most vulnerable - but is a disease that can strike anyone.
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Welease Woderwick
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Today is Disability Day so let us please be aware of how the world around us disables so many people and how something as sample as a single step can disable others - not so far from here and very close to where we used to live they built a beautiful new mosque with a fabulous ramp up from street level to improve access - except at the bottom of the ramp was a step! Thus wheelchair users were unable to worship there.
Today is also Roof over your Head Day just to help us realise that there are a lot of people in this world who don't have this luxury - and mainly we just take it for granted - I know I do.
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barrea
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on Wednesday we shall (God Willing)be celebrating our 65th Wedding Anniversary. Time goes by so quickly. Has anyone else on SOF been married longer. We have had some hard times. But God has been with us and we have survived.praise Him.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Blimey, barrea. Very impressive. Many congratulations.
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Sioni Sais
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Great to hear from you again barrea. Many congratulations!
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Piglet
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Congratulations, Barrea - that really is quite some achievement!
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Hedgehog
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December 4: Bartender Appreciation Day.
I believe I can do that...
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Welease Woderwick
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Today is also World Wildlife Conservation Day - and added to that I saw a mongoose dash across the road in front of us on the way back from the shops. Cute but can be vicious.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Today is also World Wildlife Conservation Day - and added to that I saw a mongoose dash across the road in front of us on the way back from the shops. Cute but can be vicious.
No surprise. It's basically a tropical ferret on steroids, and ferrets are best known for getting their teeth into anything and not letting go.
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MrsBeaky
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quote:
Originally posted by barrea:
on Wednesday we shall (God Willing)be celebrating our 65th Wedding Anniversary. Time goes by so quickly. Has anyone else on SOF been married longer. We have had some hard times. But God has been with us and we have survived.praise Him.
Many congratulations to you both- that is certainly something worth celebrating!
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Welease Woderwick
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Some folks here [including a penguin person] will be excited that today is Sachertorte Day but it is also World Soil Day so is pretty darned important when it comes to some of the little things, like FOOD!
We like Food!
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Lothlorien
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I saw on the Rural Fire Service page that today is Volunteers Day. I did much volunteer work for many years. I am grateful for the thousands who volunteer down here, particularly those like rescue services and fire fighting.
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Kelly Alves
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quote:
Originally posted by barrea:
on Wednesday we shall (God Willing)be celebrating our 65th Wedding Anniversary. Time goes by so quickly. Has anyone else on SOF been married longer. We have had some hard times. But God has been with us and we have survived.praise Him.
Many years!
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Hedgehog
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So Hanukkah started at sundown yesterday, and we still have a few days to celebrate the Festival of Lights.
December 7, 1787: My home state of Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Hence, Delaware is billed as "The First State."
Of course, December 7 is also National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to remember the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Piglet
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My Better Half is turning 60 today. Am I really old enough to have a husband who qualifies for a bus-pass?
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Baptist Trainfan
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No, you aren't - at least, not in Britain! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
The age is going up: I will be 62 in February but I won't qualify for my Pass until 2019. Things may be different in Canada.
Anyway, congratulations - is he having a special Recital to celebrate?
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Abigail
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
The age is going up: I will be 62 in February but I won't qualify for my Pass until 2019.
Move to London! We get ours at 60! (it was the only thing about turning 60 last year that i actually enjoyed )
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Piglet
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Now that I think about it, I don't even know if it applies here or not. There are one or two places (restaurants, cinemas etc.) that offer "senior discounts", and he's been offered them for years, as his hair's somewhat white ...
I understand from friends in the Irish Republic that you not only get a bus-pass, but free train travel when you're an OAP (not sure whether the cut-off is 60 or 65). We used to know a couple in Cork who would use it to go up on the train to Dublin to baby-sit their grandchildren.
BT - no recital (he just did an ordinary one yesterday). We are, however, doing some restaurant research in the evening.
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L'organist
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posted by Abigail quote:
Move to London! We get ours at 60!
Whereas those of us who don't live in the capital don't. If you are 60 this month you won't get your bus pass until your 66th birthday - maybe. Latest word from DWP requesting my projected pension details is that I should receive my pension at age 66 with the caveat that the information "is correct at the time of writing" - make of that what you will.
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Hedgehog
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Am I really old enough to have a husband who qualifies for a bus-pass?
That is entirely his own fault for marrying a child-bride thirty years his junior...
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Uncle Pete
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
My Better Half is turning 60 today. Am I really old enough to have a husband who qualifies for a bus-pass?
Perhaps it is different in Canada's newest province, but in Ontario, I got mine at 65. I get a lot of senior discounts - one today without even asking. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
My bus pass is not free, not at all. But $42.50 a month beats $125 a month all hollow.
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Baptist Trainfan
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
We are, however, doing some restaurant research in the evening.
Gosh ... how many meals will you be trying (for comparative reasons, of course)?
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Piglet
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Just one this evening - and it was a very good one - my saffron risotto with veal cheek was one of the nicest things I've ever eaten.
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Happy birthday to a much loved musician.
Oh, and Beethoven too... ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Alan Cresswell
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And you managed to get that into a Hell thread too. Congratulations
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Uncle Pete
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My brother Dave (deuce2) died seven years ago today. It doesn't seem that long, and the ache in my heart is just as big as it was that day. I wouldn't want him back, sick as he was with pancreatic cancer, but I miss him. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Lothlorien
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Hugs Pete. I was thinking of him yesterday and wondering how long ago it happened. There is always a hole. Raw grief may ease, but the hole remains.
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Welease Woderwick
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Today is International Migrants Day and this year it seems most appropriate as there are so many migrants in the world - both migrants by force and migrants by choice - I'm one of the latter and am a descendant of Huguenots who were the former.
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Piglet
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Another Migrant By Choice checking in - I'll join you in a wee celebration!
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Sioni Sais
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Not much of the migrant about me but Mrs S and Youngest Son were born in Malta, her mother has Breton forebears and her Irish father has some Norwegian. Me? British and a bit of French, way back.
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December 21 is International Dalek Remembrance Day.
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