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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Yes, indeed - in The Castle Museum in York the 1950s room is the room I grew up in - terrifying to see it there!

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That was my childhood room! I don't remember you though.

I felt quite upset in that museum. Too many of the room sets were rooms and artefacts that looked like home to me.

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Originally posted by L'organist:
re cough mixtures:

Anyone else remember Pulmo Bailly?

Had an aroma like paint stripper, the taste defied description

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Anyone else remember Pulmo Bailly?

Had an aroma like paint stripper, the taste defied description

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It was very economical; after one dose, for the rest of the winter you only had to get the bottle out of the cabinet for your cough to shrivel back with a whimper. My father was the only person known to need more than one dose - until my mother caught him tipping it into the rubber plant.

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
On a different theme altogether: my wife and I played hookey and went on a lovely cruise from Clacton on the old paddle-steamer "Waverley". All right, the Essex scenery is not quite up to the standards of the Clyde, but the ship is a historic museum-piece, the weather was gorgeous, the sea flat calm; and it all brought back memories of childhood holidays for my Scottish wife!

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Having failed to get myself organised enough to go on a trip along the south coast, last year I took a trip from Cumbrae, so in her home waters. The sea was as calm as a mirror and the trip was wonderful - we were greeted at each island by pipers.

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... or even reading the sauce bottle on the table ...

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And I thought D. was the only one who did that.

Actually, he gets round it these days because we do crosswords while we're eating ...

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I suppose audio books would have been a good alternative but I hadn't thought of that at the time.

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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
...demanding of everyone 'Have you been washed in the blood of the lamb?'! ...

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Crikey - these days he'd get fired for that sort of thing.

Regarding reading everything, my late father-in-law would take ages walking round museums or cathedrals, as he'd stop to read every single plaque. When D's niece was very small, we were all going round Canterbury Cathedral, and every so often we'd hear the plaintive cry:

Come on, Grandpa ...Grandpa ... Grandpa ...

It has rather a good echo ...

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I suppose audio books would have been a good alternative but I hadn't thought of that at the time.

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My mother, who had been a great reader, was blind for the last fifteen years of her life. She used to get audio books, but there was one major drawback; it is very difficult to skip parts you don't like. She and I both enjoyed mysteries, and I enthusiastically recommended Dick Francis to her. Most of his stories contain at least one violent scene. I always skip over these. When you are reading, it's easy to find the end of the part you don't want to read; when you're listening it's very difficult. She gave up on Dick Francis.

Moo

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Conversely, if - like me - you are a fast reader, audio books don't let you skip the descriptive parts and head straight for the action which is very good for me.

My problem is that I tend to fall asleep and wake up at exactly the same point every time, which makes life very difficult *sigh*

My favourite, though, was when I started what was supposed to be the first of a series. I was thinking 'gosh, not a lot of scene-setting/ background info here' but I was picking up the storyline okay - then I realised I'd missed the first half of the book altogether! No wonder we were approaching the denouement rather faster than we should have been It stopped me bothering with the rest of the series, though.

Mrs. S, filling in the gaps for herself

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We've got the St. Francis Blessing the Animals service tomorrow, so a flurry of activity

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I don't usually have trouble reading accurately, but I did read that as "a furry of activity."

Thanks to all who expressed sympathy following my visitation. Like Nicodemia, and others here too I think, my con evo church has some very lovely friends in it and I do go on Sunday and smile enigmatically at the bits I don't agree with. I'm wary of joining a home group though as I think it would be harder to keep my thoughts to myself in that context.

During the conversation I felt angry and upset by turns but was determined to show neither as I'm sure she'd have seen it as a touch from The Lord and either prayed over or exorcised me. Possibly both.

Nen - consummate actress.

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We've got the St. Francis Blessing the Animals service tomorrow, so a flurry of activity has resulted in Scots broth bubbling gently in the slow-cooker, to be fed to the cleaning-up volunteers afterwards.

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Blimey, Piglet, I hope the 'Scots broth' is not an indication of what happens to badly behaved animals at the service.

In other news, I've just come back from a Beer and Hymns at the local Anglican church. The music was, by their own admission, not the best, but a good time was had by all and the buffet, including dripping sandwiches and black pudding, was demolished at speed.

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A-in-E, you'll be glad to know that no dogs or cats* were harmed in the making of the soup (which must have been quite well-received, as there wasn't much left).

* I can't vouch for the lambs who provided the bones for the stock ...

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That sounds lovely Jack the Lass. I visited Bamburgh a couple of months ago for the first time (staying in Seahouses), it's a stunning place with the requisite tiny teashop.

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