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Thread: Keep Calm and Carry On - the British thread 2014
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Jengie jon
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quote: Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...: Beach, Lindisfarne - there isn't a lot of beach on Lindisfarne, is there, most of what's there is stony / pebbly / rocky? Nothing like Bamburgh.
Another lover of Lindisfarne and Bamburgh here
North side of the Island, the nature reserve which is largely sand dune.
Jengie
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Nicodemia
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Autumn has definitely arrived here - rain, gales, rain, the dustbin blown all over the garden, and the patio chair sitting on the hydrangea!
Ah well, it was lovely while it lasted.
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Boogie
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I've looked it up.
"These Grade II listed fishermen’s cottages are ideally placed to enjoy this unique location. Offering contemporary comfort yet retaining charm and original character, they sit within walking distance of the harbour and long sandy beaches."
So I did have sandy beaches in mind, and it sounds great! Mustn't forget the camera.
(Yes, yes - I know it's not 'till May but one has to pass these rainy days somehow, hehe)
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Jack the Lass
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We didn't visit Lindisfarne this time as we spent a weekend there last year. Jengie is right, the north side of the island is glorious sand-dunes. My overwhelming memory of Lindisfarne though was the WIND - my goodness, we were pretty much horizontal every time we stepped out of the door! It was absolutely wild!
Bamburgh was lovely (we were about 2 miles away as the crow flies, 5 miles by windy country roads, but we could see the castle in the distance from our cottage). We didn't look in the state rooms of the castle as they weren't accessible for the buggy (they did provide slings and somewhere to store the buggy, but by that point having explored all that the grounds and outside had to offer we were just ready for a cup of tea rather than more culture). It is so impressive as you drive into Bamburgh, I had no idea it was so big! And the beach was lovely, it was the Elf Lass's first experience of the beach and she seemed to like it (we told her she knew she was on the beach as we were all in our thick coats and jumpers!).
We also had a stroll round Northumberlandia one day, which was great, a very leisurely stroll and accessible (although the last bit of the path up to her forehead was a little steep). It had great views over to the Tyne estuary. They built it out of earth they got from the surface mine next door, I think it's a brilliant use of otherwise unusable stuff. Apparently it looks amazing from the air as you fly into Newcastle Airport, I'd love to see that one day!
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Welease Woderwick
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Last Monday, when I went to see the Dr, he said he wanted to see me today - so I went along, dutifully, and the Medical Centre is closed as today is a public holiday - this means I can have two gripes against him tomorrow, this one and the fact the medicine tastes vile. Got to keep them on their toes!
Another lovely day here. sad that I have to go out shortly but my text deal on my phone runs out this afternoon - for less than 40 pence a month I get 500 free texts per month which just about suits me. The cheapo deal on calls runs until Wednesday and I'll only confuse the system if I try to renew it early.
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Piglet
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We moseyed through Northumberland on our way south in September and drove over the tidal causeway on to Lindisfarne (thereby bagging another island ), but not staying as we didn't know how long we had before the tide changed. We had a late lunch at a lovely eaterie/visitor centre not far away (can't remember exact location ) and had the obligatory stop at the Angel.
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Ariel
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Pouring rain, gales, a cold day when the only time I've been warm was when I got home and could put the electric fire on and even now I'm still not quite warm. Major rail disruption, delays and cancellations swirling about like the autumn leaves. What a change from yesterday's calm sunlight, when the trees seemed mostly green, the countryside was basking in the sunlight, and you could fool yourself into thinking it was still September.
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Firenze
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A marked change here as well, but nothing quite so drastic in the weather line. We had the traditional Sulking of the Boiler and Cold Running of the Taps, with the time-honoured Gas Engineer's Morris (they come with their colourful traditional accoutrements of laptops the size of suitcases, and scatter multi page forms over the work surfaces. It's very picturesque.) [ 06. October 2014, 22:01: Message edited by: Firenze ]
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Piglet
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We've had the exact opposite - it reached 21° here today (knocking the previous 6th October record into a cocked hat). You could actually feel the heat hitting you when you went outdoors ...
Laundry done (and sorted ) and batch of French sticks made - feeling moderately virtuous.
And D's just brought me hot chocolate ... and biscuits ...
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Cold here too but not too windy, it rained yesterday but today looks like it'll just be overcast. We changed to our winter wool duvet the night before last but the heating's not on yet.
I've sent one child off to school and the other one isn't up yet so I might try and get some work done early.
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Welease Woderwick
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I have a friend here, lovely guy, camp as a row of pink tents and last night I sent him a little funny in an SMS - remembering that English is not his first language and his spelling can be strange I was rather impressed when he replied:
What a jock!
Obviously he has noticed my incredible physique!
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Piglet
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: ... he replied: What a jock!
Does he think you're Scottish?
Beautiful day here - not quite as warm as yesterday (13° so far) but the sun's splitting the rocks and the trees are wearing their beautiful autumn clothes.
I love autumn.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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A very productive day, I got my OU work done before the school run and spent the morning cleaning my kiln furniture/moulds whilst catching up with Strictly. This afternoon I finished clearing the floor of my sewing room/study. So tomorrow I can have a lovely relaxing day sewing some new projects I might even start studying my new course.
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Piglet
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Well done you!
I haven't had a productive day at all - I started off with a bit of a headache which didn't improve much, and when I got home from w*rk all I wanted to do was curl up on the sofa with Quite Large Bear.
The headache's more-or-less gone now, but I think I'll have an early night.
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Boogie
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Good morning Shipmates
It's a lovely day here again. Cooler than of late, but fine and sunny.
We are all off to the farm to visit the twins (16 months old) we haven't seen them all summer as they've beed away on my brother's boat (he has a Dutch barge currently moord on Tewkesbury - if you go there you won't miss it, it's called Toggenberg after the goats he used to herd - funny family mine!)
Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing how they have grown
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Baptist Trainfan
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We're further east than you are, it's grey and coming on to rain ... not nice. Later this morning I will go and conduct my weekly service at a Sheltered Housing Complex, which I always enjoy. And tonight we have a very interesting meeting of our local Theology Forum ... my wife has already baked the cake and I have bought a Book Token for the speaker! [ 08. October 2014, 07:38: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Hope you're feeling better today piglet. I do love my youngest being old enough to take himself to school, I'm feeling quite productive in the mornings and it'll be even better next year when he starts high school and has to leave at 7.30am. But it won't be better for him though, as Elijah hates getting up. I have already done the laundry and fed the chickens, bottled some wine, baked bread and churned/patted butter. I was going to walk to Waitrose for the weekly shop but it's raining in Cambridge now so that'll have to be another day. I'll have a bit of a browse and then do some studying, and sew later.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Looking back at recent days, I suspect I am hypomanic at the moment (I'm bipolar). Oh well, at least I'll get a few things done
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Welease Woderwick
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When I went back to the Dr yesterday he checked pulse and BP, etc. - I then asked if I could be expected to last until the morning and all he did was pat me on the back and laugh!
Anyway, I made it, and through the day to suppertime, too.
I think that counts as a victory, don't you?
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Piglet
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Glad to hear it, Wodders.
As it happens, the headache didn't really improve - by the time I went to bed last night I felt miserable, and it was still bugging me this morning, so I didn't go in to w*rk (I only do 2½ hours on a Wednesday so I didn't feel too bad about not going in). Having slept on-and-off for most of the day I went to choir practice (good music usually does the trick) and although I still know that I've had a headache, it's not too bad. Will toddle off to bed shortly and hopefully get a good night's sleep.
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Nicodemia
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HA - there is a piece in the Guardian this morning about teenagers brains being wired differently and they need their sleep in the mornings. A school in Bristol has changed the time of starting to 10.00 am (and presumably finishing later) and apparently this has improved everything, from exam results to behaviour in school.
Doesn't help your teenager now, not unless you can move to Bristol!
Real Autumn day here, bright bits, rainy bits and very windy!
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Boogie
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quote: Originally posted by Nicodemia: A school in Bristol has changed the time of starting to 10.00 am (and presumably finishing later) and apparently this has improved everything, from exam results to behaviour in school.
Great idea for the kids - I would hate it as a teacher - I'm an early bird!
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Heavenly Anarchist
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I read that article earlier and found it very interesting. Oddly, my eldest is 13 and an early riser, getting up at 6.30am before the rest of us. I get up shortly afterwards to keep him company. The worse person for sleeping in is probably my husband.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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quote: Originally posted by Nicodemia: Real Autumn day here, bright bits, rainy bits and very windy!
Yes, I noticed a change in the air today on my walk to Waitrose. The blustering wind and changing leaves were very noticeable after the mild weather.
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Jack the Lass
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: quote: Originally posted by Nicodemia: A school in Bristol has changed the time of starting to 10.00 am (and presumably finishing later) and apparently this has improved everything, from exam results to behaviour in school.
Great idea for the kids - I would hate it as a teacher - I'm an early bird!
I think if I were a teacher (heaven forfend!!!!) then I would go in super-early anyway, and use the time for marking and preparation, and aim to leave shortly after the kids. That way I'd still have my evening free.
That's the theory anyway. The reality would probably be that I stayed in bed later and later and then would need to do regular all-nighters to get it done! I might be in my mid-40s, but never seem to have completely thrown off student habits!
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Welease Woderwick
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This evening I saw a local 16 year old lad who has just been away in Delhi for a week, poor boy, at the National Tae-Kwand-Do championship and came away with a silver medal for his age/weight!!
We're only a little village in the middle of nowhere an hour or so north of the city - he has to travel to the other side of the city every Saturday to train all day - so it really is quite an achievement.
Well done A!
p.s. the journey to Delhi was two and half days each way on a train - he agreed with me that by the end it feels as if you have been on the train forever.
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Piglet
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Well done, A! I have no idea what tae kwon-do is, but well done anyway ...
I must still be "channelling my inner teenager" - I'm definitely not a morning person. I'm lucky that my boss doesn't really mind when I do my 17½ hours, so long as they get done, so I don't start w*rk until 10 except on Mondays when D. has to be at Queen's for 9, (which he doesn't like one little bit) and he leaves me to w*rk on the way.
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Welease Woderwick
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We went to the big hypermarket in the mall this morning and they have some new cheeses in stock - hit of the day was Cheddar with Jalapenos and Garlic - not exactly cheap but so scrummy! Himself got some fresh goats cheese, presumably made by fresh goats and I also got some more of the Garlicky Gouda. We also got a freezer full of nice bread and, again for me, some Mackay's Lemon & Lime Marmalade.
I now have to do my accounts and take the amount I paid on my debit card off my account balance.
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Nenya
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Ah, WW, if you do Facebook you should update your status with that picture of a sign outside a restaurant that was going around a while ago - "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to diss a Brie?"
I've got to get on a plane tomorrow, haven't done that for years. I was scared then and I'm scared now.
Nen - reaching for the Quiet Life tablets and Rescue Remedy spray.
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Piglet
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Is it going to take you somewhere nice?
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Nenya
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France. For a friend's wedding.
Liking the P, Piglet.
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Piglet
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I'd been thinking for a while that I'd capitalise it at the next name-change; when I sign host-posts I use a capital P, so I thought, why not have it all the time?
Wouldn't want any other name though - Piglet suits me just fine.
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Jengie jon
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Thanks Piglet
You have just reminded me what my name change was going to be. I think I will try it out.
Jengie
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Boogie
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**Tries out new avatar for size and does a twirl**
Yes, I think I suit it
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Ariel
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Treated myself to two new anthologies of poetry this evening - one is tiny enough to fit into my handbag and is a beautiful little thing with marbled endpapers and a pretty coloured header on each page, the other is bigger with gilt-edged pages and looks like a small, modern Book of Hours, complete with splashes of gold in the coloured illustrations inside. Both contain some of my favourite poems, and both cost under £10 each.
I know I shouldn't buy any more books but as the very first line in the smaller book says, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
quote: Originally posted by Nenya: France. For a friend's wedding.
Good luck Nenya. Once you are actually on the plane and the angst is over, it'll be a different matter and you'll feel quite proud of yourself for having done it. I hope you have a lovely weekend and a good flight back.
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Chocoholic
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: **Tries out new avatar for size and does a twirl**
Yes, I think I suit it
Oh yes, it definitively suits madam.
Which doggie is that?
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Boogie
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quote: Originally posted by Chocoholic: quote: Originally posted by Boogie: **Tries out new avatar for size and does a twirl**
Yes, I think I suit it
Oh yes, it definitively suits madam.
Which doggie is that?
That is Gypsy, Guide Dog Puppy.
So I am named after a dog (Boogie)
and my Avatar is a dog (Gypsy)
I am just Dogged
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Uncle Pete
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Strangely, Boogie, I am still seeing your old avatar, here in the frozen North™
[well blow me down! How much is that doggie in the window? [ 10. October 2014, 23:31: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
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Welease Woderwick
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Boogie, she's a sweetie!
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Welease Woderwick
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A Muslim neighbour gets married today and, as we are a bit busy today, we went to the evening 'do' last night. Eating later than 7 p.m. never really suits me and the food was really quite greasy, not at all like the food we were given by the folks just across the road from them last Monday.
The result - a restless night, wide awake at 4.30 a.m. so got up and came in here and now mega-tired when I should be getting up and facing the busy day we have planned.
Not sure what has happened locally but I have heard a stream of ambulances rushing up the Airport Road - there is a big hospital 3 km up there so to hear one or two occasionally is not unusual but not this many.
Sod it, I am going back to bed for an hour and if it makes us late then we're late!
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Piglet
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Boogie, I adore you new avatar - she's a wee sweetie!
Spent a good chunk of yesterday evening working on the order of service for the Ordination next Thursday, and have it almost sorted - just as well, as they're having a rehearsal on Tuesday and they'll need copies.
Busy weekend ahead - a very elderly lady of the congregation died yesterday and the choir's singing at her funeral on Saturday afternoon, then I'm getting my hair cut and doing a spot of retail therapy.
Sunday - Harvest Thanksgiving.
Monday - probably going in to w*rk in the morning to bank a few hours to take when I want them, then going to friends in the late afternoon/evening for turkey and all the trimmings ...
Hope your feelings of unwellness have gone away, Wodders.
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M.
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Boogie, like Uncle Pete, I am still seeing your old avatar as well.
How weird.
M.
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Welease Woderwick
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M. if you carry on being like Uncle Pete for too long seek urgent medical advice!
I have slept away, quite blissfully, most of the morning and a lot that we were going to do today will now take place some other time...
...or possibly never.
The ambulance sirens have been explained - I got up before my alarm so every five minutes after alarm clock time the poor mobile phone [in my bedroom] was trying to wake me up and what I heard was the echo through the Great Hall, servants quarters, stairwell, etc.
[edited to add final smilie] [ 11. October 2014, 06:55: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
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Sarasa
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Boogie, I can see your new avatar on my computer, and very nice it is too. On my phone I still see the old one. Odd.
I'm waiting for the rest of the family to wake up and then we are going to the local open air swimming pool. Well at least that was the plan last night before we started drinking wine.
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M.
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Hmm, Wodders, perhaps you're right!
My day is a bit less exciting than most, it seems. Macarius is teaching at a Saturday course and I am doing the housework.
Well, actually at the moment, I'm playing on the Ship, obviously. And thinking of making myself another slice of the cheese on toast I had as a reward for cleaning the bathroom and showerroom. With another nice cup of tea.
M.
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Ariel
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: The ambulance sirens have been explained - I got up before my alarm so every five minutes after alarm clock time the poor mobile phone [in my bedroom] was trying to wake me up and what I heard was the echo through the Great Hall, servants quarters, stairwell, etc.
You have a ringtone of an ambulance siren?
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Welease Woderwick
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No, but it is amazing how like it it sounds when Ride of the Walkyries echoes through the house - and my hearing was a bit awry this morning anyway.
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Other way round for me, I can see Boogie's new avatar on my phone, but not on my laptop.
(I'm surprised you managed a customised avatar so quickly - they always had to go to Simon to do and it's not always immediate.)
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quote: Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...: Other way round for me, I can see Boogie's new avatar on my phone, but not on my laptop.
(I'm surprised you managed a customised avatar so quickly - they always had to go to Simon to do and it's not always immediate.)
Simon did it the same day and emailed me to let me know
It's Gypsy's winning looks that did it, I'm sure [ 11. October 2014, 12:29: Message edited by: Boogie ]
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