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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
ION, does anyone know of a collective noun for aunts? Let me tell you four in one place is entirely sufficient.
Well, for ants, you have your choice of colony, army, swarm, or nest, but none of those seems right. Perhaps bevy?
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Welease Woderwick
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In Scouse, the Liverpool dialect, going for a bevy means going to the pub for a drink so to use it of aunts has strange and unfortunate connotations!
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In my family it would be a loquacity of aunts.
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Curiosity killed ...
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P G Wodehouse, who writes much on aunts, goes for a gaggle of aunts:
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On the cue 'five aunts' I had given at the knees a trifle, for the thought of being confronted with such a solid gaggle of aunts, even if those of another, was an unnerving one. Reminding myself that in this life it is not aunts that matter, but the courage that one brings to them, I pulled myself together.
(from The Mating Season via wikiquotes
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[ 14. July 2016, 07:38: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
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Offspring sounded quite cheery last night when I spoke to her, sent home after general anaesthetic, but called at 6am before heading back to A&E. Apparently she's now a fan of oral morphine, which does not strike me as a good thing™.
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Poor Curious Kitten - hope she feels better soon.
I'm really calling in to say au revoir, as we're heading off later today to start our new life in Fredericton.
I'll be off-line for a while, as we don't at the moment know where we'll be staying, but I'll be back as soon as I can.
Be good while I'm away (not you, Wodders ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) )
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Welease Woderwick
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I'm glad you percieve me as the ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif) that I am!
I hope all goes well.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone; I think I'll keep looking although all of the above may be applicable at various times. I have plans to be a formidable aunt myself, so I'll have to be careful what I say.
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ThunderBunk
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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
Thanks for the suggestions everyone; I think I'll keep looking although all of the above may be applicable at various times. I have plans to be a formidable aunt myself, so I'll have to be careful what I say.
I'm polishing my skills for being a proper eccentric uncle. Who am I kidding: it's been something of a lifelong labour....
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I had a rather pleasant public holiday yesterday but the evening ended so horribly in the South I’m feeling a bit depressed about it now…
In more cheerful news, on Wednesday night I had dinner with Eliab and his family, who are on holiday near Paris. Lovely people.
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Ariel
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I have a colleague currently on holiday with her family, who live in France. She's in Normandy, but I imagine everybody will be talking about Nice.
In other news, brace yourselves for possibly the oddest chocolate flavour yet to hit the market. I haven't tried it. I have no plans to. It's...
Irn-Bru and Bacon Chilli Chocolate.
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Ariel:
...Irn-Bru and Bacon Chilli Chocolate.
May I just say:
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Stercus Tauri
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
P G Wodehouse, who writes much on aunts, goes for a gaggle of aunts:
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On the cue 'five aunts' I had given at the knees a trifle, for the thought of being confronted with such a solid gaggle of aunts, even if those of another, was an unnerving one. Reminding myself that in this life it is not aunts that matter, but the courage that one brings to them, I pulled myself together.
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After another break-in when we lived in Texas, my wife told the policeman she had seen a gaggle of girls hanging around outside some time earlier. He looked thoughtful for a moment and then said,"No, ma'am - you mean a passel". In English, that would be parcel, which sounds oddly right for aunts, too.
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Welease Woderwick
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I got a phone call from Herself this morning to say the Dr was favouring Monday or Tuesday for delivery then another call 30 minutes later to say she was being prepped for theatre immediately as he had changed his mind. By the time I got there it was all over - a boy and a girl, both doing well. Mother knackered. Names to be announced in due course (8 weeks). New father still shell-shocked but smiling.
Just a few minutes ago he called to ask me his wife's date of birth!
No photos yet but soon.
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Jack the Lass
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Congratulations to Herself and Himself, and welcome to the world little ones!
After we'd been married well over a year, TME had cause to ask me how I spell my first name...
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Pigwidgeon
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Congratulations, Uncle Woderwick, Herself, Himself, and the two little ones!
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Ariel
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![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) One of each - perfect! Congratulations!
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Ferijen
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Congratulations to you all and welcome to the little selves!
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Congratulatins of Herself, Himself and WW. One of each at the same time seems like extreme efficiency to me, aka Mrs Thatcher, Not that I think Herself is anything like Mrs T.
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I've just been to the local Tesco to buy some food and as I was on the way out through the shop door with the trolley, a man approached me and said 'excuse me' so I stopped. He was a man of about 40, normally dressed, white but from his accent not British.
He then said to me 'take some money and say thank you'. 'I beg your pardon' I replied. I heard him well enough but was completely taken aback. He repeated the same phrase and held out his hand, gesturing me to do the same. So I did, and he put two pounds into my hand. I said thank you as instructed and he walked off.
??? Admittedly my shopping was mostly from the everyday value range but I don't think I looked in particular need of a handout. I am very curious about what was going on but I guess I will never know.
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Gee D
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WW - Congratulations and well done by all.
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Glad tidings WW! Hope all progresses well.
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Hearty congratulations all round.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Many congratulations to all in the WW household, now slightly bigger.
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Congratulations to the Wodders' household!
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Congratulations to Himself, Herself and of course Uncle WW - and welcome to the little ones - may they be a great blessing to you all.
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Get some sleep while you can
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Ariel
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Lovely hot summer day. I've been shopping in Stratford on Avon, where they have a gelateria with an indecent amount of different and wonderful flavours. It's the perfect day for hanging out by the riverbank, watching the boats and the wildfowl pass by, or for sitting at a table outside a cafe with coffee and cake.
The countryside is drowsing in the heat, the trees are in full leaf, the birds as vocal as they come, the wheatfields nearly ripe and the poppies in full bloom. Finally, summer has arrived.
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Curiosity killed ...
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I found some amazing elderflower and gooseberry ice cream yesterday at Wivenhoe. We were testing a walk for Guide camp in a few weeks, today I have battle scars from some of the overgrown paths.
Glad all is well in the Welease Woderick household and the babies have arrived safely. How hands on an uncle are you going to be? Extra bodies often being drafted in to support the care of twins and you being on tap and all that ...
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
How hands on an uncle are you going to be? ...
Well, I have promised to go away a bit more often to allow for the parents to bond with the kids without the inconvenience of a doddery old fool needing care and attention.
It has been formally agreed that I shall always talk to the kids in English so they grow up bilingual - as I can't speak Malayalam this can only be a good thing.
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Pigwidgeon
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Lovely hot summer day. I've been shopping in Stratford on Avon...
I am sooo jealous! (But it was, after all, Stratford on Avon's favorite son who coined the phrase "green-eyed monster.")
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ArachnidinElmet
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Lovely hot summer day. I've been shopping in Stratford on Avon, where they have a gelateria with an indecent amount of different and wonderful flavours.
It must be something in the air. I was at the Yummy Yorkshire ice cream parlour near Denby Dale yesterday. They were having a 'Tractor Fest', basically an excuse for a field full of food, craft stuff and a tartan and steampunk brass band, plus a tractor parade for those of an engineering/agricultural bent.
I had brisket and chips followed by lemon mascarpone ginger nut ice cream and all was right with the world.
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Sioni Sais
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Meanwhile, we had "Music in the Park" just over the way from us, so when we returned from church could we park? No we could not. Some appalling parking but eventually Mrs S squeezed the car in.
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All I did was trimmed the edges of the lawn (takes longer than you might think), then lay back on the grass in the sunshine and went to sleep. It was remarkably quiet even though we live in a built-up area.
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
... followed by lemon mascarpone ginger nut ice cream and all was right with the world.
Now I have the green eyed monster sitting on my shoulder! That sounds FAB!
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Lovely hot summer day. I've been shopping in Stratford on Avon...
I am sooo jealous! (But it was, after all, Stratford on Avon's favorite son who coined the phrase "green-eyed monster.")
![[Frown]](frown.gif) I hope you get a chance, maybe next time you're over.
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I keep forgetting it's really easy for me to get to Stratford from the city here in the middle and that I've enjoyed going there on the few days I've met people there for one reason or another!
I think, having grown up less than 10 miles away, it's in "School Trips" category in my mental filing system and therefore not to be considered along with an "All those tourists!!" attitude which I acquired from six years of living in Chester and several years in London.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Ariel:
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Lovely hot summer day. I've been shopping in Stratford on Avon...
I am sooo jealous! (But it was, after all, Stratford on Avon's favorite son who coined the phrase "green-eyed monster.")
I hope you get a chance, maybe next time you're over.
Thanks! I have been there twice and hope to go again. It would be a great place for a Shipmeet.
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There are many words one could use to describe a hot summer's day. Lovely isn't one of them.
Let's turn the thermostat back down to a nice, warm-but-comfortable 18-21 degrees. Anything above that is just unnecessary.
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Ah, someone else with the personal thermostat set to somewhere north of here.
I had to keep windows shut yesterday because of a party next door - smoking. She won't have it in her house.
And my back playing up at the moment means I can't move the fans out from the spare room. The house does have a 'summer air circulation' setting on the warm air system, so there's a bit of movement going on. But all the comfortable part of the house is on the afternoon sun part.
I have experimented over the years with sheets up at the windows, sprayed with water. But the back precludes that.
My best friend really enjoys it like this though, so I must stop whinging.
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My wife said last night (in jest): "Do you want the electric blanket switched on?"
I replied, "Only if you can get it to go in reverse".
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Originally posted by Sipech:
Let's turn the thermostat back down to a nice, warm-but-comfortable 18-21 degrees. Anything above that is just unnecessary.
Let's not. You have the rest of the year cool to chilly. This country hardly ever gets properly warm so I'm going to thoroughly enjoy basking in the three days of summer that we're getting this year.
(Yes, I know I should be living nearer the equator.)
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31° here, going to be 33° tomorrow. In Paris I don't particularly enjoy that, on account of how we have some of the worst air quality in the developed world. Getting the public transport is not very nice either.
Thus far I've managed to keep the apartment fairly cool by leaving the windows and shutters closed all day and only opening them at night once it cools down. In climates like this, the solution to heat is really, really not to open a window. It always feels a bit odd sitting in the dark though.
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LVER, there are a number of things I don't like about Paris, but le Metro has to be well up the list. That and the hazard presented by incontinent dogs.
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I'm enjoying having a breeze through the house with all the windows open, but wish that neighbours would realise that their hedges are not as soundproof as brick walls - a current conversation is one I'd not choose to overhear, so I'm taking myself off for a stroll along the local nature reserve before going to water my thirsty crops.
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
My wife said last night (in jest): "Do you want the electric blanket switched on?"
I replied, "Only if you can get it to go in reverse".
Like this?
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