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Words / Re: Passata
« on: April 17, 2024, 05:02:41 PM »
I try this every time as I forget it is not allowed and as we are big pasta eaters it is common to us. Christine and David
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: April 14, 2024, 11:53:02 PM »
This rings a lot of bells.Having had 7 dogs in the last 50 plus years I have spent my life saying "wait there a minute" followed by "shift" when they decide to accompany me anyway! The current cocker is probably the most clingy of them all. Christine.
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: April 14, 2024, 12:03:49 AM »
Hi Penny
Mountain Goat Tours still exist and are seen around the Lakes most times we venture out. I think it is a popular way to get around. Currently there are offers on bus ticket prices too which are a great way to get to Keswick and Grasmere etc from Kendal (or anywhere on that route) and as they are capped at only £2 they don't break the bank. I think there are other routes around the area too . Christine
Mountain Goat Tours still exist and are seen around the Lakes most times we venture out. I think it is a popular way to get around. Currently there are offers on bus ticket prices too which are a great way to get to Keswick and Grasmere etc from Kendal (or anywhere on that route) and as they are capped at only £2 they don't break the bank. I think there are other routes around the area too . Christine
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: April 13, 2024, 05:08:05 PM »
Hi Penny
if you are ever in the Lakes area you could pretend you are on the Orient Express if you visit Bassenthwaite Lake Station. Here they have the mock train used to film the Poirot version of Murder on etc and you can have a meal. We called in the other day after a day out in Cockermouth and had coffee and cake. Most folk were tucking into the full afternoon tea and it looked fantastic. We feel another visit coming on to sample it ourselves soon and this would mean eating in the proper dining car as opposed to the goods area where the tea and cake plebs reside! It was lovely though even in the cheap seats! Christine
if you are ever in the Lakes area you could pretend you are on the Orient Express if you visit Bassenthwaite Lake Station. Here they have the mock train used to film the Poirot version of Murder on etc and you can have a meal. We called in the other day after a day out in Cockermouth and had coffee and cake. Most folk were tucking into the full afternoon tea and it looked fantastic. We feel another visit coming on to sample it ourselves soon and this would mean eating in the proper dining car as opposed to the goods area where the tea and cake plebs reside! It was lovely though even in the cheap seats! Christine
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: March 12, 2024, 03:27:43 AM »
Hi Penny
give Darby and Joan a try. We thought it was good. Interesting to see the scenery as well as a pair of quite interesting characters. Still got a couple left to see.
Christine
give Darby and Joan a try. We thought it was good. Interesting to see the scenery as well as a pair of quite interesting characters. Still got a couple left to see.
Christine
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: March 03, 2024, 08:37:05 PM »
To the poetry buffs.
As a young child I loved reading poems. Especially AA Milne. I also had an Anthology of Childrens Verse which I read many times ( I recently bought another vintage copy - an exact replica of the lost one) and think back fondly to happy hours reading them. Then came English Lit O and A level. The dreaded pulling poems apart lessons! I was predicted an A at A Level but got a B because I did very little revision of the poems! A love of poetry ruined. Thanks Mr Thompson.
However I have rallied to the call for contributions to the discussion and I present probably my favourite AA MIlne poem (close run thing with Their Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace -Says Alice !!)
Daffodowndilly
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the Southwind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour;
"Winter is dead."
I was asked to "do a party piece" once at a friend of my parents house and as a shy child I managed the first four lines of this poem. According to the analysis on the net this poem embodies the spirit of hope and renewal of the post First World War era. I see that but I prefer the analysis of a child - simple and charming with a sing song rhythm that makes it easy to remember (well the first half anyway!)
Christine
As a young child I loved reading poems. Especially AA Milne. I also had an Anthology of Childrens Verse which I read many times ( I recently bought another vintage copy - an exact replica of the lost one) and think back fondly to happy hours reading them. Then came English Lit O and A level. The dreaded pulling poems apart lessons! I was predicted an A at A Level but got a B because I did very little revision of the poems! A love of poetry ruined. Thanks Mr Thompson.
However I have rallied to the call for contributions to the discussion and I present probably my favourite AA MIlne poem (close run thing with Their Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace -Says Alice !!)
Daffodowndilly
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the Southwind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour;
"Winter is dead."
I was asked to "do a party piece" once at a friend of my parents house and as a shy child I managed the first four lines of this poem. According to the analysis on the net this poem embodies the spirit of hope and renewal of the post First World War era. I see that but I prefer the analysis of a child - simple and charming with a sing song rhythm that makes it easy to remember (well the first half anyway!)
Christine
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Words / Re: 2024/0217 Ten Letter ... Er, WHAT?
« on: February 28, 2024, 07:11:59 PM »
As I have some vague connections to the Salvstion Army ,I am aware of the Euphonium as an instrument. It did not help me to get this word! Christine
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Words / Re: Bifold - suggestion for new common word
« on: February 22, 2024, 08:10:52 PM »
In every "I want to live in a house I can't really afford " programme in the UK they aspire to bifold doors! Christine
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Words / Re: Word suggestion: uninstall
« on: February 17, 2024, 06:52:31 PM »
We are on a roll with the tech jargon!! Another one that even I tried! Christine
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Words / Re: Word suggestion 'chatbot'
« on: February 15, 2024, 08:26:13 PM »
Of course it could be said that the chatbots are justifying their own existence! Certainly the over friendly Bing chatbox never seems to give up trying to introduce itself to me, hence a tech thicko like me knowing a tiny bit about them. Christine
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Words / Re: Word suggestion 'chatbot'
« on: February 14, 2024, 07:11:01 PM »
I am probably the least tech savvy chi player possible and even I tried chatbot!! Christine.
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: February 02, 2024, 10:12:49 PM »
Here in Kendal we are enduring very long drawn out flood defence works (9 years after a very major flood). Walking around with the dog (as we do on a very regular basisof course) we marvel at the number of time the "Dave " cartoon from the 31st is acted out for our delight and frustration. The best one so far was 6 men watching a 7th in a digging machine make a large hole. A couple of days later a mere 3 of them watched the man with the vibrating machine finish off filling it in! GRR! Christine
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: January 29, 2024, 02:00:12 AM »
Hi Tony
I will get hubby to look into that idea but we don't have the machine "in" a cupboard. It is free standing next to a free standing drier and additionally the floor is hollow (I go up one step to enter the utility). Our house is modern but quirky. It is however up for sale and I pray for a kitchen with a "pen" for the machine and a nice solid floor in the next home!
Christine
I will get hubby to look into that idea but we don't have the machine "in" a cupboard. It is free standing next to a free standing drier and additionally the floor is hollow (I go up one step to enter the utility). Our house is modern but quirky. It is however up for sale and I pray for a kitchen with a "pen" for the machine and a nice solid floor in the next home!
Christine
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Whatever / Re: More or Les (was Bloody Plurals)
« on: January 28, 2024, 02:59:45 AM »
Hi Penny and Linda
So once again what used to be a piece of practical machinery has become a confusing computerised pile of annoyance! My relatively new Hoover washing machine has no apparent means to stabilise it and therfore tries to escape out of the utility room door whilst spinning. I can't use a decent spin speed because the floor might disintegrate and as I have to hug the machine to stop it escaping I would get vibration white finger(and every other bit) if I went above 900. Hence I am currently looking at two very very wet bath sheets!
Christine
So once again what used to be a piece of practical machinery has become a confusing computerised pile of annoyance! My relatively new Hoover washing machine has no apparent means to stabilise it and therfore tries to escape out of the utility room door whilst spinning. I can't use a decent spin speed because the floor might disintegrate and as I have to hug the machine to stop it escaping I would get vibration white finger(and every other bit) if I went above 900. Hence I am currently looking at two very very wet bath sheets!
Christine