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KN it sounds as though in UK and Ireland (and Europe) it was like the summers of childhood - good to have a belter to tuck under the belt for the youngsters to grow old and look back on

Or it is the start of years of good summers

RE: Where else but CS ?

Shouldn't political movers and shakers be at the top of your list?

Certainly the only place politics is shoved in my face, I avoid it like the plague in real life.

RE: MD Immigrants

Imp, the person you're talking about isn't like Poms (Keepers to us, yeah?) - not quite, not yet.

But a lot of people have left as a result, even so.

So yeah, CS could be destroyed soon, because few bloggers want to draw fire onto themselves, or want to be bored to catatonia by the politics, many just shrug and go.

RE: MD Immigrants

Crest, I agree with Korn. One determined troll can destroy a site eventually. CS blogging membership is dropping like a boulder right now due to one determined clique which insists they have dibs and the right of free speech and anyone who doesn't like it should leave.

Surprised you hadn't noticed, really.

RE: Remember The Great Quotes

I actually responded a minute ago to you on another blog JJ

but yup I'm sure you're right. The sun.

RE: Remember The Great Quotes

I once aspired to discussing ideas but - how about minds believing the best form of defence is attack?

I've got one of those at the moment. I don't like it, but circumstances alter cases.

RE: "SAMHAIN"..("SOW IN")

Nice pics, Nam

One thing - the tradition of dressing up and knocking on doors comes directly from Scotland, where the guisers ('kids in disguise') have been knocking on doors for centuries.

The Americans brought pumpkins to the table, so to speak - original lanterns were carved out of neeps (turnips)

RE: A Restless Night

Harb I love debate I just rarely get it. The very occasional thread where you can say your bit and get back an argument, not a tirade - very cool.

Friends is good

RE: Just go out and be you...!!

Glad you're enjoying it Jazz

RE: Apolitical Blog---as much as possible.

Sky-watching - I heard somewhere, I think on QI, that the ancient Greeks didn't have a word for the colour blue. So not a lot of daytime skywatching there, since Greek skies usually are blue

Apparently when they did refer to the sky they said it was bronze.

Wolves do howl to the moon ...

RE: Off topic

Crest

Daniela have you looked at Quora? it is mainly topical issues and HUGE and there you CAN filter by interests (and filter out the topics that are of no interest whatsoever, like most of the top 20 here) I've been on it a few years, it used to be quite complicated to use so I didn't bother much but it seems more user-friendly now.

RE: Off topic

Bloody, I used to be on a site like that for research the discussions were a little narrow in their focus, though.

Mind you the profile pics on the comments were hilarious

RE: Stormy Daniels lost her suit against the President

And bloggers must learn to respect the preferences of other bloggers.

Wonder which will happen first.

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Haha Mimi I am happy for her.

Still afloat here but flooding to the right of us, flooding to the left of us -

RE: Off topic

Is it a good site?

Could you list the name in a way where the political insanity squad won't see it?

I went looking for another general blogging site last night because this is far beyond a joke now. I understand midterms are coming up in the US and don't think I can face being on here much longer. The only thing we could hope is that the trumpery sweep to overwhelming victory and explode with satisfaction so they never post again and sadly I don't think that is going to happen.

And yes that is a political comment and yes delete it by all means but perhaps you could pm me the other site so I can have a look. I like their thinking.

RE: A little Irish happiness .....

That's rather sweet

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Ha, THAT I understood

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Hmmm, teeth clenched for Strine, nose held for French, what's the short-cut to Spanish?

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Right, right - um - rápidamente televisión, si si

una cuchara I didn't know! thank you! las vistas son increíbles, especialmente por la noche, got that bit -

Got bits and pieces until I got to vea cuánto puede entender antes de ir al traductor de Google, people say that to me all the time

The cave house sounds exhausting and wonderful, all at the same time!

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Emmy, there's a knack to it, it is very like British, but with yer teef clenched so the flies doan get in yer mouf.

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Bear with, Tilla, bear with, translating -

ouch, 3 YEARS? I'd sort of promised this rain to Fay but I'm sure she won't mind if I send some to you as well.

When I came here for a weekend in March 2016 Molly and I were accused of bringing our weather with us because it was not the warmest weekend (well, so the locals said, we found it pretty warm)

Empiezo a temer que he traído dioses escoceses de la lluvia conmigo.

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Hahaa start all over again with a new language -

See, I found a Jay Leno clip showing American schoolkids being quizzed on geography. One was asked which countries made up Great Britain. Not a clue. So he asked 'what language do they speak there?'

Er - British?

Can you say anything in British?

Er - no?




So they'd be asking you if you can face learning to speak Australian ...

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Emmy, that's not what you said first time round

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With a capital T, Bogey, with a capital T

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Haha Wen I do love high winds. When I don't have to be out in them!

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Emmy, are you the butterfly flapping its wings which started all this??? no more baked beans for you EVER



so looking forward to our good weather returning next week!

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Ta Emmy make that a gust of wind cos that's what just sent the cat flying past the window

How's sunny France treating you?

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Bogey, mid-dance the camera tripod fell in a puddle up to its middle and the camera isn't working very well now. Pity, because we were all dancing for you, there's a lass who wears leopardskin trousers and a tight t-shirt who was looking quite dramatic.



I seized the opportunity to teach a traditional gumboot dance (African dancing translated by goldmine workers) should have seen the local faces when I started the complicated slapping-the-boot bits -

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Vier, I'm in the folds of the coastal mountains, the plains are Map country, if he's getting more rain than us here he'll be in waterwings by now.

Miss him. Miss them.

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Eks, when I got to Scotland I was blown away by how green and beautiful it was. Like you, it hadn't occurred to me how much rain that needed. Here is more of a khaki colour most of the time (although the flowers are gobsmackingly bright)

Choices, choices. Lush greenery or deep blue skies. Hmmmmmm.

At least you're heading into summer, yay!