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RE: Ciao a tutti

HI, Welcome I hope you have fun

RE: Allow me to introduce myself

Hello Russ

WARNING - thinking of eventually growing up

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

By Jenny Joseph






When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit.



You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.



But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

RE: The Pope

you are on form today Jacko

RE: is this silly or sily

haha - i bet they are all true too

RE: Woman.

wow - something else

RE: It's been an interesting 24 hours

I hope that he is ok

RE: hi hope to hear from you

Hi and welcome

RE: It's just too late Guys....she's mine....Guess who?.....LOL

awww Paddy, Im touched so I trust you know my wishes for both of you are sincerely.... sincere

RE: It's just too late Guys....she's mine....Guess who?.....LOL

Im really happy for you and wish nothing but the best for both of you

RE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELE

Happy Days

RE: lightening storms

yes, me too - i love them. I used to live in a house on the side of a hill with a view for miles, i would pull my chair up to the door and put the lights out - amazing

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

the same was happening with me a few weeks ago - i was walking miles and refused to weigh myself for about a month - imagine my disappointment when there was no difference from a month before - its as FunGuy says, its building muscle

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

HaHa - maybe it LOVE Joy, its been known to stop your appetite and then 1 to 2 hrs of the gym would sure make you hungry - we cant win can we

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

yes - but they would tickle - you could actually feel them doing the work - urghhhhh - a friend of mine had a deep wound on his heel one time and the talk was of treating him with maggots - it got better before they had to though.

Yep, they were used a lot in days gone by and sometimes I do prefer the 'older' remedies - I would have to be pretty sick to go for this one though - even though I do see the good sense in it

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

yes, and maggots are pretty popular too - I would FREAK if they wanted to put those things on me - they would have to put me to sleep first

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

you know, a couple of years ago I found out (and no this is not what happened to me ) that in England, before the National Health Service, that if a woman had a prolapse, which is the womb dropping out of place (no that didnt happen to me either) the old remedy was to use a potato - and thats as much as I am going to say -

Happy I am that medicine has moved on

RE: Purple Haze

me too - lovely

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

its not as simple the 'vapors' though - there are excruciatingly painful times associated and no, Im not refering to the childbirth bit

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

well, you got me there for sure - there was a time though where I did take pills to try to help but found that if it wasnt conflicting medicinally it was conflicting in my psche - the doctor advised me against stopping but it was what I wanted and being the stubborn so n so that i am - it was what I did, must be 12 or so yrs ago - and I am really in control of my life now.

My plan was to just clear my system of everything then reintroduce as and when necessary - it didnt become necessary very luckily but there again, I wasnt in constant physical pain, it was more of the emotional torture that 'womens problems' can bring on - hormonal irregularities etc

RE: Medicine - Getting healthy any which way?

Im obscessed, may even be addicted I dont know but years ago I got into the 'an apple a day' thing - now if I run out of apples i can feel a panic starting till I have re-stocked. Must admit too, I stay pretty darned healthy thankfully

RE: Broken Symmetry

oh I love the reference to 'reality a set of fancy parlour tricks'

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haha - this si beginning to feel like one of those IQ tests where they flash pictures before your eyes and you have to see how much you can remember 10 mins later

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do the site rules dispaly below the reply panel there too - cos they dont here ?

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oh Di - why should I spoil today doing things which I can put off till tomorrow

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FunGuy, I think the most startling difference was that the whole of the page was being utilised rather than, as currently, just t he middle section

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it was radically different to the layout which is back now FunGuy

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in this old format there are both the UK forums and Int forums - the format I just had a glimpse of had UK and then just 'forums' but linked to the international one

I dont know BB, I never could easily get to the European Forums and didnt even know of their existence for ages so will have to work it all out when things settle - I did like that new format though - amusing whats happened here

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hahahahaha - it has now gone back to the old format - oh dear, teething troubles