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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 15 May 18

Five years ago my husband and our son were having a drink together and the subject of my husband's longevity came up. At that time my husband was 82, and he said that he doubted that he would be around after the next couple of...

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Vivenda Certainly sounds like a good bet to lose - and I'm delighted that he did! How are you keeping? After a couple of horrible years, I'm hoping to get into the habit of writing again!

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 12 Jan 17

Life for my grandparents was very different from how things are today. When I was a child in the 1940s they had no electricity or indoor plumbing. The toilet was at the bottom of the garden and looked just like you see in the...

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Vivenda As I think I've mentioned before, until I was 6 I lived in a big household comprising my parents, my maternal grandparents and whichever of my mother's brothers was in England at the time. It was a few years post-WW2, and my mother was going out to work, so I...

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda As someone who has struggled with Ancient Greek at "A" Level - and passed it, albeit by the skin of my teeth - I find that there's an awful lot of unlearning to do in order to succeed with Modern Greek - and that's the worst part!

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda @JamesHxstatic I wasn't prepared for the way it was laid out, the reflections in the lakes, and all the rest of it - I found it truly magnificent, in its way. (This was back in 1982 - we were living in Albany at the time.) I do think, however, that,...

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda I thought I'd answered this, Anna, but I must have forgotten to press Comment. Key West is certainly on my list of places to visit.

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda Yes, company's very important, isn't it?

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 18 Sep 16

Whenever I see ''How fun'' or ''Very fun'' written on here I know that an American is the author. We Brits would say ''What fun'' or ''Such fun''. There are so many differences between the way the Americans use the English...

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Vivenda @Hatley and @jaboUK I was teasing an American friend of mine about this once, and she said: "I have just two words for you - Spotted Dick!

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda Of those, I've only been to Spain, which I really love. If they count as Spain, I love Tenerife and Lanzerote.

19 Sep 16

Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda As far as Italy's concerned, I've only visited Venice. Venice is definitely in my top three favourite cities, the other two being Barcelona and - rather surprisingly, perhaps - Washington DC.

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda That's another place I'd love to visit, Arthur - I've heard it's really beautiful!

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda I'm not quite sure where that is - I must look it up!

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda I know what you mean, Janet - there are so many beautiful and fascinating places in the world!

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 19 Sep 16

Well, you may now assemble the welcome committee, as I have returned from my holiday! Please don’t go to any trouble. A steel band would be a trifle excessive, although a trumpet fanfare might be nice. Seriously, we had a...

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Vivenda Thank you so much, pgn - I feel thoroughly and suitably welcomed now!

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 18 Sep 16

Whenever I see ''How fun'' or ''Very fun'' written on here I know that an American is the author. We Brits would say ''What fun'' or ''Such fun''. There are so many differences between the way the Americans use the English...

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Vivenda Two nations divided by a common language! I well remember standing in a shower room in a youth hostel at the top of a hill overlooking Bergen in Norway when an anxious-looking American girl came in and asked where the "bathroom" was. Since I was relatively...

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Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40292) • Laguna Woods, California 18 Sep 16

One of the delights of being in Las Vegas is to see the dancing water fountains at the Bellagio Hotel. They play gorgeous music over the loudspeakers and the fountains move along with the beat of the music. On a beautiful, warm...

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Vivenda Sounds very much like Disneyworld, especially Epcot as I remember it back in 1992.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Sep 16

Tomorrow morning early we head out in the bus/motor-home and will be gone for about ten days. I think it is lovely that friends here actually start to notice if people are 'missing' for too long so I'm giving due notice. I don't...

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Vivenda Have a great time - I hope all goes well!

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Inlemay @Inlemay (17713) • South Africa 19 Sep 16

It was grandchildren's day yesterday and my hubby and I were exhausted when we bid them goodbye at the garden gate, and as I watched them drive away I thought . . . . "that was us a few decades ago, and look us now - we are the...

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Vivenda I never know whether I'm sad, or relieved, that I'm never likely to be a grandparent!

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WorDazza @WorDazza (15830) • Manchester, England 19 Sep 16

An Australian Muslim woman has been forced to leave a beach on the French Riviera because other people didn't like the fact she was wearing a burkini. If you haven't seen a burkini it's basically a garment that covers the entire...

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Vivenda We were discussing this as a family, and the comparison withe wet suit was made by one of us, too. It really is stupid to object to someone wearing what you consider to be too much cover. Each to his/her own - and I hope the lady in question enjoys a swim...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Sep 16

I've just read Val's (@valmnz) post, And Then There Was One, about the progress of her book. She refers to the fact that New Zealanders are often called 'Kiwis'. The 'real' kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand and can be seen...

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Vivenda Really enjoyed this, Judy! You had me completely confused about the beak for a moment!

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