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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...

grim reaper

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Jabo Hello stranger, it's good to see you again. Sorry you've had a bad time. I'm fine, though not on the site as much as I was.

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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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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 @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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41Combedale As someone who continues to struggle with Greek I would say keep it up girl! It is an interesting language and this kind of compensates for the agony of the grammar.

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AnjaP @Rollo1 (16679) • Boston, Massachusetts 19 Sep 16

Closets are wonderful spots in a house. They exist solely to store and hide things that you want to keep, but don't want anyone to look at. Best of all, they usually have doors on them, so there's an air of mystery. What's...

closet

stuff

storage

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AnjaP You have everything? I am so envious. I don't have enough closet space for everything.

20 Sep 16

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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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WorDazza It would seem that the French see it as some sort of extreme Islamist provocation. I think they need to chill a bit!

20 Sep 16

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Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40320) • 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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Deborah-Diane @Vivenda - Yes, Epcot is a fascinating place to visit. Since we live so near Disneyland (about 1/2 an hour drive), we have only been to Disneyworld once. I think it was in about 1987.

20 Sep 16

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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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pgn @Vivenda I remember the days when Ryanair used to play a fanfare whenever they landed on-schedule... first time I heard it, I had no idea what it was!

20 Sep 16

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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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Arthur Chappell @Vivenda I also loved Helsinki

20 Sep 16

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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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James Higgins @Vivenda That is surprising about D.C.

20 Sep 16

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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...

america

phraseology

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Fiacre Banks @jabouk I have a bilious attack every time people tell me that they are good when I ask them how they are. The correct response is I am WELL, not I am good.

19 Sep 16

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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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Jabo @Hatley Oh yes, our bathrooms contain the same as yours, though sometimes the toilet is separate. But it's not a 'restroom' as some of you Americans call it. If it's in a public place we call it the 'Ladies room' or 'Gents', or just the toilet. As for 'loo',...

19 Sep 16

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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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Laurel (L_B) @Vivenda Yes it is!

19 Sep 16

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Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 3 Sep 16

Border Collies are the workaholics of Dogdom. They are always badgering their owners for entertainment or, even better, some work to do. One of my colleagues when I was working for a pet publishing company had four Working...

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pgn @Vivenda Maybe he had one of these plastic ball-throwing thingumajigs...

19 Sep 16

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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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Patsie Hatley @jaboUK jabo here in our homes a bathroom contains a toilet and a bathtub or showere so bathroom means all these what else would you britishers call it a loo what the heck does loo stand to us a lot of your terms seem a bit wacky lol lol

19 Sep 16

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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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Jabo @Vivenda Lol - the Americans are often somewhat coy in calling a spade a spade, or in the case you are talking about, a toilet.

19 Sep 16

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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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Alfredo Rossi Oh!we have so many to choose from.We love Italy,Guatemala,Spain ,Central America.

19 Sep 16

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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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James Higgins I really enjoyed my time in Italy several years ago and would love to return there again.

19 Sep 16

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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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Anna There are two locations that I particularly liked, the Isle of Sint Maarten (Netherland Antilles) and Key West, FL.

19 Sep 16

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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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Jabo Tada! Tada! Is that fanfare enough? I'm glad you had a lovely time, and that beach looks perfect for the sundowners. That's the worst thing about travelling - the airports. I don't think I could pick out one favourite location , I've been to so...

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