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Forum: General Chat 14-02-2013, 12:00 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 5,150
Posted By Joan
Our dishwasher is a divorce preventer, as is the...

Our dishwasher is a divorce preventer, as is the satnav, when i come to think about it.

My deficiencies in getting the washing up clean, and in map reading are thus covered up.

We just got a...
Forum: General Chat 06-11-2011, 09:49 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,856
Posted By Joan
Hmmmmm let's see. Born and raised in Mirfield,...

Hmmmmm let's see.
Born and raised in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
Au Pair girl in Vienna, Austria
Married a sailor and moved to Portsmouth, Hampshire
Emigrated to New Zealand: Auckland and...
Forum: General Chat 06-11-2011, 09:39 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,763
Posted By Joan
I miss bonfire night here is Australia. It got...

I miss bonfire night here is Australia. It got banned years ago, apparently.

I loved the fireworks back in West Yorkshire, and remember buying my own, with a little bit of money Mum would give...
Forum: General Chat 26-08-2011, 01:24 PM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
We dealt with it ourselves, I suppose, sexual...

We dealt with it ourselves, I suppose, sexual harassment I mean. We would make sure no lass was alone with the randy boss, and just laugh at men 'trying it on'. I never felt threatened by any man,...
Forum: General Chat 25-08-2011, 11:31 PM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
Pointed bras - summat like what Madonna wears in...

Pointed bras - summat like what Madonna wears in an S&M mode, but made of cotton not leather.

I put mine on, and a Marks & Sparks sheer jumper on top. Dad took one look and fell about laughing,...
Forum: General Health 05-08-2011, 01:56 AM
Replies: 174
Views: 20,257
Posted By Joan
Meg and the others are right - avoid statins and...

Meg and the others are right - avoid statins and eat normal healthy food. There is no point feeling guilty about saturated fats either: it is the transfats in processed food you should avoid. There...
Forum: General Chat 14-07-2011, 02:07 AM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
Oh yes - the nit nurse. I remember her,...

Oh yes - the nit nurse. I remember her, especially when I caught nits from a girl I was teaching to read. (Yes, they got the kids who were ahead to work with kids who were behind - I have no idea how...
Forum: General Chat 14-07-2011, 01:19 AM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
Oops, Freudian slip there!

Oops, Freudian slip there!
Forum: General Chat 13-07-2011, 11:08 PM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
Ah yes - a pinzer movement - from England and...

Ah yes - a pinzer movement - from England and Australia: we gather our red armies, round up the Yanks (who are so heartily sick of the rampant god-bothers who ousted Obama and installed a born again...
Forum: General Chat 13-07-2011, 02:53 PM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
This is really funny because in the early 1980s...

This is really funny because in the early 1980s the Qld State government, then a Rabid Right nationalist government, which kept in power by a shameless gerrymander, tried to buy some tanks, but the...
Forum: General Chat 13-07-2011, 11:15 AM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
Hi Meg and Uncle Joe, I certainly miss...

Hi Meg and Uncle Joe,
I certainly miss Yorkshire, especially cycling and hiking in the Dales, not to mention decent fish n chips and the lovely pubs.
I married a Batley lad: he was in the Royal...
Forum: General Chat 12-07-2011, 11:51 PM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
I was raised in Yorkshire and still have my...

I was raised in Yorkshire and still have my accent!!
Forum: General Chat 12-07-2011, 10:43 PM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
Talk of balsa wood and glue reminds me of the...

Talk of balsa wood and glue reminds me of the kites we used to make - just a wooden cross shape, sometimes from balsa wood, brown paper and string with a tail of string decorated with colourful...
Forum: General Chat 11-07-2011, 02:18 AM
Replies: 781
Views: 57,885
Posted By Joan
I remember getting the words Exodus and Oxydol...

I remember getting the words Exodus and Oxydol mixed up in a religion lesson at junior school. I guess it would have given those ancient Israelites a clean escape, but the teacher was not amused.
...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 21-02-2011, 11:10 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,328
Posted By Joan
I don't think we should get carried away here. It...

I don't think we should get carried away here. It is certainly sensible that prisoners don't get to vote, and luxuries in jail are just not on. But most prisoners (not all) are still human beings...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 20-02-2011, 01:50 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,328
Posted By Joan
A victory for common sense, and for sovereignty.

A victory for common sense, and for sovereignty.
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 03-02-2011, 10:54 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,712
Posted By Joan
Yes, here it would have been a case of LibDem...

Yes, here it would have been a case of LibDem voters giving preferences to, say, Labour, and Labour getting their votes if neither Labour nor Tories got over 50%. I suspect Labour might have got in...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 03-02-2011, 02:06 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,712
Posted By Joan
Just noticed this thread. You don't get much...

Just noticed this thread. You don't get much heated debate here in Australia, as it is considered bad form to argue about politics. It would also be bad form to argue about religion, except hardly...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 31-01-2011, 11:53 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,074
Posted By Joan
The Australian government is sending charter...

The Australian government is sending charter folights to get them to London or Germany (I believe) No charge.
Forum: General Chat 25-01-2011, 04:44 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Posted By Joan
See - told ya there's loads of advantages to...

See - told ya there's loads of advantages to learning foreign languages.!!
Forum: General Chat 23-01-2011, 01:14 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Posted By Joan
You'll have to teach him the whole Lancashire...

You'll have to teach him the whole Lancashire dialect, June!
Or make him watch Coronation Street till he gets it right!:-):-) We northerners have a duty to release our Southern friends and relations...
Forum: General Chat 23-01-2011, 01:10 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Posted By Joan
Yes, it's the tonal bit that puts me off....

Yes, it's the tonal bit that puts me off. Indo-European languages are fun, because you see all the links between the languages, and as you see them, you are catching some of the history of the people...
Forum: General Chat 22-01-2011, 10:44 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Posted By Joan
I think that's great, Bob.

I think that's great, Bob.
Forum: General Chat 22-01-2011, 02:25 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Posted By Joan
Yes, I think Spanish would be my first choice of...

Yes, I think Spanish would be my first choice of foreign language if I lived in the USA. I firmly believe ALL children should learn at last one foreign language because it increases their...
Forum: General Chat 22-01-2011, 01:45 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,953
Posted By Joan
Yeah, I know, but it is sooooooo very hard. And...

Yeah, I know, but it is sooooooo very hard. And I'm a bit tone deaf, and both Mandarin and Cantonese are tonal languages, and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!!

On the other hand, it would...
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