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I think I had a school arranged French penpal briefly. I then had my best friend who emigrated to Australia with her family at 17. We wrote to each other regularly for many years, even when it went weeks we always picked right up where we left off. Eventually we moved over to emailing and then lost touch when she got married and had kids. I still think about her now and then but don't have any contact info anymore and haven't had any luck trying to track her down by her profession (she became an architect).

When I was younger it all started when I was 8 my parents owned a static caravan in Towyn in Wales we used to stay at the caravan mostly school holidays and bank holiday weekends. I was from Liverpool at tge time I meet a girl called Jane from Croydon her parents owned the caravan in the next row from ours and we became friends and we started writing to each other so we were pen pals but we also saw each other from time to time at tge caravan park that was in 1980 I was 8 I'm now 54 and we are still in touch we send Xmas cards and we use Facebook messenger which has made it easier for us to keep in touch ❤

I had several in the late 70’s when I was at middle school, 4 in France, 1 in Israel, 1 in Japan, 1 in Norway, 1 in Italy. I used to always be at the post office buying stamps.

I had a German pen pal in my early teens organised by the language teacher at my school with a school in Germany where my teacher had a German friend and they thought it would be good for both sets of pupils. We each wrote in both our languages for a few years before things petered out . We sent small gifts to each other for birthdays and Christmases: I still have a very pretty necklace she sent me. It's a small amber cube on a silver chain. I don't remember where in Germany she was from and I'm not sure of her name now either but I often wonder where she is now and how she doing.

I had a penpal at school from Finland. Like Lidlicker, I've no idea how we connected.

Yes, one in France, who came and stayed with me and I went and stayed with her family. My first husband and I also went to stay with her and her husband a few years later.

Also had one in Finland, who I also met when she came on a visit to London.

I had an American penpal for a few years - I can't remember how we first connected. I also had a French penpal via school. That one was specifically a group arrangement to eventually facilitate an exchange. About 20 of us corresponded for a year before the French students came to stay with us for 3 weeks. The following year we all went over to France for 3 weeks.

Yes, have you got a pencil mate?

Had a French girl, arranged via school, she wanted to be an exchange student but my Mum didn’t fancy it, worried about what she would eat!

It eventually petered out as such things tend to do, can’t remember who stopped writing.

Had a friend who went to live in Canada, we kept in tough for a couple of years but didn’t have anything much in common after a while plus she had 5 children so was pretty busy!

😂 you have certainly been busy with the ladies It’s lovely to read all about them you ought to write it all down in your memoirs

I just had one in France my PE teacher used to translate the letters for me

Had several during & after college & later working, costly with the air mail & International Reply Coupons some wanted.

several in Philippines turned out to be scammers wanting currency notes for high school projects (I sent photocopies & got no reply),

3 in New Zealand (met one vegan girl who came touring UK),

2 in Singapore (met one chinese girl who stayed with relatives in London for a while & I got on well with, but from a rich family),

one in East Germany (who hardly understood english, & my german was basic at the time),

one in Holland (she came here & we went on a coach tour, joined the Dutch navy & vanished in a submarine),

one french girl in Mauritius. & one boy in West Germany (whose school group stayed at the mountain guest hut where I worked in Bavaria), ... (Sure there were more, can't remember)...

Also wrote to my college german teacher (a uni student from Essen), & a CSV (trainee teacher from boarding school who was learning french & german) & went teaching abroad,

Lost contact with all of them eventually as mum threw all the correspondence out when I went to live in Dublin with a gf. Probably just as well, as some replies came back in about 10 days, others from further away in 5 weeks, got confused who i'd told what, one said "That's the 3rd time you told me your cat died'. 😂

I just remembered, I also had one right here in Livingston when I lived in London, can't for the life of me remember her name or address, nothing rings a bell cycling round or even browsing a street map, but the town has greatly expanded & changed since.

Yes. I had one in the USA and another in Turkey....I used to write in German to the girl in Turkey as it was a shared language between us...that was in the 1980's... often wondered about them.

Had 1 when at school, but was never really all that keen. Pen pal was the one who stopped writing!

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Yes and ended up marrying her. In answer to the follow up question, yes I do have a pen pal now.

thank for all your replies. will keep me interested .

and Brian I've been playing since 2017 and only had a flash draw win before so there's still hope

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Congratulations I have been playing every day for 4 year's never had so much as a single bonus win survey video draw not a single penny I will just keep trying and praying something will happen on the upside I am at around £730 in my pot.

Congratulations on your win! 🎉

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Congrats dusty55, enjoy your win🥂🍾 - thanks for posting, gives us all hope.

Congratz dusty55

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The bonus is paid with all wins except for the Flash Draws.

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It also doesn't reset after a win as an incentive to keep members coming back and they could then win even bigger next time, if they are lucky enough to win again.

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Remember when Dr Who discovered an alien machine that dispensed specimen bottles filled with whatever chemical formula you typed, he typed something, a wee bottle fell out, & he opened it, smelled it & drank it to everyone's horror. ... he said."Jolly good water".

Lol 63 I liked that one.👍

Once there was a scientist

But now he is no more

For what he thought was H2O

Was H2SO4

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I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket!

Loved those last two "Twelfth" and "Folks". The only time I did it wasn't the usual karaoke, in a pub or whatever, I sang Amazing Grace. It was suited to where we were at the time.

Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark but would never do Karaoke, just sing it in the car or at home.

Folks Who Live on the Hill is just about achievable for me - with sincere apologies to Peggy Lee, Jerome Kern and all who have anything to do with it!

Twelfth of Never by Cliff Richard

Anarchy in the UK

Open Arms by Journey or Make you feel my Love by Adele

I did ask a busker once if he could play Far, Far Away :)

Fairground attraction... Perfect.

I definitely don't do karaoke as I've got a terrible voice but, if I did, it would have to be my theme tune, Jethro Tull's Too Old To Rock & Roll, Too Young To Die. :-D

I love Queen, but A Crazy Little Thing Called Love is the only song of theirs where I can hit all the notes.

With a great deal of imagination required on the words "hit" and "all!"

They're coming to take me away ha ha because there isn't a singing note in it and the pub would be so grateful!

Show me the way to go home, as the pub would be willing I went!

🤣 Chased the neighbours off Beth?

Only kidding, just think, if your postcode comes up you won't be sharing & you won't have to worry about getting pipped at the post on the stack pot or mini draw! 🤞

I am the only one with my postcode

I won on 29th April...over £500. There are only a few registered with my postcode. I was over the moon and couldn't believe it... don't give up yet 🤞🥰

P.s. just checked and only 5 people are registered with my postcode.

Have a look at the Winners Results pages. If you click on each draw tab you can see that thousands of winners were the only one registered with the winning postcode.

Better chance of getting in first/not having to share any winnings.

Each member’s entry has the exact same chance of being selected in a draw. The system completes the draws from a database of active account ID numbers using a random number generator and the parameters of the smallest ID number to the largest. It then displays the postcode on the chosen account number as the winner of the draw. All it ‘sees’ is the account numbers of active members, it is not influenced by any other data or outside factors and is as random as a computer can be.

Have a read of this from the FAQ. tells you how the postcodes are selected. you have the same chance as anyone. It is your membership number that is chosen and the associated postcode displayed.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/14-how-are-winning-postcode-selected

People have won having been the only one in the postcode area. Good luck.

I agree about the benefits of choir singing. I really enjoy mine and the performances. We're learning Spaceman by Sam Ryder at the moment. As a soprano, I'm in awe of Sam Ryders effortless achievement of top notes. He makes it seem very easy to achieve.

@Caroline C - Snowking and I went to see Jethro Tull last month. I thought Ian Anderson had a good, if characterful voice back in the day. He has to work hard to hold a tune these days. A bit like me come to think of it...

I can't sing well at all these days, wasn't too bad as a youngster. I started going to a local singing group a couple of months ago. My Mum had recommended it and it's very relaxed and friendly. I can't stand next to my Mum though as we make each other laugh !

My Dad has Alzheimer's and he loves to sing. They used to go to a dementia singing group but I don't know if it's still running. When we go for a walk anywhere he sings the first couple of lines and I try to remember the rest of the song. I don't care who hears my singing then 😎

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DASOOTHMOOTHER,

THAT SOUNDS GREAT!

FOR THOSE NAVIGATING ALZHEIMERS, SINGING IS A MAGICAL WAY OF UNLOCKING MEMORIES & RECONNECTING ❤️

SOLO VERSE - NICE!

IS YOUR CHARITY RELEASE ON YOUTUBE? IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO HEAR IT.

@Redz3112 - must agree with you - I 'sing' with an Alzheimer’s choir and feel better for it.

I also recorded a charity CD of Scottish songs with other members of a Rotary club, including a solo verse for one of the tracks. Because my voice is so low, I had to stand a slight distance from any microphones, except during my 'solo'

Re singers who can't - Sting is another one. Listen to him close-up in a live performance - god-awful voice!I wonder how much 'tweaking' is done by the sound engineers to make them sound reasonable. And wasn't it Madonna? who sang at a sports match/Superbowl/ World Cup and was practically booed off because her voice was so bad?

CarolineC - you've started my earworm off! 'All around my Hat' will be going 'All around my head' for the rest of the darned day now! 'All around my hat I will wear the green willow, All around my hat for a lifetime and a day, And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it, It's all for my true love, Who's far, far away.'

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EVEN IF YOU DON’T TRY KARAOKE, I’D RECOMMEND ANYONE TO SING REGARDLESS OF THEIR ‘VOCAL TALENTS’.

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGING (& DANCING) = ULTIMATE SOUL FOOD & MEDICINE!

BOTH DROP STRESS & BOOST FRONTLINE ANTIBODIES!

DO IT IN A GROUP TO MULTIPLY THE HEALTH BENEFITS!

DEEP BREATHS, TOTAL MOVEMENT & ZERO INHIBITIONS - JUST VIBE!

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@Hopeful2B - interesting you should say that. I went to a Steeleye Span concert quite a few years ago now and Maddie Prior, their lead singer, was going round members of the audience in the interval giving them a leaflet. Apparently, she runs "singing retreats" from her home, where people who say they can't sing go to just... well, sing! She said it was really relaxing as there was no judgement about people's ability or anything like that. Mind you, she has a marvellous voice (All Around My Hat, etc).

I agree with the three of you.

It makes me sad that almost everyone says that they can't sing/ have a terrible voice/were told at school not to sing. With many people it seems to be a hangover from their childhood. I've sung in choirs for most of my life. My voice used to be quite good, but it's going downhill now I'm old. Nevertheless I still get a lot of joy from singing in my Community Choirs. Most people can sing adequately, if they would just relax and sing out. One or two in my choirs actually do have fairly bad voices, but we accept them as people who love to sing. Why not find a choir and give it a try. You might surprise yourself!

@Barrie - he's a bit 'niche' but might I add Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) to the list of 'great vocalist but not much of a singer'? Another niche one would be Roger Chapman who was the lead singer of Family back in the day (The Weaver's Answer and In My Own Time are probably their best known - a prog rock band).

I'm adding Mick Jagger to the list of "great vocalist but not much of a singer."

@Barrie. Thinking that the Great Bob Dylan didn't have the most musical voice!

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May I point out that some great songwriters \ vocalists aren't\weren't good singers. Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen & Tom Waits come to mind.

I did a duet not long ago but the other person was a lot taller than me (they nearly always are!) and the mike was set up for him, so all that was seen were my lips moving :-(

I'd been practicing for ages too, trying to sing it without blubbing :-( It was "1st. of May" by Lulu & Maurice Gibb. Watch it on YouTube and you'll see what I mean.......that's if you're a softie like me

I have never done and will never do karaoke even though I sing along with the radio or anywhere. It seems to annoy my family that when I hear a phrase in someone's chat which is a line from a song (football commentators use lyrics all the time) I give a rendition of said song, with or without the correct words.

Never done karaoke.

Sang semi-professionally in my teens. Sang in the former pupils carol performances when back in Edinburgh for Christmas with my parents. My voice has completely gone now due I think to lack of use.

I wouldn't do karaoke. I don't think I can sing and never sing along to anything in company! Both my parents were in a choir though, so I don't know why the singing gene missed me.

Go for it Beth8it! My singing voice has improved by warm ups, singing practise and vocal performances especially in tbe last 4 years as I've increased performances 🎤🎶

I was in the junior school choir and remember how upset I was at not being good enough to sing the descant part. Since then I seem to have lost my mid-range, but noticed a card in the shop window for singing lessons, all abilities. I wonder if it’s worth a try.

I've done karaoke just the once, but I wouldn't do it again. I used to perform in a 60s band, and when amongst other musicians, I perform so much better. A couple of mates of mine went to the US and took part in karaoke. The Americans take it unbelievably seriously, so much so that my mates were worried they were going to get lynched. The Americans don't treat it as fun, more like a singing contest, and they don't care if someone has done a particular song already. One night, on a cruise, the same song was performed 3 times!

@samandi Same here! At Junior school the music teacher put a row of seats to one side and made us all sing something while he walked round close to you listening. If he tapped you on the head you had to do a walk of shame over to the row of seats and sit down on one. Those people had to sit separately every music lesson and could only sing a verse in a song if he instructed them to (which wasn't often). At the tender age of 9 years I remember the humiliation of getting tapped on my head and the ensuing class ridicule that followed. Some Teachers really shouldn't be in their profession.

We'd sing hymns in daily assembly, & one afternoon a week teachers would play piano & we'd sing in small groups, songs like Volga Boatmen, Walting Matilda, Row your boat, etc & anytime in the school bus we'd sing rugby songs, so I'd join in any Karaoke though my singing isn't the best,

Once on holiday in Spain they had me on stage with the group singing Guantanamera as I knew the spanish words (a teacher used to bring his guitar in the dorms & sing it, I also had the cassette from Los Zafiros).

Definitely not although like Mrs Pea, I would like to be able to sing. At primary school I was told to just pretend to sing because I was no good at it. After that I was never brave enough to try. Teachers don't realise how much damage they can inflict with their thoughtless comments

No way

Lordy no!! I'd empty the pub in under a minute! I only sing in the car if something comes on that I know or like! Singing is one of the things I'd love to be able to do though.

Only a couple of times couldn’t do it now as trouble with my voice

Yes and it's good fun! I'm a singer/performer and perform locally most months at open mics/showcases 🎤

No & not unless I was RAed.

I’m with Poppy.

@LoL 63 - Snap,but they asked me to sing again and I was so drunk, I did!

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I had a go, but I'm afraid I was very, very drunk.

I've never done it and never would. No-one would want to hear my singing!

Not unless I was being paid well, and the audience being paid better - or drugged.

I wouldn’t choose to do it in a pub, but Mr M and I do a lot of singing at local dementia cafes

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I remember going to see a Winnie the Pooh film when I was 9 or 10 which had the Tigger song in it. A much loved neighbour called Marion kindly took about 10 of us kids from the street. We were manically bouncing and singing the song most of the way home ! Must have been quite a sight. Happy Days 😃🐯

Thanks, Lol - i could only remember the first 4 lines, and it always niggled me.

Nice one lol 63... I had forgotten that one !!!

This has brightened up my day! My favourite character 🐯 so upbeat & the lisp.....well.....bless his lille paws 🐾

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🎶The wonderful thing about Tiggers

Is Tiggers are wonderful things!

Their noses are made out of rubber

And their bottoms are made out of springs!

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy

Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!

But the single most wonderful thing about Tiggers is

I'm the only one🎶

Yes I'm - the only one

(Growwwl!)

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I really can say that I've never had any ad covering anything. They all stay in their little designated slots and behave nicely! I use an ipad. I think certain devices have limitations with loading some websites.

Me too, John F! And Malc, - I sent a screen shot in as the ad was indeed obliterating the whole screen - and was told that as I was on a kindle/fire tablet, that it was too niche ! (The thing that provides internet type stuff - like Microsoft(?!)? meh .... No idea!

Are they those offfensive Vote Republican pop-ups? I had this problem with a old stack computer (they jumped out, clicked to close one & several more appear), but there should not be any obstructing view of the postcodes, & nothing should jump out when your cursor goes near anything.. Static Ads are not the same a s pop-ups.

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Physical work,, feeling tired but pleased with yourself, is a great relaxer. Working out stress by digging the garden, cleaning the house, sorting out cupboards, anything that makes you tired but gives a visible success at the end of it. It may not solve the problems, but sometimes you can forget them for a while, then go back and see them from a new viewpoint.

I think the mind is a powerful thing, some people are more susceptible to alteration either with hypnosis and subliminals. I know my cousin had hypnosis for her anxiety issues and it apparently worked, kind of jealous really 😂 i've tried hypnosis cd's, subliminals, etc. and whilst i felt relaxed to a degree (probably because i've done muscle relaxation training etc) nothing mindwise really altered. And people on subliminal forums seem happy when things work out. different strokes for different folks.

I just wish either therapy or hypnosis, or anything worked here..

I have had hypnotherapy. She used to read from a script (she was still in training which was how I could afford to try it ). She was reading about walking along a beautiful beach and I was actually there, not just imagining it. I could feel the sand on my feet. It was a lovely experience but it only worked like that once. She put a thing on your finger to measure how deeply relaxed you were. I don’t know what it actually measured. She looked at it and said wow! That was deep.

I think it can be done but as mentioned above only on some people.

Never had it tried on me.

Stepson tried hypnosis to give up smoking but it didn’t work on him, yet it worked on his girlfriend who also went at the same time. She gave up immediately, he has progressed to vapes but not stopped entirely.

Alexa has a ‘sleep hypnosis’ option to help you get to sleep. It works for me about 80% of the time 😴

I can hypnotise people. I know because I was with someone many years ago and we went to a show and the 'hypnotist' was working on a number of people in the audience together, my then wife included. Being brought up a certain way I would not have someone else embarrass me by their actions so I had a quiet word with the wife and amazingly she was no longer hypnotized by the stage guy but by me. Yes, I know, that would be frowned upon now but fortunately I don't care. Also when I was still a child my parents felt I had problems due to the horror stories I loved to constantly read so I got sent to a psychologist/hypnotist and he both drugged me and 'hypnotised' me... and you wonder why my mind works the way it does. In fact neither worked and fortunately I carried on reading my favourite books, along with my second favourite back then, sci-fi.

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YES, NO & YES DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES/REASONS.

HYPNOSIS FUNCTIONS BY BYPASSING THE BRAIN'S ANALYTICAL LEFT HEMISPHERE, ALLOWING SUGGESTIONS TO REACH THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE AS A LEGITIMATE NEUROLOGICAL PROCESS.

DECLASSIFIED USA GOV PAPERS INDICATE THIS MECHANISM CAN BE PUT INTO PRACTICE TO ACTIVELY FACILITATE DEEP FOCUS & ENHANCE INFORMATION RETENTION.

- hypnotism succeeds by 'disengaging the ego-screening function of the left hemisphere' so that the right hemisphere can accept suggestions holistically and without contradiction.

- hypnosis allows the subject to access 'unused information storage capacity' in the brain, making it highly effective for increasing concentration and memory.

How much does it cost, & does it actually work (apart from the fear of paying all your money to the hypnotist for several sessions more instead)?

https://youtu.be/Iy_bJelwa0c?t=82

Like your neighbour Titchy m y hubby was hypnotised to help with stopping smoking over 30 years ago. It worked for him too. Any time he felt he was wavering he just gave the lady a phone and hearing her voice was enough to keep him on the right track. He’s never smoked again.

All the money he would have used for his weekly cigarettes was put into an account which was used for holidays.. 😎

How do you think I persuaded Lin to marry me? 😁

Do I believe it's possible? Knowing how gullible people can be - possibly. Have I been hypnotised? How do you think Lin got me to propose to her? 😁

My husband was hypnotised many years ago during a stage show we attended, so funny to watch, he said he felt tired afterwards.

One of our neighbour's was hypnotised 30 odd years ago to stop her smoking. It worked! She's in her 80's now and still doesn't smoke.

When stage hypnotists such as Derren Brown do their act, they are always quite selective about their targets. Some people are susceptible to it, some are not, and professional hypnotists know the exact signs to look for.

There was a sketch on Little Britain where Matt Lucas was one of those characters ("Look into my eyes, deep into my eyes, not around the eyes, deep into the eyes") where he hypnotised the audience, sat down and read the newspaper for a while and then told them all that they'd just seen the most amazing show.

"Boom, and you're back in the room. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen and good night!" (Thunderous applause.)

Never tried it myself

I also had hypnosis for pain. Whilst he was mumbling away whilst I was supposedly out of it, I was thinking what load of codswallop it was. Didn't work for me either. Fifty years later I'm still taking the pills.

I attended a pain clinic a few years ago. Thought I would get targeted exercises, but no, it was all about hypnosis, a six week course. Didn't work at all.

This one was very friendly but then most pigs are if you scratch behind their ears.

Presumably the porcine version, not the butterfly one? 🐖🦋

Jack Hargreaves said years ago - turn your pigs out in the forest at night, in a compound of hurdles. Let them loose in the morning and they will come back to that spot every night. Perhaps the Large White's owner didn't see that episode.

Ten years or so ago we were wandering around the local forest & came across a Large White which no one seemed to know anything about.

No, they’re spare at the moment!

It's not pannage season is it?

Nick, you, Kat and I, plus a few other miscreants on this site, could solve most if the crime stats for this country. We’ll bop them over the head, you eat them and dispose of the evidence. I know where we can get hold of a few pigs. Don’t get indigestion, though.

ANN, 🤣🤣

tracy. I didn't realise there was someone like me on here. I also take people as I find them. Usually when it's dark and no one around. A big sack and some gaffer tape and you're sorted.

I have to be. Everyone else is an idiot.

Hell, yeah!

Ditto.

No, I take people as I find them. I treat everyone the same until someone shows that they are not honest.

A good friend of mine was asked to describe me in one word. It was nonjudgmental.

Does that answer your question?

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

The last thing I do is stick my nose in your business, 👃🏼💩

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Kat, I really do love your soh...:-)

I'm judgemental. I've frequently been judged mental too! 🤣🤣🤣

Everyone is my equal until they prove themselves to be inferior.

😂😂 I thought you was serious at first

I don't think so but I don't like spiders, not keen on wasps and can't stand slugs 😃😃

Why are you asking questions like that, it really gets to me when people ask that. I'd never ask someone anything like that. 😂😂😂😂

No I’m not, wouldn’t do for us all to be the same

No, I take people as I find them, unless they give me a reason to think otherwise later on.

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About as long as Trump’s ceasefires do.

Will it last long! 🤣🤣🤣

(ISTR War & Peace as a lengthy tome!)

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Nice

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Is it a documentary?

:-) :-)

I like that one.

I used to have a T shirt that said, "An apple every 8 hours keeps 3 doctors away". I got sent home from work (mind you, I did work in a hospital)

DIY Hopeful?

Good luck at the dentist, Hopeful.

When I was a child, during the war when treats were hard to come by, I used to love chewing my way through one of those really hard, and sour, baking apples. The thought of it, now, puts my teeth on edge (the few that are left. Another one coming out this afternoon)

It took me a second but I got there. I was too busy considering replying, but scrolling down Humbug has beaten me to it so I won't bother.

@Hopeful2B - 😁😁

@Kat - I've long believed that diet & health are closely linked I can't see why only one specific apple would work the magic.

Kat - Granny Smiths are usually bigger than other apples, so size might make a difference. Have you tried comparing by weight?

Seriously though, apples are high in chromium which helps to balance blood sugar. I found a Granny Smiths apple immediately reversed my daily 10am hypo & I didn't need anything else to eat all day at work. Strangely enough no other type of apple worked as well, the good old Granny would get me through the entire day. What's different? Somebody will know.

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away, if you throw it hard enough and your aim is good.

The expression always gives me the pip.

Core, that was good.

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H2B :-) :-)

@Hopeful2B - gave me a chuckle. 😂

🍏🍎It originated in Wales in 1866 as a local proverb that stated: "Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread." The modern, snappy version we know today was coined in the early 20th century to promote fruit consumption. While eating an apple won't magically ward off every illness, apples are highly nutritious. They are packed with fiber, vitamin C, and antioxidants, which support heart health, aid digestion, and boost your immune system.🍏🍎

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Took me 3 days to get that one !

Took two reads through.

Then Groan, as Alley said.

Groan.

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Suzy Dent on Countdown comes up with some good ones.

Shades of 'Catch-22' here, methinks?

Redz3112, that's an interesting point. Perhaps some expressions in English have lost some critical words over the years. I can imagine 'Cry your eyes out' meaning crying until your eyes run out of tears but we've stopped mentioning the tears. That would be similar to Major General being a lower rank than Lieutenant General despite the fact that Major is a higher rank than Lieutenant. Apparently 'Major General' was originally 'Sergeant Major General' and a Sergeant Major is lower than a Lieutenant. With 'Major General' we've just lost a critical word. I wonder what other puzzling common expressions can be explained if we assume missing words.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

BETH,

YES - I WAS WAITING FOR THE CORRECTION - STRANGE IT DIDN’T COME 🤔

I WAS GOING TO USE - CRY YOUR EYES OUT - LOGICALLY/PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE BUT USED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Redz, Head over heels is logical - if you happen to be falling over in a sometsault down hill!

@Kat, this is sports commentators you're talking about, so the bar isn't set very high to start with.

&BMS. It's when a commentator says something like 'You can't UNDERESTIMATE his importance to the team' when clearly they mean 'OVERESTIMATE', that kind of thing. I thought I was quite clear, maybe not. 🤔My point is people say underestimate instead of overestimate, or overestimate instead of underestimate. It's so common I wonder if they know they are opposites?

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

I’M WONDERING HOW DO YOU COPE WITH PEOPLE SPEAKING IN LOCAL DIALECTS & WORDS?

IF LANGUAGE WERE PURELY LOGICAL WE WOULDN’T HAVE ‘HEAD OVER HEELS’ 🙃

@Kat. I'm not sure what context you're thinking of, but over estimate usually makes sense to me.

Suppose it's a very important occasion. 'Cannot under estimate' might work, if used to mean something like 'you must not under estimate the importance'.

But if they say 'cannot over estimate its importance' then I assume they mean it in the sense that 'it's so important that it is impossible to over estimate it'.

The one that annoys me is when they talk about the enormity of the occasion.

Kat - quite right. They ought to say ‘One should not under-estimate’ not ‘cannot’ anyway - it’s always possible to over or under estimate something, but people don’t stop to think what they are saying. It’s like the stupid saying the Americans have of ‘I could care less’ when they mean ‘I couldn’t care less.’ Ridiculous

My pet hat is the lazy use of 'inpact' . If one doesn't know the difference between 'affect' & 'effect' then learn it. Every interview on BBC has someone using the dreaded 'inpact' word.

Another is people who say 'cannot over estimate' when they mean 'cannot under estimate'. Common amongst sports commentators!

🤣my other half says this to me every week when telling me what to put on his invoice 😂😂😂👍

If the younger generation didn't use the word "like" it would cut the conversation by at least 50%. 🤨

I can't say I've heard of that 🤔

Think BT63 got lost in the post 🤣

BT 22 has been lost but I'm not giving up.

Even the BT36 and BT38 codes are over three hours' walk apart.

Tin hats at the ready everyone.

Take cover! SO19 out & about!

So nice to see 3 of them, I do hope they all claim.

Not knowing that the BT postcode covers the whole of Northern Ireland! 🙄

I like that it triggered some nice memories for you.

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Nice to get those good memories prompted by the postcode.

You can't not-show them to people who aren't interested in that topic - unless you want to collect everyone's interests and note them down, then carefully select the ads that may interest them. perhaps Chris would do that for you? 😈😊

But it's different with online ads. It benefits us to show people them whether they're interested or not because our revenue depends on the views the ads get.

Thanks Marie. But this is just a modern version of a much older debate dating back to the early days of commercial television - I presume in the States? - where advertisers and TV companies tried to convince viewers that they had an obligation to watch the adverts in return for getting free television programmes.

We'd never contemplate that now, and we mute the adverts and put the kettle on during the commercial breaks with no sense of guilt. And I throw away the leaflets that come with my magazine subscriptions even though I'm sure they help to keep the cost down. Nor do I read all of the hundred or so spam emails I get daily promoting mainly American products and services that are neither available nor of the slightest interest to me, even though I'm sure they help to keep my email account free of charge.

If I'm simply not going to be interested in a product then it doesn't benefit anyone to show it to me, be it online, on television or plastered across every bus shelter for miles around. And nobody has yet claimed that I need to read the posters at the shelter as part of the 'deal' for being able to stand out of the rain while waiting for my transport to arrive.

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Enver - is that better or worse than an installer?

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You're welcome, WhereamI? I hope you had a good birthday 🎉

Belated Happy Birthday & congratulations on your win! 🎁🎈🤗

Happy Birthday and Congratulations on your win. Enjoy.

Thank you all again for your lovely heartwarming comments and birthday wishes 😘 best of luck to you all for your turns soon 😊 xx

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Another Gemini. Happy Birthday and congratulations on your win.

Many Happy Returns of the Day!

Congratulations what a lovely surprise!🎊🎉🎊

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🎉Congratulations, and Happy Birthday!🎉

LLAP 🖖!

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Congratulations on your win and happy birthday to you! 🎉🎂

Congratulations 🥂

Good News! Enjoy your Birthday treat.

Congratulation on both.

Congratulations and Happy Birthday! 🥳🎂

Thank you all so much ❤️

Congrats and Happy Birthday -enjoy your good luck.

Have a lovely birthday & enjoy your win, thanks for posting WhereamI?- it gives us all hope.

Congratz you lucky person.

How fabulous to win it for your birthday. Have a great weekend. 🥳

Well done and HBD2U Whereami?...

Congratulations and celebrations !!

Well done and congratulations.

Congratulations and happy birthday 🥳

🎉 Congrats 🎉

Great timing, congratulations.

📻 DLT - "From a location halfway up the M?, ... Salford, the invader !"

The Hairy Cornflake - that takes me back

There's some different video versions on YouTube, some sing "dawn on 7th June" with similar words & scenes. (the next version plays after the one above).. but all are very entertaining.

Remember this version by none other than the hairy cornflake himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d189uP-48sU

Yeah I know he says the 5th of May in his version, but it was the UK version.

Mercy sakes alive….🤠!

LLAP 🖖!

I couldn't believe I know virtually all the words, have seen it numerous times, yet completely missed that it was 6th June. Great to listen to it again.

I’d forgotten that song thanks for the link 🚛🚚🚛

Whenever I heard this played on the radio and again watching the Youtube video it makes me feel quite emotional, goodness knows why.

This is the first time I actually heard the date.

Love the song but never seen the film.

Takes me back! 😁

If putting miso in a stockpot only add it at the very end after the heat has been turned off.