Forum: The Library Café
Yesterday, 08:07 AM
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Re: What is Happening, part II
It's the redwoods I'd want to see. There was a row of them on the northern boundary of my parents farm which was visible from a mile and a half away. A storm in 2015 blew the tops off some of them...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Yesterday, 07:46 AM
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Views: 631,475
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Yesterday, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: The Library Café
May 23 2022, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 216
Views: 7,753
Re: New MoM playground?
Ginny, my daughter can't spell either so I'm used to sorting out the meaning of what looks like an un-related collection of letters.
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Forum: The Library Café
May 22 2022, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 216
Views: 7,753
Re: New MoM playground?
Vegemite and Marmite are yeast spreads. I'll have some grainy bread toast and butter to go with that for breakfast.
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 22 2022, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 6,922
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 22 2022, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: The Library Café
May 21 2022, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 19 2022, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 6,922
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Forum: The Library Café
May 19 2022, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
A mind-picture for you Ginny. Imagine a broad-leafed, dark green grass, about six feet high. The grass leaves can either be pointing upward, or droop from about three-quarters of the way up. Above...
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Forum: The Library Café
May 18 2022, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
My Christmas tree stays up all year in a dark corner of the landing on my staircase. But it is not a tree. It is made out of the flower stalks of a New Zealand Flax plant (phormium tenax) By the...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 17 2022, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 6,922
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 17 2022, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 14 2022, 08:37 AM
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 10 2022, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: The Library Café
May 8 2022, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 76
Re: Mother's day
Thank you. I enjoyed a nice meal with my son and daughter-in-law in the sheltered courtyard of a nearby pub. And discovered that the trouble with my new phone isn't just that I don't know how to...
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Forum: The Library Café
May 7 2022, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
Keep it up Ginny - your typing is coming out well, not nearly so many double letters and scrambled words. Hoping that will make reading much easier too.
I lost my own Mum late last year - she was...
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Forum: The Library Café
Apr 27 2022, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
So today I went to ask a "Vodafone Ninja" how to pay the account for my new phone by internet banking. After explaining that I had no intention of putting my banking on my phone until I knew how to...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Apr 27 2022, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Apr 26 2022, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Apr 24 2022, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: The Library Café
Apr 11 2022, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
I got told that a sum of money coming from Ireland was going to be paid by "Eurocheque."
Who still does cheques? Certainly my bank doesn't accept them.
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Apr 9 2022, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: The Library Café
Apr 4 2022, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
Someone laughed at me and said: "Galaxy A 12 - That's only an entry level phone, you'll just have to ask the nearest 12 year old to explain it to you. If it was really complicated one you'd have to...
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Forum: The Library Café
Apr 2 2022, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
I got a new phone today, I'd been using a dumb-phone and my eldest son forgot that and sent me a video of himself, his partner and two young sons for my birthday. Which I didn't get on my dumb phone...
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Forum: The Library Café
Mar 31 2022, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
They're a mixed bag, aren't they - even in the same department. I like it when a specialist asks if they can have a student observing. The student knows all the intelligent questions to ask and the...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 29 2022, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 29 2022, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 448
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 23 2022, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 448
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Forum: The Library Café
Mar 22 2022, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 22 2022, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 21 2022, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 313
Re: Dragonriders/Marriage
Some weyrfolk partner for life, some don't, and some are promiscuous. If you strip "marriage" or espousal of its religious connotations then it's to secure legitimacy of inheritance of some kind. ...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 21 2022, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 291
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 18 2022, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 13 2022, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 25,479
Re: Domick and Menolly
When I first joined The Kitchen Table, it was part of her website. I just missed seeing her on it, but part of the attraction was the fact that the person who introduced me to the The Kitchen Table...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 7 2022, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 5 2022, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: The Library Café
Mar 5 2022, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 216
Views: 7,753
Re: New MoM playground?
I think we might be needing more popcorn too. Meanwhile the kittens are chasing it all round the floor while their mother has taken her seat on top of the roomba and is enjoying the ride.
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Forum: The Library Café
Mar 3 2022, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
I wondered why my favourite coffee shop and roastery packed himself, his coffee machines, and his roastery up and went to USA - Arizona, I think.
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Feb 26 2022, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 24 2022, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
My landline spam callers are definitely Indian. They usually tell me that there is a problem with my Spark internet and they need to access my computer to fix it. Then I tell them that my provider...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Feb 24 2022, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Feb 13 2022, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 11 2022, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 86,208
Re: New Pern Books !
According to research I've been doing tonight, quarantine measures didn't stop it because the most recent outbreak was in Madagascar in 2021. It is also known in Africa, Asia, South America and USA....
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 29 2022, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 28 2022, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
We have a few advantages - like having a Prime Minister who took Covid seriously from the beginning, assembled a team of experts and set up a comprehensive testing routine, being an island nation...
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 27 2022, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
BD1 Mine hurt for about two days after all three of the shots (Pfizer) - also the right arm because I have a massive scar on my left arm. And it's a nuisance not being able to reach up because your...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 23 2022, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,159
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 22 2022, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 977
Views: 32,021
Re: What is Happening, part II
There wasn't much to see, just a tiny twinkly dot moving across the sky. We were on a dairy farm up a narrow country lane five miles out of town so there wasn't any light pollution. I just looked...
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 22 2022, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 216
Views: 7,753
Re: New MoM playground?
I heard a different version of the story today during a tribute programme on the radio. According to them he'd had the nickname since he was a baby. Can't say whether that's true or not.
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