posted December 13, 2008 01:51 PM         

I'd rather be single, no question.

Anyway, plenty of decent guys out there prepared to give it a go with a single mother.

The only friend of mine who said he wouldn't want to take on someone else's kids said it was because of the nature of his work and the things he had seen.

20 years later he has 2 stepkids, one who is disabled. He's actually very good with kids, always was, he was just put off by something. I never asked for details.

posted December 13, 2008 06:36 PM           

Hey PA - Glad you're feeling better!
Looks like you've passed on whatever you had because I've had the chills and tummy trouble for a few days now.. so keep your "virus" (tee hee) to yourself k?

So whaddup with the very blonde hair on what's his butt?

posted December 13, 2008 09:21 PM         

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koiflower how lucky you were to see them live!

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Thank you, Yes! Very lucky!! I'll endeavour to see them next time too. I think they come around every couple of years! It's a great treat to see a live performance. Cirque du Soleil is a story of East meets the West, so there is a multicultural feel to it.

posted December 13, 2008 10:42 PM         

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How are ya doin'? Sorry I missed you!!! Should see you soon in other places

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I'm glad I missed you last night - for all the right reasons. Hope you had a good time out.

posted December 14, 2008 03:30 AM         

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5338122.ece

posted December 17, 2008 04:32 AM         

It's the way he slid in, it's the way he exits.

The generic birthday thread is back up, just for you Mrs A.

posted December 17, 2008 12:26 PM         

When I feel up to it I will give it another go for you, Meta.

posted December 17, 2008 12:28 PM         

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As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

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Queen Christina. Another lost post from yesterday.

posted December 18, 2008 06:13 AM         

grat-post:

What's better than one Mercury in Aries person?

posted December 18, 2008 06:17 AM         

I needed some assistance whilst pondering your strangulation quotation and Queen Christina's intentions. He was most obliging.

posted December 18, 2008 07:44 AM         

Being both a quibbler and a history bore, I suggested this was erroneous as she was a lesbian. Not the same thing.

But what do they do, I was asked? Try asking Koiflower, I said. Why?

Anyway, Christina abdicated the Swedish throne and went to study art in Italy. Where she dressed as a man and called herself Count Dohmu. Or something.

posted December 18, 2008 09:07 AM         

I don't understand... the posts we had on accents are gone... but the thread didn't crash..???? How bizarre!!!

posted December 18, 2008 09:44 AM         

But's it's O.K. I can repeat my waffle in future.

It was my response to your question how can you know someone's class and background from their accent? The answer was: familiarity. The more you know an area, the better you know the different accents and what the areas are like -:

For example....

Not many English people know the difference between Birmingham and Black Country. But they sound different to me ~ and none of it is what you would call the Queen's English. It's an industrial area. It's not posh.

The Midlands accent sounds quite nasal. Sample Brummies: Ozzy Osbourne, Julie Walters. Black Country: Adrian Chiles, Lenny Henry. Lenny Henry is a good one ~ he breaks into broad Dudley in his comedy routines. He also does Jamaican, imitating his parents.

Rafe is more the standard Queen's English. Why's he posh? Hear Prince Wills or Harry speak, they will sound similar, but less plummy. They speak more like I would expect a private educated person under 40 to speak like ~ their nan is more like an old-fashioned BBC announcer.