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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 20, 2022 9:11:54 GMT
This morning, my washing machine returned a missing sock to me that it had confiscated about 4 washes ago. It gave no explanation on what it had been doing with it, and I knew better than to ask.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 20, 2022 12:29:07 GMT
Missing socks tend to go on holiday for a while as the spare Tupperware top you don't have a bottom for.
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Post by casimira on Aug 20, 2022 14:19:35 GMT
Because you are such a good storyteller Mark (I remember a children's story you wrote on another forum some years ago) I fancy that you could tailor a story about the adventures of one missing sock.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 20, 2022 14:55:14 GMT
"The adventures of the missing sock"....... I'll put you down as co-author. You could have one of the two Euros we'd make in royalties.
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Post by questa on Aug 21, 2022 4:45:53 GMT
"Sock it to me"...(age related humour)
Who remembers? Make up a story maybe Mark is stocking up on some.
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Post by lugg on Aug 21, 2022 21:09:31 GMT
Brilliant news Casimira -x
Mark - now I want to hear it too.
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 21, 2022 21:15:14 GMT
If I ever write one, you'll all be the first to read it. It's not like it takes five minutes you know.
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Post by questa on Aug 22, 2022 3:24:14 GMT
My kids and I had an imaginary dog who had all sorts of adventures. His name varied from Pogo to Gopo...I don't know why. Each evening while they bathed, the dog "told " me of that day's doings. Once the boys were in bed I would pass on the story with lots of "and what do you think happened next?" I wish I had recorded some...3 yr old and 5 yr old boys just grow up too fast!
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 22, 2022 3:56:53 GMT
That is wonderful that they could give free rein to their imaginations like that!
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Post by questa on Aug 22, 2022 12:44:04 GMT
They never gave me any bedtime hassles. I think I liked the fun of making up Pogo's activities as much as they did. Tried it with grandkids but they were computer kids and Pogo couldn't match that.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 30, 2022 20:26:39 GMT
Took a dress back to the shop today. Because it was too big.
Almost never happens to me....
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Post by mossie on Aug 31, 2022 18:33:35 GMT
Please don't waste away
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Post by questa on Sept 1, 2022 13:14:18 GMT
How come my clever friends missed the atrocious pun at # 274 ?
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 22, 2022 7:16:34 GMT
I decided to clean out the sludge trap at the bottom of my washing machine for the first time ever (4 years?). I prepared a small pan to collect water and filth. Well, that didn't work, but clean pure water flooded my kitchen floor, and even when I wiggled my finger around in the drain, I found nothing. Maybe I need to start washing dirty clothes instead of clean clothes.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 22, 2022 17:29:37 GMT
Maybe your clothes are so well washed and worn already that there’s no lint left to clog up in the sludge trap?
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 22, 2022 17:52:39 GMT
And good thing #2 -- once my kitchen floor was covered with water, I decided that it was time to mop it properly, which had not been part of my plans. Now the kitchen is the nicest room in my flat.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 22, 2022 21:03:14 GMT
It's our 45th wedding anniversary today, also I'm now officially a senior citizen entitled to free bus travel in Leicestershire We celebrated by going for a nice walk in a country park then had a Chinese takeout for dinner. We know how to live we do...
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 22, 2022 23:34:00 GMT
Hooray! Happy 45 wonderful years and .... it's your birthday?
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 23, 2022 5:07:24 GMT
I have a relative who has a birthday on Christmas Day. Always pissed him off he only gets one set of presents. I hope Cheery you get a birthday and an anniversary gift. Good today - the Iranian descended CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has refused to wear a headscarf in order to interview the increasingly radical Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who then cancelled the interview because of that - bear in mind, this was to be done in New York, not Iran. www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63000854
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Post by bjd on Sept 23, 2022 6:44:37 GMT
Yes, I saw that about the Raisi interview. Good for Amanpour.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 23, 2022 8:45:36 GMT
I have a relative who has a birthday on Christmas Day. Always pissed him off he only gets one set of presents. I hope Cheery you get a birthday and an anniversary gift Nope. Jeffers struggles with the concept of gifts for other people. After years of him saying 'I didn't know what to get you' (the lazy git) I now either give him a detailed list. (What to get, where to get it and how much it is) or go without. Every few years I test him by asking for something expensive but only after I have looked into the best deals and have a sound argument ready for why I need it. Some years I get cards but most years not. This year I got a smartphone which we set aside money for.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 23, 2022 9:48:58 GMT
Many a man would be lucky to shower you with gifts. In saying that, we have a rule of ten euros. No gift to be more than that. If one of us needs something more then we'll discuss it between us anyway.
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Post by mich64 on Sept 23, 2022 19:15:02 GMT
Happy Belated Birthday Cheery! And Happy Wedding Anniversary as well! I like having Chinese takeout for my birthday as well.
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Post by casimira on Nov 8, 2022 12:49:51 GMT
We finally got our BUILDING PERMIT!!! AND, I got my replaced PASSPORT!!! AND, we got to see the BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE!!! AND, I made it to 69!!
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Post by bjd on Nov 8, 2022 16:56:52 GMT
I don't know which of those you are happiest about, but congratulations!
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 8, 2022 17:11:25 GMT
Well done casi!
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Post by onlyMark on Nov 8, 2022 18:11:40 GMT
Well done for all those things.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 8, 2022 18:12:54 GMT
Exciting breakthroughs finally on the bldg permit and the passport, but those are maybe eclipsed (ahem) by the perfect omen on your birthday for a wonderful new year ahead.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 8, 2022 18:24:31 GMT
Excellent day for you, casimira. Bravo.
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Post by mich64 on Nov 8, 2022 20:33:53 GMT
Spectacular Birthday Casi! Congratulations on the building permit and passport. This is the beginning of an exciting year for you.
Happy Birthday!
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