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« Reply #2206 on: 00:01:19, 29-06-2007 » |
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MJ, he is really the cutest thing I've seen all day! Thank you Sounds like a challenge. One that I'm not up for tonight; but do I think this is rather cute:  |
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« Reply #2207 on: 00:06:44, 29-06-2007 » |
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« Reply #2208 on: 00:14:50, 29-06-2007 » |
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Fag ends are now less common on pavements than blobs of chewing gum. I get very sad at the muck city dwellers and workers make for themselves.....
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I've recently unilaterally decided that cities and larger conurbations are to blame for most of the world's problems. In small communities - villages or hamlets such as I live in - in the countryside, there is a sort of innate, mutual support network which seems to prevent the problems that are apparent elsewhere. Everybody knows everybody else, and whilst that can sometimes cause problems, it means that those who are experiencing difficulties get help from people who know their circumstances and who care. It also means that if someone begins to go off the rails, there are people around who can stop it progressing. Plus there's the sense of community, which seems to prevent excesses. I would absolutely hate to live in a city - or even a town - where I didn't know everyone I met. bws S-S! |
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« Reply #2209 on: 09:21:30, 29-06-2007 » |
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I would absolutely hate to live in a city - or even a town - where I didn't know everyone I met.
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I'm totally the opposite. I'd absolutely hate that. I'm a city girl even though I've lived in a sleepy seaside town all my adult life. I take your point about community in villages, Simon, because I did have a horrendous 18 months in a country village once when our children were very young. I hated every second. You couldn't move! Everyone knew what everyone else was doing and what they didn't know they made up! Miles from anywhere .....aaarrrgggh.....the memories are flooding back. Two babies and no chemist - one car between us. Busybodies on every corner wanting to know all your business and gossiping over fences. Give me the anonymity of a city any day, because you create your own community of friends anyway. They're much more scattered about and you can see them as and when you want to. Each to their own  |
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« Reply #2210 on: 09:28:33, 29-06-2007 » |
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Mort!!! Are you feeling better? And, can you (or anyone else) explain to me why your number of posts is 'leet'? Or have my eyes gone funny at this time on a Thursday evening? Yours confusedly tinners PS Are you going to make it to Croydon 2moro? I haven't posted you anything because I finally got round to digging it out of the cupboard today and then someone told me there's a postal strike tomorrow  Mornin` tinners!! I`ve only just logged on and seen my `leet` status. This is an outrage, I`ve never leeted in my life! I`ve checked the Members list and no one else appears to be `leet`. Should I be worried? Is `leet` the Meaning of Life? I was never leet until Gordon Brown came into power. Hmmm ...... I`m going to try and make it tonight. I`m bunged up to the eyeballs with a cold at the mo, so I`m going to see how the day goes. Sharing a curry is one thing, but I don`t imagine anyone wants to share my bugs! Now where`s the Lem Sip.....? |
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« Reply #2211 on: 09:44:07, 29-06-2007 » |
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« Reply #2212 on: 09:49:32, 29-06-2007 » |
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Phew! That`s a relief, Increpatio. I can`t tell you how much better it feels to be leetless! |
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« Reply #2213 on: 09:54:35, 29-06-2007 » |
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A-ha! A clue! (Your posting score was 1337 at the time, Mort...) -  Perhaps some of this stuff will do your cold some good! |
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« Reply #2214 on: 09:57:56, 29-06-2007 » |
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Aha! Mort I've just looked it up. "leet (Court) yearly or half yearly record that lords of certain manors might hold; its jurisdiction or district." or if you prefer..... "Selected list of candidates for some office;" Does that clear up the confusion? |
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« Reply #2215 on: 09:59:37, 29-06-2007 » |
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Cities v. country: I've lived in both, and I suppose where I live now is somewhere in between. I was brought up in a village in Cheshire, and although it was picturesque and charming, I will never forget the wild sense of freedom I felt when I left it for London. No-one knows me! I can do what I like! No-one has preconceived ideas about me! Wow!
The thought of knowing everyone in a place (and worse, everyone knowing me) horrifies me. Would I have to join the Women's Institute and sit on committees? Shudder. In my son's adopted village in Norfolk (and believe me, it's remote) although everyone knows who everyone else is, they pretty much ignore each other. It's so small it doesn't have clubs, or a shop, or a pub. Large villages or small towns are much worse, I think. If I lived in one I'd have to become the Local Eccentric.
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« Reply #2216 on: 10:02:50, 29-06-2007 » |
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A-ha! A clue! (Your posting score was 1337 at the time, Mort...) - Perhaps some of this stuff will do your cold some good! Cor blimey, nuffin` gets past you, Sherlock! This means that The Leet is lurking for all unwary 1336s. Gulp! |
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« Reply #2217 on: 10:09:16, 29-06-2007 » |
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A small town or village in the UK would not be an enticing prospect - if the culture in the metropolis hasn't really developed much since the 19th century, then in the towns/villages it may still be stuck in the 16th or 17th.
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