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sorry to bang on but I've done it, I can see it in print  but on PP it still says waiting to update?????

Betty, Happy to know that You are Winning!! There is not much to 'chat' about on here now, so I might well leave and find another Forum!!

don't leave for good phoenix please!! you and I are on the same wavelegth :)

"Bon Voyage" to William for monday
wish it was me !!!! :'(

Hi Phoenix
sorry you feel like that,right now I am doing some postings and listening to the "proms" it is delightful,please please think of your glass as half full,we have come so far and have achieved so much.Think of what your parents had compared to us,and their parents !
I am so pleased to be born when I was I have the benefits of the NHS,I have modern technology,I have washing machine lol etc etc.
I count myself as very lucky ! ;D ;D

Thank you Mac,I will drink a wee tot o rum to you when im on the high seas. You will make a cruise one day.
May be some day we can splice the mainbrace together. lol

I have just watched Parkinson.it was just brill
all the memories came flooding back of the shows he did years ago.
Peter Kay was hillarious
and Beckham was so down to earth
Billy Connolly was himself as always
and Judy Dench was a star !
sad to see it go arent you ?

Hi Mac, Yes! Very Sad!! -- All the old 'shows' as we knew them, are fast disapearing.  The actor's too??
 Just not the same shows ------- Anymore ??  Quality!!

I have just been looking through the Radio Times
and I think i might enjoy this christmas there are some really good things on that I like to watch ! makes a change ;D

Mac ?? How can you Watch ---Radio Times ?? Something we don't know ???

Have filled in My Personal Pages. If done correctly??

Phoenix
doesnt everyone get the radio times ?
I like to look what is on over christmas !and it looks interesting.
Go and get one and have a look  ;D




dont know how many more postings I will do tonight the server is on a go slow I think ! ???

Hi Mac, Radio Times??  Never gave it a Thought!!
 But I shall buy one tomorrow. I used to Love Radio??
 Music while we work ----- The Work gets done quicker and Better??? Yes??

oh yes phoenix you nust get it it tells you all about the radio plays etc and the tele !

Tv as well ?? Missed the shops today!! Tomorrow OK.

I buy the Radio Times every week, its the best. I will be staying with friends, will have to watch what they do. No sound of music this xmas,shame, my favourite

William, Don't know yet, what is on TV. this Christmas. But hope you enjoy.  "Sound of music" is one of my favourites too. It will be back one day. --- Meanwhile, don't forget??   "The Hills are still alive with Music" ---

.... you won't watch TV during the whole X-mas holidays, will you? What about singing in front of the X-mas tree, as we Germans do?

We will be singing round the xmas tree on xmas eve if the weather is fine,unfortunately it forcasts rain, we can only hope.
Xmas day will be party time after dinner is finished, I think we men have volunteered to wash up, you know the kind of volunteer, you you and you.

Why must the weather be fine to induce you to sing round the X-mas tree - mine is in the living room, so how is your saying
Whether the weather be hot,
or whether the weather be not,
we'll weather the weather,
whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not!
So, William, join us in singing "oh Tannenbaum, oh Tannenbaum" or do you prefer Silent Night?

On xmas eve the villages gather round the christmas tree in the village tp sing carols.Christmas day is for familiesto eat and play games together and to be merry.
does your fatner christmas say ho ho ho.
Long time since i heard that rhyme Terri.

In our region on X-mas we neither have a Santa Claus (he's coming on December 6th) nor a father Christmas, we have a Christkind (X-mas child) putting the presents under the X-mas tree. There's X-mas singing in the town in the afternoon, but the so-called distribution of X-mas gifts takes place in each family at different times (when you have young children you say to them that the Christkind is decorating the X-mas tree, too). When my children still went into the kindergarden the grandparents went with them to church and we decorated the X-mas tree etc.
I think, in every European country X-mas is celebrated in another way.

Sadly The feelings of Christmas, is disapearing, Not as we are used to. No Carol Singers, come around The Homes as before, Just in case it 'Offends' other people??

Phoenix, perhaps they do no longer learn Carols in school.
In Germany on January 6th you can ask the church to send you the so-called "Sternsinger" (star singers), i.e. the holy 3 kings.

Hi Pheonix, I have carol singers every xmas. the difference is, the parents have to go with them to see nothing happns to them, sad but a sign of the times.the parents usually wait a short distance from the house but where they can see them.

Phoenix when do Carol Singers go around in the UK - on December 25th?

Has been know from 2 days before??  This year?? Not One!!
Have not seen any Carol Services on TV either??
 maybe?? Too many Objections against Offending Other's ????

Those carol singers you are speaking of, what are they singing - christmas carols - normal English songs?
Please excuse, but I'm an old nosy person.

I have seen quite a few programs with carol singing Phoenix,do you not watch songs of praise ?
I have also heard them at the supermarkets
and in the shopping precincts
and very nice they were too !!!!

Terri the singers who sing christmas carols in the street are doing it to raise money for charity.Children who sing carols at our door, sing to make a little extra pocket money.Bands that play carols are raising money to buy new instruments, uniforms etc. At the carol singing I went to on christmas eve, a collection was taken for the band funds.

I see, our Sternsinger (star singers) are collecting money for poor children in Third World countries. During Christmas time we have a lot of charity events (on TV, in churches etc.) The money is usually given to poor people all over the world.

Sadly we missed The Carol Singing, from 'King's College' at Cambridge. Reminding me of the past,again.
 Forgot even to 'record'?? just can't believe it??

Did you see the film `queen` last night phoenix ?

Hi Mac, Have seen it before, but we did not think a lot of it!! Hellen Mirren is better playing in 'Prime Suspect' which Eve, is watching now!!

I thought she was absolutely Brill !!!
and well deserved the oscar she won for it.

Watched The Railway Children earlier, a tear jerker but a great film.

The Old Films are still shown!!  and Yes!! We still watch them and still Enjoy!!-- What else is there?? Not forgetting reading our Books:

I like the old films because they seem to act better in them and the grammer is much better,not to mention the stories,and there is little or no violence,as for the sex bits they leave all that to the imagination !!
Talking of which I am going to watch John Wayne this afternoon but its not a cowboy film lol

HI MAC, THAT IS THE PROBLEM, WITH US OLD FOLK??
WE ARE MORE USED TO 'QUALITY' AND STILL EXPECT THE SAME?? OR EVEN BETTER STANDARDS?? ---- SADLY!! EVERYTHING IS ON THE CHEAP AND ANY QUALITY IS SACRIFICED!! -- WOULD BE JUST NICE, TO GETAWAY FROM VIOLENCE AND SEX SCENES. YUK!!
 THERE IS JUST NO FORM OF IMAGINATION SHOWN, ALL OUT IN THE OPEN??  AH! WELL!! THERE IS ALWAYS --'SHARPE'AGAIN??
 JUST REALISED?? HAVE MISSED 'SINGING IN THE RAIN'????

I think Pheonix you have got to agree that the sound and colour quality are far better today, its the contents of the films which are rubbish and of poor quality.
When a honeymoon scene was shown and when they went upstairs to bes,the man would take his jacket and tie off, the next scene they were having breakfast.We didnt need to be show what theyd been up to.As for the laguage, do the film makers thing it enhances the film, cos I dont.

Agreed!!  Sound and Colour is far superior on TV!!
Do you feel at times, there is No Story in the film??
The Main points being sex, fighting and bad language!!
 At least if watching a War film, or Western, maybe even, Mary Poppins etc: we know what to expect??
have to admit sometimes?? we are hard to please?? Maybe??Normally if we have 'recorded' we f/f the nasty bits!!

Watched a new version of the Jane Austen classic,Sense and sensibility last night ...........lovely !!

'BRILL' GLAD YOU ENJOYED!!

Do you still read books of Jane Austen in the UK? I heard a lot about her at school.

Teri
Jane Austen and The Brontes will always be classics here !
as will Dickens.

Whether it is Books or Films, one just cannot beat The Classics??  Again and Again!!

I see Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory was on tv today, have seen it umpteen times, not a classic but good viewing

I mentioned 'willy wonka' to Eve today!! -- She said 'Are You Kidding' --  I took that as a No Way ?????

well now Phoenix can you blame her ? :D :D

Mac ??  You should know that I would give Eve,  'THE CHOICE' ?? -- Glad She  did not want it!! Phew!!

ER!! Mac, You din't say if you watched it ??

Nowt wrong with Willie Wonka, seen it umpteen times.

Not for me 'Willie Wonka,  rymns with --- Plonker????

Had a dvd pyer bought for xmas with some Will Hay  dvds, great stuff, Would you call him a plonker as well Pheonix

Will Hay??  Nay William. Still remember him in The Ghost Train??  --  The Porter saying   "Where do it come from and where do it go" -- Amazing how we love the oldies.
 I shall be in the front row tomorrow for 'The Blue Lamp'with jack walker, a good old english, black and white!!

Where do you take all this time from to watch DVDs, play, chat and comment on the computer? I think I must make a plan to better organize my time.

Hello Teri, You have raised a Good Point there!!
But the best laid plan's do go astray  ::) ::)  I am continually 'trying' to organize my time better, it just does not work out!! -- Maybe not enough hours in the day ??
We did however watch 'The Blue Lamp' this afternoon and really enjoyed it!! -- Just don't take too long for your Drink breaks  ::) ::) ::)

Thank you for the good advice - I'll bear it in mind.

Don't go 'overboard' and neglet yourself!! There are times when I get so frustrated, I just have to stop for a cuppa and a ciggy??  =   Take a deep breath and start again??

.. take a deep breath and start again, that's what I always recommend my pupils when they are too frustrated.

SORRY NO POSTINGS FROM ME TODAY FOLKS
BEEN CHATTING IN YOUR CHAT FORUM
VERY NICE IT WAS TOO FOR A CHANGE !!!!
CATCH YOU ALL TOMORROW
 :-*

Have a great day, Mac!

ty Teri
I am having a great day !
the free range chicken is in the oven (stuffed)
and I am sharing it with my eldest g/daughter
what could be better !!! :-*

Maybe a tempting glass of Wine?? -- Then we would all be round??? -- Hope Your day goes well!!

Mac,
I hope you enjoyed your chicken - it certainly was delicious and as Phoenix says with a glass of good wine or sparkling wine a "gala dinner" as we call it.

Gets rid of all inhibitions and one becomes at Peace with The World!! -- If you believe that? Better have more Wine??
 Agreed??  Definately improves The conversation!!

We just had the chicken dinner....no wine
she is only 15 lol all enjoyed it !!!
yes all, she brought her mate !!!
we were naughty though
we have a fresh cream cake !!! aww dont tell anyone will you ;D ;D ;D ;D

Sounds delicious, Mac, but think of all those calories - you will have to jog a lot in the next days.

Tut tut Mac, not good for you all that rich food, I suggest you do 10 press ups twice a day.

I gave up all that years ago when my hubby died
he was slim and he was fit and he is not here !!!!
so I listen to my body now and if it says eat I eat and if it says slob I slob
and if it says move your butt I do that too
he was 56 years old !!! says it all to me  :-\

Mac, that's true, even if you eat only healthy food (Bio food we say) and are fit like a gym shoe, it's no "insurance" to get old. There are such a lot of unknown factors and, therefore, I think you should enjoy every day!

We all should Teri
here we say; a little fo what you fancy does you good !
have a nice day !

It seems quite hard to know just what, 'Healthy Food' really is?? Can we trust what is on The label?? Just --
 "EAT - DRINK - AND BE MERRY" ------- BUT??????????????
 DON'T EAT TOO MUCH 'SALT'!! -- DON'T GO BOOZING!!
 JUST BE 'MERRY' ON WHAT IS LEFT  ::) ::) ::)

its easy phoenix
common sense and moderation !!

I eat too much salt, I go boozing, I like an odd fag or 2 im still here at 84, so whats the answer.
I have stopped chasing the ladies though

Are you sure?

ha ha ha Terri, i could change my mind tomorrow lol

Hi William,  If You Stopped Running in the opposite direction??  They would have a better chance of catching You ?? ---  Who wants an answer, when one is Enjoying themselves ?? - Be Kind To One's Self!!

Phoenix, why should William run in the opposite direction? Perhaps in each direction one is waiting for him - who knows?

William,a man never stops chasing the  ladies !!!
well some of them that is,not you phoenix you got your Eve,I think William will always like the fairer sex ! ::)

when i chase em now, i am kinda hoping i dont catch em. lol

William I have my eye on you !!!!
you behave !

William never before have met neither a human being nor an animal chasing someone/something and hoping at the same time not to catch him/her/it.
Mac that's super that you have an eye on William.

Hi William,  I go along with that!!  Sometimes a man has to be 'seen' to do that,which He does not want to achieve??

Mac, Lovelly Photo: and well done!! I found that by 'clicking ' on your Photo: it is Enlarged!! Brilliant!!
 I know how to send a photo: by e-mail but not to put into Forum??

phoenix
if you have your photos in documents
when you reply to a message at the bottom it says additional documents....click on it and browse
pick the photo you want and thats it !!!
it has to be certain size mine was taken on webcam.

Hi Mac, Is it that Easy ?? I must give it a try when I can.
Have written your Instructions down. Thank You !!

Phoenix we look forward to the results of your "trials"

well glad its given you something to do for today
keeps the grey cells working lol

Like this one ??

yes its very funny  ;D ;D

Mac,  How else can you get two dogs to do do the same thing at the same time ?????????

By MY thinking I had not put the First picture on?? So I did it again, much to my suprise  ::) ::) ::)

I went into photo gallery
but it wouldnt let me view the photos
something to do with jamboola ?
do you have to register or something ?
or download something ?

Whatever is jamboola Mac. I am still waiting to get my new printer fixed up, have to wait till son comes home.

Mac, No Problems here with The Photo. gallery:

William, Re- Printer!! Just need to connect and put C.D. in computer -- All Done Ok!!

it's true the photo gallery is a special issue, sometimes I can look at the pictures and sometimes it doesn't function - seems I'm not too talented in this respect.

Hi Teri, You did a good job!! Putting those Photo's in  the gallery. I have'nt got around to even trying yet, or know how to do it :

oh it took me some time and then I didn't believe my eyes they were in the gallery

it is not as smple as that Pheonix, it also has a fax machine in it.

Hi William, Think I will leave it alone??

Still not connected Pheonix, but I live in hope.

   

   "HOPE IS THE MOTHER OF ALL MEN"

In Germany we say "HOPE IS THE LAST TO DIE"

Hope is all some people have !

Us 'oldies' still have a lot of Pride!!
 That and Hope, is all we have ??

that's true Phoenix.

Phoenix when using Mozilla Firefox for NDY I can see the photos. As you said you are interested in other countries etc. I put a new album in the gallery "Russian Impressions" - I hope you will enjoy it.
I was on the Volga last year with my mother.

Have got my printer op and running,you can expect anything now, you wont get it, but you can expect it

William, what vain promises!

All gob and gaiters you are William lo ;D

Oh Mac, I didnt know you cared.

William, Glad your printer is now OK!! -- I don't print a lot as the ink's are somewhat expensive, so I normally keep to my Canon's Ink.

it`s about time YOU Phoenix,had a go at filling in
YOUR personal pages. `a`ve a go !

Hello Smiler, I have placed My Info: into "view my pages" but don't know how to put into,  "Personal Pages" ????

You can however see My Website and personal information!!

http://www.e-vwd.com/169868dd   -- Just Click on and All

will be Revealed!! Am also considering having My Own "Shopping  Website"

Smiler,If you wish!!  You can click on "Grab A Grand" and have a Free chance of wining a grand on Wednesday and saturday!! -- No Cost to You!!

I couldnt bring that site up phoenix
it sadi web site not found is it the right addie

Hi Mac,  The Website I showed, is for E-lottery, an easier way to win smaller amounts. One can Click On and have  Free Chances of winning on "GRAB A GRAND" on Wednesdays and saturdays --- so easy!!If one 'wishes' one can join our Syndicate. No Pressure either way!! Have just checked the site and got in OK!! -- Can be Typed, into 'Browser' Address bar: A Rare chance to get something for nothing!!

    ABOVE EVERYTHING??  KEEP HAPPY!!

I am happy ! just not lucky lol

Mac,isn't this the better one of the two? How many people would envy you, if the knew that you are happy!

I should think everyone Teri
but hey I did win the national (horse racing) last saturday !

I think I will have to rephrase that
I backed the winner !

Congratulations Mac.

It was onlt £9 but its better than nowt lol

Just enough to go for lunch in a restaurant, I suppose.

The Grand National??   I won on the First and Third -- Pure luck of course and we did watch the race. We both still feel, for The horses though!!

Gambling on horse races - not very popular in Germany. True, we have some important horse races, but I suppose it's more for the "high society" than for the man in the street.

I dont gambol its a mugs game but my sister said she was going to put a bet on and did i fancy a horse.......I said number 33 and that was exactly how it was lol

Mac are you born on a Sunday - my mother always says people born on a Sunday are lucky fellows!

Ha ha Teri,I dont know what day I was born on
and I am not lucky in the main !
All I was told when I was born is it was the worse winter ever ! that cant be lucky can it Lol

Mac, that must be true (bad winter) - I remember my grandmother always told me when we arrived in Germany in May there was still snow and it must have been the year when you were born.

Teri it might well have been the year but it was january 1947

No, we came in 1946, so it must have been the first winter we passed in Germany.

No doubt the worst winter in my life time was 1947 but previous to that we had some very bad winters

Hi Folks, I was Born on a Saturday!! Lucky Number is 9 ??
 Am a 'Scorpio' -- An 'Intense and loyal friend' The Chinese year of The Horse???--- I have a framed version of,
 "The Day You Were Born" (was a Gift) Born Nov:15th.1930 in Dover Kent: -- price of Beer 10d. Bread 4d. etc:
 These really are, very informative and makes one laugh??

Blimey and what were the wages phoenix    10/-

I have a copy of the Times, dated 15,12.23. the day i was born,the price of the paper then was 6d, alot of money then. I started work in 1938 for 10s a week. Had to save up to buy mi sit up and beg byke, took me ages.I got 6d a week pocket money, could get fish and chips then for a 1d.Happy days

They sure were William
when fish and chips tasted like fish and chips !
and 6d went a long way !!!!!

Mac, have you also got a newspaper clip of your birthday?
When you were born times must have been a bit better.

Ah! William,  The collecting of 'corona' bottles for the return penny, to enable us to go to the saturday pictures. The morning paper round, to earn a little money or perhaps give to help our parents --- Ah!! was that really, so long ago ?? ---

Mac, When I was born in 1930 -- That was The Depression. Reckon not many was working then:

Teri sadly I dont have the newspaper of the day I was born Teri.I had 3 fabulous aunts and a grandma to tell me all about it !I have a twin brother and we  were due in march but we came early as twins do.There was no clothes for us etc,and we slept in a draw lol.........I get the feeling we were much loved and being twins it was a novelty too.

Sorry I click on post

Times were happier but we didnt have the things we have now like inside toilets,adn living near the docks there was a lot of bombed out houses around,we made good use of these as kids do.But everyone was quite poor and life was hard for a lot of people,but I dont think they moaned as much as we do.

Phoenix
I too had a job as a kid a very hard one potatoe picking on the farm for this we got £1 a day and we thought we were royalty lol alas my mother needed it and that was that,but she did give ua all a tanner for the pictures.

Potatoe picking ?? yes, we did that from school, I think it was one day a week, unpaid, just helping the 'Effort'??

We had to find the 'returnable bottles' to be able to go to saturday pictures? -- Jeez??  Was that only Yesterday ??
Was No Complaints or boredom!!

Seems I have had an idle childhood, I was only asked to prepare the veggies and fruits for being conserved during my summer holidays. When I was older I worked in a factory during the holidays to earn some money for a bike or dancing lessons, for instance.

Thats why you are clever Teri lol

Reckon Teri's Mum knew that she would do a Good job!! ;D ;D

i too had paper rounds morning and night, sundays too, wernt allowed to keep the money though. could maybe have a penny wafer instead of a half penny cornet.

Hello William, Just think of those 'enjoyable times' when it was raining hard and we tried to keep the papers from getting Wet?? - Then coming home and being cleaned up. ready for school ??? -- Gotta be some 'fun' there somewhere  ::) ::) ::) Yer did get yer wafer and cornet though, as a reward, for 'services' rendered ::) ::)