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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: CLKD on November 18, 2020, 08:23:24 AM
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I was raised in a village with few children. The school was 3 miles away so we were bussed there and back. I have vague memories of 2 pupils at that time. In the early hours I often wonder what happened to many of my peer groups in the various situations I found myself in whilst growing up.
2 I need to say 'sorry' to ......... :-\. Difficult as I don't want to bring back memories that they may have forgotten.
Then there's the internet ........ full of interesting topics, groups, news, fake news, 'photos of cats doing silly things ::) as well as unreliables.
A few friends have reconnected via e-mail, most of those had kept in touch with letters and C.mas cards but 2 get regular updates is lovely. Plus it's easier to send 'photos these days down the line. I have pen friends in the US, Oz, Manilla .......... and FaceBook pops up the occasional re-union. I did have a friend in Scotland who disappeared :-\ and yesterday, some1 not heard of for 5 years, messaged me :-). But with sad news :'(
I have a friend who is in her mid-90s who is no longer able to write to me but I send messages via the Manager of her Care Home, not as regularly as I ought to [note to self].
How much do you all keep in contact with people that you wouldn't bother to write/ring as often?
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;D. no one here has real friends then ;D
The 1 in Scotland, well that's a puzzle ........ she was here for a few years, joined about the same time as I did.
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I left all my friends behind in Aberdeen and slowly but surely I've lost touch with most of them,my friend of 45 years phoned very rarely now too but I guess their lives move on. I don't trust very much so I only had a handful of real friend,the rest were work acquaintances.
Thanks to this site I now have Jill and it's like we've known each other all our lives,two peas in a pod and always there for each other :)
And of course my virtual friend....clkd
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:wub: .......... I have been the person over the years to keep in touch with everyone. I loved writing letters so it was never a chore. :-*.
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I have kept in contact with 2 of my best friends from high school, only through FB mostly. I have no one from my University days that I have kept up with. I consider the friends that I met through running/walking to be lifelong now, we all met 10 years ago. We message, FB, text, etc. on a daily basis.
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I dare say if I was on FB I may have kept in touch more
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Thanks to lockdown I made the effort to email friends that I only bothered to send Christmas cards to for years. It’s been lovely hearing back from them and their news. I’ve been exchanging old photos with college friends. We were so young then! I don’t bother with Facebook anymore.
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Oh weren't we: so young. So naive. We survived though ;D and what was important in my teens paled into insignificance by the 1990s.
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Aww Jaypo, you've made me ☺️.
It's true tho, we just clicked didn't we? And I don't click with many people.
We were friends in a past life. I'm sure of it. 😃 x
( she was a pain then, and still is) 🤣😂🤣😂
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:rofl:
This morning a friend, not often spoken with, phoned to tell me that her Mum has died :'(. Aged 94. We were kind of thrown 2gether due to our parents being in the same industry ::). We pick up where we leave off though, however long the gaps have been.
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Some bloody mate you are you old tart ;D
Aww shame about your pals mum :'(
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Yep I thought that she would last for ever :'( :-\
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But hey, I hope I live to be that age :)
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Unless we have medical problems :-\ :'(
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If I get to that age I'm going to drink lots of alcohol and smoke cigars ;D
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I don't want to live to that age.
Knowing my luck, I'll be in the same care home as you Jay. 🤣😂
We'll be the new Hinge n Bracket. 🤣😂
You bath and feed me, and I'll watch them feed and bath you. 🤣😂🤣
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:rofl:
Hinge and Bracket - that dates you :D: what happened to them :-\
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Gawd knows. They probably went to the furthest corner of the world to get away from Jaypo.
🤣😂🤣
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My children say that if we live to the ages of my parents we going to be put in a home for the bewildered!
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MayB we should buy an old Rectory and start building that Home ? with ensuite bathrooms and a cupboard for a carer each?
I sometimes go through the members that used to be here that suddenly left or who drop by intermittently and wonder ........ Viv, Lanzarote, Leah ...........
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Omg we're Hinge and Bracket NOW jill ;D
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Go to the top of our stairs - there is an official website
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO RESCHEDULE THIS PRODUCTION TO APRIL 2021. BOX OFFICE WILL BE IN TOUCH SHORTLY REGARDING REFUNDS FOR THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY SWITCHED BEFORE OPENING FOR NEW BOOKINGS
We're very pleased to announce that a legend of British comedy is to come out of retirement in France to appear in a musical romp here this year as part of our 75th anniversary celebrations. The Dowager's Oyster is described as a light opera that captures the comic book charades of a 1920s murder mystery farce and at its heart is the return to the stage of Dr Evadne Hinge, one half of the enormously popular double act Hinge and Bracket which entertained audiences with their songs and 'theatrical memories' for 30 years.
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That would be amazing Teresa. 😉
I'd have liked to have done that years ago with all my family. But sadly, we've all fell out, so it probably would've been a disaster. ::)
OMG, CLKD. I didn't think they were still alive, let alone performing still. 😂
Then again, it's probably Jaypo in disguise! Cuz I'm certainly dead. 🤣
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I believe jillydoll that one of the duo died a few years ago ........
There aren't many people that I would want to share space with ::). A few years ago I had a friend who turned out to have narcissism and when she realised that I realised, she dropped me like a hot coal :-\ ;D.
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Oh yes,that's me,hope you all come to see me perform ;D
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My most successful role in the village pantomime was as the panto dog I was word perfect and woofed in tune! My next success was as Ben Gunn a castaway in treasure island. I was unrecognisable in my make up and wig and disgusting habits! Do I pass the audition?
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As long as you woof in tune juju,you've got the part ;D
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:scottie: that's the Wizard of Oz sorted for Easter then ?
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I was the the good fairy in that. Didn’t enjoy that. I like to be evil! Sadly the drama group in the village has disbanded. Members getting too old. Houses too expensive for the younger generation.
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;D ......... I have been in plays and sung in shows. Couldn't lift a note these days ::)
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Why is Holly so upset ? A friend would never have asked the question anyway - unless she was being pressured from 'above' or by the media :-\
Holly needs to accept that it would be arrogant to think that we have the 'right' to know everything about others, however close they might think that they are. As for telling the media overnight how hurt she is :-\. ............ why is this suddenly about her?
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Agreed CLKD.
Mind you, perhaps Holly is going on the offensive, worried that Phil could spill the beans about something involving Holly? 🤔. Who knows and, let's be honest, who cares? By all accounts he seems to have been a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
I reckon Holly is looking out for herself and her reputation- damage limitation through being associated with a guy like Phil >:(
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Have I missed something? Does anyone actually know what the rift was about?
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I don't have a problem with Phil. He found himself in a difficult situation so 'came out' on Air ::). Does the ITV have a legal 'right' to know the ins and outs [sorry] of what their employees do in their leisure time, after all 'it' was rumours. MayB Phil was taken off guard by Holly's query, was she being pushed from above :-\. If she's anything to hide .....
sheila - apparently Phil had a relationship with a younger man and told Holly 'no' when she asked directly. It may have been simply that Phil didn't want to be rude = 'none of your business'. Who knows how any of us would react when confronted at a difficult time?
I've known a couple of men that 'came out' after being married for many years. 1 wife knew, the other had no idea :-\. The children all accepted the situation in a 'we knew' attitude.
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Sorry for being dim but who is Holly?
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She presents this morning with him .
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It’s like everything, you’ll never know the whole story
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Probably not littleminnie. It goes to show that however much others think that they know people ........... because people alter, change ideas, have problems which quite honestly, may not be anything. to do with others :-\
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She presents this morning with him .
Thank you Star.
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Sorry but I think he's worse than Prince Andrew. It might have been legal but there was still a huge age gap and he lied to his wife and family for years. If I was his wife I could probably forgive him being a closet gay (pressure to conform etc) but not for acting on it whilst still married. Seems the genetics run in the family.
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I thought they fell out because Philip didn't let her know when his brother was arrested / up in court for being a paedophile? Then this has just made it worse.
However, she does come across as a bit ruthless, and I find it very hard to believe that nobody at all ar ITV knew about his relationship with the teenager. Seems to have been kept quiet, clear abuse of power/position but senior ITV execs should also take some of the rap as well.
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And ITV are saying they investigated, yet the guy involved is saying nobody spoke to him about it at all, which is a bit odd.
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Why should ITV investigate anything, what 1 does in one's leisure time: as long as 1 isn't bringing the Company into disrepute ........ the Press R making out that Phil was having an affaire long ago, however from what I understand, it was after he had told his Wife and B4 they separated.
I had a friendship go 'wrong' >:( about 9 years ago. I may have said already ::). Better out of that 1!
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It's just the media YET AGAIN >:( Once they're out to destroy someone,they won't stop until they do. I personally couldn't give a stuff what he gets up to in his spare time,it's nobody's business but his. The press want you to believe he's just like his brother but this guy was of a consensual age and not 15. What a world :-\
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It's so difficult, being in the public eye - they all seem to have publicists :-\. Whilst the media hounds people the truth rarely comes out instead of waiting; watching. 'they' hounded the other presenter, whose name escapes me :-\ for years as though 'they' wanted to find out something! John ????