I still much prefer talking to 'real' people

carrier pigeons, smoke signals.........

Write a note on a paper aeroplane and see if you can chuck it at the intended recipient?

It's working again now

Haven't missed Facebook in the slightest.

The Forum is 1000 times better as a place to hang out.

I spend rather more time here than on Facebook...

When mobile phones were less common (not very long ago), it was a bit of a pain in the rear to meet up with people and arrange things, especially if someone was delayed on the way but somehow we still managed

When I was at school I had a couple of penpals which was good fun - MSN Messenger didn't exist then! Also I doubt that many people write letters to their girlfriends/boyfriends any more. Shame really as there's something much more personal about it. I'd kept most of the ones from an old girlfriend up until quite recently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11401167

These courgettes are obviously dangerous weapons. I propose that people should apply for a licence and have a secure greenhouse before growing them. It's only a matter of time before someone gets killed.

I have a "violin hickey" on the side of my neck...lovely.

I'm in bed in pyjamas, a hoodie, fingerless gloves, socks, leg warmers and a hat. And am still shivering and have blue hands. It's only September!

But a cold September! The temperature dropped a long way in this neck of the woods after a tremendous thunderstorm on Thursday evening - by 10am Saturday despite glorious sunshine it was 7C.

Hope you feel better soon, Celeste. Do stay indoors until your temperature drops to normal; it didn't do you any good going out today. Take care.

I need to go talk to my son's teacher after school today - at my request and she's really nice and understanding so why do I feel so nervous ....???

ok so i found this on you tube and i love it......... just thought i'd share it looks soo much like a party i want to be part of not to mention the music is right up my street..

ps take a minuit or too to get into the playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXykwpzTePw

I'm ahead of Sol and Clavi in the top 10 poster count today. (At the moment...)

Why on earth is it sooo cold?!

Geordie complaining about the cold...

Does not compute....

Fun!!!!!

There's the most gorgeous rainbow outside!! It's a full arc, and all sevencolours are really clear!

Saw one of these a few weeks back, there was a clear 2nd, inverted rainbow outside it too - conditions were perfect. They still mesmerise me, even though I know it's such a simple thing!

I've just spotted this!! I might as well not be a Geordie-born in Newcastle RVI hospital, and yet I'm permanently freezing! What's wrong with me?! (let's not pull at that thread...)



Inverted rainbow? What's a one of them? (sorry, asking heaps of questions tonight! )

Where the colours occur the opposite way round, i.e. with violet at the top down to red at the bottom of the arc. It's caused by a double refraction of the sunlight in the raindrops.

Why, after charging my mp3 player all day yesterday, does it still have no battery??

Hrm, after last night, I'm sticking to my guns in future when I say "I'm going home", rather than letting myself be dragged along for further debauchery...

Hmm...I shall make a note of this post

Remind me to show you how Stevie Wonder sight reads when I next see you.

I want one of these!!
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/funny_bassoon_t_sh...458738794015361
(expensive though )

Anyone watching the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games (which is on BBC1 now)?

yep me

Drummers are rather good

the drummers were very good what's coming next?

Looking forward to seeing some hockey highlights once the games get started

They're all coming in with the national flags

Agree, the hockey should be exciting

it's all very colourful what it would be like to be in that parade.......................

hockey's always exciting, no silly off-side rule anymore makes it so much more interesting to play and watch. Really miss playing

indeed...I'd need to get better at a sport first...



I've never understood the hockey offside rule. Football's I just about get, hockey, no clue!...

as far as I remember it was the same as in football, 2 of the opposing team between the goal and the attacker at the time the ball is played? I think that's how I understood it........

You're right Louise, it's a silly rule

indeed, and hockey has quite sensibly got rid of it maybe the FA should take note

the drummers are coming back on

Maybe they should

hockey starts tomorrow, and the netball will have to catch up on Tuesday though or miss band practice................. no chance

for iPlayer!

when it works iPlayer is fab

what else is there? athletics start on Wednesday

Swimming, netball, bowls, squash, tennis, weightlifting...

I thing I didn't know about motherhood...how is it that an enormous, loud, grubby and disruptive adolescent is immediately transformed into a defenceless chick, cast into the stormy river of life (!) just by leaving home? I've been madly buying household stuff, imagining disasters, mentally constructing first aid kits/grocery boxes/helpful parcels to send later etc etc. Next week he'll be out of my house and in a strange city and I will have to find another way to manage maternal anxiety which doesn't involve shopping, making lists, planning emergencies and their solutions, and so on. It's all a bit unreal.
N

It's difficult to let go when they first move out, isn't it? Don't worry, he'll be fine! Is he off to university, or is it his first job?

As for things to do when he's gone, try to enjoy your new found freedom. If you're busy taking up a new hobby, you won't have too much time to worry about him.

Of course I know he will really, but it's been a rather sudden decision so I'm doing all the worrying in one short concentrated burst rather than over a few months!

N

I saw a forumite in IKEA today

Florence and the Machine are surprisingly good!

*tries to think of forumites who've named themselves after an item of furniture*

I did too N

One day, there'll be an ITV phone-in quiz which will require the use of more than one brain cell...