General Chat

Hello Flornce61

Wow, you're certainly remote!!
I think I'd love to live somewhere remote, although I suppose there's a lot of drawbacks. I think I'd just like the solitude, scenery and peace and quiet. I always picture the Outer Hebrides as very scenic but that might just be what I think and not reality. When I see photos of a stone cottage without any other house nearby, set in lovely countryside, I always think that's the perfect place for me! Mind you, I'd still want gas, electricity, running water, a phone signal and the internet so perhaps I'm just kidding myself!!

Thank you for your welcome and I hope we can "chat" again very soon. My best wishes to you.

1. It took me about 5 years to read & re-read ‘The Story of Civilisation’ by American Will Durant (1885-1981) - all 32 volumes. Great stuff.
2. My late dad was a Ciotóg (pronounced Kithogue) - an Irish term for a left-handed person. They tell me that there has never yet been a left-handed Pope.
3. I’ve no idea who invented invisible handcuffs. I haven't seen any lately.
4. I like Tayto crisps.
5. I love Cidona. If you're not Irish, you may not know what that is. :-D

Dermot, I'm not Irish, although there's plenty of Irish ancestry so I'm told, so I don't know what Cidona is. Hopefully you'll enlighten me please.

Like yourself I've never seen any invisible handcuffs but you'll be the first to know when I do. I'll be on here like a flash to let you know! I'll even try and buy some and I'll send you a pair, howzabout that then??!!

It is fermented Apple Juice Kay, I am not Irish but my uncle by marriage is :-D

The Eighteen Bottles.

I had eighteen bottles of whiskey in my cellar and was told by my wife to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, or else... I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task.

I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with it, with the exception of one glass, which I drank.

I then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank. I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank.

I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass. I pulled the sink out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour.

When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other, which were twenty-nine, and as the houses came by I counted them again, and finally I had all the houses in one bottle, which I drank.

I'm not under tha affluence of incohol as some tinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get. I should have stuck with the cidona!

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C&P from the Net! :-S

Thanks LaGooner. So it's probably like cider then.

Dermot I love that!!!! Thanks for giving me a good laugh.

It is and scrumpy cider is my favourite tipple :-D :-D

O laugh laugh laugh. Thanks Dermot a good laugh after a horrible day.

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Hi Kay, Welcome to Genes Reunited Boards :-)

I'm Jem, I am 63 and I live in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.
My paternal roots are totally Pembrokeshire, West Wales, although my mother was originally from Kent and moved here when she was about 9.

I have been married for nearly 42 years to an Irishman! He's not very well at the moment and so I can't manage to get on here as often as I used to.
I have a daughter, 5 Grandchildren and 2 Great Grandchildren.... oh, and a now big cat called Rhodri we rescued from a hedge 3 years ago!

I have quite a few interests. Obsessed with Family History :-D

... and then there's Rugby Union:-0
If you are interested at all in Rugby, come and join us during the games on our Rugby Thread. You will be very welcome no matter which national team you decide to support :-)

Hello Jemima and thank you for your lovely welcome message.
South Wales is gorgeous. Beautiful scenery.
Sorry to hear your husband isn't in good health and that affects how often you can get on here. I've got a household of animals and an autistic son to keep me very busy during the day so I really only come on here late evenings.
I know nothing about rugby except that there's lots of hunky men in shorts running round exposing huge, musceley legs and didn't realise there was anything else to know about the game!!! ;-) :-D.
Hopefully we'll manage a chat another time, meanwhile take care of yourself.

Thank you Kay :-)

We have Autism in our family too. My two Grandsons are autistic. The eldest was only officially diagnosed at 20. He suffers from ADHD, seizures and fits but is managing to be semi independent. My Great Grandchildren are also highly likely to be autistic. My niece has Asperger's.

Wow, such a likeness to my family Jemima. My Grandson is also autistic;he's 11 now but was officially diagnosed a couple of years ago. My niece, who lives in Australia has the same problem but severely. She's in her 30s now. My son will be 40 next year. How strange that our families are so similar.

Here be dragons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKiYuIsPxYk

Kay
One of the things Rollo likes to do is post links to YouTube. It is left to you to work out any relevance.

Just seen you have posted on the Strictly thread Kay. You are very welcome. :-)

Dragons...Wales...some relevance this time then again he could have also posted....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Iyd5TWkYY&ab_channel=Quickcrop

:-) though Rugby wouldn't have featured I suppose...

I'm missing the rough & tumble of Brexit debates.

Are you though Dermot :-D :-D

I'm not :-|