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"S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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S Viemeister wrote: On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. I remember having a shower in the warm rain, not wearing a stitch of clothing - but I was only a little piccaninny, then. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:15:11 -0000, Roger Tonkin
wrote: In article , says... I totally agree!!! I remember snow, but that was lovely too:) One of my snow memories is of course sledging in the recrationground behind our house. Steep hills and trees at the bottom -Elf & Softy would have a fit today!. Mind you I do remember one incident where a friends big brother did fail to stop and hit a tree, braeking his leg. Great excitement was had by all as an ambulance (never saw those much) actually came into the park, drove across the hollowed football ground to collect him. Dont remember much about him or the accident, just the ambulance! All the hills we went sledging and breaking bones are now covered in houses. One hill finished up in Hollingworth lake. When it froze in winter we sledged or walked on the ice. The whole lot made a creaking noise as we walked across, about a mile. The river that fed the lake also froze over in 1962/63 winter and the water level dropped as the flow stopped. This formed an ice cave for us to explore. We were risking drowning and being crushed at the same time. Extreme madness. My brothers still live near the lake. They say it has not froze over for years. Global warming in Lancashire! Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On 2013-11-09 09:22:10 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 16:29:23 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 15:55:06 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said: On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 12:51:29 +0100, kay wrote: 'David in Normandy[_8_ Wrote: ;994785'] I'm a moderator on a very large forum and yes, aside from diplomatic skills rivalling those of an international diplomat, a thick skin certainly helps! lol You also need to be a detective and have a keen nose for detecting bullshit. I've been called every insult imaginable at some time or other and even been threatened with physical harm. Another good reason for keeping one's real life identity separate from forum identities - that's the thing I dislike about facebook, its all interconnected. . Yes, that's what I hate about facebook too. My different groups of friends have different interests and ways of looking on life; I wouldn't introduce them to each other in real life, so I don't like the way they all get mixed into one heap on Facebook. That's why I gave up using Facebook about a week after I started using it. My gardening friends were all mixed up with my neural network associates. I must have looked like a real idiot. More importantly - I haven't met most urglers. I'm not going to introduce them into my more intimate circle of facebook friends until I have met them, and know them well enough to know I can trust them. If we moved to a forum, I'd prefer reactive moderation. The occasional nitwit will post, but can be picked up quickly and removed by a mod. Less work for the mod than reading everything, and gives more "ownership" (excuse mgt-speak) for the non-mod members of the group. The main trouble with forums is they need logging in and out. It's summed up by chap who compares forums with getting lots of newspapers, only one comes from each newsagent. If I used forums instead of Usenet I would need hours just to log in to each one as I use lots of newsgroups. Steve You can start Facebook groups and they can be open or closed groups, so you could start or join, a group for each specific interest. I currently read and occasionally contribute to groups on food, hardy tropical plants in UK, exotic plants and foliage plants. Groups have people who are 'admins' and they can moderate a group, if necessary but in practice this seems to be exercised lightly, if at all. Logging in to multiple groups or forums is too much hassle for me. Steve No logging in required. They're just in a list to the side of my page, so I simply click on the name of the group and I'm there, just as I'm here using my newsreader. It may be different with closed groups. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said:
"sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though:) We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-11-09 10:15:11 +0000, Roger Tonkin said:
In article , lid says... I totally agree!!! I remember snow, but that was lovely too:) One of my snow memories is of course sledging in the recrationground behind our house. Steep hills and trees at the bottom -Elf & Softy would have a fit today!. Mind you I do remember one incident where a friends big brother did fail to stop and hit a tree, braeking his leg. Great excitement was had by all as an ambulance (never saw those much) actually came into the park, drove across the hollowed football ground to collect him. Dont remember much about him or the accident, just the ambulance! My parents house in Guernsey has a steeply sloping lawn and our first winter there it snowed - extremely rare and unusual. I remember me and friends hurtling down the lawn on tea trays, while my mother stood their wringing her hands. Maybe she was worried about those trays! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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The other forum uses better software, with much more control on what shows on your screen (eg new posts, or new posts only to threads you've contributed to). And again it can store your password so logging in is one click. I don't find it any hassle. We're better disciplined on the second forum, starting new threads in the particular area when we get thread drift. And if we don't, the mods will often split a topic. That means people have all the techie stuff together and separated out from the idle chat. It works well - it's the "idle chat" that gets people posting every day, and it's often the ones posting in the idle chat area who have the knowledge to answer the techie questions. I'm not saying forums are better than usenet. There are some things they do well, and some they do badly - like threading. If you have to make the move, you can change your behaviour to make the effects less of a nuisance. |
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On 2013-11-09 12:52:07 +0000, Martin said:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:53:31 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though:) We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! As soon as the snow turns to ice on the roads and pavements. It so rarely happens here but if it does, I try not to drive. I'm just not used to it and there's exceedingly little room to manoeuvre in these lanes. Last year, when there was some ice, Ray tried to stop an impatient driver turning off a main road onto one of our narrow lanes. This person pulled past him and zoomed up the lane anyway, only to zoom back out again quickly when he saw the Tesco van sliding straight down it towards him! Both were very lucky that a usually busy main road was empty at the time. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 09:33:48 -0000, "Ophelia" wrote: "S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. If you ever had camping holidays you must also remember some very wet muddy holidays too Never went camping as a child. -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... One of my snow memories is of course sledging in the recrationground behind our house. Steep hills and trees at the bottom -Elf & Softy would have a fit today!. g We used to slide down the banks of a small frozen river behind our cottage (we hoped it was very frozen) on sheets of cardboard. I did get my feet wet once but no big drama:) Didn't never not 'ave no posh sledges! Mind you I do remember one incident where a friends big brother did fail to stop and hit a tree, braeking his leg. Great excitement was had by all as an ambulance (never saw those much) actually came into the park, drove across the hollowed football ground to collect him. Dont remember much about him or the accident, just the ambulance! lol all to do with priorities dontchaknow :)) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though:) We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! Oh yes! Especially when it starts to get sludgy and mucky! -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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writes "S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. We've been keeping monthly rainfall records for about 15 years now and the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956 (my wife studied geography and has a geographic atlas published in that year). Wettest months are Oct and Nov closely followed by August and July. -- bert |
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On 09/11/2013 13:19, bert wrote:
In message , Ophelia writes "S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. We've been keeping monthly rainfall records for about 15 years now and the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956 (my wife studied geography and has a geographic atlas published in that year). Wettest months are Oct and Nov closely followed by August and July. But where are you? |
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On 09/11/2013 13:02, Ophelia wrote:
We used to slide down the banks of a small frozen river behind our cottage (we hoped it was very frozen) on sheets of cardboard. I did get my feet wet once but no big drama:) Didn't never not 'ave no posh sledges! I always made my own from planks of wood, from about the age of 11. |
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