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- Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:40 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Does anyone on this forum go to church?
- Replies: 396
- Views: 80235
Re: Does anyone on this forum go to church?
[quote="DavidRawlins".[/quote] In Australia they seem to get the best of both worlds. They celebrate Mothering Sunday during Lent, and later,in June, celebrate Mother's Day (the American usage).[/quote] I seem to be living in a different country to the Australia that has been talked about ...
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:06 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Does anyone on this forum go to church?
- Replies: 396
- Views: 80235
Re: Does anyone on this forum go to church?
Eventually I just stopped going to church! I didn't give up on God - I can (and do) worship alone at home - but I fear God may have given up on me! [The final straw was when said vicar refused to baptise my grandson, and we all had to travel to Finland for a service which was actually performed by ...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:48 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: From the sublime to the ridiculous
- Replies: 293
- Views: 157361
Re: From the sublime to the ridiculous
Why do Aussies speak Strine? Excellent answer written in a newsgroup by an Aussie (ex American I think) in Australia, there are so many bush flies around that we run all the words together, and speak without opening our lips. That way the bl**dy files don't have a chance to get in yer mouth while y...
- Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:16 pm
- Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
- Topic: loading forum
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4523
Re: loading forum
I fixed the problems I was experiencing by switching from Internet Explorer to Google Chrome.
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Windows Scam warning
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8477
Re: Windows Scam warning
I usually hang up, but one boring, wet Saturday a few weeks ago I decided to play along with the condescending, young Indian guy who rang to tell me that my computer had been downloading damaging information without my knowledge - even at times when the computer would not have been switched on, alth...
- Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Re-unions
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4511
Re: Re-unions
Guys, guys, stop the whinging and do what the gals did - organise one yourselves. I'm not recommending turning up en masse without consulting the school, but surely if you alerted them to numbers and offered some dates, they would do their best to be accommodating? Or not: in which case just turning...
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:53 pm
- Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
- Topic: Save 50% on fees????
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2633
Re: Save 50% on fees????
I have finally got around to reading my copy of 'Blue Skirts Into blue Stockings'. What a lovely, lovely lady Louie Angus was, and I regret that I didn't meet her. Anyway, her words in paragraph one, Chapter 1, published in 1980, leapt out at me: Parents cannot just choose to send their children to ...
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH Advertising in the papers
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8914
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Don't think so.bluegrunt wrote:Did I say something stupid?icomefromalanddownunder wrote: Oh dear.
I bated my breath after it had been baited by Spoonbill's post, so I think that makes me the stupid one.
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:31 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH Advertising in the papers
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8914
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
bluegrunt wrote:I don't think it does? Surely "bated breath" is correct?sejintenej wrote:No, the adjective has an "i" in it, but will he take the baited hook?Ajarn Philip wrote:I somehow doubt the world is waiting with bated breath...
Oh dear.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Visiting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1768
Re: Visiting
She's off to visit an Arabian stud in Hampshire today (Tuesday), coming home via The New Forest, then off to Cambridge tomorrow for the rest of the week, so her only opportunity will be to call in en route to Cambridge, and that may not fit with my b-i-l's schedule. Never mind - I'm sure she'll be b...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:10 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Visiting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1768
Re: Visiting
Thank you Mrs C
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:03 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Visiting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1768
Visiting
Hi Everyone I know that the information I seek is already here, on the Forum, somewhere, but hope that someone will take pity on me .................................. my daughter arrived at Hayward's Heath last night and will be there on and off for a couple of weeks, with my kind and patient brothe...
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:37 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: "They" have done it again
- Replies: 83
- Views: 18827
Re: "They" have done it again
. I've always thought it a bit of a cheek to claim Ruth Fraenkel (Deech) for CH. Yes, she was there - but I don't think she was grateful for the quality of education she received! In fact as far as I can recall, it was entirely due to her own efforts after CH that she became so successful. I'm sure...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:35 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: SCHOOL RULES BOOK
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3396
Re: SCHOOL RULES BOOK
Dear JRJ.R. wrote:jhopgood wrote:"the penultimate gay of their time at CH"
I know this isn't what you meant but it raises all kinds of questions and thoughts.
Lipstick and high-heels compulsory, John ??
Cross dressers/transexuals wear lipstick and heels.
Gays usually do not.
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:57 am
- Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
- Topic: Happy campers?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3937
Re: Happy campers?
I am currently staying in a 'renovated delight'. Well, yes, my daughter and son-in-law did help the owner by ripping up the pet urine soaked carpets, painting the walls and installing some painted corrugated iron around the lower part of walls in the living area (think Aussie Desert Retro Chic, or s...