Narnia

BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > A terrible accident? Leaving a three year old > > alone night after night in an unlocked, dark > and > > unfamiliar apartment with two younger children? > > Not quite the same as allowing your school-aged > children out in broad daylight in a very familiar > place close to home, with lots of adults and > children walking in the same direction........ No it isn't but I liked to take responsibility for my child. Didn't you?

prdarling Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Smiling at the idea of Missus trying to find > celeriac in there. It was only a year ago that > they looked blankly at you if you asked for > garlic. > > It's absolutely rubbish. Virtually every shelf of > anything fresh is 3/4 empty most of the time. It > always reminds me of when you used to see shops in > Moscow during the Cold War - endless queues, not a > scrap of fresh food. > > It's scruffy, badly stocked, badly run and an > eyesore to boot You were in Moscow during the cold war! You must have some tales to tell.

So now you're a grown up, what's changed HH?

DM, you may have missed the report on the Dulwich kids. Boris wasn't in it.

Ok, but it's off topic.It was ok to use as an example of something but not to the point anymore. Did anyone watch BBC news? What did you think?

Well I can only speak for mine, and he dosen't. This is appaling, but is there an easy answer?

How can you score null points? You implied that each vote would count not the ones you liked. Explain this decision please. PS I didn't vote and it just goes to prove how sensible I was

It seems this subject is being covered by BBC London news on BBC 1 now.

Well my boy is now 19 and he has no problem giving us kisses on the cheeks when he feels so inclined. I think it's because he has spent so much time in Spain. Very heartwarming though.

In my best Spanish Ladymuck..........feck off;-)

As sad as I am for the McCanns, I wouldn't consciously do what they did in a foreign country and leave my child alone. However after a few drinks and in a nice environment, I might have had a warm feeling that this place is so nice and the people so friendly, there is no need to worry. I don't accuse them of neglect. They were just extremely unfortunate that this happened to them. Having spent many summers in Spain on holiday with a Spanish family, which is not that different to Portugal, I would say that living in south London is completely different. You may pick on DM for her views but ask yourself what would you have done in similar circumstances.

Can we have the votes please?

Dynamites...........that's the name you chose?

If you'd like an off the beaten track for foreigners holiday try El Portil. It where my in-laws and family go each August. Lovely beach and when I'm there I don't meet any foreigners at all. So it's a really Spanish in that respect. The blurb I briefly looked at suggested you would meet foreigners there. That's news to me apart from one Scottish lass in a beach bar. It's actually not too difficult to get to from Faro and the trip is really nice if you take the boat across the river between Portugal and Spain. The village Faro is nice too. Otherwise it's a matter of flying to Seville. PS I know nothing about the website. There may be others. It was the first one to come up in a search. El Portil

Maybe she just doesn't want to come home!

Lovely post HeidiHi. Brought tears to my eyes. God I'm soft.

Sorry LM, but this poster just doesn't seem genuine to me. I suggest you hold on to them for the time being. I know I've lost sunglasses.........I just don't know if they're worth finding yet!

You know better than I do then BB100. Maybe it's a recommended age. I just seem to remember a single Dad telling me something about it when he took his boy to kids football on the astroturf at Dulwich Hamlets on a Saturday and remarking how his slightly older girl was at home alone and he shouldn't really be doing it. I also remember panicking when my boy (probably 5 at the time) decided to walk out. I drove around the streets of East Dulwich looking for him only to eventually find out he had hidden himself at home in a very unlikely place. It wasn't a nice experience but kids do know how to punish their parents. It could happen to any parent.

Just spoke to her. She was going to Rome tomorrow and Lisbon later in the week. She may have to skip Rome. Shit happens!

Dulwich Mum made a point about being fined for cycling on the footpath being illegal. I always thought that was the case here. Also is it not 'illegal' here to leave a child under a certain age at home alone? Regardless of the rights or wrongs of that law which I'm sure applies to these kids, that would presumably apply to them being away from home alone. I don't think these parents should be witch-hunted nor commended, unless of course you know them. I wouldn't have had the courage (if that's what it is) to allow my kid do that when he was that young. It's a personal opinion as is everyone's else's here. We can all judge each other till the cows come home. It would be nice to live in an environment where we wouldn't need to ask questions about the rights and wrongs of doing this. Unfortunately, we do.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All is well it seems. As she is Spanish and in > Spain they have an emergency system whereby she > can be issued a new passport immediately for 20 > euros. I should have known. They aren't THAT organised. Faxes from Barcelona to Madrid to London. I phone and Manuel in London can't talk to me about a third party.I've got to sit here all day making comments on threads I know nothing about.

Mick, you are now posting stuff you don't even understand. Me neither.

Ok....the Uruguayans were cheated by the pro African ref who was pressurised by FIFA to ensure an African team remained in the competition and did everything he could to ensure that happened. How's that?

Surprised you have the energy LM! Suppose frozen one's would be too heavy.

Kapt.Kopter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All around my hay - Steeleye Span Wasn't that 'hat'?