Robert Poste's Child

Why can't people be @rsed to put their thread in the right section? Drives me nuts.

Very true, Dopamine. I think you could do another 20 based only on what English people mean by 'Sorry': 1.No. 2.Yes. 3.I don?t know. 4.Mind your own business. 5.That was your fault and we both know it. 6.What you just did is outrageous. 7.Move. 8.You have really bad manners. 9.That doesn't make sense. 10.You're interrupting a more interesting conversation. 11.Are you mad? 12.Shut up and listen to me. 13.I don't care what you think. 14.I'm not actually listening. 15.I?m just saying this to shut you up. 16.If you don?t want me to leave without paying, you?d better provide some service right now. 17.I'm so looking down on you. 18.I wouldn?t sleep with you if you were the last man on earth. 19.How dare you ask me for money. 20.Get out of my face now before I take you apart with my bare hands. To a properly trained English person, it's pretty much a complete language.

All the 'paid research opportunity' threads that keep popping up like weeds in the Lounge. They're even more annoying than the kitchen spam ones.

Could you put this kind of thing in the business section? There have been so many in the Lounge recently, most with nothing to do with the area, and they seem to be taking over.

Pregnant women who act like they're the first person who ever had a baby and assume everyone must be as interested in their every thought and sensation as they are.

I'm sure you mean well and are genuinely concerned, but I wonder how she might feel seeing you broadcast details like this? Presumably she was local and you don't know what effect it might have on her, her family or her partner if they were to recognise themselves from this, or if, God forbid, a local paper were to pick up on it. If it were me, I have to say it would just make things worse.

Went with my sister to a ballet show at the end of a week-long holiday workshop. We watched as 14 girls from about 6 to 16 danced beautifully - then my nephew appeared, the only boy, 6 a week ago, big happy smile, wrong t-shirt, one arm in plaster up to the armpit. Brings tears to my eyes even now.

dulwichmum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would love a little Ray Winstone. Ooh, me too...

Hope they don't exploit their participants like they do this forum.

Totally agree. The Lounge is slowly being stifled by all the commercial ads.

Oh dear, the guilt - I did that once by mistake. I think the other person had to dismantle their bike as mine wasn't attached to anything at all when I got back.

Have you seen that someone else is also looking for a partner? Should still be on the same page as this.

If anyone else is interested, I found a trainer in Herne Hill who is in the process of setting up a group and will be offering free taster sessions later in August. If you'd like her details, please PM me.

I think it may be something Germanic languages do as '-y' is similar to '-chen' in German and 'je'/'tje' in Dutch. Many's the time I've been thanked for an 'emailtje' or invited for a 'biertje'. Made me cry laughing at first. It's part of normal colloquial speech and doesn't seem to come across as baby-talk. Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > instead of 'sorry'. Nearly blocked him > > > Isn't "soz" the sort of word that a two year old > would use, because they ae unable to say the word > "sorry"? > > So much of the language used today is baby > language e.g. cozzy, footy, barby, sarnie (i.e. > several words ending in "y" or "ie"). Who has been > responsible for this? Australians?

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SO I'm moving house and ring my bank for a small > overdraft for a week. Computer says no. Sorry you > are a risk . > > So a week later house sold ?1/2M in bank. Bank > rings out of the blue - we noticed a large deposit > would you like us to to help you invest it. My > second word is "OFF" . The bank's name - First > name Lloyds. F**CKERS! > I have told them in no circumstances will they get > their hands on my money and I am moving banks. (35 > Years I was with them!) Are you familiar with the (former) FSA's matrix of evil? http://www.standard.co.uk/business/markets/jim-armitage-barclays-is-evil-and-clever-and-nothing-can-change-that-8559627.html Lloyds is good but incompetent, so they probably didn't do it on purpose.

On a guy like that, removing the pony tail doesn't actually make him any more attractive from where I'm standing.

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Talking/Going ten to the Dozen > > Oh well, must be the effects of the recession !! Surprising how often you hear that one. I confess I sometimes say brightly, 'So they were talking slowly then?'

Good Housekeeping advice - scroll down to bit on upholstery: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/stain-buster/stains-curry-may07

I'd suggest something in the 'pampering' category such as a gift voucher for the best beauty place in her area.

It's the cutesiness of it that's so sickening.

I tried Nordic walking recently when I was away and would like to keep it going now I'm back at home. If anyone knows of a local group, or would be interested in having someone to walk with and doesn't mind walking with someone who's not yet up to anything strenuous, please PM me. Thanks.

He didn't seem the type but nothing would surprise me.

I get that you want to be provocative and stir things up. If you enjoy that kind of thing, good luck to you, but I don't understand what you're trying to provoke people about. It's just not working right now.

By chance I heard Johnny Walker on Radio 2 doing a bit on Mott the Hoople today including part of Honaloochie Boogie. Made me think of HonaloochieB and I wondered if anyone knows if he's still using the forum?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's thanks to the Americans that we can go abroad > and most people speak "our" language. Rewriting history? English is the Cheshire Cat grin of British colonialism. If the Dutch hadn't traded Manhattan for nutmegs, it could all have been very different. Je weet nooit.