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Natalie got herself a pink laptop so I got her a mouse to go with it ;)

Well it's HER happy thought of the day :)

This is one of those times I'd glad I can't see properly :)

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If she's happy, you're happy.

Win-win.....

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Enjoy your guitar playing Peter. Chet Atkins was special for me. Wonde who won the Lottery this time.. Never Mind. It is my Birthday today, So I will enjoy ther day.

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Have a great day today Nash and have a virtual drink on me.:):beer:

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Thanks for these flowers colourful wishes.

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Many happies Nash how come you are not in the birthday celebrations thingy on CF? Not to worry have one (or 3) of these on me https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/07/7.gif

Hic.................... have a lovely time!

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This looks nice Wish I could pour some it out. Not sure about the celebrations on CF

Thanks Tinky

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Been married three months now - still feel fluffy :)

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Congrats Dilli...........Love is a many splendored thing! (thinks) Maybe they should make a film about it lol!

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You could always get the DVD of that wonderful film The Love Story as my partner and l are in tears every time we watch it.:bigcry::bigcry:

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Hope you had a lovely day Nash :hugs::hugs::hugs:

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Yes hope you had a good one :)

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Echoed :)
Hope you're having a great weekend.

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Thanks everone We had a nice meal last night in a local pub. But left about 9 O clock as the loud music started, So we moved on & found something worth listening too. But a good weekend with plenty cards both for Birthday & Mothers day.

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Pleased you enjoyed yourself Nash! :)

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Just having a quiet night tonight; listening to the country music radio station. As you know that is my kind of music.

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Confirmation class four tonight. Group tomorrow. Things are on the whole quite good :) - I see some stuff with a clarity than I used to (ironically enough ;)).

I believe this quote sums it up :-

Once I knew only darkness and stillness. My life was without past or future. But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

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You are a lucky man. Hold her tight and close sometimes. :)

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I thought you typed something else first of all...:)

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Score!

British Airways have kindly upgraded my wife and I to Business Class seats for our flight to Atlanta, with the added benefit we get into the Heathrow T5 BA Galleries Lounge.

Sipping free champagne as I type.....:D

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Very nice indeed Hugh but steady on with the champagne.:drunk::D

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You're just showing off now! :D
Why are you off to Georgia?

Have just secured good seats (no free chamagne :( ) to a home match of a double-header with Cardiff. Worth every penny to hear the Cardiff fans sing their anthem. They are great fans - no trouble just friendly, and friendly banter.

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The thing that annoyed me with the BA lounge was the sheer amount of distance you had to travel to get to them - down a set of stairs - along a corridor, up a set of stairs... escalators... and then finally....

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Visiting my son who is on an Exchange Year in South Carolina.

We are stopping in Atlanta overnight, then driving 220 miles tomorrow to Columbia, SC.

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Got myself a shiny new toy to play with last night.

One of the new Apple TV's.

Got home, unpacked it. Five minutes later, it was plugged in to the TV (just had to nick an HDMI from something else), connected to the network and playing both my own videos and Netflix on the big screen. Not to mention the fact that a suprisingly high number of the apps I have on my iPhone can route their output to the Apple TV via Airplay.

Might actually start making use of that Netflix membership I created a couple of months ago now.

I actually joined with the full intention of making regular use of it, but I only had access to it on my iPhone, Laptop and Desktop PC. The iPhone and laptop have screens that are really too small for watching a movie on. The Desktop has a 22inch Monitor, which is good for viewing movies on, but sometimes I just want to kick back and relax. The larger screen helps.

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My Braille primer course arrived this morning ;)

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Thats great news dilli.:tu:

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Set it up so it goes to the US version of Netflix. Far Far more content than UK.

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Tulisa's got a video out :)

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:D

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:(:td:

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It's a gorgeous day outside :)

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Yes its lovely down here in Plymouth as well.:)

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Beautiful morning in Columbia, SC - 65F (18C) now (9am), with a forecast of 85F (30C).

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It was beautiful in Glasgow yesterday nice warm sunshine But cold today.

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Out with Natalie on a date :)

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l hope you both have a wonderful time dilli.:)

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Over the moon for Hubby's niece. She has a guaranteed uni place without her results being confirmed. :D

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Finally got iTunes match working properly after a whole week :)

Fluffy.

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OOOooohhh - it's another fun packed day in my second home tomorrow :)

More poking and prodding in Addenbrookes' - At least it's going to be another busy one so it'll go really quick AND what's even better is that there's not much that is ok at the moment so I am not overly concerned about anything specific :tu: :)

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Score again!!

About to fly back from Atlanta to Heathrow, and good old BA have upgraded my wife and I again to Business Class. :D

Atlanta BA Terraces Lounge isn't a patch on Heathrow T5 lounge, but it's better than a kick in the nadgers...;)

(just worked out why - I used to be a BA Gold Card member in the 90's and 00's, when I used travel a lot and someone else paid; when I stopped travelling as much, I told them I was using Virgin Atlantic instead, and this is the first time I have flown long-haul with them since.

They must be trying to get my business back....)

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Jammy Hugh, hope you enjoyed yourselves! :)

On this beautiful day I am going with a friend to spend a few hours in Fowey. :):):)

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Well, friends on facebook already know but, after a slight trauma with a new job falling through a couple of days after I resigned, I have a new job - basically doing the same thing but, hopefully, with a bit more responsibility.

Fingers crossed!

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Excellent :)

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Nice one Nugget, keep my fingers crossed for you!:)

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Good luck Nugget with your new job.:)

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Welcome back Nugget :) . Good luck with the new job

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Good for you I wish someone would do that for us next week ;)

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Hope you enjoy your new job Nugget

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Just been unpacking, and found a notice from the TSA (Transport Security Administration) in it (see below) - the lock was broken, but they had re-secured the bag with some strong twine instead.

Best news is that the iPad3 and the litre bottle of Macallan Special Oak were still there, along with the dirty washing and stuff I had bought from Banana Republic...:D

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:D
I never lock my cases they are in my hands and then the handlers - IF they really want to check my dirty washing then they're welcome to it. Be nice it they laundered it and gave it back to me. :D I know I have nothing to hide. They could also slip me some JD if they liked :D

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Thats the trouble with the yanks, its there god given right to smash open you case ans go through it, any loss and its tough.:mad:

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Smash it open whilst ignoring the keys to the lock taped next to it...

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Do you really think that an American person will know what a key is, now that is stretching reality a bit to far.:D

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My wife's just asked me if she can go on holiday with you next time..... :erm: :D

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Actually, I found that nearly every one I met was friendly and helpful, probably more so than people in the UK.

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The trouble there is that anybody can open it and your insurance is invalid.

I bought a TSA approved combi lock that has a TSA keay at the bottom, if the lock is opened and relock I don't know.

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If they have opened it, you get the leaflet inside the case to inform you.

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Perhaps they were trying to find out why you got bumped into business class twice!! lol

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Some made and baked fresh bread.
Cook's privilege - I get to taste both end crusts :D

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Mmmmmm sounds lovely Caff.:)

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ooer!

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least she asked, rather than just leaving you a note...

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This time.....

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Blind as a bat and trying to teach my wife how to play chuckie egg - happy days :)

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Saw a young, female streaker on London Bridge station earlier. Not sure it was entirely voluntary as she was chasing her mate who appeared to be carrying her T shirt and bra. They were both giggling though.

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And yet you didn't take any photos? :( ;)

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I just paid my first TV License at £6.06p a month now..... Nice. Still, I'd much rather be able to use the full sercive and be paying full price.

And yes some people have moaned at me that I even get THAT reduction. Nuts to them.

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Don't let them worry you as your good self and your partner deserve everything that comes your way dilli.:)

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Bit hard when he's trying to keep up with them...:D

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Nuts indeed, I wouldn't wish anything on them and indeed hope that when they are in trouble no one is pathetic enough to try and make a tough situation worse by using antics such as they have on you.

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Yep the blindness, diabetes, broken foot, carple tunnel, renal failure, you deserved the lot Dilli :D

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I have a happy Thought. WE are off to Nashville tomorrow, Write when I get back.

Take care. nash

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Have a safe journey and a great holiday. I will look forward to hearing about your holiday when you get back.

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Have a wonderful time nash.:)

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Have a good time :)

My happy thought - I moved all my computer stuff (and desk) round today while Natalie was at work :)

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Thanks everyone I will enjoy.

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I'm away for Easter,I doubt I will get much access in Wales so I wish you all a Happy Easter.

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My 20th wedding Anniversary tomorrow! Second time around for both of us! :):tu: Lifes good.

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Family tree breakthrough thanks to some kind souls making a previously unavailable parish register available. Maternal line now back to 1614... Happy days.

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A Happy Easter to you as well, I hope you have a restful break Maggy and that you don't get snowed in.
Congratulations bud to you and Mrs Budwieser. I hope you are doing something special to mark the day.
1614, that's fantastic.

My paternal tree was traced back to the late 1600s but then came to a blank wall in France. I only got back to the mid 1800s on the maternal side, a Jones marrying a Jones in Wales sure makes it harder to trace the correct records. :D So much easier when unusual surnames are involved.

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The truth is always out there. Mandatory registration in France began in the 1790s but you may get back to the C17th or possibly as early as the C14th from parish registers if you're lucky (and if your ancestors didn't move around a lot). Your Jones will be tricky but by no means impossible :) I've found all kinds on my mam's: bigamists, vagabonds, drunken Irishmen locked up in Strangeways and three bishops :D

Haven't done much on my dad's side as I'll have to go to Warsaw and probably Kiev to rifle through the records bearing in mind where he came from and the fact that I have an unusual Ukrainian name. I've been in touch with a Ukrainian historian and she said it originates from a distinct cultural group along the Desna river on the NE border in the dark age period.

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We have a few Black Sheep in the family as well. :D My late father was the main researcher of our family and he was interested by the fact his family on both sides came over from France to Cornwall as tin miners and that they had then moved north into coal mining. Mind, he wasn't well pleased that he had French ancestors. Dang foreigners!! His words not mine. :D

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Got absolutely soaked camping in Norfolk, wet clothes, wet car, wet everything, but it was briliant! :)

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l am glad you enjoyed it Halcyon and l remember going camping with my dad when l was younger and l thoroughly it even though it was a bit cold.

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'dilli'?

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Hmm.

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My eyes must be going and maybe its time to get a new set of glasses.:):dunce:

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:D

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Spent a great weekend at Beamish.

Last went there 25+ years ago & it's so much bigger now, 300 acres!

Well worth a visit...

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Went to see Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.

Really rather good...

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Whenever we go I have great difficulty getting the missus out as she must ride on every tram.:erm:;)

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Finally, after weeks of anticipation and waiting, my wife has been granted her settlement visa! She'll be flying out Tuesday or Wednesday next week!!!! :D :D :D

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l hope yourself and your wife have a wonderful time TM.:)

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Fantastic news TM. :D

My happy news is my latest blood test results. I was expecting high figures but they are not too bad at all. I may even push the boat out and have a square of 85% chocolate. :)

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Now now. Don't got too rash :p:

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Good news Turkey & Jo :)

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I made it into the local paper this week :)



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Also, I just picked up S5 of "24" for £5 in a local charity shop!

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Who?
how much do you normally pay then?

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Excellent :)

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Well here it's £16; though of course it might be cheaper on the likes of Ebay. Only thing that seems to be missing is the booklet. Don't know what was in it, but I can do without it. It's the one season I wanted to buy to keep.

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Posting this message from my new iPad :D

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Then stop showing off :p:

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You're just jealous.....

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Maybe a little :)