Good Morning Sunday 28th July 2024

I am afraid that is the magic temperature - above 20° and all is well with the world, below 20° and it is freezing.

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done todays walk without any issues. Yesterday I had to keep stopping as the old pins (legs) ached so much. I don’t understand why the difference.

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Good morning everyone.

I’ve been very good today and have ironed yesterday’s washing already - it usually languishes in the basket until I get around to it, which can be weeks sometimes! I walked Annie the dog early too before it gets too hot, there were quite a few other dog walkers of the same mind as we wandered the fields. I have nothing much planned today, not even the usual Sunday telephone call with my younger son because he is in Belgium to watch the F1.

Have a happy day everyone!

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What a lovely collective day for the forum!

Bruce, your DVD to MP4 conversions give me anxiety because that is one of the projects sitting in the corner of my brain nagging me to accomplish. Good of you to do for a friend.

Rose and Mart, what views!

Sheila, the number of packages that the mail has supposedly undelivered in my name would fill a warehouse. I should drop by sometime. :grin:

Enjoy your strolls and this beautiful Sunday!

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wel its happened at l;ast. my tablet “computer” just packed up. So did a norty and joined amazon prime to get another. did to 5/6 day free trial period and cancelled at the end of this time. so hopefully it will arrive tomorrow. chucking out old ones that no longer work, going back to windows 8.1 would you believe

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I love that picture to bits!
A beautiful blue sky and perhaps the prospect of an olive harvest? :yum:

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It’s afternoon here. I hope everyone has a good day. Today I’m straightening out my clothes drawers. I’ve got too many clothes. I slept in today.

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I empathise!
Most of my Jasper Conran collection simply must go!

Didn’t suit me anyway! :wink:

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It’s evening here. Hope you’ve all had a good day.

We walked across Hyde Park to Kensington High Street, had sushi lunch, then around the park and back. I love that place in all weathers. Today: hot & sunny. Thinking of going back on Tues on my own with a camera.

:grin:

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I’m not sure about a good olive harvest, we’re beginning to have the first signs of a drought, unfortunately :frowning_face:.
It’s either too much rain or none at all. Last year we had a very rainy Summer which meant huge damage to agriculture, one way or another, you can’t win :worried:

It’s 9pm here and still 30C out there, waiting for it to cool down a bit before opening all the windows to let some fresh air in.

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There is one place in the UK I have no wish to go to,that is London. only will go if to see a show or something. Too many tourists and rip off artists, being it exorbitant prices for places to eat or drink, let alone the pickpockets etc. Last time I went was to see Andre Rieu. Fighting ones way onto the underground every day must be hell not on earth but under it.
Maybe it is a case of getting older but I am quite happy here in East Sussex with the interesting places locally to visit. Knowing ones neighbours, not ones that are here and gone within days or weeks makes life a lot nicer. Where I live we have really nice neighbours which is an added bonus

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I keep my Amazon Prime membership, it is only about $60 a year (£30) and I save heaps more than that in free delivery plus you get Prime TV and music thrown in.

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Bruce here in the UK. Prime membership fees are:

  • £8.99 per month
  • £95 per year
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Rip off. Mind you they will probably go up here too, I remember reading in the USA they were over US$100 but Amazon has not been as successful here as they hoped (shades of Starbucks there)

London is probably more suitable for young workers, and young families in general, unless you’ve lived there all your life, so have become accustomed to it. My parents would have probably remained there if I hadn’t left. It’s just like any other big city in the world, not the ideal place to retire to if you’ve been used to living in rural areas, of course. I lived there until my late 20s and then I left, preferring a quieter place and a completely different country - my family origins. I never thought I’d eventually settle down in London, marrying, starting a family, I saw myself in Italy doing that and that’s exactly the way my life turned out. I’m used to living in the countryside now, a bit of a hassle having to use the car to get anywhere, nearest town is 15 minutes away, but the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
London will always have a special place in my heart though, I laugh now about those terrible experiences on London transport, my fun memories :smile:.

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I think I agree with you, loved living and working in London and loved Sydney too but I was much younger then.

Now I live in a town where more than two cars at a traffic light is a traffic jam and on the rare occasion I drive in Sydney it is my idea of hell.

It’s what you are used to.

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London can be very expensive. My sister and husband lived there for some years. I lived on the outskirts until I lived there then I and I moved with my new wife until I retired. Then we moved up to Yorkshire which was much cheaper and a larger house.

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Various parts in the new place:

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I lived in Finsbury Park and then Brixton Hill in flats coincidentally at the same number address, they weren’t particularity expensive in those days but this was the late 60s, early 70s

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Finsbury Park reminds me of my childhood days, when my dad used to take me to the park, to play on the swings during my school summer holidays. :smile:

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