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Gingerlily - The Full Wild
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Oct 29, 2017 06:44AM
And lamp posts. Don't forget the lamp posts Suzy!
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Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And lamp posts. Don't forget the lamp posts Suzy!"... and all of the different colours and sizes of Wheely Bins all lined up! - LOL!!! ;o>
Our children’s library decided to hold a Postman Pat ‘event’ in the park next door. The full-size van arrived with the theme tune playing and our costumed librarian (a very tall man) climbed out amongst the waiting children .........who all ran screaming and crying to their mums. Oh, how we laughed.
Have you seen the adverts on one of the Channels (sorry I can't remember which one) to launch a repeat showing of the Black & White TV series ... Lost In Space? One of the (scary?) Aliens that they come across appears to be little more than a Monkey wearing a huge furry Deerstalker Hat! It just makes me fall about with laughter every time I see it! ... HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Have you seen this movie? One of the worst films ever, and the funniest. You can see the strings on the flying saucers!
Lez wrote: "Our children’s library decided to hold a Postman Pat ‘event’ in the park next door. The full-size van arrived with the theme tune playing and our costumed librarian (a very tall man) climbed out am..."The first time that my Mum took me and my baby Brother (aged 6 and 3) to see Father Christmas, my normally very shy and well-behaved Brother completely freaked out and ran off screaming. It took my Mum ages to catch him and then to try to calm him down again and I seem to remember that it took a large Ice Cream in the end to finally get him to stop crying - which was also a very rare and a very expensive treat indeed for us kids.
It didn't help much that the guy was such a dodgy-looking Father Christmas and I genuinely believe that if you are going to be believable then you really do have to put the time and effort into it. I hate it when you see a Father Christmas in a cheap tacky costume with a poor wig and nasty beard - it can only ever shatter a kid's dreams to get to see their beloved Santa looking like that.
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Have you seen this movie? One of the worst films ever, and the funniest. You can see the strings on the flying saucers!"
No, but I'll definitely be having a look out for it now!!! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Have you seen this movie? One of the worst films ever, and the funniest. You can see the strings on the flying saucers!"
No, but I'll definitely be having a..."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plan-9-Outer...
I just found it on YouTube! - and I shall make a point of making time to watch it tomorrow, thanks Gingerlily ... x ;o> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7WF...
Cool!! Enjoy it :)
Edward D. Wood, isn't that the nom de plume that Hollywood directors and such use to disassociate themselves from when a film looks like it's going down the toilet? That one looks like a real 'stinker'!
No, he's a real person and a real film producer. The name you're thinking of is Alan Smithee.
Ed Wood received the Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director Of All Time. There was a biopic of him starring Johnny Depp!
Lez wrote: "Ed Wood received the Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director Of All Time. There was a biopic of him starring Johnny Depp!"Thats right - how could I forget.
*goes off into a daydream triggered by the name Johnny Depp*
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Lez wrote: "Ed Wood received the Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director Of All Time. There was a biopic of him starring Johnny Depp!"Thats right - how could I forget.
*goes off into a daydream t..."
Mmmmm...
"Planet Earth to Gingerlily?! ... Planet Earth to Gingerlily?! ..."Nope?! - she's lost all contact with reality and is currently floating around somewhere on Cloud Nine! - LOL! ;o>
Lez wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Lez wrote: "Ed Wood received the Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director Of All Time. There was a biopic of him starring Johnny Depp!"Thats right - how could ..."
LEZ LEE?!! - how could you abandon your beloved Rufus so easily?!! ;oO
Hey thanks for the welcome Suze, Lez and Collette, very nice of yous. Really got to get to grips with this new site but it seems it has a 'Friends/Followers' kinda affair going on, which is different from zon. Maybe that's our new Yes/No system to show who's popular and who isn't - tho that was mightily abused on zon. Sounds about right tho since my friends requests, since I joined up t'other day, amount to a mighty two! Popular as ever eh? Thanks to the two in any case. Gonna be flying visits at the moment (so please bear with me if I don't answer anyone straight away, or even on the same day) as much stuff is going on in the life Clan B but will try to keep up with things here and hopefully post more regularly in near future.
Hi Blastro, glad you made it, good to see you again xx
Cheers nc, likewise. How's things?
Chugging along, thanks. Sounds like you're busy.
Hiyah Poppet ;o>No, the Friends thing is only just an extra and an easier way to be able to keep up with and in touch with people, that's all. It has nothing to do with being popular at all. There is an Email system within your Profile that you can use to make further contact with people who are 'Friends' if you want to - it sends any Emails onto your private Email Inbox.
Everyone who was new to Goodreads has struggled to be able to get to understand how the site works - it is SO very different to Amazon, isn't it? - many of us are still only very much slowly starting to find our ways around now. Do stick with it though on your flying visits because you will always get a warm welcome from everyone ... x x x ;o>
There's six of us (sometimes seven) crammed into this three bedroom semi and just been a few things happened that's got us all at each other's throats. Mostly general stuff that ya get with grumpy teenagers but everything seems to kick off at once, y'know. Our youngest being ill last few days hasn't helped. Wun't it be nice if our troubles all got in line and awaited their turn?Not to mention the house being upside down as we're having a bit of a clear-out. Loadsa kids toys and clothes - and I mean a hell of a lot - to go to charity and stuff. Charity shps seem to be very fussy nowadays mind; if it's not immaculate and still in it's box, it's not worthy.
Sorry, ranting on a bit.
Hello Tech, good to (cyber) see ya!
Sorry Suze, I didn't see your post 'till just now - an example of just how different it is from Amazon. Might take some getting used to. A slow learner, me, but I get there after a year-or-two! : )How's things with you, all good me hopes?
Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "Sorry Suze, I didn't see your post 'till just now - an example of just how different it is from Amazon. Might take some getting used to. A slow learner, me, but I get there after a year-or-two! : )..."I'm doing okay, thanks Poppet - could always be doing better, of course but such is life! ;o>
I genuinely hated it on here at first and thought I'd never get to understand how it all works - but suddenly it started to get much clearer and easier. I'd still rather be on Amazon ... but? ... we can put up lots of Photos under our Profile one now if we want to -and we can also include pictures in our posts on here as well ... and so it's not really all that bad! ;o>
I love seeing all the threads in one place without the clutter of old ones of no interest. There are little glitches like posts appearing late or out of order but you can usually see what’s happened. The only thing I miss is the Product Link. I really like the instant delete and the easy editing.
Hi Blastro, so glad you found us over here. We're starting to find our way around and it's all quite jolly and civilised.Totally agree about charity shops. When I go into them, I'm looking to find something a bit different, a bit quirky, happy if its pre-loved status is noticeable and I'm probably looking for something I couldn't buy new these days. But when I take stuff I get told it's too old, it's out-of-date, nobody buys it (specialist magazines). And, of course, they won't take anything electric, or bike helmets, etc. Okay, I'll go home and sell it on eBay. Sometimes I feel like I'm leaving after a dressing-down by the charity shop police!
Val wrote: "Hi Blastro, so glad you found us over here. We're starting to find our way around and it's all quite jolly and civilised.Totally agree about charity shops. When I go into them, I'm looking to fin..."
I get round the refusal thing by putting everything in the doorstep charity bags. We also have 3 major shops ( BHF, Sally Army and local hospice) which take furniture, even beds, and electrical items. The council takes unusable textiles and dead electricals.
I would like the Notifications on here to be like the Recent Discussions Box and there is certainly enough room on each Thread page for it to be so as well. And I wouldn't mind having the Group Forum Threads laid out in bolder writing as the Titles tend to look very similar and get a little lost amongst all of the others. I've found in particular the layout of the Nominating and Voting Threads to be one that I keep on avoiding at the moment and I really must make far more of an effort to try to stick with it and to start contributing on that quite essential part of the Group Forum.
Lez wrote: "I get round the refusal thing by putting everything in the doorstep charity bags. We also have 3 major shops ( BHF, Sally Army and local hospice) which take furniture, even beds, and electrical items. The council takes unusable textiles and dead electricals"I don't like our doorstep charity bags because I think usable items are often trashed (perfectly good clothing gets sold for rags). Our Sally Army and St Vincent de Paul will take furniture (the former can be a bit fussy and sell at a higher price; the latter are great). Our local Council gives us three free heavy rubbish collections a year and will take anything except chemicals, paint and batteries. We held a garage sale in the front garden last week and managed to sell 3 (out of 5) bikes, some books, DVDs and even cassettes! My daughter and I have booked a market stall for two Sundays in November in hopes of getting rid of more stuff. I'm not that fussed about making money, I just want to de-clutter and it's nice when something (like a book you enjoyed) finds a good home.
Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "Hey thanks for the welcome Suze, Lez and Collette, very nice of yous. Really got to get to grips with this new site but it seems it has a 'Friends/Followers' kinda affair going on, which is differe..."Hey Blastro. Re the friend/follow thing, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm not much better ha ha. I haven't tried to friend anyone yet, because, among other reasons, it'd be bloody mortifying if they didn't accept. 😝😳
Collette wrote: "Hey Blastro. Re the friend/follow thing, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm not much better ha ha. I haven't tried to friend anyone yet, because, among other reasons, it'd be bloody mortifying if they didn't accept"Tell them you have Munchy Boxes and are prepared to share, Collette ;o>
As long as they didn't go nicking the chicken pakora, Suzy! 😇
Collette wrote: "As long as they didn't go nicking the chicken pakora, Suzy! 😇"Better hide it first under a pile of Chips! ;o>
If anyone from this group wants to send me a friend request feel free. I'm not fussy...
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "If anyone from this group wants to send me a friend request feel free. I'm not fussy..."But you held out for an Elephant from me?!! ;oO
Well you have plenty hanging around in odd corners....
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Well you have plenty hanging around in odd corners...."Shhhhhhh, everyone will want one now!!! ;o>
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "There's plenty."
Ahhh, but that is only just in my Front Garden? - my Back Garden is almost empty now ;o<
Its surprisingly hard to clean a garden completely of elephants.
Thigh-high Wellies and an extra large Shovel does come in rather handy though ;o>
And look carefully at any small holes in the ground. Elephants are surprisingly good at hiding.
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And look carefully at any small holes in the ground. Elephants are surprisingly good at hiding."And climbing. Always wear a Hard Hat when standing under a Tree ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And look carefully at any small holes in the ground. Elephants are surprisingly good at hiding."And climbing. Always wear a Hard Hat when standing under a Tr..."
A hard hat won't protect you from a plummeting elephant.
Nothing can save you from a plummeting Elephant unless you dig a hole and climb in it first.
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