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[suzysunshine7]

theDuke wrote: "I haven't been to a public bath in 20 years or so now....if they're not using Clorine anymore..what are they using instead, these days?"

I dunno, to be honest, but I managed to go swimming in a couple of places after that - including when I was in my 20's going to Aquafit Classes at the lovely old Baths on Petersgate in Stockport that are sadly no more now. They gave me and my Mum a List of the Chemicals that they used and Chlorine wasn't one of them so I thought I would risk it and I was fine there ;o>

And the Pools at the Rehab Gym that I've been using (in recent years) also don't ever use Chlorine either, thank goodness.

[theDuke]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I haven't been to a public bath in 20 years or so now....if they're not using Clorine anymore..what are they using instead, these days?"

I dunno, to be honest, but I managed to go ..."

Oh okay..things have changed it seems....well..... maybe in England anyway. Wales does tend to take a while to catch up on some things...unfortunately! Who knows..'our' baths may still be using that 'orrible stinky stuff, still! :)

Right time for beddie byes....i've got lotta work to do tommorow..and the day after..and after that....*sighs*...it'll be finished one day!

Night night sweetie.

[suzysunshine7]

x Nighty-Night x Sleepy-Tight x and very Sweet Dreams x

[[deleted user]]

Had a busy day yesterday - got all the laundry done, cooked dinner and tidied up the resulting mess, washed my car (finally got round to putting up a picture of it) and, once the laundry was dry, mowed the grass front and back, lopped a couple of feet off a bush outside the front window and cleared all the ivy off the wall that was creeping in from the wilderness next door.

Much easier day planned today - we are off visiting family to drop off a Birthday card and present for our Granddaughter who will be six tomorrow :)

[[deleted user]]

theDuke wrote: "I used to swim a lot in me yoof..and loved it. once, as part of my Duke Of Edinburgh Silver award

I swam 100 lenghts of an olympic sized pool, non stop. Granted..i was a very fit year old then..i ..."

Did you ever get round to doing your Gold award, Duke?

I only ever made it as far as completing the Bronze award when I was with the Air Cadets.

[Blastronaut]

I guess I always (well, at least for a while) blamed a teacher for me not being able to swim. Not cut from the same cloth as Suze's rather unpleasant teach, this fella was a tad on the passive-aggressive side. Quietly spoken and seemingly ok but had a nasty streak. He had his own ways of screwing you over.
A trip to the leisure center swimming baths (only about a mile away) was a once-a-week thing at primary school and I actually looked forward to going each week; it was when the learning got a tad more serious and we had to do our first 'Learners' certificate (or some such similar name) and as we were waiting for the bus to collect us that day, a friend and meself were messing about a bit, y'know like kids do, and he fell over in mid-scuffle. The quiet seemingly pleasant teacher just happened to take notice at that very second and informed me that I wouldn't be going swimming as a punishment; he didn't say boo to said friend (who was as much a culprit as meself) and he was allowed to go. Needless to say I was peeved,
My interest in swimming waned considerably after that and I never did do that first 'Learners' thing. I remember swimming being compulsory at secondary school (which had it's own pool) for the first couple of years and whenever we were told to do a few lengths I always managed to situate meself over at either side of the pool so for me it would be a case of swim (or my version of swim) for a few seconds and grab the side of the pool, then swim, then grab, and so forth. Teacher never noticed or maybe just let it go, I dunno. Was never grumbled at for it.
And that's my lot re swimming. My better half made sure all our kids learned to swim properly by getting them extra lessons after school so that's good.

[suzysunshine7]

I had absolutely fantastic Teachers, bar just the odd one, at Primary School - and nothing but unbelievably lousy Teachers that continually seemed to be teetering on the verge of Nervous Breakdowns at Secondary School. They pretty much all came across as being people that openly hated Kids with a passion but couldn't manage to ever get themselves any kind of a Job doing anything anywhere else?! ;oO

It's actually rather sad in looking back, to be honest, as I realise now that they must have hated my Secondary School and not wanted to be there almost as much I did?!

[suzysunshine7]

Sorry folks, but I'm extremely tired, in a lot of pain, having such a really crap day ... and once again ... I've just logged back on to this Forum to find this lovely little Thread being dragged into and used in an argument about what everyone else feels should or shouldn't be posted up on here.

And I'm pissed off and absolutely done with reading any more tiresome and tedious, derogatory or downright elitest smart arse remarks about this lighter brighter fun side of the Forum and keeping on with holding my Head up high, just laughing it off yet again, and carrying on regardless - so I'm going to take some time out for a few days to get over it.

I really do genuinely care about and love you all - but this just isn't fair and it isn't funny anymore?! ... so I'll see you all when I've calmed, chilled out, got myself over my temper tantrum and found my suzysunshine7 smile again ... (*HUGE HUGS*) ... x x x Suzy x x x

[suzysunshine7]

P.S. ... if I come back to find that the overall feeling is that this Thread and the Word Games Threads are still not considered by anyone else to be worthwhile or welcome on this Forum ... then I'll obviously respect that decision, and accept it with good grace, and then see if this Thread can set up a new home on the Goodreads Forum that Duke is planning on creating ... and that'll be the problem solved ... x x x

[Craig White]

what's all this? it's a local thread for local people, we'll have no trouble here!

of course there's room for everyone here. every thread is valid as long as people make posts and other people read posts and make posts in reply!

to quote mr ian dury, 'there's nothing wrong with it'

[Craig White]

......tell you what though, it'd be great if we had a 'politics' thread.

parp!

[Lez]

It's perfectly simple. Post on the threads you enjoy, ignore the ones you don't. Most of us know each other's views and personalities quite well by now, no need to be stirring up apathy!

[Martin]

Have I missed something Suzy? I wasn't aware that there had been any negative posts on the ones I have perused apart from the political one which I hastily abandoned after the darker tone crept in. I can only assume that they must have been deleted or surgically removed by some other method. I for one am a firm supporter of "Snails etc" and a few others, who cares if they might be a tad twee for some of our more robust members who feel the need to voice their complaints, well they can just bugger off!
A small footnote to the reminiscent tales of swimming I once had the opportunity to visit a Turkish bath house in Bournemouth, quite an exhilarating experience I can assure you. Never had the chance to do it again but wouldn't hesitate to if one came along.

[Isabella]

For my own good reason (Suzy knows), I haven't posted here for months although I've bobbed in and out just to read and keep up with you all. One of the things I enjoyed about this forum was that it was free of the pettiness of the old Amazon forum. Now I pop in only to find that things seem to be getting a bit heated. Please, don't do this.
Lots of things are more important and worth getting upset about than a few differing opinions on a forum. I could be as opinionated as anyone. Not any more.
Believe what you want, as passionately as you want, but be kind to each other, there's no time for anything else. xxx

[Martin]

With the likes of Putin, Boris and Trump etc "in charge" it won't be long now.

[Lez]

I haven't noticed anything nasty or negative either, and certainly nothing about specific threads. I nipped in and out of the politics one but it wasn't as bad as I expected!

[Sera69]

Lez wrote: "I haven't noticed anything nasty or negative either, and certainly nothing about specific threads. I nipped in and out of the politics one but it wasn't as bad as I expected!"

There's a slightly miffed post on Amazon Exiles that i think Suzy felt slighted by. Of course, slight never intended, but such is the nature of online foruming. :(

[TheFoe]

All my fault I know. I was really pissed off that the politics thread had been deleted and stupidly vented my annoyance at other threads that I have little or no time for. In hindsight I should have kept my opinions to myself. Really annoyed that I upset Suzy, she didn't deserve that, and I am sorry.

[Post Soviet]

I recalled old Zon forums recently, politics and religion in particular - really toxic ones, the latter being the nastiest, people there not discussing but trying annihilate each other. Plus constant trolling. What happens here in comparison, is really polite and pleasant place to be. And that's fine to be pissed off occasionally, just normal part of all human emotions spectre.

[theDuke]

Grizzlygrump wrote: "theDuke wrote: "I used to swim a lot in me yoof..and loved it. once, as part of my Duke Of Edinburgh Silver award

I swam 100 lenghts of an olympic sized pool, non stop. Granted..i was a very fit y..."

No i didn't Grizzly.....GCSEs got in the way (as they do!)...and one thing or another..i never got to do the Gold award, despite encouragement from the orgainisers at my school. I was struggling to keep pace of subjects i wanted to do well at. The problem was, i was at a scohool that had zero facilities to help disabled kids..andmy poor hearing just couldn't keep up with the lare classes, and all the noise and disruption that came with it. I still didn't acheive as well as i hoped...but as they say..Cie la vie...it's nearly 30 years ago now.

I sometimes wished that i did do my gold award....if only to meet his Dukeness himself! :)

[Blastronaut]

Suze - Foe's one of the good guys (I've met him in person so am as qualified as anyone to say so) and as you can see, he didn't mean to offend you. When he speaks of not having time for certain threads, maybe he means that literally? Not all of us come on long enough to visit all the threads; in my case there's many more I haven't so much as read than ones that I go on and that's absolutely nowt to do with who's thread it is and everything to do with how much time I'm on here for.
Anyway whatever the case, you can come back safe in the knowledge that this particular one is welcome and above posts prove it. I'm pretty sure yer allowed a tantrum or two - I mean the amount of my moans over the years are incalculable! More zeros than a Googlesearch! ; )

[Lez]

Completely agree, I've also met Foe several times and he's a decent bloke who would never mean to upset anyone.

[theDuke]

As is often the case with posted text....to one it may just read as an inoffensive opinion, whilst another can & will read something else from such a post.

I never went on the politics thread...as it's not my thing..I don't like policitians period! But i do like to peruse over the Snail thread, and participate on some of the word games. Suzy is a sweetie, but perhaps we should all remind ourselves that she is quite sensitive about anything of a negative nature..whereas the rest of us are perhaps thicker skinned?

Personally, i couldn't care less if folks choose to criticise anything I post or suggest on any of the threads....i'm just me...an austistic nonchalant aloof kinda bloke! :)

I hope Suzy returns soon..and accepts that no hardship was intended at her. As Lez and Blastro both said & i concur...Foe's a good egg!

[Craig White]

"Foe's a good egg!"

no! he's a psycho basturt with nothing but evil in his icy cold killer's heart! :)

but seriously, he took a paddy and let go with a volley of vitriol (i've been known to have the odd screaming tantrum myself) - suzy got caught by the friendly fire, which he undoubtedly regrets (despite the above)!

so hurry up back, suzy, you are the glue that holds this forum together! if you like we can all gang up on foe and kick seven bells out of him (just out of the goodness of our hearts y'understand).

[Blastronaut]

Run while ya can Foe! The Goodreads Firm's coming for ya!!

... is it just me, or does 'Goodreads Firm' not sound like the kinda outfit to strike fear into people's hearts?

EDIT - How 'bout 'The Amazon Vets'??

... nah, that just sounds like we're gonna come and mend folks' animals and such... especially if they're exotic.

If we're gonna go get Foe, we have to have a tough sounding name to have him quaking with fear... else he might just think 'Sod it, I'm 'avin em'... and then what? We gonna bring him to his knees with music?? Actually that's not a bad idea - hit him with some prog and he'll be begging for the end.

[Craig White]

there's no escaping the 'goodreads intercity casuals'! fear them!

[Blastronaut]

Sounds like a nice pair of sensible shoes dunnit? : )

[Blastronaut]

Okay the GIC it is. Time to don the Stone Island, sup a quick gallon or so, have a few lines of Charles and off we go.


My apologies folks, it seems to be Silly Sunday! It'll not last - I'll be my usual miserable basket self in no time, don't worry.

[Craig White]

"Sounds like a nice pair of sensible shoes dunnit?"

steel capped for other's discomfort!

"hit him with some prog"

i'd no idea you were such a sadist, blastro, good thinking!

[suzysunshine7]

Hiyah Everyone ... x x x

Unfortunately I'm back in Hospital again (I really must have it out with my Travel Agent over their choice of depressing locations for my Summer Holidays!) and am currently being dosed up to the eyeballs on Painkillers that seem to finally be starting to kick in and to take the edge of suddenly finding myself in agony that went far beyond my high levels of tolerance and endurance.

It turns out that it is because both of my Hip Sockets have decided to have severe End Stage Arthritic Episodes at exactly the same time and they also very kindly sent out Party Invitations to the base of my Neck and lower part of my Spine to come and join in with their riotous rebellion!

Ohhh Squirrels?!! - what on Earth have I inadvertently started off on here?!! Thank goodness my Mum was given permission to bring my Laptop in for me today! ;oO

Okay firstly, Isabella ... "Believe what you want, as passionately as you want, but be kind to each other, there's no time for anything else. xxx" ... well, I think that simply and absolutely says it all really ... X ! X x x

Awww, Nick, bless you and also thank you too for your apology, Poppet, but you really don't have anything to apologise to me for? ... well, maybe you do? ... yes! - I've just decided that you most definitely owe me an entire bake of homemade Russian Slices and I shall also be wanting a large Cheesecake as well! - LOL!!! ;o>

I do understand what it was that you were trying to say about the Politics Thread in your Post and why you were trying to raise it with the hope that it would lead on to having further and far more open discussions. My own objection came from not wanting to see any further discussions on the perceived value and the relevance of the Threads turn into being another derogatory 'them and us' argument between the two rather distinct and quite separate sides of this Group Forum - as has sadly happened several times now since we first all arrived and set up Home on here.

I've come across, and chosen mainly to ignore, several rather unexpectedly rude Posts. I didn't respond because I felt they did far less credit to the Posters who put them up than they did to cause any harm to what and to who they were complaining about. And the worse of them have since seemingly been reconsidered and have now either been edited or deleted accordingly.

I am indeed a extremely sensitive person, as Duke has said, and anyone who knows me at all well will know that I'm also an incredibly loyal and a passionately fierce friend. I was the one who came across the Snails on Amazon, and was responsible for first asking permission of Gordon before bringing this Thread over and setting it up, and inviting the original Snails to come and join us on here. I assured them all of a very warm welcome amongst their new Forum friends - and so, yes, I am indeed very protective of this particular Thread and also of all of the lovely easy-going and friendly folk who like to wander in and grab a virtual Brew, throw themselves into a comfy Chair, and share in some company and conversation ... using this Thread to take time out in getting to know each other (a bit - or a lot) better and to be far more caring and supportive of each other in doing so as well.

This was always rather frowned upon and sometimes even quite rudely discouraged on the Amazon Music Forums ... but this is Goodreads ... and we made a decision to come together and do things differently on here, didn't we? To be far more interactive with each other to get the Forum up and running and to keep it going - and to be inclusive of everyone - not just the Music Forums.

I love Nick to bits - we've 'known' each other now for around 7(?) years (ever since we first met over a late night sharing of favourite Traybake Recipes on the Amazon Cooking Forum) and I've always known him to be one of the 'good guys' on both Amazon and Goodreads and as an occasional yet very welcome contributor on this Thread as well ... and so, bless you and thank you, my dearest tech, but the gang beating in retribution really isn't necessary! - and you and Blastro can stop with putting feral Ferrets down his Trousers and dangling poor Nick off the Forum Roof by his Bootlaces now!!! ;oO

I'm not sure as to what 'stirring up apathy' might mean, Lez Lee? Is it something to do with my added suggestion that we might want to consider moving over and establishing this Chat Thread and some of the Word Games on another Goodreads Group Forum that Duke is currently thinking of setting up? I am not trying to stir up anything - just being my usual resourceful and practical self by putting forward a possible solution about something that might be the best way forward sometime in the future - if the rest of this Forum does feel strongly enough about still not liking, or in wanting, to have a Chat Thread or any kinds of Word Games on here?

It could prove to be a positive change for everyone as the purely Music-orientated Group Members could get to recreate this Forum into being far more like the Amazon Music Forums were once - and what Duke is thinking of trying to do is to recreate the Amazon Deals Forum and he wants to set up Threads just like this Chat Thread and all of the Word Game Threads as well. It might even help to improve on and to increase the more active Membership of both Forums? ;o>

It was something that I really wasn't up for thinking about at first - joining and setting up Threads on another Forum - but I am now coming around to thinking that it could be the perfect solution if we can't all manage to get together on making this Group Forum into being a Forum for everyone to enjoy.

Right, it's taken me over a couple of hours to write this out and my Laptop is about to be taken off me - so that's all from me for today, I'm afraid ;o< ... but I'll try my best to get to catch up with you all on here and more personally over the next few days as and when I can ;o>

I'm about to start banging my empty Mug against my Locker in the hope that the Tea Trolley will be around soon ... only I was promised a KitKat as a special reward if I ate at least half of whatever it was that was being served up for Lunch ;o>

Sending you all of my love x and my very best wishes as always x

x x x Suzy x x x

[Lez]

Oh no! Another of my attempted 'jokes' has misfired! One of my favourite quotes is Willie Whitelaw saying Harold Wilson was "going round the country stirring up apathy". I thought it was really funny at the time. I tend to forget most of you won't know or remember.

'Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern about something. Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion.'

[Anita]

So sorry to hear you're in hospital Suzy,it does sound a really nasty painful problem you have Do you know how long they think you'll be in?

[TheFoe]

Glad to see you posting back on here Suzy, (and thanks for the kind e-mail), really hope that you're out of hospital soon, though if Blastro & Tech get their way I could soon be joining you, so don't go anywhere! ;-)

Edit - While I'm about it and without wanting to sound mushy, thanks to Blastro and the others for posting what they did above, did appreciate it!

[Craig White]

ooooh! didn't that sound mushy? :)

keep better, suzy, some folks'll do anything for a free dinner!

[Blastronaut]

Ah well... the prog will have to go back in it's cage for now; you got off lightly this time Foe!! : )

Take it easy Suze, get well soon.

[theDuke]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "It could prove to be a positive change for everyone as the purely Music-orientated Group Members could get to recreate this Forum into being far more like the Amazon Music Forums were once - and what Duke is thinking of trying to do is to recreate the Amazon Deals Forum and he wants to set up Threads just like this Chat Thread and all of the Word Game Threads as well. It might even help to improve on and to increase the more active Membership of both Forums? ;o>"

I am?..i'm going to do all that? Oh.....okay then! But it's news to me! :)

To be honest..i've done sweet FA on this 'New Deals' forum so far...and until i get my workload down a bit...nowt will happen on that front for a while. But yeah....i'm trying solve a coupla of problems that were created by the now absent forum founder of DND...and free the 3 locked in surviving and somewhat very lonely blokes in there!

Honestly..it's like a pub lock in..without the booze..and the 'wimen'! *sighs*

So there will be a new forum..for those who want to catch up with Q, P and myself, at some point....but i have zero idea what to call it...or what content to put in it...yet.

The best name i've come up with so far..is this mouthful:

"The-We-Needed-A-New-Forum-Group, To-Get-The-Three-Sole-Surviving-Members-Left-Out-Of-Our-Locked-One; Cos-The-Founder-Has-Buggered-Off, Leaving-Us-Marooned, But-We-Couldn't-Be-Arsed-To-Give-It-A-Decent-Name-Group!"

Too long?!! :-)

Anyhoo, nice to 'see' you back Suzy...get well soon sweetie.

Just wondering.....you say your hips are partly to blame for your current discomfort....just wondering..since me Mum had one done a few years back....can you not get your hips replaced at all, Suzy?

Granted..i'm no expert when it comes to Aritistic pain....but thought by replacing the some of joints that clearly cause a lot of the pain..may alieve some of the symptons.

If i'm talking out of my bum..then ignore this comment! :)

[Gordon]

Duke, I asked about this in the moderator support forum. If one of the remaining members of the ghost forum contacts technical support they can ask to be made a moderator so they can make it public or allow previously excluded members to rejoin. I don't know how long it would take but it would save you some work.

[[deleted user]]

Duke;

Following up on Gordon's suggestion, if I remember rightly, you were (briefly) made a moderator so maybe they would give preference to you again becoming a moderator?

[theDuke]

Gordon wrote: "Duke, I asked about this in the moderator support forum. If one of the remaining members of the ghost forum contacts technical support they can ask to be made a moderator so they can make it public..."

Hello Gordon.

Thanks for the heads up...i wasn't aware of that, thanks.

That could be a solution..but the only issue that mey arise, if that the founder could return and reset it back to private again! Hence, perhaps better to start over agin with a new one.

But i will look into your suggestion as well, thank you.

[theDuke]

Grizzlygrump wrote: "Duke;

Following up on Gordon's suggestion, if I remember rightly, you were (briefly) made a moderator so maybe they would give preference to you again becoming a moderator?"

Yes..i was one..for a very brief time, until the founder 'accidentally' kicked me out of the group! That was corrected very quickly, but i didn't get my moderator status back, alas.

It should be noted, that this happened sometime before the founder went AWOL in July of last year, though.

Edit: Have sent a message to technical support regarding this issue. Thank you chaps.

[suzysunshine7]

theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "... and what Duke is thinking of trying to do is to recreate the Amazon Deals Forum and he wants to set up Threads just like this Chat Thread and all of the Word Game Threads as well ..."

I am?..i'm going to do all that? Oh.....okay then! But it's news to me! :)"

Well, if it wasn't you who told me all about this over several Emails a couple of weeks ago to see if I thought that it might be worth having a go at doing it, then I don't know who else it could possibly have been? It was posted on to me from your Goodreads Account - LOL!!! ;o>

[Val]

Hi Suzy, Glad to see you here and hope that means you are somewhat better and maybe even at home with M & D and the hairy woofers. You are much missed!

[suzysunshine7]

Hiyah Val ... x x x

I'm SO sorry I've not been online and haven't managed to keep up with the Aussie Footy Thread. I'm afraid I underestimated quite how ill I was and haven't managed to get back online since my last one-off Post on here. Thank you SO much for keeping me in the Game ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Thank you to Everyone for your lovely Emails! ... bless you all!!! ... x x x

I'm home again as of last night - YAYYY!!! ... constantly exhausted and still virtually bed-bound ... but hopefully getting there now again on building up on my strength and stamina and on developing an even higher tolerance to the new levels of pain.

I promise I will be getting back to each and everyone of you far more personally over the next week but, for now, I feel like I've missed out on having far too much precious time with my beloved Tia (and Mitz too) - and so please bear with me in not being back online much until I've had some very much needed quiet and quality time with my darling little hairy woofers.

Sending you all of my love x and my very best wishes as always x

x x x Suzy x x x

[Martin]

At last, some refreshingly good news Suzy, so glad to hear you are back home and best wishes for the future. XXXXXX!

[suzysunshine7]

Yeah! - I could definitely do without the horrendous Heatwave we have got going on here - but, apart from that, it's all good and I'm overjoyed to be back home again ;o>

Bye for now - I'll try to catch up with you all some more tomorrow ... x x x

[theDuke]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "... and what Duke is thinking of trying to do is to recreate the Amazon Deals Forum and he wants to set up Threads just like this Chat Thread and all of the Wo..."

Hello Suzy, welcome back sweetie. :)

I know...i was just mucking abart, darling!

I still haven't had a reply back from tech support yet...it's been 5 days now.

[Anita]

Suzy,lovely to see you back on here ,you were missed.Congratulations on your wooden spoon I was thinking I may be getting it myself at one stage .😊😊😊

[[deleted user]]

A bit late to the party but, welcome back suzy :)

[[deleted user]]

Duke;

When you find the time to set up a new forum, can I suggest that you put in a virtual pub and call it the 'Dunc 'n Disorderly'? :)