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Jen wrote: "Anita wrote: "Do you walk Kinder Scout often Jen ?"Not for some time Anita as I moved away from near there, but the Peak District always has a special place in my heart."
It dos that too you Jen, gets right in your heart and stays there, we go out a lot and everytime it amazes me with its beauty and magnificence ! Hope you have got as many beautiful places where you live now.
Anita wrote: "L.A. wrote: "Mick wrote: "Hi Jen - nice to meet you. I'm a keen walker too (Lake district, mostly) and am fond of a map or two." Hi Jen and welcome. I like walking too - South West coastal path is ..." I used to have a cross Alsation - Husky who had the same ideas as your lab! I'm in complete admiration of the no more than 5 miles in the rain rule!
Please don't be, to be truthful I love being out in the countryside as much as my dogs do, so it's not like I'm being asked to do anything I don't want to, believe it or not I even love being out in the rain, well until it starts creeping down you neck no matter how high the quality of any clothing you could wear, hence the 5 mile rule on very wet days ! How old is your dog ? A nice mix and full of fun I'm sure, it's just such a joy to see them running, playing and having fun isn't it, we have a huge dog walking community on my local patch, this morning we had 10 with us for a while, the smallest a tiny Jack Russell and the biggest a Scotish Deer Hound, guess who has the others running round ? Yes the little Jack, we get so much pleasure watching them all together and no matter how ill you feel or whatever bad stuff is going on in our lives it's a tonic for the soul and never fails to lift the spirits, if we could bottle it we would be millionaires!
Sadly Gibson is no longer with us, but you're right, he was a great mix - very clever as well as great fun. Sounds like you have a great group there!
Hi Jim! Thats a pretty varied life you have lead :) Welcome to the group.
Welcome to all that are new to this wonderful group :-)
Kath wrote: "Hi, Chris. Best wishes to Rob."Thanks Kath. Sorry it took so long to reply. 25 years in IT for a major global bank and 8 years teaching IT and computing, and I'm still getting to grips with Goodreads!
In my defence, I'm also quite busy. :¬)
Hi Jim - welcome to the group
Jim wrote: "Hello! I'm Jim Vuksic.Formerly: Seminarian (4 years) - U.S. Marine (Vietnam veteran) - Professional Musician (8 years) - Manager (H.J. Heinz Company 33 years) - Husband (35 1/2 years).
Currentl..."
Hi Jim - seminarian and marine - that's an interesting combination. And a musician - what do you play? I'm a bad guitarist, a worse banjo player and a truly dreadful fiddle player. I do it with a smile, though.
Mick wrote: "Jim wrote: "Hello! I'm Jim Vuksic.Formerly: Seminarian (4 years) - U.S. Marine (Vietnam veteran) - Professional Musician (8 years) - Manager (H.J. Heinz Company 33 years) - Husband (35 1/2 years)..."
Mick,
I completed the 4-year high school portion at St. Mark Seminary in Erie, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1965. Coincidentally, it happened to be the year that the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict began to evolve into a full-scale war. 7 long-time friends and I decided to enlist in the Marine Corps. Being 18-years-old and, therefore, invincible, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
I played rhythm guitar, electric bass and sang in a Country/Western band for 8 years. Regarding your comments pertaining to your own musical talent, remember: there are no lousy musicians, only ungrateful audiences. Any task performed with a smile is a worthwhile task.
Jim - sounds a full and interesting life. When I was much younger, I played lead guitar in a heavy metal band - now that's when I met some really ungrateful audiences! Good luck with your writing.
I love our group! We attract the most interesting people from all over the planet.Welcome to our newest members. I look forward to getting to know you.
Good evening/morning. I'm in the United States and I know you are five or six hours different, depending on our daylight savings time.Anyway, my name is Dawn Ireland and I write historical and paranormal romance set in England, Scotland and Ireland. My father was born in Dundee, Scotland and I've always been fascinated by the British Isles. You have so much wonderful history! I set my stories in the late Georgian Era, and my Highland books tend to have touches of magic.
Aside from writing, I enjoy singing, acting, trying to learn to play the harp, gardening, the SCA, woodcarving and most anything to do with the arts. My husband and I live in Upstate New York, but I grew up in a little town called Creston, Iowa. So, I'm a small town girl. I love my little town because I can meet someone's gaze when I pass them on the sidewalk, and they don't think I'm a serial killer.
Although, I admit, I loved Karen Robards romantic suspense series The Last Victim. Who would have thought I'd fall in love with a ghost serial killer? But ladies, if you read the series, I think you'll feel the same way. I guess I just like a little action/adventure with my romance.
Now, you know a little about me, I'd love to hear about some of you. Any book suggestions from English authors for a woman who enjoys romantic suspense?
Hello Dawn, nice to meet you, welcome to the group.
Anita wrote: "Hello Dawn, nice to meet you, welcome to the group."Thank you, Anita! This looks like a very active group and I'm looking forward to putting in my two cents:)
Hi Dawn - welcome to the group. Like you, I enjoy historical romance, fact or fiction, I tend more to the Tudor era than the Georgian though - but will read anything as long as it's by a good author. I usually stick to the pre-70's era - not fussed on contemporary or sci-fi. ,
Hi Flo! Okay, language barrier. I'm assuming "not fussed" means you don't care for contemporary or sci-fi? See, this is why I joined the group. I tend to stay away from contemporary books as well because I enjoy the rules society had back then. (they up the stakes for characters) Today anything goes. Besides, there was such beauty and elegance to by-gone eras. (Yes, I am ignoring the lack of sanitation, terrible medical practices, etc.)
Nice to meet you, Flo!
You assumed right Dawn and please feel free to ask - especially with me as sometimes, I come out with not only Britishisms - but also Welshisms x
Welcome Dawn!Did I mention that my sister in law carried around a dictionary while I was home so she could look up the unfamiliar words I use now?
I think she was most tickled by the British definition of 'fanny'.
Ha - and what US call pants - to us, are trousers. Pants to us, are knickers - so what do US call knickers??
Hello to our new members. On holiday this week so I'm popping in and out.
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Ha - and what US call pants - to us, are trousers. Pants to us, are knickers - so what do US call knickers??"Very important in any language I hope !
Hi everyone, I'm Mike from Sheffield. Currently a truck driver, and a kindle addict. I'll be honest, I had almost got my reading habit under control. One paperback a month. Then I got my first kindle, and, damn. Lost count of how many books I have gone through. Read all Simon Scarrow's books. Finished all the Sharpe Series. Currently I am working through Clive Custler's collection. May day by Custler was the first, proper, book I read as a child. I keep going back to his writing, it feels like my safety blanket. Anyhow, that's me. Happy to meet you all.
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Ha - and what US call pants - to us, are trousers. Pants to us, are knickers - so what do US call knickers??"Underwear, of course!
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Ha - and what US call pants - to us, are trousers. Pants to us, are knickers - so what do US call knickers??"Describe 'knickers' and I should be able to tell you. On occasion we will use trousers, but those are usually the nicer 'pants' that go with a suit. The term 'trousers' is a little more formal and I don't hear it very often in our 'casual' society.
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Ha - and what US call pants - to us, are trousers. Pants to us, are knickers - so what do US call knickers??"Mmmm. As I'm reading back through, I wonder if you mean underwear? Bra and panties?
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Welcome Dawn!Did I mention that my sister in law carried around a dictionary while I was home so she could look up the unfamiliar words I use now?
I think she was most tickled by the British def..."
Hi Patti. I'm afraid to ask, but I have to know. Fanny? And, that does sound like something a sister would do:) I have two that keep my life interesting.
Hello Michael from Sheffield, I'm from Sheffield too. Welcome to the group.
well let you explain it to Dawn Patti !
In america its the backside, here its the front side.
Thanks for the welcome. What was the saying about the US and UK. Two countries separated by a common language. Fries, Pants, Fanny, Trunk, and never, if your English, ask for a rubber in an American shop. You will not get what you were expecting. lol
And don't ask for a ride over here - ask for a lift!
So I guess if you combine the two mistakes, asking for a rubber, then asking for a ride, might make you popular, for all the wrong reasons.
You would be in for a big surprise!
Told my sisinlaw I'd ring her. She was tickled.That was a very discreet way of explaining fancy, GL. I'm proud of you.
I have my moments!
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "In america its the backside, here its the front side."Oooooh. That is a bit of a difference! Very apt description:)
Michael wrote: "So I guess if you combine the two mistakes, asking for a rubber, then asking for a ride, might make you popular, for all the wrong reasons."Hi Michael. As an American, I think I need a dictionary of English/American vocabulary. Asking for a rubber, then a ride might also get you slapped, depending on the woman:)
Be careful in Australia. their equivalent to Sellotape is called Durex.
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Be careful in Australia. their equivalent to Sellotape is called Durex."I know I'm in trouble again, but what's Sellotape? I'm starting a list. It's the only way I'm going to keep this straight, but I'm really enjoying the conversation!
Sellotape is sticky tape. 
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Sellotape is sticky tape. "
Thank heavens this one isn't bad. We'd consider that to be packing tape if it's wide and if it's the small size you use for wrapping gifts we call it Scotch tape. I see a pattern here. It's named for the most common manufacturer? And sticky tape is a very appropriate description as well.
Oh we get Scotch tape here as well, but Sellotape is by far the most popular brand, so it has become sellotape with a small 's'.
Ask for a rubber in Britain and you will either be given a small bendy article for erasing pencil mistakes, or a wooden, oblong thing with a felt pad on one side, for erasing chalk writing on a blackboard (these have now mostly been changed to white boards)
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Ask for a rubber in Britain and you will either be given a small bendy article for erasing pencil mistakes, or a wooden, oblong thing with a felt pad on one side, for erasing chalk writing on a bla..."Ah, for us, both of those are 'erasers.' Language is truly amazing.
I still remember my British friends saying they were going to "knock up the neighbors." (They meant 'visit.') We laughed for a while about that.
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