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at last! something to get "the hag"! but I can see tears before bedtime on this next expotition (see Winnie-the-Pooh)

I "liked" this and then realised that "liking" it probably gave the wrong impression. The Pat thing seemed to come so out of left field I thought I had missed something. Ok, so the fat lady hasn't yet done her thing, so anything's possible...... as far as the drugs thing either it was different in Australia or somehow I was past it ("too old" ha! as if that has ever happened!) and my kids were too young (almost as unlikley), but somehow it never affected me/us. I never felt I lived in a bubble, but the way some people comment here, I am beginning to think that naievity kept me and mine a hell of a lot safer than I would have imagined.....

Mr Arbour! A Doctor in a molly house with a cucumber!! good god, man, what on earth will we have next! great chapter. tho' I sense complexities with Calvert on board.....

ok if we are going to pick a gen that's being screwed, try the youngest boomers - we are reaching the top of our careers, with all the stresses that involves we have ageing parents who want to remain in their own homes but need constant care and we have kids who hang about because they can't find a job that fullfills them. Oh yes and our gen X nieces and nephews say we're hogging the good jobs. no wonder we drink more than other generations combined!

yet again reviving a dead topic, but I have just read quite a well written story, in fact a very well written story, except - and this is my peeve - "PROLLY" once or twice to help add to a character, ok, but every single time any character in any scene would have otherwise said probably? No, grating, annoying.very bloody annoying. and why?

when are you Americans going to join the rest of the world and use celcius?

i remeber when we sold my grandmother's house. it had been in the family for four generations. when the solicitor asked for the keys to the house, we all looked at eachother and realised that no one had keys for a least two if not three generations! itwas quite funny at the time.

yes, but Darwin is a bloody long way from every where else!

crush is so completely the wrong word, but Methodwriter you do intrigue me; one who despite their comparatively tender years seems to be both intelligent and interesting.

methinks our boy has a new toy! something to play with in the bath! just when he needs it. On a more mundane point - it seems that the midset of a British Tar was something only the most extraordinary psychologist could get any sort of a grip on.

Frankly , Methodwriter85, I'd give up on this argument if I was you. The Tim-created image of you in "poopy diapers" has probably ruined what was left of Mark's holiday, and I sincerely doubt you can do or say anything that will wipe that image

I realise this has NOTHING to do with Mark's (bloody long) vacation , but this hankering for a recently passed decade was brought home to be by my two boys - born '83 & '87 - they have this desire to know what it was like for me in the '70s. I'll admit is seems a lot more fun the way they talk about it that what I actually lived!!

I think John would have a girlfriend that could afford more clothes - she seems to have had to stretch a pillow case an awfully long way.....

that seems a fairly simple EXCEL calculation: 7 Dec 85 - 31 Dec 89 = 1485 1 jan 90 - 31 dec 99 = 3651 = 29% "80's" =71% "90's" tho' I am not sure that tells me any more about you than the wealth of info I already knew! and it certainly doesn't bring Mark back from his revelries any faster! I feel like a kid whose next door neighbour has gone away "is he back yet?, is he back yet?, is he back yet?,......"

fascinating range of responses - (actually the range is limited, but the reasons for the response are widespread!) for me, no, nope, never. even assuming I am not in a relationship at the point of time where the option is put to me, I have enough of my own bagage without assuming or being part of someone else's half resolved relationship issues. life is just too bloody short for that sort of drama. I reread that response and realise how old I am - my response is that of an old(er) bloke - at 16 my answer would have been a lot simpler :

i know this topic is virtually defunct, but I had to add my bit. I find it interesting. As an Australian AND a Canadian QEII is my "sovereign" twice over. While I can't say I am an ardent royalist, I will admit that I see no reason whatsoever for removing QEII or her descendants from their position as head of state. Firstly the current monarch has done a bloody good job over times that have changed dramatically. Secondly what on earth would either Canada or Australia replace the current system with? Would anyone in their right mind really want the circus of the US or French Presidential elections? Ireland and India seem to do better, but still could anyone name either head of state? and isnt the aim of the head of state to be the personification of the state? so as far as I can see the current system as archaic as it is, works. and frankly that, to me, is the first test!

despite Freddie and Davina being "with child", it will still depend on the sex of the child whether the line continues, so I feel there is plenty more opportunities for vitriol chaos and plotting should the heir fail to produce his own heir, let alone a spare! great writing - it must be hard to keep it all within historical reality!

i get the feeling we are close, very close..... but of course that mesns nothing to our intrepid author - :-) while I am grateful for all your postings.... the lag between posts only adds to my stress!!! thoroughly enjoyable - keep on keeping on!

nope, no matter how much schemeing the little bitch (or big bitch for that matter) has done, no one deserves to be beaten. Ignored, dumped, sent to some hole like florida for a "holiday", whatever, but not beaten.

yep, advantage of living in Australia - everything always happens first here! apologies for the date, Mark - and yes,, Facebook suddenly told me it was your birthday and if its on Facebook......

Hope you day goes well. while I am amused by Stef, Will, Steven, JJ and the amzing products of you imagination, I do want to say many thanks for dear Sir George, a wonderful companion!

scary - I never know what to expect. I sincerely wish that the baddies were not so bloody intelliigent! Great writing, I can almost forgive the delay!

Will's path to enlightenment is spot on for his age. really well done. awesome writing lovin' it

I think that is an experiment that our dear George would be only too willing to perform!

In my experience, as humble as it may be, the Sharons on this world usually do!!! and it is why the world continues on its course (last bit added to avoid being banned from GA!)