A couple of things you might not know about me.......

Bamm Are you a Gemini by any chance?
When I find something that I like, I always buy two of them!

Lona and Bamm, I do that too, and am a Gemini! I have 3 spare pairs of the same slippers which I found comfortable, and lots of items in several colours.

((Hugs)) Gillybob

I fenced (foil) for my school and Somerset at national level when at school
I see driving as a necessity rather than a pleasure, I drive a sporty black Hyundai i10
I always wanted an E-type Jag
Would love to live near the sea or half way up a mountain with breathtaking views
I love gardening and walking.
I hate shopping for food and cold weather
I have just be diagnosed as having 'Occult Spina Bifida', it's only taken 61 years! Nothing can be done, need to manage my back
I love GN and recently 'discovered' Mumsnet
Love classical music, especially Verdi and Bach, and Moody Blues, Rolling Stones and the Who.
Greatly dislike modern so-called music.
I've never watched Coronation Street, Big Brother or Britain's Got Talent

I am 5'11.

I love New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc

I wish I lived near to my children

I have just built a pottery studio in the garden

I have achieved my ambition of spending winters in the sun

I am opinionated and usually wrong!

I am 5' tall
I have hazel eyes
I failed the 11+
I have a 100 wpm certificate in Pitmans Shorthand
I love music, singing and dancing
I can't drive
My husband is Asian
I have a Certificate in Education - Adult Literacy
I hate the noise the flush mechanism on a plane toilet makes
Favourite quiz show Would I Lie to You
I love the British landscape

gilly I hope your lovely thread has cheered you up.

A few things about me:

I'm claustrophobic
I hate shopping
I like white wine
I'm forever on a diet
I have a garage but no car

And today I walked a two-hour round trip to the hairdresser - so right now not only am I fighting fit but looking really rather gorgeous!

One more thing - I have two hairdressers.

Yesterday I swam naked in the sea for the first time. We were three batty old ladies, laughing and whooping and waving our 'cozzies' in the air. Life is good!

rubysong I like your style

No Lona, I am a Scorpio.

Some things I am proud of (and some I'm not so proud of - you decide).

I have - found an unexploded WW2 shell in Normandy.
- spend a night in the cells "drunk and disorderly"
- met Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) which was an amazing experience
- met Margaret Thatcher which wasn't
- built my own computer from second-hand bits
- survived a heart attack and a DVT (not at the same time)
- ridden a motorcycle at 120mph
- towed a caravan more than 100,000 miles
- had several magazine articles published.

Oh, and I went to Aberfan (we lived near Pontypridd in 1966) with my father and 2 of my older brothers to assist in the rescue effort, but by the time we got there the professional mine rescue teams had arrived and the police were turning volunteers away.

I don't think anyone can follow that Rubysong.
I love sewing,my garden and travelling.
I hate the smell of boiled eggs.
I drive a Rav and an ancient Alfa .
I didn't learn to drive until I was 30.
I didn't learn to swim until I was 55.
I can't sing but no longer care.
I was 5'9 but I'm shrinking and none knows this at all but I have a date for a hip replacement.
Hope your dear grandmother is being well cared for in the hospice Gillybob

I am 5'1" About 8st 9lb

I drive a Renault Clio with a built in satnav.
Sean Tom Tom often takes me on holiday with him.

My joints and muscles don't work too well these days.
I love my garden but it's getting a bit too big for me.

My quick snack of choice is Marmite on well buttered toast.

I watch lots of detective series if there is nothing much else on TV.
My favourites are A touch of Frost, Lewis and Morse.

I dislike the celebrity culture and I cannot imagine what the attraction is.

When I was a very shy 13 yr old the music teacher wrote me off as tone deaf.
10yrs ago I proved him wrong and joined a community choir.
When I retired I also joined a choral society and I really enjoy the challenge and the music.
I was 51 when an OU tutor suggested I should go for a dyslexia assessment.
I learnt I was Dyslexic and not thick or lazy. That information was a great experience for me.

I have a strong hobby interest in Geology.

I can be very outspoken on GN.

My confidence has improved greatly over the years.

I do enjoy GN but I pick and choose what I post on.

This is a great thread.

I drive a Fiat 500, I don't like driving big cars, in spite of my husband telling me that I should drive his car sometimes, I'm happy with mine.
In the first year at senior school our geography lessons were about South America and I developed and enduring desire to go there. For my 60th we went to Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil - I'm happy now
I like to travel abroad, but I hate flying. In the past few years I have fallen in love with Britain, I now appreciate it's beauty - I didn't when I was young.
Taking up genealogy has been one of the most exciting thing I have done in the past 10 years.
Reading always made me happy from an early age, a good book is better than the telly.
I love cats, so did my mum, her mum my grandmother and my granddaughter, unfortunately she is allergic to them as is hubby and sons. I regret very much that I don't have a cat.
Once I only loved rock music, I still do, but I have a more eclectic taste now and embrace Frank Sinatra and Elvis who I thought were awful when I was growing up. Most of all I love Puccini.
I dislike the lack of stoicism today.
I find very old photographs fascinating.
I still have two close friends who I have known from age 5
I need my coffee pods in the morning, I feel awful without them.

Lona, I`m Gmini as well, I was ordering a tunic top this afternoon, and as there were 25 colours to choose from, I thought what the heck, and ordered 2!
Like I`ve said on another thread, I can`t ride a bike, because once I got too big for my 3 wheeler, my mother always refused to let me have a 2 wheeler.

Lona, I`m Gmini as well, I was ordering a tunic top this afternoon, and as there were 25 colours to choose from, I thought what the heck, and ordered 2!
Like I`ve said on another thread, I can`t ride a bike, because once I got too big for my 3 wheeler, my mother always refused to let me have a 2 wheeler.

I`ve even posted twice (in error of course) and it should read Gemini.

Hope you are feeling a bit less down today Gilly I know you are sad about your DGM.

A bit about me....

I drive a metallic steel blue VW Golf.
Breast cancer 'survivor'.
I am terrified of snakes so it is as well I live in Ireland. St. Patrick drove them all out
I hate country and western music but love to listen to ClassicFM in the shower.
I'm a cat person. Like dogs too but doggie poo makes me gag so can't have one.
I would like to have been a doctor but am a bit squeamish about wounds.
Was birth partner for the births of all 6 of my DGCs
I was kicked in the face by a horse when I was 14 and consequently can't bear seeing photos of myself.
The selfie obsession infuriates me especially random ones in front of full length mirror.
I still love horses but don't ride so much.
At the moment I am struggling with a HUGE anger about a family problem and feel sick. But this thread is making me feel a bit calmer.

How interesting you all are!

It's me again.
I love bull terriers, belly dancing and traditional folk songs.

I love chocolate of course and sadly cake too
I hate mashed potato and anything mashed
I've never holidayed abroad
I love happy endings, chicklit and romcoms
I can't deal with anything to do with violence or cruelty
I discovered my parents were distant cousins through genealogy. They would never have known. Wish I could have told them
I find it hard working and doing two days childcare but adore my family

Some of us coming around again with other stuff

Love, love, love this thread!

In 1964, aged 17, I appeared on a TV quiz show called Pick The Winner, Una Stubbs was on on the Panel and contestants received 2 pounds and 2 shillings expenses.

Most animals and insects terrify me. (Living in the New Forest is tricky)

I wrote a book about 25 years ago, it remains an unseen 4 inch pile of typing.

I have knitted Shreddies for my GC.

I love living near the sea
I have some really happy memories of a life which has been rather full of some very odd things, all of them legal (I hope)
Have a photo of me in my tinsel costume when I appeared in the school Christmas panto in 1943. War time and austerity.
My grandad was Jewish, didn't know that until a few years ago (my grandmother was not)
I have a woollen picture which was embroidered by one of my mother-in-law's relations, it is of the sailing ship on which he obviously served, and I treasure it. They came from Cornwall, and were all a sailing family.

My first car was a mini, now I drive a Smart car.
I don't drive on motorways or even dual carriageways if I can avoid it.
I'm lazy about housework and love detective books.
My parents met in Holland after the war.
I work three days a week in a job I don't much enjoy.
I always wanted to write a book, perhaps it's not too late?

Sorry to hear you're a bit down Gillybob - hope all the super posts lift you up!

I love the seaside, especially North Norfolk coast
I have been driving for about 50 years and still hate it!
I feel happy when I'm making newspaper logs with a gadget ready to burn in winter.
I like making handmade paper and hanging the pieces to dry on the clothes line.
I work 40 hours a week for 2 surgeons.
Guinea pigs are a delight - great parenting skills!
My next door neighbour is fab.
I got my BA Hons at 40.

These are getting quite long. I might have to add another chapter to mine. If I can think of anything.

My second chapter.

I live by the sea, the burn (stream) running down to it flows past my house
I once met Prince Phillip by accident(he wasn't meant to come into the medical library but turned right instead of left!)
I've been a vegetarian for almost 50 years
I can't stand stringy washcloths with holes in them. (Feel squeamish even writing that)
I spent a year flat in bed wearing an enormous plaster jacket when I was 9
My FIL and family left Germany after Kristallnacht.
I was at the first Isle of Wight music festival in 1968
I love anything 'crafty' and make all sorts of things