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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

No Lona, I am a Scorpio.

rubysong I like your style

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!

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.

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

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!

((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

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.

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

Great thread.

I love driving, learnt 40 plus years ago when I was a little WRAF in Germany and will be devastated if I ever have to give up.

I love my Ford Focus ST, but still miss my lovely red Ford Puma. My aging hip meant I struggled to get out of it so it had to go.

Am addicted to Chinese dragons, especially for the garden, and will drive miles to pick up my essential (completely unnecessary) ebay bargains.

Hate housework, though I love planning new things for the house and I quite like spring cleaning. It's the everyday housework I hate.

Hate being semi retired, I'm still on a bank contract for covering annual leave etc, but I miss the routine of daily work.

Love, love, love Bruce Springsteen.

Always said I was a cat person and would never have a dog. Promised other half he could have a dog when we retired, so 2 months ago we got a tiny Cavachon and I have completely fallen in love. Don't tell the other half, at the moment all feeding and clearing up mess is down to him.

I took the 13+ and passed, married three times, twice to the same man and I stutter. If I like something, article of clothing for example, I go and buy more just the same!

Love this thread
Drive a Mitsubishi Space Star, name Mitsi
Love cold jelly and warm custard, or ice cream and warm forest fruits
Wish to live near the sea
Wish I could still do the decorating
Love my Ipad
Have grown up and am now not scared of spiders, especially as dozens of spiderlings hatched out in our cloakroom
Love all my 7 grandchildren, from 25 down to 14 months
Love my garden, but would like younger knees
Love Mamma Mia, and the song, "Slipping through my Fingers"
Talk to all and sundry and love people watching
Still have my beginners width certificate for swimming, from school at 11
Cherish my friends with whom I lunch, occasionally.

haha, aren't some of these things fun? Particularly like the posts from others that...... hate custard, are scared of white coats,keep a secret stash of KitKats [even though they live alone] have Irish blood near to the feet,
sound like a toad when I sing!

There is no beginning to ANY of my talents.
I would love to have a motor home and travel where ever,whenever,just fill up and go.
I have never watched an episode of friends,or big brother.
I hate X factor ,love strictly,
Have Irish blood in my veins quite diluted,but near my feet, which dance when any sort of Irish music is played ....think a recumbent Micheala Flatly..
I drive OH Ford Fiesta,
Love wine
and savoury food
About 12 stone,5"3,in proportion just heavy
Am built for comfort not for speed
Am boring,talk too much,laugh too loud,am an embarrassment to resident teenager,especially when Nan dancing
Would love a VW camper van in lieu of motor home

I am scared of flying in any weather. I made myself do it but now we don't go on holiday I don't have that worry anymore

I'm going to stop posting on my phone as it keeps missing bits out:

Going round Sainsbury's this morning, I realised!