Breaking some rules

Good for you Ruby. and have a stiff tipple before the sun goes over the yardarm, wearing a red hat. Onward and upward.

Jane - love the idea of scorpion tattoo, I'm on the cusp so could be said to have a sting in my tail already, thinking of getting another now.

Nonnie I'm planning a family trip to that zipwire in Wales for my 70th this year! It looks great fun.
I might not make it to my 71st!

Hope it all went without discord Ruby and you feel a bit less fraught about your family.

I'm sorry for your loss, rubylady

I don' t possess anything red at all. Never have. Only red I like are the berries on holly.

I've been to my dad's funeral today with purple hair! (When I am old I shall wear purple.)

I have tattoos, two small ones and one was a dare. When my son leaves home, I am going to get another.

Piercings, only ears, one in one and two in the other.

Are there really any women who don't possess at least one pair of red knickers shoes?

Or fur coat, no knickers

I thought it was "red hat, no drawers"!

Wasn't the saying "Red shoes, no knickers"

Nothing wrong with a bit of immaturity surely?

I wouldn't break any actual rules but conventions are sitting targets. DH says I am unpredictable and I am very happy about that, like to keep surprising him.

The reason I love my red high heels is because my father wouldn't let me wear red shoes because he said only prostitutes wear them. I buy what I like to wear and don't care whether it is age appropriate, if I like me in it who cares? Doubt if anyone is looking at me anyway.

My oldest friend and I are looking for something special to do for our significant birthdays this summer, current favourite is ziplining in North Wales followed by the underground trampolining in caves. Anyone got any more unconventional ideas?

I have no intention of leaving this world being thought of as conventional.

Correction!!! I will aim at the young women.

Today I am going to walk into town, taking my shopping trolley with me. I will see how many old ladies I can trip up.

GRUMP ALERT !!!

JBF is grumpy, we can't have that

Dodgy way of doing it Elegran. Things slide. #barmy

Don't mind me pomps. Just my morning grumpiness.

JBF, Immature !!! ME blooming cheek, I shall go and stamp my feet in the corner.

Not really sure I'm a rebellious type although I never bother with supermarket car park signs I once thought of myself as growing old disgracefully and not conforming to the norm of old(er) age but in reality I probably do. I had a tattoo done years ago not to be rebellious but because I wanted one and still prefer heavy metal and rock music to pop.

It is a convention, Jings, an unwritten rule. It makes people tut - I though you were all for that?

It does divide the shopping, because it still creates a space about a foot acros between the previous customer's stuff and yours. Putting the first things out of the trolley sideways across the conveyer belt just behind the divider stops the loose things roilling forward intoi the other person's shopping. You could always do belt and braces - start with one divider lengthways then use another sideways. That would make you unpopular, but what the hell?

Bags it wouldn't work. It wouldn't divide the shopping. That's not exactly a rule, is it?

Shysal I have no intention of getting a tattoo or an earring. I dislike pain for one thing.

I think I am more subversive than rebellious

There is a car park in our local town which has a lovely view in one direction, and faces a supermarket in the other.
People often have a quick bite of lunch, sitting in their cars there, and it amazes me how many of them choose to park facing the supermarket, not the view.
(I ignore that rule )

I tried searching for that thread, but it must have fallen off the bottom of the list.

For the amusement of people doing exactly what you say they'd do, maggiemaybe! Innocent fun. There was a hilarious thread on Mumsnet about it. I can't remember details but I got the feeling it was about just being ornery (in a totally non-aggressive way) to get rid of some inhibitions and to make one feel better by being silly.

We used to call it having a silly outburst. Good for the soul