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Post by Red Rackham on Jan 9, 2023 16:21:19 GMT
I'm old enough to know better and young enough to do it again.  As someone once said: As a young man I regretted nothing. In middle age I regretted things I'd done, and in old age, I regret things I haven't done. |
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Post by Morgan on Jan 10, 2023 9:15:12 GMT
I'm a miserable old bastard by nature but I do like a laugh. |
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Post by Toreador on Jan 10, 2023 11:12:28 GMT
I'm a miserable old bastard by nature but I do like a laugh. Red thinks you are only in your sixties at most, I know it's wild underestimate ever since you mentioned your part in the Battle of Majuba Hill.  |
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Post by Morgan on Jan 10, 2023 15:48:17 GMT
I'm a miserable old bastard by nature but I do like a laugh. Red thinks you are only in your sixties at most, I know it's wild underestimate ever since you mentioned your part in the Battle of Majuba Hill. I'm not telling him. But you know that old saying that when you're young all your muscles except one are stiff and tense and as you get older all your muscles except one go loose and limp? Well I'm on the second bit.  |
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Post by Toreador on Jan 11, 2023 6:56:05 GMT
Red thinks you are only in your sixties at most, I know it's wild underestimate ever since you mentioned your part in the Battle of Majuba Hill. I'm not telling him. But you know that old saying that when you're young all your muscles except one are stiff and tense and as you get older all your muscles except one go loose and limp? Well I'm on the second bit. I've been there for ten years as a result of losing that walnut sized prostate, or in my case, nearer tennis ball size. I no longer miss the excitement of what used to be. |
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Post by Handyman on Jan 14, 2023 13:35:55 GMT
Kate dedicates her 'very special' festive carol service to the late Queen, paying tribute to former monarch's 'incredible legacy' which 'deeply inspired many of us' and saying Christmas Day will feel 'very different' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11567705/Princess-Wales-tells-special-carol-service-tribute-Queen.htmlI'm a bit of a royalist simply because it's part of our tradition but we need to slim it down a bit. Now, what was Liz's "incredible legacy" ? I can't see much sign of it. I certainly wasn't inspired to do anything by her and I can't see how Christmas Day will be different apart from the fact Charlie will doing the speaking. Does anyone know anyone who was inspired by Liz to do anything? How old are you Morgan? I'm guessing you were born after 1953, in which case you grew up with the Queen, as I did. The Queen trooping the colour, the Queen at remembrance, the Queens birthday parade, the Queens Christmas message etc etc, the Queen was a part of life. Perhaps more for me than for a peasant like you. She was the most famous and recognised person in the world, people from all over the world visited London just to see Buckingham Palace, where according to the average tourist, the Queen of England lived. Getting back to your question, I'm glad she was my Queen, I'm glad I was around to see most of her reign. She was a global icon and was respected around the world which is why when she died, flags around the world flew at half mast. But the Queen didn't inspire me to do anything, I'm just proud to have been British during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. I assume you expected something in return. Hear Hear well said |
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Post by Toreador on Jan 14, 2023 18:02:34 GMT
Red thinks you are only in your sixties at most, I know it's wild underestimate ever since you mentioned your part in the Battle of Majuba Hill. I'm not telling him. But you know that old saying that when you're young all your muscles except one are stiff and tense and as you get older all your muscles except one go loose and limp? Well I'm on the second bit. I liked the date 1953 when 1853, whilst not accurate, would have at least been closer. I was born just over a month before George V Coronation, had they known of my impending birth, the coronation would have been on the same day. |
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