In message <aemi12F6e3...@mid.individual.net>, Jean B. <jb...@rcn.com> writes
>Gordon H wrote:
>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a >>busy life. :-)
>Oh pshew! And I hope that busyness was good.
Not all of it. I spent too long playing Scrabble with Val and one of my daughters last night and they both destroyed me. ;-)
I haven't played for many many years, and I don't have the patience to look for the highest scoring words. When I finally moved the laptop off my knee and stood up I was aching, and I thought: this isn't doing me any good physically, even if it's stimulating my mind!
Still walking, and dancing twice a week, or more when there's a weekend dance.
-- Gordon H
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<Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>In message <aemi12F6e3...@mid.individual.net>, Jean B. <jb...@rcn.com> >writes
>>Gordon H wrote:
>>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a >>>busy life. :-)
>>Oh pshew! And I hope that busyness was good.
>Not all of it. I spent too long playing Scrabble with Val and one of >my daughters last night and they both destroyed me. ;-)
I play Scrabble with a computer and I always win because I cheat )
In message <k67j5n$sc...@dont-email.me>, Farm1 <H...@there.sometimes> writes
>"Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a busy
>> life. :-)
>I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the place in
>old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
Welcome back to us both. ;-)
Has he got the engine oil off his fingers yet?
-- Gordon H
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> "Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:GWdJvbBV9WhQFwzt@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a busy
>> life. :-)
> I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the place in
> old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
In message <aeq1nuF1d2...@mid.individual.net>, Bobbie <onestasthe...@troo.com> writes
>On 24/10/2012 03:18, Farm1 wrote:
>> "Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:GWdJvbBV9WhQFwzt@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a busy
>>> life. :-)
>> I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the place in
>> old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
>LOL I'm back three.
>Bobbie
We need one more to create a really potent spell....
Wherrrrre's Janet?
-- Gordon H
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> In message <k67j5n$sc...@dont-email.me>, Farm1 <H...@there.sometimes> > writes
>>"Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:GWdJvbBV9WhQFwzt@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a >>> busy
>>> life. :-)
>>I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the place in
>>old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
> Welcome back to us both. ;-)
> Has he got the engine oil off his fingers yet?
Not a snowball's chance in hell. His fingers are like that permanently.
I did see him under the car checking it for drips and leaks in a brand new T shirt and gave him a minor serve for that. All the other old farts standing around gawping at the time looked at me in a perplexed manner.
I was neither impressed nor surprised when I saw him do that because he's very like that little character in Peanuts who went around in his own cloud of dust. Himself travels with his own oil pool
In message <k69r9d$kg...@dont-email.me>, Farm1 <H...@there.sometimes> writes
>"Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote
>> Has he got the engine oil off his fingers yet?
>Not a snowball's chance in hell. His fingers are like that permanently.
>I did see him under the car checking it for drips and leaks in a brand new T
>shirt and gave him a minor serve for that. All the other old farts standing
>around gawping at the time looked at me in a perplexed manner.
>I was neither impressed nor surprised when I saw him do that because he's
>very like that little character in Peanuts who went around in his own cloud
>of dust. Himself travels with his own oil pool
>> In message <aeq1nuF1d2...@mid.individual.net>, Bobbie
>> <onestasthe...@troo.com> writes
>> >On 24/10/2012 03:18, Farm1 wrote:
>> >> "Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>> >> news:GWdJvbBV9WhQFwzt@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>> >>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing >> >>>busy
>> >>> life. :-)
>> >> I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the place in
>> >> old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
>> >LOL I'm back three.
>> >Bobbie
>> We need one more to create a really potent spell....
>> Wherrrrre's Janet?
> You called?
> Janet
Looks like we are quorate.
Would you believe my spillchucker doesn't know "quorate"?
-- Gordon H
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Gordon H wrote:
> In message <aemi12F6e3...@mid.individual.net>, Jean B.
> <jb...@rcn.com> writes
>> Gordon H wrote:
>>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up
>>> owing to a busy life. :-)
>> Oh pshew! And I hope that busyness was good.
> Not all of it. I spent too long playing Scrabble with Val and one
> of my daughters last night and they both destroyed me. ;-)
> I haven't played for many many years, and I don't have the
> patience to look for the highest scoring words. When I finally
> moved the laptop off my knee and stood up I was aching, and I
> thought: this isn't doing me any good physically, even if it's
> stimulating my mind!
> Still walking, and dancing twice a week, or more when there's a
> weekend dance.
Good that you are being active, Gordon. That's the best thing you can do toward staying that way.
Scrabble... I wonder how I'd do against my daughter now? Do I really want to know?
Bobbie wrote:
> On 24/10/2012 03:18, Farm1 wrote:
>> "Gordon H" <Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:GWdJvbBV9WhQFwzt@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up
>>> owing to a busy
>>> life. :-)
>> I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the
>> place in
>> old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
Janet wrote:
> In article<Xu+st5E3x9hQF...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>,
> Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid says...
>> In message<aeq1nuF1d2...@mid.individual.net>, Bobbie
>> <onestasthe...@troo.com> writes
>>> On 24/10/2012 03:18, Farm1 wrote:
>>>> "Gordon H"<Gordon_N...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:GWdJvbBV9WhQFwzt@g3snx.demon.co.uk...
>>>>> Suddenly an avalanche of posts, will take time to catch up owing to a busy
>>>>> life. :-)
>>>> I'm back too! We've finished faffing round driving all over the place in
>>>> old cars for a while. Himself had a lovely time.
>>> LOL I'm back three.
>>> Bobbie
>> We need one more to create a really potent spell....
>> Wherrrrre's Janet?
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:34:41 -0600, "Jean B." <jb...@rcn.com> wrote:
>Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
>> I play Scrabble with a computer and I always win because I cheat )
>> Steve
>Is that gratifying?
It's nothing to with gratification. The result of playing Scrabble
against the computer is I now have a much greater vocabulary. The way
I cheat is by using the "Best Plays" facility the same way as the
computer.
> How long were you away for Joy? It seems like such a short tiem ago that > you were heading off? Was the trip a winner for you?
I was gone for two weeks. I think all my other trips to Oz have been three weeks. Yes, it was definitely a winner. I enjoyed everything about it except the seating in transportation. For some reason, it didn't matter whether it was a plane, a bus/coach or a boat, most of the seating seemed to hurt my back. However, it was definitely worth it. I got to show my kids some of the things I love about your beautiful country, and even saw a few new things and had some new experiences myself. I'll go into more detail later.
