...... not mine . Being one of 9 kids we were one big happy family .We still are. The person below me also has lots of brothers and sisters who ...........
Beth54 said
07:11 PM Jun 11, 2012
...not me, but my Mum had lots of brothers & sisters who went on the have lots of kids too. Hence my Grandma had 53 grandchildren in the space of 25 years! I think they must be a record!
Speaking of records....
Pam said
08:37 PM Jun 11, 2012
...... I think I would break the record for the number of times I look at GN forum each day. Anyone would think I didn't have anything else to do, not like the person below me who ........
Rip and Rosie said
09:09 PM Jun 11, 2012
..... has plenty of other things to do. Some will wait, some should not wait, and most will end up waiting anyway.
I have a "triage" system for urgent stuff
A. Must be done right now. Things like CPR, now thats an A.
B. Must be done but can wait a little while. Lunch, that can wait an hour or so.
C. Should be done. Dusting, that should be done, shouldn't it. Maybe tomorrow, or next week. That's a C.
D. Would be nice to do. Church. It would be nice to go to church and maybe join the choir. That would be nice. D.
The person below me sorts stuff out in their head too...........................
Beth54 said
10:46 PM Jun 11, 2012
...but doesn't get a lot done. I'm the worlds best procrastinator. I'm currently procarastinating about making some soup from the large cauliflower I have.
The next person never procrastinates...
Happywanderer said
11:32 PM Jun 11, 2012
Oh yes she does! I can procrastinate all day long. In fact I'm procrastinating in front of Bold and the Beautiful at the moment putting off today what I can do tomorrow. Not like the person below me who is busy doing............
extreme potato said
11:59 PM Jun 11, 2012
I have been rushing around. I've had breakfast out, a BBQ lunch and have a book club dinner tonight, unlike the person below me who is relaxing over a glass of wine by a warm fire.
Peterpan said
08:19 PM Jun 21, 2012
Was a gymnastics coach for 10 years but now finds it difficult to do front 'saults and handstands unlike the person below who.....
Jaytee said
01:40 AM Jun 22, 2012
Is so supple I can twist myself into knots (well maybe in the stomach!) the person below however is an expert at . . . .
Rip and Rosie said
04:24 PM Jun 22, 2012
Nothing anymore.
I used to think I was an expert at stuff, but as I get older I'm less likely to think of myself that way.
I love being retired, love exploring what retirement and free time brings me, learning new things, making new friends.
The person below is learning new things every week, last week it was.........................
Beth54 said
07:54 PM Jun 22, 2012
...new fangled televisions!
I need to buy a new one after several years of people giving and/or loaning me TV's. So I've been doing lots of research. They've changed so much! Now when it arrives, I just have to work out how to 'drive' it!
The next person has been doing some research too...
Dougwe said
03:42 AM Jun 23, 2012
Yes I have been researching why we research came up with nothing but the person below came up with........
Jaytee said
10:12 PM Jun 23, 2012
So much information that I was able to write a book which the person below thought was . . . .
Rip and Rosie said
10:54 PM Jun 23, 2012
a classic academic text book on political science.
But I was wrong, it was........
Jaytee said
12:00 AM Jun 24, 2012
a comic book, the person below couldn't stop . . . .
Beth54 said
01:25 AM Jun 24, 2012
...watching the comic book hereos movie The Avengers last week when grandson and I went. We loved it!
But the next person likes movies of a different kind...
Pam said
02:32 AM Jun 24, 2012
.... juch as War Horse. Movies with a great story. But for a movie to be great so does the company. I usually go with hubby and have tea out somewhere afterwards. The person below me goes to the movies with.....
Jaytee said
05:33 PM Jun 24, 2012
. . . the Cinebuzz Seniors Club, we have a lovely morning tea before, a lucky door prize and an MC welcoming us and telling jokes. The last movie we saw was "The best exotic Marigold Hotel" which was excellent. The viewers all went home feeling . . . . .
sucastja said
03:38 AM Jun 25, 2012
inspired to make the same change to our lives. Wish I could just quit work now and follow our dreams. Unfortunately we have to work a little longer unlike the person below . . .
Beth54 said
02:10 AM Jun 26, 2012
...who has mixed feeling about not working anymore. The reason being that I'm on a Disability Pension. One the one hand I'm happy not to have to work, but I'd rather not have the health problems associated with it.
However, the next person doesn't have any major health problems...
Rip and Rosie said
03:59 PM Jun 26, 2012
Well, I don't think I do, however if you listen to my G.P. that's another story.
I like to be useful, helpful and make a contribution ot the community, but I don't want to do it for a living any more. Funny how we change as we go through life!
The person below me has a funny story which relates to that.........................
Jaytee said
12:23 AM Jun 28, 2012
but it's too embarrassing to share, however, the person below would love to share their embarrassing moment about when they . . . .
Beth54 said
04:08 PM Jun 30, 2012
Not sure that it's all that odd, but many years ago a girlfriend and I were cheap drunks...Passion Pop was our choice of drink. Oh the hangovers!
I'm still a cheap drunk but not that cheap! Also can't drink that much anymore. Two drinks and I'm sozzled!
Unlike the next person....
-- Edited by Beth54 on Saturday 30th of June 2012 04:09:10 PM
Jaytee said
06:40 PM Jun 30, 2012
bump (I didn't think you would all be too embarrassed to post !!)
Keith19837 said
07:07 PM Jun 30, 2012
...yet bumping is a time honoured activity. First started by Mr Bumpy, who "Goes a thousand miles an hour and drinks dynamite, his name is Mr Bumpy he goes bump in the night" but the next person doesn't ......
Rip and Rosie said
10:37 PM Jun 30, 2012
......... drink alcohol in the middle of the day, as it makes me write rubbish about Mr Bumpy, who never drinks dynamite at any hour. I think you have him confused with the coyote and Roadrunner..beep beep.. who ate and drank odd things,.
Ther person below had also injested "odd" things, like.........................................
Rip and Rosie said
01:00 AM Jul 1, 2012
OMG, I remember a good friend who drank Coke with Rasberry syrup and got so funny we remember nearly 30 years later. I agree with you Beth, these days it takes heaps less to "sozzle" me...... bit do I remember a few good nights out! However, the person below has no memories of a "good night out" ....not ever.....
Jaytee said
11:27 PM Jul 9, 2012
"good night out"? "good night out"? what's that??
Oh, yes now I do remember when I . . . .
Beth54 said
11:39 PM Jul 9, 2012
....managed to stay awake past 10pm!
It was a long time ago. My son's wedding almost 4 years ago!
The next person went to a great wedding....
the rocket said
04:19 AM Jul 10, 2012
yes. my own. a handsome young prince married his childhood sweatheart princess. seems so long ago now and life has rushed by but the person below me has a funny story about a boat.....
The person below me also has lots of brothers and sisters who ...........
...not me, but my Mum had lots of brothers & sisters who went on the have lots of kids too. Hence my Grandma had 53 grandchildren in the space of 25 years! I think they must be a record!
Speaking of records....
I have a "triage" system for urgent stuff
A. Must be done right now. Things like CPR, now thats an A.
B. Must be done but can wait a little while. Lunch, that can wait an hour or so.
C. Should be done. Dusting, that should be done, shouldn't it. Maybe tomorrow, or next week. That's a C.
D. Would be nice to do. Church. It would be nice to go to church and maybe join the choir. That would be nice. D.
The person below me sorts stuff out in their head too...........................
...but doesn't get a lot done. I'm the worlds best procrastinator. I'm currently procarastinating about making some soup from the large cauliflower I have.
The next person never procrastinates...
Not like the person below me who is busy doing............
Was a gymnastics coach for 10 years but now finds it difficult to do front 'saults and handstands unlike the person below who.....
I used to think I was an expert at stuff, but as I get older I'm less likely to think of myself that way.
I love being retired, love exploring what retirement and free time brings me, learning new things, making new friends.
The person below is learning new things every week, last week it was.........................
...new fangled televisions!
I need to buy a new one after several years of people giving and/or loaning me TV's. So I've been doing lots of research.
They've changed so much! Now when it arrives, I just have to work out how to 'drive' it!
The next person has been doing some research too...
Yes I have been researching why we research came up with nothing
but the person below came up with........
But I was wrong, it was........
...watching the comic book hereos movie The Avengers last week when grandson and I went. We loved it!
But the next person likes movies of a different kind...
...who has mixed feeling about not working anymore. The reason being that I'm on a Disability Pension. One the one hand I'm happy not to have to work, but I'd rather not have the health problems associated with it.
However, the next person doesn't have any major health problems...
I like to be useful, helpful and make a contribution ot the community, but I don't want to do it for a living any more. Funny how we change as we go through life!
The person below me has a funny story which relates to that.........................
Not sure that it's all that odd, but many years ago a girlfriend and I were cheap drunks...Passion Pop was our choice of drink. Oh the hangovers!
I'm still a cheap drunk but not that cheap! Also can't drink that much anymore. Two drinks and I'm sozzled!
Unlike the next person....
-- Edited by Beth54 on Saturday 30th of June 2012 04:09:10 PM
...yet bumping is a time honoured activity. First started by Mr Bumpy, who "Goes a thousand miles an hour and drinks dynamite, his name is Mr Bumpy he goes bump in the night" but the next person doesn't ......
Ther person below had also injested "odd" things, like.........................................
However, the person below has no memories of a "good night out" ....not ever.....
Oh, yes now I do remember when I . . . .
....managed to stay awake past 10pm!
It was a long time ago. My son's wedding almost 4 years ago!
The next person went to a great wedding....
yes. my own. a handsome young prince married his childhood sweatheart princess. seems so long ago now and life has rushed by but the person below me has a funny story about a boat.....