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[reesy1959]

[Hi t here,I am also counting syns I started three weeks ago but I think my need might be greater than most folks, I am seriously overweight and am going to Icmeler at the end of August next year, and I dont want anyone to say I am blocking the sun from them because of my size .Like you I will join in and donate to the orphanage.would'nt it be good if more of us joined in keep me informed of your progress.

sheila.D]

Helloooooo, where is everybody?

I know holidays are all nearly over for the season, but lets have some chat folks - you all know how bored I get on nightshift

Hi, I'm off today and just on forum till I go and have hair done, roots are peeping through! I've just posted on the thread where I mentioned slimming world magazine we could maybe track each others progress on our winter diet on this thread:D

Anybody else folowing points, syns, low fat, low carb, etc in prparation for beach next year, we could all provide a bit of moral support. Bit of fun to keep us going We have a how many sleeps? we could have a how many pounds? I'm prepared to put a pound per pound I lose aside for the orphanage fund and donate when I arrive in May.

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Hi Sheila

here is a link where we are all supporting each other and logging our losses. Gene has done a chart and keeps it updated for us each week - Thanks Gene.

Welcome to the happy soon to be less of us club.

http://www.icmeleronline.com/forum/view ... sc&start=0

Mary

[Mags23]

Hi all, what is your opinion, I wonder sometimes if I am old fashioned/prudish - but I really hate hearing people use the F word so frequently, OK if you stub yout toe, are really angry, but some people use it as I would think commas should be inserted, please tell me, is this just the way things are these days, am I and the company I usually keep just out of touch. What is the general opinion of fellow forum members?

[reesy1959]

We can all use the F word on occassions, but there is a time and a place to do so. I disagree with it just being used as part of a sentence and re-occurring every few words, I think it just makes the user seem small when he/she cant tell a story without having to add such adjectives.

I dont think you are a prude. If you are, then I must be a prude too

[Mags23]

Thanks Mary, sometimes I just feel me and my friends must be "different" because we don't like it - hope others feel as we do

[dotty]

Got to agree with both of you on this. I often wonder if its peoples lack of vocabulary thats to blame or if it just make them feel 'big' to use abusive language in public. And I always think it is worse if its a female using bad language, I know this sounds sexist but its just my opinion.

[ochlynda]

Must say I also agree very hard when you sittting next to someone and Niamh starts copying what they are saying.How do you explain that it is ok for them to use the F word and not for her.

Lynda

[Fanny]

totally agree with all that's been said
a couple of years ago there was a large family staying at our aparts and the teen lads' every other word began with 4 letters - and I don't mean "Efes"
it got so bad that I asked them very nicely if they'd mind moderating their language please out of consideration for the rest of us - and also our youngsters
RESULT
they apologised and stopped doing it - at least within our earshot!

[Jozzyd]

I can't stand the F word and have asked people lots of times to stop swearing in front of my little ones. I have had a result every time and that covers all ages of people not just young ones. There are enough words in the English language to use rather than the F word (and others) My husband is from the South and whenever we visit I hear far more F word than up in Yorkshire where I am from, maybe just a coincidence, i'm not saying southerners swear more that us

[stevew]

The F word should only be used in the company of over 18`s by over 18`s and never in the company of any one under 15yrs. IMOA. I don`t think myself old, but that is how we brought up our two lads now 23 and 25. that is their view also. All it takes is consideration for others.
Steve

[Fanny]

very true Steve, took the same line with ours
and impressed upon them that even where the company's over 18, consideration must be given

shame that we've had to "have a nice quiet word" with some inconsiderates when on hol, but even so each time, we've been listened to so I suppose that at least is something

[skilly]

I am a scheme manager of a sheltered housing scheme for older people .
Last week one of my tenants was the victim of a 'distraction burgulary' as the police called it .
Two men pulled up in a car one of them went to the door and the other stayed in the car.
He said he had come to look at the fencing. He didn't push her but invaded her space so that she had to move aside, he went straight into her bedroom (it is a bungalow) and kept her talking whilst the other man must have gone into her living room and robbed her.

She thought it was a bit suspicious and pulled the emergency cord for me and the man ran off before I could get there.
She thought at first that they hadn't taken anything but found out later they had stolen £700+. I know she shouldn't have had that much money in the house but she had just got her winter fuel allowance.
They later robbed someone else in a nearby village.

When the police came to take a statement he said even if they caught them ,older people do not make reliable witnesses because of their eyesight, memory etc and are also afraid to testify and they would get off without punishment.This lady was 89 on Sunday and is a tough old bird, she worked on the pit brow but I despair when people get away with things like this.

Then you read that those monsters that killed baby 'p' will get 14 years maximum if they are convicted, why does the punishment no longer fit the crime, where & when did we go wrong?

Sorry about that rant but it really gets to me.

[blondie2211]

Skilly, that is awful - that poor woman must be in bits. These people who do such horrid things make me sick.

I got my house broken into two years ago, my husband, youngest son and I were 70 miles away watching my middle sons 'passing out' celebration from the police - and we were in the police station at the time. When we returned home, our back door slammed shut as we opened the front door and at that point we realised we had been burgled. The police were very good - we had over 2 thousand pounds worth of stuff stolen, and managed to get most of it back. But it was the important things that was never recovered.

I was left jewellery by my loved ones who had passed away and these can never be replaced. But the thing that really got me, was, I had a baby that didn't live very long, and all the sentimental things that I had left from him ( memories were very short) were all taken and never recovered. It broke my heart beyond words.

I know this pales into insignificance comparred to baby P, but you are 100% spot on, the punishment should fit the crime.

Sorry folkes, but this just strikes a cord for me - sorry if I've upset anyone

[reesy1959]

It riles me when I hear about crimes being committed and the lame excuses we get from the Police as to why prosecution has not taken place.

Probably open a can of worms here, but I am totally in favour of bringing back the death penalty for criminals who are 100% guilty. Britain focuses too much on being politically correct that they forget who we are and what we want in life.

I was born in 1959 and remember coming home from School in the mid-late 60's and pulling the front door key through the letter box which was hanging on a string. We didnt have high tech computer games, camera's, wide screen tv's etc, but we were happy. Crime was still going about, but not every day crime like you hear of now.

Anyway, rant over. Hopefully those B******S who robbed that old lady WILL have their come uppance one day!

[skilly]

Blondie, that is very sad that you were robbed of those sentimental memories of your poor baby.
I was called to a burglary once and the tenants had learning difficulties. the scum who robbed them had not found any money but had ransacked the house. Nothing was left in place, it was like they had robbed 2 little children who didn't understand.
I,touch wood, have never been a victim of this type of crime but it must be soul destroying.

Reesy, I agree totally with you about the return of the death penalty especially when it involves little children.
There might also be a decrease in stabbings on the street if they knew they could hang for it.
I do believe what goes around comes around.
Sorry if i've offended anyone and my rant is over

[blondie2211]

Thanks for that skilly, your kind words are appreciated x

[janetbytheloch]

Hi everyone I agree totally with punishment fitting the crime but don't think it will every happen. My mum is 86 and lives in sheltered housing. There was a parking area under her flat where groups of young people used to hang around blasting music and drinking, there were broken bottles everywhere. I and other people tried for months to get the housing association to do something about it but it took a bin being set on fire at 2.00 am before anything was done. My poor old mum was woken up by 4 firemen coming into her bedroom to get her out. I'm surprised she didn't have a heart attack. Following that episode it took another 18 months before they finally sealed the parking area off with railings. Several residents told the police that they knew the names of the boys and girls who were always hanging about the complex but they were told that the police would need to catch them in the act before anything could be done. I must add that some of those responsible were not more than 10 years old. It is also sad that people are afraid to challenge these youths, I know I was very wary of saying anything to them as I thought they might target mum. Sorry to rant on but when it is an elderly person or a child who is being abused I feel that we should be able to do more but if we did I wonder who would end up being charged with a crime!!

Janet

[duffaire]

[reesy1959]

Good Morning Icmeleronline - come on everybody - wake up

[JT]

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reesy1959



Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Posts: 1483
Location: South Wales
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:17 pm Post subject: Sharing a funny story

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Still laughing about this from last night and just wanted to share the laugh with you. I will try and keep it short.

Ahmet (Our Turkish friend) called me yesterday afternoon on my mobile, but I was very busy in work, so only said a quick hello to him and made my apologies that I had to go.

When I got home Phill told me Ahmet had called the house and talked to Phill earlier, Phill said Ahmet was in very good spirits and seemed very happy. Phill told him that I would call back when I came home from work.

I got home from work, had a shower, had supper and decided to call Ahmet. He is in the army at the moment until June of next year. Anyway, I called the army and in my broken Turkish I asked to speak to Ahmet. The guy who answered the call was speaking Turkish and I could understand most of what he was saying but not all of it, so between me speaking broken Turkish to this guy, and him replying and me only understanding some of the conversation, I told him in Turkish that I was sorry I didnt understand all of what he was saying and that I can only speak a little Turkish. At this point the Turkish guy on the phone asked me if I could speak any English.........I replied "A little".............I creased with laughing.

To get to the end of the post, it turned out I had to call back at 10pm Turkish time, which was only 10 minutes after I initially called as Ahmet was busy doing one of his duties.

Ahmet found it funny when I explained to him I was asked if I could speak English.
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duffaire



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Posted: 21 Nov 2008 06:25 pm Post subject:

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Hi Mary

PMSL, just wondered if you still have your Scottish sound, I've been up here now for 12 years and still have problems understanding the Glasgow accent, and the Edinbrough one is even worse I can imagine a poor Turkish bloke trying to understand someone speaking Turkish with a Scottish accent, the mind boggles
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Posted: 21 Nov 2008 06:30 pm Post subject:

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Haha, well George, I did phone Ahmet about 3 weeks ago, and the guy who answered the phone told Ahmet a German woman was on the phone for him
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[archieb]

good morning icmelerites.....talking about accents, I work in a government benefit office in Kirkcaldy Fife and i find it hard to understand some of my customers, even though i was born and bred here, i try and listen out for key words and manage to put the rest of the conversation together..my Thai nephew who is now living here finally managed to see some snow for the 1st time yesterday as he woke up to the big white world, he was amazed, he has also written his first letter to santa, we cant wait to see his face on Christmas morning, although it was a bit tricky answering his question of why Santa had never been to Thailand
jacqui
PS: im on holiday today..