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I thought in light of all the lightweight stuff we've been bogged down with recently it was high time for a little gravitas, Now folks What do we think of the new judge on Strictly? It's a thumbs very firmly down for me. I 'm afraid she badly flunked the "how to win friends and influence people"course by a mile.Darcey has gone into "She's not eclipsing me"mode which is a pity. I was never a fan of Debbie McGee, but she totally won me over in the canal boat programme she did earlier this year and I'm rooting for her now. Carole

We're on the boat in Brundall SBD it's downright weird and I can't help thinking we're going to get a right old downpour any minute. Apparently aircraft are getting strong smells of burning causing a lot of concern and there is strange activity in the atmosphere over the Sahara which is affecting us. Carole

Tony gets really irritated with the weather girl on Look East I forget her name, but it's not Julie Reinger it's the one with the curly hair . She continually punctuates her delivery with "errs"and "ums" It irritates the hell out of him and he counts them up during the broadcast and announces how many there were at the end with a tone of total disgust! Carole

I may not be computer literate but I knew enough to give windows10 the elbow half an hour after I installed it! Carole

When did you learn to speak Chinese?!! Carole

Be grateful you've missed nothing! Caro!e

Having had him sitting behind us on an airport transfer bus listening to him wingeing and whining for 20 minutes that his wife and 2 young daughters hadn't carried as much luggage as he had, I am unlikely to have any sympathy for him ever! Petulant wingebucket! Caro!e

Well honestly would you want to know Michael Fish?!!!

People who block access to the newspaper stand in the supermarket because they are busy reading them rather then buying one. When I took a paper off the stand to buy it last week a woman actually had the cheek to complain to me that she was in the middle of reading it! Carole

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I checked Thingamybob's profile a coup!e of days ago and he hadn't logged on since he announced his departure. So it seems he was as good as his word. I'm sure if he had received messages such as I did we could have persuaded him to reconsider. It was his departure that upset me more than anything else really as he received that horribly rude post because he echoed my sentiments. And what is continuing to infuriate me is that that the individual who posted it must be aware of what she's done and has made no attempt at reparation on the forum Carole

What a corker of a day it's been here in Brundall today. Took the boat out to top up the fuel for the coming winter months and then a short cruise to the Postwick viaduct and back. As we came out of the marina the Sunday rag and stick parade were every which way all over the river in their usual well orchestrated disarray . One of them seeing us approaching promptly went into ramming mode! With his usual consumate skill, Tony managed to avoid him- just!. Next time I am in Tesco I really must remember to stock up on Exocets and Semtex! Just kidding, honest! It was abso!utely love!y out on the river this morning. Sadly we don't know when we shall manage to get back this season as Tony has to have an eye operation next week, followed shortly after by another, so that could bring our season! to a grinding halt! Carole

Just want to say a big thank you to all of you who have so kindly sent me messages of support. I couldn't possibly think of running out on you now could I? We need to all pull together to make this forum the friendly place it was and make it plain none of us will tolerate rudeness aggression or bullying and that all our opinions are valid and we are free to express them without being called names or bring subjected to sarcastic rhetoric. Although I can't be sure of course I strongly suspect that in all probability our poisonous troll who has caused so much alarm will turn out to be some geeky little no mark who is about as frightening as a garden gnome. When I was in the telephone service we had for months been p!argued by anonymous obscene caller whose turn of phrase was really frightening, we telephone operators managed to arrange for him to be caught and he proved to be a 14 year old spotty bespectacled schoolboy! I' m frankly more concerned about the people on here who are less than user friendly if one dares to ho!d a differing opinion. I have no intention of leading my life according to the rules laid down in that well thumbed vo!ume "the Life and tTmes of my Grandad! And I doubt that any of you subscribe to that old toffee either! Best foot forward. Carole

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Now that's exceptionally sad! Carole

Sadly I get it! Carole

Beautiful city hope she was suitably impressed. Carole

It did the job. Although you're probably right iI would probably right I would probably felt responsible. Carole

The 6 years old daughter of a friend regarding a poster of the day "Make love not war! Oh look she said said "give us a kiss or I'll bash your head in!" Caro!e

All the current talk of hurricanes reminds me of an incident in the late 1960s. I was working at that time for Eastern Electricity, running the switchroom in their head office. One day I got a call from one of the department managers. Apparently one of his clerks was due to fly off on holiday the following day and was being Rather tiresome, gloating about the exotic place she would be in while everyone else in the office would be working. He asked me if I could come up with anything that would take the wind out of her sails so to speak. I said I'd give it some thought. I cane up with the perfect p!an. I l phoned her and to!d her I was from the meteorologist office band asked if she knew now hurricanes acquired their designated name. She said she didn't, I exp!ained that the meteorologist office took the name from the passenger list of a plane heading for a destination due to be affected by a hurricane. Did she have any objection to hurricane Mavis (her name). A long pause was followed by a her hesitant "no". I thanked her and rang off. A few minutes later she called the switchboard and asked if we had taken an outside call for her I said we had and she asked who it was from and I replied "the meteorologist office I think. This was greeted by a small scream and "Oh my God it was genuine"!. About half an hour later her boss called me ,he could hardly speak for laughingand said hecwas going to have to confess as she was in such a state. She was so relieved she forgot to be cross. Carole

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Lucky you Wish I could get away with saying I grew up in the 70s I feel as if the wheel was invented only slightly before I was born! Carole

My daughter was trying to persuade her father to let her get a puppy. Using the preemptive technique very familiar to salespeople she asked "now what shall we call it? Her father without even looking up from his dinner replied that he knew just the name . "what's that"? asked my daughter , "Homeless "he replied Carole

When they were little my daughter used to take my two granddaughters to restaurants/cafes that specialised in young families where the kids were allowed,expected even to hurtle all over the place. One evening while on our way to the boat for the weekend we took Mollie aged 4 to dinner in a rather nice restaurant. A few people looked a little dismayed at the sight of sduch a young child ,clearly expecting her to be troublesome. She was as we knew she would be impeccably behaved. When she finished eating she asked permission to get down. I explained that this wasn't the sort of restaurant that children could run around in. She thought for a moment and then with her arms held out and her face full of cheerful expectation she said"Well Nan how about I just walk?" Carole e

What exquisite artwork. I do a little myself but nothing anywhere near that standard. You should be very proud of having such a talent. Carole