Don Pearson
I am all in favour of local celebrations and street parties. I just feel that it is a shame that they are so often associated with events concerning the royal family.
Love it. I frequently notice just how polite and well-mannered most young people are.
@Nelson You, J Warrener and bryony will comment according to your own consciences and I to mine, Don
I am content to let those who have never used a mobile phone whilst driving and never broken the speed limit cast the first stone (or first cry, "Scum.")
I think the same as I look over the Lawn and the Brook when I sit outside Bow Windows. Not many towns have somewhere so beautiful right in the middle.
I range far and near To towns that Spring leaves untouched. I miss sea mews' shrieks.
It is as ludicrous to strip him of a knighthood now as it is to give honours to press magnates, bankers and the like in the first place. You can't whinge if you tie a riband round a crocodile's neck and it still eats you.
neilh, Were the spelling mistakes deliberate? Don
Add to your example people hearing what they think you are going to say rather than listening to what you actually say. People understand things they might not and do not understand things they should. There is a degree of scanning for key elements both in listening and reading.
@neilh , lynne, Do you mean the boring thread where querying the basis for the TDC figures led to accusations of being a nimby? Don
