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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Rosemary on February 20, 2011, 09:08:26 pm
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My ma-in-law and I will be watching it with a bottle of champers and a box of tissues - I ALWAYS cry at weddings. I'd really like to have a street party here but don't have time to organise it.
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I doubt there will be a street party here!!!! Me and Steve will have our own party and I shall just watch as long as my attention span lets me!!!!!!!!
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well if all goes according to plan that week we will be in central scotland making life decisions...
id like to watch the wedding but my wife is very indifferent so who knows???
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When is it?
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YEP! feeding pigs,chickens and ponies..working a 12 hour shift on nights!..walking dogs..just another day to me!
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I could not give a damn about it and am already fed up of hearing about it.
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We will be having a lovely day working outside with our animals and veggies, as far from the telly as possible - not a royalist :o
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Will be avoiding it too I'm afraid. I remember being in Majorca aged 8 for Diana and Charles wedding and we all crowded into a big hall to watch, its a lovely memory but I won't be watching this one.
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I'll be watching as much as I can.
Had a party at home for Charles and Diana, then for Andrew and Fergie my friend and I went up to London and slept on the pavement outside Buckingham Palace the night before. What a fantastic atmosphere.
I was living in Windsor when Charles and Camilla were married and of course Edward and Sophie so managed to be there then too.
I love the Royal Family :love:
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We are taking a short trip to Glasgow then so I may catch some of it in a pub or wherever, but hubby is not fussed so I may not ;)
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well if all goes according to plan that week we will be in central scotland making life decisions...
id like to watch the wedding but my wife is very indifferent so who knows???
You can watch it at our house ;D
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When is it?
Friday 29th April, so makes a long weekend with the May Day holiday.
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yes rosemary if you haven't let it by end april (for your sake i hope you do, for mine i hope you don't) i will be in touch to arrange a viewing with the agent...
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Will be avoiding it too I'm afraid. I remember being in Majorca aged 8 for Diana and Charles wedding and we all crowded into a big hall to watch, its a lovely memory but I won't be watching this one.
I was working on a farm in Northumberland. We rushed around to get all the chores done then all sat down with bubbly to watch the wedding. It was a lovely day as I recall. Afternoon chores got done in a haze ;D Very happy memories of that.
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Like JulieS i'm a royal family supporter, wish everyone would get of their case, they bring a lot of money into this country via tourism and trade links especially with the middle east.
I for one will be watching as much as i can and raising a glass to the happy couple and wishing them all the best.
So Cheers
Mandy
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we dont own a tv, so i might follow it on line, but it depends on the weather if its nice out and my back is behaving i will be out and about catching up on jobs i cant do at the minute,
i watched diana and charles get married and wish her son all the very best, but wont go out of my way to watch them tie the knot :wave:
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Like JulieS i'm a royal family supporter, wish everyone would get of their case, they bring a lot of money into this country via tourism and trade links especially with the middle east.
I'm a Royalist too - mainly because the alternative is another grubby politician as head of state, and we already have enough grubby, grabby, greedy, self serving politicians.
If you don't like the Royal family - think President Blair.
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rosemary i don't see your logic the politicians are under the queen as head of state taxes are collected on behalf of the queen
and if (god forbid)we were to have el presidente Blair the only good thing would be the revolution that should follow
taxes take fuel cost 38p per litre the rest in tax banks we bailed the greedy forkers out can we borrow no chance but they still have there big bonuses it should be the bus fare to boness WANTED SOAPBOX
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I hope to watch it, will depend on if I am working or not :-\
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I'll be celebrating it by going for a lovely ride on my free day off! ;D :horse:
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il be going to cinema on there wedding day to watch the fast and furious 5 film when it comes out on 29th
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nothing against the Royals but I won't be wasting any time over a wedding, I shall be out in the fields all day, avoiding it at all costs. This is'nt the 1950's anymore when Britain was Great Britain, this country lost its identity a long while back, way before I was born sadly.
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As an employer, I think the government’s introduction of an extra Bank holiday, just to celebrate the wedding of an un-elected parasite’s wedding, at the unwanted extra cost to British industry, is outrageous.
I have told my staff that I do not recognise it and that we shall be working as normal!
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As an employer, I think the government’s introduction of an extra Bank holiday, just to celebrate the wedding of an un-elected parasite’s wedding, at the unwanted extra cost to British industry, is outrageous.
I have told my staff that I do not recognise it and that we shall be working as normal!
Yes, I was a bit peeved to find that an extra bank holiday doesn't necessarily mean a free day off for everyone :(
It depends on your contract (if you have one - which I don't) and whether your employer is a happy chappy or a miserable git! :(
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I shan't bother to watch. Royal Weddings are almost as bad as the Olympics. The build-up is about the same.
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Just asked my eldest, Milli, if she wants to watch the Royal wedding and cheeky monkey said "not really mum, I'd prefer to watch big fat gypsy wedding though please..."
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ha ha ha bless her, there is nowt like the outlook of a kid :wave:
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I wont be watching it either, not wanting to be provocative, but Ill wait for the divorce, that will be far more entertaining ;-) ...........
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Ach, you're all miserable ;D It's lovely - all white lace and promises, and wondering what Posh's maternity outfit will be like ::)
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and foreign heads of state in traditional dress is often ammusing!!!
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There's an old story about our present Queen's coronation, I think, where the Queen of Tonga - a massive woman - was accompanied by a very small gentleman. One of the commentators asked the other who he was, and was told "lunch". ;D You wouldn't get away with that today, would you?
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can see that as a headline in the "sun" ;D ;D
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I am fond of our royals and wish young William and his bride all happiness but, to be honest I'ld rather have a good funeral than a wedding, at least you know it's going to last----------and the hymns are generally better!
Tuggers, I'll bet your staff love you ;)
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I must admit I was glued to the News channel the day poor Diana died.
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If anyone local wants to come and watch the wedding here in Devon you are very welcome :)
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I am fond of our royals and wish young William and his bride all happiness but, to be honest I'ld rather have a good funeral than a wedding, at least you know it's going to last----------and the hymns are generally better!
Tuggers, I'll bet your staff love you ;)
With companies going bust all around, including a number of my ex-clients, and many people loosing their jobs, my employees think I’m good just keeping them in a job!
Welcome to the real world!!!!
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I pay salaries so bank holidays dont mean a jot when it comes to employment.
As for the royal wedding, I cant exactly say I'll be partying.
Personally I'd have never wanted to be born into a royal family, so good luck to them.
The royals are a fecking circus, same as celebrity culture.
Baz
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I think there's quite a few NHS hospitals not paying double bubble for bank holiday wages. I can remember as a young nurse I'd have had the hump about that. As an employer though with the country in a financial dip, we could all do without paying out excess for someone elses wedding day!
ANyway, they never showed up at mine so I'm not showing up at theirs ;)
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and plumbs since they did not invite either you or me we are not obliged to give them a pressie
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absolutely! ;)
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Hmmmmm dilemma !
Watch the royal wedding or rip out my own liver, turn it into pate and serve on toast!
OK decision made - wheres the toaster ?
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Hmmmmm dilemma !
Watch the royal wedding or rip out my own liver, turn it into pate and serve on toast!
OK decision made - wheres the toaster ?
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit - and such cynicism in one so young is disturbing ;D
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No Sarcasm meant, just that I cant think of anything worse than spending a day watching it on TV, I remember the last royal wedding - my parents actually recorded it so they could watch it over again ....
The build up on TV will be unbearable and so dull, the day itself will be taken over by it, and the weeks after will disect every tiny detail.
Personally I think there are far more important and newsworthy things going on around the world and in this country at the moment.
In my view the French got it right back in 1789 !
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and the french think a lot more of there farmers
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They cr*p in holes in the ground. Rule Britannia!
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if you had been watching the lakes lastnight the British just sh*** where the want
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They cr*p in holes in the ground. Rule Britannia!
Actually there are VERY few of those public toilets left in France, have only come across one - about 6 years ago. It was clean, flushed and worked as it should.
There are good and bad people all over the world. Race makes no difference. Shame on you. :-[
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And back on topic - don't know the the couple getting married so why would I be even slightly interested.
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Rule Britannia!
Sorry Rosemary, that song is outdated now - we dont "Rule the Waves" anymore, not since we sold off our only aircraft carrier anyway...
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we wont rule the sky once they scrape the tornado (all of them) :wave:
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wish everyone would get of their case, they bring a lot of money into this country via tourism
Which country, exactly?
As a Scot, and a Jacobite, I can't stand any of them. I'm not cut out to be a subject. ::)
I will be doing something nice, like catching up on some jobs about the place when no-one else is looking for me. ;D
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I will be doing something nice, like catching up on some jobs about the place when no-one else is looking for me. ;D
Damn, I was going to invite you to the street party ;D
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There are good and bad people all over the world. Race makes no difference. Shame on you. :-[
Did I say the French were bad people? Lighten up.
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Well, I will be enjoying the wedding, because with all the bank holiday, I have taken just 3 days holiday, and will be having 11 days off work. Which is at a busy time of year so really handy. Might also go for a night at a place we might have our wedding at.
By the way Lillian- I wish bankers got the big bonuses everyone goes on about. I can assure you it is not the case.
Beth
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They cr*p in holes in the ground. Rule Britannia!
No they don't. That’s the stinking Gypos we have to put up with in this country!
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yes beth we do understand that the bonuses don't filter down to the bank workers at the start of the crisis we were friendly with a bank worker with many years service who was desperate to leave (she had taken shares and invested in shares every year) worth a good bit of money when the price was high but worth nothing the last time we saw her
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They cr*p in holes in the ground. Rule Britannia!
No they don't. That’s the stinking Gypos we have to put up with in this country!
Thanks for this, tuggers. Reading your comment made me realise how ridiculous my comment about the French was. Oh La La, I am ashamed.
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They cr*p in holes in the ground. Rule Britannia!
No they don't. That’s the stinking Gypos we have to put up with in this country!
That's outrageous! >:( Racism is alive and well in Englandshire.
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My word there seems to be some bitter, twisted jealous people out there. None of the Royal family can help that they were born into it! Why is it when our royals go aboard so many people turn out to see them, how often have i heard foreigners say they wish they had a royal family. You all whinge and moan on about Britain not being Great anymore but your the same whinging bar stewards who've made it that way ::). Everyones responsible for voting or not in the ridiculous overspending last lot of govt's we've had, they're the ones that have killed Great Britain putting all our eggs in the financial sector and getting S**t on by the banks, they're ones who've not backed manufacturing, blame their soppy careers teachers for not encouraging kids into vocational studies and instead telling them a good job is sitting on a checkout in tescos' but don't blame the Royal family. Its nice for once to have something to look forward to and I for one will be celebrating.
Rant over (bad morning this morning really p***d off with people whinging, if its not life threatening it ain't worth bothering about)
Mandy ;D (i am determined to be smiley all day just to annoy people)
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Instead we could have someone like President Teacosy, like France ;D
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I shall be at work like every Bank Holiday.
On the subject of the Royal family, I deeply regret that Charlie and the Gentle Locheil turned back and didn't go the last hundred miles from Derby. Then you would all be wearing Kilts and speaking Gaelic ;) ;) ;)
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And be Roman Catholic ;D
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now i may be wrong on this one BUT is the church of england not a copy of roman chatholic
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now i may be wrong on this one BUT is the church of england not a copy of roman chatholic
there are some fairly major differences at both a practical and theological level!!!
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They cr*p in holes in the ground. Rule Britannia!
No they don't. That’s the stinking Gypos we have to put up with in this country!
That's outrageous! >:( Racism is alive and well in Englandshire.
If hating Gypos/Pikies is racist, then yes I am, Big Time!
Here at the farm and at the factory they cost me £1000’s a year with their thieving and fly tipping.
They blatantly break every law of the land whilst at the same time demanding every state hand out they can get their thieving hands on.
If ever there was a case for group extermination, then they are at the top of my list.
No doubt there are some politically correct do gooders that think this is a bit strong but I bet they have never had to put up with these low life scumbags!
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tuggers, you are entitled to your opinion on travellers and gypies, as everyone is entitled to there own opinion on everything in life, my opinion on travellers and gypies is as i have said before there are good and bad in every society, i bet some of your fly tipping is done by normal townie folk as seems to be the case across the country, with tips now charging for certain vehicles and certain rubbish folk wont pay so they tip elsewhere, there are townie folk that steal and thieve just as with travellers and gypies,
please do not tar every traveller and gypsy with the same brush
they are human beings at the end of the day :wave:
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If hating Gypos/Pikies is racist, then yes I am, Big Time!
Of course it's racist. Why would anyone hate others from a different culture and expect that to be acceptable? 'Group extermination', you say, eh?...I don't think that would worry too many gypsy/travellers as they have experienced plenty of attempts at their extermination in the past. Indeed, they are still being moved on and have no rights to speak of even today.
In a (probably) vain attempt to educate you on the differences between the morals of the gypsies and those of the country hantle who hate them so, I suggest you consider such aspects as the drunken behaviour of non-gypsy women and girls, and their attendant entourage of salivating drunken louts, in towns and cities just about any night of the week, not to mention the mess left by them for others to clear up every day. Gypsy girls would never behave that way lest they bring disgrace upon their families. They won't let a drop of alcohol touch their lips until they are married. Nor will they indulge in indescriminate sex either before or after marriage.
The behaviour of non-gypsy males when cavorting around in some foreign resort, binge-drunk, simulating sex in the street with their mates, running in loud-mouthed mobs in their pathetic efforts to attract some loose tart into spending a night with them, would be frowned upon by gypsy men and boys. Oh, they get drunk alright, and they fight amongst themselves, but they still have self-pride and a sense of self-respect.
I have been to Appleby and Ballinasloe fairs and I have associated with gypsies and travellers for a long time. I have to say I feel safer in their company than I have in any town or city at night. I have worked in public houses where I made it clear that travellers could have a quiet drink like anyone else as long as they behaved themselves, and I never had any trouble.
Imagine what it must be like to be always on the back foot, wondering if you'll be moved on, trying to lead your life and look after your own in the knowledge that you are not welcome anywhere, your women are verbally abused in the streets, and your children are hated and victimised at school.
As a Scot, I have no difficulty identifying with oppression and being bullied by self-righteous and belligerent neighbours. Perhaps, for the gypsies, the boot has been laced onto the other foot and the gorgio are just getting the kick up the arse they deserve. It's only fair after all, you know...what goes around, comes around. :P
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I am very disappointed that a light-hearted topic such as the upcoming royal wedding should have led to such vicious racist comments as tuggers1956 has expressed. TAS is a friendly and all-encompassing group and that kind of comment leaves a very sour taste.
Thank you AengusOg for your well-reasoned response.
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Some of my closest 'mummy friends' from our children's school are travellers and I am very proud to say this. Their children are extremely respectful to adults, the best friends my daughters could wish for and the mums do NOT tolerate any bad language. In fact one of the mums and I recently went to school to complain that a non-traveller child had been calling mine and her children the most abusive names including F and C words - aged 8!! traveller mum, and I quote, said "If my son said that I'd have the soap in his mouth." she went on to say "why's it ok to have us called F'ing pikey scum?its not like I go round calling the people here f'ing council house scum is it?!"
Please do NOT tar everyone withthe same brush. My dad used to run an engineering company, swarf and scrap was stolen all the time and it was never the gypsy or travelling community, always some local low life of non-gypsy background >:(
it would be good to hear if you have ever taken the time to get to know a gypsy or traveller? I bet you haven't.
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I am very disappointed that a light-hearted topic such as the upcoming royal wedding should have led to such vicious racist comments as tuggers1956 has expressed. TAS is a friendly and all-encompassing group and that kind of comment leaves a very sour taste.
Thank you AengusOg for your well-reasoned response.
I know - it was only a bit of fun and an excuse for bubbling (Scottish term for weeping) and bubbly :(
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rosemary.......
will you be doing bubbly, strawberries and cream on the big day?? :wave:
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Oh, yes and a big box of tissues ;D
Dan and I were in Chester years ago and as we passed a church in the city centre, a wedding party was coming out. There was me all teary - I think Dan thought he'd met a right eejit - I'd never clapped eyes on the folk before and never would again. At least I know who Wills and Kate are, even if they didn't invite me.
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Sounds like it might be worth coming up to yours from Birmingham on the big day Rosemary :D :D
Ian
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Oh, yes and a big box of tissues ;D
Dan and I were in Chester years ago and as we passed a church in the city centre, a wedding party was coming out. There was me all teary - I think Dan thought he'd met a right eejit - I'd never clapped eyes on the folk before and never would again. At least I know who Wills and Kate are, even if they didn't invite me.
Aww Rosemary, I do that whenever I have to visit anyone in hospital - if we have a cup of tea in the cafe, its right by the doors and you see all the new parents with their tiny newborns in carseats ready to go home for the first time. I'm blubbing!! that's why I had to stop midwifery training and opted for gynae instead ::)
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Ian, coming to watch me cry - that's bad. Actually, you could see that any day. Think it must be the old hormones - the news, birds singing, photos of lambs ;D, adverts with puppies and small children, clips on youtube. It doesn't take much!
Yeah, plums, gynae probably doesn't have the same emotional heave ;D
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Ian, coming to watch me cry - that's bad. Actually, you could see that any day. Think it must be the old hormones - the news, birds singing, photos of lambs ;D, adverts with puppies and small children, clips on youtube. It doesn't take much!
Yeah, plums, gynae probably doesn't have the same emotional heave ;D
I was thinking more about the party atmosphere and wonderful surroundings Rosemary. Infinately better than Brum at the moment :)
Ian
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I always have to choke back tears at weddings and when I see babies born, maybe I should dress up in my wedding dress on the day and have my own tea party here!! I just like watching the interactions with people on occasions like the royal wedding.
I hate Racism, how can anyone judge some one buy where they were born, what religion they are or their culture? I judge people on how they effect me, if some one robbed our house and they were for instance French, then no way would I say all French are robbers, its the individual and not their culture. I do understand how some one would feel if they were constantly targeted but if you replaced the word Gypsy with some thing like Spanish, German, Buddhists, Footballers etc you begin to see how silly to group the whole culture in the same class as robbers and thief's!!!! after all, how many of our politicians and bankers are Gypsy's and they certainly have been robbing us all!!!!!!!
Lets all enjoy peace good will and harmony ;) and get RUSTY to sort things out ;) ;) ;)
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well tuggers will hate me too then. My maternal grandmother was a traveller of Irish descent. That gives me traveller blood. Not something you admit to all that freely because of the reaction that you get.
My grandmother was one of the hardest working women you could ever meet - all day in a factory, over night cleaning office blocks (and no, not so she could pilfer the drawers but so she could feed her children)
Mum grew up in a house. by then the travelling community had started to find ways to become settled to ensure their children were educated. having said that, my mum can't read all that well and my gran couldn't even write her own name.
the only traits you will see in my mum and I (and probably my girls!) that are 'typical' of gypsy blood are a quickness to humour, equal quickness to temper, a fierce loyalty to our family, an ability to work very hard and make money to keep our children happy healthy and well dressed :)
I'm no thief, none of my family are.
anyway, back on topic - still prefer big fat gypsy wedding to royal wedding lol. saw on facebook yesterday that someone has made a 'royal sickbag' souvenier for the big day - and there was me wondering if I should make commemorative soaps!!
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plums it might be worth testing the water for commemorative soaps, eh. :wave:
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could do his and hers baaa's of soap. the willsbaaa and the katebaaa - hmmm, back to the drawing board methinks ;)
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im liking your thinking put me down for 2 of each if you go through with it, :wave:
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I was thinking more about the party atmosphere and wonderful surroundings Rosemary. Infinately better than Brum at the moment :)
Ian
You woudl be very welcome. Bring wellies, just in case ;D
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could do his and hers baaa's of soap. the willsbaaa and the katebaaa - hmmm, back to the drawing board methinks ;)
How about a Baaahumbug for those unable to get into the spirit of the wedding? ;D
You know, I've never met a gypsy or a traveller - or at least not knowingly. We had a traveller site near us in Clackmannanshire and the Attendance Officers used to go out to try to get the kids to go to school. Generally, they would until about 14, then they were adults and left. There was quite a clear role division between the sexes and there seemed to be quite a lot of violence towards the women - their main purpose in life seemed to be bearing sons. I suppose this seems odd to "us" now. But the kids were lovely - clean, polite and with beautiful table manners compared to many. Takes all sorts - can't be a very easy life for them especially if they are pushed around. Much of the work on the land that they traditionally did must have dried up too.
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Baaahumbug!! I love it ;) would have to be mint flavoured (mint humbug, royal mint...!)
hubby and I were saying the other day that the amount of children we have come to play here (and having 4 daughters, its lots!!) its very rare to hear "thank you for having me.." apart from the traveller children who say it without a prompt, without fail.
the children here go to school till the end of middle school and then its boys go to work and the girls learn how to clean and look for a husband.
the trailors are spotless, I have my coffee given to me in royal doulton (with a saucer!) and I feel like royalty when I go round there - so welcome its lovely.
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the girls learn how to clean
Do they do classes? I could go ;D Actually, there's a lot of folk could do with lessons in household management. Pity it fell from favour in schools, like cooking.
My Attendance Officers always said the trailers were beautiful and spotless. They used to regale me with tales of the houses they used to visit - dodging the dog poo (and worse) on the floor, hairy cups, filthy houses and some seriously neglected children. That used to make me cry too - they used to do it deliberately to make me choke up, bitches that they were ;D
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Rosemary, I worked with a lot of travellers in youth work and loved every min of it, they were lovely but the girls soon stopped comming when, as a youth work topic, anything about sex was mentioned, there were some lovely moments and one had a birthday so another brought loads of food and a big cake, after they all helped clean up and one traveller boy picked up the brush then when my co worker went to take a photo he dropped the brush and said "no don't take a photo, i am not suppose to do cleaning" he was lovely and had a small disability and when I left he was a BIG lad...I remember some of the funny things he said but always polite. The worse part of working with the travellers was working out who was who and how old any were, they seemed to have ages that fit each situation!!!! ;D ;D I also know some one who's daughter is now married to a traveller and they seem to be doing really well. I must have put in other posts about the Hippy Gypsy who become well up in the ranks of the police, he has since retired and also a lot of the travellers I knew had nice houses in the community. I funny story was when we used to go off at weekends in our little old caravan, we pulled up at one of those small farm sites alongside another caravan, it wasn't until the morning that I noticed the men with very very shinny urns collecting water from the tap while we had an assortment of off coloured plastic containers, also the men had the most dazzling white shirts on and the penny dropped when I saw the little girls playing with ringlets and pretty dresses while my daughters had jeans and tee shirts on and to top it off, they were listening to Irish ballads!!!! yes, we camped with the travellers!!!!! I bet they thought what a dirty lot we were ;)