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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 17:00:20 GMT
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Post by patty on Jan 2, 2018 17:01:55 GMT
Yeah I received one from little sis(2 full pages A4) outlining all her achievements and duties of 'granny' thats she's embracing full time next year to her 10 grand children..if it keeps folks happy whatever. Some people have such low self esteem they have to hype up achievements,...see it all the time on face ache...sometimes she hits a nerve but perhaps thats my fault as I allow it to affect me..gotta toughen up.....I did this year send a short paragraph round few folk that we mutually know with watered down update of life n times of me as I don't very often engage with folk..at least they all knew I still exist...but I was very careful to ensure all knew she was the most 'successful' twin...keeps her happy and keeps the peace...I didn't list achievements..not really sure there are many to list TBH...
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 2, 2018 17:04:37 GMT
She's not as successful as you Patty. She hasn't got a TB calendar
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 17:21:35 GMT
Yeah I received one from little sis(2 full pages A4) outlining all her achievements and duties of 'granny' thats she's embracing full time next year to her 10 grand children..if it keeps folks happy whatever. Some people have such low self esteem they have to hype up achievements,...see it all the time on face ache...sometimes she hits a nerve but perhaps thats my fault as I allow it to affect me..gotta toughen up.....I did this year send a short paragraph round few folk that we mutually know with watered down update of life n times of me as I don't very often engage with folk..at least they all knew I still exist...but I was very careful to ensure all knew she was the most 'successful' twin...keeps her happy and keeps the peace...I didn't list achievements..not really sure there are many to list TBH... Being able to range across the Worms Head whenever the fancy takes you would seem a fairly sizeable achievement to me, house of horrors notwithstanding 🍻👍😀 Any how, I finished 2017 on a bit of a failure, due to a fairly large oversight and the previous night's sore head I didn't manage to burst my dad's boat into life after some TLC on the fuel system. Back at it again this weekend to mark a successful start to 2018 🚢⚓🔨🔨🔨🔨🍻👍😀
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 18:43:58 GMT
I don't know anyone so I never get these awful letters. I remember reading one my mum got years ago and it made me sick. I had to go to the doctor about it.
On another more important note I just observed that Foxy used the word "gotten" again.
Is this an Americanism or a Finnishism perhaps ?
It does not appear to be English.
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Post by kris on Jan 2, 2018 19:45:04 GMT
I It does not appear to be English. That's because foxy isn't english, he's finnglish.
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Post by patty on Jan 2, 2018 21:54:59 GMT
Yeah I received one from little sis(2 full pages A4) outlining all her achievements and duties of 'granny' thats she's embracing full time next year to her 10 grand children..if it keeps folks happy whatever. Some people have such low self esteem they have to hype up achievements,...see it all the time on face ache...sometimes she hits a nerve but perhaps thats my fault as I allow it to affect me..gotta toughen up.....I did this year send a short paragraph round few folk that we mutually know with watered down update of life n times of me as I don't very often engage with folk..at least they all knew I still exist...but I was very careful to ensure all knew she was the most 'successful' twin...keeps her happy and keeps the peace...I didn't list achievements..not really sure there are many to list TBH... Being able to range across the Worms Head whenever the fancy takes you would seem a fairly sizeable achievement to me, house of horrors notwithstanding 🍻👍😀 Any how, I finished 2017 on a bit of a failure, due to a fairly large oversight and the previous night's sore head I didn't manage to burst my dad's boat into life after some TLC on the fuel system. Back at it again this weekend to mark a successful start to 2018 🚢⚓🔨🔨🔨🔨🍻👍😀 Thank you..guess we don't always look to our achievements..to me they are no big deal..just part of everyday life ... u r not a failure with all you have done..any slight hiccough is merely a short delay...
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Post by peterboat on Jan 2, 2018 22:28:15 GMT
Being able to range across the Worms Head whenever the fancy takes you would seem a fairly sizeable achievement to me, house of horrors notwithstanding 🍻👍😀 Any how, I finished 2017 on a bit of a failure, due to a fairly large oversight and the previous night's sore head I didn't manage to burst my dad's boat into life after some TLC on the fuel system. Back at it again this weekend to mark a successful start to 2018 🚢⚓🔨🔨🔨🔨🍻👍😀 Thank you..guess we don't always look to our achievements..to me they are no big deal..just part of everyday life ... u r not a failure with all you have done..any slight hiccough is merely a short delay... Having met you Patty both John and I were very impressed with you, and in real life you dont have to blow your own trumpet others do it for you
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Post by JohnV on Jan 2, 2018 23:04:00 GMT
seconded
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Post by Trina on Jan 2, 2018 23:28:40 GMT
Years ago,we used to get a Christmas'Round Robin'letter from one of my husband's older female relatives.We loved reading it out loud as it was soooo much easier to take the p**s that way !Some of her family made the Addams family look cute !Happy days.
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Post by phil70 on Jan 2, 2018 23:37:05 GMT
Patty, I've yet to meet you but trust John and Peter implicitly so thirded from me. I do understand the sister thing, mine is so self obsessed that when I rang her on Xmas day as I always do she failed to answer nor respond to the voice mail I left. 2 days later I got an e-mail saying she had been too busy to speak on Xmas day and she would ring me the next day.. .......still waiting I have decided not to bother with her again, life is to short to go chasing after someone who clearly CBA to phone Phil
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Post by thebfg on Jan 2, 2018 23:45:19 GMT
And Patty is definitely the thunderboat queen. Sorry Trina yiur our princess.
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Post by phil70 on Jan 2, 2018 23:52:05 GMT
And Patty is definitely the thunderboat queen. Sorry Trina yiur our princess. Along with Metal Lady of course Phil
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Post by patty on Jan 3, 2018 7:19:50 GMT
Patty, I've yet to meet you but trust John and Peter implicitly so thirded from me. I do understand the sister thing, mine is so self obsessed that when I rang her on Xmas day as I always do she failed to answer nor respond to the voice mail I left. 2 days later I got an e-mail saying she had been too busy to speak on Xmas day and she would ring me the next day.. .......still waiting I have decided not to bother with her again, life is to short to go chasing after someone who clearly CBA to phone Phil That sorta sums it up and put so much better than I did....family is family and we try to make the effort cos of the blood tie but just perhaps sometimes its not worth it at the end of the day if you have to wait until their 'hurt' feelings/busy lives subside.
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Post by IainS on Jan 3, 2018 12:15:26 GMT
I don't know anyone so I never get these awful letters. I remember reading one my mum got years ago and it made me sick. I had to go to the doctor about it. On another more important note I just observed that Foxy used the word "gotten" again. Is this an Americanism or a Finnishism perhaps ? It does not appear to be English. "Gotten" dates from the Middle ages, but has fallen out of use virtually everywhere apart from North America. Still used as part of the phrase "ill-gotten gains". Might be making a comeback, though, due to the influence of the American film industry.
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