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getting away from parents for at least termtime

(Depends on relationship with parents)

I don't know about averages but Wikipedia reports: The heaviest tomato ever was one of 3.51 kg (7 lb 12 oz), of the cultivar 'Delicious', grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1986. The largest tomato plant grown was of the cultivar 'Sungold' and reached 19.8 m (65 ft) length, grown by Nutr...

I haven't seen it mentioned so I suggest peeps look at

"Genuki" (google for the full address)

seems to be short for Geneaology UK Ireland
I think it is the oldest web site on the subject and always used to be very good.

Vonny wrote:

blondie95 wrote:parents have over theyears told me a through interesting bits like a famous smuggler shot on the beach on my mothers side!

I found out that one of my paternal relatives was jailed for 8 months for smuggling

and one of mine was a customs watchman!!!! (but that was 1610)

Darcey Bussell - (ballerina) giving M & Ms to my grandchildren who were on the same flight as her. Sophia Ragavelas - (musical lead in West End) - next bedroom! far too many politicians of different colours - in the local square. They seemed to like it round here especially when TB was holidayin...

Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Crianlarich (gate to the highlands)up to Glencoe, Fort William, Road to the Isles (to Mallaig) (sorry but that's a dead end) back to Fort William, Great Glen (visit Nessie en route) and down the east coast via the Spey distilleries. Alternatively just go to the Speyside distill...

As for apple pie beds - yes - and DORM RUNS.. and stuffing the fire alarm with tissues madness! we didn't have fire bells and the downstairs doors were locked at night - heaven knows what they would have done in case of fire Apple pie beds etc - yes until one boy rebelled and put his feet down hard...

I really hope that nut from the "Martian Embassy" isnt there anymore, or if he is, please let him be wearing an "I love me" jacket I have a newspaper cutting of extracts from the Fortean Times, one of which is about a Martian traveller who reported to the police somewhere in Fra...

Mrs C. wrote:Sad, isn`t it , that we`ve nothing better to do on a Saturday night!?!

It's been raining for 36 hours, wind rated at 30kph and gusts to 75kph. Noisy. What else is there to do apart from seeing all the von Trapps (and I reckon they got the wrong one)

Talking of dancing .... I went to a co-ed grammar in the Midlands - we girls had "country dancing " lessons when it was too wet to go out for sport , and so did the boys - but never together!! I could never understand why half the girls had to pretend to be boys, and , no doubt, half the ...

I didn't know about that resource the Mormons have, thanks guys, I will give it a look. Mentioned it before; most (?all) their temples have an attached Family History Centre / Center which anyone can visit free of charge. They have on site / have access to a vast mountain of info, some of which is ...

I remember back in 1976 a group of us spent 6 weeks planning a visit to Hertford to see how the other half lived but the scheme was discovered when one of us was just stupid enough to ask a master for directions. We all got double detentions, made to write essays on the evils of being horny and giv...

Didn't you get together to commiserate on getting a year younger? Hope the next year is even better

Isn't there a big scientology temple at East Grinstead? Maybe he had something to do with that. Yes, there was. I know that the Govt / Charities Commission tried to close it down and there were threats of legal action but I didn't hear of any followup. I think it's a Mormon Temple - strange enough ...

Jude wrote:aw how sweet!!

Just about all the men I have met have been bar-stewards...... I can count on 1 hand the decent ones!

How do you type if you have no hands?