Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Hello Fish, Long time no see/speak! I cannot for the life of me, see why, as most folks have a PC and printer, folks do not do as I do? Use Either Microsoft Publisher, or Serif Page Plus, and create their own personal ones? - Top quality, and individual. - very easy..... Don
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Same here in Aus - well, not common in Brisbane certainly, I've used it a couple of times cos I used to say it back home, but I get blank looks here!
#5554
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
When I read this, it reminded me of a song which contains the line "too plebian". I couldn't remember the title so I looked it up. I will now be singing "Cry Me a River" all day long.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
How Strange!
I was born here, in 1930, and was only ever out of the UK for 4 years, till now, and had to ask someone, what the word meant, a few weeks ago! - when the ''Story'' broke on TV.
I think it was mainly used by the ''upper crust''. Don
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
My Canon printer in Australia used 5 cartridges at $26 each, so it could be a costly exercise except for the odd occasion.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Never used Makers originals - always used Refilled - loads of choice on Ebay - so cheap. - I have done loads this year, and they last for ages. Don
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Bev
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
PLEBS is the Latin for "the common people, the masses"
In the Roman Republic there were two officials designated as "Tribuna Plebis" - Tribune of the Common People.
Ah the benefits of a classical education !
In the Roman Republic there were two officials designated as "Tribuna Plebis" - Tribune of the Common People.
Ah the benefits of a classical education !
Last edited by scot47; Dec 20th 2012 at 12:29 pm.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
And in Roman society, pleb would not be considered an insult. It's only become that way through being hijacked by toffs.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Sally,
The card I received from my friend saying happy holidays, Hmmmm then you said about your Jewish friends it made me think ----- because my friend is also indeed Jewish, and all his cards to me over the years have not had the word Christmas on them.
Don,
Me too, when the story broke a while ago and this funny word Pleb was used,
I said to people in my family what the heck it meant and they knew what it meant but said its never used anymore, and I have never heard it said in the U.S. or anywhere before.
The card I received from my friend saying happy holidays, Hmmmm then you said about your Jewish friends it made me think ----- because my friend is also indeed Jewish, and all his cards to me over the years have not had the word Christmas on them.
Don,
Me too, when the story broke a while ago and this funny word Pleb was used,
I said to people in my family what the heck it meant and they knew what it meant but said its never used anymore, and I have never heard it said in the U.S. or anywhere before.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
I agree...five years of Latin in grammar school with those beastly nuns ;-(
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
However I might try it in England, I'm not printing much these days.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
WELL IF THE WORLD DOES INDEED END TOMORROW LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN MEXICO ARE SAYING ------ then let me be the first on here to say ---- you have all been a swell group of people, and it has been my absolute pleasure to have known you all, and thanks to everyone that has helped me in so many ways in making my dream a reality,
But if 11pm tomorrow comes and we are all still in one piece then lets carry on chatting
Is everyone in the U.S. getting as much coverage about this on the TV as we are getting in U.K. ?
They said that the movie with John Cusac that was made a couple years ago named (2012) was inspired by the 5,000 year old calender in Mexico that ends on December 21st 2012
Good luck everyone ----- and keep safe!!!!!
Love Rodney.
But if 11pm tomorrow comes and we are all still in one piece then lets carry on chatting
Is everyone in the U.S. getting as much coverage about this on the TV as we are getting in U.K. ?
They said that the movie with John Cusac that was made a couple years ago named (2012) was inspired by the 5,000 year old calender in Mexico that ends on December 21st 2012
Good luck everyone ----- and keep safe!!!!!
Love Rodney.