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General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by klondike - Today at 07:53:46 AM
Wordle 1,865 3/6

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The Chat Room / Re: Bill Oddie has died
Last post by GrannyMac - Today at 07:43:53 AM
RIP to a man who made us laugh!

I think 85 is a decent span, I sometimes wonder if I lived to 100, what would it be like? Another 20 years!

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The Chat Room / Re: School 'Undies'
Last post by GrannyMac - Today at 07:40:52 AM
They all have school colour PE kit now, stretchy cycling shorts are popular with the girls.  My teen girls wear them under short skirts too.  Only one still at school now.

Grandson used to wear school specified tee shirt, and navy shorts.  He's at 6th form college now, I don't think he does PE, he does play rugby though.  
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General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by Ashy - Today at 07:17:03 AM
Wordle 1,865 4/6

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General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by GrannyMac - Today at 07:04:26 AM
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General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by Silver Tabby - Today at 06:52:48 AM
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#7
General Discussion / Re: Wild fires and Water
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 11:17:53 PM
Rivers and maybe lakes would be a good source as they don't really dry up a lot. The rivers mostly just run slower. It's a mystery why they don't actually dry up. I think some streams do.
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The Chat Room / Re: School 'Undies'
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 11:09:27 PM
I vaguely remember the girls tucking blouses into big navy knickers but can't recall for the life of me what we boys did in the earlier two schools. I was in a boys only school from 11 and we had gym kit, rugby kit and cricket kit. If the ground was frozen in winter we ran cross country in the rugby kit. I imagine we had pumps for that but might have done it in rugby boots.

I liked holidays best.
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General Discussion / Wild fires and Water
Last post by Mups - Yesterday at 10:57:48 PM
All these horrific wildfires rapidly growing and spreading in France and Spain must be terrifying.

At least humans get jump in their cars and quickly leave the area,  but I hate to think of all the wild life trapped,  helpless, and  dying.  Even if some do survive,  I doubt they would find any food anywhere.
   
I remember when they  had really bad fires in Australia,  and the news showed many of the Koala's covered in burns and with their foot pads all burnt.

If we get any bad fires here this year,  it made me wonder where would the firefighters and helicopters get all the water from if our reservoirs are getting so low? 
#10
The Chat Room / School 'Undies'
Last post by Mups - Yesterday at 10:40:29 PM
Looking through some old threads on the Memory Lane thread  made me think back to memories of my school days.

Did your school used to insist all the girls had to wear those awful thick navy blue knickers?   
I remember some of the posher girls had grey ones with a little pocket on them.

We had to do PE in our knickers too.   Do they still do that nowadays?

Was it only the girls who they specified certain underwear to,  or did you boys have to wear a certain type of underpants too?   

We also were not allowed to leave the dining tables until we had eaten every scrap on our plate too. 
I don't have any grandchildren,  so I have no idea what they make the youngsters do nowadays.

Seems like another lifetime ago now . . .   :hmm:

What did you like/dislike about your school days?