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Take it easy Michael and stay safe .
I have an iPad and it's all cracked because I dropped it .
Still works though .

Ok thank you 
It's still looks complicated 

Tech is a mystery to me 
I still don't know how to download music .

This lady poster first appeared as GHF made a few posts and vanished. Common enough on forums. Then she reappeared as CHF was active for a short time then it seems forgot her password. Somebody told me about this and I had an email from her. I resent the password and emailed her back telling her to use the one I'd set it to. She never did.

I know somebody here knows her as that is how she got an email to contact me. If that person is still in contact can they see if she is still interested or still had problems and gave up. This was a while ago.

Quote from: Mups on April 18, 2026, 12:03:24 PMYes, that's true.

I don't think we would have been allowed to call adults by their first names in those days, would we.

It's always bugged me why school teachers think they should be called 'Sir,'  too.
I have never called anyone Sir  since I left school, and never would.

Funny when you think about it,  because the female teachers weren't called 'Lady',  so why did the men give themselves  a title??

Mr M  often uses Sir when he addresses people he doesn't know as in 'excuse me sir could you help me ' ? 

It's just being respectful 
It sounds better in Spanish where people always address others as senor or senora / senorita .
Madame sounds good in French too .
It's longer ( sexier) said with a caress ....ma ( my ) dame ( lady ) 
 
Whereas the English say it short Mad am 
It's has become derogatory too .
As in ' a little madam'
Or worse runs a brothel 

Men in France are addressed as Monsieur ( my lord ) even if they are just buying a bagette!

Older people in spanish speaking countries can be addressed familiarly but respectfully as Don and Dona ( Donya) 

It's nice , we have lost the art of gentle courtesy. 



April 21, 2026, 05:57:05 AM

Quote from: Scrumpy on April 18, 2026, 11:58:01 AMDo you remember way back when most of the men who visited a home were 'Uncles'.. !!
How come we had 'Uncles' that were not even related to the family..!!
The word uncle now is seldom used .. We call most members if our family by their names..

We do and I really don't like it .
My brothers grandchildren aged four and six address me by my name .
Aunty would be quite nice to hear .


April 21, 2026, 05:59:42 AM

Quote from: Scrumpy on April 18, 2026, 12:11:04 PMOur female teachers were 'Miss'... and the males 'Sir'...
 I wouldn't call anyone Sir now..
I hear it in shops when an assistant is addressing a male customer..
I don't know what they call us females though..
I bet , under their breath, they have some great names for us..

Miss is short for mistress once a term of respect of addressing a woman 

Now it means a married mans other woman .

The big ones make billions from advertising and selling data about their users. This one just costs money but not a great deal and it is something to do that keeps my brain cells ticking over.  

Not that it requires a lot of effort. Maintenance doesn't take long and it's too small to attract hackers. There is a mod running that refuses entry to the vast majority of spammers.

https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=4311

 No time is spent on moderation.

Not being tech savvy I always wonder why people run social forums .
They must be quite a lot of work and hassle .

I can see the reasoning behind interest forums ,dogs cats cars etc 
But for social chit chat 
Just wondering .

Both did.

I have 2 azaleas in pots and 2 in the ground. Also 2 Rhododendrons's, 1 deep purple and 1 pink, they are almost in bud. I have 2 fire bushes as well, all need hard pruning back. My bamboo is enormous it was cut last year but it's around 12 ft again.
The spyira bush and the Smoke Bush are really big too, lots of pruning to do this year. I love shrubs as you'll have guessed lol. I still have some lavender to get but end of May before I do that. Still got Dageus's Forget me Knots that the vet gave me for him in a ceramic pot, I'll need to find a place for them soon. Want a southernwood bush to replace the one I lost a couple of years ago but I think it's going to have to be got online, they're simply not available here. The smell from them if you touch them is wonderful.

It's a joy when we see things coming back to life after winter,  isn't it. 
Are your Azaleas in the ground or in tubs, Raven?
 
My Camelias have just about finished flowering,  but one of my Rhododendrons's buds are just beginning to open.