There's a big difference between a visit (to friends or family) and a holiday. Both can be equally enjoyable but they are different. Quite apart from the cost, that is. I hope you have a lot of fun in going to and being in Dunoon. Smashing little town - it was when I last went there, anyway.
I dream of seeing Michelangelo's Pieta and the Sistine Madonna, but I doubt it will ever happen.
I had dreams of travel when I was young, then married a sailor who took me to quite a lot of places around the world. Sadly, I was too young to really appreciate them and would have loved to do it all again. Forlorn hope, I'm afraid.
In addition, people who work in jobs where orders must be obeyed transfer this to their family and expect their relatives to do what they say without question and are very surprised if you don't do it. As the daughter of a military man, I can say that I would not like to have a military husband. although... personally, any marriage seems like hell to me, but these are my personal problems.
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This thread is wild, anything goes and I love it!I miss posting for a couple of days and find the chat has turned to bucket lists and men in uniform!!
Should I stay away longer and see how much further you all go?
It was romantic. A handsome, athletic, merchant navy officer (still a strict code of conduct although not military), with a voice like Sean Connory which excited young women whenever he spoke, and a new wife a good bit younger. Starry eyed and besotted - both. Later we took the boys with us for a couple of trips but really it was all about being together on the various ships more than visiting the different countries. On those later trips it was all about home schooling while Dad worked, and learning to get along with a lot of different characters. It didn't do the boys any harm having a few unconventional months at sea and the family life together was good, but I failed to appreciate the whole experience of travel. Didn't realise at the time that Neil had Asperger's syndrome and his behaviour was a bit stressful, when it needed to be much better controlled. Alistair was just is usual sunny self, all the time and a great favourite with everyone. A slight cause for concern though that was - lots of sailors from lots of unknown backgrounds kept his Dad on the lookout for him.there is a big difference between traveling (to wherever you want, for as long as you want, to a well-equipped hotel with service and good food) and military business trips (to wherever the state wants, for an indefinite period, to military apartments, with young children who may need to change schools and you may need to change jobs)
Is it full of romance when you're young? a handsome, athletic man in a handsome sailor uniform and the endless expanse of the sea
Had a quick look and the ones I checked were mostly vegetarian, but not vegan. Thanks for trying though. Found a website with a good selection of vegan cakes and traybakes, so I'll practice a few of those and try them out on Alistair.@Annb
Vegetarian/Vegan Low Carb Recipe Index
This is a work in progress as it'll take ages to get all the suitable recipes indexed here, so please bear with me as I'll mainly be doing this during my lunch hour at work. Please feel free to suggest other recipes on the forum that should be added to this.. I've decided to create a post...
?! O my god! I am so sorry to see what great Persia, stretching from the Aegean Sea to India, has become.Wow, you must be a very lucky person to be able to fulfill all your dreams! What cool places have you seen?
At that time, I was a stay-at-home mum. I didn't do my degrees until the boys had grown up. I made the decision to be there all the time for my boys because their dad was away so much of the time. I was lucky to be able to afford to do that - lots of others couldn't.So you had to sacrifice your career and teach your children all the subjects yourself for a few months?
Have you seen the Islamic revolution in Iran with your own eyes
So you went to university when you were over 40? It's really admirable! I would hardly have done the exams now, because I hardly remember anything from the school curriculum. When I was young, I thought that if I didn't go to university at 17, it would be too late at 18
I went back into education when I was 48, doing catering, started up a catering business, then changed my mind and went back to study management and admin when I was 52 (still running the catering business at the same time). Then did a part time degree while I was working, then decided to go all out for an MA while teaching. Got that when I was 62 and then retired to look after my sick husband at 64. Didn't really need the MA but I was told at school in 1961, by the headmistress, who had an MA in something or other, that I would never be any good at anything so I should just take a nice little secretarial course and look for a husband. In fact, that's what I did back then (well I didn't look for him - he just turned up) but later the comment rankled and I decided that I was as good as her and could gain an MA, under more difficult circumstances than she had. I feel ashamed of myself for having let the comment rankle all those years.So you went to university when you were over 40? It's really admirable! I would hardly have done the exams now, because I hardly remember anything from the school curriculum. When I was young, I thought that if I didn't go to university at 17, it would be too late at 18
When you're surrounded by a bloody revolution, it's easy to become a volatile and excitable person, in many ways, it helps to survive. Fortunately, in quiet times, people also become calm.
Wow
! It's so inspiring! I should stop saying that I'm too old for everything.
Perfect. If he thinks this is as funny as I think it is I'll take him on a second date!Guy: "You asked me out on a date. Did you like me?"
You: "I just need a funny story for the diabetes forum."
No-one (except maybe only having my phone to access the forum at work, I hate typing on my phone), and as far as I remember we haven't talked diabetes in a long time, both on the open forum and through pm.
So many more interesting topics between two people with somewhat annoying but mostly boring T1 without many issues.