Search Results

I understand your feelings, Hana. My father, approaching his 65th birthday and retirement suddenly began feeling ill and had trouble breathing. He went to his doctor, one of two women in practice in Sidcup. She sent him for an X-ray and subsequently told him that he was suffering from asthma...

There were an awful lot of us evacuated, Viv. Many came back home within a short period, some stayed for years, some were treated kindly, as I was, and some were treated to the most unspeakable abuse. I read a book about evacuees a little while ago called, "No time to say goodbye." Well worth a...

Hi Cameraman - Did you get to see this place when you were in Luxembourg? It's Vianden Castle, and was probably very dilapidated in the '70s. It has been recently renovated and reopened to the public. We always take our visitors there as it's only a 30 minute drive away. I wanted to post a...

It's my wife's birthday the day after tomorrow so we're off to Alsace to celebrate. It's only a couple of hours' drive from here but we love it there. Although the hotel does have internet access and we're taking our laptop it may be a few days before I get back online. Back to the original...

I realised this morning that I had overlooked one of the most fascinating conversations of my life in 1959. A Polish-born fellow joined the diving club where I was a member, and one evening in the pub after diving training he told me about his life and how he ended up living in Britain. His...

Catherine - It's sad, because it's so true. One of the reasons why we decided to live in Luxembourg after retirement.

I know exactly what you mean, Catherine. In that situation I would go ballistic and really do something that would land me in prison. Normally, I'm a pretty calm sort of person, but that kind of scam would really make me lose my rag. :oops:

That's been my problem for years now, Sue, I have permanently itchy feet. Living where we do, it doesn't take much to drive to France or Germany - 10 minutes or so and we're over the border. My wife told me the other day that she was beginning to get itchy feet again, and as it's her birthday...

I left my 5th wish to anyone who needed an extra one and seeing as no one has picked it up I've just thought of a use for it: A law to be passed that encourages motorists to run over car clampers as a matter of national interest. We don't have car clampers over here in Luxembourg, but I know...

I did start jotting down some notes a good few years ago, calling it "Dancing with headhunters", an experience which was one of the highlights of my travelling life. I did it as something that might interest my children and grandchildren after I had walked the heavenly plank off the ship of...

Chateau de Chambord in the Loire Valley, taken from our hotel. If anyone wants contact details for the hotel, just send me a PM. I hasten to add that I have no connection with the hotel except as a satisfied customer.

Thanks, Suzi. My philosophy is that we only pass this way once so I'm going to make the most of it while I'm here. I don't believe in reincarnation (sorry if I've narked any Buddhists on the forum) so I don't think I'm going to get a second chance. The Americans we worked with showed us Brits...

Does anybody else feel like me? I'm tired of being told one minute that to eat or drink a certain item is certain death and the next minute that the very same item is good for me and I should have as much as possible. For years medics have been telling us that the Mediterranean diet, with olive...

A great clip, Ian. As a movie buff I didn't know that there had been an earlier version of King Solomon's Mines. I'll have to research a but further.

Absolutely right, Sue. That's why I posted the question - I wasn't sure if nosebleeds were a result of having diabetes.

Well, it's been a week since the nosebleed and I haven't had a recurrence so I'm thinking that it was just a one-off incident and unconnected with my Type 2.

1. For my wife to be cured of the arthritis in her knee. 2- When boarding an aircraft to be able to turn left on every flight. 3. To drive a Formula 1 car in the Monaco Grand Prix without crashing it. 4. To get an average of 4 great pictures on my camera out of 10 shots taken. 5. I'll donate...

Paul Robeson singing Old Man River; Nat King Cole with When I fall in love; Ella Fitzgerald and those songbook records she made in the '50s and the incomparable Frank Sinatra singing anything at all. :D

Moving to Germany to work changed the whole course of our lives. And I was to spend an exciting 9 years working on this American military newspaper. I thought the flight was wonderful, my first time higher than the ball on top of St Paul's cathedral dome. I was even impressed with the food...

The Indian cuisine has probably the widest choice of vegetable dishes as a result of the wide-ranging dietary requirements of their large number of religions. Buddhists don't eat meat, Hindus don't eat beef, Moslems don't eat pork products. Have a chat with the restaurant owner and he'll...