First Army March for March 2nd 2015

[roxane]

you'll be nodding off soon then.

[JackieClaire]

you'll be nodding off soon then.

Noooooooooooo I have to keep going 'til at least 10.

[NoSugar]

Thanks, Rox!

Maybe I'll watch The Fall next and learn about Northern Ireland, Molly. Is that a good show?
I would have guessed that Ireland and England were more similar.

[NoSugar]

Hmmm... I think I get the jokes around here even if I am an uptight American :wink:.

[roxane]

what we do have in common between the two nations is sense of humour --- more precisely I think the sense of the ridiculous --- I think the rest of the world struggle sometimes to grasp it -- and I do know when I'm speaking to people outside of Ireland or UK -- I tone down my irreverence somewhat ;-)

agreed. straight faced humour can be hard for people to understand if youre not used to it.

[roxane]

Hmmm... I think I get the jokes around here even if I am an uptight American :wink:.

and the ones you miss dont matter!

[roxane]

ooh, that makes it look like i agree youre uptight..................how do i dig myself out of that hole?.................

[NoSugar]

No offense - I kind of am! :smile:

[JackieClaire]

And of course I'm up in the North of England..............which is so far removed from the South we could be on different planets sometimes.

[roxane]

the south is definitely better off. but. if youre poor, youre poor anywhere.

[roxane]

AND I do think it's maybe harder being poor in a city?

yeah probably, no foraging or growing or poaching.

[JackieClaire]

yes --- I s'pose so --- similar to the rural/urban divide between Dublin and the rest of Ireland --- think the rest of them aren't that keen on us Dubs ;-)

You know I never thought of Dubbers as a capital city as its nice and compact.

the south is definitely better off. but. if youre poor, youre poor anywhere.

Too true, Roxxxy...............funny thing is there's a fair bit of of money up here.

Fantastic convo you've got us started on Sugarbabe.

[NoSugar]

bet yer not ---- that's another thing I love about recovering addicts --- I think by being 'laid open' by our 'disease' --- we are broad-minded - kinder - humane ---- just nicer people really ...... things ain't black and white.......

I agree that the people who make it to the "other side" are a special group. I don't think you can get from there to here without learning a lot about yourself, the human condition, and what's really important.

[roxane]

You know I never thought of Dubbers as a capital city as its nice and compact.



Too true, Roxxxy...............funny thing is there's a fair bit of of money up here.

Fantastic convo you've got us started on Sugarbabe.

the south is very polarised, or at least london and western counties next to it. the rich are ridiculously rich. £300,000 for a flat? wtf? its crept out to as far as a commute so north essex is getting expensive too now.

[JackieClaire]

the south is very polarised, or at least london and western counties next to it. the rich are ridiculously rich. £300,000 for a flat? wtf? its crept out to as far as a commute so north essex is getting expensive too now.

Love watching those programmes where they're buying a new house/flat down there and they find just the the thing.............one bed flat, only 3 hours commute for about a squillion quid...................cheaper to live up here and buy a helicopter.