My DNA matches online beautifully with someone I know to share Great Grandparents. Her Dad’s Dad and my Mum’s Dad were brothers.
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My DNA matches online beautifully with someone I know to share Great Grandparents. Her Dad’s Dad and my Mum’s Dad were brothers.
Good morning all. It’s wild and wet in Kent again.
Everyone is having a lie in this morning. Except me... the rain lashing against the bedroom window woke me! JoesDad is still banished to the spare room with his cough and cold.
@CarolM I am afraid we couldn’t take pictures yesterday of the Harry Potter exhibition. It was very good. They explored the magical subjects taken at Hogwarts through old books and documents and other magical artefacts and also had some manuscripts and drawings by JK Rowling. It was fascinating.
Of the Rowling documents, I’ll mention three:
- The Divination teacher was originally named Enid Petigrew... which would have made her related to Peter Petigrew ... which would have changed the plot of the books!
- Harry’s friend Dean was originally Gary
- In the Chamber of Secrets, the flying car originally crashed into the lake and Harry and Ron were rescued by merpeople. They had the manuscript there for you to read This bit was dropped and the car crashed into the whomping willow instead
They even had a glass case with an invisibility cloak on display. It looked like there was just a hook in the case, but the sign said that if you squinted and looked out of the corner of your eye you might just catch a glimmer of it....
Everyone is having a lie in this morning. Except me... the rain lashing against the bedroom window woke me! JoesDad is still banished to the spare room with his cough and cold.
@CarolM I am afraid we couldn’t take pictures yesterday of the Harry Potter exhibition.
It was very good. They explored the magical subjects taken at Hogwarts through old books and documents and other magical artefacts and also had some manuscripts and drawings by JK Rowling. It was fascinating. Of the Rowling documents, I’ll mention three:
- The Divination teacher was originally named Enid Petigrew... which would have made her related to Peter Petigrew ... which would have changed the plot of the books!
- Harry’s friend Dean was originally Gary
- In the Chamber of Secrets, the flying car originally crashed into the lake and Harry and Ron were rescued by merpeople. They had the manuscript there for you to read
This bit was dropped and the car crashed into the whomping willow instead They even had a glass case with an invisibility cloak on display. It looked like there was just a hook in the case, but the sign said that if you squinted and looked out of the corner of your eye you might just catch a glimmer of it....
Oh pity about the photos but thank you so much for the information. As soon as I get home from work I will be showing my son. Thank you thank you thank you.[emoji8]Good morning all. It’s wild and wet in Kent again.
Everyone is having a lie in this morning. Except me... the rain lashing against the bedroom window woke me! JoesDad is still banished to the spare room with his cough and cold.
@CarolM I am afraid we couldn’t take pictures yesterday of the Harry Potter exhibition.
Of the Rowling documents, I’ll mention three:
- The Divination teacher was originally named Enid Petigrew... which would have made her related to Peter Petigrew ... which would have changed the plot of the books!
- Harry’s friend Dean was originally Gary
- In the Chamber of Secrets, the flying car originally crashed into the lake and Harry and Ron were rescued by merpeople. They had the manuscript there for you to read
They even had a glass case with an invisibility cloak on display. It looked like there was just a hook in the case, but the sign said that if you squinted and looked out of the corner of your eye you might just catch a glimmer of it....
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What the heck is this place lol.
I just found out what I thought was dandelion is actually cat's ear. Now I have to figure out where I can get dandelion from here in the Cape. Damn but they all look the same.
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Around here is full of it we fight it all the time in the yard. Just get you a few seeds and plant. In no time you will be growing so much they will call you the dandelion king.
Hi
And Welcome to the Cold Dark Room. This is the place where all sorts of things happen and definitely get interesting. A little later when some of the other roommates start waking up, I am sure they will give a better run down or explanation of what this place is. But although it is called the Cold Dark Room it is actually filled with lots of warmth and light.
Hello and welcome to the Cold Dark Room.
It’s a place of nonsense, puns, cheese and conversation around the globe somewhat dimly lit by the flying jellyfish. Watch out for the wool spider; she’s probably taking in the Christmas decorations she knitted.
Pull up an armadillo and take a seat.
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So a talk thread for the most part. I can get down with that.
As someone that has seasonal depression this may be just what the doctor ordered.
Where is here? Sorry I couldn't see your location.
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East TN in the U.S.
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In all honesty I had just got woken up by a gall from Egypt and was just browsing through here before going back to bed. But this is cool. I will come back to this dark cold jellyfish lit room from time to time.
Lol. I live in Cape Town South Africa. And apparently what I thought was dandelion is actually catsear. Go figure. The catsear I see all over the place. The dandelion on google I see looks very much like the catsear. So now I am totally confused. I think the dandelion has a more bushy flower and slightly more prickly leaves. Believe it or not I cannot get weed seeds here. I must go find the plants somewhere. Which makes me wary of them if not found in my garden. Oh well good exercise. It is walking time for me to see if I cannot find some plants to cultivate..
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Well I wish you the best of luck on your search. I grew it inside for a while for my bearded dragons. They loved the stuff.
Cool. All species are welcome here, even humans
I bet Adam’s gone Walkabout again...[emoji848]
This is the place where you come to rest and relax after a tiring day at work. You're more than welcome here
If Adam IS taking a break, I wish he would MENTION it, so we at least know he's OK. He had a near-fatal bout of tuberculosis some years back, and one worries.
I took French some years too, but I have forgotten almost every thing because I don`t speak or use the language. With English it is different. You see, read and hear English everywhere, so it is easier to recall what you have learned in school.
I don`t speak Spanish !
Hi DE42, you have visited the Cold Dark Room. You are welcome. Reach out for an armadillo to sit on and the Leprechaun, the substitute of the one legged pirat may serve you a coffee or tea. Talk and hear silly and serious things with us. We are living in our dark cold corners here. Only the yellyfish are able to lighten the dark a little bit but they need to be polished. It seems they are a little bit neglected at present.
Be aware of the nasty, naughty meerkats. When something went wrong it is always their fault ! Don`t be afraid of the snowleopard because she only eats carrots but be careful of the woolspider if it exist. We don`t know so well.
Do you like cheese ?????
@DE42
