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Hey, Rusty!
It's all right, you are preaching to the converted, so to speak!
I would never seriously consider betting on anything!
The only time I've ever placed a bet was when we were invited to a friend's box at Ascot (surely I must have told you this?) We were very well disciplined - put just ten pounds aside for the entire day's wagers! And if we won something we put that to one side!
It was fun though! (especially as dinner in the box was thrown in!)
Yes, I'm greatly enjoying reading "1914: The Days of Hope". As I did "The Roses of No Man's Land" before that.
And I'm now awaiting delivery of three more of her books!
I already have five other books lined up to read though (fiction;I know you don't like that!) so will probably intersperse Lyn's books with those.
What I especially like about her writing is the way she includes extracts from diaries and letters written by the book's participants.
I think it helps emphasise her points and adds to the human interest stories inside the wider aspect of the war, don't you agree?

Hello, Elle!
Yes, I do. She is very readable.
She lives near you. You should pop in to say "hello"?
When I was North one time, (at some wee place, not sure which, now) there was a woman's name on the war memorial. She had gone down with the Lusitania.
I think she was a Sister.
It is still warm up here.
I am off to try my crossword now...before I forget!

Porton Down are doing some research on ticks as there seem to be far more recently ,I was used to them in India but not in England,my vet says it is the warm and wet winters we have had that is causing the jump in numbers whatever it is I dont like them

True enough Doglet, our winters are not as cold as they used to/should be, and therefore a lot of pests do not get destroy - neither do bugs and virus that seem to be recurring more regularly (gastro entiritus and the like).

How long were you in India, and where about?

Watching and singing along with Burt Bacharach.
Glastonbury. What a guy!

We lived in Assam at first but the Assamese were not happy with foreigners so we had to leave at 24hrs notice and we went to Calcutta,which I liked very much but I had dysentery and had to come home and my husband moved to Indonesia being a nomad isnt really much fun.

Still, a good experience Doglet, very enriching I would imagine.

Jazzgirl, who is that guy you just mentioned ?(forgotten his name already)

pigale
Read read all about him and his songs here. He is now 87 years old !

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach

Hi there
Will someone please tell me how to access the recent end of this THREAD. I just want to know ( as per CAMUS!!!!) But please post your kind instruction on a new thread For My Attention
And I thank you
I remain
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Hi, Rusty!
I should love to meet Lyn MacD - she must be one very interesting lady!
Have you finished your crossword? You were late with it tonight - I thought you usually did it about teatime?
I finished the Times GK Jumbo very early this morning - it wasn't much of a challenge this week.
I've started the Cryptic Jumbo now... about a third of the way through so far... been reading "1914" for most of the evening, but going to watch "Casualty" very shortly.
Next week, I shall be glued to Wimbledon - on or off the "red button"!