You are currently browsing the THE TALBOT FAMILY BLOG weblog archives for the day 01/02/2009.
- Blogroll (1)
- Family Anniversaries (9)
- Family Chat (587)
- Family web sites (1)
- Fly on the wall (4)
- FLYING THE FLAG (10)
- From Seth (2)
- HOW TO ……… (4)
- MORE NEWS (3)
- NEWS ABOUT MUM (88)
- THE PROMISE BOX (2)
- 31/01/2012: Thank you!
- 29/01/2012: From Dreams, Evolution etc - a Seth Book
- 29/01/2012: Birthday Boy
- 10/01/2012: Coming home to roost
- 30/12/2011: Welcome to 2012
- 24/12/2011: Wishing You All A Joyful Christmas
- 23/12/2011: A joyful Christmas to everyone
- 22/12/2011: Christmas cards
- 03/12/2011: A word of prophecy
- 24/11/2011: When is racial discrimination not racial discrimination?
FAMILY MATTERS
WHO ARE WE?
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
Archive for 01/02/2009
Food for thought
01/02/2009 by Andrew.
Just reading Ted’s ‘memories post’ brought to mind the outside bog at Silecroft when we first moved. Not only was it outside and freezing cold but there was no flush……huh!! Just a wooden bench with a hole in it and underneath a bucket. If I remember correctly there was a bucket of sand and a shovel to make it presentable for the next user. I remember helping our dad to dig a hole and bury the contents in the garden. Not the sort of thing to remember when you are tucking in to a plate of homegrown veggies! Consider that this was ‘modern’ when it was built and was probably considered a huge improvement on finding a bush somewhere or a hole in the ground.
Anyway Ted that makes you a millionaire if ‘you know who’ can actually raise that sort of cash.
Why did Sandy have a long neck? Because whenever you took him to the beach he always insisted on finding the biggest stone that he could manage to carry and taking it home with him. Any other dog would have been content with a bit of wood or even a small stone. Strange dog.
If you consider your life you will realise that it is full of events that require a decision. Many of these decisions actually change the course of your life. It might seem trivial at the time but if it did not happen then your life may have taken a much different course. For example if you had not decided to go to a certain supermarket at a certain time then you might never have met your future wife or husband (no I did’nt meet Janette in a supermarket) this impacts on any future generations you may have produced from this particular genetic mix. When mum and dad picked Silecroft off a map for a holiday, this changed the course of all our lives completely. Yet such a small decision! Amazing.
The steps of a man (who trusts in God) are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he may stumble and fall yet he will be able to rise again, for the Lord holds him up him with His hand. (Psalm 37:23 - my paraphrase)
Food for thought?
Andee XXXXX
Posted in Family Chat | No Comments »
Greetings from Lord Fly
01/02/2009 by Lord Fly of Bogland.
Hello commoner friends,
Sorry to have been out of touch for so long but you may have read in the press that we Peers are said to have claimed an average of £60,000 each in expenses last year and I have been carrying out a personal investigation as I received nothing like that. However I can now say that every penny of those expenses were justified. People think that they are “money for old rope” as they say, but I can now assure you that we earn that money by all the form filling we have to do to claim it. Form after form after form - on and on. So, please, no more sarcastic comments and criticisms from you misunderstanding people out there. Filling in forms is not an easy way to earn money!!
Having got that off my chest, I do hope everyone is well. I had the pleasure of replying to Sue as you may have noticed, and I see that Ted has been rabbiting on as usual. Seventy-five years old - don’t you believe it. He only looks about seventy-four. And sometimes he behaves like a seventy-three-year-old. But continue to humour him. It was nice to see posts from the family. I feel that posts are like a touching of friends hands. However, enough of that. I now have far too much to do filling in claim forms. That takes nearly all my time these days. And we can’t even claim for the time we spend filling in forms - I think. Must look into that!
Must go - money is awasting.
Regards to all,
Lord Fly of Bogland.
Posted in Family Chat | No Comments »