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Party pooper LJ!
Well, folks, it seems that LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But I still have most of the comments in my inbox, and will re-post the original entry and list the available comments with the simple mentioning of the names, if it's all right with you. If not, tell me, and I'll delete yours.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
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I love dragons! If I have to choose just one to be my favourite, it would have to be the one from a children's picture book my mother would read me when I was little: There was a king who so loved cooking that he always meddled in the kitchen driving his chefs mad and making them quit. It got so bad that they had to hold a competition for a new castle chef; the person with the best and most original dish would win. This one boy, who couldn't cook at all, won by saying he wanted to make dragon soup. However, since there weren't any dragons to be had he couldn't make it. The boy got the job, but as before the king always came to the kitchen to partake in the cooking, and indeed did it all. The boy was happy with that and so was the king and the food was great. However, the king had his people scoring the lands for a dragon and one day they found one! It was brought back to the castle in a cage and the king asked to have this famous dragon soup. For once he completely withdrew from the kitchen and the boy was at his wit's end because he still didn't know how to cook. This is when the dragon spoke to him and told him that it could cook. So the dragon made a delicious soup which the king pronounced the best ever and then the boy revealed that the secret to dragon soup was that you needed a dragon to help you make it. and everyone lived happily ever after. And that is my favourite dragon: cooking and cleverness and kindness to dragons all woven together into one tale!
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That is a lovely story!
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I wish I could remember what the book was called and/or who wrote it! Sadly I think it was a book we borrowed from the library so I won't be able to find out by going through my Mother's collection. Having thought of it now I really want to get a copy to give to my nephews.
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Good luck finding it! I know there are a few book search comms/websites - where you put a description and see if other people remember it. :)
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I should probably start with asking my Mum if she can remember either what it was called or who wrote it. It is a problem I find with children's picture books that the ones you read/had read to you as a child may have made a great impression, but you were too young to realize you should memorize the author and book title for future reference... ;-)
to which she responded:
sounds like a plan.
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And then, when you do remember them, you realise that you've given them
away during the last big clean-out action and they aren't awailable
anywhere by now. Happened to me several times.
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> Aww :( I've done that too - I hate getting rid of books, but there are
> just too many to keep sometimes. (one of the advantages of ebooks -
> although those have other downsides....)
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Yes, that's why I'm considering getting an e-reader, but I must admit my
unwavering fondness for the Dead Tree variety.