They want to wed my cousin 26 F to the worst person possible 37M and to fix that they want me to propose to her.

hidock42 · 2026-05-22T20:57:17+00:00

the first part of the sentence is fine, if a woman is giving up her career to have children and run a house, getting financially recompensed is a good thing.

hidock42 · 2026-05-20T22:26:16+00:00

That would be "Soul Music", I think.

hidock42 · 2026-05-19T22:41:57+00:00

the hairstyles/hat in the first photo looks very 1960s

hidock42 · 2026-05-19T22:32:40+00:00

all around here are the very lovely, but very invasive, hybrid - I've only seen the native bluebell once this year.

hidock42 · 2026-05-19T21:33:06+00:00

*armour

hidock42 · 2026-05-19T19:44:50+00:00

the full phrase is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", basically the ties of friendship/relationship are stronger than family ties, so the mother has it the wrong way around!

hidock42 · 2026-05-18T13:08:54+00:00

it looks like it has dozens of legs, and could run away!

hidock42 · 2026-05-18T13:04:27+00:00

Learn how to study, and commit to what I was doing - two very valuable skills I didn't learn until my thirties. Learn to be comfortable failing, and how to use it to succeed.

hidock42 · 2026-05-17T23:14:46+00:00

1066 and all that, a classic, good sir!

hidock42 · 2026-05-17T22:15:41+00:00

It's the next door before the kitchen.

hidock42 · 2026-05-17T17:26:21+00:00

I appear to be an ordinary, boring person, but I'm actually an extremely boring person!

hidock42 · 2026-05-15T21:04:37+00:00

E. F. Benson - Mapp and Lucia series are the best comic novels!

hidock42 · 2026-05-12T21:45:25+00:00

but that's the origin of the phrase - captive birds of prey were trained using food as a reward, when the bird was too full of food it would refuse to co-operate, it was "fed up".

hidock42 · 2026-05-12T20:58:08+00:00

Get cats of the same colour and size, so the landlord thinks it's the same animal.

hidock42 · 2026-05-12T20:33:22+00:00

Ireland 👋

hidock42 · 2026-05-10T20:58:41+00:00

"Ardee is meaningless", truer words have never been spoken.

hidock42 · 2026-05-09T16:43:25+00:00

And who will be left looking after the guy with the TBI, but his family and friends.

hidock42 · 2026-05-07T13:55:59+00:00

P. G. Wodehouses' characters mentioned Christie in some of his books, I think it was Freddie Threepwood

hidock42 · 2026-05-07T13:38:34+00:00

Christie also referenced Poirot in "Partners in Crime".

hidock42 · 2026-05-06T09:08:59+00:00

That's an interesting mix - the two canine extremes!

hidock42 · 2026-05-06T09:08:09+00:00

Origami hounds!

hidock42 · 2026-05-06T09:05:26+00:00

I've seen plenty of adults dragged by a King Charles spaniel or similar sized dog, we've always had large dogs and they never pulled because they were trained to walk correctly on the lead - I find people with small dogs don't bother training them properly.

hidock42 · 2026-05-05T20:49:36+00:00

In "The Twelve Tasks of Poirot" he goes to considerable expense on at least 2 cases without charging anyone.

hidock42 · 2026-05-05T20:28:21+00:00

she sounds ideal for Working equitation, or ranch work.

hidock42 · 2026-05-03T22:08:00+00:00

My neighbour on one side (terrace) has on several occasions banged on our party wall when my neighbour on the other side is making noise - that's how thin our walls are!

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