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Find anything to smile about today ?

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  • #2
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Lovely - kitties will always make me smile. Except when they are sitting on me, staring into my face at 6am saying 'get up and wait on me'.


  • #3
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    Beautiful serene photos. I remember Francois Hardy ......... her Tout Les Garcons was a hit on Radio Luxembourg (208M) in the early 60s. Another Francois ........ this time Gall, won the Eurovision for Luxembourg in the mid 60s. Je t'aime is another one that had my pulse racing in those far off days ;). Oh, zos Fwench axants! :)
    Here's Francois Gall:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2mnuhJahU


  • #4
    franc 91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭franc 91


    Mon cher Spread, I have something to tell you - it's Françoise Hardy and not François and it's France Gall. Françoise Hardy is still making records and her partner Jacques Dutronc is still doing gigs as well. The singing career of France Gall hasn't been quite as successful.
    http://www.francoise-hardy.com/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Gall


  • #5
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Is it only my non italian speaking head that thinks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyEvjq39UM
    sounds even more beautiful than http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY0PbzsaCZU ?

    Nothing wrong with her recent ( less than 20 years ago ARF ARF ) trip in Abbey Road with Blur
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojK_yOcC-Mw&feature=fvwrel .

    She is sublime


  • #6
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    franc 91 wrote: »
    Mon cher Spread, I have something to tell you - it's Françoise Hardy and not François and it's France Gall. Françoise Hardy is still making records and her partner Jacques Dutronc is still doing gigs as well. The singing career of France Gall hasn't been quite as successful.
    http://www.francoise-hardy.com/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Gall[/QUOTE]

    Pour cette franc - merci! My French is quite rusty .......... I lived in Rozay-en-Brie for about 7 years from the mid 80s and have only had a few chances to speak it since.


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  • #7
    franc 91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭franc 91


    La Brie isn't very far away from where I live - it's one of the mini-regions in l'Ile de France (the one I live in is called le Hurepoix) I like the cheese they make there - either brie de Meaux or brie de Melun and then there's la moûtarde de Meaux.


  • #8
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Hi guys. I needed a smile. I found this song on Youtube. You all just have to sing along with it. :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9bHDy5khQ


  • #9
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    Very good Jellybaby. The lyrics encapsulate the ebay phenomenon of almost voyeurish attraction to other peoples thrash. Have been able to limit my purchases to gadgets, books and household stuff.


  • #10
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Hi guys. I needed a smile. I found this song on Youtube. .........

    Thank you Jellybaby1 - first time I've smiled for many days

    But tell me one thing...

    Do people really buy Ebay things ?


  • #11
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    0lddog wrote: »
    Thank you Jellybaby1 - first time I've smiled for many days

    But tell me one thing...

    Do people really buy Ebay things ?

    Yup! Occasionally himself buys books/dvd's/cd's and I buy craft supplies/books/dvd's. Glad you enjoyed the song. I particularly laughed at the excitement in the song at being the 'highest bidder'. I well remember the first time I bid on something, it was terrifying and exciting at the same time. Of course we are soooooo blasé about it now we are more experienced.


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  • #12
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    0lddog wrote: »

    Do people really buy Ebay things ?
    Yep, all the time. Just remember to read the descriptions of goods and postage charges very carefully.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #13
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    Good Moaning all :). 'Tis cool and damp. But after QPR's win .......... who cares Habibi!


  • #14
    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    0lddog wrote: »
    Thank you Jellybaby1 - first time I've smiled for many days

    But tell me one thing...

    Do people really buy Ebay things ?

    I just bought a set of old Kellogg's spoke reflectors for my bike!
    damned-chicken-thing.jpg


  • #15
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    hardCopy wrote: »
    I just bought a set of old Kellogg's spoke reflectors for my bike!
    damned-chicken-thing.jpg

    I like the wooden spokes :p


  • #16
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    Yes. Finally got my Social Security Number ............ so now I'm a card-carrying Legal Alien. YaY! :D

    Goodnight and Good Moaning :)


  • #17
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Congratulations Spread. You are finally a number! We can always count on you ;)


  • #18
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Time for a smile I think. Well by now we must all have seen that wedding dance on Youtube, plus all the copycats that came after it. I just saw this wedding proposal today, how the heck will he top this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5_v7QrIW0zY

    Guys seem to be under some pressure these days to be original. Himself is glad this period of our lives is well behind us now! :D


  • #19
    Mollywolly
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Mollywolly


    Jellybaby that was tops! And here was me thinking that romance was dead and gone :)


  • #20
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Ahhh Molly, I've watched it four times today already and I can't stop smiling. I rather thought the first fella with the mop of hair and lovely smile was her fella, he was gorgeous (if I was only 40 years younger! sigh!) How many of us have 60 friends and family members who can dance like this? Sigh! Sigh! Sigh! :D


  • #21
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I should be banned from Youtube after this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2Nbf_QuQE

    P.S. this notice made me smile too :):


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  • #22
    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    I went for a walk on the beach, strolled through the surf. water was lovely. Had a lovely few hours. Great day.


  • #23
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Rubecula wrote: »
    I went for a walk on the beach, strolled through the surf. water was lovely. Had a lovely few hours. Great day.

    Reminds me of a day 'bout 35 years ago.

    Per chance were there any porpoises breaking water in the distance ?

    Think I was about here :

    http://maps.google.ie/maps?um=1&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1035&bih=600&wrapid=tlif133824110882821&q=killadoon%20strand%20%20mayo%20map&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

    What great & happy memories


    Olddog

    ( wonder will the link work for y'all or is it looking for cookies & stuff )


  • #24
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    0lddog wrote: »

    ( wonder will the link work for y'all or is it looking for cookies & stuff )

    Ha! you just showin off your computer litera talk to impress us :D


  • #25
    0lddog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    looksee wrote: »
    Ha! you just showin off your computer litera talk to impress us :D

    Awwww............AllWight you got me.

    Just didnt want to show off my 1960s PhD in junk food

    Cookies & stuff = Cookies, crisps, choc bars ( not more than 5% cocoa ) TK red lemonade, clover toffee and to finish .....

    I give you a walnut whirl


  • #26
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Time for a smile I think. Well by now we must all have seen that wedding dance on Youtube, plus all the copycats that came after it. I just saw this wedding proposal today, how the heck will he top this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5_v7QrIW0zY

    Guys seem to be under some pressure these days to be original. Himself is glad this period of our lives is well behind us now! :D

    Since I put this up here it's had another 4 million views on Youtube, and there was only one response here. So it's definite now, romance is definitely dead here in Ireland. (sniffle!) :(


  • #27
    rich.d.berry
    Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭rich.d.berry


    I did the Flora Women's Mini Marathon on Monday all dressed up as a woman. A friend called me last night to say there was a photo of me in the newspaper.

    She dropped the paper round this morning and I see I made page 3.

    Not many men that can say they're page 3 girls in the Irish Independent. :D

    The young blonde in front of me is my 16 year old son. He makes a frighteningly pretty girl. :eek:

    IrishIndependentphoto-mecircled.jpg


  • #28
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Well done Rich! Were you there for a charity? By the way, do I see a little too much cleavage there? :o


  • #29
    rich.d.berry
    Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭rich.d.berry


    Yeah, the charity was Tearfund.

    Too much? I thought it was just a cheeky bit of bra peeking out from my camisole top ;)


  • #30
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I know Tearfund very well. Excellent charity. Well done. I expect you have recovered by now and are already in training for next year. By the way, how shocking of you, a man, to even know what a camisole top is!! :D


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  • #31
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    All right, what have yiz all done, you un-romantic Irish guys? That Youtube wedding proposal I put up here is BLOCKED! :eek: The last time I checked it had reached more than 12 million views. It was just too good for yiz and yiv missed yer chance! :p


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