Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....

[Lost Leopard Spot]

East Kent
Bexhill-on-Sea
Dundee
Leicester

The answer is they are all potential winners of UK City of Culture 2017.

Don't know much about Leicester but the other three (I presume East Kent means Margate etc.) have invested significantly in the arts recently in (so far successful) bids to regenerate themselves.

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Well LGM, I was thinking firstly that neither East Kent nor Bexhill could be remotely classified as a city and secondly that Dundee or Leicester could not be considered even slightly more cultured than anywhere else. I was thinking that if Penporthgwarro's Women's Institute invited Ned Kelly's great-great-neice to give a talk on patchwork quilting I would be tempted to give it to them rather than any of the above. I might, of course, be committing the sin of being a culture nazi (with a small n).

[CrazyHorse]

But Dundee won't be in the UK in 2017.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

But Dundee won't be in the UK in 2017.

There's that ^ as well.

[bobo the clown]

East Kent
Bexhill-on-Sea
Dundee
Leicester

The answer is they are all potential winners of UK City of Culture 2017.

Don't know much about Leicester but the other three (I presume East Kent means Margate etc.) have invested significantly in the arts recently in (so far successful) bids to regenerate themselves.

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So is Chester .... which IS a city with some class. However, I understood that growth & regeneration were part of the aims, which Chester is hardly in need of, generally.

AND it's pretty close, regrettably, to L'pool, which had it only 5 or 6 years ago.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

East Kent
Bexhill-on-Sea
Dundee
Leicester

The answer is they are all potential winners of UK City of Culture 2017.

Don't know much about Leicester but the other three (I presume East Kent means Margate etc.) have invested significantly in the arts recently in (so far successful) bids to regenerate themselves.

http://www.turnercontemporary.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.dlwp.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.dca.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So is Chester .... which IS a city with some class. However, I understood that growth & regeneration were part of the aims, which Chester is hardly in need of, generally.

AND it's pretty close, regrettably, to L'pool, which had it only 5 or 6 years ago.

Liverpool was not merely the UK City of Culture. Oh no. Liverpool was European Capital of Culture no less. On a far higher plane than the one Chester is seeking. Although it's a crying shame that Liverpool has always been denied its rightful title of European City of Justice!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Although it's a crying shame that Liverpool has always been denied its rightful title of European City of Justice!

You should start a campaign and hire a lawyer.

[CrazyHorse]

Wayne Rooney maybe leaving the rags. I couldn't care less.

I had to muster up more care than this story deserves just to even bring myself to type that I couldn't care less.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Wayne Rooney maybe leaving the rags. I couldn't care less.

I had to muster up more care than this story deserves just to even bring myself to type that I couldn't care less.

I could care less than you. Or is that I couldn't care half as less as you?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

or even, I couldn't care lesser???

[BWFC_Insane]

Wayne Rooney maybe leaving the rags. I couldn't care less.

I had to muster up more care than this story deserves just to even bring myself to type that I couldn't care less.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

Oh my. Someone best go and check on poor Sir Alex. He's probably completely devastated now, what with that nasty referee and now his good friend Wayne maybe going.

Quick someone tell 5 Live, they need some more phone in's. And whilst you're at it, get onto Cameron, we need a day, nay a week of national mourning.

Cancel football too.

Ferguson must be allowed a few years to recover from this. His very core must be shattered.

[TANGODANCER]

Wayne Rooney maybe leaving the rags. I couldn't care less.

I had to muster up more care than this story deserves just to even bring myself to type that I couldn't care less.

Are you speaking about "Once a blue, always a blue, er red, er....." ?

[CrazyHorse]

or even, I couldn't care lesser???

I think that you care less more than I do. You've more less care than I have.

[Montreal Wanderer]

or even, I couldn't care lesser???

I think that you care less more than I do. You've more less care than I have.

My head hurts...

[Lost Leopard Spot]

There's snow on the ground! Admittedly not much, but it is the middle of March ffs. I want some sunshine and warmth.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

There's snow on the ground! Admittedly not much, but it is the middle of March ffs. I want some sunshine and warmth.

Yep. It feels good

[Lost Leopard Spot]

There's snow on the ground! Admittedly not much, but it is the middle of March ffs. I want some sunshine and warmth.

Yep. It feels good

you wait 'til June, you'll be yearning for snow.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

There's snow on the ground! Admittedly not much, but it is the middle of March ffs. I want some sunshine and warmth.

Yep. It feels good

you wait 'til June, you'll be yearning for snow.

Aye. I'll be just back from the Maldives then

[TANGODANCER]

There's snow on the ground! Admittedly not much, but it is the middle of March ffs. I want some sunshine and warmth.

There was white rime on the lawn this morning, the bird bath was a solid lump of ice, the outside tap is frozen solid, had to defrost the garage lock to get in and that east wind is aboslutely bitter. Oh, and the snowdrops and daffodils are coming out. "Oh to be in England...."

Oh, and some hopeful snowflakes are just starting to fall......

[Always hopeful]

I've posted on another thread somewhere that my Dad has dementia and that this brings trials and tribulations in various ways. Its not all doom and gloom though, as on occasion his condition results in him saying things that are, well, just funny.

One such case happened recently at bed time.

A heated row ensued between my Mum and Dad, as my Dad was adamant that he was wearing his pyjamas, but he was in fact still wearing the grubby clothes he'd been gardening in all day. Finally my Mum pursuaded him to change into his pyjamas and they went to bed.

About 10 minutes after the light was turned off, my Dad said, "Now what am I supposed to do?"

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I've posted on another thread somewhere that my Dad has dementia and that this brings trials and tribulations in various ways. Its not all doom and gloom though, as on occasion his condition results in him saying things that are, well, just funny.

One such case happened recently at bed time.

A heated row ensued between my Mum and Dad, as my Dad was adamant that he was wearing his pyjamas, but he was in fact still wearing the grubby clothes he'd been gardening in all day. Finally my Mum pursuaded him to change into his pyjamas and they went to bed.

About 10 minutes after the light was turned off, my Dad said, "Now what am I supposed to do?"

God, that'd be my worst nightmare, having to cope with somebody with dementia. I fear dementia, as in having it yourself, but I reckon it must be worse living with somebody who has it. I don't think I'd cope very reasonably - and I'd hate to find myself shouting at them.