May I recommend. . .

[PanBiker]

A bit of social history here from the other side of the world. I wonder if Cathy knows of this band? "The Waifs". This is "Bridal Train" which relates the story of the free transport to the United States offered by the USA in 1945 and 46 for Australian war brides who married US service personnel and for any children born as a result.





Here is the Wikipedia link on the same subject:

Bride Trains

[Tripps]

Good stuff - both the recommendations. I like a song with a story.
I can never work out the story from the song though so -

Lyrics
A telegram arrived today,
It is time to catch the Monteray,
'cause' the man I wed' he waits for me,
And the daughter that he's yet to see,
The U.S navy beamed its message,
We'll deliver brides on a one way passage,
It made big news across the nation,
The bridal train leaves from perth station,
All the girls around Australia,
Married to a yankee sailor,
Your fare is paid across the sea,
To the home of the brave,
And the land of the free,
From west to east the young girls came,
All aboard the bridal train,
It was a farewell crossing of their land,
She's gone to meet her sailor man,
no time for sad good byes,
She held her mother as she cried,
Then waited there in the freo rain,
To climb aboard the bridal train,
Well she was holding her future in her hand,
A faded photo of a man,
Catch a sailor if you can,
The war bride leaves her southern land,
All the girls around Australia,
Married to a yankee sailor,
Your fare is paid across the sea,
To the home of the brave,
And the land of the free,
From west to east the young girls came,
All aboard the bridal train,
It was a farewell crossing of her land,
She's gone to meet her sailor man,
this is the story of those starry nights,
Through desert plains and city lights,
Through burning sun, and driving rain,
She wept aboard the bridal train,
All the girls around Australia,
Married to a yankee sailor,
Your fare is paid across the sea,
To the home of the brave,
And the land of the free,
From west to east the young girls came,
All aboard the bridal train,
It was a farewell crossing of their land,
She's gone to meet her sailor man,
Source: LyricFind
Bridal Train lyrics © Words & Music A Div Of Big Deal Music LLC

[Stanley]

Morning David.

[Gloria]

Please read the notes at the beginning before ordering.

Lancashire Catalogue.doc

[Tripps]

If you get the chance to hear anything from Professor Catherine Barnard then take it. I hear her yesterday, and she is the cleverest, best informed, most clear speaking woman I have ever come across.

The contrast between what she had to say about the European Court of Human Rights, and what any politician would have said was enormous. No angle, no flannel - just deeply well informed, clearly authoritative, and informative. Nick Ferrari said later that his heart rose when he saw her name on his running list. I have not ever heard any politician get within a mile of her.

[Stanley]

If you put her name in a YouTube search you get a lot of hits but none of them recent.....

[Tizer]

Don't miss this superb programme. A great use of computer graphics to explain many of the mind-boggling volcanic events on the planets of our solar system...

Solar System: Volcano Worlds, Episode 1 of 5.
Professor Brian Cox journeys to the volcano worlds of the solar system and explores alien landscapes bursting with fire and ice. There are planets and moons covered in volcanoes, with eruptions so violent they reach into space. Understanding what makes these worlds active is critical in the search for life beyond Earth.

[Stanley]

I shall hunt it down Peter....

[Stanley]

I tripped over this....

[Stanley]

If anyone has been following Robert in Green Forest Life, this may interest them. There are significant changes afoot.....

[Tripps]

Is that Vietnam?

I haven't seen that for a long time - so much more to supervise.

I just lent this lady £100 yesterday - Thanh Hoa as a contribution to her buying three calves to rear. She is fully funded for the job now.

Perhaps she should get an iPhone and a modem instead. Easier, and probably a lot more profitable.

[Tizer]

Is that through the same web site you used for your previous loan - I seem to recall that lady paid you back in full.

[Tripps]

Yes - It's Lend with Care I would recommend them The software is intuitive, dependable, and easy to use.

I see that I have made 35 loans over many years (10?) to the value of £2888. I get it all back, and re-lend it, but also make a donation with each loan, for their costs, of up to 15 % on top so there is some cost to me. That's OK.

Only one loan has defaulted - a lady raising pigs in Vietnam actually. That doesn't bother me at all.

My views on conventional charities are probably best not disclosed on this site - but I'm quite comfortable with this one.

[Stanley]

Yes David, it's Vietnam.
I follow him and it's interesting to contrast their society with ours..... (His mother is out of hospital and looking well and the dog Mao is better than ever.)

[Tizer]

We don't give money or sign up to any charity where it's someone coming to our front door or stopping us on the street. We choose who we want to give money to and are generous about it. A young bloke rang our door bell a few days ago .after dark when we were just starting our evening meal. We politely explained to him our policy on charities and he politely left; but they shouldn't be door-knocking in the dark anyway, it'll be frightening for some old folk living alone.

As I left the local Tesco Express recently a man sitting outside the door at a small table asked me to sign up to a regular payment to the local St Margaret's Charity. I told him our policy on giving and also that his charity is one we already do give to - but by online paying at a time of our choosing and by taking lots of good stuff to their charity shops. His response was that isn't so helpful because they need to have a regular income they can rely on. My response to that (though I didn't say it) is that, likewise, it can be difficult for some people to sign up to a direct debit when they don't have a regular income and can't predict how much money they need from day to day.

[Stanley]

I agree with every word of that Peter....