General Chat

Rita , I beg to differ...LOL

I wouldn't fly the UNION JACK just for England as you stated.... but I would fly ST GEORGES flag for England.


Yes I would also fly the UNION JACK as it is the Great British FLAG ( Union ) being England,Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland'


Today I'm flying the American Flag outside on the balcony as there is a huge one that blocks the sun on my window so I might pull it down ...LOL probably upset my neighbours .....

Now any more for Topics on flags........?????

Bought two sets of Sheets today ...pretty boring for me .
But I will make up for it soon ...LOL

Gosh I think I have said enough. !! time for a G&T..

Morning everyone. hope you had a peaceful night.

Breakfast is ready.

Cereal, porridge or fruit. \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/

Bacon, sausage,eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes,
hash browns and hot rolls on hotplate.

\\\\\\\\\\\\\ toast, marmalade or honey.


\_/? \_/? \_/? \_/? \_/? \_/? tea or coffee

Hope the day goes well for you all.

Go with God and in good health.
Jeniwren xx

Bacon ,sausage,egg please Jean.
Marilyn I don't think I've ever had a G & T! For ages I never liked the taste of spirits etc.
Have a nice day x

The Boy Scouts and Girls Guide movments celebrate St Georges Day

every year they march to church . I have been on many of these Marches.

It is lovely to stand in a church full of Scouts and Guides and Brownies

and here them sing. holding the St Georges Flag.

The news from NZ is not good I have a cousin and her family live out there

they emigrated 30 years ago her daughter Susan is in the NZ Police Force.

so I am going to send an email now and see how things are.

Rita

I stand corrected Marilyn I got muddled up with the Union Jack .

I was a Brownie when I was younger. I vaguely remember the parades. A long time ago!

Err, can I just say........... if it aint on a ship......... it aint a Jack.......... it's just a Union Flag.

Morning all, lovely breakfast Jean, thank you.

Going to read the rest of the thread now.


Edit: Morning all, forgot to say that........ Oops, I did say that....... I really must wake up before I come on here.

I'm in a hurry again because I'm going out in about 10 minutes.

Pat, I wondered what the asterisk was for, LOL how did you not know you were playing me, did you not recognize my little face?

British ships are entittled to fly the red ensign. which includes the Union Flag..
The English flag white back ground with a red cross of St Patrick (The Patron saint of Ireland ) so that is different..

anyway I am English and Stephen is Soottish while Dermot is Irish who is Welsh on here. if not I have many Welsh Cousins. Lol

I use to belong to the Girl Guides in 1940 and we didnt have parades then think it might have been due to the war being on.?

But in 1960 a Guide group near my home was without a Guilder took about 6 months. I ran that till then. I stayed on helping to raise fund for the group.

At the same time I was helping out the Sea Scouts and The Land Scouts as both my sons belong to groups Mike like the Sea and John the Land.

Till 1966 when I moved to Ealing and got dragged into The Land Scouts

helping out and taking over as their secretary till I moved in 2003.I say drag as I had no intentions of doing it.

we had marches to church for St Georges day and my eldest son Mike went with his sea scouts group. we all went to the same church.

I still get a three page letter every year from the group I belong too telling me all that had happened during the year. with a Christmas card.

Rita

Rita,
Quite right! I'm ENGLISH!
talking of Brownies etc. today is Thinking Day.
I was a seconder!

A very good afternoon to you all,
haven't had much time to get on computer, I'm trying to keep 3 little darlings amused!! Typical half term weather. I've managed to sneak on while in kitchen sorting out drinks and snacks, lol.
Hope everyone is well, will catch up properly later,

Cath xx

Afternoon all !

Have you fixed it out then.....are you English or British

I'm Celtic.

Scots/Irish blood in me.

I'm looking forward to the Census. I will have no problems confusing the officials.

Had a good clean and tidy up round the house. Why are there so many places that catch dust.

Oh, I'm having problems with this site again, just tried to send a pm and it won't go.

Stephen, I've got Scottish, Irish and German blood in me but I was born in England............ so I'm English.

I've already put a post on here but it isn't here, wonder if this one will go on.

Perhaps I should tell the Census folk that i'm a

GAY GORDON !!!!!!!!!!!

While we are discussing flags - does anyone know why there is no Welsh representation in the Union Flag?

Talk tidy now!

I don't know Dermot but I've always wondered.

Don't give them any ideas Stephen, they'll be adding another question to the list.......sexual preference!

Dermot.

Of course the Red Dragon Flag of Wales does come in with the Union Flag ....it just that half of Wales folk are in England !!! including my Stepmother . I don't suppose she has ever seen a Welsh Flag ...LOL

Here I am just enjoying this gorgeous weather. had my walk on the beach I'm trying to do some power walking....but its not working ...LOL

Where is MO ?

I hope she is OK. she has been seen less on thread, not like our MO.

Just had lunch.......back later

Well I wasn't a scout or a brownie, I was in the jazz band instead!!

Apparently this is the reason the Union Flag doesn't have a Welsh representation on it...

http://www.famouswelsh.com/13_Articles/Union_Jack/Flag_of_Wales.html

LOL Maddie, not that kind of jazz band, the kind where lots of school children wear a uniform and march around the streets playing tunes (like Rule Britannia) on kazoos.

My Dad was in the scouts donkeys years ago. I can remember him singing "We're riding along on the Crest of the Wave!"
Just watching the news .The Earthquake looks awful.
Going to get tea now x

Cooeee Marilyn I am here, well sort of.
Like most of the girls on here, I was a girl guide out in Malaysia, but gave up when we returned to the U.K.
I loved it when we went camping, and had to cook over an open fire. Nearly all our meals were either burnt or under cooked.

As for nationality, I am English born and bred. My ancestors were either
Irish, Belgique or of English blood, so I class myself as English,as by the time I was born,most of the foreign blood had been diluted down lol.

Marilyn,

Power Walking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does that mean you have an electric motor stuffed up your bum ? ROFL