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Discussion Title:Friday Five 25/9/09
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From:cl-ancarra  Member Icon
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Date:24-Sep 17:23
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Haven't done one of these for a while so have put it here

1. What do you like most about your life at the moment.

2. What book would you take with you if you had chose one book only to take on holiday?

3. Has the current exchange rate caught you out on holiday.(if you have been to Europe this year)

4. Would you go on a camping holiday if it was free apart from spending money?

5. Would you ever train as an airplane pilot given the chance and it didn't cost anything?

I will answer these later in the week end. All I will say is that my answers now are different than what they would have been thirty years ago.

Hope you all have a good week end

 cl-ancarra(change your life)

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From:magneticjellybean  Member Icon
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Date:24-Sep 18:21
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Hi anc, good idea!

1. What do you like most about your life at the moment.

The fact I'm going on holiday (Cornwall) in two days time.

2. What book would you take with you if you had chose one book only to take on holiday?

Well I will be taking a random library book or two which I will be choosing tomorrow - I think mindless chick lit will be at the top of the pile having just finished a huge rather dull classic.

3. Has the current exchange rate caught you out on holiday.(if you have been to Europe this year)

Not been abroad

4. Would you go on a camping holiday if it was free apart from spending money?

No I dont do tents these days

5. Would you ever train as an airplane pilot given the chance and it didn't cost anything?

I dont think my eyes are good enough... but no, it doesn't really appeal.

Have a good weekend.

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Discussion Title:Friday Five 25/9/09
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Message #:2250.3 in response to 2250.2
From:manic_curls  Member Icon
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Date:24-Sep 21:36
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1. What do you like most about your life at the moment.

I only have 2 days left at work before I go on mat leave! Fab!

2. What book would you take with you if you had chose one book only to take on holiday?

Can I take my DS with over 100 books on the cartridge? If not then something huge and frivolous, the new Dan Brown will do very nicely!

3. Has the current exchange rate caught you out on holiday.(if you have been to Europe this year)

No, we used it to our favour to go to Iceland, not a cheap holiday but not the crazy prices of a few years ago.

4. Would you go on a camping holiday if it was free apart from spending money?

Never, never, never. Running water is a basic human right.

5. Would you ever train as an airplane pilot given the chance and it didn't cost anything?

I don't think so, it has never appealed and I am a bit of a scaredy cat. DH would love to though, I have stopped him because he is a danger on the ground, never mind in the air. Also we live very close to several RAF bases and the planes have a habit of crashing in the village - not a good thing, for anyone concerned.

Good questions Anc! Take care, Laura xxx

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Discussion Title:Friday Five 25/9/09
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From:bird4747  Member Icon
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Date:25-Sep 09:57
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1. What do you like most about your life at the moment.

My son has just started secondary school which means I'm not doing the school run anymore.  He's also got an increasing sense of independence and I now have more time to myself without having to be the entertainment committee all the time.  I've spent time over cooking, started baking at the weekends, my house is tidier than ever and I've been able to spend as much time gardening as I want.

2. What book would you take with you if you had chose one book only to take on holiday?

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

3. Has the current exchange rate caught you out on holiday.(if you have been to Europe this year)

Has it ever!  We went to Spain and paid £40 for a McDonalds for 5 of us. 

4. Would you go on a camping holiday if it was free apart from spending money?

Probably not.  I'm afraid I like my home comforts and not traipsing across a field to get to the toilet block, meeting various strangers first thing in the morning.

5. Would you ever train as an airplane pilot given the chance and it didn't cost anything?

I think I would.  I hate flying and I think I mostly hate it because I just don't understand it.  How can that big tin can, full of fuel, people and luggage fly through the air at such speed?  I think if I understood it more, it would take the fear away.

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Discussion Title:Friday Five 25/9/09
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Message #:2250.5 in response to 2250.4
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Date:25-Sep 15:11
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1. What do you like most about your life at the moment.

that i made the right decision to give up work again (for now)  to stay at home with the children and that i am in a happy relationship.

2. What book would you take with you if you had chose one book only to take on holiday?

Japsper Fforde - The Eyre Affair  - a comedy that has been on my TBR shelf for too long

3. Has the current exchange rate caught you out on holiday.(if you have been to Europe this year)

we went all inclusive to Canary Islands, and where we were there wasnt really any serious shopping to be done

4. Would you go on a camping holiday if it was free apart from spending money?

yes cos i hit 40 this year and am trying new things that i havent done b4 like my first foreign hol etc.

5. Would you ever train as an airplane pilot given the chance and it didn't cost anything?

well as i flew for the first time this year to Fuerteventura and burst into tears when we landed there, think i should get a bit more practice as a passenger first.  cant even do back seat passenger :)

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