Thanks for saying thanks for saying thanks!:)

Thanks a bunch and a bundle Mr. G. Much appreciated. @galenkp

We were fortunate in that my father never raised a hand to us, though he did beat my mother. My brother and I ran away a few times... but nobody noticed:)

Around ten or eleven I think. My father didn't do anything himself. He got volunteers to do it. "I want two volunteers", he used to say, "you and you!"

No, but we dressed up as storm troopers and confiscated all their possessions before we let them leave. We made a fortune!

I think the term sui generis may have been invented just for you. Hahaha. You're very kind. Most people just say certifiable.

Same old, same old. Government is the root of all evil.

No. I've retired to the country to live off the fat of the land and have rabbits!

But without a hoover, how am I going to get rid of the crawlies?

Another of the soundtracks to my youth was Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Trial by Jury.' My father wanted to sing 'The Judges Song' at a Law Society bash, so I was tasked with transcribing the lyrics . Kids

To sleep in a tent I'd need at least six, plus a hoover.

Crikey, nobody could possibly guess you're in the teaching profession!:)

That's gorgeous Clare. And I think nuts suit the two of you perfectly...in a nice way of course:)

Coming from a standout person like yourself Clare, I consider that a compliment indeed!

The city council banned vacation rentals. We fought for a couple of years, but when they started sending armed police to our rentals to terrify our guests, we had to call it a day.

Cheers for the mention Mr. G and of course for the prompts.

No you couldn't! Life was so much more fun when we could all laugh at ourselves.

We’ve had our fair share of storm warnings this year, but not one of them has lived up to the hype. Still, a few years back, one particularly fierce gust blew our entire chicken coop clean away. Batten

I wish I was the camping type but I'm more your 5-star hotel with fluffy dressing gown sort of girl.

We're a little island stuck out in the middle of the Atlantic. If there's a war, I imagine we'll get no supplies of fuel or food and there's almost nothing grown here in Ireland. There were severe shortages