26 Jul 2008 4:18 PM

Hi Folks.
Kids have an outlook on life different to ours.........
I was telling my grandkids that we would be comming back from france through the channel tunnel. Lucy (nearly 3) was listening while i explained that a tunnel is a hole in the ground that lets you go under something, in this case the sea. She thought about this for a while & then asked "how come the water does not go down each end" so i drew a sketch of the tunnel under the sea & how the ends were higher at both ends than sea level. She looked at this for some time & then said why dosent it fill up with rain then.....
At this point i though this logic is too hard for me to explain away. But she had a point where does the rain go!!!!!.
Kids outlook on life is uncomplicated and unbias & could teach grownups alot about getting on together.
Long live childhood.......
Bye for now & may your God go with you. Cheers Fivealive.

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13 Jul 2008 4:36 PM

Hi. Just a quick message for "keoni". If you read this I don't subcribe to email on this site, so I cannot reply to you. Sorry. Call into the chatroom & I may be there & we will try & sort something out. Cheers. Fivealive.

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12 Jul 2008 4:35 PM

Hello Folks.
Well lots of scary exitment last sunday. We had an electrical storm over Leeds & the bracket that holds the telephone wire to the side of the house got hit by lighting!!. There was a big bang & the tv went off & the ohone & broadband. It took until thurs to get everything up & running again. Still we were lucky the house it's self didn't get damaged.
The trip to France is coming along nicely init's planning, but the costs of everything is more than we were expecting.You need to spend hours on the internet to find the right deals. But we are getting there &it will all be worth it am sure in the end.
Thats it for now so bye for now & may your God go with you.
Cheers. Fivealive.
photo _ The green welie shop in scotland......... I just thought this was a brilliant name for a shop. And of course we had to stop & have a look round.

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1 Jul 2008 11:17 PM

Hi folks.
Well the passports are here. The ferries are booked & we are ready to rock and roll....... pity it is not while sept!!.
We are realy looking forward to our big adventure. France is a first visit for us and by all accounts it is going to be good.
Bye for now and may your God go with you. Cheers Fivealive

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9 Jun 2008 5:18 PM

Hi Folks.

Well the adventure started to roll this with the first big hurdle...........

Passport application!!

The form is big enough too tell your lifestory & I think I just about told it. Linda's is eithen worse because she has to prove her name every time she changed it. After 4 hours of dilligent filling in of various boxes we think we have cracked it.
Now the next stage Photo's

Now those of you who read my blogs will have noticed i wear glasses, I've worn glasses since i was 7 in fact they are the first thing i put on in the morning & the last thing i take of at night. So imagine my surprise when I walk into the chemist to get them taken I was instructed to take them off. This is appraently so the passport control can match the photo to the face!!. Now call me stupid if you want but i cannot see for the life ofme what difference having normal glasses on can make, especally when you see the way some people where going through customs, football stars . filmstars and other races.

Still that being done we were adviced to let the post office "check & send" our forms. this is a process wher by some spotty youth checks to make that a 55 year old still has enough intelligence to fill out a form. Then put it in the mailbox for you. Oh yes & they charge you 7pound each for the priverledge.

Well that all been finished we are spending the next week recovering, then on to the next challenge. So til next time so long & may your God go with you. Cheers Fivealive. (or should I say "au revoir")

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