@pansyface - I agree. I freely admit that I often spoil my girls. I had to work hard for everything I got, but at least I managed to get my foot on the property ladder, despite the hideous interest rates at the time. My Dad gave me a small amount of money to help initially, because I had no chance of getting enough for a deposit. I see myself as a custodian of the money I've inherited, and despite all the trauma I experienced a decade ago, I count myself lucky. My girls also had that trauma, so if I can help my younger daughter get on the property ladder, without the stress I had, then I'll do that. In fact, I'm doing it later this year. The other one will never be able to live by herself. They both have enough crap to cope with, every day. It's the least I can do for them. They didn't ask to be born. My responsibility until I pop my clogs.
Medals aren't everything ... it aint the winning, it's the taking part ... and the funding is to encourage more folk to take part in some/any sort of activity which will keep us reasonably fit and so not increasing the pressure on our wonderful NHS 💙 any more than we can help ... even me and my once a week session of old crocks' indoor tennis which makes a noticeable difference to my blood pressure.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
... and the funding is to encourage more folk to take part in some/any sort of activity which will keep us reasonably fit and so not increasing the pressure on our wonderful NHS 💙
Yeah, but skeleton? Sliding down a mountain on a tea tray? I'll accept your argument for cycling or tennis or marathon running, even skiing & snowboarding. But not for bobsleigh or skeleton or the other variations that just use a slightly different shaped tray and different numbers of people on it. I very much doubt anyone watches that and thinks 'I'll give that a go' unless they are already fairly committed athletes
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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I wonder if that was one of the worst things that was taken from our children.
It's the least I can do for them. They didn't ask to be born. My responsibility until I pop my clogs.
Going back hundreds of years is what I thought when I read this the other day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-60330410
No wonder we still have the sh*te going on that we do. Words fail me.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Total
£6,425,000
Medals won ZERO.
Money well spent?
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Have you never experienced the joy of sledging?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border