How High/Low is Yours?

[Lesley Cox]

Are these two yours Anthony? What a pair of charmers. All the Forumists have beautiful children. Good God, you'll have me wheeling out my grandchildren next!

[Anthony Darby]

Yes Lesley. Lucy was nearly six and James eight when the pic was taken.

[Maggi Young]

Anthony wrote   "Maggi, you must have a better version of Google Earth. East of the Cathedral, Dunblane is a badly made tartan travel rug!"
 I know, Anthony, but if you enter your address or postcode you can still get the details even if you can't see what you're having for supper!

P.S. El Gringo, Shouldn't you admit to Lesley that James and Lucy strongly favour Vivienne ?

[Anthony Darby]

Thanks Maggi. Wouldn't inflict my looks on anyone .

[Maggi Young]

Sad how bitter and jealous the childfree (sounds so much better than childless) amongst us are, faced with the lovely offspring of our friends, isn't it?  Just great to see these nice children out enjoying themselves ....one thing about our forumists, you can be sure their children are getting lots of fresh air and exercise as their parents take them hiking up hills and round gardens. This probably makes them the healthiest  and happiest children around, from what I can see of non-alpine-loving folks!

[David Shaw]

Maggie, from what I see at Discussion Weekend, Early Bulbs, shows etc.  alpine loving folks in general are the healthiest and happiest people around

[Maggi Young]

Now, David, you know as well as I do that most of us are crocks, hanging on by a thread, ( think of Carol's knees!) but we are happy, certainly, and it cheers me to see those kids, who DO look and I am sure are, healthy! With a lot of us, it's down to warpaint and determination, isn't it?

[Susan Band]

 Anthony
Try http://local.live.com/ for an arial view of dunblane, you can just about see what's flowering in Sandy's troughs Click on Aerial or hybrid view. Doesn't seem to give you heights.

[David Shaw]

Don't agree, Maggie. Think of the people you have responded to on the forum by exclaiming that they cannot possibly be as old as they claim!
As a 63 year old going on 53, going on 43, going on 33, going on 23 (enough) I must admit that my knees no longer feel 23.

[Maggi Young]

I give in David. We are all wonderful, jovial gadabouts with nary a stiff knee between us! I agree that even the more seasoned amongst us has more than a little joie de vivre, and I think that's what makes your difference! Just off now to take the prozac and paracetamol.

[David Nicholson]

David-do you not have at least the odd morning when you feel 63 going on 73, or am I on the wrong kind of Weetabix?

[David Shaw]

David, there is now many a morning when I wish I wAS 65 + 1 day  but generaly my mind is much more youthfull (childish) than my body!

[Lesley Cox]

Maggi, I WAS going to express some surprise about how attractive Anthony's children are, but even I know that the line must be drawn somewhere.

[Lesley Cox]

David, I'm sure you mean childLIKE not ISH. Quite a different matter.

It seems this thread is morphing into another thing altogether. How how/Low is Your Morale/Self esteem, instead of garden.

[Maggi Young]

but even I know that the line must be drawn somewhere.

Nah! He can take it, Lesley, besides, he's bigger than I am and can get revenge on Saturday if he is truly put out. I'm counting on him being pleased that we admire the children and his choice of wife!