You're so punny hunny. You have Taxi Drivers in your country? Is that what you call them NJ? Isn't your umbrella a bumbershoot and your TV the telly and your cop a bobby? Anyway thank you for your reply. Wanna share your WHERE? What destination pops in your mind to which you'd like the "taxi" to take you? Happy Friday! :) ((hugs))
We have London's famous Black Taxi Cabs and private hire cabs called Mini Cabs ,mini cabs are just private car owners who use their own cars....There are now other private hire cab companies that have to be pre booked like mini cabs....
I think you can only hail a black cab ....It cast about £ 30 to go about 3 miles some times more some times less....it's not only distance it also time in the cab that makes it cost more....after 10/12 pm at night the fares take a large jump and cost lots more.....Same on holidays like Christmas and think but not sure that the charges double
An umbrella is a Gamp ...a television is a TV or telly...police are called Pigs, The Gathers , Blue Bottles , Coppers , Tit Heads because of the stupid looking hats they are forced to wear.... Every thing in England has slang words for things.....lol... It differes a lots to depending what part of the country you're in....
Thanks for all the info honey. What the he** happened to "bobby"? No bumbershoot either? Where did I get THAT d'ya s'pose? Cops are called pigs here too as are sexually abusive folks like tiny little donjohn trump. But "The GATHERS/BLUE BOTTLES? Now cops used to be called "coppers" long ago by thugs who were always trying to elude them. Mostly in movies though and in Damon Runyon stories. "Coises da coppers are here". They were da dem, dese and dose guys what didn't speak good. Mugs and thugs and criminals galore before . Thanks for the education NJ. Gadzooks I sure don't know a lot. Every day there is more and more a lot I didn't know about! SIGH! :)
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How about Hemet, California Lulu'sMom? Our weather right now is quite pleasant. Mid-60's to mid-70's! What are your plans for Christmas m'dear? Thank you for your reply and Happy Friday! :) ((hugs)) I know you know this but it shocked me. Chocolate can be lethal for dogs. Every year around the holidays it seems more dogs eat chocolate or are given chocolate or there is more chocolate around for then to get into. What kind of person would knowingly give a dog chocolate or leave it around? Poor babies. :(
I used to live near Hemet in Wildomar so I know how the weather is. You have some really nice thrift shops in Hemet. It is a very pleasant town. And no never feed a dog chocolate. Lulu has never had it. I am spending Christmas with friends and family. I hope you have a very merry one Rosie.
Right now I would say, "to the bank and to Target," which is where I am heading. I just wanted to stop bye and say, "Hi!:)) And Bye for a moment. Soon to be back, though! Have a great day:) Love, Merlin
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Hi Merlin! Today I have a dental appointment in Riverside. Then to Costco to get gas. Then home again. The weather has been very nice lately hasn't it? The weather report showed rain for last Wednesday but we got stiffed once again. We need rain and I wonder if we will ever see it again? Thank you for stopping by Merlin and Happy Friday m'dear! :) ((hugs))
If a stranger called me m'dear, darling, or any other assumption of over-familiarity or insincere endearment - I would give an answer commensurate with their strangeness, something like, "down the street to the whole-foods shop".
If a friend asked, I would say that this year I've discovered how I can turn my writing to a useful purpose, by writing novels about environmental issues, and that I'm still in the apprenticeship phase, but loving the fact that it's giving my life has some degree of meaning and worthwhile value. Then I would ask my friend the same question.
How about you, Rosie? Where do you want to go from here?
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 22, 2017 2:51 AM MST
"Darling" is a bit much but if a stranger called me sweetie or honey or dear I wouldn't be offended at all. I'm a hugger Hartfire. I have had encounters in stores with strangers and end up hugging them. I was in a Sprouts market one day and a stranger approached me and said "you look like someone worth knowing" and we started to chat. Now if a stranger were to come up to you and tell you that how would YOU react? We chatted for awhile and ended up hugging. I never saw her again but that encounter I shall always remember.So what you consider to be strange I think is being very friendly. No one has ever called me darling and I haven't called anyone darling. I call Jim sweetheart or honey. I think "darling" is what they call each other in the movies. It sounds very affected and phony to me. I have never heard the word in person from anyone's lips to anyone's ears. Pretentious. Maybe the hoity toity hi falutin' folks "darling" one another but not in my world. . I'm just saying' what you would find off-putting I would find endearing. Different strokes. Now to answer your question I want to keep going exactly as I am. Doing exactly what I do. With exactly the folks I love. I don't want any changes. At 80 life is becoming exquisitely sweet to me. I devour every moment of it. How long it will last on this track I have no idea. I"m hoping we (Jim and I) have at least a couple decades more together before we move on to the great forever. Happy as a clam at high tide. That's me. Thank you for your reply Hartfire! :) Oh are you published or will you be? Is any of your work available to folks like me? Inquiring minds wanna know! :)
To the hospital please. ;+ 
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