Good Morning Thursday

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Further to yesterday's morning chat where I mentioned magazine subscriptions, an hour ago I received a Royal Mail parcel containing the GH apron which was the freebie sent separately from the mag which is delivered next month.
I would have expected that a typically British magazinecwould have an apron made here. Apparently not.

Sehr gut, Maw, all German nouns have a capital letter. As I remember from A Level German that I remember very little of. Those dratted cases, declensions and conjugations, not to mention word order in sentences.....all very strict and ordered.

Thank you to everyone for the good wishes for the Dentist this afternoon; sitting here nervously waiting...

And I have phoned and left a message for Tools for Self Reliance to see if anything will be of use to them, but had to leave a message on the answerphone. DS took quite a bit of stuff this morning.

Hi Tricia, if you ever revisit Malta do let me know. It would be lovely to meet you, although if you haven’t been over here for a while I think you would have a shock. A lot of changes and not all for the better.

I once dated a Met officer who is Maltese. He was really embarrassed to admit he was divorced, said it was a slight or stain on his character in his birth country.
I found that odd as he's only 42 and this conversation was in 2012.
I think that a country would have more open views in this day and age.
I do know that Malta elected to allow divorce in 2011, however, it seems that ruling doesn't sit well with everyone.

Haben wir alle einen schönen Donnerstag? Ich hatte gerade die gute Idee, die deutsche Übersetzung von "Google" zu verwenden. Ich war mir ziemlich sicher, dass ich euch anderenfalls kluge Leute zum Narren halten würde!

Technology eh?!
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GabriellaG54, yes, it does seem archaic, but you have to realise that the majority of Maltese are Catholics and for many, many years the Church and State went hand in hand.
There was a huge stigma regarding divorce, out of wedlock pregnancy, homosexuality etc.

My DH was divorced ( his first wife was English so they were able to divorce in the UK, which was recognised in Malta), and I felt very uneasy about mentioning it and was afraid my children would be discriminated against. Thankfully, times have changed and the Church no longer wields power over the country.

You will still find some older people who are judgmental, but they were indoctrinated with their beliefs so it can be difficult to change the habits of a lifetime. In general, this country has moved with the times and people are much more tolerant of diversity.

Urmstongran, Guten Abend, ich danke Ihnen für Ihre guten Wünsche.
Einige von ihnen können Deutsch und brauchen kein Google


However, I think MawB is hiding her light under a bushel and is probably more fluent than any of us!

I wish we had Google translate when I was studying. It would have made life so much less stressful! ?

我會說完最後一句話
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最後笑的人笑得最久！


Goodnight, Gabriella

Ha! Love these!
Thanks for joining in ladies - bet Maw had a chuckle too!
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I keep saying to my husband, we must visit Malta again.
I used to love using the buses to Valetta & how they were decorated, most people crossed themselves when boarding.
Tricia x