Which country do you live in.

London. I have once deduced who somebody was from what they said about their family, etc., but I have never let on who he/she was.

Durham. Land of The Prince Bishops.

North West Coast of Tasmania.

Coolgran65

*nardateturbe*. Ireland- SE wouldn’t be County Down. County Down is in SE of Northern Ireland.
They are two different countries. ?

I do know all that. I obviously just read the post too quickly. As you can see in a previous post I live in Northern Ireland. I wondered why Farmor had written SE instead of the county.

I’m American and live in the U.S. I joined Gransnet when an ad popped up (if I remember correctly) and I am very much enjoying it. The day to day issues we face seem to be universal. I find the lifestyle differences interesting as well as unfamiliar words/terms (caster sugar, bin man, gammon and so on). Thank you, GN friends, for the entertaining banter, advice given and friendship.

Hi Lauren! what do you say instead of ‘gammon’ and ‘caster sugar’?
I assume that bin man is refuse collector.
I remember that double cream is heavy cream.

North Leicestershire- about 4 miles from dragonfly.

I was born in Derbyshire, lived in North Wales, Shropshire, Melbourne.

Born in Salisbury, Wilts., raised in Chester, now live in Malta which has been home for the past forty years and I love it. ??

Blackburn, England.

England. I know one of the posters on GN because of something she posted. I see her walking her dog, and often visited the place where she volunteers although I didn’t know she volunteered there when I first went. Since she didn’t respond to a pm I didn’t take it further. What would you do?

Mollygo she may not have read the pm. How about posting a meetup for your area?

Thanks nadateturbe- that’s a good idea.

Devonshire, England. And very pleased to be here.

Born and grew up in Lancashire,married an RAF chap so moved around a bit. Now settled in Shropshire where we are very happy.

Nadateturbe Just to clarify - I'm in south east Ireland (Republic), in a rural area near Waterford.

I visited Northern Ireland recently - the Titanic centre in Belfast, which is excellent! However, it's a long way from where I live - we spent the night before and after in Dublin, where I grew up and have family.

nadateturbe

Callistemon I'll try.
its three words, Spanish, Nada Te Turbe - Let nothing disturb you.
Nada as the a in alpha
Te tay
Turbe tourbay

It's a Taize chant which is used for my favourite circle dance.

Thank you nadateturbe - Got it now! ?

Walesbutnotwelsh. ?

Farmor thanks. Yes, a long way from here. I don't know your area very well but my parents loved it. We have visited the west a few times and also once stayed near Castletownsend in a little place called Union Hall. Beautiful country. Glad you enjoyed your visit to the Titanic. We found it interesting. My OH's son has settled in Dublin. He loves it. Thanks for replying.

Ireland

England, northern.

Same as Moggycuddler - N. England. (I also cuddle moggies).

Born in England, but lived on the East coast of Scotland for over 60 years.

I attended a cyber security session put on by one of the big insurers and someone there demonstrated how easy it was to obtain details for people who have a social media presence, in particular Facebook and Instagram but not exclusively. One of the easiest ways to obtain info is by looking at their profiles. This is because people give their birthdate or post birthday photos, give children and grandchildren's names etc, which are often used as passwords, post when on holiday (thus alerting they are away from home) etc. With surprising ease he was able to access the email of a CEO, know where they lived, how many children and names of children etc, all done within minutes. It is always best to keep info to a minimum.

Lake District , Cumbria

New Zealand is where I live.