so, when will you be starting stockpiling I wonder?

That's my understanding too Jalimall, that the EU countries have been advised to make plans in the event of a no deal Brexit as they will be badly hit by it as well.

As for the French making things as difficult for the UK as they possibly can, cutting off one's nose to spite one's face springs to mind.

What a strange thing to say Alexa.

Best to stick to the topic of the thread.
Amusing but appropriate juxtaposition with the “Rummaging in the fridge” one though!

there must be something wrong with any aged woman whose mental health is impeccable after having lived an unsheltered life.

On the contrary, it is merely the sign of a strong resilient women - which so many women are.

There is no such thing as a stress free life or a person who lacks any mental scars or open wounds.

Resilience is to be desired and aimed for but resilience cannot happen until the stress and injury has preceded it.

And so endeth today's lesson.

MawBroon, I am aged 86. But please don't feel you should treat my posts with kid gloves because I am so old.

Does queenie have mental health problems I wonder , even meeting Trump didn’t cause her to take an extended holiday.

Queenie is remarkable for her public equanimity. Quite the opposite of the young Duchess's father poor man he was the dupe of media seducers. These media people who thrive on gossip are a public nuisance.

Just remembered I have certificates for completing health and safety courses, not sure how many ,they are updated every so often, from the CITB .

Does this mean I have a qualification ?

Resilience is to be desired and aimed for but resilience cannot happen until the stress and injury has preceded it

Which is not to say it cannot be achieved.
Like the acquisition of wisdom, resilience and equanimity , experience brings its own challenges but also its rewards.
And I defend my claim regarding my mental health in the face of yesterday’s accusations and insults from someone who does not know me.

I think m0nica sums it up very well.

Let’s face it, yesterday’s stramash was destined to divert a conversation, to undermine my posts , perhaps to inflate a certain ego and as such would be best ignored.

That's right MawBroon, The other internet discussions I attend have ego problems too. These waste time when there is something important or interesting to discuss.

There is no such thing as a stress free life or a person who lacks any mental scars or open wounds
Alexa scars are not a sign of ill-health.
They are a sign of healing.
Perhaps what you see as a wound resulting in scar formation, other more resilient people would just put down to life experiences and heal without scar formation.

MawBroon, if you and other forum members review your post of yesterday (20/07/18 @ 13:21) it can be witnessed that you entered this thread by posting in regard to " hysterical negativity" being a condition that you speculated Jura, MazieD and myself were suffering from. Therefore you in that statement raised the mental health condition of two other forum members and myself.

However, when later in the thread that same prognosis is returned MawBroon, exception is taken by you to what was only a similar statement to that made by yourself towards others earlier in the thread.

Therefore it would seem that on this forum MalBroon you are a member who likes to "dish out" disparaging remarks to other forum members but then takes great sensitivity when those same remarks are returned to you.

Double Standards?

Hysterical negativity isn't a judgement on others' mental health.
You actually couldn't be more wrong about Maw, in my opinion.

Maw hysterical? What rubbish . You went too far granddad 1943, do stop placing the fault on Maw, why not apologise to her?

It was Maw who clearly accused others of hysteria- very clearly:

A fellow guest talked about "hysterical negativity" and that is just what I am reading here from some posters including you Jura, grandad, maizieD and no doubt there are others.

and she has definitely NOT apologised to any of those she accused. She went too far, too far indeed.

Anniebach, please read my above post as I have not stated that Mawbroon is or has been hysterical for that is what MawBroon stated in regard to two other forum members and myself.

Hysterical negativity is not a mental health problem. Fact. No more to say on it.

Have no wish to reply to a man who refers to women as WAGS, a group of cattle is a heard, a group of sheep is a flock, a group of women is. Women / ladies.

a coven of witches though

Ship of fools?

Experiencing life and its vicissitudes does not necessarily result in damaged mental health. In many circumstances it strengthens it.