leela3000

Glad to hear it went well, Barry.

You wish your parents' and grandparents' generation to label themselves according to your preference rather than theirs....

Sorry, but the examples in the OP just shriek twee and trying to hard. There's nothing that draws attention to one's age more. The people...

It's wince inducing, imo. If one is an open minded older person, one won't need to spell it out. Cool old people just get on with it.

Is this good? No Soz.

It's understandable, but as I said in the other thread, my husband found it way 'easier' than he thought it would be. And when he went to...

Yep - we're also expected to try and give an indication whether we'll be back next day, by the end of the school day during which we're...

We did interviews a month or so back and received one thank you note- it was a source of great amusement to us all. Thanks lola. x

That's what I've been trying to explain to leela. Have a go at it yourself if you like. Did you read #48, Vinny? And #32?

Get over it wimm. People asked me questions and I answered them. I'm done here. Good luck with the job.

Heh. I always used to celebrate the end of a diet by going to our local bakery, getting a big 'fresh from the oven' granary loaf, and...

Jeeze Vinnny. I've agreed that we have different conventions. And as with the tipping, anyone with any sense respects the others'...

...if a custom is unique to the US, it's bad. No examination, just automatic criticism....

It's YC, wimm. Conversations develop. You've been here long enough to know that making a thread asking for an answer to a question, doesn't...

Vinny...I'm saying it makes little sense to someone from the UK. So they really wouldn't dream of doing it. And I'm explaining why it...