Very well done to your daughter and full marks for perseverance and determination.
You must be extremely proud of her.

Ah! So you're a postman, then! 

Cheers,

Chris

 
  Agreed with the last positive posts, N gauge & model railways are a niche hobby. Indeed my now grown up son's showed little interest after the "Tomika" plastic layout when they were young.
 E-bay, love or loath is a great way to buy & sell, don't moan, just only bid what you are prepared to spend, easy IMHO
  stay safe regards Derek

Hi All,

 Don't really have anyone else to share this with, so I hope you all forgive me from sharing it here as its pretty far removed from anything railway related.

I'm not sure if any of you remember but my girl is a Dancer, has been since she was 3.  She's been at various Ballet schools throughout her teenage years, with some very difficult challenges but fought her way through them (we are more a Billy Elliot family than a Darcy Bustle one ) and three years ago was finally accepted to Canada's National Ballet School (like the UKs Royal Ballet School for those in the know).  2 years ago, she was diagnosed with having a small bone spur in her ankle, it means nothing to you and I, but is a terrible thing for a Dancer who is en pointe.  Long story short, operation, removal, very long recovery (dancing and working all the while, but not much en pointe and she hasn't been allowed to perform on stage until last night.  So after 2 years my beautiful daughter danced a beautiful duet as part of her program's end of year show.  She also debuted her very first professional piece of choreography, and she is dancing for the next two nights of performances as well.

I am just overwhelmed with it and needed to share so thank you all for reading this!  She is continuing her Ballet training at the school next year so while losing her to distant schools since she was 15 has been heartbreaking the feeling of seeing her on stage again after so much work, effort, physio and recovery is just.. well words fail me

Thanks guys

Graham

Quote from: Papyrus on Today at 11:48:44 AMWell, here we are, 11th June, and we've finally given in and turned the heating back on. Yeah, yeah, I know, "soft southerners, put another jumper on, save the planet..." Still, summer is supposed to be putting in a tentative reappearance tomorrow. We shall see.

Cheers,

Chris

Southerner here, and I'm still in shorts and polo neck shirt at work.  I'll add that I work outside, in case someone thinks that I work in a boiler room or such! 

I leave my heating on at 20 degrees all year. If it comes on, it comes on. Mind you, I'm on strong blood thinners

Excellent Mick @Newportnobby . I think this is the first time Sting has appeared on the Forum, I saw him live at the RAH (1996) and he and his band were absolutely brilliant. It is a shame that his solo work slowly deteriorated after his superb live album "All This Time" (2001).

Tim

Well, here we are, 11th June, and we've finally given in and turned the heating back on. Yeah, yeah, I know, "soft southerners, put another jumper on, save the planet..." Still, summer is supposed to be putting in a tentative reappearance tomorrow. We shall see.

Cheers,

Chris

I listened to this on Monday morning and it's an earworm for me now

Indeed and this very Forum is an embodiment of that.

Would I have access to the huge network of N Gauge modellers I do without it?

Answer - not a chance...