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PaulSB

Squire
I entered my name and got this message:-
"This surname does not currently appear on our flag. This flag contains all of the surnames in England with over 100 occurrences, so this name must be quite rare - we would love to include it! Would you like to submit it to the flag of names?"
English Heritage are launching a St George's flag to be flown at their sites with all English names printed on it. The article I read didn't mention the minimum number of 100.
 
Good morning fellow retirees.
A trip to visit the daughter and granddaughter this morning. JL has delivered the new mattress for the bunk bed and I need to take over a slat to go in the base as there was one missing. We've also bought a new Duvet and bedding. There's a nice " Brucy Bonus " in that we'll have to pop into the Cat on the way home as Mrs Tenkaykev dropped her wireless earbuds from her bag when we visited on Tuesday. We're only having a couple of drinks and will walk home from there, a distance of about four miles. I tried a few different beers on Tuesday, finishing with a half of " Very Big Chomp " an Imperial Double Stout. Absolutely delicious but at 12% it is definitely one for sipping!
 
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Good morning fellow retirees.
A trip to visit the daughter and granddaughter this morning. JL has delivered the new mattress for the bunk bed and I need to take over a slat to go in the base as there was one missing. We've also bought a new Duvet and bedding. There's a nice " Brucy Bonus " in that we'll have to pop into the Cat on the way home as Mrs Tenkaykev dropped her wireless earbuds from her bag when we visited on Tuesday. We're only having a couple of drinks and will walk home from there, a distance of about four miles. I tried a few different beers on Tuesday, finishing with a half of " Very Big Chomp " an Imperial Double Stout. Absolutely delicious but at 12% it is definitely one for sipping!

A couple of drinks? a walk home? or we'll just have one more then we'll stagger of home. ^_^:laugh:
 

Mo1959

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Morning. Another 32 miles bimbled. Seems to be my favourite distance these days :laugh: Quite a steep climb two thirds of the way which I was toiling up so surprised when I checked Strava to see it equalled my previous best time up. Certainly didn't feel like it.

Le Tour is a flat stage today so I wonder if there might be another chance for Mark Cavendish. Hope so.
 
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I have never eaten one.

I haven't either.
 

GM

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Morning all...Mrs GM had a brainwave and said tonight we'll have fillet steak instead of fish. So it's Steak Friday not Fish Friday for us. :hungry:

My surname apparently is most common in Wigan :ohmy:

More walking today, looking forward to next week when maybe I'll give the :bicycle: a try!

Have a good day folks!
 
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Dirk

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English Heritage are launching a St George's flag to be flown at their sites with all English names printed on it. The article I read didn't mention the minimum number of 100.
It's a bit odd because my name isn't that rare. There are certainly a fair number in the West Country and South Wales.
Variations of my name are more common than the original, though.
 
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Lol!

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