Haha! Glad you do 'small talk' Sue - that should keep us going on here! 😀 I have a wonderful Germsn friend who I've known for 40 odd years living in this she's had 7 beautiful children! This morning a new corner suite and snuggle chair arrived! We needed one but this was bought with the money from cancelling our holiday with friends to Menorca. Must of had chemo brain before the chemo - it's cream and we have 6 grandchildren (no 7 on the way!) 😀 After lunch I nipped to IKEA (5 mins away) for some cushion covers. It's mid afternoon and I've just come up to make the bed as was busy getting ready for new stuff this morning. But instead I've got IN it! I've brought a coffee up and am having a tired (not fatigued) day today - think those cramps did it! ive just looked and seen 5 hairs - there were only 3 the other day! 😳 It's day 14 @Sue H-S wrote: Hi Bookworm48. Yes, I am of German origin and have been here for a very long time. British citizen for a long time too - very assimilated, lol. My mother lives still in Germany and we now skype every couple of days - so it is keeping up my German - and it is a phrase she recently used for me - I found it so appropriate, although, sadly it does not translate into anything similar over here, lol. As with so many things phrases - such as - the Germans do not have a word for 'small talk' - they actually do not know what it is - and certainly do not indulge in it either. Unlike me! Hugs Sue xx @Sue H-S wrote: Hi Bookworm48. Yes, I am of German origin and have been here for a very long time. British citizen for a long time too - very assimilated, lol. My mother lives still in Germany and we now skype every couple of days - so it is keeping up my German - and it is a phrase she recently used for me - I found it so appropriate, although, sadly it does not translate into anything similar over here, lol. As with so many things phrases - such as - the Germans do not have a word for 'small talk' - they actually do not know what it is - and certainly do not indulge in it either. Unlike me! Hugs Sue xx @Sue H-S wrote: Hi Bookworm48. Yes, I am of German origin and have been here for a very long time. British citizen for a long time too - very assimilated, lol. My mother lives still in Germany and we now skype every couple of days - so it is keeping up my German - and it is a phrase she recently used for me - I found it so appropriate, although, sadly it does not translate into anything similar over here, lol. As with so many things phrases - such as - the Germans do not have a word for 'small talk' - they actually do not know what it is - and certainly do not indulge in it either. Unlike me! Hugs Sue xx
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