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What a great idea! I'm sure my children are going to love this. Thank you!

Indeed this is very helpful, Bev. I think I will just release the old books around here. Sounds like they are virtually worthless.

bev-owens, if bicyclist take up the road when theier is a cycle path running along, I understand your pet peeve. But if their is no cycle path, bikes should take up part of the road, to be seen and not to be wiped off and pushed into the verge, (I am a cyclist)

My pet peeve is people stopping short when they get to the top of the escalator.

Old books suffer from trends and also what is valuable in one country is not in the other. A few years ago first editions of P.G. Wodehouse were expensive to buy in the UK but not in the Netherlands. Then selling Wodehouse was lucrative in the UK, but no more at the moment. I suppose all people who used to read Wodehouse have died and their books are now in the second-hand book shops. Meanwhile Dutch book sellers have adopted their prices.

I wish they had been around when I was a kid. I used to attach towels to my hair so that it felt like having long hair.

Bread making, I loved (stressing lovED). I haven't done it for years. After reading your wizzle, I think I should do it again.

Chips or crisps as the British will say. I love them. I had them for the first time when I was in Britain in the 1960s. Smith Potato crisp, with little blue salt sachets. It was much later that they could be bought in the Netherlands (where I live)

What a wonderful trip, enjoy every minute of it! I will follow you from behind my computer

:) CHalloran, What would you do if there is not a western toilet in sight?

I used squat toilets in China and it was so strange though I grew up in the middle of nowhere U.S. and we squatted plenty while out and about when young. Oh well. Nice toilet seats!

Love the toilet seats. Hate squat toilets.

Thanks for your input, Dustytoes. It definitely is a personal choice, but if it seems one way isn't working, it's worth trying something different. Right after I changed my store I actually had two sales after a long dry spell, lol! It could just have been coincidence, but it sure made my day! You're definitely right about sticking to what you want to do, because it takes FOREVER to change everything! =0)

I agree Bev, times are just too fast today and children are indeed rushed into adolescence and then adulthood. I'm thankful for my childhood experiences and promise to write about them if you will read and critique them for me...

oh sorry/got Bills name wrong...number of letters correct but name wrong...theres an article in there somewhere :)

I am glad you are both healthier now!! my David and I stopped in 1997...I needed wellbutrin (Zyban) but Daid just stopped the stinker! ha a pun!