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Don't lose hope. My son was addicted, but I constantly forced him to come with me on expeditions, even if it was only out to the garden to see a chrysalis or to visit the local mosque (shortly after 9/11). He's now doing his PhD in marine biology at age 25, currently part of the crew sailing a dual hull Polynesian canoe from NZ to the Cook Islands.

You won't have twisted that account to suit your voracious vanity at all, I'm sure.

Well done to your son for surviving it.

Namtok Phliu National Park
Note the lifeguard lower right. Doubt he can swim, but may be capable of throwing the lifesaver accurately


Iced coffee time

Originally Posted by cyrille

You won't have twisted that account to suit your voracious vanity at all, I'm sure.

Well done to your son for surviving it.

Expedition out into the garden!

Originally Posted by cyrille

You won't have twisted that account to suit your voracious vanity at all, I'm sure.

Your life must be truly pathetic and sad if you doubt a dad would take his kid places.
^ And indeed, mounting an "expedition" out into the garden with a young boy, binoculars slung around his neck, toy gun etc is pretty normal parenting I think. Cyrille resents it because his life has been and still is so terribly miserable.
Perhaps NZ gardens are a bit bigger than the balconies of the terraces or one's plot in the allotment in Britain?

Originally Posted by prawnograph

Dr Who Fan per chance?

^ prawn-style



Pic from video by Mac DeMarco's 'On The Square'

Dr Who ... the Oods.

After a disappointing couple of days in the a Dordogne we are now pitched up on the Medoc Peninsula next to a very nice beach

Fortunately there’s just enough clearing in the trees to pick up UK Freesat

Originally Posted by Lostandfound

After a disappointing couple of days in the a Dordogne we are now pitched up on the Medoc Peninsula next to a very nice beach

Have fond memories of the Dordogne in the 70s. Use to go camping near a place called Argentat, 3 good sized lakes and we used to drive down and take a sailing dinghy. Queue for bread in the morning and be fascinated and disgusted at watching the French ladies with armpit hair tuck their french stick under their pits and march off back to make brekkie.

Originally Posted by Lostandfound

Fortunately there’s just enough clearing in the trees to pick up UK Freesat

In the evenings do the people in the campgrounds there gather around campfires with strangers drinking and socializing...or does everyone stick to themselves and watch SAT TV?

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

Queue for bread in the morning and be fascinated and disgusted at watching the French ladies with armpit hair tuck their french stick under their pits and march off back to make brekkie.

Are you a germaphobe?

You really do post some squeamish nonsense about what you perceive as 'non-UK' eating habits.

Originally Posted by cyrille

'non-UK' eating habits.

Yeah, it's foreign muck, innit. But to be fair to Nummy, a loaf of bread tucked into a hairy armpit is a bit off-putting.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Are you a germaphobe?

You really do post some squeamish nonsense about what you perceive as 'non-UK' eating habits.

It was an observation back in the early 70s in a foreign country, remember you thought Manchester was exotic back then. You been switching your sundowners for sunrisers.

People keep themselves to themselves. Even on the more outdoorsy sites people seem less social than years ago.

Sarlat in the Dordogne was like Venice, a hollowed out tourist town, more like a Disney set with shops selling crazy overpriced cheese and foie gras

Still. The beach is nice.

Used to go to the local cafe cum bar in Argentat lunchtime and to stock up on groceries and a 1/2 a french stick with a centimeter thick slab of cheese or pate along its length was 15 centimes

Sur la plage naturiste.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Thanks!

It's a constant battle to get her off Youtube on her tablet or Roblox on her pc. A losing battle to be honest.

The biggest battle a parent has nowadays is getting them away from their screens feel your pain.
Nature, outdoors,sports, I'm always trying to think up new ideas and days out.
It worse when they're on school holidays...

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

You been switching your sundowners for sunrisers.

Originally Posted by Lostandfound

Perfect beach and body boarding conditions, did you have a dip in the surf?