Hi Annalee, I am 58 this year. Brought up in Sydney (Oz) when, in those years it was still Queen and Country. My father was from English extraction, my mum Scottish. I was not particularly academic compared to my bros. I went to Secretarial College - they went to University. The 3 of us were completely different. I was the baby, tomboy and absolutely into sport. I was also involved in church Youth Groups. My main group of friends came from school, the Church groups and my Tennis Club. I lived 500m from the school and would catch the train to Beecroft to meet the "Barker" boys - private school in Sydney - coming off the train to have a chat, they were also friends, Then would walk the mile back home <g> My dad once made the comment I only went to school to play sport - spot on as I was on just about every sporting group they had - Hockey, Netball, Lifesaving, Gymnastics, Trampoline Squad. Have to brag here but also gained a couple of school "Blues" (not barnies - tis an accolade) My best friend, and this friendship has remained, her "Blues" compared to mine were minor as she was a National and State Champ with Diving and Gym. Mel is still competing (Gym) - believe she may be the eldest in the Seniors and I think their may be a World Comp this year. caddy. fotosearch - search clipart, illustration, drawings and vector eps graphics images" src="http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/sue/sue110/penguin-caddy-~-gfcl0199.jpg" width=157 border=0> ROS ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 11 February, 2008 8:11:45 AM Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Topic of the month: Village Life/country life In a message dated 2/10/2008 8:55:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, barg [email protected] writes: For all those folk who know nothing about village life, do you have any questions on the subject? How did people entertain themselves in village life? Having grown up in rural California, even with all the technology and such that we had in our teen years (I was a teenager when the internet was just taking off), we still dealt with boredom, and the youth in this town still feel bored at times. What kinds of pasttimes did people of any and all ages occupy themselves with when they didn't have to work? Annalee **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) . . "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail