Kate's in the early stages of Labour .

[Mev]

meh

[Blownupdolly]

Jul 22, 2013 19:45:29 GMT Karma said:

Jul 22, 2013 19:31:17 GMT Blownupdolly said:

It's a boy!!!

Quite a big boy 


so pleased that all has gone well for them!  

Good size yes. My youngest was 9lb 2oz I kept my legs firmly shut after that!!

[Karma]

Not surprised you didn't do it again after that Blownupdolly

[chrisjw]

Jul 22, 2013 19:51:52 GMT Blownupdolly said:

Jul 22, 2013 19:45:29 GMT Karma said:

Quite a big boy 


so pleased that all has gone well for them!  

Good size yes. My youngest was 9lb 2oz I kept my legs firmly shut after that!!

Surprised you could after hatching something that size...........

[Blownupdolly]

Jul 22, 2013 20:18:48 GMT chrisjw said:

Jul 22, 2013 19:51:52 GMT Blownupdolly said:

Good size yes. My youngest was 9lb 2oz I kept my legs firmly shut after that!!

Surprised you could after hatching something that size...........

It took a while...


I wish they would put the usual TV programmes back on. Getting bored of wall to wall news now

[Die5el]

Another person of royalty that the tax payer will have to fund for.

[Deleted]

Its saying something when chinese delivery seems faster

Best wishes to Kate and William on their new shiny

[Raffles]

Jul 22, 2013 20:32:15 GMT Die5el said:

Another person of royalty that the tax payer will have to fund for.

I knew this was going to come up and have soooo resisted in responding. BUT... the 'net' income to the UK is positive, the two 'lads', Wills & Harry have both done, and are still doing jobs that the majority of us would not do... i.e. fighting in Afghanistan & 'search & rescue' operations.

We do not choose our parents, but this current generation of 'royals' are people to be proud of. This may of course change and then probably, my opinion. But while we have these with us, I wish them well, plus some 'escapism' is good for all of us in this sometimes dreadful world.

Yes, there are 'hangers on' but in any family you'll get the 'black sheep', I have no time for Andrew, but I feel they are addressing these issues, and as for the Queen & Phil, would you still get out of bed at the crack of dawn, at their age, to attend some boring function, but knowing it was helping others.

[DiscoDes]

fiddles Alert!

I just heard a newscaster say "This morning Prince William took the Duchess of Cambridge by the back passage".

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If he did that she wouldn't have got pregnant!

[Blownupdolly]

Jul 22, 2013 21:02:31 GMT Raffles said:

Jul 22, 2013 20:32:15 GMT Die5el said:

Another person of royalty that the tax payer will have to fund for.

I knew this was going to come up and have soooo resisted in responding. BUT... the 'net' income to the UK is positive, the two 'lads', Wills & Harry have both done, and are still doing jobs that the majority of us would not do... i.e. fighting in Afghanistan & 'search & rescue' operations.

We do not choose our parents, but this current generation of 'royals' are people to be proud of. This may of course change and then probably, my opinion. But while we have these with us, I wish them well, plus some 'escapism' is good for all of us in this sometimes dreadful world.

Yes, there are 'hangers on' but in any family you'll get the 'black sheep', I have no time for Andrew, but I feel they are addressing these issues, and as for the Queen & Phil, would you still get out of bed at the crack of dawn, at their age, to attend some boring function, but knowing it was helping others.

Absolutely spot on.

They have no control over which family they are born to any more than a starving child in Africa does. It is what you DO with the life you are born into that counts.
I cannot stand Charles, Camilla, Andrew et al. But credit where it's due. Those boys lost their mother at a tender age. Doesn't matter how rich or poor you are, that's one hell of a disaster to any child. Yet they have matured into men who have CONTRIBUTED something to their country unlike their father!! Fair play to them I say.

As for Lizzie. I don't know how she does it at her age.

[archiecat]

Who gives a crap!!!! time to wake up people. care for them as mutch as they care for you!

[Raffles]

Jul 22, 2013 21:14:17 GMT archiecat said:

Who gives a crap!!!! time to wake up people. care for them as mutch as they care for you!

Not rising to it Archie... we'll agree to differ!

[Karma]

Jul 22, 2013 21:02:31 GMT Raffles said:

Jul 22, 2013 20:32:15 GMT Die5el said:

Another person of royalty that the tax payer will have to fund for.

I knew this was going to come up and have soooo resisted in responding. BUT... the 'net' income to the UK is positive, the two 'lads', Wills & Harry have both done, and are still doing jobs that the majority of us would not do... i.e. fighting in Afghanistan & 'search & rescue' operations.

We do not choose our parents, but this current generation of 'royals' are people to be proud of. This may of course change and then probably, my opinion. But while we have these with us, I wish them well, plus some 'escapism' is good for all of us in this sometimes dreadful world.

Yes, there are 'hangers on' but in any family you'll get the 'black sheep', I have no time for Andrew, but I feel they are addressing these issues, and as for the Queen & Phil, would you still get out of bed at the crack of dawn, at their age, to attend some boring function, but knowing it was helping others.

Nodding in agreement Raffles .  It's nice to hear good news.

 I'm from Scotland, you may have all noticed    and my father is from the Irish Republic.  We're just not fans of the Royals, but William and Kate seem like such a nice young couple and they also seem much more down to earth than the previous generation of Royals.

I'm so pleased that mum and baby are doing well

[archiecat]

Jul 22, 2013 21:23:50 GMT Raffles said:

Jul 22, 2013 21:14:17 GMT archiecat said:

Who gives a crap!!!! time to wake up people. care for them as mutch as they care for you!

Not rising to it Archie... we'll agree to differ!

I'm OK with that Raffles, we will differ on this, and thats cool, but hopefully we will agree on things in future>

[Perpetua]

Jul 22, 2013 21:02:31 GMT Raffles said:

Jul 22, 2013 20:32:15 GMT Die5el said:

Another person of royalty that the tax payer will have to fund for.

I knew this was going to come up and have soooo resisted in responding. BUT... the 'net' income to the UK is positive, the two 'lads', Wills & Harry have both done, and are still doing jobs that the majority of us would not do... i.e. fighting in Afghanistan & 'search & rescue' operations.

We do not choose our parents, but this current generation of 'royals' are people to be proud of. This may of course change and then probably, my opinion. But while we have these with us, I wish them well, plus some 'escapism' is good for all of us in this sometimes dreadful world.

Yes, there are 'hangers on' but in any family you'll get the 'black sheep', I have no time for Andrew, but I feel they are addressing these issues, and as for the Queen & Phil, would you still get out of bed at the crack of dawn, at their age, to attend some boring function, but knowing it was helping others.

Hear hear Raffles . . . I've got fed fed up with the inane TV coverage today, more from the dross that various presenters have spouted than the event itself.

This Royal birth doesn't change my life in any way whatsoever, I still have the same old nonsense to deal with like everyone else . . . but I'll celebrate it as I did Andy Murray winning Wimbedon.

Because like the sunshine, it's uplifting news for me.