had a few pints with my dad, and all the subsequent drunken honesty, which was simply great; plus my little half-brother kept up with us, aged eleven; bless their Canadian innocence when it came to walking to the tube in Camden Town with comments such as 'those bars are next to each other'
Awwww
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Fri 17 Jul 2009, 0:28,
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Awwww
my dad is hysterical when he's pissed
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Fri 17 Jul 2009, 0:30,
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has an MBE, for stuff she did in the admiralty during the war, which I never knew, of which she is still very secretive about, even to family; which he expressed his frustration about, given she is apparently loosing her marbles. Be nice to learn her tale before she pops it; some aspect of it apparently involved white rabbit
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Fri 17 Jul 2009, 0:41,
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secretive!
i found out last year that my great uncle was captain of the titanic
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Fri 17 Jul 2009, 0:42,
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i found out last year that my great uncle was captain of the titanic