But 'ladies' isn't it interesting that this type of 'poking fun' at men is common in many western cultures (not sure about eastern) but there does not seem to be a reverse form to the same extent

This is only what I have found from my own observation

Poking fun and other awful things at women has been around since the world began, Cottontail. Even today among stand-up comediens, women are used as their favourite subject. How many mother-in-law jokes have you heard? And father-in-law? It's only in the past three decades maybe that women have finally spoken up.

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I suppose if the men on board declared women trainable for certain tasks - there'd be holy hell cries of chauvinism. . .good on you boys for sitting still for this one!

Well, Roxy, we know that there has been 2 major blunders in our country.

First, giving women the right to vote and secondly (and more dastardly) allowing them to drive.

Bob

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Originally posted by rmontuori:

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Originally posted by Roxy:
I suppose if the men on board declared women trainable for certain tasks - there'd be holy hell cries of chauvinism. . .good on you boys for sitting still for this one!

Well, Roxy, we know that there has been 2 major blunders in our country.

First, giving women the right to vote and secondly (and more dastardly) allowing them to drive.

Bob

I thought you were supposed to be sitting still .

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Poking fun and other awful things at women has been around since the world began, Cottontail. Even today among stand-up comediens, women are used as their favourite subject. How many mother-in-law jokes have you heard? And father-in-law? It's only in the past three decades maybe that women have finally spoken up.

Different cultures BC we don't have stand-up comedians here very often, just not our type of humour Not many MIL jokes either. If men do they get 'the look' and realise its a 'no go zone'. A few 'blonde' jokes float around but not often now days.

If anyone is interested in electronic "scrapbooking", you could try out scrapblog.com ... I thought it was pretty amusing.

Now back to the off-topic discussion.

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Originally posted by FoxDesigns:
If anyone is interested in electronic "scrapbooking", you could try out scrapblog.com ... I thought it was pretty amusing.

Now back to the off-topic discussion.

FoxDesigns: I had a look at the website, it was quite good, but, I would prefer to personalise my work.

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I thought you were supposed to be sitting still .[/QUOTE]

Brenda,

Well, I try, but sometimes the impish part of me takes over. At least I used a "Smiley;" that has to account for something.

Bob

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I thought you were supposed to be sitting still .[/QUOTE]

Brenda,

Well, I try, but sometimes the impish part of me takes over. At least I used a "Smiley;" that has to account for something.

Bob[/QUOTE]

Smiley seen and noted, Bob. Now sit still .

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Smiley seen and noted, Bob. Now sit still .

I wish I could just "sit still."

I leave in a few days and a few minor things still have to be done. I try to make it a practice that everything is done before the last 2 or three days before leaving. There is nothing worse than packing, or running around, under stress.

Actually, the only reason I am on this computer is that I got a phone call advising me that there was a change in one of the hotels. Of course, no big deal, but I appreciate the "heads up" so that I can check out the new hotel. Unfortunately (or fortunately) - I'm not sure which) I'm a detail oriented person - "anal," comes to mind.


Regards,

Bob

Wow, I just found this thread today. I have been scrapbooking for years & am totally addicted! I also do stamping, & add that to my scrapbooks. I have done one of each of my trips, but a couple are so thick that if you put one on your lap, it almost makes your legs go numb!

I put a lot of journalling into my books so that I can let someone borrow one of them, & I don't have to offer any further comments, as they are self-explanatory. Each book takes me about a year to complete, & I enjoy re-living the entire tour when I do the book.

After a couple of years, I tend to forget a lot of the details, so if I re-read them, I find myself enjoying the trip all over again. I tease my grown daughter that once I'm in a nursing home, she can bring me one of my scrapbooks on a rotating basis so I can say, "Did I really go there? I don't remember that!"

JanCanuck - I can relate to what you have posted

I have just started my first scrapbook.

I have done 2 x 50 page digital photo albums (Frogprints) of our last trip, these only contained captions. Had quite a lot of fun 'making up' pages with cut and pastes etc. A tutor of scrapbooking liked the results of mine so much that she has done 3 now Even copied a scrapbook into a digital version.

But its now time for a true scrapbook style for a diary in 'letters home style'. Photos of each hotel and containing all the 'bits and pieces' we obtained on the journey. I just want 'everything' in one place and I don't care how many pages it is If they are left in a box they won't get looked at. I want something to bring back the memories, they fade so quickly if not brought to the fore from time to time.

Always looking for new ideas and hints so any comments are welcome.

PS: I'm not interested in 'online' blogs/books I like a hand held printed version that I can pass on to those whom I know are interested.

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Oh I love that you have this blog on here. Thanks Bling4 for the post on the scrapbook store, I just ordered from them. We took a trip to Europe over the summer and my local stores seem to have limited items for international travel and they had lots of great stuff.

I'm getting ready to start my trip scrapbook, just finished my parents 50th anniversary book and my daughter's book is always under construction! I'll never finish that one....