MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 The link worked by the way Smiffy, thanks again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 You've all contributed wonderfully. Thank you! I owe you all a drink at the next meet up :D Mine's bitter, ta ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I have been watching Ian Hislop's Olden Days on BBC 2. He is exploring how throughout the centuries we the British have always had a yearning for times past and how this affects our present and our future. Well worth a watch in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Thanks for the heads up NewBasfordLad. Will find it on iPlayer And I've got that noted Catfan! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 We all have not so good memories of the past, choices and decisions we have made which may have been different if we had hindsight, but altogether they have made us into the people we are. Though we may look back nostalgically, or wistfully(?) at the good and the bad times, hopefully we have taken something away with us, and learned from our experiences. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,297 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I NEVER BELIEVE,people who say they "have no regrets" i think we all have.and as you say darkazana "learned by them" ! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,297 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 however i do believe "to err is human to forgive divine" Alexander Poop sorry Pope, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 What might have been? Sometimes it's best not to know....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Batesy 22 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I'd say as long as it's two steps forward,and one step back,and not the other way round,then that's being positive,and use your past to move positively into the future,....does that make sense,? ......Well I know what I mean anyway 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 yes i think at this time in our lives we all have regrets but no point in dwelling on them because we carnt go back and change the outcome but be positive and learn from them and try not to make the same mistake again. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Batesy (#34), you wouldn't be saying that if you was walking the plank on a pirate ship!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 It's no use thinking "if only" either. The clock can't be turned back. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Thanks folks. I'll be letting you all know how I get on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I look at things slightly differently. here I am 67 years old and in reasonable health with a beautiful wife. If I had done something different during my life I might not be here, therefore I have no regrets about the decisions I made after all they got me this far. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 It's no use thinking "if only" either. The clock can't be turned back. "IF" your aunt had had balls she would have been your uncle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 IF If's and and's were pots and pans there'd be no need for tinkers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Nostalgia? Enjoy yourself... It's later than you think. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I can't recall who originally said it but The past is a foreign country - they do things differently there. I'm a little melancholic by nature, so "nostalgia" comes easy to me. The word nostalgia does have some overtones to it- where does history end and nostalgia take over? Is the word "nostalgia" tainted with emotionality anyway? As a keen student of history, I have developed the knack of mentally superimposing what a battlefield would look like over what I am actually seeing. I tend to do that when I walk around Nottingham. Sometimes its for the better, sometimes for the worst. Its also the reason why I am very interested in the pictorial history of Nottingham. Also, Nottingham as a city lends itself to such things. Its a pretty city, totally different from grim places like Middlesbrough or Sunderland, and has an essential vitality about it. I suppose I know this because I have not lived in Nottingham for some decades. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thanks for the input Mercurydancer, and everyone else for that matter. I'm wrapping up my assignment today (4,000 words laters!!) And have appreciated everyone's opinions and help with! What you posted Mercurydancer reminds me of something I studied last year and had to write a paper on 'Psycho-Geography'. Interesting topic if you have the time to give it a Google search 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Good luck Melissa 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 good luck with your assighnment mellisa hope you get a good grade and we have help in your research of the suject. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Good Luck Melissa, Hope you get the best results. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,297 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 YES, ALL THE BEST,yo seem a rate nice girl, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thank you all! Big hugs to all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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