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Nice. Btw, Brits call the car a Frogeye Sprite

Hmm, "arrangements for the birds" made me stop and think, what about our two dogs if we had a fatal car accident today?

Two adult daughters inherit equally and our sisters are executors; but could any of our immediate family take even one of the dogs? Extended family perhaps. Otherwise they'd have to be found homes and I'd like to think attractive kennel club border collies would be snapped up for breeding if nothing else.

Hmm.

I guess trusts & investments are best left to solicitors. Certainly one of my childless Aunts who left the usual house & cash, also had a million in shares; so she appointed her solicitors as joint executors who were instructed to deal with those shares, the tax, and all prepaid funeral arrangements.
This ensured the nephew's executor part of the job was a doddle.

@CHAS said in Checking out the competition:

@AndyD
A two liter, two turbo gas burner should be quite zippy.

Also 7speed automatic and 4wd, with 328bhp... so everyone can drive it 0-60 in under 5sec and max 172mph.

Sat in a couple, about £23k for a 3yr old with 30k miles on the clock. Maybe get one late next year.

Sorry off topic.
Back to the threats of China. Their spying on and hack of our government was discussed in Parliament today.

I've noticed car dealers in the uk are increasingly taking on new Chinese electric brands to sell, eg went to a Mazda dealer and they also sell omoda & jaeco.

Whatever, I'm planning to swap in our high mileage diesel for a 2litre twin turbo petrol estate, made in Germany.

I'm torn, because, with a car port added over the entrance, and inside some nice Persian rugs and choice furniture to add colour and texture, I reckon it will be absolutely fabulous.
Certainly an austere blank canvas at the moment.

I have to agree with Trump that it was the right time to stop what was beginning (or "biginning" as Trump wrote in the Knesset visitors book ) to be a one sided stalemate.
The Palestinian terrorists however have not released all the hostages, they have openly executed 'collaborators' in the streets, and are fighting with splinter group (who may be worse terrorists).

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@Steve-Miller said in Daughter's wedding:

What a beautiful wedding and such beautiful people!

Even the old man looks pretty good!

Ha, scrubbed up quite well in my new Beckham@Boss suit & old tie.
It is nice to occasionally dress like a gentleman, put on some handmade wingtips.

@CHAS said

Lovely I like the photo by the pool. Also the others showing happy people
Is there a story behind the Asian style jacket?

The Penguin pool was entertaining site for formal vows, as the inhabitants flock together and swim like a shoal of fish in fighter formation, coming en masse directly at you.

In fact the whole day was planned by them to entertain their guests. I'm still not sure if I was guest or host, it was such a mix of informal & formal.

The velvet tang jackets we purchsed to complement our ladies in their cheongsam.
Added to the fun, especially when marrying someone half chinese.
He got a rice cooker as a present from us.

Somewhere we (or the family) have a full Chinese female marriage suit, vintage, sewn in red&gold silk and very heavy to wear. Would have been worn by her but is lost.

The groom and his friends all came in bright red socks as a nod to the Chinese theme, which was amusing when you saw them seated together.

@Bernard
The corsage(bouquet) was certainly a one-off, with Chinese lanterns, honesty, peonies, and the berries were actually taken from MrsD's 32yr old bouquet.
Really lovely imo.

Officially welcoming to our family
I love these kinds of traditions.
Please tell us more about what this one entails!

I think traditionally the Tea Ceremony was when a chinese couple were accepted into the respective families and considered married.

Here they'd been signed/married earlier in the morning with only two winesses present (for me the tea ceremony was nearest family only and a day before a full church do).

They wanted everyone to be involved in the fun, including friends(!), so it became a rather long show where the 60 invitees drank bubbly and had nibbles watching and being called up by my younger daughter.

So they served tea to more senior members and were served by junior members... words are exchanged.

Tea was lychee (longan is traditional) signifying a sweet and long life.

Ironically the three boyfriends of the daughters of MrsD's sister were the only ones who did not participate... not yet family and they thought it better not to in case it offended their future inlaws. Such is traditional Straits Chinese culture.

The photo that makes my heart sing, taken through glass. My sentinel younger daughter checking all is perfect for her sister to walk out of the Pavilion to the assembled throng.

His best-men were on top form (Cambridge grads)
This not official photographer shot, just like it.

Food was excellent

MrsD made the corsage

Officially welcoming to our family

Old man needing help fastening his jacket