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I have lived through EVERY Download concert there has ever been, I live less than a mile from the park and whether I want to or not, and I don't, I have no choice about hearing it and the all night parties that go with it. A lot of the villagers book holidays during the concert and the rest of us stay to deter break ins, love it all.

That said, I hope you all have a good time, honestly, I do xx

Ballerina x

I have lived through EVERY Download concert there has ever been, I live less than a mile from the park and whether I want to or not, and I don't, I have no choice about hearing it and the all night parties that go with it. A lot of the villagers book holidays during the concert and the rest of us stay to deter break ins, love it all.

That said, I hope you all have a good time, honestly, I do xx

Ballerina x

Thanks As much as I love going, I don't envy you living near by.....Ill keep the noise down

OH @philxjr I'm well jel
Aerosmith
Have a little rock for me and everything you do on the day even if you do disturb @ballerina with her afternoon nap.

will do @Sue.Q say a prayer for the weather for me too please

@ballerina you could always rent out the house for the duration to less hardened festival goers. Or do a holiday home swap so you go somewhere peaceful and they come to the festival.

As well as my maintaining buddy, @auriga I'm missing @nursebean. Where are you?

Julie, I'd rather put up with noise than rent my home out, yes we could rent to some of the big names that play here and get an obscene amount of money but would I really want to do that? NO! It's actually worse when there is racing on and before anyone asks, we did not buy a house near a race track and festival site, I'm daft but not that daft, we were here for years before the park became active and although the airport was here first there were very few flights when I moved here and absolutely NO night flights! they hadn't been invented! Grrrrr!!!! Anyway, the noise is one thing but the mess really upsets me and it costs the ratepayers in excess of £100.000 every year to clear it up. But, hey ho, such is life and yes, we also pray to the weather Gods but I bet we all pray from a different perspective I still wish everyone a good weekend, honest!!!!

Ballerina x

Pen@PennyForthem ..our Beano@nursebean is on her holibobz.
She's in Padstow with her folks and doggies...said the journey there was exhausting but loving being there x

@Azureblue there's alwYs the cheering prospect of maybe overeating for a bit?
See if yr body just needs a bit of mixing up and recharging? x x x
@Pennyforthem hope you enjoy( ed) yr reunion! Bet you are ( were) the Belle of the Ball! X
@philxjr found myself humming Love in An Elevator all afternoon since you mentioned the download! X

Thanks Candy. Somehow I thought she'd been and come back!
Yes reunion was good thanks. Strange how those who were the brain boxes at school have turned into very nice people! I was always a little intimidated by them!

...some chuckles for you all ( for those who don't know him,PK is a Northern comedian )
PETER KAY'S UNIVERSAL TRUTHS

1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.

2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.

3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised with a complete stranger.

4) You've never quite sure whether it's ok to eat green crisps.

5) Everyone who grew up in the 80's has entered the digits 55378008 into a calculator.

6) Reading when you're drunk is horrible.

7) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.

8) You're never quite sure whether it's against the law or not to have
a fire in your back garden.

10) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.

11) You never know where to look when eating a banana.

12) Its impossible to describe the smell of a wet cat.

13) Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel manly.

14) Rummaging in an overgrown garden will always turn up a bouncy
ball.

15) You always feel a bit scared when stroking horses.

16) Everyone always remembers the day a dog ran into your school.

17) The most embarrassing thing you can do as schoolchild is to call
your teacher mum or dad.

18) The smaller the monkey the more it looks like it would kill you at
the first given opportunity.

19) Some days you see lots of people on crutches.

20) Every bloke has at some stage while taking a pee, flushed half
way through and then raced against the flush.

21) Old women with mobile phones look wrong.

22) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee.

23) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.

24) You never ever run out of salt.

25) Old ladies can eat more than you think.

26) You can't respect a man who carries a dog.

27) There's no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you've got your hand or head stuck in something.

28) No one knows the origins of their metal coat hangers.

29) Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has
had their arm broken by a swan.

30) The most painful household incident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug.

31) People who don't drive slam car doors too hard.

32) You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece
of wood specifically to stir paint with.

33) Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose.

34) Bricks are horrible to carry.

35) In every plate of chips there is a bad chip.

36) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting
it in a fruit salad

Some questions, brought to you by Peter Kay

1. Why does your gynaecologist leave the room when you get
undressed?

2. If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down
to the core of the earth?

3. Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

4. Is it possible to brush your teeth without wiggling your
arse?

5. Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you
do is stand up and say, 'My name is Bob, and I am an alcoholic'?

6. Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?

7. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

8. Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for
centuries' have a 'use by' date?

9. Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a
horrible crisp no one would eat?

10. Is French kissing in France just called kissing?

11. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out'?

12. What do people in China call their good plates?

13. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time,
but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

14. What do you call male ballerinas?

15. Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?

16. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

17. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from
vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

18. Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?

19. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

20. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out of the window

Hey i just read that June is National Candy Month!
It's my month folks...who knew i had my very own month!

Lol Thanks for the list @CandiceMarie Wow not only
a thread in your name but now a whole month
Well done and Congratulations.

Julie, I'd rather put up with noise than rent my home out, yes we could rent to some of the big names that play here and get an obscene amount of money but would I really want to do that? NO! It's actually worse when there is racing on and before anyone asks, we did not buy a house near a race track and festival site, I'm daft but not that daft, we were here for years before the park became active and although the airport was here first there were very few flights when I moved here and absolutely NO night flights! they hadn't been invented! Grrrrr!!!! Anyway, the noise is one thing but the mess really upsets me and it costs the ratepayers in excess of £100.000 every year to clear it up. But, hey ho, such is life and yes, we also pray to the weather Gods but I bet we all pray from a different perspective I still wish everyone a good weekend, honest!!!!

Ballerina x

We used to camp in the family camping part of the festival as its not full of stupid noisy teenagers but it was inline with the end of the airport runway. The big DHL cargo planes that take off regularly are the loudest planes I have ever heard especially when you are in a tent! Must be noisy where you live too.? Now we go in a camper van its nice a quiet at night.

Yep@Sue.Q i AM gettin kinda famous these days! I'm as cool as an igloo!
You can tell people " i knew her when she was just a nobody"!