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Hi elle
Yes, both my children got slapped cheek- and hand, foot and mouth disease! They were only a nuisance, not very serious.
The spammers are so annoying. I can't see what they get out of it- whoever is going to respond anyway?

Hello, Ros!
Elder daughter's two boys got hand , foot and mouth disease a few years back.
That too was a new one on me!
I didn't come across these diseases either with my own children or when I was childminding.

Hello, Elle!
No, that is a syndrome (not sure what syndrome means!) that has passed me by.
Is it a serious syndrome?
I was reading that Sydney is named for Viscount Sydney who was a Home Secretary way back when.
I have never heard of him.
There is a Sydney in Canada named after him, too.

Hi, Rusty!
No, both are minor diseases, over in a few days or so........I am just surprised that knowledge of them has completely passed me by!
It sounds, from what you have been reading, as though quite a number of British people gave their names to parts of the British Empire?
No doubt it was an honour to have one's name given to a building /town /city.
My viewing time is approaching!
I shall watch "The Voice" at 8 o'clock.
There is time to make a coffee before it starts...........

Hello, Elle!
Yes, it appears to be an honour to have places named after you.
Then you have Lachlan McQuarie who decided to name everyplace in Australia after himself.
There are McQuarie Islands, Universities, Highways, Lakes, Hospitals, Banks, Port, Rivers, etc, and that is before we get to the Lachlans, that he used as well!
I can not recall who the lady was that Alice Springs was named for, but apparently she had never visited the place.

Hi, Rusty!
As usual, I enjoyed "The Voice"!
I have recorded "Casualty", which was on at the same time, so will watch that tomorrow.
I remember first learning about Alice Springs, from reading Nevil Shute's " A Town like Alice".
I also enjoyed the film with Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch.
But I have had to look this up......
Alice Springs is named after Alice Todd, the wife of the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Sir Charles Todd.
The town is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin, and straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges.
I am wondering here if the Todd River is also called after Superintendent Todd, or maybe Alice?
The surrounding region is known as Central Australia, consisting of several different deserts.
I have learned a lot today!

Hello, Elle!
I read "A Town Like Alice".
An excellent story.
Alice is a pretty wild place, apparently.
it is great how you come across something and that leads on to something else.
Meanwhile, ......over in Galway, Lisa and the girls are having fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYIQL0np5mI

Hello Elle and Rusty!

Just googled this (to add to what you learnt today Elle!)

The Todd River was named by surveyor WW Mills in tribute to Lady Alice Todd (nee Alice Gillam Bell), wife of Sir Charles Todd , postmaster of South Australia and entrepreneurial spirit who gave impetus for the creation of the trans - Australian telegraph line from Port Augusta to Darwin . The river is usually dry but is prone to floods during the rainy season. Alice Springs was founded in 1871 during the construction of this line.


It does not do me any harm to learn about it too!

Hope you are both OK? How is the cold Elle? and the bug Rusty?

Hi, Rusty!
That was great!
Thank you!
I enjoyed the clip!
My feet were tapping away!
I can well understand folk going to join in, as if we go to a pop concert, I am always dancing in the aisles with the best of them!
I didn't know Lisa but I see from Google that she was born in Glasgow of Irish parents ( her mother coming from County Donegal!) and now lives in Ireland, where she put together a band.
That was fun!




Hello, Pigale!
Yes, thank you for the added info - the naming of the river was more or less what I had suspected.
As you say, it is good to learn new things!
My cold is rather nasty....thank you for asking......I am fed up with blowing my nose and wiping my eyes!
But I'm fine otherwise - it's only a cold after all!
I just need to be more stoical!

Hello, Elle!
Yes, Lisa is very popular in Ireland and why ever not, with Donegal in her veins!
Now, this next clip is a bit special.
I have been hunting!
This couple are Colin and Annette.
You can dance along with them!
Try and remember them and I shall reveal something else! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amtFtUgzuZk&list=RDMMamtFtUgzuZk




Hello, Pigale,
I am great. My bug did not stay long!