Emma_Thorne
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From a personal point of view I like a bit of length.
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Like a lot I guess when I was in my very early 20’s and out for the first few times I used to hunch my shoulders a bit and try and reduce my overall space…..it didn’t take that long to work out that was a pointless exercise as soon as I opened my mouth – which, as it is now, is often. Since that obvious revelation I actually try and stand as straight (no pun intended) as I possibly can and wear the tallest heels I can get away with.
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Well I can offer some advice here Liz…I too am diabetic and have been on insulin for nearly 40 years. Your condition will be immeasurably easier to manage with going down that track and, despite my best efforts recently, I have no signs of any diabetic related deterioration after all these years.
I had an excellent endocrinologist when I was first diagnosed. He told me two things: keep yourself reasonably lean and eat properly. Do that, he said, and you won’t have any problems – and that is basically how it has been.
The first 50,000 injections are the hardest I told my sister that when she faced the same situation you are. I finally convinced her and it has just her life for the better. Get on the juice!
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And I am glad you are ok too Teri x
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Hear hear!
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I’m also a great admirer of Eddie Izzard. I saw him interviewed by Michael Parkinson, donkey’s years ago, where he described himself as an “Action Transvestite“. Like “It’s a gift” resonated with you Caroline, “Action Transvestite” was like an epiphany for me as well. I have used that term many, many, times since to describe myself and believe it points out exactly what I’m all about in two simple words.
As many of you know, I have in the last part of last year relocated home to Hobart after a lifetime in Adelaide. I did ponder, albeit briefly, what that would mean for me, and my getting ‘out-and-about’, as in boy mode I am related to every second person here. I needn’t have bothered as I have been more active in the real world here than I ever thought possible due to my sense of comfort here and the very quirky nature of inner city Hobart where someone like me doesn’t really stick out…well maybe just a little bit.
I’ve often said to girls wrestling with their sexuality that there is no such thing as an ex-crossdresser. You can purge, you can wipe your femme self off social media, you can do all sorts of things to dodge it but this is an integral part of you just like being left or right handed or having hazel eyes. You generally get what you expect in life….if you are wracked with shame about your little habit then how on earth would you expect others to react? If, however, you set your mind to embrace your femme side and accept it as being part of you then you will find most will react the same way. You will also find that some people in your life will never accept it….but they may feel exactly the same as that about you if you suddenly declare yourself as, say, a Collingwood supporter or even worse a member of The Liberal Party.So, at the end of the day, it IS a gift. Well said Eddie, and well done Caroline for drawing our attention to it.
Love to all,
Emma,
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I survive mainly on a liquid diet….bubbly, the occassional pinot noir, shiraz, cocktails etc and I owe my figure to the fact I do absolutely no fitness activity whatsoever.
Those of you who know me of course will recognise that despite all this I am a dedicated meat eater.
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Yes it is Jessica…details to follow hun x
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Ah dear, dear, “Larry”. We’d spend hours at his country retreat with him reciting Shakespearian love poems to me but, alas, everything was in the “performance” with him. A follower of “the method” he’d immerse himself in a role 24 hours a ****ing day – it drove me mad. It was ok when he was filming Love Among The Ruins but things got pretty dicey when he was doing Marathon Man and he and wanted to spend the weekends enacting Nazi war atrocities.
He was distraught when I threw him over for Mick and Jerry during their Mustique period with Princess Margaret. -
Vale dear Clive James….I would have turned for him. Oh, wait a minute, I did xx
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Honestly girls you do not want to miss this weekend….I will be there of course as Mistress of Ceremonies and Chief Barfly xx
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OMG Annabelle Crabbe is sooooo dull
I forgot one significant one: for my sins, I am related to Sir Donald Bradman (true). As boring and insular an individual as one could meet. A nasty, mean spirited man who saw no other opinions.
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I’m not sure there is anything in Great Britain worth invading them for these days Liz?
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Correct Caroline…and wouldn’t we ALL love to marry Cher! I can certainly relate to someone with very limited talent becoming a minor “celebrity”.
I may instigate an Emma Thorne Bore Of The Year Award, not dissimilar to the Nobel Peace Prize, or the Gold Logie, for the person who stupifies me most each year. Scott Cam certainly has the inside running at the moment but don’t rule out perennial bore David Koch beating him at the post due to his regular coma inducing performances at Carol’s In The Domain.
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OMG how on earth could I have forgotten that incredibly moronic and irritating Andrew Bolt AND the girl with the Marlo Thomas “That Girl!” hairstyle from the Trivago ads!
Mind you, as is shown above by our intelligent contributors, it is a highly competitive field of bores to choose from. I realise including the Dalai Lama in my list is highly controversial but I had him in an original list with: any member of the Windsor aka Mountbatten aka Battenburg family (with particular note of Prince Andrew, Princess Edward, and the Duke of Edinburgh); serial rapist and occasional maker of a reasonable movie Roman Polanski; former Archbishop of Sydney and now registered kiddy fiddler George Pell (well done Caroline for including him in yours); and Eddie “Mill-yon-air” McGuire. You’d think that if you picked a host for a show called “Millionaire Hot Seat” they’d at least be able to pronounce it or am I being too harsh?