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Sir James Talbot tackles Mrs. Jack Maynard's Displaced Organ

954 replies

QuaterMiss · 02/08/2019 18:17

Would I be unreasonable to initiate legal proceedings against this man?

Previous thread here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3624032-Not-to-have-realised-until-now-that-Joey-Maynard-s-displaced-organ-was-a-prolapse?

With thanks to Jemima232 for rifling through Sir James’ archives to supply the title of this one.

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MollyButton · 11/08/2019 09:18

I read Crown of Success but can't remember the dodgy morals.
I did a Chalet school themed holiday. Though I am still disappointed we didn't do the whole Lakeside walk as H found it too stressful. Both DS and I struggled a bit with altitude too, not something mentioned in the books (I was anaemic at the time). We also became fans of "mad" King Ludwig on that trip.

GreyBasket · 11/08/2019 09:35

Thank you, thank you @Parker231 and @Yugi

The kindle books saved my insomniac night last night. Thank you!!!

IsFuzzyBeagMise · 11/08/2019 16:27

I would love to visit the Tirol sometimes. Yes, I never thought of the altitude, either, MollyButton

Doubleraspberry · 11/08/2019 18:08

We are actually going to the Tiernsee for our holidays. We have been before too. It’s fab and my kids love it although they have never read the books so have no idea why we decided to go on holiday to a random Austrian lake.Blush But I can’t say I’ve ever noticed the altitude - DH did some marathon training there on one trip and said that it was quite hard work compared to home though.

Doubleraspberry · 11/08/2019 18:09

And we did do the whole lakeside walk! It’s about 23km. The flat side is quite dull, and sadly now contains no hotels serving cake at all, and certainly no gay gypsy bands playing.

IsFuzzyBeagMise · 11/08/2019 18:15

I'm trying to imagine you justifying the holiday to your kids, Doubleraspberry Grin it sounds lovely, though, even if cake wasn't as plentiful as it should have been!

Doubleraspberry · 11/08/2019 18:18

Grin Yes, I know that all your mates are off to beaches and water parks but we can spend ALL DAY on this ferry steamer, and then walk under a little rusty roof with water dripping on it over and over again while Mummy talks about how hilarious it would be to accidentally jump in the lake.

coffeeandbiscuittime · 11/08/2019 18:47

Please could I have the Dropbox link. I am a devoted fan of all things chalet school, so much so that I want to do a tour for my birthday which my ungrateful children refuse to be part of. On the positive side I can persuade friends to do it with me (so much more fun!), wandering round the lake and up mountains getting up to mischief and having to be rescued by such handsome doctors!! (Swoon for effect)
I was prevented from calling my child Josephine as my husband knew that much ......little did he know she had 11 or what she called them.

IsFuzzyBeagMise · 11/08/2019 20:00

Doubleraspberry Grin my eldest girl asks me where the nearest city is when we talk about going away. We are going camping next week and she is not impressed Hmm
coffeeandbiscuittime thank goodness your husband stepped in Grin did you try Josette? Smile

AppropriateAdult · 11/08/2019 20:08

Huzzah, may I join you? I can be that wild Irish girl with masses of black curls (if only...) and the lilting tones.

On another note, Bride's friendship group are my favourite in the series, along with the Quintette in the Tyrol books (Margia, Cornelia, Evvy and whoever the others were).

It's Maria Marani, isn't it, and Ilonka Barcocz?

PhilSwagielka · 11/08/2019 20:44

Yep, and Elsie Carr as well. There were 5-7 of them and they were pretty funny. Like their attempt to adopt Biddy and keep her in a shed.

AppropriateAdult · 11/08/2019 20:50

Your right, Phil - I think it was Elsie rather than Maria in the core group. They were a great bunch, full of personality.

AppropriateAdult · 11/08/2019 20:51

Oh Lord. You're, obviously. What would Miss Annersley think? Blush

LaurieMarlow · 11/08/2019 20:51

The Quintet are my favourite characters of the whole series.

I also have a soft spot for all the Lucy’s for some reason.

She was great at capturing teenage girls when she wasn’t trying too hard to make them ‘special’.

Doubleraspberry · 11/08/2019 20:51

Bride is also one of my absolute favourite characters. I have the 90s Armada paperback of Bride Leads in which she looks like an aftershave model in girl’s clothes on the front. But she and her mates are lovely.

I always found EBD’s appropriation of the entire ‘Elsie Carr’ name odd, and then expected the Chalet Elsie to act like her namesake.

capercaillie · 11/08/2019 20:57

Also the actual Tiernsee is v cold for swimming. Doesn’t stop me or my children. We were there on Saturday on our drive home - so was chalet school spotting on the drive. Didn’t notice the altitude so much round there but did a couple of weeks ago in another valley. Swimming was much harder than usual.

Skinidin · 11/08/2019 20:58

@parker231 I too would be very grateful for the Dropbox link.

Pretty please, I will remember you every day at Kaffee und Kuchen!

Doubleraspberry · 11/08/2019 21:34

Having a swim in the lake made the long walk far more bearable! Lovely and cold. I salute Joey in there for an evening swim though.

Jins · 11/08/2019 21:49

Thank you @Yugi for the kindle versions. I’d started on the task when I had access to the one drive and then sent everything to Parker for Dropbox and it may be my fault that there are multiple copies of some but not others. Rushing you see. I felt the urgency justified my actions.

I’ve forced myself to start again at the beginning so will be waiting a while to get on to books that I have never read before.

I can’t believe how excited I am. I’ve treated myself to a new kindle paperwhite In their honour

Lonelykettleshed · 11/08/2019 22:18

Laurie, I like the Lucy's too. I wouldn't have minded Vi giving Mary-Lou a dressing down on occasion though in the hope that it would have made her more bearable.

I quite like a lot of the less popular characters as well. I like Peggy Bettany, I have no idea why people dislike her for being conscientious and good. I feel really sorry for Sybs, Joey seems to go out of her way to keep her down.

QuaterMiss · 11/08/2019 23:12

Yes, that whole Lucy/Chester/Ozanne clan seemed rather enviable. And actually remind me of two or three sets of sisters I was at boarding school with. There were always one or two in a family who were astonishingly pretty - and another who, being merely perfectly nice looking, was known as the clever one. Hmm

I’m still feeling frustrated over Prefects. It ought to have been brilliant - a real culmination to the series. Instead it’s a patchwork of reluctantly dragged out words and garbled storytelling. Ridiculous, un-engaging beginning, tedious detail, melodrama, loose ends. None of the characters seem quite themselves.

The worst thing is that she must surely have been writing it in the mid/late 60s - and yet the punishment for any well brought up teenage girl who said three words to a man was compulsory (even if delayed) marriage? Len, at that stage, can surely not have met or conversed with a single man she hadn’t grown up with. I haven’t read CGGU - but I’m as sure as I can be that the minute she arrived in Oxford Reg’s name would be expunged from her memory. Any other outcome would be cruel and unnatural.

And I wanted much better writing about Margot and her fascinating future. How strange and disappointing that there was absolutely no mention of the Robin in this context. Poor Jo ...

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QuaterMiss · 11/08/2019 23:21

So - I can well believe that other, less skilful hands compiled Prefects from incomplete notes and guesswork.

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cerys · 12/08/2019 00:45

Have just finished Redheads, which was very dramatic. If I can’t faint into the arms of a handsome doctor, I may settle for Gaudenz who seems to be some sort of World’s Strongest Man.

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Pascha · 12/08/2019 07:56

@parker231 I understand many more books have been added to the Dropbox so I think I may as well update my own collection so please may I have the details? (plus my sister wants the kindle versions)

Thank you so, so much Brew and Cake.