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Penners,
At least I got the reference! Of course, by the time the news got here the whole thread had taken a turn for the worse!
Thule (or proxima Thule) was of course not mythical, whereas ultima Thule was. More modern versions might be Timbuktu (real) versus "Beyond the Black Stump" (mythical).
With regard to moving to the correct distance from the grandchildren, it of course works both ways. Despite moving 8,500 miles away for the birth of our first child, mother-in-law still managed to drop-in less than 12 hours after the baby was born!
At least I got the reference! Of course, by the time the news got here the whole thread had taken a turn for the worse!
Thule (or proxima Thule) was of course not mythical, whereas ultima Thule was. More modern versions might be Timbuktu (real) versus "Beyond the Black Stump" (mythical).
With regard to moving to the correct distance from the grandchildren, it of course works both ways. Despite moving 8,500 miles away for the birth of our first child, mother-in-law still managed to drop-in less than 12 hours after the baby was born!