It used to be twelve people crowded around a sewing table; now it's ten.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table.
My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?
Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.
Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau.
I can count my friends on one hand.
A room full of hundreds, let alone thousands, of people is not my most fun thing in the world.
When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.