Genealogy Chat

Hi Everyone

Cynthia what sad news for you I am so sorry about your friends.

Good friends are so hard to find and as we get older we loose them.

We have just got back from a trip away for a few days ,we thought we would not hang around over the weekend just incase of another party started up and we are so stressed with not knowing if we are going to get sleep this weekend .
We slept lovely in the motel rooms we stayed at and it was nice just to get away with just each other.

I think they may be on the move after last Fridays party,the owners of the house that I contacted were very sad to hear of all we have been through and I am hopeing that they will tell the realestate agent to get them out.

Frank you sound very busy,I am waiting for the cool weather to get here so I can start my painting.
It is still hot and going on a bit to long for all of us ,

Anne just go for the job and have confidence in yourself ,you may get it anyway.

I am off shopping today ,Easter Egg time again.

Suex

I was at junior school when the decimal days were upon us - i can still convert back as well and a 10 bob note was great to get for your birthday.

I once bought a New Agatha Christie paperback at Smiths for 2/6p with some of my birthday money - i still have that book on my bedroom shelf now. Bit different to going to Waterstones today - £6.99 for the same paperback. Talk about inflation.

Frank no wonder we haven't seen you on here for a while.

Well its very drizzly here today and a little chilly back to the grey old days.

I am back to my old job and time for a lunch break today - i feel redundant.

There is a job I really want to go after its only a 10 month secondment - trouble is do i go for it or face rejection again - as i think they already have someone in mind they want - its doing my head in again.

Will i never learn

Well back to the internet and looking through the new book listings.

Take care all

Hi all,

Still working away on the bedroom.
Windows painted inside and out as well as the door and skirting boards.
I also had to do a second coat of paint on the ceiling and cornices to cover up the pink and grey.
While up the ladder with a ten litre tub of paint, I kept worrying that I might knock it over but nothing happened.
Then, when I was standing on the floor painting the door with a tiny pot of primer ....... I manged to drop it!!!
Didn't make any real mess as it's quite thick (no comments please) but just plopped out like a big mushroom, thank goodness.

Once the ceiling had dried I started the wallpaper which is just a white superfresco vinyl which will allow me to paint in order to change colour schemes instead of having to strip wallpaper and start again.
With the forthcoming beech coloured laminate flooring we will have a very bright but blank canvas to let my OH loose on.
Lilac / purple for the duvet and similar colourings for the pictures and nicknacks.
We are stuck with our light grey furniture for the time being, but that goes fine just now and we can move it on to the spare bedroom at a later date.
So that's us halfway through...... get the rest of the papering done next weekend.

Then I'll be off to B&Q to pick up some laminate flooring.

Now then Cynthia, how on earth did you manage to blow your half a crown pension rise without noticing it.
I can remember when 2/6p would last a whole week, blah, blah, blah........................

Sorry Anne, you're probably to young to remember the pre decimal days when we all worried that the prices would keep going up ???????????

.......... or perhaps not ;)

Sorry to hear about your friends husband - best not to tell her - they did that with one of my great aunts - they didn't tell her my nan (her Sister-in-law) had died as it woudl have upset her too much.

We still added her on tot he birthday & Christmas cards, but she didn't stay with us much longer herself. We had a real time of it we lost 12 close relatives in 6 years it was horrible & then missed a year - then I had to have both my dogs put down & lost my mum a year after that. No wonder I ended up with high blood pressure. It was a very trying time.

Oh nearly forgot - John moved in with me as well the week after I lost my mum - a very trying time - 19 years later we are still together - the longest either of us has ever been with anyone. We will have been married 13 years this year.

Didn't win the lotto - but never mind - will still keep trying.

Strange weather today - poured this morning - now the sun is out - that means the grass will grow & grow. Must shove the OH out with the mower.

I see our Evelyn is poorly again looking at her Mums thread & she still has her fingers crossed till 5 April.

What did you blow your 12p on Cynthia?

Well i have been given a pay rise it works out to £40 a year once tax has been taken off - thats 76p a week - bit better than Cynthia trying hard to think what i am going to do with all that extra cash. I may just save it & buy an extra couple of lines on the lotto each month or a scratch card to see if I can increase the money.

Well i have a meetin to go to this afternoon & a report to finish in less than an hour - my last day looking after the job - will be sad to leave it as i really liked it. I have to hand it back tomorrow & go back to my own job - which i have also been doing bits of at the same time.

Tomorrow i have most of the morning doing the hand over, a meeting at 11 and then another meeting at 3. I can see I am going to get a lot done tomorrow as well.

Take care all

Hi all
xxx


I was sure I had posted after Reece's story, to say how sorry I was that she had been conned, and what an awful experience it is to lose your trust.


But it isn't there???



ah well .......... I've had several posts go into the ether and not appear!


Sue .....re "your" music playing. My idea was that you do it after the boys have gone to bed and are asleep, but at a normal time for everyone else!


Good deal on getting your computer repared C


OH took his computer in on Friday, he was at a bit of a loose end through the weekend without it!

He has one of those gadgets for uploading slides onto the computer, and ti wasn't working as it should. He took that in to our GoGoGeek guy. They found the gadget was fine, so it had to be the computer.


It seems that spring might be on its way here ........ being very cautious about it. But I did wear a short sleeved top on Saturday! Back into long sleeves on Sunday and today though



Take care



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My 12p? Sorry to have to say this.....but I've blown the lot! lol


Sue, why haven't you used the pool.....I thought it was so hot out there?


Was that Anne who rushed by in a puff of smoke? ;)


Very up and down here at the moment. It looks as though my best friend may have dementia after all and, to top it all, her husband died on Saturday and the nursing staff are not sure when to tell her. So very sad.


On the good side, I have my own computer back! I took it for an estimate at PCW - cost of repair £220+. Repaired by friend.....£65. Just shows you how much profits these big firms make doesn't it?


Had an autism meeting this morning and it really shows up why local authorities get in a mess. So much talking, very little action. Round and round and round we go. People get paid to go round in circles!!


A beautiful day here and the washing is doing very well. In fact, I have more to put out........


Hope our absentee friends are all okay. Love. Cx

Cynthia - would you like me to give you a list of things you could spend your 12p on - or are you going to invest it & live on the interest?

Reece - how very upsetting for you - its the principle as well

Susan - does it cost a lot to keep the pool going when its not used - can't you just cover it or drain it - sorry I know nothing about Pools.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend

No Frank or Josie for a while now

Hope to get back in touch again once I have finished all this rushing about - you would think I would lose weight wouldn't you - but not an ounce.

Take care all - must away to see if the office won the lotto over the last few weeks

Hi Everyone

Anne sorry but I could not follow your text above what does it all mean?

I don't think a sandwich will do you much damage.

Thankyou for the offer in Canterbury,unless you can find William Haycocks parents God bless you ,that line I have all but given up on but I will use your info you found for me the last time and put it in my tree as fact until someone proves me wrong.

Reece that is not a nice thing to do to you ,never had it happen to me YET I may say but with the way things are nowa days it could .

We are still very warm here,waiting for a cool period to come in.

I had some very old photos of my Granfparents that had a lot of marks on them ,sent them to my cousin in the UK and he has sent them back to me like brand new photos I can't believe he is so clever.

I have collected a lot of old photos now just wish I could go all the way back with them ,so nice to see your ancesters faces and what they looked like in stature.

Grandaughter here at present with her friend ,they have popped over for a swim.
The pool was not used much this year sorry to say, just a waste of money I think ...never again to much work to keep clean.

Better get dinner on
Catch you all later

Cynthia !! be carefull how tou spend all that 12p extra.

Oh Reece, that is awful, but I can understand how easily it happens. Maybe we are just too trusting sometimes. Just goes to show how careful we must all be.



Anne, glad you enjoyed your sandwich......do have another! Oh yes, and take the phones off the hook for a while!



Beautiful spring day here - really, really, nice. Had lunch with an old friend from Burma who is staying with her daughter locally. Good to catch up on things.


Had a surprise windfall yesterday...........my pension went up by 12p. Still stunned by the shock.......lol



Anyone heard from Josie lately?? Hope all is well with her.


Take care all. Love. Cx.

Another beautiful day but apparently it is going to get colder for the weekend!

The concert was very enjoyable - Bach, Schutz, Arvo Paart, Mozart, Ave verum Corpus and Pergolesi, Stabat Mater.

Anne, slow down, please! I think you secretly enjoy the challenge though! Yes, look forward to those lovely hotelsand a nice break away from the hurly-burly of the office.

I was actually "conned" this morning on my doorstep! The bell rang and I was washing up so grabbed a towel, drying my hands as Isailed to the front door to be met by a young man, nice smile (and a tan - I almost asked him where he'd been on holiday) who said "I've just cleaned your windows" and when I replied where's Richard? he said Oh I'm his son he has hurt his elbow. I rushed back to the kitchen and picked up some money from the table and dashed back, handed it to him and he left with a very big smile, saying "see you in 3 weeks".

On the way back to the kitchen I realised that I had most probably been caught. Checked the windows and no they hadn't been cleaned, popped over to a neighbour who checked the other houses and he had called on them all but said he was a new window cleaner! So a first time for everything but the next person who calls uninvited will wonder about such a rude, brusque old lady! I still can't quite believe it happened to me.

Take care everyone,

R.

Wonderful spring day today - went out without a coat for a change.

Still running around Cynthia - doing 4 different jobs - got lost on the phone the other night at home - didn't know how to answer it - 1) A ********* E****** 2) C************ card 3) Concierge Team 4) Reception team 5) Prospects 6) R************** M************team 7) Emma's phone 8) C********* Driving school 9) John's phone 10) Hello

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh too much going on at the same time

This secondment finishes the middle of next week & I am going to miss it - also no overtime next week - we have the weekend off -

Going to Canterbury again on the 2nd if you need anything Sue?

Was very naughty & went & got myself a sandwich today & very nice it was too

I hope its like this next month when we go on our hotel visits - i think i need a rest.

Take care all - must go back to work

Hi Everyone

I will try your sugestions ladies the only trouble is they always play up in the early hours of the morning so I think I could get some complaints myself.

Good point doing it at 8am though.

Cynthia I always ask my son in law first about computers as he will not let me get ripped of ,there are a lok of shady people out there that take advantage of people our age.

The weather is warming up again here,thought it may start to cool off a bit but no such luck.
I don't think it is too far away though.

Have you all been following the UN's bombing of Libya, I hate that Gaddafi he is such a cruel man and too his own people too,as always it is all about money and the oil.
There seems so much unrest all over the world at the moment and put that together with Japan's troubles.

I had better get dinner started before the OH comes home,catch you all later.

Suex

Poor Sue.....do hope that your neighbour problem gets sorted soon. Had to laugh at Sylvia's suggestion though. When I am in the car and a car pulls up next to blaring pop music full blast, my hand automatically reaches out to turn up Classic fm..full volume. Love it!!



Anne, you're gonna have an ulcer if you keep rushing around the way you do............hope a calmer week is ahead for you.



Have had a problem with the battery charger connecting to my laptop.....took it to PCW and the cost of repair.....£220!! On yer bike!
Am taking it to a friend who is into computers to see what he says.


Had better nip for a shower before another busy starts......


Love to all....Cx

Hi all
xxx


rainy today for the first day of Spring!


Sue ..... suggestion for you.

Get out your tape deck, cd player or even the radio.


Find some OPERA or 50s / 60s music ............. and play at full pelt, starting at around 8 am


Do warn your other neighbours first ..................... of course, they may want to add to the noise.


:))))))



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xxx

Oh for a bit of warmth - we have the Sun not the heat now.

So sorry to hear about your friends what an awful thing to happen at any time - but both at the same time - would suggest Oscar Wilde if it wasn't so tragic.

Well busy busy busy as usual - so busy I worked through lunch by accident on Friday - at least taking 30 mins today sort of

So Friday worked through lunch - left an hour early - jumped in the car - OH & I rushed rounf the shops - rushed home for dinner & eat around 6:30. Got up in a rush on Saturday - no time for Breakfast - dashed off to work fro 7am - worked till 2 (had a few bikkies) Then OH collected me at 2 and we motored off down the M23/M23/M11 to Essex as staying with the in-laws for the night. We arrived just after 4 - it was a quiet journey

We had to wait for my S-in-L to arrive - so we went for a meal around 6pm - nearly 24 hours without a meal - OH & I were a bit niggly but didn't really want to eat then either - went out for chinese - have to admit it did not sit well with me at all, all night - we went back in the car to the In-laws for the evening & then off in the car to the S - in - laws for the night - she wanted to chat so we were still up at 11.

Bad night - could not get comfortable - so up & about at 6am - breakfast at 8am then we left in the car for the in-laws at 10am - chat to them & off to lunch at 12 noon. We left them at 1:45 & were back off down the motorway & home by 3:45. Unpacked by 4 and flopped - have to admit I missed some of NCIS as fell asleep.

Think i may sleep well tonight -

Beautiful day out there - jut needs a bit more heat.

Nice to see Robert & Evelyn back - What has happened to Frank

Sylvia - hope you had a fab time

Susan - sorry you had more trouble - & a Migraine - go on - give them some Rock & roll when they are asleep - put a speaker outside the window & let rip - get your neighbours to join in.

Well must go i have a conference call to join in to.

Don't rush around too much - its not good for you - he he he

Take care all

Hi Everyone

One hell of a weekend I can tell you.

Boys nextdoor had a nother party friday night 3.30 it was still going so called the Police again .
They were there in 10 minutes,all was quiet from them on ...just waiting for the next one .
Saturday I got a Migraine the first one for about 9 months ,I am beginning to think they may trigger off with Stress, so that did me for the weekend .
Still have a sore head but the pain is gone .

Cynthia so sorry for your friends Hubby,the family must be thinking what they have done to deserve all this.
My prayers to them for a speeding recovery.

Evelyn I am still watching your thread on your mother ,can't wait for that 1911 Scotish Census,I do hope it gives you something to go on.

Our weather is still warm but I sence that the season is about to change,it has been a very long hot summer almost 5 months this time,it gets you down being so hot so long.
I think the OH will be glad too when the cooler weather comes along then we can winge about the cold .

Better get dinner started ,T bones tonight my favorite.

Suex

Hi

lovely to see both Ven. Robert AND Evelyn popping in



take care everyone



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Evelyn! Whenever did you behave yourself.......lol

Good to see you around again Robert but I can't promise to behave unfortunately............. :))


Busy day. Have been to see my poorly friend who is a little better but still rather confused. Her husband had a stroke last week and they are both in the same hospital. Their two sons are going to have to make some tough decisions in the near future.


Love to you all.....Cx

Yes Ven.Robert I will behave

Hi Cynthia,

Waves to you and everyone else.
Still alive and kicking and being the Grumpy Old Man I should be at my age.
I still watch your every move so BEHAVE!! --all of you!!!