General Chat

My goodness must be a lot of wet beds this morning all these people up early.(my grandmother use to say "Did you wet your bed " when we got up early.) she came from Shropshire so I dont know if that is a saying up there ? or just Grandmothers

Firstly Stephen glad you had a good rest and recalled happy memories.on your retreat over the weekend,

We have lots of Daffs out on the lawns they grown in the grass and look lovely I also still have snowdrops out and the Hydrangers are all in bud how strange is that.? I noticed two Crocus out yesterday in my little bit of garden.and the bluebell leaves are well up. so it will soon be like a blue carpet and the smell is wonderful.

Linda hope things go well at the clinic it is hard getting the weight off. I have steriods and the doctor said while I am on those it will be hard for me to get my weight down. but I have to stay on them. so thats a big help.

Pauline
your up towards the north so I suppose it is colder there than down south ? but the climate has gone all over the place this last two years. yellow roses at Christmas. I even had geriums out up till last month.

Mo hope Jason is getting on OK. keep us informed how he is getting on please.

well time for a shower . I have the eye hospital this morning. fingers crossed things have not got any worse.

Morning everyone else.

Rita

Morning everyone.

It's the same here Stephen, can't believe it's so warm at this time of year. Our daffs aren't in flower yet but we do have some buds on them. The frogs have spawned early this year........... they're about a month early.

Can't believe how hot it is............ maybe I'm having a flush!!

Hope your son is on the mend Mo.

Have a nice day everyone.



Edit: Just seen your ditty Stephen............. very good :-D :-D

Morning Stephen and all others joing later
Bit overcast here this morning. But forecast to be warm again.

Must go for a walk today. Have to see the diabetic dietician first at the Dr. Hopefully I will have lost all the weight I gained in St Lucia.
Then we have to go to Heathrow to pick up our son and his wife after their trip to New York. I bet they will be tired but elated and full of it.

Then the day is ours maybe a walk in Windsor Great Park?

Have a great day whatever you do.

Haeling thoughts for your son Mo xx <3 <3 <3


Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

A Wee Chuckle for the day

More insights on life learned by the time you have reached middle age

If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.

A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.

Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.

Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.

It ain't the jeans that make your butt look fat.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Morning All !

It's so mild I think I've been transported to the Tropics :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

My daffodils are well out now and that is the earliest I have ever known that to happen.....totally confused :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

Jean,
My little jaunt to the mountains went well. I enjoy sleeping by the river and listening to the sound as I drift off to sleep. Although there have been times when the river and even the waterfall have been frozen solid when I've been there.
The tranquility of the spot that I go to is fantastic.
The deer come very close during the Winter.....they are always scrounging food.
It was a bit cloudy so I didn't see many stars this time.
The snow was deep in places on the hill so I kept away from potential avalanche slopes.
Another lovely wee trip. And I'm not ashamed to say I shed a few tears for my absent friends .
It was a good excuse to down a nice big Malt Whisky to toast to their memory.

Another busy day ahead. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Have a good day ya all !

Keep well , keep safe , keep smiling :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Hello Friendlies, hope you have all had a good day.
Been cloudy here, but dry.
Glad your meeting went well Rita.
Stephen did you have a good weekend.

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tea, coffee or hot chocolate for anyone who wants it.

I am going to have an early night, have been up since 5 this morning.
Good night, God bless everyone, hope you have a peaceful night.
Jean xx

Evening all
Busy day today. Gym first thing. Then over to daughters for lunch, before a walk with her, me with baby in a sling !!! Memories of when she was born nearly 33 years ago. We had the dog too.
Back home in time for me to go to WW. Well surprise I lost 2lb, didn't think I'd done that. The plan really does have me eating more than I used to, obviously I wasn't eating enough before LOL
Just had dinner, hubby now snoozing in his chair.
I will finish a little cardigan this evening, just need the front bands and buttons.

Sleep well my friends. I hope your son is a little better today Mo. Still thinking of you all.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Hello everyone

Mo hope your son is feeling better and condolences to his partner's family.

Linda what a lovely little boy, thanks for sending the photo.
Hazel your twins are lovely too
You look like you are enjoying your holiday Marilyn

Hope everyone is keeping well



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evening all
Marilyn we all kicked up a fuss about the big increase in the maintence fees it wiped out our Old age pension raise they deceided not to increase it this year and so it stays the same .but it will go up next year,
, It was the first meeting I have been to in 8 years of living here that a row was not going on . . that must be an all time record.? one of my neighbours said a few words but was very quiet (he is the retired Professor from Cambridge) he said is it al right if I sit next to you. I said no take a seat. I said to him your safe I am not going to cause any trouble.which made him smile.
George it is very kind of you to look for me but that Abslom Lee was born the same time as my Great Uncle Absalom but he was born in Reading I traced him, right through the census. quiet a few people on Ancestry have my Absalom on their list but they have mostly come off mine. I have relations dotted all over the world it is really hard going when you are stuck for years and have no way of moving forward or backwards looking for someone,he just vanished without trace. One of my relations is an archivist in Devon and she searched and found nothing infact she emails me for information on my family when someone abroad get intouch with her looking for one off my tree roots,. she keeps looking for my Great Uncle. it is the not knowing what happened to him that drives me on.

Rita

Hi again Rita,

That Absalom got married in West Ham, Essex. on the second quarter. in 1892.

Just might be worth spending a tenner to see if its the same bloke.

George :-) :-)

Hi Rita,

There is on the 1891 census for west Ham a
Absalom Lee born 1871 who is a boarder there.
It gives his birth place as Reading, but that could be an error, just a thought.

Also quite a few trees on Ancestry with him on.

George :-) :-) :-)

Evening everyone.

Mo, I'm shocked to see what happened to your son, he's so young to have that problem. I hope his youth and strength help him to make a full recovery. When will he be home?

Lovely photo Linda, he's so gorgeous.

Thanks for the photo Marilyn, you look a picture of health.

George, are you going to get a better dressed avatar now that you have a woman to smarten you up?

Hope you enjoyed the Portsmouth meet Foggy, are you really teetotal?

Stephen, didn't know you'd been on your little trip again, that year went over very quickly.

Rita, I think we've all had a go at trying to find your Absalom, one of these days someone might be able to find out what happened to him.

~~~~~~~~~~ to everyone. I'm going to forward some of my emails now.

Evening All !

Mo, Sorry to read the news about your son. It must have come as a shock to you and your Hubby. Hope all works out well.

Marilyn, Cracker of a photo. Is that Pete that's with you ? I didn't think he would look so feminine ROFL ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Just about time for tea.......I can smell something nice wafting about.....I'm a wee bit peckish :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Might pop back later all going well. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Afternoon All.

Although its 11am here......so coffee time.

Hows you all ?

Now I have not seen our Maddie on thread for a while .....has she gone on holiday or maybe just having time out !

I think some are having time out .......nothing wrong with that :-)

Rita....hows that Polish Manager of your ? is she still as lazy as ever :-0
Glad the meeting went OK , hope they don't put management fees up they usually do after meetings .

Off to make Pete a coffee... He's shouting out for one LOL

well I am back from my AGM it didnt take long this morning. we had a new guy from HO and he didnt go into details just asked us what we thought about each sum and item. ? so we had our say and that was That, that is one out of the way .
eye hospital tomorrow morning. so will be away till 1 oclock.

Geroge that was nice of you to take all that trouble you can delete now.

George I laugh when I see your little avator I feel like giving him a can of spinach. I dont know if he has his fingers in his pocket? but he is cute.
well must have a cup of tea now. not had one since this mon ring about 9 oclock.

Morning all,

No problem Rita, sorry it didn't help :-) :-) :-)

Hope you all have a cracking day today even though its a little cloudy :-D :-D :-D :-D

George :-) :-) :-) :-)

Hi everyone

Getting ready to go to medcal about my benefits today.

Be for i go going to pick new glasses up.Then later be getting new laptop.So maybe i will see things better now,may knock down my brick wall i have :-D(some hope there with that one)

Rita good luck in finding your one.

Cloudy and wet here :-( Hope its dry when i go out,dont want to wear my rain mac. Cant hold brolly, bag and stick :-|

Well had me shower now see if i can eat something noormaly cant when i am stressed.didnt eat much last few days. Oh well need to lose few pounds :-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~to all

Hazelx

George I already have that one. I have him up to and including 1881 census as I said in my PM to you. I have not been able to find him after that., not in any of the census up to and including 1911. I did a search on imigration to all countries. found nothing tried froces found nothing. I can only think he must have died in and accident ? but if so why is there no death certificate for him? it is a real mystery
HIs brother Walter I did a search and some kind lady from DFHS emailed me and said she had found him. he had been in the Royal Navy joined as a lad and worked his way up to a first class Petty officer. I was so lucky I got all his records from the time he joined till 1911 when he retired. but found nothing after that. I thought perhaps Absalom had joined as well but found no records of him joining the RN
Thank you for your help, that was kind of you.


My husband and I use to row over buying new clothes he hated to go out and buy then. . he was alright if we were out and he saw something he liked . but to go out with the idea of buying something that was a no no.
I am like that now.

I use to buy him clothes for his birthday and Christmas he always liked what I brought. so he had many shirts and jumpers and underwear.

I am getting my self sorted now as I need some breakfast before I go off to our AGM meeting. it goes on for ever when people bring subjects up, that could be sorted without it being brought up at a meeting.
still its a free country or is it ?
lol

Awhh George....Sarah is only looking after you LOL

Mind you I am fussy about mens shoes I once sent my hubby( before I married him)
back to his home because he had soft shoes on ....and I liked his Chelsea Boots instead they made a noise and was nice and shiny :-D

Foggy .......well at least he's mixing with women ...bless him

I'm going for my walk now to get rid of these calories !!

Hi Marilyn,
The old boy went to meet some members from here down in Portsmouth,
I expect he behaved himself, boring old fart :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
he should let go and have a few drinks....LOL :-D :-D :-D

I was nagged into getting some new clobber :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D blinking women :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

George :-) :-) :-) :-)