General Chat

Hello all,

Gosh, it's very quiet on here today.....I hope you are all alright.


Linda, lovely to see you home again and to know that you and OH had a good holiday.

St. Lucia sounds as though it's a lovely place. Had you been there before?




Rita, hope you are managing to keep your spirit up and are are able to keep your mind ocupied at least most of the time. Also hope that your son is going along alright. Still thinking about you both.

I'm sure it was nice to have your daughter and her hubby visit you today. Having visitors helps to break the day up a bit, doesn't it?



Pauline, sorry I haven't replied to your pm yet.....will do later on this evening.

We had a bit of bad news on Thursday, a childhood friend of me and my brother died last week. He had been out walking with the ramblers club that he and his wife belonged to. Towards the end of the walk he stsrted with a headache, so took some pain killers when he got home......but got a lot worse, doctor called out and N--l was rushed to hospital inconcious, where they found out that he had a brain tumour, he died two days later aged 63. It's been such a shock and so haven't been on the threads for a few days.
Anyway, I feel better now and have a bit of catching up to do on some of the threads and pm's



Hope all our other friends on here are alright.


Will speak to all soon.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xx

Hi Linda
I was pleased to hear you had a good holiday. my son was married in St Lucia on the beach in 1998
He said how lovely it was there, and of course I got lots of little nick nacks he brought me home.
We had the celebration in Surrey when he got home. including a wedding cake

My appoiintment for consulatation is on 31st bit worried but need to know what treatment they intend to give me if any ?

My daughter and her husband has just left. she is taking my granddaughter to Bingo this evening as a treat as she doesn get out that much.

I am off to do my dinner now and early one.

Rita

Hi Linda..

Sounds like you had a really good holiday......so glad you did. mine was OK but we had a lot of rain,like you mainly at night and evenings.

I tried to find George for Maddie but could'nt see any on Ancestry . maybe I didn't try hard enough !! :-S

Hope you get the washing all done ....its the worst part of coming home is'nt it ? :-(

Where is Shelly & Pauline these days ? come on girls get yer lappy's out .LOL

Dermot has also been missing.hope he's OK .

Still Ironing....Uggh

Morning everyone
Yes I am back. We had a fabulous time. Sunny, with a cooling breeze so we didn't get too hot, and only rained in the evening , overnight or early morning. So I have a pretty good tan from lounging around reading. I got through 4 books and started a 5th. So really relaxing. We had a tour round the island with a guide and a luxury car so we saw lots too. St Lucia is very green and has a rain forest. It has one big town some smaller towns and a lot of fishing villages. There is a lot of agriculture too. Next to tourism it is their biggest earner. They export bananas and maybe other friuts too. To make the rum they have to import sugar now. Too much food and a fair few cocktails were consumed. A wonderful holiday and we really enjoyed ourselves just doing nothing for the first time in ages.

Maddie I looked for George last night and have sent a couple of records from Ancestry. Hope they might help?

Hope everyone is doing OK. Thanks for the photos of the boys Pauline. Do we have any other new ones? I don't think I have Cath, Wend, and any other newer comers.

How are you Rita have you had any results yet? Sorry I can't remember when you were back to the hospital for the consultant with your sister?

I have so much washing to do I'd better away and get on with it.

Just waiting for the baby to delight us now, due on 24th February and my daughter has now finished work for up to a year. That will fly.

Regards to all Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Morning all.

Maddie......I have looked on Ancestry ..cant find a George Dolby for 1778.

Find My Past is your best bet ....I only have Ancestry.

But I did see on Family Search a George Dolby bapt 4th Jan 1780 St Mary's Cambridgeshire son of John & Mary Dolby.

Rita do you know the whereabouts that your daughter going to stay in North Devon Hotel ? I will be in North Devon in a Hotel on the 30th of this month !! hmm wonder if its the same Hotel !!
:-D

Just going for my bath now ....back later x

Morning I mean that it is here beautiful. as our George would say a real cracker. lol

I think Marilyn we should make a pair of wings from Pete so he can fly off all over the place and leave you at home now and again. either that or move house perhaps he needs new stamping grounds.
I dont blame him wanted to visit as many places as he can. as yu get older you find your not able to do much travelling. My sister is like that we always went together on holidays except when she was going to America and Canada so I have been to quiet a few places but as I have got older I cant travel as much now. she still travels but she said she gets tried more now and she is 75.this year.

I am expecting visitors today. they were due to come last week but she was unwell. so my daughter croaked on the phone see you on sunday Mother.. she is going on her first holiday this year on 31st her and Steve are going to North Devon on a coach trip with friends.one of the friends arranged the friends holiday so they all know each other.

Have a good day.

Can someone with Ancestry tell me if they have parish records.

If so, can some kind person look up George Dolby b. c.1778 in Winkfield for me please? I think his parents are John and Ann from St Marys, Ely, Cambridge.

Any pointers gratefully received.

Ta.
:-)

Good evening everyone.

Thank you for the photos of the 'boys'. I knew what Fogs looked like cos I have met him.

Welcome home Marilyn. Trust you are going to be back with us for a couple of weeks. :-)

Well done Stephen and Mrs Stephen. Nice to see some people stick at it. You will both be eligible for parole soon. ;-)

Hope everyone else is well and warm.

Night night. Work tomorrow.
:-)

Hi I am at Teri until tomorrow afternoon. Been looking after Caitlin and Arron came over for few hours as well. They dont stop. Arron gone home now so only got Cailtin.

Made a nice stew in presser cooker with dumplinngs. Its nice cooking for more then one.

Hope heating working when i get back.Going to boot sale tomorrow.So up early.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#to everyone.

Hazelx

I'm reading at the mo :-D

Hello Foggy ...my lovely :-D

I don't know were everyone has disappeared.....surely not gone to beddy bye's :-S


I come home and Whooosh all gone AWOL

Oh well I often talk to myself !! LOL
:-D

Gosh Foggy that Gorilla looks scary !! :-0

Good evening ladies and Stephen,

Just looked in to say hello.

Thank you Pat..... :-D

like the flowers Marilyn.
Enjoy your chinese :-)

Hi Pat & Stevey.

I'd rather not think about Alaska Pat ....all Petes Idea.. :-S

Cant let him go on his own as I need him ..Awhhh ;-)

Stevey there aren't many of us left that have been with our other OH for 50yrs but I have sometimes wanted to change mine ...LOL..... well only for a minuet !!

I'm having Chinese tonight haven't had one for ages its a bought in one, cant be bothered to go out I'm too cosy indoors.

Stevey ...loved yer chuckle

My Son has gone to get my grandson from the Moors....wonder how he survived as its got colder as the day went on .



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Hi Everyone,
Nice it's Saturday!
Stephen I lived your one liners even though I'm not 60 yet!.
I've been given a dvd to watch on the 25th Jan. Burn's Night. :-)

Marilyn , so Alaska's a bit like Norway then? Land of the midnight sun?

Afternoon All !

Photos.......Folk think my wife was married before. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

I look nothing like my image in the photos now. :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

But inside my head I'm still the same as before :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D.................Daft as a brush.

It is FIFTY YEARS ago today that my wife and I met. And to me she is still the same lass now as she was then ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Might be back later.

This Image

Looking at the mirror on the wall
I see me or is it ?
I remember how I use to be at twenty three
.
The image here , it can't be me?
It can't be me that I see with short grey hair
and a wrinkled brow. This can't be ME

At twenty three it was a different me
I had long black hair and rosy cheeks
These past years have taken there toll
I look like a reject doll .

Still not too worry life's pretty fair.
I'll soon be on a wing and a prayer.
If I take the mirror off the wall
Good now I can't see me at all.



:-)

If he has done that, then you might need to take some black curtian with you if you cannot sleep in the light. it use to drive my friend Pat mad. she said she never had a good nights sleep till she thought of taking black liners with her. she use to go for a week at a time flew all around the world so was prepared for whereever she had to go.,. was a model at one time and appeared on the front of a couple of magazines.I have no idea where she is now. ?

I have been to pay my paper bill and went and brought myself two bars of chocolate and some ravilo which I intend doing for my dinner today.

The sun is out but it is windy here. I could hear the soldiers practing on the rifle range in Pirbright or it might have been Aldershot. as the wind is blowing this way it sounds louder.

Pauline I have aged a lot over the recent years. I looked younger than my sister at one time she is 6 years younger than I am.and it use to be a joke when people thought she was older than me. I dont laugh anymore about it. lol

I told Cath she need not have shown her photo to everyone on GR site but could have sent it to you. I hope that was OK. ?

have a good day

Rita

Morning All,

Guess what ?

Got grand daughter ALL day ....she said she has missed me or has her Mum & Dad missed me for Baby sitting ..LOL

Its quite nice here today.......so more washing on the line.

Rita... looks like I'll be going to see Alaska in June ....Pete s booked it last night :-S
And yes its light day & night, so he tells me.

Now what are you all doing today ? anything exciting ?

Stevey my Grandson is on Dartmoor with the Army Cadets today, hope he doesn't freeze as I can see snow from a distant on the hills .
He's going to Canada for 6 weeks in the summer holidays to join the Canadian Army on a leadership course....was selected from his school one of 12 cadets choose'n from UK.

He's well pleased I think he'll come back as a man !!
:-D

Got to get a coffee for Pete now... :-0