General Chat

I was thinking of doing the same thing the other day, the same with a couple of other threads that have dwindled... the carers anonymous hasn't popped up since I wished them well at Christmas and New Year. Have not seen Huia around for awhile.

I thought this thread would keep going regardless so maybe you are right Glossy Ann and the heart has disappeared, there certainly seems to be only a few of us posting these days.

I liked Blackthorn Winter so it will get a favourable review from me.

Persie

Glad you dragged it back,. Ann. Lovely thread, just needs a bit of pushing now and then! BC XX

Oh my goodness, sorry folks. I haven'y forgotten you all, just been busy with searching elusive ancestors, lol. Had success today so will make more effort to look in now and again. Hope everyone is well.

Sweet dreams,

Cath xx

Morning folks,
A dry but rather grey start to the day here.
Hope you are all well.

Dont know what is going on in the world, all these quakes and natural disasters. Heartbreaking to watch events in Japan unfold. Is it just me or are they becoming more frequent? Certainly seems we have had an awful lot of major disasters recently.

Take care,

Cath xx

Dunno If what I say next makes sense to any one else......the earth has always had a natural wobble..
now to my mind. you cant keep digging stuff out of the earth change it into something else ( Like oil, Coal Iron ore,etc and deposit it elsewhere with out causing some more imbalance

Bob

so sorry for my absence folks.
My subs had expired in Jan and I was only able to connect again last week.
I have been reading all your news , but could not respond.

Its been a busy couple of months here, and the rain goes on. just this last Saturday I had 35mm in 20 minutes, the gutters tank and spouts were all overflowing and water everywhere out back in the patio. to day was very warm and fine.

Son 2 who graduated from high school last December, has successfully moved through the process of joining the Navy, and will be going in about 2 months time. Its nice to know that what he had his heart set on will eventuate; as the criteria is very stringent, with many interviews and fitness and medical tests.

Daughter has started nursing as a Div 1 about 50 minutes drive from here in a palliative care hospital. Her formal graduation is coming up in April. So we will have to have a party to celebrate her hard work over many years to get this far.
Because of her working away, I have been on nanna duty for my 7 yr old grandson, usually 4 days a week.
He takes the bus to school, but I always go and get him from school as its such a long day for him. He is an easy boy to look after, but I still get pretty tired, extra washing, doing homework etc

My FTM for mac 2010 software arrived about 2 weeks ago, and I have been playing around with that most mornings, learning and going through the tutorials. I brought my GR tree gedcom into it the other day, but
I only want to have it on my laptop, not online.

may I comment about worlds disasters?
Seems to me there is nothing new under the sun.
Could it be that we hear about these things so easily this century,
and in the past things went un recorded?

I studied ancient history, and there were terrible disasters in those times too.

Annette

Sadly Japan is on part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a volcanic and fault area which extends around the Pacific and includes San Francisco and California with the San Andreas fault. These areas will be affected inevitably by earthquakes as the earth's plates move and they are now more heavily populated with the increasing population growth.

I agree with Annette that with the instant reporting now possible the media has a capacity to help people appreciate the enormity of such disasters as never before. However there are numerous events including flooding and abnormal weather events that can be partly attributed to climate change, deforestation and other man made problems.

Thanks for your recent input, glad you are all OK. Good to see you back Annette, it must have been frustrating reading and not being able to reply.

I am on holiday at the moment in the beautiful Lake District. so replying on my netbook.

Natural disasters seem so much worse with the instant pictures and continuous reporting we receive. No bad thing to know how others are suffering is it. I feel so sad for the people of Japan and also for the many Britains who are missing.

An interesting thought Bob.

Keep it going folk. Sorry should also have responded to K and Catherine, thank you for your comments.

Hi to all, hope everyone is ok.
Annette you must feel very proud of your son and daughter, both doing such rewarding jobs.
I look after my grandchildren every afternoon and have to say it is exhausting. Ages 2,3,6 and 9. The eldest 2 are at school until 3.15 so thats not so bad but the youngest 2 are real livewires and keep me on my toes till they go home at 6pm.
Ann I hope you are having a nice relaxing break, I would love to see the Lake District, I bet the scenery is beautiful.

Hello everyone.
My apologies for being away for so long. Some people on here will know that I have been unwell since around September last year which has been a very difficult time. I did retire and this is documented on other threads so I will say no more.
I am back home and having a wonderful relaxed time and I do not miss work at all.
I still have my down moments but try hard to manage them.
I have been posting on other threads especially those that I started.

It has been good reading through the last 3 or 4 pages and seen some books mentioned that I will try to read.
Currently reading a book I had as a child, in fact the book that made me hooked on reading. It is called Tommy Apple and his Adventures in Banana Land by James Laver and the pictures are by Henry Rox.
When I first read it I thought it was simply a fun book but now I can see that it has other messages as well, and is most likely have been a satirical writing.

Well time to go,
Bye

It was yesterday Ctherine becaue the sun shone and it all looked beautiful with mountains in the distance capped with snow. However, today we had mist, drizzle and rain. But the day ended with a beautiful sunset over the mist, goodness knows where the sun came from

Can I just jump in? First time I have read this thread. Several of you have commented on a book by Elizabeth Goodge, if I have got that right. As a chlid my favourite book was "The Little White Horse" by a lady with the same name....

Jump in when you like Helen. Elizabeth Goodge used to be one of my favourite authors although it is a long time since I read her books.

Hi
Young grandson has gone home for 2 days, as mum has 2 days off.
Today I want to work on my tree and fix all those little inconsistencies that the FTM program said I have in the way I recorded the dates on GR
.
Seems like I didnt use the correct format of 01 Sep 1800 all the time;

and reverted to either 1 September 1800 or such like. Its not that I have entered incorrect dates for bdms but that the way I did it wasnt the same throughout.

There are quite a lot to fix up, but if I can get it done this morning, then I can generate a Register report, and print it out.
then I can see just what I need to spend time looking for from now on.

Hoping you are all well
Annette

Hi everyone


Life just seems to have been so busy ...... yet I'm not sure why!


Grandson was 1 year old on March 9 ................ that year has just flown by!


The weather has been really changeable here for what seems like weeks ..... actually about 3+ weeks! Unfortunately my joints react badly to atmospheric changes, so I've been taking more of my strongest painkillers than I like.

This afternoon, it all caught up with me ............. and I went to bed at about 2 pm, and slept until after 5 pm! Didn't even hear OH come home about 2:30, make hinself coffee, etc etc


Have to be bright and cheery for tomorrow .............. we're going out to a dinner dance, a fund raiser for the Student Opera Program that OH helps with (sometimes even singing in the chorus, as the tame greybeard!).


Take care everyone

sylvia
xxx

Hi Sylvia
Sorry to hear youve been in pain. I really hope that Resting up does the trick; you want to be able to enjoy that dinner dance tomorrow!

Hope you all have a great time and a good amount is raised to help the opera students.

The last one I went to was Marriage of Figaro which I truely enjoyed.
Its not so much the singing for me, its the costumes, drama, and stage effects that bring the meaning to me. It not often something like that comes to our town.
Usually have minor theatre plays, musicals and the like.
Still that's so much better than travelling very far to see/ hear something.

I have a few cds of the group Human Nature, and also of the group Blake. My favourite of their albums is "And So it Goes" which is a little bit celtic in sound.
Otherwise my other individual like is Andrea Botcelli, especially when he sings with Celene Dion.

Take care
Annette

Sylvia I hope that you have a great time at the dinner dance.

I have spent some time each day trying to read William Goldings' Lord of the flires, I still cannot get engrossed in it. Am I the only person who has never read this.? Sorry I haven't been on here since my first comment but have been fairly busy and also trying to keep alive the threads I started.

I am thinking about doing an on line University course on "Writing" has anyone else done this, and if you have any experience in such courses I would be delighted to read your comments. I want to start by writing about my ancestors.
Take care
Bridget
19.50hrs Spain

Bridget I have not read Lord of the Flies, it doesn't appeal to me.

Lord of the Flies was a set book when I was at school so I read it then. but I can't say that I've ever had the urge to pick it up again since.

Has anybody read 'The Little Stranger' by Sarah Walters? I think it's absolutely brilliant; but, although it was shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize, I don't know anybody else who has read it - apart from OH who didn't like it!