General Chat

ttttchaaaa! fancy wearing yourself out at the London meet, when you really should be taking things easier at your time of life Petunia dear. While you were gone, I toddled off to Battlebridge and have virtually purchased some virtual items just for you dear. They were such bargains .....

one bed warmer
ok it needs polishing to restore the warm copper glow it once had, but the devil makes work for idle hands and will give you a break from knitting each evening.

one green velvet chaise longue complete with cushion
yes the velvet is a little mothbitten now but with a green felt tip pen you could do a wonderful restoration job, and I am sure the scratches on the wooden legs wont be noticeable once you've dabbed them with used tea bags.

An assortment of old books to replace the ones in your private library that we had to burn to keep warm this winter. One is the Fanny Craddock and Johnny housekeeping advice book, perhaps Mrs Berry might like to borrow it occasionally? Fanny and Johnny werent really married you know. What a scandal that would have been, had people in the 1950s found out that they were cohabiting in sin. What a difference a half-century makes .......

there is a possible explanation Lesley although it doesnt make sense.

On Thursday I was shopping in SainsCo and was browsing around the housewares aisles. There were three children, a girl and two boys, shoving each other around as giggling as children do. The girl suddenly spoke to me, asking my opinion on a product, which one did I think looked better, and I was surprised to be asked this but obligingly said the blue one looked better. She thanked me, and trotted off, clutching the item, with both boys. I am wondering if they were responsible for the peg, and if so .... why. I was very conscious of a possible distraction attempt, but I always wear my handbag with the strap around my neck, and the overflap next to my body.

I never use a zip handbag as these are so vulnerable.

So it could have been them, except that children these days dont normally play such pranks any more. They have xboxes and playstations and other such technical items to keep them ungainfully occupied. But if it was these kids, why target a stranger ....... ah well, God moves in mysterious ways and no harm was done.

Morning ladies,

Tis morning here, our clocks went back so we could actually 'see' when we arose from our bed. OH quite early as he took the pup for a walk..

Petunia, glad to hear you had a lovely time keeping 'order' . I so wish I was able to attend a meet.. Maybe when our boat comes in...

I won't hold my breath as our lotto tickets are always useless. I just don't know why the machine keeps spewing out the wrong tickets for me.. One of lifes mysteries. I am not really a gambler, but " you gotta be in to win".

CC, though not a gambler, I would put money on those little blighters in the supermarket being responsible for your pegging :-D.No doubt they are still chuckling, I wonder how many other 'victims' they have.?

I want to mow the lawns today but the mower is useless and my OH is too busy to get to town to buy me a new one. I would go myself but I no nothing about mowers - only how to push one :-|... OH worked yesterday and has gorn off again today... One is not amused :-P.. Once I have out the house to rights (again), I may just lounge on the couch all day ;-).

CC, Marmite did come back onto the shelves in our supermarkets and sold out in the first day. I still have not spotted it on the shelves. I did purchase some vegemite but I don't like it. The marmite saga was named 'Marmagedon' :-D. A near national disaster.... My fruit loves marmite and used to take much pleasure in introducing her international flatmates to 'marmite'. I don't think one person ever liked the taste.

~~~~~~~ to Teresa and bids farewell for now to t'others

good morning ladies.

you're late putting your clocks back Susan, we did ours a week ago *acquires prim/goody-goody expression* ;-) ;-) ;-)
yes there is no other explanation, except the question of "why" arises. Why pick on a pensioner who is minding her own business browsing the sales modules. :-S They should have been at home playing with their xboxes in messy stuffy bedrooms ....... Well, no serious harm was done. And, pink cheeks takes a few years off my face.

Ah there you are Petunia dear, I hope you slept well after yesterdays exertions. I forgot to tell you previously that I put a 5% holding deposit down on those gifts I acquired for you, so you only need to pay the balance. And the vanman kindly agreed to deliver everything for free gratis, but no doubt you will want to give him a very reasonable tip.

I shall be off shortly - thanks to one of Sainsco's £5-off vouchers I have the new Bon Jovi CD to listen to, so I may be gone some time .....

Hello Ladies I am getting increasingly concerned about Teresa's absence:-( do you think she may have been abducted by Rosemary due to her lapse over the Easter holiday :-S

I will be starting a search for Teresa this afternoon is anyone free to join me?

Lesley x

I'm free !!!!!

coooeeee Teresa, come out come out wherever you are.

Perhaps Teresa is really one of our elusive ancestors Lesley. Are you feeling any better now? I do hope so.

Well my FMP membership has expired and I wont be renewing. Its not long to this GR membership expiring and I wont renew, as I said before, because I've finished all the research, and I have a hip operation to go to at some point hopefully before the end of the year so I wouldnt be able to use the computer for a while anyway. Am trying to get back to the same hospital who did my left hip last year, the GP said she will support me in this. I figured, wherever I go, whoever does the surgery would have to apply to the GP for funding so I might as well see the same surgeon in whom I have the utmost confidence, he's a brilliant surgeon. Cos nothing went wrong !!! :-D :-D :-D

Gooood evening dears, here I am!!!!!!

I see Teresa is still in the 'missing' mode, mind you she is always working her fingers to the bone. I really admire that young gel. She is dedicated to her place of toil, and it gives one hope in these sad and dismal days. No doubt when she has a mo, she will be back.

Lesley, dear, are you any better? I am still coughing very delicately, but persistently.

Now then Cherry, what are these new packages that have found their way into the Parlour. That smiley face on the boxes is becoming a little tedious. I have given you your own bedroom and the adjoining box room, are you thinking over taking over the whole of the West Wing dear?

Dear Upsidedown Susan, you must be coming down slowly now. Have you got the photograph album yet? Or do these young people not have them anymore? I believe they have the photos in colour these days. I remember when photos were only in black and white.

I have posted a new avatar dears. Tis is little gel I know. She was a dear little thing, with silver blonde hair, and the bluest of eyes. She was the apple of her dear Papa's eye..................................how time flies.

I am to be taken to Romford Market in the near future dears. But only if it is a little warmer. I have never been before, but I believe there is a train locally that will take us. As I mentioned to dear Lesley, I am always open to new shopping locales. One is practically banned from the local shops [I cannot think why when my helpful comments are............well.....................so helpful] so I need to spread my wings a little further. Just as long as they have a 'proper' haberdashers and somewhere I can buy my silken undies, I shall be happy.

Writing my shopping list
Auntie Petunia

:-D Undies Petunia??.

Pardon me, but you are sounding as common as the rest of us ;-). Isn't it amazing how much is charged for such a small item :-P, golly, it is not like we can go without now , is it??. I certainly can't be doing with those thong thingys.... Uughh, the thought of them some how brings dental floss to mind :-D.

Petunia, I am well and truly back down to earth. Doesn't take long does it... No album yet. Don't think Fruit will be going for a traditional album, she is going for a 'book', photos printed and bound like an ordinary book. Though of course there will be nothing ordinary about this particular book ;-).

CC, such a shame you are to leave us :-(. I shall miss your wit that is for sure.. I hope you do manage to get the operation you need without too much of a wait.. If I ever come back to your shores, we must have a mini meet, maybe in Petunia's parlour ??

I was most put out over the weekend, I found out some important family 'news' vis ruddy f book..... OOh I was cross and spat quite a few tacks. Shame my OH was in the firing line at the time :-(... I have had my say to the family and have moved on :-).

I thought I was going to be allowed to play hooky from work today, sadly not.... I quite fancied a day out and a nice coffee somewhere. Oh well, you win some you lose some I guess.

Our mornings and evenings are much cooler now, in fact I would say 'cold'.. Time to don a few more layers.. The upside is Spring is on its way :-) - after Winter that is ;-)

Toodle pip
Susan

hello Petunia dear, so you are back from doing your good works of the day? Do sit down dear and let me fetch you a soothing camomile tea, I do declare you are taking on far too much these days.

You will enjoy Romford Market, I think. I was very nearly an Essex Girl doncha know, and only deprived of having fun because GtGtGtGrandPappy Samuel decided to relocate to East London although it was still Middlesex in those days. A distant cousin of mine lives in Romford so if you should happen to pass her while browsing around the stalls do please greet her graciously.

oh perish the thought I should take over the entire West Wing. This is your house dear, and naturally I dont need reminding quite so often of the fact. I only spread into the box room next to the Green Room and apart from annexing the little corner of the attic room above the Pink Room (carefully avoiding The Wardrobe, of course) you hardly know my possessions are around.

So dear what did you think of the green velvet chaise longue, and the warming pan? And the Fanny Craddock housekeeping hints book? that must have made for some excellent bed time reading. As I said, I have paid the deposit and these items are all yours just as soon as you pay the balance, and I do hope you appreciate my generosity but I just had to do something to thank you for all your hospitality.

A smiley face?

I remember a smiley face that was part of the promotional package for a certain rock band tour, who were having One Wild Night on a Bed Of Roses to give them Something To Believe In while they were all Living In Sin. I think this bubble has finally burst because Ritchie has walked out of the current Because We Can tour and without Ritchie things just wont be the same. Whether or not there was a fight over money, its never a good thing to be sky-high on solvents. I bought the latest album and was rather disappointed with it. Ah well, I saw them twice, and I never thought I'd get to see them once, and nothing lasts for ever, but it was good while it lasted. They sure Made A Memory for me!!

dont worry Susan you have my email address :-)

common as the rest of us ?????? well I hope that sweeping statement did not encompass Moi. One has never been common. A well tended park, maybe ....... ;-)
(common ..... park .......?)

I thought I was always the last to know. Must say tho, I have never been left to find things out from F book. Tomorrow is another day :-)

I am sooooo sorry dear Upsidedown Susan, I should NEVER have said undies, of course I meant combinations.

Does the not the South American River company not have a smiley face on its boxes?

I shall of course look out your relative dear, should I see her, I shall of course dish the dirt and pump away until I find out some delicious gossip.

Oh dear........................I said that out loud!!!!!!

Shocked at myself
Auntie Petunia

but Petunia dear I have not placed an order with the River Company lately, apart from the little ornament I purchased on Sunday night but this has not been delivered yet - so I dont know whose those packages might be for.

Has Pat rish aaaaaah been ordering unsuitable items perhaps?

It is amazing what can be purchased from the River Company - why, I was searching for a telescopic ostrich feather duster and came across the little white dusters that accompany French maid outfits, skimpy things they were too (the outfits), and I dont know why French maids have to have little white dusters. Does anyone know? ;-)

I do assure you dear that you will not uncover any salacious or even delicious gossip that involves myself. I have always been as pure as the driven snow, apart from the occasional drifts but even these were whitewashed. The rest of it is just scurrilous rumour best swept under the fireside rug. Nothing was ever proved. In any case, it was a long time ago and there were no witnesses. :-D :-D :-D :-D

To tickle a Frenchmans fancy CC?? :-D..

Combinations - that also conjures up a confusing 'vision' in my minds eye... I haven't even been scratching anything.
I do remember a trend while I was at school, a long long time ago of girls wearing 'witches britches' :-D... I bet they were nearly longer than our uniform.

Enough of this talk.

Ladies, I need you to put your thinking caps on and supply me outstandingly fabulous ideas for me - I need to organise a '0' birthday treat for my male fruit, there is time, tis not til the year end. I am stuck for ideas :-(. (psst, tis 30 :-S).
I will get his blister in on the act, hopefully she will have fab ideas too.

Do have a lovely time in Romford Petunia, I have no idea where that is but hazard a guess Kent? Don't ask me why, Kent just sprang to mind. My geography knowledge of your fair Isle is somewhat lax :-(. How will you travel there?

~~~~ to the missing Teresa and Lesley :-). Hope all is well with you and yours?.

OH has a young niece set to leave our shores tomorrow to travel by herself through Asia, we have begged her to stay safe and not take any undue risk. These young people are far more adventurous than I ever was. I envy them I must admit. Please send positive vibes her way :-).

Time for my dinner - has been a long time since lunch :-(.

Have a lovely day ladies

Tutttttttty tut,

I have rambled at length and everything has whooshed orff into cyber space

Teresa

*shakes head sadly* oh Teresa, I have told you how to avoid this disappearing act - type it all in a Word doc or Notepad first, on your hard drive, then c&p into the GR reply box. If your text whooshes orf again - you still have it sitting on your hard drive! Seemples! :-D :-D :-D :-D

*

Ooooh Susan a birthday treat for a young male - you will have your work cut out organising that. Do you think he is old enough for pretty girls leaping out of cakes?? ;-) What is your budget - no, dont tell ME. But, do you have enough of a budget to arrange something like a newly-formed local rock band (who will be grateful for the publicity and a modest fee) to play at a local community room? I guess its too cold still for a BBQ event, or a beach party around a driftwood bonfire? Or a fancy dress party at home where everyone has to attend dressed in clothing from a certain era like all Romans or all 1920s. Or - a come as you are party, where all the guests must attend wearing what they were clothed in at the time they received the telephone call inviting them. That should make for much merriment if someone was luxuriating in a tubful of bubbles !!

Romford is in Essex, if thats any help. Essex is the county up from Kent, going north. Essex is north of the Thames; Kent is South.

has anyone else noticed ????? 60 and counting ..... pages of this lovely thread that is !!

genuine warning - if you or anyone you know has a Yahoo email account ...

I found an email in my inbox just now, from Yahoo, saying someone had tried to access my email account from the Iraq region. I was invited to click on a link. Just in case this wasnt genuine, I didnt click on the link but I immediately changed my password which was easy enough to do.

These blighters will try anything wont they ..... :-( :-( :-S

Good evening Ladies,

Thank you dear Cherry for your timely advice...............but why you could not just sit across the table from me and tell me..............but never mind, I will be doubly careful now. Not that I know anyone in Iraq!

Susan dear, why not have a genteel tea party. A naice pot of Earl Grey, a few Gipsy creams and a fairy cake or two. Then one can play whist or canasta. No? Give me a week or so, and I shall put my thinking cap on.

Teresa dear, I could hear the blaspheming from here. Get the hence Docker, stay away from our dear Teresa!

A little warmer today dears, not quite enough for the parasol, but not bad.............not bad at all.

Pip Pip all
Auntie Petunia

it was one of my BCC Multimail/Undisclosed Recipients emails, Petunia dear, so went out to a lot of people - I couldnt put all of them around the table, you dont have enough chairs. The idea is that each person who gets a Multi mail doesnt see the addies of the other recipients.

I dont keep much of a contact list, I prefer to click on Reply to reduce the risk of worms and viruses being passed on, but I hear that some worms are so clever they can perpetuate themselves even without a Contact List.

I've looked on the Net and it seems that Yahoo has been vulnerable to this sort of attack recently, and some people say that they couldnt get into their accounts although they hadnt changed their password. The blighters must be using a very clever computer with lots of combinations to work out passwords. Since I changed my password, I have been able to get in and out of my account. Hopefully the action I took will prevent problems.

And what a good job I never do internet banking, or use a Money package on my computer.

This afternoon was quite pleasantly mild and I did a little pottering in the garden, then I went shopping, and disposed of all the recycling which I prefer to do in person then I am not forever picking it up off the sidewalk where the binmen drop it and leave it.

Afternoon Ladies,

All this talk of worms is making me feel decidedly itchy-coooo.

I remember when I was a child in India, there was a worm that got into peoples legs and had to be 'wound out' onto a stick.

Then of course there were the tape worms...........................................................





never eat a raw sausage gels.

Auntie Petunia