General Chat

Hi from a rainy but sunny Manchester,it does not seem to be able to make its mind up.Only working 2-5pm today so did some washing at home this am but have to now get it dried as the rain was intermitent.
We enjoyed our time in Blackpool but because we go to see Johns mother and step father we do not go any where as she finds it difficult to walk about much now. The lunch went well ,but think David would have preferred a pizza!!
Nearly home time so I had better get some things finished.
See you soon ,Brenda

goodmorning from a warm but wet barrie ont we have had high temps for the last two days but it has rained both days and on sat it poured with high winds but at least we did not get the snow my sister has in calgary, john I hope that your wife gets the procedure done soon I was interested to see that you like casualty on the tele, wehave it on bbc canada though I suppose we are way behind but I enjoy it. brenda should be on her way back from blackpool I hope the visit went well and that they have a great birthday lunch with her son.great to see sylvia is back on line I missed her updates it is 10am over here so I should get on with the day bye fornow dorothy

Brenda have pm you hope you dont mind
Dutchx

Just a quick one this morning folks,to let you know that we are still here,lol.
have now finished restoring the xp computer,loaded in windows ,and it,s back on line ,yippee ,it means Chris can do his games again and he isn't looking over my shoulder as i use the big laptop,i sure wasn't letting laddo on £750 worth of my H P.he he.
Getting on well with the garden now ,front nearly finished ,apart from fifty bedding plants which i will put in this evening.
I have also restored my vista computer too ,but havn't put windows back in yet.,but i did install a second dvd rewritable rom drive which will help in copying discs ,one drive to the other without putting it on the hard drive first.
Time to get on with the dinner,but will be back later.
You chose the right time to visit Blackpool Brenda,the son and family came back yesterday from their weeks break ,and said the weather was brilliant for the time of the year.
There seems to be a firebug down there with a grudge ,another fire which did a lot of damage to the buildings.
See ya later peeps,Fred.

Hi all, Gayle is waiting the placement of the fistula in her arm so dialysis can begin. She sees the surgeon tomorrow as there might be a graft done instead ----- what a waiting game.
Anzac Day [25th April] we didn't venture out to any of the memorial services either at dawn or later in the morning but stayed home and watched two on TV one from Wellington and later from Gallipoli. These services are always very moving. My grandfather lost two brothers in WW1 one of them won a military medal died to injuries towards that war's end.
Hurrah - Sunday night means I will be able to see what's happening on 'Casualty' - being on UKTV on Sky means we are behind what's screening in the UK and that doesn't matter.
One British series I really enjoyed was 'Wild at Heart' - I think I mentioned a while ago that the broadcaster here screened the series back to back. I think ITV is making series 5 so I can't wait for that to screen here.
Catch you another time, John

Hi all,
Well our pc has been to the doctor for a week. Johan took it in last Saturday and we have just got it back. Everything is strange and I have a lot to sort out, but at least I have found you all. Would all friends of mine please e-mail me their e-mail address please as I have lost my e-mail addresses. Anyway it is good to be back, the rest will come later.
Sylvia xxx

Hello everyone,,have managed to get all my errands done in one day for a change!!!
Dorothy you sound as bad as me when going to the book store etc,we are having some work done in the bathroom in June, so will have to be really strict with myself for a while with my spending as its a bit dearer then we thought,
Just need to make sure what the weather is doing so I know what to take with me tomorrow,we never know if we might be going out in the evening or not,so i am never sure what to take.the weather is supposed to stay dry tomorrow but will be raining Sunday ,but we will be coming home before lunch as we are out for lunch for my sons birthday.
Feeling chilly at the moment but will be staring tea soon so will warm up then I expect.
will be back sunday evening or Monday
Take care .Brenda

hi well brenda I hope that you and john have a great week-end in blackpool brings back happy memories for me, well the parking lot recieved a very good clean yesterday I did spend the morning at andrew's and then at noon went to the book store (chapters) which is near their home just to take down titles of new books so I can request them at the library promised myself I would not buy anything but ended up coming out with a new graham hurley called no lovelier death it would take ages for the buyer at the library to bring that in. and then on the reduced stall I found a quintin jardine that I had not read called the fallen gods not sure how I missed that but it was reduced from 24 dollars to five , saw that they had the new val mc dermid in but I have been trying to get that in at the library so far no such luck. to-day it is 10 degree's going up to 25 this afternoon crazy or what the whole week-end is supposed to be nice so I am going to put out the funiture on the balcony after I have washed the three big windows, also the solar lights I have to charge them up at least that is theplan hope you all have a good weekend bye for now dorothy

Evening folks,well I have a lovelly L-O-N-G weekend to look forward to.We are off to Blackpool on Saturday to see Johns mam at their caravan,hope the weather stays ok.
Have a doctors appointment first thing in the morning,then do a bit of shopping and visit our friends to deliver their silver wedding presant.
Dorothy am waiting to see if any of the supermarkets get Neils new book in they can be cheaper than Amazon if you only want one book.Have at least a dozen book not read yet keep saying i will not get any more but can not resist. had a treat today at work we had a delivery of new books or rather some new and some reprints ofpopular books.I was like a kid in a toffee shop.!!!!!Managed to come home with just one,a Val Mcdermid ,not sure if it is new or not.but looks good.
Hope your Grand daughter has some luck Kathleen and I am sure she knows to watch out for these rip off merchants.
Poor Fred all work etc. LOL.I am sure you love doing "little"jobs for you MRS.
I was thinking just like Dorothy and Kathleen about Sylvia.hope all is well.
Of to watch my American CIS oaps now.See you soon,.Brenda

Sorry to be so late this morning ,this is due to one veeeeery demanding missus grrrrrrr ,lol,why is it us poor males have to kow tow to them everytime he he.
Fred comes down stairs this morning ,takes a tea straight out to the front garden,and re waters the lawn to ensure the feeder has gone in,and comes throuighj to the back garden in time to put the feeder onto the back lawn.
I Come inside to make myself another cuppa,and seeing as it's now 7am,i take the boss one up too.
I hear then that rain is due and thinks ,ha,no need for the hose ,good,i can get on line for an hour before doing the housework,thus ,having a plan of action ,i wind up the hose ,drink my tea,and walk into the lounge where i find the missus,on her lappy.
Then i hear the dulcet tones[always a sign of trouble],the wife says ,can you programme the puter to the printer for me please BEFORE you do anything else,so that's me,on line a good hour late,still ,she can print her piccies lol,huh ,women.
Catch you all later,Fred.

goodmorning good to hear allyour news kathleen and you are right sylvia has gone very quiet I also hope all is well, I was up at 6 this am and it was raining but now (7-15) it is clearing and the sun is coming up supposed to be a good day we allhave to move our cars out of the parking lot to-day so they can bring in the big machines and clean it up from the winter debris of course they can't give you a precise time so I am off over to spend the day at my son's with their dog and cat , it will be quiet with the family at work or at school. it is a bit of a bother having to be out and about so early but it has to be done hope you all have a nice day bye for ow dorothy

Hi everyone, hope you are all well now and recovered from the winter ills though there are still some bugs lingering on. My g.daughter has had a bad chest infection which just will not clear, she has just been given some stronger anti-biotics so hope that will work. Not helped by her also suffering from hayfever - and we have loads of trees full of blossom around here. Have had a problem with that myself, can be such a nuisance streaming eyes and nose and my eyes get very sore. Happily my physiotherapy has worked really well and I have now recovered the flexibility in my hand, just have to continue a bit longer to build up the strength, been told using the keyboard is good excercise now.
G.daughter was stopped whilst out in Oxford Street by a talent scout for a model agency, took photo's and they liked her so sent her to have a portfolio done - must say the photo's taken after they had "made her over" looked great -but whether it leads to her getting any work remains to be seen. She has been approached before but always declined, this time she decided to go for it - not tall enough for catwalk work but we just have to wait and see whether the magazines like her look.
John I do hope your wife does not have to wait too much longer for her treatment to start, the waiting is so hard and makes it all so much more stressful.
Fred, Brenda and Dorothy, you are all keeping so busy - makes me feel tired just reading about all your activities.
Thankfully the weather is getting better now and I hope to be able to do a bit more outside in my very messy garden. Some of the shrubs suffered in the frosts and I want to get rid of some as I think they will not recover well enough to keep and they are getting a bit too big now. Wish I could still do all that I used to be able to but age is catching up with me a bit lately - and I do keep being reminded by (no doubt well-meaning) people that "at your age you should be taking it easy". Don't really want to but have to admit these old bones do ache a bit these days.
Sylvia is a bit quiet lately, hope all is well with her and Johan.
Take care
Love
Kathleen

hi just a quick update on my trip to the library the lady who orders the books had just put an order in for the new book by dan brown so I put my name down for it and I am number 8 on the list but they usually order several copies, while I was there I tried to talk her into ordering martina cole's book the business came out in oct 2008 and the new one midnight fugue by reginald hill comes out in may so here is hoping that she will. it has raines all day and a bit chilly so I am going to have some ox tail cup of soup that anne sent me to try and warm up bye for now dorothy

goodmorning well fred and brenda both seem to be very busy one with the garden and one with books I have to say that I am having a lazy week apart from a trip up to the hospital yesterday am I had a recall to recheck the mammagram I had last week I don't like recalls I alway have myself dead and buried. But all went well afte more x-rays and a ultra sound I recieved the all clear so celebrated by buying a small mars bar and scoffed the whole thing . it is a rainy week over here though friday sat and sun are to be in the middle 20's then back down to about 11 on monday. Ian had his 10th birthday yesterday I phoned him before he left for school to wish him a happy birthday this was about 8am he thanked me and then said well I am not 10 till 9-28 am he is very precise, I joined them for dinner and he opened the family gifts he requested pizza and suschi for dinner quite mix but it was fun. I am taking him out to the red lobster next week for our special dinner to-gether he loves all kinds of fish. well I shall continue with my lazy day, brenda are you ready for dan browns new book the lost symbol due out in sept. did I mention that ordered neils new book from amazon should arrive next week bye for now dorothy

Morning all,just have a few minutes before the washer stops and i can put the washing out and go to work.On at 12.30 til 8pm tonight, not my favourite shift.,but they have to be done,due to people on lingterm sick and a few people getting transfers to othet libraries etc we are a bit short staffed, they have a lot of events coming up and therefore the shift pattern is even more crazy .I am not as bad as some but we will be doing two lates a week and possibly a Sunday every so often at the new library that opens Sundays 12-4pm.I ill just see how things go ,if it stays like this longer than they have said,then I will have to reconsider my finishing date as I don't really like doing some shifts at some libraries but do like most of them.If i reduce my hours any more I will probably end up doing 3hours a day over four or five days and mainly in the evenings,which i do not really want to do
Speak to you soon take are,Brenda
PS Fred if you are having a lazy week I don't want to know what a busy week is for you.!!LOL

Hiya all ,back again lol,a pretty lazy day today apart from the visit to the foot clinic at one thirty.
Up at five thirty to water the lawn to get the feeder into the soil ,then back indoors with a cuppa and puter he he,all i have left to do in the house today is a little dusting,but it looks like being a lovely day so i may take the lappy into the garden for a while and soak up some sun.
I reckon i might Go to B and Q to buy some of the bedding plants that are a real b***** to grow from seed ][shuuuush,don't tell the missus] he he.
Off to the dusting now ,but expect to be back later,.Have a good day all,Fred.

Sorry for the break in transmission ,the ruddy puter started an update with no warning grrrrrr.
This morning i got the back finished as stated and then sat down on the patio with my morning coffee and two slices of toast while i summoned up reserves of energy.
Break over ,i started in the greenhouse ,transplanting Corriander,Mint.Basil,and Dianthus,before starting putting more seeds in,mostly Green and Red Peppers,Cucumber,Aster,Pyrethium Daisy,Busy lizzie,and Petunias.
Came back indoors and rigged up the Acer lappy to the workstation for the missus so that she can use the printer again until i get the xp tower back online.So, that's about it for now ,a pretty lazy week so far,catch you all later.Fred

Hi everyone,and beware,he he ,that Brenda has the crystal ball out again ,or has been watching me via Google Earth.
I was out front all yesterday afternoon clearing out the top border and feeding same,weeding the two little beds in the middle of the lawn and trimming the grass round them.
I checked the palm tree as well ,and it looks fine, no signs of trouble of any sort.
I bought the two bins back in this morning after the bin men had been,and then fed the lawn seeing as it looked like rain,and then it was time to start out back.
I fed all the buckets ready for the brassica.fed the little borders ready for the leeks and onion, and then finished off putting the spring onion seed in.

HELLO ALL,Hope everyone is ok.Hope your wife has started the treatmant John,waiting is a problem here as well for various things.I waited six months for my op last year when I was told it would be 5 weeks!!
Glad you enjoyed the group and having the grandchildren over Dorothy.I used to like Gene Pitney singing Cara Mia,might dig out my cds one night this week and have a listen,Weather still nice and sunny here hope thats why Fred is not with us he will be digging for England!
Speak to u all soon
Take care Brenda
Dorothy

goodmorning everyone john I hope that your wife gets the call soon to start her treatment as you go into fall we hopefully go into spring we have had three days of good weather but to-day it is raining but it is welcome instead of the snow. brenda hope your chippy dinner was good.I had a fun week-end went to see the group we have followed for the last 33yrs my how time flies on friday night I must say the lead singer still sounds great he sang cara mia for me and can still hold the one note for quite a while stayed over at a friends and came back up the highway on saturday, picked up the two oldest grandchildren and they stayed over night, we had fun rented some movies and bryan did some things to my computor that cleared up some problems with it , ran spy bot on it and my does it work well this am. took them home on sunday and then collapsed for the rest of the evening not used to late nights any more, the group we like are playing again on the 22nd of may two days before my birthday so I said I would go down again to see them we first met them on the evening of my 33rd birthday what fun we have had with them over the years, well take it easy all of you and have a good week bye for now dorothy