General Chat

goodmorning just a qucik visit I am off to-day down to brampton to take a friend out for lunch it was her birthday at the beginning of the month but this is the first time we could get to-gether another friend is joing us as a surprise, the weather is sunny and a little cool good for driving down that 400 highway but if I leave at 10 am it will not be too busy, I want to leave to come back about 3pm to miss all the rush hour traffic normally I would stay over but don't want to leave the boys over night anyway it will be good to see my friends as the winter makes it hard to get to-gether, brenda hope your cold goes away quickly I guess fred must be away for a few days bye for now dorothy

Well we still have a bit of sunshine her but it isn't as warm as it was.
The new fire is installed and looks great,seems like it will be very cosy for us.
Still trying to book a holiday for the end of November,will keep you posted.
Have decided to do my christmas cakes again this year,used to do about 6 a year gave them away to people ,but stopped for a while,but thought I would have a go again.
On work at 4-8pm and need to get some house work done ,but must admit I am feeling a bit under the weather with a sore throat and tight chest!!!
Will have to have a hot toddy tonight ,purely medicinal !!!!
Brenda

goodmorning well I am recovering slowly from the loss of the ryder cup I finally put the mute button as the commentators just got on my nerves, had dinner last evening with the family lindy cooked a turkey and andrew was busy getting the pool ready to be closed up for the fall/winter, oh brenda lucky you going to you the market on friday, actually we are forcast to have some temperatures in the middle 20's this week but cold at nights the leaves are starting to change a little bit , my pepper plant on the balcony has sprung into life again lots of flowers and small peppers, I brought a large bag of tomatoes home from the families garden last evening they have had a bumper crop I shall make a sauce with them and freeze it for the winter evenings bye for now dorothy

Evening all,did intend to come on earlier but am feeling really tired today ,slept fairly well last night as well for a change.
Had to go over and sort something out at my Dads for my neice,called at my sisiters while I was over there then when I got back it was time to get the dinner on and had no time to wash the car.Might do it Tuesday,as i am am not in work till 4pm/Lets hopr the weather stays ok
Hi John really glad the spring has sprung for you,we seem to be having an Indian summer but really we should have had a summer first.!!
Good news about your grandaughter Dorothy,guess where i am going Friday ??? no prizes mind.!!!
Brenda

Morning all,hope you get better very quickly John,spring should hopefully give you a lift to help the healing process.
Not feeling too good myself this morning ,having just been Hissied ,good style lol.There i was walkinh through the hall two slices of toast on a plate,thinking good thoughts ,when walking past the stairs ,the bag launched herself at me from five treads up,landing round my neck,like a stole.toast went one way and plate 'tother.
I am sitting here now still having palpitations lol,Hissy knows i am not pleased,'cause she shot off back upstairs and hid [little baggage] she will wait for her breakfast now lol
I spent an hour last night putting office 2007 onto the puter ,now all i need is the knowledge as to how to use it,i was getting a little fed up with people sending me messages and pictures that i couldn't open,so i hope this cures the problem
We will be going back up the van tomorrow afternoon,after i get the lawns done for the last time this season,he he ,i was too busy using the new toy yesterday to clean the car down,but hey,this thing will save me £10 a month,and it will be useful to do the van down twice a year as well.
I have just downloaded my piccies of Morpeth and some of the flood damage ,a couple of them show where the river breached the banks and covered the bottom end of the town,heck,i'm glad i wasnt there ,it must have been horrific.
My grandson want's to wear his gt grandads medals at his wedding ,so i am going to have to see if i can get copies of them for him,seeing as my mum,in a confused moment gave them to her grandson,instead of me.
I have earned three myself for service in the middle eat ,but if i want them ,i have to pay to obtain them [ruddy cheek],so i won't be bothering,,i can think of better things to spend £ 250 pounds on.
Nothing special for dinner today,chicken out of the freezer ,along with some stuffing ,so it all needs to go into the mic',no need even for the main oven[pity in a way,Fred likes his roasties lol]
We had two veggie pork pies for tea yesterday,made with quarn,and herbs ,they tasted very nice i must admit,but i wouldn't pay full price for them at £1-40,a little pricey methinks .
I have also shut down my lineone addy owing to the junk thats coming through on iot these days,and have opened another on tiscalli,so i will be sending the addy out to certain peeps over the next week.
That's it for now ,time to start on the veggies for dinner..
Have a nice day all.Fred.

Hi everyone
Haven't dropped by for well over a month. The seasons are changing and spring has sprung here in NZ. The weather is changeable high temperatures somedays and low the next. Today it is overcast but thankfully no rain. We are getting use to lighter mornings but next weekend the mornings will be a bit darker as daylight saving begins with the clocks moving forward an hour. Daylight saving period was extended last year by about three weeks.
I am not sport fan but I thought I would share what has got those avid sports fan excited over - the Warriors Rugby league team won another game in the knock-out round, the Silver Ferns netball team are tied at one all in their game against Aussie. Mind you I do like to see the rugby in the province where I live in on a winning streak.
Goodness its 5pm and I hear Gayle setting the table for tea, must go then. Till next time. John

goodmorning brenda anne just phoned from bury and she was saying the weather was very nice, have fun washing the car I am watching the ryder cup and of course rooting for the european team the commentators are slanted very much on the americans side, I see that nick faldo is getting quite a roasting in the english papers , nothing much new at the moment laura had a good check up yesterday with the doctor and can do without the crutches so that is a good thing I think that I am going to have a quiet week-end bye for now dorothy

Afternoon al.from a sunny and warm ish Manchester/
hope its nice tomorrw as I am hoping toclean the car.We have one of those power washers but the times we get to wash both cars are very rare.John will wash his when I am at work but its always a different story when I want to do just mine.!! Great news about the wedding Fred ,hope it goes well for you.
Dorothy hope you get a decent winetr not too much snow so everyone is pleased.
Work has been really quiet today mainly we think due to the weather, there is a big park near here and they have activities going on there today.PLus we have not had any internet access till 12.30,so we did not have any pc users this morning.
See you all tomorrow have a nice weekend and take care,brenda

goodmonring (fri 10am my time) oh fred so glad to see you back the views of the flood damage must have been awful it must be so difficult for people to rebuild the shops etc and their lives. glad to hear you have the heating under control I saw on the bbc news site this morning that the weather guru's are calling for a bad winter in england I am hoping that we don't have an awful one but I am sure the ski areas near me are hoping for lots of snow. the grandaughter is off to the doc's this am to see if she can do away with the crutches I gues he will roate the knee and see if the tendons have healed up enough for this to happen, her daddy is taking her so as he is in the medical field a good discussion will take place, his company is doing some new research with a arthritis drug could be interesting. as you mentioned your son's wedding has hit the web sites and how lovely that you and liz will attend something to look foreward to and your plans re the airport sound very sensible, I have to book the shuttle for my trip to calgary going is allright but my plane lands back at midnight clagary is 2hrs behind us in ontario so I will miss the midnight shuttle and have to wait for the 1am one and it is about 1-and a half hr drive or a bit shorter if there is no traffic. well take care bye for now dorothy

G'day folks,just back from the van ,after a few nice days away [we even got some sunshine yesterday lol].
We decided yesterday morning to have a run through to Morpeth on the bus,to see just how much damage the floods did and were horrified to see a lot of our usual shops still closed after being flooded out,some of them many weeks away from reopening.
One place ,by the river has even had the outer wall of their property washed away by flood water,and the bottom floors innundated,
Broken tree boughs lying everywhere, stranded high on the river bank.and all the grass and rushes either swept away ,or flattened down .
The river has gone down a bit now ,but is still running very fast,and the mud makes it nearly chocolate coloured instead of nice and clear,it will be many weeks before i will be able to see the trout in the water as i eat my sandwich on the river bank and enjoy a cuppa.
It seems that word has got around about Sean getting married lol,we had a message via the puter ,saying he was getting married in Jan',and giving us two tickets to fly out to act as witnesses,so ,we have to get on to Manchester airport over the weekend to book a long stay parking place for the car,and book in to the hotel for the night,seeing as the booking in time is 6am on the day of the flight.
We stay there a week and Sean ,and the new wife will hopefully be coming back to Newcastle with us for two weeks holiday.
Fred now has to get ready to go out,to visit the clinic to get the feet done again,and THEN,it's time to get the new toy out to clean the car,thought i could save going to the car wash,and ,it will come in very handy to clean the van down when we bring it back.
Every thing looks fine here ,i am running up the heating at the moment ,to make sure it is operating okay.and the boiler is now covered for breakdown ,just in case lol,not a bad price,call out ,parts and labour for £.3.50 a month for the first two years[a home serve special].
Hope everyone is going to have a nice weekend,and enjoy a little sunshine,back later.Fred.

goodmorning brenda no I do not go to the lowry centre but did go to the trafford centre by the way did you enjoy the film I would be interested in how you felt about it, andrew had his procedure yesterday it was done at 11-05 and the hospital called me to pick him up at noon, he just wanted to get some food as he was on liquids and then fasting for a total of 36 hrs, should get the results in about a couple of days though the doc said it all looked fine, he was not impressed that he had a student doc observing quite modest does not like his "bum" on show. to-day we are having a nice day weather wisr if the bbc weather site can be believed bury is in for a few days of clouds and sun, a new shop has opened with all english goodies on sale I had a look around with take some jelly babies out to christine she always loved them as a child , the pickled onions are my favourites but they charge almost 3 pounds a jar so that is my special treat bye for now dorothy

Morning all,Glad to hear you are taking care of yourself with the heating Sylvia,so many older people will not put it on these days.
Going out for the day with my sister ,its ages since we managed a day together.Taking her to the Lowry Center as she has not been ,she prefers the Trafford Center ,did you get to go there Dorothy?
Come fred where are you hiding,have read the other thread so I am not on pins ,but don't keep everyone else in suspence..
Brenda

Hi all,
Well it has been a lovely day weatherwise, but the evenings are so cold. I am afraid our central heating goes on every day around 5 pm.
Still no Fred, come on Fred let us know the exciting news we've been hearing about.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon everyone,we have a really nice day here today ,warm but not sunny.But this building is cold,hope we are not going to have problems with the heating .
Just had my lunch and have time to answer a few emails and come on here.
The film was excellant and I would also buy the dvd when it is out.
We thought we might go to the cinema on Tuesday again as its only £4.50 ,which apparently is cheap.!!We might go every few weeks as there are a few films we thought we would like
Hope everyone is ok ,going to have a cup of tea now before we open again.
Brenda.

tuesday evening well brenda you will have seen the film by now and been home I hope you enjoyed it I have seen ti twice and will buy it when it comes out on dvd the views were wonderful, glad you like the curtains now that they are up, I am glad to report that the window cleaning went well all the three bedrooms are done, I will do the front window and the patio doors before I go away, we had the outside done a couple of months ago quite the job when the building has 15 floors, on wednesday the fire dept are have a training session rappling down the sides of the building nice to know we can be rescued in case of fire. glad you found the canadian site I have only just started on it though I used to read it, I have to say that I like this one a little better, hope fred is back on line soon. I shall be up early to drop andrew off at the hospital I guess we will drop laura off at school on the way, cool again to-day but sunny I guess fall is on the way, anne mentioned that she had put the heat on the other day, though we are supposed to be getting better weather at the end of the week in the 20-22 degree range well I am off to watch east enders we are way behind pauline is getting married and then casualty is on next bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone ,Dorothy sounds very intrigueing about Fred might have to go on the Canadian site for a look see.
We have cold wet weather her now and each night it seems to get colder.We have been hoping to wait til October before putting the heating on,but if ast weekend was anything to go by it will beon a lot sooner.
Got the new curtains up and they look great ,being cream they have really lightend the room up.
Going to the pictures tonight to see Mama Mia the movie thought the show was excellent,so hope th efilm lives up to the reports I have been having.
Glad your grandaughter is doing ok.hope she is not on the crutches too long.Dorothy,how did the window cleaning go??
We still have a window cleaner doing the outside of the house every two weeks,but he was missing last week seems he was pulled out of a taxi and beaten up ,for no apparent reason.!! He has a black eye and bruising according to a neighbour.
Going for tea now then getting ready for the cinema.
See you tomorrow take care,Brenda

goodmorning it was quite chilly last night it went down to 5 degree's but this morning the sun is shining and the temperature is supposed to warm up I picked up laura at school yesterday she is doing well on the crutches but is not happy re being inactive we have explained that you need you knee's for a lifetime so get on with it. I see from the canadian site that fred has some exciting news but will wait for him to put in on this site , going to clean some windows to-day if I can figure out how to take them out it is supposed to be simple so we shall see.take care bye dorothy

Hi All.we had a wet start to the day but it has turned out ok up to now.Mind you david was late getting up and rushed off to work.
I had to do some phones to do with Dads estate which took ages of hanging in telephone queues,but hopfully we are nearer to getting things sorted.
Had to deliver some presents to one of my friends from another ,she had sent them from Australia with her mother who brought them to me.so did that and was going to do some ironing beore work but came on here to check an email and will not now get it done,!!!
Glad your BBQ went well Dorothy,and that your granddaughter seems to be doing ok,hope your son is ok after his test.
My sister who is the nurse has to have something similar in Oct and has asked me to go with her as her husband is unable to get the time off work.She is being sedated and needs someone to take her home.
The cats have been disturbed by me coming on here and are walking all over the desk so I had better go.
See you tomorrow,
Brenda

sunday 5-30pm brenda glad you got your curtains and sorry to hear that your sister is stuck in cyprus makes you wonder how this is going to end with all these companies failing. we had a good crowd at the bar-b-que on staturday it went well, laura is doing not bad on her crutches the reports all came back and she has badly sprained the tendons so no activities for 2 weeks at least I am on pick up duty to-morrow afternoon from school, my son needs a ride to the hospital and pick up backhome n wednesday he is having a routine colonoscopy he had a base line one at 37 at colon cancer runs wild in his dad's family and re checks every 5 yrs I have never know 5yrs go so fast , he is symptom free so I am sure he will do fine but it is a good idea to keep a check on things, boy mom's do come in useful even when the children get older. it has been a rainy day here the effects of the hurricaine they tell us but supposed to be better to-morrow. take care bye for now dorothy

Evening all ,hope you have all had a good weekend,do not know why but had no internet yesterday so could not do anything.
Any way I have finaly got the new curtains and visited my friend.
Had to drive round to my brothers and sisters yesterday,to deliver them each a cheque ,which was sent from the trustees of my dads pension fund,not a lot of money but it will make it possoble for them to do something nice .
One of my sisters is stuck in Cyrus since the Air line XL went out of business.She is hoping to get a flight tonight.She should have come on on Friday.
Hope your grandaughter is feeling better Dorothy,
John is looking forward to the golf next week!!
Fred ,how is the van,hope its been better weather for you.Sylvia take care of your self,and hope you have a good holiday.
John has made us a cup of tea so I had better go and drink it before its cold.See you all tomorrow.
Brenda