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Hi everyone
You don't all know me but i'm Bren from Oldham that Brenda sometimes mentions in her messages

I tried to contact Brenda yesterday and I left a message for her on the answer phone but I got no reply I will try again later today

Bren

Hi there Everyone, Leslie from Yarrawonga here.
thats in Oz. been on GR for a while, used to drop into the Australia NZ thread, so you are in NZ now Bill, Hi Brenda, hope your well soon.and your hand gets better Sylvia. Think I remember you Fred.
I Hope to see you all again soon.
Leslie in Yarrawonga

hi sylvia I also am hoping that brenda is feeling better, yes bill it is good to be home but my visit was really wonderful I suppose joining the cadets is a good thing I just was rather surprised that with all his other activities he would have the time, hockey and the games and practices take a lot of time in the week also they do get a lot of homework so we will see how he goes on with it. I have been busy to-day getting the car a new muffler and exhaust, and winterized they tell me it is now in good shape for the winter but here's hoping that is still a way away, it is hot during the day but drops at night. hope fred is having fun where ever he is bye for now dorothy

Hi all,
How are you Brenda and what does the doctor say?
Nice to see Bill helping us to keep the thread going. I miss Jude on here with her tales of fat cat and the dog, forgotten his name already.
What about Fred, I wonder what he is doing now??????????
I overslept this morning, not surprising when I have been up at crack of dawn for two mornings after each other. Can't take that any more.
I didn't get round to a shower and dressing before 10.30, and kept hoping that nobody would come and visit me.
The weather has been dreadful all day. Never knew so much rain could fall in such a short time.
The leaves on the trees are all turning reddish colour which is a sure sign that summer is over and Autumn is here. Some predict a very cold winter, but don't know where they get this information from.
We have been having our central heating on every day. The gas and electric people have put up their prices because last year we were told to economise on gas and electric to help the environment. Forget it, now they've sold less and we pay more. I'm not going cold for no-one.
Now enjoy your evening and God forbidding will see you all tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

goodmorning sorry to hear that you are not feeling well brenda I hope that your visit to the doctors brings some answers as to what the problem is. I so enjoyed our visit and now that I can put a face to a name I hate to think that you are not well. sylvia glad you had a nice visit to your family you seem to be feeling better, nice to hear all the news from bill, fred must be away or still having problems with his computor, this week I am taking the car in for a new muffler the repairs were done while I was away but the accident did not involve the muffler and exhaust just general wear and tear with that, plus have to see the doc. for a blood req and ecg rec next week is the by yearly check up with the cardiologist I am fine but it does not hurt to be checked over, when I saw the grandchildren on friday the oldes (12) informed me he has joined the army cadets not sure how I feel about that, my son also has mixed feelings about it, along with school and hockey he is going to be a very busy young man. if my mom was alive she would be very proud as she was a army brat and it ran in her fathers family for several generations. well the weather looks like it is going to be fine warm in the day cool at night the leaves are starting to turn and the colours are wonderful bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone,notwell agin folks have togo back toothe gp again tomorrow.Was vomiting likeno bodies business friday night and saturday,hadtp go to thr emgerancie doctors .
Have still a lot of pain but mananged to sit here for ten mins ,coinf back to bed now.
Take care brenda

Hi all,
Nice to see a full house again, or at least more than just Brenda!
Today the weather has been really warm. Must have been me getting Johan's winter trousers out of the mothballs!
We went to visit Johan's sister whose birthday it was. I fell asleep in the car coming home. It takes 90 minutes to get there and 90 minutes back so I was tired and the weather was warm.
I met up again with some nieces and nephews and another new baby of 3 weeks. Time doesn't stand still.
Have a nice evening.
Sylvia xxx

hi one and all fred I do hope that you get your computor to behave it is such a pest when they go funny, yesterday (fri) I had dinner with the family the children liked all the soccer gear I bought them, and lindy was happy with the cake decorating stuff I bought for her. the weather here has changed a little a bit on the cool side not the cold side just a wee bit cool, I am getting used to driving again and going over this site to learn how to move around it. I am still going over all the stuff I brought back with me and I have two large parcels coming in the post as I think I told brenda that cost me 100 pounds in postage I did try to do my bit for the british economy. again is was so great to meet brenda and she was such a dear she paid for the afternoon tea I hope I did say thankyou . I think I did anne enjoyed meeting her as well maybe they will meet up on bury market in the future why not. well I am going to go and do a bit of house work the cats are finally friends with me again the lady who looked after them did a wonderful job bye for now dorothy

Hi all ,including kiwitraveller ,i hope i have a few minutes before being booted off again ,this isp [virgin ] is driving me crazy ,and on top of that i have puter problems which means i have to do a complete windows restore ,or load everything up from the beginning ,all due to a virus which was so smart it evaded my two firewalls and got into my programmes through my son and his perishing music grrrrrr ,lol.
If i don't get back before monday ,then ,sorry peeps ,i will be up sandy bay on holiday[again] lol.
Take care all .Fred.

Hi all,
Nice to see you back again Dorothy and also Bill. You must have lots to tell us now.
I've been making more Xmas cards, as far as I can with my hands, but I cannot sit still.
Tomorrow have a birthday to go to. One of Johan's sisters who lives near the German border, so is quite a drive for us. Anyway he used to have 7 sisters but now has only 3 so feel we should make the effort while we can. His only brother isn't with us any more either. The weather is quite nice so should be a nice drive.
Have a nice evening everybody.
Sylvia xxx

Hi Brenda, sorry to see the Best thread on the board so low. It happened a few times to my threads, It will pick up again.
Kathleen great to see you again. Havnt seen you on your AOL Messenger for a while. I have been sitting there for a few weeks, but no Kath****. so we couldnt have our secret chats.
Fred will be still down the beach, recovering from his crash (computer that is). Hope you and Liz have a nice time. and come home to an on-line computer.
Dorothy, hope you had a great holiday, and are home safe and sound.
Take care you lot. see you soon.
Bill in NZ.

Hello all.hope you are sorted out soon sylvia,must be a nusience waiting to see what they will do.
Dorothy hope you are not too jet lagged and your cats etc still knew you.
Kathleen great to see you,leave a message however small whenever you can.
see you all to morrow.brenda

Hello all, it's been a while - don't always get to use the computer so much these days as two sons keep beating me to it. The new set up takes time to get used to and I was getting a headache and blurry eyes before I could find this thread.
Have read back a bit, sorry you haven't been too well Brenda and pleased to hear you are feeling better now. Good to hear that Dorothy enjoyed her visit and that you two were able to meet.
Sorry this is only a short message but I do find this a bit hard on the eyes.
Hopefully will get used to it before too long, meantime hope everyone stays well and happy.

Love
Kathleen

hi one and all well here I am back in canada after having a wonderful visit, did have a lovely afternoon with brenda it was good to see her in person, and glad to see she was feeling much better, have read over some of the messages after I finally figured out this new format. sylvia Ihope that they get you fixed up soon and fred here is hoping that you get your computor problems fixed upp. I am still trying to get used to the time differance so will be hving an early night be in touch again soon bye dorothy

Well Brenda back sooner than I thought. Went to the hospital yesterday and watched one after the other go into the op room. I then decided enough was enough and asked when it was my turn. Apparently I wasn't on the list. Couldn't produce any evidence as made the appointment by telephone. Anyway nice surgeon said he had some spare time, so he would do it there and then. Whoopee. Hey, not so fast, I'm not that lucky. When I told him about the two operations I had had on the hand then this was a "different kettle of fish" and more work was required on the hand. May even entail staying a night in hospital. Well tomorrow have to have an EEG and Monday a talk with the anaesthetist and the op is now planned for tomorrow week, but now I am going to ask them to put it off for two weeks because of me going to England.
Still have too much pain but don't fancy an open wound going to England.
I spent the whole day today in the kitchen baking and cooking, making a.o. lots of mince pies - well it will soon be Xmas.
Glad to hear you are on the mend Brenda. I wonder where our Fred is?
What about Dorothy and all the others?
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon all,hope Sylvia is doing ok in the hospital,I know dorothy is back home as she has a thread on general,asking where to find us.Fred must either be away or still having problems with his "windows".
Just had luch and before that did thw weekly shop.
Going to the doctors tomorrow hoping to be back in work on Monday.
Speak to you all soon.
Brenda

Just a few lines before i go out to see my sister,hope all goes really well for you Sylvia and do as you are told,and i will keep you in my thoughts and prayers for a success operation and a good result so it does not have to be repeated,
love Brenda

Hoi,
Well had a telephone call from the hospital to say that the surgeon who was going to operate on my hand has broken his ankle and will be off work until January 2008. They offered me another surgeon, but I was wary because I have been operated on twice before and it hasn't worked. I phoned the person in Personnel, who happens to be a friend of mine as we used to work together at Philips. She is like a daughter for me. She said that she too had heard the story of the doctor breaking his ankle so made me feel better and that i wasn't being pushed over.
Anyway the op is now tomorrow so you won't see me on this Board for a while. I really must rest my hand this time and not use it too quickly after the op.
Sorry to hear about your aunt Brenda. Life is sometimes difficult isnt it?
Sylvia xxx

After such a good day yesterday,today has not been so good,my cousin phoned to say that my auntie is very poorly and not expected to be with us very long a week or two at most.She said we could visit but stressed my aunt has changed visible in the past few weeks that we would not reconise her.
I let my other cousins know and my dad and they have decided not to go ,wanting to remember her how she was.I am torn in wanting to see her but not wanting to go and get up set and so upset her as I did when she told me last year she was ill
i will keep you posted.
will be going up to my sisters tomorrow so will not be on til evening .Take care brenda.

hello Everyone,I have been out today meeting Dorothy from Canada,managed to have a nice hour or so over a cups of tea and coffee in Bury ,where she is staying with her friend Anne.got to see some great photos of her family,It was great putting a face to a name.
Did some shopping afterwards ,just a few bits and pieces in the sales.(fpr my holiday)
Hope you have a good journey when the time arrives Sylvia,Don't blame you at all for having a cleaner,would have one too if I could .
Think Fred is either still having pc trouble or away agin.
brenda