General Chat

Hi all,
Well we were a long way back again. Where on earth is everybody? Fred, Brenda, and all those who have not contributed for a long while, help.
Sylvia xxx

Hi all,
Sorry Brenda that you have been forced to "hold the fort" so to speak, but I am here now. No excuses, just busy.
Lovely day again today and my daughter and her partner came to discuss the final plans for our week away. We travel to Eindhoven and sleep the night at my daughters - 28th September and the following day 29th September Henk will drive us all to Calais and then we get the boat at 14.00 hours. We will be in Dover at 14.30 as you are an hour behind us!
My help in the house will be sick for a while I think as her balance is not good. I have now another girl coming in on Wednesday who has been before.I couldn't face another week of doing my own work. Call me lazy if you will, but been doing housework now more than 50 years!
I made some lovely mince pies yesterday. Have been watching Ready, Steady, Cook and picked up some hints and finally made pastry the way I like it. Must buy some extra mincemeat when I am in England!
Now have a nice evening. It is here almost midnight and I have been writing letters all evening. Must do that now and again or I won't receive any letters!
Sylvia xxx

nudging again,hope you are all ok.

Just giving us a nudge so we don't get too far down the pages.Turned out to be a nice day here,should have got the washer on before I went shopping !!!
Brenda

up early due to someone being noisy in the street and not being able to get back to sleep again.!!!!!!
So i have been surfing the net as they say looking at different sites fo various things.
Feeling cold now so will see if I can get another hour before the others get up and see if they will make bacon sandwiches for a change !! see you later.Brenda

Afternoon all,Hope you get your windows sorted Fred.just think of your poor elbow,oing all that in and out stuff,don;t want you to develope tennis elbow do we.LOL seriously hope you get sorted soon.
Sylvia I have trouble pushing the trolley round when they move things round in the supermarket never mind if I wason a scootmobile,!!!
weathet has been great again today went to my friends and sat in her garden ,cup of tea and sunshine hreat.Walked a bit further today but as i got a bit of shopping on the way back felt a bit weary but was ok when I got home
See you tomorrow Take care ,Brenda.

Hello all,
Well went out on my scootmobile today and into a shop a bit like Woolworths. Well this shop have now moved into new premises and I could scoot around in there with my scootmobile no problem. However, today they have now decided to move racks of goods on all corners, so what did I do, yes of course I did. I knocked a whole rack flying. Upset, me, no of course not. I told them they shouldn't have so many goods on show and I should have room to look around. The manageress said I should ask for things, but that is not the same as going looking for things oneself. They will be watching our for me next time I suppose.
Haven't done too much today apart from changing the beds and washing the duvets etc. This still leaves the ironing though.
How are you Brenda? And how is Fred and his computer?
Sylvia xxx

Hi Brenda,not quite lol,i am having trouble with windows ,having lost half my programmes due to a virus which my son let through last night whilst loading music grrrrr.
I am now going in and out of windows like a fiddlers elbow,hee hee ,looks like i will spend the morning reloading the lot .
I have windows pro as an add in disc ,trouble is ,i need an earlier version of windows as the platform for loading.
My eldest son has windows 98 which i can borrow ,but he won't be over till the morning.
Until then ,i will be like the scarlet pimpernel,hee hee ,on line one minute ,off the next .
Have a great evening all .Fred,[the invisible ],almost lol.

well here we are again,alone again,naturaly,as the song goes,had my walk,manage d to hang some washing out ,now need the energy to iron it.!!
Have a nice day ,Brenda

Hello Fred and Sylvia,had a funny day today with the men finishing the plastering ,then my friend called and said she was picking me up in a half hour to go to lunch ,I did as I was told ,but when we got back I felt really shatterd was going to have an early night but had a couple of bills to send cheques on ,but as we had everything all over the place I have only just found them.would haev had interest to pay if i hadn't got them in the post tomorrow.
Sorry that you did not find what you went looking for Fred,but like you said it wasn't a total loss.
What a shame about the help Sylvia hope she will be ok..I am hoping to meet Dorothy next week ,
See you tomorrow ,Brenda

Back again like the proverbial penny. My help, Anita, turned up today and said she didn't feel well. To cut a long story short she is in hospital now. Oh how I miss her. I got down to cleaning bathroom and toilet myself this afternoon and washing the kitchen floor. Enough is enough, tomorrow I am going out on my scootmobile.
Hope you are feeling better Brenda. We both need a nice relaxing holiday in the sun I think.
See you tomorrow as I am about to write some letters.
Syvia xxx

Heeeeeelllo Brenda ,lol,relax my old buddy ,the cavelry is here hee hee.
Fred is back,refreshed ,a little from his journey to brize ,wycombe ,and Sandy bay ,and now has two days at home before going up the road to Berwick for the week,cor,it's a great life if you don't weaken .
We got into Wycombe in time to give me three hours to look for Grandads grave [baird] but despite calling my aunt [his daughter] who told me roughly where it was i couldn't find it,possibly because ,so many stones had fallen over ,or were so worn that they couldn't be read.
However ,it wasn't a total loss ,because as we came to the lodge at the entrance to priory avenue i glanced to my left .and there ,under a tree ,i saw the name barnes.
Closer inspection showed it to be the name and grave of my gt gt gt granddad [Ediwn barnes.son Joseph,and wife Ellen Bristow.
There is a story to be told here ,because my grandad edwin died twenty years before his wife,and then both Ellen and son died at the same time ,wether by flu ,disease or fire i know not ,but it will be interesting to find out over the winter
Sandy bay is a lovely site ,well run .clean and where we have parked the van ,it's right on the cliff top ,with a sea view from the end window.lol.the first thing i see in the morning [pun] is the water,and the sound of the surf at night is better than Milo or horlicks Mary[if you look in ]
The walks along the cliff tops are wonderful.and you can reach Newbiggen by the sea in half an hour slow stroll.
Newbiggen for those who don't know it is an old .mining/fishing townwith oooodles of character,and lots of old little shops that sell everything imaginable from fishing tackle to electrical goods ,food to sweets and horse bridles and tack,to post cards.
Liz and i spent two hours mooching round the shops ,buying little ,browsing a lot hee hee.
The beach is being reenovated ,and a new breakwater is in place ,a little behind time ,but nearl finished ,the two statues now in place looking out to sea
I also noticed at tthe south end of the beach ,on the rocks half a mile out to sea ,two survey vessels inspecting the rocky bedrock,so i wonder if this is the place the spoken of wind turbines are to be fittted.
We have two days now to get ready for our week in Berwick, and tomorrow morning i will be inspecting my fishing gear ready for the trip.
I did see two very nice fishing spots in nebiggen,one i reckon will be tops for the cod and whiting in winter ,and another for the mackeral and bass .
I did see a largish fish jump in the estuary as i turned away,either a bass ,or sea trout ,and maded suckh a large splash as it came up that it scared two gulls into flight ,sqawking as they took off.
Sandy bay is a place to go back to next year ,the van has been on site now for a week,and stays till the 30th of october,cost ,including hook up .and club passes, £100 not bad ehhhhhhh.?
Time to go peeps ,but i will be back in the morning ,take care all.Fred.

Alone again,will see who is here tomorrow,
Brenda

Hi everyone,I have been back to the doctors and he doesn't think I am tired because of the tablets,I need to build up my energy,get some fresh air taking walks. and moderate excerise.and what else....Oh yes loose weight .!!!
He did give me another two weeks of work to help me but after that ,I should be fine..
BPand heart beat are ok nothing said about this hernia and ulcer they went on about at the hospital or the viral thing either,just keep yaking the tablets.
Hope your phsyio continues to help Sylvia.Brenda
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Hello,
Well Brenda did you get to the doctors? Perhaps you are frightened of what he might say??????????
You are trying to do too much?
I think my tiredness is going over now and my physiotherapist told me I am more agile than I was a few weeks ago. Mind you I have to take paracetamol with codeine first thing in the morning after I wake up otherwise I cannot move for the pain. But when I get moving there is no stopping me!
The weather is not bad, just some high blustery winds and showers now and again, but it is bright.
Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone,had a really quiete day even if it was Sunday ,will be busy tomorrow ,have the plasterers in to do the ceiling in the living room,and all the hall,stairs and landing .i will be out most of the day as my dad is due his check up at the hospital.
What a nice surprise for you John,glad you enjoyed it,Good to hear your mum is doing well also
Fancy having breakfast and lunch out as well,not even 60+ get reduced rates in many places over here never mind 54+.We are supposed to be going up on the moors between lancashire and Yorkshire one day soon to a pub restaraunt my friend went to ,she said both the food,and views are brilliant.
Need to get to bed now ,early day tomorrow,
brenda

Hi one and all

I am still getting to grips with the change on GR have trouble finding messages.

My Mum has finally returned home and is doing well after getting a new knee. Our son, Craig came down for Father's Day, which in NZ is the first Sunday in September, he actually surprised me by his arrival on Friday evening. Gayle knew he was coming but keep it a secret - strangely she hates secrets and wasn't keen on me keeping one when he came down for Mother's Day. And so with Craig here we went went to Mum's on the Saturday afternoon and later saw by brother and his wife.
Today being Sunday the three of us went to the Sallies and the fathers were given pancakes and maple syrup as a breakfast treat during the service.
Later we treated ourselves out for lunch which was neat. Before Mum went home she also treated us to dinner at a restaurant and for the first time ever Gayle and I were allowed to choose something from the senior's menu which was originally for those 60+ but has been changed to 54+.
Craig drove back his Auckland home this afternoon and we may not see again until after Christmas as he may be spending it with his fiance's family.

John

Hello ,glad evrything went well for you and Johanne at the hospital Sylvia,and not long to wait to have it fixed.
Had rain here todayso did not get any washing done.
Went to the shopsand an errand myself today,but was very tired/weak when I got back and was due in work next week but unless I feel better doing things over the weekend ,I think I will be back at the doctors to see why I am so tired etc.
See you over the weekend ,Have a nice rip to the market.
brenda

Thought I would nudge this thread up as my last notes were still in the "newest" column.
Sylvia xxx

Hi all,
Well we were up at crack of dawn today knowing that the taxi would be picking us up around 8.30 am. We had a mini bus pick us up and there were two other couples going into Amsterdam with us. We get this taxi paid for by our National Health Service, so they are entitled to put others in the taxi with us, and sometimes it is a mini bus and sometimes just a car. Of course if I take my scootmobile then we have to have a mini bus.
Well the doctor thoroughly examined Johan's eyelids and said he would do the left one first on a Monday, probably in October, and the other one, the more difficult one, on the Wednesday afterwards. The first one can be done with local anaesthetic, but the second one he will have full anaesthetic. They may keep him in for a night because of his age, diabetic, heart etc.
The doctor was Italian and spoke only a few words of Dutch, so it was fortunate that we could speak English! His boss was also Italian and he spoke more Dutch. I asked him the nationality of the third doctor there and he said Greek. Well, how international can we get?
We now have to wait to get this appointment by post.
There is usually an 18 month waiting list they said. Aren't we lucky?
Now, tomorrow, all being well I will go to the market. I hope the weather is as nice as it has been today, but at the end of the day it was looking a bit dark.
Have a nice evening everybody.
Sylvia xxx