General Chat

Morning all
,Welcome Hazel ,we are a small bunch at the minute but have a few who look in now and again,Hope the baby sitting goes ok.
Fred just reading what you are doing with the garden makes me feel tired!!
I have not been able to do much in ours with my leg like it is and John is only keeping things tidy as he is working out what he wants to do!!! We are still swaiting to see the the house behind us gets the planning permission to extend or not ,there has been a lot against it.
Have a few errands and then some ironing to do so better get started,Take care brenda

Morning all
,Welcome Hazel ,we are a small bunch at the minute but have a few who look in now and again,Hope the baby sitting goes ok.
Fred just reading what you are doing with the garden makes me feel tired!!
I have not been able to do much in ours with my leg like it is and John is only keeping things tidy as he is working out what he wants to do!!! We are still swaiting to see the the house behind us gets the planning permission to extend or not ,there has been a lot against it.
Have a few errands and then some ironing to do so better get started,Take care brenda

Hi to Hazel ,course we have ,specially for someone so close to my old family seat in Brentford ,and Twickers ,lots of memories of playing ,and fishing in Bushey Park and the Thames .Fred. :-D

Hi all

Have you room for another little one from Uxbridge Middlesex?

Its cloudy and cold here but not raining which is good as meeting my friend Nat later for a coffe and chat. Then off to daughters Teri to look after grand daughter Caitlin for the night and tomorrow as Teri is doing a boot sale tomorrow.

~~~~~~~~~~~~to you all

Hazelx

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Morning to all ,well the frost never hit us after all ,it turned wet instead and has been raining most of the night which is good ,my water butt will be more or less full by now :-D.
Comes to something Brenda when the stamps for mail cost more than the cards to stick them on ,lol . i can't help thinking that the G P O is comitting suicide with the way the costs keep going up ,i can't help noticing that T N t is now delivering mail ,yes ,it takes a while longer ,but it is also a lot cheaper ,and i can see the post office going under altogether within a couple of years :-( .
still looking for a couple of those filled potato sacks that i got a couple of years ago to go with my potato barrels ,hoping to make the crop last longer this Autumn.when i think the price will be way up .
Well sorted now Brenda ,three troughs for seperate sowings of Pak Choi and another three for carrots.boxes for my onions ,red ,and white ,and three new boxes for my leeks.
I have two large urns with three herb plants in each,and buckets with other herb in ,such as Rosemary ,and chive.
Plenty of space in front of the brussels and row of Calabrese for a good row of white turnip,and all my other veggies too ,so we should at least be eating healthily at any rate.
Pity about your local library closing it's doors ,yet another sign of the times,too many services being whittled down to the bone,and not all wise savings.
So much for Camerons ,health service safe with me eh? with people being sent home overnight because of bed and staff shortages ,me thinks this fella had better enjoy his short term in office :-| as ,after a round of clangers he has dropped ,he stands as much chance of getting back in ,as there is of the old volcano in Scotland that has the Castle on top of erupting again in the near future :-P :-| .
Thinking of doing a Pannini each for dinner along with a small side salad instead of a hot meal giving the meat a rest ,and do the butterfly chicken breasts tomorrow ,along with some nice new tatties and french bean :-D.
Well ,time i was away the house work is calling [sorry for swearing ,lol.Fred. ;-)

Evening all.had a good day today even with some rain .!!
went shopping for some birthday cards etc and presents and did well.did not spend as much on the pressies but the cards were a bit dear.!!
Out at the library tomorrow,my books a re a couple of days over due,but I wanted to see my old friend and she was not working till tomorrow.I will pick up another friend and we will have lunch together,Next week that library will close ,and two weeks later a new one opens.Its a bit of a way away from the old one and I will not be going to it as its not going to be convenient.I will use one of the other ones.
I might not go as often as I do now ,but I will still have my library books to read and my kindle.!!Glad you have gotten yourself sorted in the garden Fred,and hope you enjoyed your cuppa.!
Better get of to bed now.Have a good weekend.Brenda

Iwould suggest Brenda ,that two males in the household Buy you a retirement present as i did my missus ,brought her a new laptop so that she had her own ,while the grandson hogged her old one,either that or a gentle hint ,such as ,move your butt lad it's my turn ,lol.
Nice to hear of a new family member Brenda ,and nice to hear that she has a nice ,sensible old name may the bairn prosper and do well all her life ,hopefully a long one.
Done well out back today all my beans in ,the two new roses dug well in ,all the weed that was among the buckets dug up and binned so i think that despite the lousy weather i am up to date. :-D
Time to get some tea now ,catch you all later ,Fred. :-D :-D

Iwould suggest Brenda ,that two males in the household Buy you a retirement present as i did my missus ,brought her a new laptop so that she had her own ,while the grandson hogged her old one,either that or a gentle hint ,such as ,move your butt lad it's my turn ,lol.
Nice to hear of a new family member Brenda ,and nice to hear that she has a nice ,sensible old name may the bairn prosper and do well all her life ,hopefully a long one.
Done well out back today all my beans in ,the two new roses dug well in ,all the weed that was among the buckets dug up and binned so i think that despite the lousy weather i am up to date. :-D
Time to get some tea now ,catch you all later ,Fred. :-D :-D

evening all,its a bit better weather wise here but still damp,could not put the washing out again.!!
I am pleased Dorothy has managed to get in touch with you Fred.
david does ask to use the lap top but its getting more than the time he says its for I do not usually mind but I some timesjust want to do something and I have to wait,
We only have potaotes this year up to now John has not made his mind up what he is doing .!!
We have a new little branch to our family my neice had a little girl this afternoon,welcome Alice !!!
Going to watch long lost families now,Take care Brenda

Morning peoples ,bit windy here this am ,but the sun is peeping out from behind the clouds [peep peep] and it looks a little rosier than it did yesterday.
The greenhouse is showing promise at last too ,one of my tomatos is showing it's pretty Italian head ,but the others ,hmmmmmm ,i may have to plant some more in cups just to be sure.
All the brassica i planted week ago are showing already ,might be a good year for those at least,and i will wait just three more days before i start putting all my various bean seeds into the buckets.
Time to put your foot down Brenda ,time for David to play the white man and leave you time on your own puter ,or get one of his own ,wait until he is out next ,and put an administrator password on so HE Has to ask YOU if he want's to go on,Womans right's and all that ,and if that dosn't do it ,use the boss method ,no puter for you ,no washing done for him ,he he.
Had a lovely phone call from Dorothy yesterday ,re the family get together ,so that was nice and we had a good chat ,my turn next ,lol.
Off to the youngest son's this P M to deliver these eggs ,and take a few pics of the downstairs for Mary ,so she can see what space her dad had to live in when he was a coal miner ,she is in for a bit of a shock ,she thinking the pic she found of the place they lived in was a house when in fact it was two flat's:-0.
The four rooms she reckoned were so small ,have now become two :-0 :-0 :-0.
The pics of the sons downstairs layout will give her an idea of the cramped conditions ,one living room cum kitchen with the wall range for cooking and hot water,and the bedroom.no indoor toilet ,all the washing of clothes and ironing done in a wash house cum coal house,and an outside privvy,what luxury we live in these days,bring our great grand parents back for a look ,and they would think us ultra rich and pampered :-).
well ,i have to have a look and see what i can pull together for dinner today so ,by e for now Fred :-D.

Morning all,from a drab,cold wet and windy Manchester!!.Hope you are all doing better in the weather stakes.
It is very miserable here today ,more so than yesterday really.!!
Will have to go out later to take my library books back and get a paper.
Hope you all had a good weekend whatever you did .Take care Brenda.

Hi fred ,hope you are feeling better ,thanks for the e card,it was nice of you to remember me.
Think sean had it cushy with his move .sounds good.
Did not get to Bury had a couple of jobs to do and we did not need anything really .so we will go in a week or two when i can get some more Meat and fish for the freezer.
Have a nice bit of beef cooking at the minute ,having a late sunday dinner due to football being on the tele..!!!!
Glad you got your pc sorted.I seem to have had mine taken over by David,and I keep telling him ,while I do not mind the odd hour or two, I am not happy about him hogging it all evening.I have offered to help him get one of his own,but he just shrugs.
!!!
Better go soon have some bedding to get out while its still dry as its forecast rain later and tomorrow.
Take care Brenda

Afternoon Brenda ,looks like i found the bug in my puter ,and i seem to be back on line with full access again.
Havn.t been able to do much owing to a nasty head and tummy cold ,which makes any work outside the house out of the question .
I have however ,now found a nice patio pear tree from a reputable supplier ,for £13 with free postage ,now ordered ,and an empty urn standing by for it's arrival.
We have heard from Sean re his move ,all is in order ,the lady from the forces removal team coming out this afternoon to see what furniture and kitchen gear needs to be packed and moved to Brize .
Very efficient these people ,moved out at 8 am on the morning ,and set up at the other house [working] by 1700pm,he has to stay out of the way ,can't be bad .
Got your P M Brenda ,i will reply to that this evening when i am more relaxed and feeling a bit better .
Catch you later ,Fred :-)

Evening all,well its a bit warmer here,and the sun has been shining,so we have not had any white stuff as Dorothy says.
Saw a photo in the paper of people in caravans on holiday in Yorkshire ,with the snow up to the windows !!! Don't think we will be going to Bury Fred ,they have had a bit of snow ,but we will see what saturday brings.
Take care
Brenda

Morning Brenda,lol,we ARE hibernating here ,we went shopping very early today after having seen the forecast,and it's as well we did ,by the time we had done Cramlington ,come back to Morrisons and done the shopping the wind was getting up and it was getting a tad chilly around the knees :-(.
We came out of the store and went to Frydays for our fish and chips ,looooverly ,as always ,but by the time we came out of there at 12-30 ,it was snowing,and we beat a hasty retreat home into the warm.
Still snowing at 8 pm ,but luckily ,so far it isn't laying .
We havn't had any luck with the pear tree ,every sort of tree on the go but ,crab apple ,ordinary apple ,,cherry ,every thing but a pear ,sniffle :-( ,oh well ,looks like i will have to go via an online market garden again :-0.
Don't forget to give Virgin a bell Brenda ,that £2 odd a month was well spent,lol,once i put that number in that the lass gave me ,and pressed the hash key ,we have had no more of those silent calls,and all the others come through with the persons name showing ,so we can be very selective now,from family through to the dentist and doctor.
Going to have a look round the boards now before going back to bed for another try at gettin' me head down ,lol,Fred.

Evening all.like you have said Fred what A change in the weather!!
Nearly put the heating back on today and have had to put some washing in the drier as It will not dry just haning up!!!
Hope it does not go like Scotland with the snow,was hoping we might get up to Bury this weekend either Friday or saturday.but will not be going in the snow.
Hope you got to see the pear tree Fred,and that its growing.!!!
Hope your grandson had a good journey home and everything goes well for his move.
I know we need the rain so I suppose we should not complain but i hope it doesn't get as cold as they say or I will be hibernating !!
Take care Brenda

Early this morning Brenda,because Sean is needing to pack ready for his going back to Wiltshire this afternoon.
What a sudden change in the weather ,i knew that bag the missus brought late last year would come in handy some day he he.
It had two fleece bags in it ,with drawer strings round the bottoms ,and are now ,both over my Nectarine bush to keep the frost and snow away from the leaves and branches.
Going to do laddo steak and kidney for dinner with dumplings and the usual trimmings ,which will keep him going for the day ,until he gets his freezer opened anyway ,we put enough grub in it to keep him going until moving day,and after that he is on his own for a while ,lol ;-).
Your meat parcels sound good to me ,i may just have a dabble then i go to the market again,much cheaper in town than locally.
I might get over in the top end of the front garden later today if it dosn't rain ,i forgot to remove a couple of small bits of that Rose hedging last autumn ,but ,wouldn't you know it ,she found it okay running her leg along it ,ouch ,well i said ,you asked me to put it in didn't you? ,no answer lol :-( .
Not to worry ,there are a couple of other things need pulled too ,so i will hit them at the same time ,lol :-).
Up to Cramlington some time this week ,so i wil see if i can find my Pear tree while i am there ,along with the shopping ,i have my last urn ready for the tree,so don't need another one of those.
Be back later troops .Fred :-D

Morning Fred ,that number will be good and i might give Virgin a ring myself for caller ID ,its something I have wanted for a while.Hope you all enjoy the fish supper,we are on a boiled gammon,I got it from Bury market the other week,Got one of those £10 meat parcels.,thegammon,pound of bacon,three sirloin steaks 4 pork steaks 3 chicken fillets ,not bad the gammon is not that big but will do for our dinner and maybe a sandwich ,the bacon was ok,the chicken was lovelly,will report on the steaks when we use them in the week.
It was a bit chilly to say the least here this mofning but has warmed up and I have managed to dry two lots of washing on the line.!!!
Hope Sean has a good journey back to base and a lovelly holiday with his MRS in poland.
Take care Brenda

Morning Fred ,that number will be good and i might give Virgin a ring myself for caller ID ,its something I have wanted for a while.Hope you all enjoy the fish supper,we are on a boiled gammon,I got it from Bury market the other week,Got one of those £10 meat parcels.,thegammon,pound of bacon,three sirloin steaks 4 pork steaks 3 chicken fillets ,not bad the gammon is not that big but will do for our dinner and maybe a sandwich ,the bacon was ok,the chicken was lovelly,will report on the steaks when we use them in the week.
It was a bit chilly to say the least here this mofning but has warmed up and I have managed to dry two lots of washing on the line.!!!
Hope Sean has a good journey back to base and a lovelly holiday with his MRS in poland.
Take care Brenda

Morning Brenda ,and anyone else who is looking in today ,coooo ,rather chilly here this a m,not a morning to be running around the patio ,or sitting in Jammies ,lol ,so i think i will wait awhile .
Got my phone well sorted Brenda ,got in touch with Virgin ,and got a free addition to the phone bundle along with the caller identity package ,for £2.30 a month.
The free addition is a cold calling bar preventing any company that is using the number withheld from phoning you,and it's working a treat.
When i enquired o n the net i was told by my rep ,that nearly every company gives this service free ,but don't advertise the fact because it costs them revenue,sneaky bu**ers.
Now i am sorted i will give both you and Dorothy the number,sometime today,i am well pleased with it anyway ,no one has phoned me at all for me to pick the phone up to hear ,nothing lol,utter bliss :-D.
Today is the last full day of Sean being here ,he is going back to Lyneham tomorrow afternoon to get ready to move camp ,before going out to see his wife in Poland for two weeks.
He has asked for fish for dinner today ,some fillets ,with the sauce on ,Birds eye ,i think i on the other hand will be having cod fillet on it's own ,no added sugar for me ,i am doing well now ,in bringing my sugar levels back down to normal :-)
Think i might well take my Coffee onto the patio ,now that the sun has come out ,and it's warming up nicely,Fred. :-D ;-)