General Chat

goodmorning from a cool and gray looking day glad to see fred is back hopefully the tummy troubles will soon be over I am sure that the cat is glad to have them home. yes brenda laura did have a great birthday and we enjoyed the birthday dinner, heard from the cousins and the uncles funeral went as well a those things go though I don't think that my aunt was really aware of what was going on she is not always with it mentally. I have had lots of company this week my gentleman friend came up twice (no snow so he will drive up) then to-day isobelle is coming for a quick shopping trip her son will drive her up and they are bringing the new baby for a quick visit then her son will pick her up on sunday saves me driving back and forth. we plan on going to the pub near me for bangers and mash for supper they do a great one. we may also squeeze a visit in to the casino it has expanded and we have not payed a visit there as yet, remember we only spend 20 dollars thats 10 pounds actually the rate of exchange is good for us at the moment so its about 18 dollars for ten pounds, I noticed in the post office that the price of over seas stamps is now 1-75cents for that I can talk to england for about 55mins, does not make sense so some of the rellies may get a phone call instead of an xmas carda ten minute phone call is only 50cents. I took the care in again for the rest of the repairs so it is running really well both rear cylinders required help and the serpentine belt does that sound like i know what I am talking about anyway 350 pounds later all is well. I was wondering how sylvia and her hubby are not heard from her in a while bye for now dorothy

morning all,nice to see you back Fred,and so glad you had a great time,just hope we do in three weeks.Shame about the montsumas!!!
Hope all is well with everyone,we are freezing here again,we need a new thermostat or some thing to do with it so keep the c/heating off and put the wall heaters on,so we will not melt.

Outside is miserable and very dark clouds we must be in for a bit of rain.
Have a nice bowl of squash soup for lunch wit some wholemeal bread,Also been left a chocolate fudge brownie cake for afters by the other staff,VERY naughtie but nice,
See you all later
Brenda

Morning all hey ,i was trying to get on here yesterday but lost the post as i tried to add it grrrrrrr,so here's hoping.
I brought the dreaded montezumas revenge home with me too lol,but i seems to be passing off at last.
The first day back ,it was the surgery for our flu injections ,and we don't seem to have had any of those side effects thank good ness.
The 17th of this month is going to be a busy day for both of us starting with the dentists to finish the treatment we started before going to Cyprus.that done ,it's straight to the foot clinic to have the feet seen to ,then leaving there it's straight to the doc's for the other flu injection ,and that's just the morning ,lol
Hissy poor little mite must have missed us sooooo much ,she was all over us both like a rash ,lol,following me everywhere ,and as soon as i sat down ,whoosh ,plonk she was on my lap curled up and purring fit to bust .
I will never leave her for as long again ,she was ,and is ,so attentive when not out in the garden either on my lap ,or the wife's and bedtime ,no way will she stop downstairs on her own ,it's on the bed curled up behind my knees all night.
This windows 7 is amazing ,i can recommend it to anyone as being faster than xp and a lot easier to use and multi task with than vista,the only trouble is ,i now have to convert my wifes vista ,desktop to 7 as well ,a good jog i ordered the disc that can be loaded to two puters in the same house all i have to do is wait for the disc to come through the door.
Upstairs now ,i have the discs for windows 97.millemium.xp ,vista ,and windows 7 [when it comes] .so i am well sorted for any eventuality that may occur.
When i get sorted ,i have tons of pics to load onto the hard drive ,some research to do for a few people ,and a load of garden work out back and front to catch up on ,but forgive me peeps ,i need a few days to relax ,and get used to a laid back life again ,be back shortly,Fred.

Could not get to sleep tonight,even though I am tired.Got upto hsve a read and then came in here to sort out some odds ans ends,realised I had not been on for a day or two,hope everyone is ok.Weather chilly but the sun keeps shining so it doesn't look that bad.John has done most of the painting ,he really has done well ,it will look great when he does the last couple of doors downstairs.
Day of tomorrow,was going shopping for shoes but have a few other errands to do in the opposite direction of where I want to go for the shoes,so will have to do that again.
Think Fred is due back nect week or soon after ,I know he is back before I go which is 3 weeks on friday.
will go and get a hot drink and see if that will get me off to sleep.
Brenda

good afternoon from a grey dismal Manchester,its gone really cold today ,but at least it is dry!!.
most of the leaves are off the trees so we should not have problems with the carpets of leaves that we have been having.
had a nice lunch with my friends on Monday for one of their birthdays also managed to get some shopping got a couple of bargains in M&S clearances ,
Should have been on a course today but due to sickness it was cancelled ,but I am not bothered.
Hope you have a good celebration Dorothy for your grandaughters birthday,
Speak to you all soon.
brenda

goodmorning the weather is still nice quite warm yesterday I went and recieved the regular flue shot yesterday and will go back for the swine flue shot the first week of december the over 65 group will be done then at my family doc's . to-day the 10th is my grandaughter's birthday she is 13 to-day the cold and flue has gone through their household in the last two weeks and she was home yesterday not feeling well. so andrew will call later to-day to let me know if we are all getting to-gether for dinner or if we have to wait a bit. the family will be gathering in stretford to-morrow for the uncles funeral I will be thinking of all of them . bye for now dorothy

Afternoon all,its taken well over ten mins to get on the the internet today ,and things are really slow.
Have a few mintues before \david wants to come on and check his emails and Ihave to go and finish the dinner.
Did not goto Bury yesterday ,John got a jacket from a Matalan store which was just what he wanted and had 20% off.
Got tje blinds and he will hope fully get them up before we go away.
Glad your grandaughter is liking her flat and you daughter is feeling ok Kathleen,she was diagnoed about the same time as my dad ,Ithink.Hope the check uop goes well.
Have a good visit with your company Dorothy ,and hope Fred continues to enjoy his holiday ,he only has afew weeks left.
Better go an dsort out this dinner.
See you all soon
PS sorry for the terribke typing
Love Brenda
will
Please

goodmorning kathleen it is good to see you back and read all your news this is just a quick note s I have company coming shortly no snow at the moment kathleen in fact it is going to be 14 degree's to-day crazy weather. brenda hope you made it to bury and that john found a new coat on the market I can just see it all in my minds eye. bye for now dorothy

Good morning all, sorry I have not added anything for a while. I have popped in now and then and did write a message which seemed to have disappeared into cyber space. Not sure if it was my computer or the site, been having a bit of trouble with both. All seems well now though.

Leaving work at the end of March is a good idea Brenda, you will have the summer to look forward to being a lady of leisure (?) Not too long now until your holiday, I hope you have good weather for it. Our summer has been a big disappointment on the whole - certainly not the long, hot summer they kept telling us was coming.

Dorothy, I see you have already had a little taste of the snows to come. It seems such a short time ago that you were telling us of the heavy snowfalls and how cold it was. Time seems to go so quickly nowadays.
So sorry to hear about your Uncle, a good idea to make a donation rather than flowers, I would prefer to have flowers whilst I can see them - not on my grave. When my brother died last year over £1000 was raised for Children in Need in his memory which would have pleqased him greatly.

Fred seems to be having a whale of a time in Cyprus, pity the weather seems to have changed a bit but I am sure the holiday has done them both the world of good. Back to normal soon though when I'm sure they will get stuck in to getting ready for Christmas. I bet his garden has missed him.

Indira has moved into her little flat, it does look very nice. She had an image in her head of what she wanted it to look like and has achieved it.
In spite of lots of adverse advice she stuck to her guns and got, more or less, what she had in mind - now everyone is full of praise. Her Mum has seen it and even she has said how lovely it looks. Susan is much better now, she is on a CTO so will now have to take her medication or be straight back into hospital. They have also put her back on her original medication which seems to suit her better. In January she sees her Oncologist for her 5 year check, all seems to be well but she has said that she will not have any scans as she doesn't want any more operations or treatment. We have until January to try to change her mind, her cancer was aggressive and likely to return so there is some anxiety, she had no symptons when she was first diagnosed. I have to say that I can understand to a certain extent as she had such a dreadful time - a full year of chemo, radiotherapy plus 4 hospital stays when she was so ill.
Still we can only hope all is well.

Take care, hope you all have a good day
Love
Kathleen

Hi all,glad the hair do went well dorothy,and good news on the car aswell.
Two weeks is a little long to wait for a funeral,it can be under a week sometimes a little longer ,depending on the weather etc.when my mam died at christmas time it was two weeks then,due to holidays and the weather,but it was less than a week when dad died in august.
Off to physio again tomorrow,then some shopping to pick up some venetian blinds we ordered last week.MIght go to Bury on Saturday ,John wants a new overcoat.The ones he has seen in stores are expensive so he wants to look at the market,hope the weather is better than last time.
I have let my manager know today that I will be finishing at the end of march ,beginning of april next year.I needed to know when i could finish without giving up any holidays I had .Hopefully it will be just before easter.
the cat is making nosies her to be let out ,so I had better go down and open the door for him
Speak soon,Brenda

hi everyone hope you all are well yes brenda the new hairdo went well the car so so I had some work done and the rest will be done next wednesday something to do with the brakes but nothing major the tires are in great shape for the weather ahead and that is good as they are about 100 pounds each and you have to buy 4 by law not the odd one. it did snow to-day just in the wind and rain coming of the lake but it did not last, heard from the cousin in manchester (stretford) the funeral will take place on nov 11th my it does take time to get buried does it not he will have been dead for 2weeks, over here it is over and done with in three days. I have been asked to donate to a donkey charity apparently the uncle did that about 2 times a year so chris and I thought that was a good idea instead of flowers as they get thrown away. hope fred is enjoying the weather as most of us are not. I am going to make a coffee and settle in front of the tv for bit, bye for now dorothy hope bonfire night was fun!!

Morning all,Having trouble sleeping tonight so been on here clearing out some rubbish in my emails,had an email from my provider telling me I was 90% full!!,that means I need to clear out unwanted stuff ,usually the funny ,but very large emails my friends send me,!!Can only seem to move them to word when they have avg or soemthing in the title.
weather still wet and windy,very grey and depressing altogether ,you are in the best place Fred.
Dorothy ,hope the white stuff stays away from you,and the car and new hair do are ok,will have to do myhair before the end of the month for the holidays.
Am on work at nine so had better go back and try to get some sleep.
See you all later,Brenda

goodmorning gosh fred has had some weather experiences on his holiday but it sounds like he and liz are having a great time, brenda we have had a lot of rain over the last few days also but this morning the sun is shining even if it is cold about 50 miles from us they had a few flakes of the white stuff but it did not last, so it is a good job I am taking the car in to-morrow to get it winterized and check the status of the tires, also getting hair cut and the white covered up this afternoon, the family are over the flue that went through the house.have not heard when the uncle's funeral is as yet both chris and I are waiting to hear if they would like flowers or a donation in his name , well that is it for me to-day bye for now dorothy

Well you are certainly having a time of it Fred,mind you we have had a few windy and stormy nights here as well.Today is dry and cold witha little wind,but we have been told there is a lot of rain on the way,!!!
At work till 8pm so will be tired ,,shave to go now.See you tomorrow.Brenda

Hi Brenda ,and everyone else who happens by ,lol.
I am adding a little missive whilsy i am still on the net ,he eh.
If it isn't some problem here it's another ,lol,up till the weekend it was just bad I S Ps we had to contend with ,but over the weekend we had massive storms here coupled with torrential rain ,and gale force winds which has brought down telephone lines ,and water getting into the underground cables ,and now the wind is causing havoc.
This is a side of cyprus that most tourists don't see ,the weather being [apart from temperatures] that you normally get in blighty.
One R a F cargo plane inbound last night took a lightning strike on the nose cone,which blew a lot of the electrical gear on board,but it landed perfectly safely thank goodness but the aircraft it seems will be unable to fly for a few weeks while it is repaired.
We had a nice trip up to Mount Olympus last week stopping off in a few places as we climbed up the mountain roads alive in their autumn colours and have to say ,it could have been a mountain road in Canada ,the colours were startling,so i hope the pics come out okay.
Going to do a shoot now before everything goes pear shaped again lol.
Catch you later ,i hope ,Fred.

Hi all,glad you are still having a good time Fred ,just sorry you can not get better access to the internet.Its really great that you give us all these reports ,I have 4 weeks next Friday to my holidays,but I am not counting reall.LOL
So sorry about your Uncle Dorothy,it must be difficult when anything like this happens and you are so far away,luckily I do not have any relatives out of Manchester.
Weather has been loveely the last few days ,not quite an Indian summer,but still nice,
Working all day to day,been uneventful up to now lets hope it stays that way ,but as it gets darker we are expecting ,some trick or treats to try and up set things .
Hope to get on again at home tomorrow as David is off to the match at Birmingham so will be out most of the day.
Brenda

hi its thursday afternoon and it has been a sad day over here I was woke up this morning at 5-15 my time by my cousin in london(reading) england to tell me that my dads youngest brother had had a fall and died before help arrived he was 91 he lived in stretford his wife is about 89 I think, I was very fond of this uncle he reminded me so much of my dad and he always ended his phone calls with "remember I love you" I shall miss hearing that, no funeral plans as yet but I am not going to come over as I have trouble with the angina at ariports . and chris has decided not to go both her and her husband payed him a visit about 4yrs ago and of course I was home 2yrs ago. I think that I shall have an early night to-night as I could not get back to sleep after she called, she had called my sons house first by mistake but he was ok about it. it is strange how dates go in family's my dad died on oct 24 1992 and now harold on the 29th of oct well that is it for me bye for now dorothy

hi brenda and fred and anyone else who is around brenda sorry to hear about the trouble at the library that really is terrible, good luck with the physio loved to hear all about fred's holiday it sounds like a great place to visit, pouring down rain to-day but warmer so I shall pop out at some point. my daughter in law is down with a flue bug so I am staying away, the flue shots are available on nov 9th, a young 13yr old boy has died of the swine flue near us playing hockey last week and dead this week and no other health problems. so the line ups at some of the clinics are quite long. I think that parents in the area are re thinking the swine flue shot and maybe thinking that they should get it. talked to my sister in calgary yesterday no snow but cold but their place in canmore is great she says the mountains are covered in snow and very beautiful. well that is it for me for to-day bye for now dorothy

Hi Brenda ,Dorothy And anyone else who drops in.
Liz and i have just come back in to find the internet connection active ,so i will make a little hay while the sun shines .
There are only four i s ps on the island ,and C Y T A run by the phone company is the best of a bad bunch ,lol,so take heed all ,any visiters to this fair isle ,please bring you internet fittings ,lol, in this case carrier pigeons he he.
We have been to the Neolithic settlement this morning ,the oldest habitation found on the island so far ,and well worth the visit.,the huts being built out of mud bricks stone and limestone cement .with flat roofs built from bamboo batons and finished with wattle and daub cement ,nice and waterproof.
The walls of these huts are over two feet in width,so they would have been nice and cool in summer ,and warm in winter.The inside layout was very clever ,the huts being round ,with a platform halfway up the walls to lay the tressle beds on ,the kitchen and sitting area beneath with seating against the walls.
There were about thirty of these huts in the settlement each housing a family ,two thousand people in this one village.
They were very choosy as to where they built too ,this place had a stream running off the top of the mountains giving water all the year round ,plenty of wild wheat still growing on the hillside today ,and fruit trees ,so they had plenty of food.
Seems strange though because so far ,there has been no trace of animals ,goats ,or sheep so these people must have lived on wild vegitation and probably fish from the sea which is only two miles away.
These people also built huge walls all round the settlement to protect them from invasion ,but there is no sign of any other people on the island until much later,so ,apart from any strife from within ,they must have had a pretty peaceful existence.
We saw our first real portent of the autumn here ,black clouds rolling off the mountains thunder ,lightning ,and a few spots of rain.,but we wern't worried about that ,being by this time in the coffee house with a nice cup of Nescafe.
Tons of pics for anyone who want's them as soon as we get home ,but it would take too long to upload them from here ,more than likely the I s P would go down halfway through.
Liz has brought a beutiful tablecloth and place mats ,for ten euro's ,and we will be buying another lace one before we go home.
Have to go now to get the tea ready ,but may manage to get back on later ,Fred.

Hi Dorothy and any one else looking in, Another wet day here ,but I must admit it isn't cold.
Had a bad night in work last night a gang of youths caused havoc,when we asked them to leave they charged round th library like a pack of animals.On finally leaving they kicked the wall (its a prefab building) fom the outside and put a hole in the wall!!!. We have had loads of people here today looking at it as they now think it would be easy for any thieves to get in via the walls.!!
Been busy again today with story time being about scary stories with halloween round the corner,hope this after noon is ok.
Having physio again tomorrow,need to dig out some shorts or cropped pants.so i will be more comfy.
See you tomorrow.Brenda