General Chat

hi one and all and yes I awoke to the sound of rain slamming on the windows the weather man has not been doing a good job it was not supposed to rain again to-dayits 8-45 and its pouring down, last night I went over to the family's for dinner lindy did a great stir fry and I was filled in on all the happenings on the trip and then some it was mostly good except for Ian being seperated from them in a crowd of people in the palace of versaills (not sure if i spelled it right) for over 20 minutes andrew said it was the worst 20 minutes of his life, the security guards were looking for him when he made his own way back to them he said he stood still for a while at the end of a corridor and then made his way back to where he thought they where so it ended well, so it was a fun evening they are getting ready to go to camp next monday, when I came home I recieved a call from a friends daughter with sad news my friend peggy in prince edward island has been battling breast and lung cancer for a while and now it has spread all over the place so she has had to be put in hospital she is a fellow nurse and we worked to-gether for years she is a very strong woman and the most honest person I have ever met, she has maybe about a month or so left her daughter gave me her number direct to her hospital room so I shall phone her when I am finished here, she is in hospital for pain control and then she will head back to her home to be in the place she wants to end her life in , surrounded by all that is important to her, I wish I was not so far away distance is a problem at a time like this , she was clear for 4yrs but did not make the fifth mark. enough fo that brenda good look with your dad's house it is never easy getting a houe ready for others to view bye for now dorothy

Morning Dorothy ,Brenda,,Kathleen ,and anyone else who happens by,yes ,i too was caught out by the rain again ,getting back from the garden store as the heavens opened yet again ,so my new toy ,still in it.s box was shoved into the garden shed ,couldn't even assemble and play with my new toy grrrrrrr.
Hissy had me in stitches again yesterday morning ,and i wrote about her antics on the other thread,too long to rewrite it on here though ,lol,so,on to other things.
Fixed the laptop up with the wood i bought at the same time as the mower ,and it seems great ,no more fumbling to hit the right keys on the board ,and lots easier on the wrists ,which was what i was after.
Nice to see someone else likes their stir frys ,we love 'em and the wife made a cracker yesterday which was so tasty.
It's called a stir fry because it's cooked in a wok ,but in fact the cooking medium is a couple of tablespoons of water ,not oil.
lots of ingredients in ,basically cauli' florets ,cherry tomato ,chopped .a fat free french dressing ,salt ,pepper ,chilli flakes ,basil ,corriander ,and a little cheddar cheese taking no more than ten minutes to knock up ,really lovely ,and light too,so ,if anyone wants the where with all ,let me know ,and i will twist the missus's arm for you [evil chuckle].
Sorry to hear of your friends troubles and illness ,Dorothy ,and it's a pain being so far away ,i know ,only too well with both my ,mum and sister being a four hour drive away,but i'm sure your friend will be comforted by knowing you are there for her in spirit,it is a large comfort i assure you.
Suprised you went to the trouble of buying a machine for faxing Dorothy when there is a programme on the net to use your puter to fax ,in and out ,but as Brenda has said ,well done on the fixing up of ,lol,does this mean i can get you to sort my stuff out if it breaks down ,lol,i have various machines here that could do with a good teck'y, .
No need to water the garden with all the rain ,lol ,so ,there was only the greenhouse to do this morning,waste of time these days even looking at the forecast ,how good are these people ,who are sooooo good at their job ,that the people in Scotland get no warning of a small twister that hit yesterday ,no one hurt mind ,but quite a bit of damage to cars and houses,and at a holiday resort too ,a place that the weather people should have been watching very closely at holiday time .
Off to do some work now ,before thinking of something for dinner,i have a nice swordfish steak in the freezer that i will thaw for my teatime salad ,yum. Fred.

Good morning - whoops just noticed it is 12.20 so - Good afternoon folks !!

At the moment it is bright but very windy, have had several very heavy downpours so not able to hang out washing nor do anything outside. The birds are bombarding my roof with the stones from next doors cherry tree - well they look like cherries but not sure what they are, just that they make a horrendous mess. Mind you not as bad as the flippin' elderberries when all my washing gets covered in horrible purple mess, every garden at the back of me seems to have elderberries. The house immediately at the end of my garden has apple trees, now totally neglected and covered in ivy and elderberry. Such a shame, I remember them being planted by the very nice man who lived there. That was in 1961 and he told me to pick as many apples as I wanted for the children. For a few years we had some really lovely eating and cooking apples but then he disappeared and several people have lived there since but none have looked after the trees. Actually the current tenants have made a real mess of the fence which is falling down - when it does all their rubbish (which includes old mattresses) will come into my garden. I believe it is still owned by the housing association and I have spoken with them about it but they tell me the request for new fencing has to come from the tenant. Odd really, when they had to do repairs to the upper maisonette's balcony they had to come through my garden and take the fence down so they could get their equipment through. Seems I have to approach the tenant myself to tell them to report the problem - thing is they have dumped rubbish there and probably will not do anything as that is strictly not allowed. Feel inclined to help it on it's way and see what happens - the rest of their garden looks to be reasonably neat and tidy, just the end under the trees and all their ivy and brambles come through to my side. Dose it all regularly with strong weedkiller (which I don't like using) but is the only way to keep it down a bit. I can't really grow anything down at that end.
One of my sons has got swine flu - during his week's holiday. Indira went to get his medication and I will pop down later with some food. We have to put it in through a window as he is in quarantine. He doesn't seem too bad at the moment but keeps saying "keep away Mum, I don't want you to get it". Not heard of anyone else around this area with it - he works in London and had lots of meetings last week so that's probably how he caught it.
It's persistingly raining again - and I have to go outside to the freezer to get out the lamb chops for dinner. Have lamb hearts in the freezer inside but not feeling like messing around with those today. Chris has to work tonight so have to cook his dinner early.
Must go and feed Philip now. Hope it''s better weather where you are.

Take care
Love
Kathleen
ps. They are going to relay the floor in Indira's flat in a few days - just waiting for it to be officially approved.

hi everyone the sun is finally shining and supposed to continue for a few days which will be good for the folks on holidays and for the long week-end coming up I have noticed that some people are all ready heading up to the cottages and the different lakes near me the highway is busy, fred I did not buy the fax it was given to me by the charity that I am working part time for they are donated to them by the major company that supports them of course you have to had them back if you no longer stay with them, I am off to the local c.a.a office to see about some day trips to take anne on when she comes they help with maps and plan routes clearly marked. I don't have one of those things in the car that talks to you I don't really need one gps I think they are called. sorry to hear kathleen that your son has that flue thing it is over here as well I try to stay away from crowded places as much as I can. I think it is going to be a bad winter in regards to this. well I am going to take advantage of this nice weather and go for a stroll and then do the groceries and the library so I don't have to bother this week-end bye for now dorothy

Hah ,so i'm not the only one getting bombarded with cherry pips then Kathleen ,do as i do lass ,get your old tin hat out to wear out back lol.
I have had a nice two hours out back this afternoon in the sun,sat in my chair looking at all my fruit and plants ,all busily growing ,waiting for the day the strawberries are ready,pot of cream in the fridge ready.
The new mower i got out of it's box late this morning ,put it together and tried it out ,brill' no chewing at the edges of the lawn ,and the whole big lawn trimmed without having to clean the box out until i came to put the mower away ,so ,lots quicker and easier for these old legs .
Well ,i'm off to facebook to take the mickey out of a member in wycombe ,who ,i know lives in cressex ,where a cheese fell out of the sky this morning ,lol,wonder if it was my rellie Susie who lives in that area ,a 7 kilo lump of cheddar falling from space ,is a lot of welsh rarebit. ,good thing it never hit anyone ,lol
See ya later peeps. fred.

Hi Everyone,sorry I have not ben on for a day or two,got caught up with other things.
More rain again today only had a half dozen people in the libary this morning due to the rain. One had come for computer lessons but we had to tell her it was cancelled as the lady that gives them had to take emgerancy leave as her mother is unwell,we could not find a contact number for her but she said she had left her details with the ict person,We kept apolgising but she was not happy,can not say i blame her but we could not get in touch if we did not have a contact number.
It was busier in the afternoon mainly kids as its the school holidays but we had to ask a few to leave as they had been mis behaving ,luckily they did ,so it was ok.
Off tomorrow ,but have a few errands to do ,also having a haircut as I am out to my friends 60th birthdayin the evening,we are going to a chinese restaurant.
I used to think housing associations were good managers but they are not all the same Kathleen,my friend was in a house for a while and she said at fisrt they did all repairs pretty quickly,but as she left they kept fobbing her off about fixing things. My sister works for one in Liverpool,but they seem sto be very keen on keeping things up to scratch and its the teneants who are lax in keeping the gardens and things ok.
Fred,I have had a vision of you in a tin helmet using your new mower,whilst being bombarded with cherry pips etc.
Dorothy glad the family got back ok and had such a great trip. Hope you can get something sorted for Anne coming.
take care ,Brenda

Not much doing in Newcastle at the minute ,but it's a nice morning so the missus and i are going down to the Chester Le Street Market in Durham for a look see .
There are some interesting sites too ,so i will take the new camera for a work out,and see what goodies are on offer at the same time.
Some people in this country are pretty stupid with their ideas of celebrations and advertising .
Re the cheese that was sent up into space yesterday only for something to go wrong in that it came hurtling back down when the weather baloon burst ,7 kilos of cheese is heavy ,and it would have easily killed someone,had it hit someone on the head ,i am suprised health and safety allowed it,being as it was an a stupid risk to start with,and a waste of food to boot,in a world that is getting short of staples,such as wheat and rice.
Have to go and get ready now ,but i will be back later to let you know how i get on.
Fred.

Good morning on this bright but slightly chilly morning. Forecast for a dry day so will be trying to get some tidying up down outside later.
Dorothy, so sorry to read about your friend. It is hard for you being so far away, keeping in touch by phone means that she knows you are there for her. It has just reminded me that my daughter will have been free from cancer for five years this November - hopefully her final check-up will show that she is still clear.
Hope you manage to find some good trips for Ann when she visits with you.
Fred - don't have a tin hat so guess I will have to make do with an old saucepan lol !! Trying to sweep up the mess they leave is difficult as the wretched things stick to the paving slabs. As I was doing this yesterday there were about a hundred birds sitting on my roof - I swear they were laughing at me !!
Brenda, you have a difficult job trying to clear your Dad's house - it can be heart-wrenching parting with things that have, maybe, been part of your life growing up. Hope you manage to get it sorted out without too many problems. School holidays can be a problem especially when the weather is bad, our little library gets inundated with youngsters wanting to use the computers. It is only a tiny place, now housed in a small shop which was once the hairdressers. They closed our "proper" library along with the centre run by Age Concern - supposedly to rebuild. The new complex was supposed to house the library the centre and the doctors surgery and was supposed to have been finished by September 2008 - they haven't even started it knocking the old buildings down yet and I have to say the people in this area are not very happy about it all. There is a centre in the village but it hasn't got a proper kitchen so cannot provide the hot meals that many of the older people used to enjoy. Also it is quite a long walk for many of us so not so many are able to make use of it. Have to say I never did use it but several of my neighbours did and used to enjoy having at least one meal a week there as much for the company as anything else. It was also very good value, particularly good for those who lived alone. That's Surrey County Council for you - they should have left us in Middlesex.
Well that's my moan over for today LOL
Hope Sylvia and Johan are enjoying their break and keeping well. John and Gayle, hope all is well with you.
Have a good day everyone - and keep out of mischief Fred (why haven't I seen you on FB?)
Take care
Love
Kathleen

hello goodness fred cheese falling from the sky whatever next this morning it is nice and sunny should be a good week-end weather wise. the tomato plants seem to be recovering from the attacks of the wind and rain I now have a total of 5 on both plants green and growing hopefully more will come along.I was thinking of taking anne to the thousand islands about a 2hr drive from here there even is a hotel on one of the islands that you can stay at and the boat tour is great. to-day I will pop down for the afternoon friday tea I have missed going for the last two weeks as I had other things going on. we have about a dozen computors at the library and you book time if you need to use them and then upstairs is a very large childrens section and they also have a computor area. it is a very big building and they say they see over a 1000 people a day, they are hoping to build a new one in the south end of town a that area has expanded with more houses being built. they also have several meeting rooms that you can use for groups etc, in the summer they have programmes of music going on ie. jazz groups piano and guitar groups. it is quite nice to sit on the upstairs outside patio and listen tot he music well I must get on with the day bye for now dorothy

Hi again
Nothing is happening much apart from it being wet. Gayle is keeping well and hopefully on 15th we will know what is going to be done. On the news the other day hospitals are reportedly not doing some non-urgent surgery due to the swine flu - so whether that will affect Gayle we don't know. Here's hoping that it doesn't.

John

Morning all [just]and John ,nice to see you back again ,surely this time there will be good news regarding your wife ,think a letter of complaint to your local government rep is in order mind ,this debacle has been going on far too long ,time to start kicking butts ,methinks.
Hope all is sorting itself out for the two of you.
Heck of a week we have had ,starting with fun stuff[the cheese story in my old town ,of birth] ,finishing off with a thieving git nearly being collared by the police ,only to get away from them by coming over all the back fences in the row smashing two of next door /mine's panels in the process grrrrr.
There were two cars full of coppers chasing this lad on a stolen motor bike and as he dumped it they all followed him to the back ,instead of splitting up and some coming round the front of the houses derrrrr ,had they had done so they would have ,at the very least ,been able to keep him in sight until the chopper arrived a scant two minutes later,talk about keystone cops.
This lad came over the fence like a whippet/greyhound, and by the time i had gotten up and opened the front door ,he was well away,lol.
The lady next door is going to be importing two tons of sand and thirty square metres of turf in three weeks ,and has no direct access to her garden ,so i have said i will repair the fence for now,and the day she is planning for the delivery ,i will leave my drive clear and remove the fencing panels so she can get her gear through my back garden through to hers,her only other option was to move it through her house ,and what a mess that would leave.
It will only take a couple of hours to put the new fencing up afterwards,so that isn't too bad i can manage that okay.
The trip to Chester lee Street was a wash out ,over the last six years ,the market apparently got smaller and smaller and when we arrived we got one hell of a shock ,he he,took one look and said ,hell ,we are going to Durham instead,so,we did just that ,and had a lovely two hours wandering though the big indoor market and round the narrow windy streets, little changed in two hundred years.
We even walked through the bus station where my gt gt grandads house once stood,getting goosebumps at the thought of my footsteps going over his in many places lol,quite a sobering thought.
Took a few pics of the river ,castle ,cathederal and bridges if anyone is interested,and wow ,the new camera is very good ,and easy to use.
I even got one of liz at the front of the house this morning playing peek a boo with the cat even one that really looks as though Hissy is playing coy
,lol
Have to go back to B&Q this afternoon ,or tomorrow now i have measured the rail lengths ,uncut they wouldn't have fitted in the car ,but i have to go back to get the screws i need in any case.
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend i am off now, my drill is fully charged, to put up the wife's grab handle next to the bath ,after all .i have to keep the who females of the house content don't i.?
Fred.

goodmorning from a sunny barrie john good to see you back this business with your wife is certainly taking a long time it must be very frustrating for both of you,the local hospital near me obtained funding for a seperate centre for kidney problems to be built it is about 3 minutes from me by car and it has proved to be a great help to people in the community and for many miles around, after several years of trying to obtain funding and doing fund raising we are now building a cancer centre so that people in barrie and further north don't have to go to toronto for treatment ie radiation and chemo. the hour and a half drive on the 400 in winter is wicked especially if you are ill we do have people who go on a list and help to drive people who have no help or family to drive them angels I call them. fred your trip to durham sounded great how special to walk where your gr grandfather had walked it is a special feeling I am sure. the highway was very busy yesterday as folks head up to the cottages and the lakes around here even at 2am this morning I was sitting out on the balcony and could see them in the distance still heading up, it was one of those nights where I went to bed at 11 woke up at 2 and thought it was morning felt I had slept all night but did go back to bed after a while, I am going to see if I can find the new farmers market that has opened in town to get some fresh produce so I shall say bye for now dorothy

hi it seems everyone is busy enjoying the week-end to-day is the last day of our holiday week-end and the weather has been very kind sunny but not to hot, the children left for camp this morning for two weeks of outdoor living over night camp trips etc not my cup of tea but they enjoy it after he drops the children of at camp andrew is of to ottawa for the week on business lindy will stay with the dog at the cottage for a few days. I am expecting isobelle up for a visit on thursday her son will drop her off and pick her up on saturday just a quick visit as her daughter is due to give birth on the 13th (a booked c/s). to-day I plan on a visit to the book store and maybe take myself out for lunch there are a couple of new places I want to try before anne arrives, I also have to get some trip maps done for the day trips I plan on taking with anne. I have decide on going to fergus, the elora gorge and st jacobs that is a menonite community with a great market and incredible quilt shop, then up past huntsville to a 3hr boat ride amongst the 3000 islands and maybe the fall colours will be on show as it will be the middle of sept bye for now dorothy

Hello all and my apologise again ,mind youits not all my fault could not get internet access on a couple of occassions,and don't really know why!!.
Been chatting to David and we both think we need a need pc,or a box/tower at least,I was fancying a laptop but not sure it will hold what I want to put on it.
John hope Gayle gets the go a head next week,she must be a saint waiting so patiently.
Kathleen I remember when your daughter was diognosed,?spelling ?
does not seem like 5 years,thats when I first started to chat on Genes.It would also have been then when my dad was diognoesd as well. Do you still keep in contact with any one else from then,?
Dorothy sound like Anne and yourself will be busy when she is over,hope the weather stays ok.
John and I have been thinking of a long weekend next month I would like to go to th elakes ,but he is not to keen,we will probably go and see his mother but I do not want to stay in the caravan with them as they only have one spare bed which is a single.Might book a b&b somewhere and take them out for a lunch,she will not go out at night.
Had a good night out on Friday for my friends 60th ,have some great photos and the meal was good as well.It was just the rain when we came out that spoilt it all.
Fred fancy redoing our fence ,? there's nowt like cheeck.LOL .John is reluctant to do it as the neighbours on one side just will not do anything in their garden and the otherside think they should not pay for the fence between us as its our problem so we will end up paying for it all again.
See you tomorrow, Brenda

Good morning all. A damp and gloomy start to the day, still a bit windy and lots of showers - so much for that long, hot summer we were promised. Though the Met Office have now said they got it wrong - I think we'd already guessed that !!!
Yes Brenda, five years have just flown by only recently realised that I joined GR over 7 years ago. Still in touch with quite a few people from back then.
I would love to have a laptop - then I wouldn't have to wait for my turn to use this computer. Do you remember the meetings, you had one with She Wray at the same time as ours in Guildford? That was six years ago.
Hope your weather holds for when Anne comes to visit you Dorothy. Sounds as though you have planned some great outings. How are your tomatoes doing, have they recovered from the battering they got? Mine seem to have made little progress though I have kept them watered, just got taller and that's all.
Sorry have to go - let the phone go to answerphone but it's important so must ring them back.
Will catch up again later.
Love
kathleen

goodmorning brenda glad your night out went so well do you think you can talk john into going to the lakes I think that would be wonderful the talk of the lakes brings back memories of grange over sands and cartmel . problems with fences seem to be world wide there is always one side that does not want to pitch in with the expenses, 43 yrs ago when I was expecting andrew we put up a fence our neighbours were italian and he brought in a gang of friends the only cost was I was to provide a spaghetti meal at the end of the day have you any idea how intimidating it was to cook for 8 big italian men who were used to good spaghettii dinners. that reminds me the son will be 43 on the 8th. kathleen my tomatoes are not well still only about 5 tomatoes and they are very green last evening I was dashing to put them in a sheltered spot as the wind came up again. I am going out to the shops early to-day as the humidity is high to-day it is allready feeling about 34 and thunder storms are forecast for this afternoon I need to look for a gift for andrew but have run out of ideas he could open his own shirt shop, so maybe a gift card bye for now dorothy

Afternoon peeps hope everyone had a good weekend and is now looking forward to the next he he..
No way are you responsible for both fences Brenda it's one side or the other.
Having found out which is yours ,the other one is easily sorted,get in touch with the council and complain about the condition of the fence and garden,the council must act on informing the neighbours that part of the contract of the council house act or ,in the case of a house bought off the council means the occupier of said house Must keep the grounds in a reasonable cultivated condition.Afraid i issss too busy to come down ,what with doing the fence next door one way for an old lady who has two useless sons and no hubby ,to doing the lawns the other side for a single lass with a young son ,and alcahol prob's on the other ,between that and my own garden ,plus the work round the house ,I could do with help he he.
As i said in my pm ,Brenda ,a modern laptop can handle anything you throw at it ,mine will do far more, and store masses of info that my desk top would blow a fuse rather than tackle .lol
Our new supermarket that opened yesterday is great [Morrisons] only half a mile up the road through the park meaning in good weather ,we can amble up there in our own slow way ,taking a shopping trolley apiece ,leaving the car at home getting our exercise at the same time.
We have decided to go to Beamish over the next two weeks,revisiting a museum that has doubled in size over the last 4 years when we visited last
This museum houses a complete 18th -19 th century village ,complete with working bakery ,brewery ,with drays and horses,a main street with coop store ,open for visitors ,a cafe ,and even has running trams ,and railway to get round the site,and the kids love the working farm.drift coal mine ,and pit head,i have had to buy an extra 4 gig camera card for all the photos i will be taking. Well ,time to go,and things to do before tea ,catch you later peeps ,Fred,

Hiya,we had a warm but dull day here,but it did brighten up after tea.
Had a busy day of today really,had to go to Dads this morning as the people who do the HIPS pack had to check the house for a few things,then take some documents to the estate agents ,and then went out to lunch.We went with the friends we go on holiday with.We went to a pub we have not been in for years and years.It recently had a good write up in our local paper,so we gave it a try and had a wonderful lunch.Its on our list to do again as they had a really varied menu.
Off again tomorrow so have cleaning and shopping to do ,Friday I am off as well so hope to go to Bury with my sister.
None of what you said applies to our houses Fred .they have always been privately owned,we do intend to ask both sides but don't expect any help from one side,so we think we may just patch that side,and the other side might help financially .but he does no work at all outside the house it is usually ,her and her mother!!!,
My neices husband does gardens and he might be able to get us a good deal on some panels.John thinks we should put more concrete "panels "in so that the wooden panels are not as big and they should last longer.Other neighbours have done this and looks ok up to now.
I have wanted to go to Beamish for years,did talk to dad about going once or twice as he fancied it himself,but its not Johns cup of tea.Might see if my friend wants to go and find a trip that does it.
Have replied to your pm Fred,Thank you for the advise.
see you all la ter <Brenda

Hi all, not been a bad day after yesterday's heavy rain - all day. A bit dull but it brightened up a bit around teatime. Forecast for a good weekend so here's hoping they've got it right this time.

Feeling a bit down and the weather didn't help. A year ago tomorrow when my brother died. Have been remembering so many things, still can't believe he is no longer with us.

Brenda, those HIPS things are more trouble than they are worth - and expensive as well. Are the concrete "panels" you mention at the bottom of the fence? There is a name for them but I can't remember it (forget a lot of things these days). They do help make the fence last longer as they protect from rotting at the base of the fence. My son put them in when he renewed his fencing, that was a few years ago now and they still look good whereas his next door neighbour is having to renew some of his fencing which didn't have them.

Have now been told by the people responsible for repairs that the company they use for maintenance say they will get round to doing g.daughters floor "when they have got all their other jobs out of the way".
I told them, not good enough and am now following this up with the Housing Manager. All repairs should have been done before the property was reallocated. G.daughter was speaking to her opposite neighbour today who said the place had been empty for some time and he told her to insist that her kitchen was refurbished as well as all the others had been done in the block. It seems the previous "tenant" had never actually lived there but sublet to various other people - problem was he was taking rent from them but not paying it to the Housing Assoc. so they were evicted. The Housing Assoc. have taken him to court as there have been letters from the court (though they have been informed that he is no longer there). Also various other Debt Collecting agencies - I have phoned them so they won't be sending any more letters. G.daughter is getting so stressed by all this - and that is the reason she was rehoused - because the stress of living with her mother was making her ill.

Dorothy, finding gifts for men can be a problem. My sons are like your Andrew - they could open a very large shirt & sweater shop between them.
I think gift vouchers are often the best bet. Hope your weather improves, you seem to be having the same problem as us - too much rain and wind.

Fred, any ideas for a decent clematis to replace the horrible one I am taking out? An early flowering one for preference and large flowers, I have three late flowering ones, two purple flowered and one magenta. All have done really well and look good - but I can't remember the names. I would like something with some colour. Have read about the museum at Beamish, would love to be able to visit there sometime - maybe one day !!

My grandson is off to Newcastle Uni in September, he is really looking forward to it. He has taken some time to decide what he wanted to do and it is good to see that he has now finished his college course with distinctions and going to Uni with excellent grades - he's doing web design.

I am so thirsty today, must go and make the umpteenth cup of tea - I shall be up and down all night going to the loo !!!

Hope you all have a good weekend.
Take care
Love
kathleen

Hi Kathleen ,cor ,havn't grown Clematis since we left Birchvale five years ago ,but remember one of them [blue and white] bloomed twice a year,i will see if i can find out what it was called,and let you know,but quite a few bloom in march ,and again in august.
I agree Kathleen ,it's time to talk about legal action if these people don,t sort themselves out ,they are raking the water and shouldn't be allowed to get away with any more prevarication,get onto the ombudsman ,and get him to kick a few butts,they have already broken at least three codes of practice governed by the master builders federation.
All this stress should be pointed out too,a threat of a soliciter may bring results if all else fails ,a damages claim may move them.
The grandson should enjoy his time in Newcastle ,it's one of the best uni's in the country ,great living accomodation ,on ,and off campus,and there are many bars and cafe's which cater for students ,grub at reduced prices ,but ,there are the usual sharks around ,however ,there is a good students union who will steer you in the right direction.
Had a busy day ,what with spring cleaning the car ,inside and out ,feeding the garden out back ,with the front to do tonight ,using the coupled hoses.
With the caravan gone ,i was able to get the jet wash out to do the car ,and found it a lot better and easier than a bucket and sponge,and will get the washer back out tuesday to jet clean the bins when they have been emptied.
Next week we will be out most days ,getting out of the street before the contractors move on site to resurface the road.
We will of course have emergency access but feel it would be better to get out and about and avoid all the dust and noise.during the day,a picnic at the coast could be in the offing.
Time to find something for the tea,Catch you later Fred.