General Chat

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
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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

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

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

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.

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

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

hi everyone I am rather sad to-day my grandaughter is dealing with the death of one of her classmates who at the age of 13 commited suicide what can one say to-day is the funeral the school have brought in help for the children, lindy is going with her to the funeral two schools are affected as the young girl attended the school where lindy teaches up to grade 4 . also one of lindys uncles is not expected to live he has liver cancer and they say it is only a matter of days. I have been looking up teen suicide for guidance in helping laura deal with this. on to brighter things the weather is still sunny but it was -5 this morning good the sun is still with us .hope everyon is well the site seems a bit slow perhaps everyone is xmas shopping bye for now dorothy

Hi All from a wet and very miserable Manchester,ThinkI will be curing up on the sofa tonight with a good book!!!
But I have a few jobs to do first,like turning up Johns new trousers for the holidays,and another pair of mine.
Dorothy what a real sorry your grand daughters loss, i would be pushed to know what to say.
Hope it all works out .
better go nearly time to start closing up ,I am at work,
Brenda

Hi all, it has been a good day weatherwise. Bright but rather chilly there was a breeze so I did get a line full of towels dry.

Dorothy, I am so sorry to read about your g.daughter's classmate. What a dreadful tragedy to have to deal with, that one so young has taken their own life. It is good that the children will get help to deal with this but it will be difficult for them especially at this time of year. So sorry also about Lindy's uncle, she has a lot to cope with dealing with this and the children who have lost their friend.

Not a lot of time just now, hopefully will be able to add more later or tomorrow. Good to see Fred back, hope the tummy has settled down now.

Have been wondering about Sylvia and Johan, hope they are both ok.

Love
kathleen

H All,been suring the net for a friend who is having pc problems ,she wanted to replace some copies of books she wants to re read,but had had trouble getting them,they are on Amazon and places like that but you can not see them before you buy,so I will need to ask her what she wants to do .They have been out for a long time and my copies are old and yellow,but I would not part,but when you pay few pounds plus p&p and don't know what they are like !!!
Hope Lindy and the family are ok Dorothy,could you send me your email please I seem to kep getting it wrong and my emails are bouncing back.
Nice to see you Kathleen,weather today up here was awful,very wet and windy.
Better get to bed now ,on work tomorrow at 12,30 t0 8pm ,but i have a friend dropping in on her way to work at 8.30 am so I need to be up.
Take care ,Brenda

we have a really windy day here,not had much rain but its freezing as well,seems like its keeping the borrowers at home.
I am here til 8pm so I hope some brave the weather,we will be lonely here til then.Hope everyone is ok ,and having better weather,see you soon,Brenda

Morning all,we had a very quiete night at work last night,but we manged to get a lot of admin stuff done ,which was a good thing,the weather did keep a lot of people at home.the ones that came in had to use the computers or return books or had reservations to pick up.
My weekend of tthis week and I have lots of errands and shopping to do.Want to finish my present buying off,and have orederd a new light fitting from Argos ,but it was not available at the two nearst stores so I will have to go tothe one a bit further away from us,but there are loads of road works etc all around it .!!!!!Will go on my own as John would loose his patience going there.
Also want to finish the alterations to some pants for the holidays,Will also need to start on the christmas cards as I want to post them second class just as we go away.
I have 5 christmas cakes this year ,and am going to try and make my own sugar paste decorations for them,and need to practise a bit at doing it.
Have an early start as I am at the doctors at 9 for a prescription change,so had better sort out my emails and get dresssed ,Hope everyone is ok,and have a nice weekend.
brenda

goodmorning I think that the wet weather you have been having is now over here we have had rain for the last 2 days non stop but at least it is not snow brenda and kathleen thankyou for the kind remarks re the grandaughters loss of a friend, it has been a sad week for the children the death of a classmate and the way it was done is very hard to deal with. the children have always been involved with their local church with their mom and I think that is helping as well. brenda it sounds like you are nearly ready for your holidays when exactly do you leave. I planthis week-end to write my over seas cards I seem to have got behind in that area, I shall mail the other part of anne's xmas gift on saturday she toolk part one home with her when she was here. its funny at this time of year after living here so long I do get homesick I guess the memories of our christmass's in walshaw come flooding back special days for me, well I shall brave the rain and pop out to the shops take care everyone bye for now dorothy

Good morning all you fair people and welcome ,old Fred has now hungup the frogmans suit back in the shed and been out back in the garden to rescue some carrots as they went down for the third time,lol.
All the people in the carlisle area i feel so sorry for ,and to think Liz and i nearly moved there five years ago instead of coming here ,the mind boggles ,there for the grace ,and all that.
Since we came back we have done all our christmas shopping ,early ,just in case the weather does get really nasty shortly.
We now have a small joint of beef in a large chicken ,a small turkey crown ,a small pork joint .lamb leg ,and a precooked honey roast of gammon brought from Aldi [now sliced and in the freezer.
Nearly all the pressie stuff is in too ,so we are pretty well there.Housework [spits out of the corner of the mouth ] we are nearly up to date but of course the garden is a different story what with all the water ,still folks ,it could be lots worse ,it could just have come down as snow up here brrrrrr.
I updated the sat-nav last night ready for the trip to High Wycombe for the funeral next Friday week,i didn't fancy the west coast route with all the flooding so ,it's the sat nav and the a1/ M1 this time ,
it's a preety long trip too ,through to Chipping Norton first for the cremation ,and then through to Wycombe where we have booked in to the Premier Inn at Loudwater overnight ,before going back the following morning to wycombe and the cemetery so that i can pay my respects to the family members before coming back home up the M1.
Have to do a shoot ,there is still the rest of todays housework to do ,and ,of course dinner ,i am making kalgannon with the last of yesterdays mash.with some grated cheese on top,and have taken the left over B b q meat that didn't get used up,pork chops ,snags,burgers,and bacon ,which i will do in a rich sauce,weeeell ,i need space in the freezer to take all the veggies from the garden,so i am now using all the odds and ends to make room for it all ,lol.
Have to go peeps ,work to do and all that,have a good weekend all of you.Frred.

Hi folks,sorry I have not been on for a day or so,the pc was running really slow ,so my son decided to defrag,it took a few attempts to get it running after he had done a virus run etc.so I could not get on ,but was busy anyway.
Glad you and the family are ok Dorothy ,a girl I work with had a similar problem last year when her daughters class mate did the same thing ,pleanty of rumours for the reason ,but none conmfirmed but the other girls in the class where oeverwhelmed. They did get councelling etc which helped ,but my collegues daughter was really down for a long time,they do not go to a church ,but I am sure that does help.
Fred feel sorry for the people in Cumbria myself ,we had some flooding on the roads near where I worked the other week and that was bad enougth,would not wish that on any one.You seem organised again for christmas,all I have is a peice of beef and pork.But hopefully have all my pressies bought!!
Better go need to do some irononmg as I am in work early again and not at lunsh as ai usually am on Mondays.
Brenda

Ages again to get on here today,so have not got that much time to say much,Weather wet and cold and very windy,should be doing errands ,but am staying in and doing odd jobs .Might start the ironing for the hols,we go a week on Friday,can not wait.!!! Hope you are all well,better go as I have some emails to forward to my bother and sister re my dads house.
Take care Brenda

hi its tennis from london so I am a happy person I had a lovely dinner last evening with the family and extended family ie. lindys mother and her sister jane and family we had turkey with all the trimmings and a lovely chocolate cake for dessert, I went early this am and bought the ast of the xmas gifts and some things for xmas dinner ie. the crackers I have the family over btween xmas and new years not sure yet what I am cooking I have thought about doing something different !!! the weather here is cold and damp but no snow as yet. hope you all are well bye for now dorothy

Morning all,bit damp again here,but hopefully will not get as wet as it has been,
glad you have some tennis to watch Dorothy ,enjoy!!
Glad also that you and the family had a nice meal.
Have been thinkng of asking some of the family over at christmas ,.but it s a bit complicated with most of them working shifts and some don't drive and taxis are dear.
Better go just realised the time and I have an appointment at 9am
Brenda

Good morning to Dorothy and Brenda.plus anyone else who pops in for a chat .
Nice to see someone else has had a family meal lately Dorothy ,glad you enjoyed the tennis too.
Hold on to your hat Brenda ,more heavy rain is on the way so i hope you get back home before it starts ,and anyway ,the worst of it may miss you.
Seems we are going to the youngest son's for Christmas day along with Sean and Marta,so i am getting two days off this year ,Two days because Sean and wife are out all boxing day and have to go home the following day ,much still left to sort out in their new married quarters.
We go down to Lyneham in mid December for a few days to help unpacking all the gear which will have arrived from Cyprus,so .what with that and the funeral this weekend poor old Liz and myself have our work cut out.
We are bogging off to the sons shortly to dump all the kid's pressies ,and bits and pieces off [wahey] ,rooom left to move around again.
Brought Liz aa slide film converter for Christmas so that she can convert all the slides i have of Gibralter ,Spain.Malta,and ,the med' of my forces days.
I am letting the boss do all the pics because to be frank ,she is far better than me at it ,so i am left to do all the 'puter programming for her ,what you call a good partnership ,lol.
Think the way things are going ,we will be having a nice ,quiet Christmas at home ,with none of the rushing about that we have done for years ,he he ,time to put our feet up ,under the desk ,and pester you peeps who are online boxing day on ,Bah Humbug [not].
Have to be getting on ,the rain has arrived here already ,drat, and i have lot's to do before going out.
See Ya later peeps take care all of you.Fred