General Chat

Evening all,well Fred was already this afternoon to sit outside with a cup of coffe and have a read for a half hour ,but came back in sharpish as it was Very Nippy to say the least,would have needed my thermals on to sit there!! so came inside to have it in the living room.!!
Hope the journey goes ok with no problems have a good visit Take care Brenda

Evening all.had a nice lunch at our favourita chinse today for my friends birthday,all very nice.
Did a bit of shopping before hand but leg was just as painful so gave up and went to the resturant early,had a cup of tea while i waited.
Did walk about abit longer before it got to bad so i suppose there is a bit of an improvement..
The city was getting ready for the parade of Manchester City football club with the championship trophy
Can not wait till next week when we will hopefully be in the sunshine.!!
Hope Freds journey went ok and he is enjoying his visit.
Take care Brenda.

Evening all.had a nice lunch at our favourita chinse today for my friends birthday,all very nice.
Did a bit of shopping before hand but leg was just as painful so gave up and went to the resturant early,had a cup of tea while i waited.
Did walk about abit longer before it got to bad so i suppose there is a bit of an improvement..
The city was getting ready for the parade of Manchester City football club with the championship trophy
Can not wait till next week when we will hopefully be in the sunshine.!!
Hope Freds journey went ok and he is enjoying his visit.
Take care Brenda.

Morning to all,a lot warmer down here ,lol,i should have towed the greenhouse down to give the tomatoes a treat :-D.
You keep your eye on that leg Brenda ,until the specialist finds out just what is causing the problems, mine is darned painful too ,but at least i know mine is osteo arthritis,and at the minute ,i can control the pain ,you need to nurse your leg for the time being. :-).
Felt a right twonk when we got down ,some silly bu**er left the dongle at home ,he he ,so i had to go into Swindon to get a new one .
T-mobile sold me a pay as you go one ,which only charges you for what you use ,as you use and dosn't affect the contract dongle ,not so bad,and next time we go away i can take both ,so the missus can go online at the same time as me ,using the other puter.
Cant go out this morning ,we are waiting for The engineer to come out to fit Virgin broadband For the grandson,and we are also expecting a locksmith to replace the lock on the garden shed ,which broke as Sean shut the door after putting the lawn mower in :-),told him he did it so that he couldn't mow the lawn,lol.
Hope you are still getting to look in Dorothy ,we are a little short handed on here without you :-( but when the engineer has finished setting the broadband up ,i will be able to get back on here ,and send you an email :-D.
Catch you later peeps ,take care , :-D ;-)

Morning Fred and anyone else looking in,dry and sunny here again,but still on the chilly side. Was raining earlier but has stopped so the washing is on the line.,glad the journey went well Fred. We have been told to get a dongle for the desk top so we can get rid of the cable which gets trapped a lot with Davids bedroom d.oor and the back bedroonm door. At the moment it is damaged so we can not use the desk top and the wireless printer gets no single.!!
I have to wait in this after noon for the gas man to do the yearly check on the central heating and fire.sometime between 12 -5pm !!
The pain in my leg is caused by the way the nerves in my back are trapped ,due to the vertabrae fusing ,the nerve can move but not completely ,so thats why I get more pain sometimes than others.
John going over to his brothers at lunch time to see his neice and her new baby ,I need to stay here for the gas man ,but he will be back for 1.30pm because I am at the dentist at 2pm (I had either a filling or partof my tooth fall out.} don't want any problems while we are away next week,
Better get on with the ironing. Take care
Brenda

Morning Brenda,i would get in touch with your broadband provider Lass and find out which is cheaper ,an added dongle which will cost you at least £10 a month.or get a wi fi box which will more than likely be cheaper ,and put all your in house hardware in sync with no wires or protruding dangly bits to get damaged by knees and whatever,as you move around in your chair,the secret to it all in a big city like yours is to play one provider off against the others ,i said i was leaving virgin media after 20 years because sky was cheaper ,and got a wi fi box ,and tivo for nothing ,you hassss to be crafty ,and cheeky these days ,lol :-D.
Yeah ,trapped nerves are nasty i am told ,lucky i am ,never had that happen to me ,give my arthritic hips any time stick and all :-).
Wehave decided to stay until mid week ,next ,giving me time to go back over to Westbury to take a picture of Raymonds grave ,put some flowers on at the same time ,and take a pic, of his old shop for the records.
Hear the snow is still hanging around up on Tyneside ,my poor tomato's will NOT be enjoying that at all.
Back later when i have come back and seen to the back lawn ,which looks more like the African Savannah just now ,half expecting to find some wild life in there somewhere lol.
Catch you later All , :-D <3

Hi All half way through my earlier reply and It went into space!!.Had a nice lunch and chat with two friends today ,and a bit of shopping.Weather has been good washing dry on the line again today.!!
Glad you are enjoying the stay with your grand son ,hope you manage all you want to do/
My freinds daughter had a dongle she has not used (long story as to why) which she has given me,and should not cost me anything to run,I am waiting for my nephew to come over and see whats what ,if its not ok i will get on to Virgin and do what you said.
Take care ,Brenda

Morning Brenda ,nice morning here in sunny Oxfordshire ,where i am waiting for the bin men to arrive ,just to make sure they take all the cardboard off the packing .
We are going well so far ,house about straight ,and most of the tidying up done,so we took the day off yesterday and went to Oxfordshire on the bus ,but i wasn't impressed at all . :-(.
Lots of paper about on the streets ,vast areas in the city centre with no signposts to aid visitors to find their way around ,and sky high prices a miserable pasty ,supposed to be a cornish variety £3-80 ,what a rip off,Brenda ,give me Bath or Bury anytime ,where people are aided to find their way around without having to buy a map to do it 3 out of 10 Oxford ,and i am being generous. :-(.
Sean has now been made an instructor for the incoming erks and will not be going back to Afghanistan ,unless there is an emergency which is good news to me and the wife ,he won't be getting the allowance from it of course ,but as an instructor ,he will get flying pay for when he is up in the aircraft on duty ,so it isn't all bad.
It means too ,that we can come down once in a while and go and pay my respects to my uncles grave now ,which is better than taking the vase to West Wycombe so now his grave will have something on to show someone is thinking of him.
We wen't through to Westbury two days ago ,which confirmed that there is to be no headstone from his loving wife [not] ,but at least i found his one time shop and flat above which is now a computer shop.
Luckily the post box on the flat gate still has the name Barnes on it ,so i have my photo's for my records
We have to go to the next town down the road this morning to the recycle depot ,the council here will take all the cardboard from the packaging but won't take styrene foam out of the boxes ,which is crazy in a camp as big as a town ,with forces people in and out all the time but there you go that's councils for you ,encouraging fly tipping and then bemoaning about it when they have to go out and pick it all up out of hedgerows in the countryside :-(
Not to worry , i need to find a shop for a jar of green curry paste ,and coconut milk so that i can make tonights curry.
We are away home next Wednesday ,so that i can get my own place sorted out again ..
Catch you later all ,take care. :-D :-)

Evening Fred,my you have been so busy again,putting us all to shame.
I am still in the middle of my sewing and ironing to get ready for my holidays on Monday.
Tomorrow i need to go to the cemetary as it is my mams birthday,then we are veiwing an apartment with Johns mam and step father,we saw it yesterday and thinks it just what hty need,but its up to them.
We had trouble getting rid of the packing from our furniture last month,and the cardboard went with the recyclinmg and the plastic and polytrene went in the normal bin,in three bags over three weeks.
better get a bit more ironing done.Take care
Brenda

had a busy day ,getting ready for the holidays and the party for my neice tonight .Also went o the cemetary as it s my mams birthday today she would have been 86.miss her loads.!!! and my dad of course 11
bETTER GET READY FOR THIS PARTY ,tAKE CARE bRENDA

hi all.well the party was a lot better than we had expected really enjoyed it.
Good to see lots of other family members.
Nearly packed ready for tomorrow,hope we get off on time,
Take good care of our little thread ,Fred.
Will be trying to get on line at some point ,Hope the rest of your visit ihas gone ok.
Take care Brenda xx

Enjoy your break Brenda,off into the wild blue yonder again i take it ?.
Hope it's somewhat warmer for you ,to get some hydro therapy on the bak and leg :-).
Still doing okay down here ,but i am fretting now for my little furry chum ,and wanting to be home ,of course ,i am missing my little garden too ,and am hoping that the warmer weather promised for this week will reach up north where it will be most welcome :-D.
Off out shortly to visit Witney town ,a nice little place with lots of shops ,and a good supermarket that i have told Sean about ,it will be a lot closer for him to go for his main shop,than Swindon.
Catch you later all. :-D :-)

Morning all.just a quick line or two ,will be of on our holidays ,very soon,Hope Hissy is not to hard on you when you get home Fred,
According to the forecast its a bit cool where we are going and its getting warmer here !! just our luck!!
Take care Brenda

Hope's you is enjoying your holiday Brenda ,llllloverly here this week ,sun ,sun ,and more sun :-D ,you could have saved your money and gone to the coast here ,lol,but i suppose ,a change of scenery will do you good ,anyway.
Had to take the wife to hospital as soon as i got back from Oxfordshire ,she was really ill on the way home.
The steroids over 4 years were no longer working as they should and the mucus in her lungs built up to the point that she couldn't get her breathe.
Anyway 24 hours on a nebulizer and a stronger steroid ,and they let her come home yesterday ,providing she sits and takes it easy,so i have told her ,if i so much as see her with anything in her hand other than a book ,or her lappy ,and i will take her back to the hospital :-|.
So far ,she is being good ,but i will be keeping a weather eye on her in case she gets any ideas.
work in the garden is slow because of the heat ,but i am about there ,all the brassica in apart from the winter cabbage ,all the beans in ,the new carrot and Pak Choi .and only the parsnip to go ,and i have a full house :-).
The sun has been and done the big hedge for me ,bless him ,giving me extra time to catch up on the lawns and weeding ,which will be up to date by next weekend.
Off to do the wife some tea now ,she fancies a toasty so i am doing a round and a half each of cheese, ham and sliced tomato& red onion.nice ,quick ,and easy. :-).Back tomorrow after i have seen to the watering early on ,take care all :-D ;-) xx

Hi Fred ,sorry Liz has not been well,hope she is doing as she is told and will be better soon.
We are having a great time weather is really good,and the breeze is welcome wnen it gets here.
Will be home early Friday .
Love the pic of the cat .
Take care Brenda xxx

afteroon all ,well ,here we are ,the start of the holiday ,and rain at last to water in all my new plants and herbs :-) ,the garden now finished ,and time to relax .
My new mint plants arrived yesterday ,and are now in the big urn near the patio table where we will get to smell them while sat at the table enjoying an ,al fresco meal in the sun ,anyway ,we now have ordinary mint ,peppermint ,apple mint.basil mint and Ginger mint :-D.
all that is left to plant is the winter cabbage ,and it's a full house out back ;-),so i can now relax a bit and get the front sorted ,which is more or less done too ,only weeding to do now ,and the barrels to fill right up as the potatoes grow on.
The mixer ,shower taps in the bathroom have gone phut Brenda ,he he and i am now looking at the options ,lol,it's either get a plummer in to take out the old taps ,and replace them ,or have a power shower put in ,both having draw backs,the expense of the taps and the plummer ,or the power shower needing taking off the tiles ,the side of the bath and the wiring needing put in prior to retiling,don't qiute which way to go yet ,so i am getting quotes for both options before deciding which way to go ,lol :-).
The missus is a lot better now she is on new tablets ,which she is not been taking for so long like the old ones ,and she is now responding well to treatment,so things are looking up.
Had a nice stuffed marrow for dinner,made with brown rice,chopped red pepper,onion,salt and pepper ,and a tin of skipjack tuna ,roasted in the oven along with roasted veggies ,very nice it was too.
For tea we will be having ,tomato and basil Paninies from Morrison's ,layered with emmental cheese ,sliced ,thin chicken,ditto red onions ,a thin layer of home made ham,another layer of cheese topped with tomato and a dash of sea salt.yum :-D.
Catch you later Brenda ,enjoy what's left of the holiday ,sounds brill' ,Fred.

Hi Fred and Liz,well I am now home from a really good holiday,just half way througth the ewashing etc and have done three loads in the washer and have two lines full of washing .We are both shattered as we did not get home till 3.15am this morning and were up again by 8am as we had a few errands That we needed to get done. WE have to stay awake till one 10.30 pm as Johns neice is getting married in Las egas and we can see the wedding on the web!!!
Tomorrow we go to trade the car in,we afe having the new 1 litre Ford Focus Eco boost,and are down sizing to one car .hope it works out<watch this space.!!!!! :-
We are off to Cleveleys on Sundsay to see Johns mum and stepfather ,we are only going for the day,as John has a golf thing on Monday .
Better go and check the washing and get other stuff on the line.
TAke care Brenda

What a shame about the weather this weekend,all those boats on the river for the Queens River pagent.!!! Hope its better tomorrow for the concert.
Hope Liz is feeling better today Fred,
We have been over to clevelys to see Johns mother ,it did stop raining while we were ther but it was awful on the motorway coming home.
Had a message from Dorothy Fred,she had a good 70 th birthday and had been enjoyinmg the Tennis and the Jubilee,she has been geytting up at 5am some mornings !!!
Hope the rain is helping your garden Fred.When are you of to Southport and Liverpool?
Time for me horlicks now,Take care Brenda

Morning to all ,nicer here this morning and i am expecting my grandkids here today to paint my windowsills for me seeing as i can no longer get up a ladder.
16 th of next month for Liverpool and Southport Brenda ,hoping that the weather will be a bit better than it is at the minute.
We watched the doings on the Thames yesterday ,and the evening do from Windsor ,both very good despite the rain and have to say ,the queen is a game old bird ,standing for 4 hours ,it would have killed my legs in half the time .
us young'uns havn't got the stamina ,lol ,not like the old school.
Glad to hear that Dorothy had a nice birthday ,and all went well on the day,
Hope your new car does you proud Brenda ,it should at least be economical with the engine it has,at least :-D.
Mine has had it's yearly service ,lol,next time it goes in ,it will be for the M o T and changeover ,but i will have to have a look and see what is on offer,as the note i was thinking about is going to be withdrawn ,and i havn't seen it's replacement yet :-).
Liz is a lot better now thanks to the new steroids ,and anti bi's ,they should keep her active for a few more years ,with any luck :-).
Got a casserole in the slow cooker for dinner ,started at 6 am this morning as i had my first drink of the day outside with the cat,wrapped up a bit 'cause it isn't as warm as it should be :-|.
Talking of cats ,she ios round my legs wanting me to sit on the patio for my 11 se's ruddy little pest tells the time better than our clocks ,he he.
Catch you later peeps ,take care and enjoy the rest of the long weekend :-D :-) -).

Morning all.ita a lot better weather here today at the moment ,hope it stays as I have loads of washing to do ,have towels in the washer at minute So hope I can get them on the line to dry.
We need a bit of painting done as well,but want to do some other jobs before.
Need to visit some friends later ,we have agreed to feed their cats next week while they are away and need to be shown the alarm etc.
we missed out on our Sunday dinner yesterday ,so we are having it today.
You talking about sitting outside with your drink made me think about last week when we sat out on our balcony with our drinks morning noon and night !! lovely.
Have a good painting session Fred,Take care Brenda