General Chat

Afternoon all,and what a change today,it looked so promising in Newcastle O T this morning sunny warm ,and lovely to behold ,and on went the sun cream ,on the knees and other bits and pieces.but around three this pm ,the heavens opened and we are getting a right pasting ,grrrrrr ,one B B Q by the by yet again.
Good luck with the mint Kathleen ,but unless you keep adding feeder like baby bio ,mint very quickly becomes pot bound and i gave up on the stuff long ago,growing other herbs in buckets instead which is tons easier.
My Sage ,rosemary and oniongrass all grow mixed together in one corner of the plot ,and i am never short of herbs for my cooking.Forty odd years since i was in the Hammersmith region last ,so i need to get onto the net to view the bridge ,but Barnes i remember a little because it was the seat of my grandads family him being a Barnes after all ,and they were all close together and i played in the areas as a kid ,Twickingham ,Isleworth ,Brentford,Bushy park ,many happy memories of a time long ago he he,you have done it now lady .lol. i will dream of those lost days tonight ,and will feel a little sad when i wake up,but we kids were so lucky just after the war ,things still on ration but a freedom and childhood not found in these days with so much crime and weirdo's floating around.
Did a lovely curry with homemade pilau rice for dinner with chicken done in a Madras sauce again ,home made which means what ever i do for the tea is going to be drab.
Have to go and get on with it now anyway ,Hissy is beside my chair lookingat me with those eyes ,as if to say ,ooooye,never mind the computer ,i wants my tea purrrrr.Fred.
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Hi all,
I've not been on much lately because I have just been too tired and fall asleep everywhere - even at the computer.
Apparently I need B1 injections. I am now having these 3 times a week and they are increasing my thyroid dosage. I have had thyroid tablets for 30 years now and always the same dosage, but it seems I need a higher dosage now. I have also that rotten cystitis returned. Yes, I really am poorly at the moment.
As soon as I feel well enough we are going to spend a few days in Rotterdam as this is where Johan comes from and he has nephews and nieces there as well as youngest sister. Johan's youngest sister and my niece came to visit us on Saturday last and although I was dead tired I did enjoy their company.
Will try and keep in touch
Sylvia xxx

hi everyon it is monday about 3pm my time well I had a good weekend with my friend we went to the casino but did not win the big jackpot!!!!! then I took her shopping some good sales on at the moment in sunday morning anne phoned and kept us up to date re the murray blake match as it does not cost her to phone me I put her on speaker phone and we listened to the match that way how great that andy won the first british in 70yrs , I drove her home yesterday pm and stayed over and arrived back about 2pm to-day the weather has been great so it was a lovely drive back I got caught up on all the news on line, sylvia Ihope that you feel better soon, fred sorry the sun disappeared and brenda have you booked your holiday if so what place are you going to well I should go and do a few chores bye for now dorothy

Well ,we have had some lovelly sunny weather and on Sunday night the thunderstorms came,Monday was lovelly again then went off a bit in the evening ,with thunder but no rain.!!
Going out to lunch with some friends today,not been out with them for months ,so that should be good.
Booked to go to tenerife on 30th of this month Dorothy,just a week this time but looking forward to it.Hoping to go to Bury on Saturday ,see what bargains I can get.
Glad you had a good weekendwith your friend.
Hope you are feeling better soon Sylvia .
Have made the banana bread fred,very good ,but mine was a bit dry ,will put more milk in next time.
Take care ,Brenda

Had a great time out with our freinds today,lovely weather,great company ,great food.
Came home to see if we could find them a holiday with us at about the same price I have looked all over the internet and so has she to no avail.!!!
Also had a bit of a shock when I opened the post ,the electric bill was frightening!! have told John and David all TV are turned off at the mains.So is the stereo etc.I am at a loss to see how it is so high ,!!
So a great day went a bit pear shape.!!
Have to get some tidying up done now as I did not get any done with going out.
Brenda

goodmorning sorry about the electric bill brenda the cost is high over here especially in the winter as the building has electric heating though when I lived in my last house I had them come and check the meter as it was old and they found the fault was in the meter it was just running wild and my the did the cost go down when they put a new metor in I don't remember how they do it at home but if you have a similar system get them to come and check it. it is 70 at 9am this morning a little humid and rain in the forecast. next week is wimbledon I shall be on cloud nine. the oldest grandson bryan is on a school trip to quebec for 4 days and next week on the 24th is graduation from public school on to high school in sept. they have 75 students graduating so they each only get 4 tickets so at the moment it is mom and dad and me and a toss up between grandpa arthur or lindys mom grandma lorraine, but she has another grandaughter graduating on the same night in bolton and that is nearer to where she lives(kitchner) so we shall see what happens, I found the album of andrews school life from grade 1 to 8 so I will take it over for bryan to see, I am going to have to pop over and see the family doc one of these days as I am having a few episodes of angina I think that the meds need a bit of a change it only happens if I am walking and it is a bit breezy more frustrating than anything else I see on the other site that fred goes on that liz has had a death in her family my sympathies go out to the both of them maybe he will update us soon bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone,have nearly got over the electric bill,its actually a new meter Dorothy,only had it put in in April and the company have supposed to have dropped the prices by 9% in the last few months,might be because its an estimate,will have to get John to check the meter ,I can not get down into the cupboard under the stairs where it is.
Waether has changed for the worse, rain again and very heavy this afternoon.
Hope the medicine change works Dorothy,and the graduation goes ok.I used to love Wimbledon but have gone of it all a bit these days.Mind you the tenneis courts in the local park are very busy at this time of the year!
Not sure when I will be back as they have blocked us using our emails at work,and I am on a 12.30 to 8pm tomorrow,usually to tired to do anything when I get home.Wont be able to come on before I go as we have the plumber in doing the bathroom and its so nosiy.
Take care ,Brenda

Good morning everyone, it's not a bad morning - bit cloudy and breezy but dry so hope to be able to tidy up a bit outside later.

Having the new boiler fitted - well it is fitted now, up and running and what a difference!! It should save me a fortune as it heats up so quickly. Two new radiators which completes what Chris had already done, much more efficient than the old ones, throws out more heat. Lovely man who is doing the work, will recommend him to Age Concern - very pleasant and doesn't leave loads of mess behind.

Can't stay any longer as he needs to switch the power off - it has been off most of the last couple of days so have to keep the computer turned off.

Catch up with you later.
Love
Kathleen

Hi all.glad you got your boiler sorted Kathleen,we are still in the middle of the new bathroom,each day something new has gone wrong.Two wrong baths have been sent ,we had a leak under the bath which we did not know about and don't know where the water has gone!!!and the new bath will not come til Monday leaving us without a bath or shower for nearly a week.Luckily we had been offered the use of a bath from some friends which we will have to take up either tomorrow night or Saturday.washing in the kitchen sink is not like I rememeber.!!
Hope everyone is ok .Speak to you tomorrow night Brenda

hi oh brenda the visions of washing in the kitchen sink wow how far we have come Ihope that it all gets fixed for you soon, you and kathleen have really had a lot to put up with. nothing much new at the moment just getting the place in order as it will be tennis and not much of anything else for the next two weeks, though on monday the opening day I do have a training session re doing calls for this community pick up service I think I mentioned it about a year ago they have been doing some changes to the program, now one can do this from home , they called me and asked if I was still interested so I said yes it will give me something to do plus some extra cash which will help to-wards a ticket home next year, and people in the area like the calls as the service picks up clothes small household goods etc, the service also has a store that supplies clothes to people who may have lost their homes to fires or are down ontheir luck. next week they say we are due for a heat wave temps in the high 80-90's from one extreme to the other, hope we hear from fred soon bye for now dorothy

Morning all,all this talk of boilers ,baths and kitchen sinks ,crikey ,i think you lot with all these items going wrong has put the mokkers on my weather ,so stop it you hear ,Fred gets up this morning ,20 june ,nearly mid summer ,and has had to put the heating on.
I wouldn't worry too much about the missing water Brenda it couldn't have leaked much or it would have come through the ceiling,it has probably been absorbed by the wood and plaster.
Washing in the kitchen sink? i couldn't get IN the kitchen sink ,lol,not since i was a toddler in the war have i done that ,you lot must have all got Belfast sinks or even horse troughs he he.
Liz was pretty drained by the time we got home from the funeral and sat watching the cookery programmes for an hour or two ,but i don't think she was seeing anything if you know what i mean ,so come 9 pm ,i packed her off to bed.
I think it hit her that her cousin was younger than she,which makes one realise that we are all vunerable at that sort of age.
We have Jordan this weekend and Chris will be here by 10-30 am ,a full house lol,so i will do French Onion Soup for dinner with briosh,topped with Parmasan cheese,for tea ,lol ,i havn't a clue yet ,but i may do a madras curry ,or khorma which both the bairns like.
Have to take the boss her cuppa up now ,and see how she is this morning ,catch you later peeps Fred.

goodmorning from a very rainy barrie I was awakened this am at 6am my time by a phone call from anne once again she had forgot the time differance anyway it was to tell me that she has her flight over to me booked she is coming on sept 16th till oct 1st so I am so pleased sosince then I have stayed up but may just pop back to bed , fred I hope liz feels a little better a funeral is hard especially whne the person is younger it does bring home one's mortality, to-day it is 8yrs since I had my heart attack and it does bring home that day in my mind but I am one of the lucky ones I have had the gift of time and great health since that day.once again the us. open golf is on and I was watching tiger woods when it happened, the grandchildren will have a wet day for soccer [practice this am well folks I am off back to bed for a bit fred I hope that it gets warmer for you bye for now dorothy

Just a quick hello,had a good day today ,went to Bury with a friend ,she lives over Stockport way and can get the train to Piccadilly and then the tram with one ticket .however the trams are not running in town ,they are doing new tracks so she had to get on a bus from one side of town to the other to get the tram and I got on the tram near me ,we had a good walk round mainly the market ,she has been before but was very impressed.She wants to come again.
we now have the new bath and toilet installed,so will be having a good soak tomorrow .after John has painted the ceiling,before they tile the walls !!.
sorry about Liz's cousin Fred ,I did not know .Jusy fancy onion soup ,but am back on a low fat /fat free diet so no cheese.!
Dororthy ,so pleased Anne is getting over to see you.Bet it will fly by for you.
have a busy day tomorrow have to go for the paint for the ceiling and the cemetary as iots fathers day.
see you all soon take care.Brenda

Morning Brenda,the trams were off last time we were down too ,so ,i hope they have nearly finished the lines by now,i miss my rides right round the system ,and of course ,our bus passes are valid country wide,which means i can leave the car on site and relax.
We are hoping to get down again in a few weeks ,it will be nice to see the place again.
You are on low fats and i am on that ,plus a low sugar diet too,so we must be on the same sort of foods.
Are you on cholesteral tablets then? they certainly help to keep the fat levels down ,and i still have a little cheese from time to time and manage to get away with it,by limiting the size of the portions.
The weather here is still darned lousy lot's of rain and wind ,and i isssss bored ,can't get into the garden ,and there is tons of stuff to plant out [sigh] maybe it's time to grasp the nettle with the changing weather patterns and start planting rice instead of brassica lol.
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend despite conditions outside,and enjoying their time off.
Catch you all later. Fred.

ooh brenda have fun in the new bath tub with lots of bubbles and maybe a glass of champers!!! glad you and your friend had fun at the market I do envy you, fred sorry that your weather is still not great ours to-day I woke up to a heavy mist but no rainat the moment it is almost 9am and it still has not cleared hope you have a good fathers day fred and all the other dads who pop in and out of this thread, was going to follow the golf again to-day but I think that it is raining . theysayit will be played to-morrow as well so I hope they don't pre-empt the tennis coverage which goes non stop from 7am to 5pm every day oh bliss bye for now dorothy

Lousy weather here today felt like curling up and staying in bed this morning!! Got the paint and John has painted the ceiling,two coats.we have all had a bath today and it was heaven,don't we take such things for granted!!! They are tiling the bathroom tomorrow and should be finished by Wednesday (I hope).just have the sink to plumb in ,then the towel rail,which is like a radiator and then put the new cabinet up for us.
Might have that champers whenits all done Dorothy.
Fred I am om CHolestrol tablets and have been put on this fat free /low fat regime by the doc,to bring down one of the bad fats in the blood.but to also loose weight.Not doing to bad just have to keep it interesting.
Off to watch tv now .See you soon Take care Brenda

Weeeeell,what a morning here again ,cool ,a fret which is making everything damp,and it seems to be getting darker ,not lighter.
I did manage to get a load of stuff in last night after i had taken the bairns home,and am now left with just the beetroot and the late cabbage to go out.
I think for something to do ,i will go to town this morning for a mooch about ,a trip to the coast is a waste of time in this sort of weather.
Hi Dorothy ,he he ,kinky eh? never heard of champers in the bath before lol,whatever turns you on i suppose,or is it me that dosn't know how the other half lives ,the nearest i could manage is a glass of ginger beer he he.
We have the other female granddaughter stopping next weekend ,{Sophie] so ,if the weather is any better ,and that's a biiiig,if,we will go down Tynemouth for a picnic,you never know ,we may even bump in to Jenny if she is out and about.
Not long to go and our library reopens Brenda ,and i have loads of research to do ,that i can't do on line.plenty of skeletons rattling and waiting to get out of the cupboard methinks.
Nothing from Kathleen since she had the boiler and extra radiators put in ,wonder if she is lazing in the blessed warmth ,and also having one or two glasses of champers in the bath,could be catching this idea ,i had better hide the bottles we have, from Liz ,i have enough bother getting her out of the bath as it is he he.
Salad for dinner like me Brenda? with a little bit of grated dutch cheese and a red onion ,good for reducing the fat,my doc' told me to take a garlic capsule every night to help lower levels ,and it seems to work.
I like my sardines on toast too ,with a scraping of mustard on the toast instead of butter or marge,and a dusting of pepper and garlic powder ,you can't get more low fat than that.
I tend to use low fat mayo instead of salad cream because it is far lower in sugar and fat than salad cream which i use for sandwich fillings with egg ,or tuna and even use it on jackets ,one of my favourite meals ,as you say ,plenty of variety.
Time to go now and prise the wife out of bed ,gonna hide those perishing books of hers ,that way ,i may get her up at a decent hour lol.Catch you all later ,Fred.

Evening all.bath out of action ,again,it was leaking underneath so he has to redo something,back to the kitchen sink!!
Will take your tips Fred,am finding it hard not to have me butter etc which I love.!! Have been using beetroot realish and such like but will try the sardines as I like them myself.
This pc has me worried nmaking some right noises.!!! so wont stay on long.
Take care
Brenda

monday evening fred do try the champers and a bowl of strawberries as well it makes for a fun bath sorry that the new bath has leak brenda, well to-day was the best of times and the worst of times I will start with the worst wimbledon was not on the tele as they showed the golf final I was up at 6-30 showered and all ready for it I was not impressed, the best was I went for training with the charity and it went well the gray matter still works plus I got paid for it as well, two more mornings of training and then I should be good to go, as I will be doing this in my own home they pick up the cost for a 2nd phone line and a fax machine in time so that is not bad, these cost come out of a different fund supplied by a good bloke, to-morrow evening I am taking bryan for a belated birthday dinner to wild wings a chicken wing place he like he printed off a menu for me last evening showing that I can have some different salads seved in torteia bowls ( spelt that wrong, on wednesday the whole family are going t o the graduation it is going to be 30-35 on wed, bl--dy hot I shall melt that is it for me this evening bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone
Gayle saw her surgeon a few days after 1 June comment, learnt a fistula was in her right arm just above the wrist. When the surgeon felt the area he said it felt as it was working which was then confirmed by an ultra-sound. The reason why they thought the fisula was working was due the severe swelling of her arm. Gayle sees the specialist on 17 July and we should know then when dialysis begins.
On Sunday I was 61 and today we celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary. Where has the years gone.
Take care, John