General Chat

Weather bit drier today ,but really windy.It is supposed to be better at weekend,but not by much !!! Working at 4-8pm today,but after doing the weekly shop,buying birthday cards and presents , sorting out washing ,ironing and the Bins (we have different bins for different things,paper ,glass etc which are collected on different days in different weeks)! I am shattered already< so will probably will ready for bed when I get home. Hope everyone is ok ,Brenda

Wasn't going to come on here as I just wanted my bed as i am tired,but needed to check for an email from a friend ,(which hasn't arrived)so popped on as we weren't far on the list. Miserable day with terrible winds and rain today,hope its better at weekend as its my saturday off. Glad Johan was ok Sylvia and that your hand is recovering. Fred,that garden will not have another space for anything at this rate ,it must be blooming lovelly.!!! Hi Kathleen,glad you got a break in your brick wall.nice to hear from you . Brenda

Hi all,. Just a quick peep in here after watching football all evening. Yes, my hand is recovering and the stitches come out next Tuesday. Johan is home. They couldn't find anything wrong with him this time and said his intestines look the same as last time, so ok. We are now trying to get away for a week before the long hot summer????? comes. Have a good evening. Sylvia xxx

Good morning peeps ,from a windy ,but sunny Newcastle,on my revitalised puter. We had a trip to town yesterday followed by calling in at a garden centre where Liz boght a few more plants,and a rose for the corner of the back garden outside the back door next to the headless asparagus hee hee,a lice bi colour climer which Liz wants trained along the fence. I spent nearly all last evening putting the finishing touches to the rockery with a half dozen new alpines of various types and colours,and put in six scardy cat plants to cover the far end of the garden which is ouside the range of the cat scarer,phew ,i aint supprised the cats don't like going near them ,they don't half honk.lol. Liz and i are going to the sports day meeting at the school Chris goes to so i hope it's going to stay fine for it ,but there will be no broken records this time because it's so windy. The grandson should be home on Friday seeing as his relief flies out today ,so i need to do all my puter work by then or i will be in bother hee hee. Must get on now ,things to do ,hope you are all looking forward to the weekend now ,be back soon .Fred.

Only a short message to say hello to everyone. Have been fortunate enough to knock a few holes in one of my brickwalls and found some more relatives in Australia though haven't been able to do a lot online as when I do manage to get some time on the computer the wretched thing starts playing up. Think it's aol and not the computer though. Thanks Di for the photo's - I envy your lovely garden. I'm now cutting out some of the shrubs that have outgrown their space and finding loads of nettles & bramble underneath. I do hope that John starts to feel better soon, it sounds as though his doctors have been rather negligent. Hope your hand is recovering well from the op Sylvia and that Johan is soon back home feeling much better. Fred and Liz (what a patient lady she is!!), Mavis, June, Brenda and everyone else sorry no time for any more - No.2 son home for his dinner now. No.1 son had his 3 hours ago and has gone to work until 7 am. Have a good day/evening/night and God bless Love Kathleen

Just a quick message,as I am trying to sort out some space ,wet ,windy and cols again today. Sylvia ,hope Johan was ok at the hospital,hope you slept ok without him there. Hope everyone else is ok ,Brenda

Hi everyone, Well I took Johan to the hospital this morning with a taxi. He is in a room with two old ladies and a young man. I don't think he will be pleased with these two old ladies, especially if they talk non stop. I don't think they will be pleased with his snoring, so am sitting here alone having a laugh. Mind you have felt a bit lonely this evening when watching football and wanted to say something then realised that I was alone. Real strange feeling. When I came back from the hospital I found that Annemie had done my ironing for me. Isn't it nice to have good neighbours? All being well I can fetch Johan in the morning, but they will phone me first. I didn't go and visit Johan this evening as it is a long way for such a short time and he is not really ill. It has been a real scorcher again today, but this evening a nice breeze came up. Now will contact you all tomorrow. Sylvia xxx

Afternoon everyone,from a wet and very chilly Manchester,the weather has changed again and is likley to remain like this for a few days apparently. Was at the dentist to day and have to have two old fillings renewed this are white fillings which because they are at the bottom I had done in white so they would be less noticable,I was told they don't last as long as the others but its not been that long and some of the old silver ones are still ok.Due to them not lasting and the cost £42.00 for two silver ansd a scale and polish, if I have the white it will be £40.00 each as they. will be private.Have not got that sort of money to keep having them done so its the silver. Been trying to find some cheap flights to tenerife for some friends of our but without much luck. Will go and have another go, Brenda

Hi everyone. Brenda - our new Library is great but as you said the new ones are so cold and uninteresting. Wonderful selection of books, cd's dvd's etc. Very mopdern building - doesn't really fit in with the surroundings. Fred - Dell computers are being sold at 'special' prices here. They have been unable to sell them. You have such a wonderful selection of vegies Fred. I think you really enjoy your garden. Di - How is John? He does seem to be taking a while to come right. Pip is pretty good at the moment but tomorrow is another day!!! Your photo's were great - thanks so much. I will get around to sending you some of mine eventually!! Sylvia - hope your op has worked this time. It is so frustrating when you are unable to do the jobs yourself. June - Your garden will be wonderful when you have finished. I love Delphiniums. The weather here is soooooo cold at the moment. We have lived in NZ for 13 years now and this is the coldest here in Papamoa that we can remember. No central heating!! Just oil radiators and fan heaters. Normally that would be enough but not at the moment. The wind is biting cold. Babysat last night for my daughter. Sleyd, the little foster boy is walking all the time now. Wasn't too happy when I put him to bed!! Eventually he settled. Our two grandsons are great company. 14 and 16 now. Very interesting. Must go now. It is 11 p.m. We have the electric blankets on!!!!! Bye for now. Mavis NZ

Morning all,from a damp but promising north east where all is right with the world at the moment.lol. I had a good day at the son's apart from not taking the camera ,only to find the missus roping all the bairns in to play ring around the roses ,including Lewis who thought it was great , We did manage the b b q in between showers ,and even had some wraps filled with rice curry with diced potato ,which was unusual but very nice,and some nice pieces of chicken strip marinaded in a mild tikka sauce which went down very well. I am going to enjoy the puter as much as i can this week ,because the grandson will be back by the weekend for two weeks on leave before going back to brize awaiting his next posting in the u/k,we hope ,nearer than oxford. I gave up on the new puter after it froze ,wouldn't accept the epson printer and rounded off by blowing it's keyboard and mouse,so to all who are thinking of a new puter ,leave the dells alone ,they are far to restrictive in their software and are very temperamental. Fred stripped the power pack out and have now old faithfull back on line ,and what isn't compatible as spares from the dell has been thrown in the bin hee hee,good job it was a frfeebie from thegrandson or i would have been sending a nasty letter to the makers,still i suppose you only get what you pay for,and i did well with my own build ,still going after three years,though i have to say ,it's gone through some spare parts since booting up for the first time. Looks like the lawns need doing shortly ,once they have dried out but they can wait a while ,i am off to the metro centre today for a nose around. I'm glad old Liz has finished those ruddy tablets the doc' gave her,they did the job great ,but these past two weeks has been a cross between funny as hell ,and a nightmare ,i have been living with a red indian for over a week,she goes all blotchy and yuk as soon as she goes out in the sun,and was sitting on the beach with a long sleeve cardy on ,trousers and a farmer giles hat hee hee,but she kicked off when i got the camera out and wouldn't have any ,so i have no evidence to show you,mind you ,we got some funny looks ,and it wasn't ALL my 'orrible white knobbly knees [yuk] Mind you ,we had a chuckle last night when we realised we had been on the beach with our gear on all saturday afternoon ,and the sun still got to her face she now looks like something out of doctor who lol.but i HOPE it will fade before we go to town again. Off for a look around the boards now,take it easy you lot and dream about your hol's which ain't far off now,and then we can look forward to? Christmas lol.Fred.

feels a bit like theMarie Celeste here tonight,been a bit wet here today but still warm,went to dads ,as usual,today .he was going out with my sister to my brothers after I had been. He had put on a new shirt that my brother had got him for fathers day,he looked lovelly. At the dentist tomorrow ,and possible meeting an old friend for coffe. Hope you all had a good weekend what ever you all did. .Brenda

June,please do not apologise for such an interestig message.I am just so pleased your grand daughter was not harmed' I did not sit out at lunch after all,we had no small chairs that we could put out and the others are old and heavy,plus the little table that used to be used out side has been taken to another library . You sound to be really settling in the new house with pools and BBQS etc. Fred hope you sort out the pc ,I really must start to learn more anout them instead of just usuing them. Sylvia,hope your hnd continues to improve. Not sure when i will be on tomorrow,Take care Brenda

Hi wveryonw, Its been lovely reading all your messages. Sylvia, Men do get bothered too. A few years back, I went to London for the weekend with my daughter, after a show we went back to the hotel bar and sat down and a man asked if he could sit on one of the chairs at our table. He looked very respectable and made interesting conversation. He insisted on buying us a drink and wouldn't let me buy him one back. At the end of the evening, I said I felt terrible accepting his drinks when he wouldn't let me buy one back. He said, you have been protection for me as I have been protection for you. Then he said goodnight and we never saw him again. A lad in my office said that he daren't go to the cinema on his own, he had done once and a girl sat by him and lifted her blouse, he was terrified that she was going to say he had molested her, he said that he couldn't get out of the cinema quick enough. I agree though, it is quite frightening, A few weeks ago, my granddaughter (age 20) was walking down to the shop in the evening,she phoned my daughter to say she thought that she was being followed. Gaynor kept talking to her while my son in law jumped in his car and went and picked her up and took her to the shop and brought her home.They phoned the police, who went out straight away, to look for this fellow, but couldn't find him. later that evening Gaynor and JOhn went out and saw him, then when they came back 2 hours later, he was there again.So again they phoned the police, they came out straight away and couldn't see him..The police came to the house and said, we are not giving up, we want a word with him, to see what he is up to. The next night,John saw him, so rang the police and this time they saw him and had a word. The suspect was actually, night watchman at a school that was being built, I dont know if there was anything on him but the police patrolled regularly and still do.The fellow hasn't been seen since outside the building area. We shouldn't have to be looking over our shoulders all of the time. but better safe than sorry. Brenda, I hope that backyard at the Library gets the sun to top up your tan. Tonight I have been out watering the plants again, there have only a couple of nights that I have been able to miss. I still have a few more plants to put into pots tomorrow, they are ones that John had grown from seed, so I had to go out and buy some more pots for the patio, to put them in. We have bought lupins, Foxgloves, Delphiniums that will come up each year, gradually we will have this big garden sorted. Last weekend, Gaynor and John had bought one of these big pools, so there was a great deal of fun, finished off with a lovely BBQ, Nick and his friend did the BBQ on the Saturday and John and Gaynor did the one on the Sunday. Sorry to have taken up so much of your time. See you soon. June xx

Hi all, Well just a few words from me. I was able to sit on the balcony today in the sun and actually fell asleep,,joy and bliss! Johan helped me in the kitchen with the dinner, but I'll be glad when I can do everything again myself as he is all fingers and thumbs in the kitchen. Annemie is going to do my ironing for me on Monday, so I put the washing machine on today. I was up to date with my washing, but of course there is dirty washing every day. I have taken all the packing off my scar and can see I have six stitches to be taken out. My hand is black and blue, which it wasn't the last time I had it done. Now everyone enjoy the sunshine. Sylvia xxx

Short and sweet peeps,took liz out to newbiggen this afternoon to sus out the beach for winter fishing and it looks good. Got home to find the puter had given up the ghost.so i have been loading all the gear onto the new one.I have most of the programmes back ,but still have to do the drivers for the printer,the cameras,and the cam [web] so i won't be around tomorrow. I am away to make sure i still have all my contacts ,so i will see you on Sunday hopefully .lol.Fred.

work is very slow at the minute ,which is just as well as I did not sleep well last night,weather glorious again.We have a little back yard at this branch and it closes at lunch ,so we plan to eat our lunch outside.!!!!! Brenda

Hi all,came on earlier and read the lovelly messages but had to go for my tea and have only just had chance to get back. Hope the new specialist is more organised Di,sounds like he could cause more trouble than he saves.Liked the photos as well, thank you, must get round to sending some of mine. Mavis,hope Pip likes the new library and isn;t disapointed a lot of people were when our new one opened,it is all hi tech and not cosy like the old ones it replaced.I am not that keen on working there as it seems to be more suited to the computers than books.I prefer the older libraries . Sylvia,glad the op went well hope it works this time.Hope Johann is ok as well on Monday fred you sound like a right Percy Thrower,and all those sound effects make me smoile LOL Seriously it must be so satisfying eating what you have grown yourself. Had a busy day at work today plus it wa very warm so i am really tired and working tomorrow so need to get to bed,see you all soon,Brenda

Well the op is over. I actually went to the market today on my scootmobile, driving with one hand. You cannot keep a good woman at home! I managed to shower without getting my hand wet, but getting dressed was not so good and had to get Johan to fasten my bra. I couldn't do the button up on my trousers so found a pair with only elastic in - simple. Managed to get Johan to do lots of jobs in the kitchen, such as cutting up fruit, mangos, strawberries and making a litre of orange juice. I shall have to miss him on Monday when he goes into hospital for a night. The weather has been quite chilly again, but the forecast is good for the weekend. Brenda, I am glad this men question isn't only me. Sometimes I think I have been asking for it. Have a nice weekend everybody. Sylvia xxx

Hi peeps,having just gotten back on after being booted off yet again ,i had better add a few lines to this thread in case it happens again lol. Having already said what i think of that specialist who saw to john earlier on the other thread i won't repeat myself ,exept to say that the man deserves to be sued for blatant negligence,and needs retraining in his job,or struck off ,preferrablly the latter before he does the same to someone else,possibly with far more serious results. It is a lot cooler here today ,with expected rain,so i watered the garden with the cans again just to dasmpen things down a little. The garden is doing great ,cucumbers on the plants [sluuuurp] and three plants on the go ,tomato's on the vines ,and beans on the stems of thje broad beans. The chrissie taties are up to the top of the barrel and now only need a bit of water until the haulms die off ,then covered till the time comes ,yummy ,nice new fresh new tatties at christmas,and the ones in the garden are now thruogh and not one missing ,so it could be a good year all round,cause the runners look good and so do the peppers.and chillies. I will be taking the son Chris and the missus to the coast tomorrow ,to get the day away and i think i will be at the youngest sons Sunday for a get together with the bairns again. I am waiting to try the pda the son built me as soon as i get the chance,he is trying to get an update for it that tells me the speed i am supposed to do for the road i am on,which will be handy in case i miss a speed sign somewhere,i did this three years ago in wales when i thought i was in a 40 zone and it was 30,sixty pounds for a momentery lapse in cocentration ,it cost me,and the shame of three points for the first and only time has stayed wiith methree years.,but at the end of this month i will be getting them wiped off my license[wahey] leaving it clean again [i hope for good]. Anyway ,the other reason is the direction finder ,needed if suzie is right and wycombe has changed as much as some say,last time i was there i coundn't even find frogmoore and had to ask,oh the shame , and me being born there lol. Anyway peeps ,i'm goin' to add this before i get booted again and have to do it over ,have a good weekend all ,and have a good'un Fred.

Hi everyone, Another lovely warm day here today; a little overcast, but no rain still! I'd better nip outside and water all the seeds I sowed yesterday when I finish here. Well, we managed to get John to go to the doctor today, and it was good that we did. To get to the 2nd floor medical offices there are 3 short flights of stairs with a small landing after each flight, and John had to stop and rest on every one of them. Anyway, the doctor checked out his bp and heart and it's beating fairly strongly, but when he looked in his file he found a report from the tests John had at the hospital in December, and discovered that this indicated one of the lower chambers was not functioning well, and not receiving sufficient oxygen, which the doctor said indicated follow up was needed, yet the specialist told us that apart from some slight damage he should be fine, and our GP had never received any communication whatsoever from the specialist. So, he' s had blood work done today and we have to go back on Monday, when an appointment will have been set up with another specialist. The original specialist has an unbelievably disorganised office, about 8' x 8' max: He has files piled up against every wall, on the window ledges and his desk is so covered with them to a height of about 3 feet, he has to peer at his patients through the gap in the middle. His report to our GP is probably buried somewhere in the middle of all the chaos, along with a lot of other reports! I've had a really lazy day today, just went outside and cut back some dead peony blooms, cooked dinner, and sat with John and did puzzles most of the morning. Clay came down the other day to do his laundry, and said, 'Grandma, why are you always so busy. You're always doing something, or making something', so I told him, well, now he knows who he takes after, because he works 6 days a week and long hours, and he replied that he just likes money! Well, as long as it keeps him out of mischief! Well, I have a few more things to do on this addictive machine, then a few chores, so will say bye for now, take care everyone. Love to you all, Di.xxx