General Chat

Hi everyone We have a beautiful day here in Auckland, cold first thing but warms up as the day progresses. Our mild winter is to continue like this until October so we could expect the bad weather as summer approaches. The other day I mentioned that our cat, Tiny went to the vet, and had to go back for a urine test yesterday and refused to pass urine. At the time of typing she is still there. Cats. I am bit miffed with myself a few months back I bought a box of films [two 24 rolls and a 30 roll] have almost finished one of the 24 roll but now that there is a digital camera about my camera is becoming obsolete. Speaking about cameras I have just received photos that Craig took, one is a panorama of our Sally band taken in the shopping mall a few weeks ago, three photos merged to make one, brilliant! John

Hi sylvia,sorry you have been left alone,glad you have had a few nice outings,even if you did get a saoking!! I wasn't feeling well earlier today with a bad head,so didn't come on until late tonight and now I am off to bed,or I will have another bad head tomorrow. take care brenda

Hi everybody, Where are you all? Couldn't believe it when I found this thread had been put back to page 10. I've had a lovely day with friends in the north of the Netherlands. Arrived for coffee, stayed for lunch and dinner. Feel rather tired now with having to talk so much. Found out today that Nederland is going to do the same as Germany and France and stop issuing new driving licences to persons who have diabetes. I hope Johan gets his driving license before this system is applied. Why do we have to copy other countries? The weather has been dry all day today, but the forecast is bleak for tomorrow when I want to go to the market. Just my luck to get soaked again I suppose. See you all tomorrow. Sylvia xxx

Hi everybody, Well what a day. Annemie and I went to Spakenburg, a little fishing village about half an hour's drive away from here, lovely weather, well it was when we set out! There must have been a hundred stalls, selling just about everything as well as craft stalls etc. I bought a piece of craft work. It is the size of a card, plastic mesh weaved in and out with narrow ribbon, in the form of a man's shirt with collar and three buttons, very effective. I have bought a piece of the plastic so some day or other will have a go myself. We were looking for a place for a cup of coffee, well there were many places but no seats as it was so crowded. And then it began to rain, and my did it rain. I was absolutely soaked, my shoes were filled with water and even my underwear. It felt as if I had wetted my pants. I was then very cold. By thjs time it was possible to find a sit, outside in the rain! We couldn't even shelter anywhere as people were sheltering by the stalls, you couldn't get in or out of shops etc. so many people. Eventually we managed to find a seat outside as it had stopped raining, and ordered some lunch. We had some wine with it but I really should have had something hot. When I arrived home I had a warm shower and put on all clean dry clothes. In spite of this, we did enjoy ourselves. This evening the man brought my new Braun mixer which I had found on the internet site. It has hardly been used and I have it for half price. I have had a Kenwood for 35 years and found it heavy going and decided I wanted an up to date machine, and looked in the shops to see what I wanted. I noted down numbers and found this one, then looked for a secondhand one on the internet site. There was only one. The man asked if I was home this evening between 7 and 8 and he would deliver the machine. Ok. I now have to read up all the gen, but not now. Tomorrow we are going to friends in Heiloo which is not far from the sea. We will start off with coffee, stay for lunch and most probably dinner too. These are good friends of ours. Another set of friends of ours phoned today, so Johan said, and they also want us to go to them. Oh what it is to be popular! LOL Now see you tomorrow Sylvia xxx

Hi Everyone,I am sorrry have not been on as much as usual,been doing extra hours at the library (unexpectedly)and trying to tidy the garden shed and the bedding chest.I have bought new bedding and have to get rid of some ,and even thougth they are tatty I am loath to get rid. Any ides what you can do with quilt covers that are torn,have paint on them and threadbare in places??? Kathleen,hope we can stay in touch ,you were one of my very first contacts on here and feel part of the family. June,like you said what will be will be.We have friends house hunting now and have seen two they really like but they have to sell two houses befor ethey can make any offers. Sylvia,hope Johann is ok for his driving liscense. Sue , I do hope you stay ,its nice to bridge the world as they say.Are you on MSN i know a lot are,I was but seem to have lost it since my pc trouble.I am hoping to get it back soon. Off tomorrow ,but hopefully shopping with my sister.Need two nice pairs of pants,brown and black,in cotton or linen mix . Take care Brenda

Hi everyone, I'm not sure what sort of day we are in for, its still a bit early o tell but I couldn't sleep. At the moment it is dry although there was heavy rain last evening. Last evening we went for a second look at a house we fancied but I dont think the lady is prepared to negoiate at all. Funnily enough I wasn't upset about that, this time I didn't feel quite as happy about it as I had done previously. So whatever will be, will be. My grandson's friend didn't come yesterday to sort out my laptop, he had to go into Uni to sort out something for next year, hopefully he will be around today. Sylvia, Maybe the doctors are on holiday too. lol Either way I hope Johan gets his licence sorted soon and you can go ahead and plan your holiday. I hope you and Annemie have a good day out, you will have to tell us what you get up to and what you buy. Sue, I hope you renew your membership, I do enjoy talking to you and hearing what's happening in your corner of the world. You say about you having reasonable temperatures, I feel that for at least the last couple of years, our winters have been milder too. It must be this Global warming that they keep telling us about. I would like to think that the young ones could benefit from advanced driving but to me its as though the minute they get behind a steering wheel, 2 horns poke out of their head and away they go bearing down on some poor unsuspecting motorist or pedestrian. Anyway, enough of me on my soapbox. See you all tomorrow. June xx

Hi All Kathleen, I havent really got to talk to you much since I joined this thread, but I wish you all the best and I hope Susan continues to beat her health problems and that she has a reasonably good quality of life. My renewal is due on the 1st Sept, I have a little Renew word underlined in my welcome back box at the top left of the page, still not sure what I will do yet, but I do love talking and more so reading about everyones adventures and lifestyles in other parts of the world. Sylvia good luck for Johan's driving test I'm sure he will be ok. As John (I think) mentioned on here earlier about the young and accidents of late that have taken teenagers lives. We in Tassie had a patch of accidents involving young drivers and resulting in quite a few deaths in a short period of time. I personally think they should make it compulsory to attend advanced driving courses to learn how to handle a car properly and to have refresh classes every so often. Its just my opinion it will not stop all accidents but it would not do any harm. Fred have you got back from your tall ships adventure? I would love to see some of the photos that you took, Are you going to put them on the photopage or would I be asking too much for you to email some pics to me? Well our weather is reasonably mild for this time of year, we havent had hardly any frosts and only a little bit of rain, but the temps are cool we have been ranging around 3 degrees celsius overnight to about 14 during the day. well must go and do a bit more work, catch you all later.

Hi all, Well, we are a step in the right direction. Johan has an appointment with the doctor for the 17th August. And I thought all the patients were on holiday! If all goes well, then when the doctor has passed him, it should be no problem to renew his driving license. I dare not book a holiday yet though - that would be inviting trouble. Annemie came back from Germany and we caught up today with exchanging our news. I then went out to the shops as the sun was shining. Who knows what it will do tomorrow! I have booked a taxi for Annemie and myself and my scootmobile tomorrow. We are going to the folklorist market in an old fishing village. There is a braderie, demonstrations of various hobbies etc.etc. Lots of fish stalls of course. I don't know whether I'll be on here tomorrow as I'll probaboy be knackered. Anyway, have a nice day everybody. I know I will. Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone, I am back on my PC at long last. My grandson's friend came round yesterday and I am able to be in contact again, although I haven't XP at the moment, I think the CD may be in Denmark, lol He's supposed to be coming again today to have a look at my laptop. So here's hoping. John, Its so easy with digital isn't it, I can see being converted over before long. I know what you mean about youngsters and their driving, I'm surprised there aren't even more of them killed. The problem is, they take innocent parties with them and they dont realise the hurt caused to parents. Sylvia, It looks like you will have to make the phone call for Johan, or you may find it will be next summer that you will be visiting England. As you say, MEN!! Brenda, At the moment, I intend going to Leeds, if its still on, but we have had an offer on the house so I dont know if that will have any bearing on my trip. Kathleen, I will miss you so much, I have enjoyed talking to you and hearing how Susan is coping. How is the kitchen doing, has it been finished yet? I think you have my email addie but I will send it to you in case it has gone astray. Some of my email addies have been lost with my computer problems (all caused by Norton) Well I will now go and look to see if I have any emails. Speak tomorrow. June xx

Hello everyone, This will be my last week with GR as my membership is due to expire on 8th, I will not be renewing this time for several reasons. However I do have e-mail addresses for some people and I will keep in touch. I have enjoyed 'chatting' with you all. I shall continue to post on here as long as I am able - at least for a few more days. This site has been great fun in the past and I have made a few very good friends and received help with my research which has been much appreciated. It is a really nice day here now though a bit of a damp start, misty not rain and warming up nicely. Susan is feeling a little better and Indira has been keeping herself busy helping her Mum and going out and about. Recently she took herself off to London and visited with my sister, soon she will be going to Sussex to visit her cousin and the new baby. An adventurous young lady and a very sensible 14 year old, maybe just a little too independent for my peace of mind. I am off to do some work now - my excercise, I walk about 2 miles, wish I had a pedometer to check if I do the 10,000 steps. It feels as if I do at the end of the day. Hope you all have a good day God bless Love Kathleen ps just had to delete a few messages - GR had the usual problem with the 'error' page and I found this message had repeated several times.

Hi all, It seems to me that there are a lot of us on holiday, or are you all doing something else? I know Fred is busy photographing ships as he sent me some photos by e-mail. Thank you Fred they are lovely. Nice to see you and yours as well. I have had a restful day as my pedicurist came today and did my feet. I have known her a long time so it is more of a social visit and we have a laugh and a natter. She stayed for lunch too. The weather has been brighter here today and we actually saw the sun. So it is now August, another month gone by. Summer almost over. Summer, what summer, where did it go? Still haven't made final plans for holiday as Johan has to get passed by the doctor. I have to push him to make a telephone call. MEN! See you all tomorrow Sylvia xxx

Hi John ,and everyone else, I have a digital camera and think its great,I don;t print my pictures any more ,too exspensive on the ink for my printer. I put them on the pc and if I want hard copies I take the memory stick to th eshops that have the machines it is very cheap,compared to buying paper and ink. Agree with you about boys ,cars etc,not a good combination. Of out to deliver birthday cards etc to my brothers ,its his wifes,sons and grandaughters birthdays this week. Brenda

Hello everybody August already, soon it will be Christmas. June I got to use my son's digital camera at church yesterday the photos I took were good, well that's what my son said. I get to use it again in a couple of weeks as he wants me to take some shots as he won't be at at church outreach in a shopping mall. There have been too many fatal road crashes involving teenagers over the past few weeks . On Friday four teenagers aged between 14 and 17 were killed another two are in hospital in a critical condition. Sadly one family lost one of their two sons. Boys and fast cars racing on the roads are bad combination, resulting in many dying on the country's roads. I am listening to talkback radio and teenage drivers is the hot topic at the moment. We had a great weekend, our son celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday and the three of us when out for dinner - he got a free one (mind you we have also had free meals on our birthdays). John

hello June,Sylvia and everyone else. I have had problems with direct debits and things like that going wrong and one of the jobs i used to do in the insurance company was to sort problems when people had not paid money .So I can see both sides. Hope your daughetr is ok June ,I had an MRI scan in jan/feb on my head ,which was ok but it is a worrying time. Have you decided about Leeds yet? Hope your tests are ok sylvia, Speak to you all tomorrow, brenda

Hi everyone, Today turned out to be a nice sunny day and all the washing was dried. This afternoon, we have taken my granddaughter to the airport, she is off again to Copenhagen, she loves it there. She was rather nervous of going this time with all the terrorists activities. Kathleen, I think you and I are suffering from the same bug, I never seem to achieve much each day, I dont know where the times goes. Also my brain is asleep most of the time.lol Brenda, I hope your PC is ok now. Paul did put up a thread last week asking who was still going to Leeds, it made me wonder whether some had been put off with all the terrorist activities. Sylvia, What a shame about Johan's licence, I'm sure there should be something done about that. My son in law has had a similar thing, his insurance company took a full years out instead of a months from his bank account, making him overdrawn and incurring charges, Fortuneately they have admitted they were in the wrong, refunded the money and sorted the bank charges out, but it's just another irritation to deal with. Tomorrow, my gaughter has to go for another MRI scan, she is getting herself all worked up, she really hates them. I am off to bed soon, last night I didn't get a lot of sleep, I kept getting disturbed. So I will speak again tomorrow. June xx

Hi everybody, Well I've not posted for a couple of days. Don't really know why. Just been doing other things I suppose. Yesterday I had the stitches out of my shoulder where I had skin cancer, but they hadn't got the results in yet from the lab. The dermatologist will phone me when he hears he says. June, Johan never received his driving license. They published the wrong date in our local paper and he was a day too late. We will now have to pay the full money for the doctor to ok him. Sometimes I could scream at those people who make these mistakes as it costs us money. Our electricity company also made a mistake and forgot to take money from our account since last September and now have demanded the whole lot in one go. Their mistake, our loss again. We have automatic payments as we don't want to be cut off, but I don't check to see if they have taken it off. I shall now have to do this in future I suppose. We have now changed our electricity supplier. Two years before this we had a huge bill from them for electricity somebody was using in the town here under our name. I could go on and on and on at these sort of mistakes happening to us at the moment. Their mistakes, we pay! If we don't pay, no electricity! We had torrential rain in the night, but today it has been dry. We should have nice weather next week I think. Unless they have got it all wrong again! If it is nice Annemie and I are having a day out to a lovely picturesque village not from here where they have their Folklore Days. Every Wednesday for 4 weeks. Well next Wednesday will be the third Wednesday, so hope it will be ok, or we have only 1 other Wednesday to go. Hope I haven't gabbled on too much, but that's got it off my chest. Sylvia xxx

Hello All,well back again,hope it all works this time,.would take to long to tell you everything that was wrong with pc.!!!!! Glad you are all doing ok.welcome Lynda nice to see new face. Have been to your lovelly country twice and hope to go again in the not to distant future.Have been to Surfers,in Queensland,Sydney in NSW but mainly Victoria where my friend lives,a place called Mornington.near Melbourne. June any news on Leeds,can not see any threads. Will do longer messages tomorrow. Love Brenda

Hello all, It has been one of those days when I seem to have been busy all day but achieved nothing. Certainly not much of what I actually wanted to achieve anyway. The weather was not too bad, a bit cloudy from time to time but quite warm and stayed dry after a damp start. Tomorrow I have to be out a lot of the time and rain is forecast, I suppose they could be wrong!! Not a lot to add really, I think my brain has gone to sleep and maybe I ought to get myself off to bed. Sylvia, have you heard anything of or from your neice? I do hope everything is alright and that you hear very soon. For now, hope you all have a good day. God bless Love Kathleen

Hi everyone, Yesterday the weather was like winter, rain and more rain. Today the sun keeps trying to shine through the dark clouds. I shouldn't moan though when Birmingham was having mini tornados. We had one of those a couple of years ago, so I do sympathise with threm. Lynda, Do you have family get togethers at Christmas etc., I would imagine it would be good fun with the different languages etc. I think families should be able to come and go, it shows close knit families, I can never understand these parents that wont allow their children to come back home once they have left. Still it takes allsorts, as they say. Kathleen, Its lovely to hear fom you again. I'm pleased Susan has nearly finished her treatment, she has been very brave to go through all of this. I hope and pray everything is fine now. When you see Maz, please give her my good wishes. I hope you find some rellies too, I'm sure you will with Maz to help you. you couldn't have a better helper. John, I have received my newsletter from Gr this morning, never been asked if I have watered my tree before though. lol I thought they had sent it because at the moment I have only got one person in my tree. This isn't intentional, a couple of weeks ago, we deleted my tree so that we could update by Gedcom, at that time Genes were doing some updating of their own and we couldn't do it. We may have another go either today or next week. I got a digital camera just over a year ago, I hardly ever use anything else now, its so easy to transfer to my PC and then email to friends or print off photos. The weather is looking a bit brighter now, I had better go and see to the washing. Take care everyone. June xx

Hi everbody I haven't popped by for 20 days and things have certainly moved along on the board, when I came on earlier today GR was so slooooow so here I am. Has anyone had an email from GR asking 'Have you forgotten to water your family tree?' before?? The winter has definitely arrived I can't say it is really cold but wife says it is. Our son Craig has a digit camera bought a digital camera two months ago and has found it easy to operate. I don't think I'll be rushing to use it immediately and will stick to the standard camera. Incidentally the digital photos he has taken are better than those taken on a regular camera. We took Tiny the cat to the vet on Thursday evening and she has a kidney problem fortunately it isn't serious, she will get some medical next week. It's 5.48pm on a Friday evening and I'm off to watch the news. John