General Chat

hello everyone I hope that you all are feeling better and that sylvia gets her hubby home soon, brenda thanks for the info re the web site for bury market I found it allright. friday the 12th was a lovely day here in barrie in the morning the leaves were out in full colour and then around 4pm the winds swept in along with SNOW we did not get much but about an hours drive away they got 40 centimeters to-day it is drab and cold, but no snow it is way to early for it even if we are in ski country. to-day I am going tobring in the summer furniture and put it away, just watched the march manchester u won by 3 quite good , brenda I hope that your health problem is soon behind you, take care one and all bye for now dorothy

Hi all, Surprise surprise, Johan phoned me this afternoon to say he was coming home. He was hanging around waiting for the doctor to give him the ok to leave, but the doctor never came. Johan told the nurse if she didn't take the bandage from his arm with the tube he would pull it out himself as he was going home. He started on the plaster and the nurse could see he meant what he said so here he is at home. Luckily I had a warm meal for him this evening. He will have to go back to the hospital in 3-4 weeks time for the op but then we know more or less when he will be home. We have the central heating on as it is quite chilly out now. I do hope you can sleep better soon Brenda. I always go to bed as late as possible so that I sleep through the night. I have never taken a sleeping tablet in my life and don't want to begin them. I heard today that my neighbour on the third floor who had the kidney operation had more trouble as they couldn't get the kidney through with keyhole surgery and ended up operating on her. It was a 4-hour operation and she was only in hospital 4 nights. She apparently insisted on coming home too, but has a lot of pain. Now have a nice evening everybody. Sylvia xxx Fred, if you can put that recipe for Xmas pudding on again I would be very pleased as I don't know what I have done with the one I had.

Just a very quick hello to you all,have had a lot of emails today and have answerwd most of them nd now need to dish up the tea.It has been a joint effort with the cooking but I am the one who dishes out,Glad everyone is ok. Brenda

Hi all, Very quiet here again, where are you all? Johan came home yesterday so the flat is not so quiet and empty. He will have to return to hospital for his operation over a few weeks. We went to a flea market today as our youngest daughter had a stall there selling some odds and ends from her house. The weather here has been dry but during the most of the day it was cloudy and when it cleared up the sun came out. It gets cold now in the evenings and have now got some of my winter woollies out and will have to see what I need to buy this winter. Have a nice evening everybody. Sylvia xxx

nudging to keep us up front,tired but not sleeping again tonight.but did have a half hour late this afternoon.!!! glad johann is home Sylvia. brenda

another nudge as I now have a pedicure Sylvia

been busy doing ironing and going to look at display cabinets ,for my ornements etc.on work at 4 til 8pm. Love having pedicures sylvia,enjoy yours. Brenda

Hi everyone. So pleased you have Johann home again. The sooner he has his op the better Sylvia. I have had two colonoscopies and didn't mind the examination but hated the awful business of so much liquid the night before. Gave me really bad stomach pains. But did the job needless to say!!! My printer is misbehaving at the moment - tells me the magenta ink cartridge is empty so buy a new one and the same thing happens - a call to my little computer man tomorrow before I get too frustrated. Played Mahjong today and I won! Unfortunately we only play with counters - if it was real money I would have come home with $15,500 dollars. Had a lot of fun. Tomorrow is housework and ironing day. Boring! My daughter still has the little foster boy - he is beginning to say a few words now and is beginning to explore! Must go - regards and love to you all. Mavis NZ

Morning peeps cor,it aint 'arf wet 'ere at the minute,but it's better than a boatload of snow,at the rate the rain was coming down earlier ,if it HAD of been snow,the house would have been covered ,brrrrrr.. Mavis ,you did remember to take the plastic strip off the cartridge before putting it in the printer didn't you?,i did that once last year ,and then told the son that the new printer was useless,was my face red when he told me what the trouble was lol. I am getting used to the idea that my temperary job [hee hee],finishes in a little over a week and i'm looking forward to not having to get up at five thirty any more. Glat you are having a great time Mary you dedserve it,but i was hoping you would find a few more nuggets to give you a bit of pocket money towards your new gaff,[ sigh] you will just have to try harder next time lol. It looks as though i have a couple of corn cobs ready so i will have those for tea one night this week with lashings of butter on,no ,the corn ,not Fred,[wat you lot like] . I have to start looking for the wifes new car lext month,cause it has to be ordered no later than April next year so that the adaptions can be done before delivery. Not that it needs any apart from an auto gearbox ,and a higher seat for short arse, lol.[ the misses ] so that the poor old dear can settle her rear end on the seat and swivel round without having to lower herself on the seat. like she does at the moment. She is a good old stick really and has never complained but i have noticed for a year now that she is having trouble lowering herself slowly and i'm worried that she slips and does herself an injury. It will give us something to do in the cold months anyway,we can go and have a look at a few makes and models each month till we find what we are looking for,and it has to be a diesel too,a lot more economical ,and cleaner too,with a lot lower carbon emissions,and one modification that i had forgotten about,a tow bar for the caravan,i tow that while the son tows the boat when we go on holiday. The sun has just come out but i bet that won't last long,the forcast here isn't very hopeful. I found a nice site on the web yesterday that does streaming t/v,and now have a few sport channels from all over the world,so i can now watch cricket and football from Oz and new zealand,along with some news channels and tv shows from Canada India [for the cricket again,lol,who needs sky sports hee hee..I was watching the last weekends Newcastle,Bolton game last weekend on bro in laws tele' in this way,it was a hoot really,the tv channel was from Japan,and the two presenters were dressed in Newcastle gear lol,it didn't even matter that they were talking japanese either because there were sub titles. well .i have to go for the time being to get the corn picked before returning to the fray. See you all later. Fred.[ semi retired and eight working days to go].

Hi everybody, Johan and I went out today for coffee to friends and the sun was so hot that it was like a midsummer's day. We parked outside the house in the sun and when we were ready to go home we had to open the windows as it was so hot. We had coffee with them and a bite to eat for lunch. Lots to talk about, especially over Spain. Tomorrow we have to take our videorecorder away for repair and I will do a little shopping. Thursday I have two appointments in the hospital so that will take up most of the day. Weather permitting, my neighbour Annemie and I are going shopping together. We will take the taxi and my scootmobile. Fred, don't forget the Xmas pudding recipe. Sylvia xxx

OHHH what a loverley lot of messages to read,have been busy on my day off,took three bags of my clothes to the charity place.Got some petrol,had a walk round the supermarket Sainsburys ,not far from here but a bit too exspensive for us,got a new pair of track siut bottoms and top,am planig on doing a bit of walking and exercises to help with the weight loss. shoulder and neck still painfull but am managing better. Bought stamps and airmail letters at post office,posted a couple of birthday cards.Looked for something nice for my friends 50th birthday. Came home had a sandwich for lunch.Then made a steak and kidney pie for Johns tea (he has been busy plastering the didning room ready to paper.Just finshed the veg,carrots and cabbage,will have to put pie in oven shortly. Also did some braised steak and mushrooms for tomorrow,John is busy with the DIY stuff and I will be working till 5pm ,so got things done in advance. How would you spend your winnings had it been real Mavis.? Ever thought of a trip back here? I will be counting the days with you Fred.I have two years and six months till I am 60 and get my state pension, Sylvia enjoy your shopping and hope the appointments go well. Take care brenda

hello one and all it is raining cats and dogs over here at the moment, but it is better than snow , brenda it sounds like you had a good day shoppping and then all that cooking. to-day I went to a new dentist my dentist of 40 yrs has just gone and retired on me he became a good friend over the years, when I was a child I was assulted by a dentist on manchester rd near dummers lane and that led to a life long fear of dentists, but paul was so good with me , anyway this new man was very nice I did not need any work just a check up but my son had allready prepared this man that his mother had a thing about dentists. god knows what else he said . tonight I am looking after the grandchildren for a couple of hours so there mom can study in peace and quiet daddy being in ottawa for the week. so that is it from me take care one and all regards dorothy barrie ont canada

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Hi everyone. It's good to hear from you Dorothy. Brenda you ask how I would spend the money if it were for real - a trip back to the UK would be good but Pip is unable to get travel insurance to cover his heart and cancer problems so it would be a little risky. I would be afraid that he could be taken bad in LA or Singapore or whever - would cost a fortune!! Our Dr. has said no long haul flights unfortunately. So I would probably pay for my sons and their wifes and children to come here for a nice long holiday. I can but dream! Yes Fred I did take the strips off the ink cartridge - am waiting for my Computer man to call in. I do have a spare printer so I am OK for now. Fred could you send a sweetcorn down the line with plenty of butter for me? My mouth waters when I read your write ups. Lovely day here today - sunny and warm. Hope it lasts. Just had an email from friends in Devon and they have had thunderstorms and rain today. But what a wonderful warm summer you have had this year. Tidied up my computer room (3rd bedroom!!) today. Amazing what rubbish you find and amazing the things you find that you had forgotten about. Our strawberries are wonderful - we will look like strawberries by the end of the season!! My Begonias in pots are growing well - now that the cold winds have gone I can hang the baskets up outside. Must go again. Love & regards to everyone Mavis NZ

Hello everyone,on lunch at work so this is a quick message,will be busy when I get home and my favourite tv programme,who do you think you are is on.so I will be in front of the tv from 9pm. Mavis what a shame about Pip but it would br great to have visitors if you could get them over,I would love to travel .back to Australia and go to Cananda would also like to see New Zealand. Would like to see the Maldives and Eygpt. Dorothy,we are having a lovelly day today should have put my washing on before I came out to work. The cooking yesterday went down well.Will try it again next weeek. Back to work now,Take care brenda

Hi all, Well been out most of the day. First to take our video recorder to be repaired. I cannot tape Neighbours or Ready, Steady, Cook at the moment. I hope they will phone soon and tell us that it is not too expensive otherwise we need a new one. This one is only 3 years old. We then went on to visit an ex neighbour who has been in hospital for bowel cancer. She was delighted to see us and we had lots to talk about. Then we went on to a super saver shop where I bought lots of odds and ends. Tomorrow I have 2 appointments at the hospital. I will go with the taxi and when I am ready will phone Johan to pick me up because I hate waiting around for a taxi for an hour.We are lucky to have this taxi service, but we share the taxi with others and sometimes takes a long time. We have had good weather again today with the sun trying to break through, but fear the rain is taking over now. See you tomorrow. Sylvia xxx

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Morning all.nice and wet again here,but not too cold.on work at 12'30 and have to go out just after 12. Was coming on here earlier but gotsidetracked into sorting somthing out with John about the wall paper in the dining room,we need three rolls for the chimney breast wall and dont have enougth of the pattern we bought.Hope fully he will get two more rolls that match but if not he will have to get something else.I don't have time to go with him asI have to go to work. Hope your video is fixed for you Sylvia,and your hospital appointments are ok. Fred 1 week and 1 day and counting ? Just in time for the clocks going back .!!!! Have to go as i have just realised I have not packedup my tea/Lunch box as I am on work til 8pm I have a tea break at 4.30 instead of a lunch break. take care ,Brenda;

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Having trouble sleeping again,back and arm aching a bit as well. Thought I'd see where we are Brenda