General Chat

Rita,

Horses on the loose.

I had to round up six rather big horses one night. I was careful to stay away from their rear ends as they were rather frisky and kicking out.

Once i had got hold of one and put a rope on him and led him off the rest followed. Put them in the field and closed the gate

As I walked back to where I had started from I was confronted by the same horses. There was another gate open at the bottom of the field and I had to start again.

I honestly thought someone was winding me up.

If this had been caught on Camera it was a sure fire 'You Have Been Framed' winner. I felt a proper Charlie.

Afternoon everyone

lol Stephen. It's a pity you are so far away I need some decorating doing, my hallway and stairs need a bit of work and i'm still waiting for OH to do kitchen floor!

Rita pleased your Mike is on the mend and best wishes to Lee

Jean glad the situation with Scarlett has been sorted, it's nice when family can help each other, you hear so much about kids going from 'pillar to post' it's not good for them

back later x

Stephen that must have been funny shutting the gate before the horses bolted the trouble is you left the Gate open.
I had trouble shutting Gates of fields when I lived in Norfolk they had metal hooks that you had to push up and over the wooden block. I walked into a field once and remembered I had not shut the gate. I had to rush back before the donkey got out. I beat him to it. just in time.

Yvonne how are you keeping well I hope ?

Pauline those emails were funny.

I am shattered now I have spent the best part of the afternoon ironing. it is one of those irons you fill with water, the trouble was as fast as I was filling it the water was flowing out of the bottom , I have a new iron trouble was I was too lazy to get it out of the cupboard.

Rita

Hello !!

I'm back been shopping this afternoon,,,,,bought a pair of black peddle pushers.
They are lighter than my other pair so as to not be over my weight in luggage I thought it sensible to buy a lighter pair !!.... Pete did not think so ..LOL

Hows all my lovely friends ???????

Stephen I'll talk about cows now....A few years ago a herd of cows came down our lane that should not have as we are Arable land , anyway we knew who they belonged to a farmer about 3 fields away, I was trying to Shooo them back up the lane ,but they were having none of it ....instead they started eating my pansies in my front garden.
The farmer was contacted and when I told him he should change their diet to pansies.
he laughed his head off .......but kindly two days later he came round with a tray of pansies......how kind and thoughtful was that !!

Got my grand daughter staying tonight.......she's been in a marathon run 3/4 mile ! LOL had to travel to Truro in a school bus ...she's only 8yrs ..So I'll hear all about this marathon !!!!!!

LOL Marilyn, it probably felt like a marathon to her little legs........ bless!

I can just see you now......... trying to shoo the cows up the road.

Had to laugh at Stephan being outmaneuvered by a handful of horses.

Were you bored this afternoon Stephen, or were you just hiding on the thread so you wouldn't have to do any work?

Rita, I thought you were going to box my ears again for sending you that one about old people.

Wonder if Cath's finished that ironing yet.

Hi all, hope everyones well.

Hi All,

Just forgot to tell you all .....


I found a Lady bird in my garden today ..LOL

I told it to fly away as its to early to come out .. I was transplanting some Double Snowdrops.....Awhhh

Hi Everyone,
i got my new glasses. They seem a bit strange but I'll get used to them.
Dermot I liked your quotation. I'll try to remember that in future.
Rita I'm impressed you've done all your ironing. I've still got a load to do. I'll do some tomorrow!

Lol Pauline I am doing it tomorrow I promise.
Yvonne good to have you back.
Love POETS day Maddie!!
Mo how is Lilly doing, growing fast I expect.
Hope you are all in good spirits, Im logging off in a mo as I need to finish a good book tonight so probably wont be back till tomorrow.
Enjoy your evening

Cathxx

Maddie are you and Pauline having a go at me.?
you can come out of the corner. Pauline I forgive you taking the micky out of an old girl like

Marilyn my friend from a few flats down came to bring me some magazines this morning and she told me she has the ladybirds loads of them all on her window sill and in her flat they are the ones that are not nice they are a ligth browny colour stripes. do you recall last year I said she had them all in her flat and got bitten a few times . I had some but not many. it appears they are on an early visit this yearthey breed in the corners of your rooms and also if you have wall insulation, so get some flit and spray them if you get any indoors.

not sure if it was Pat who likes The Island Priest, it is on tonight at 7.30 he had just moved to a small Island in the higlands of Scotland.


Rita

I've just been asked by a Sunday Tabloid to hack into Edward 7th's mobile.

Assistance would be appreciated.

Yes Rita it's me who likes The Island Parish!

Cath,thank you for asking about Lilly. They had to take her to the hospital last night, as she was not keeping any milk down. They have given her Baby Gaviscon for reflux. She must have been getting some goodness from her milk,as she has gained weight again, and now weighs 9lb 4oz.,
but the reflux has only been happening this week, so I just hope it clears up quickly for her.

evening all

herbert likes messy play but dont like the sand or play snow
but he did like the walter and dident want to play with the paints

apart from that he seemed to have had a good time

Mo , sorry to hear about Lilly not keeping milk down. Last year at work several babies were born and last Friday one of the new Mums came in with her little girl and she mentioned baby gaviscon. Until then I'd never heard of it.

mo give little legs an extra big cuddle from me when you next see her
and hope she gets well soon xxx

Thanks Shelly, I am going to their house tomorrow, so Lilly will get lots of extra hugs.
I have just phoned my son, and he said baby has kept most of her bottles down today.

Pat I had never heard of Baby Gaviscon before either. When mine were young we had Gripe water,to settle the wind. And little was known of things like projectile vomiting,or reflux.
I suppose they went under different names back then,as my youngest son is 33.

mo you will be serprise how things have change from how days
i was lucky my girls took more notest of what i said than the health viseter
told them

i remember my eldest daughter when she had he first child she got told of for not going to the clinck
her answer was
what can you tell me that my mum carnt

o and when i have my 6th one i was told off my self for not feeding him soled at 4 month old i told them i think babies are not ready at that age and i will give him food when he is 6 months
and guse what when daughter had little legs she was told that baby should be 6 months old befor going on soleds

well well well think thay should make up there minds
so im glad my kids take notest of me more that others

i see marilyn is on the missing list tonite
i bet grandaughter is keeping her bizzy haveing marilyn run around after her
with her acheing legs from her run

EDIT.... marilyn i bet she will be runing and swiming for england soon you just watch

Travelling to school.

Exeter parents have been stunned recently following the news that Devon County Council is to cut school bus services in the city. Hundreds of children could be left without transport & parents backed by teachers are up in arms. One concerned mother complained that her 10 year-old son would have to walk nearly two miles if his bus provision was withdrawn & she was anxious about his safety.

Two miles indeed! Poor youngster! This report brought my mind back some fifty years where in the west of Ireland I walked five miles to junior school every day - hail, rain or snow. There was no bus provision then & I was lucky sometimes to have been able to cycle to school for a change. Of course, the schoolmaster rode to school by pony & trap - that was before he bought his black shiny Ford Popular with leather bench seats & starting handle.

Whether on foot or by bike, those few miles were sometimes fraught with dangers or so I thought. First, I had to get past Mick Lynch’s mule - a fearsome bad-tempered animal likely as not to throw a kick in my direction just for devilment. Why he was always on the road & not in his allotted field was beyond me. Mick Lynch only had the one small field so, I suspect, he encouraged his mule to partake of the grass verges - free gratis.

A bit further on was Connor’s bull, grazing peacefully until he spotted me when he would half-raise his head, as if he was deciding whether or not to bother with me. Occasionally, he would then charge at me, frothing at the mouth & his hoofs pounding the ground. I often thought he might jump the fence out onto the road but his massive bulk prevented him doing so. He really was a big fellow & was well respected by other farmers who would use his reproductive ability - for a fee, of course. He must be related to many young calves in the area.

Further along the road, there was an empty house where poor men of the road took temporary shelter. I would tiptoe past, scared in case they might do some harm. See what a youngster’s imaginations get up to.

I remember well Dodd’s farm on the main road just the far side of the village because the Dodd family were well known in the horse breeding & racing fraternity. They kept a stallion plus a few mares & a donkey to keep him company. He was a lovely proud animal & he would stand there tossing his head in the air & showing his teeth as if he was in a horse show. He really was the master. Sometimes, I would watch from a distance his handler exercising him. This was easily done by tying a long rope to the stallion’s bridle & allowing him to gallop in a circle. What a treat it would have been to be allowed to ride the stallion - a pipe dream of course.

These obstacles safely negotiated, there were still some unfriendly dogs to contend with. Of course, their barks were worse that their bites. On reflection, I can only remember once being nipped while cycling past Reilly’s house. His pet Irish Setter just liked to run & made sure that every cyclist going that way was accompanied for a hundred yards or so by him barking furiously. Poor old Mr Reilly would come out of his house waving his walking stick trying to pacify his pet dog but he might as well be shouting at the moon. Come to think of it, I don’t remember pet dogs receiving any training.

Our junior school was a plain building erected in the 1870s of plaster & mortar with large windows & an open fireplace - the only source of heat during the winter. It was built on a piece of land donated by the local landlord of the time - indeed, it wasn’t much of a donation really.

Apart from the building, there was a play area divided into two by a high stone wall - girls one side & boys the other. I don’t know why we were divided like that. I’d say there was more fun in the Garden of Eden than in our play areas.

Still, I had the homeward journey to look forward to. Happy times!