General Chat

Morning All !

Jean.....As usual a great breakfast.
Yep ! Really glad my family are back safe and sound. They are all bronzed with the sun and looking great.
Eilidh, my 7 year old Grandaughter wants me to go next time so that we can swim in the sea together. She cant wait until she's older and we can put on the diving tanks and swim with the fish underwater.
I've told her the tale of my friend Jim who found treasure in the sea at the Scilly Isles.....and she keeps wanting to find treasure.....'When can we do that Grandad?' she always asks.

I'd better hurry up before I'm too old ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Damp and miserable here this morning, but supposed to clear away later
:-P :-P :-P

Maddie...is it Tiara and Gown again today ? ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Marlyn.....Don't feel fed up.....smile and be happy......just keep thinking....you're now nearer 100 than you are to 1 :-S :-S :-S ROFL

Rita, Pauline, Linda, Cath, Dame Shelly, Dermot, Yvonne, Agatha, etc.
I'm sure you can all send Marilyn a 'Get well Soon' Greeting :-D :-D :-D :-D

Keep safe, keep happy, keep smiling ! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Morning All,

Yes Jean.....its the weather it is getting us all down, I have only eaten outside on the Patio once this year normally by now we need new tables & chairs we use them so much !!

My lovely friends from London are camping in North Devon,and the weather has not been as it should be , I feel sad for them.

Stevey I know you are right.....I should be grateful with life, I
am its just the weather ...grrrrrr.
Yes I did look at the Castle and PM you back about it , I think you are very brave to venture into that project , like I said I'll make the Drapes ! Also order my room for holiday's ...LOL

:-D :-D

Up early this morning,how about that and what's more before Shelly .. :-S

Jean thanks for the breckies....

Marilyn dont be sad just start booking your next years holidays I am sure you have many of those to go on ..

Here the weather is miserable thats why you see so many people walking about with no smiles on their faces. O for some sunshine when everyone smiles ( well nearly everyone )

I think your stay youing for every Stephen for the sake of your grandchildren,
Shelly at least you have grown something to eat.

IN the Hotel I stayed at we made friends with a husband and wife he use to smoke but packdt it up years ago, but Sandie could not she use to go outside to the meeting place which was for smokers. (if you smoked in the Hotel you were warned you would be fined £150)
she would pop out just after she had eaten at breakfast time and again in the evening after dinner and during the evening I expect she smoked during the day as we didnt see them much during the day. but the thing was she carried a ashtray with her looked like a pill box but was on a chain . this she emptied at night into the special ciggie metal box outside the hotel but in nthe gorunds of the hotel.
she said she had tried to give it up but had not managed to do it. so she smoked on. I said that must cost you a fortune she said her ciggies cost her around £6 a packet. I didnt like to ask how many packets she smoked.,but it must have been an awful lot.


Rita

Rita .

I think the cheapest packet of ciggies cost around £7, that's why most people roll their own ..

Rita ...not next year !!..... I haven't had all my holiday 's for this year yet .. :-D

Just had my bath,
Pete has gone to my sons to take him to get a removal van as he is moving soon and wants to store some furnisher until the house is vacant .

Its dull overcast here ....not nice at all .

Morning all.

It's dark and damp here, not nice at all, I'll be going out later so I hope it brightens up.

I got soaked yesterday, had to go to the school for my niece's last assembly in primary school. We were all standing in a long queue waiting for the teachers to let us in when the heavens opened. Seeing us all get soaked didn't make them open the doors any earlier!

Shelly, I didn't expect you to go back to smoking............ I thought you had it beat.

Mo, when your back eases up a bit can you come and clean my drive please? It's our patio that's the worst, it's quite long....... and very dirty, I hate cleaning it.

My son emailed me to say they had a realy bad down pour this morning what was my weather like? I said beautiful at the moment blue sky and the sun was shinning. now I have a big black cloud over head. I am going to blow hard in a moment and give it to someone else.
I have just ,made a shepherds pie with runner beans followed by rice pudding for my dinner today. I am trying to empty my freeser so I can defrost.but when I go shopping I see something nice and buy it so my freezer get left with other meats in.

I was thinking if the Government are getting rid of our forces and going to rely on TA's They might start up a Dads Army they can use wooden broom handles and wooden guns to practice with like they did in the last war till they can afford to buy the proper guns and riffles.
so they get cheap forces
. I wonder how many of those will join up ?afterall the MP's seem to be all for this cutting the troops numbers. I cannot wait to see Cameron and all the others in their uniforms.

Rita

Did I read that sign right?
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW.

In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT.

In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS.

In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN.

In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD.

Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS.

Spotted in a safari park:(I sure hope so)
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR.

Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR.

Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL MAY CHARGE.

Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET READING LESSONS.

On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK).

Helloooooo.

I am wearing a catsuit today, with a trendy hat. Posh one day, and casual the next.

I have been to Oxford Street today, looking for bargains. I have bought a lovely blue top from Wallis, so am very pleased with my purchase.

I will probably wear it tomorrow with a pair of white linen trousers [yes Marilyn and I are the linen sisters] and a black linen jacket.

Mr K. are I are going out for the day, tis our Anniversaire [38th] so will be having a bit of us time.

Hope everyone is well. Marilyn pick yer chin up orft the floor.
:-)

Dermot thats a laugh I like those notices.
Maddie your going to be dressed to the nines. Congratulations on your anniversary. hope you have a great time.
Pauline fancy the teachers leaving you all standing outside when it was raining they must have expected the rain
Marilyn I mean the holidays this year as well. you have around ten a year dont you lol

Rita

Afternoon everyone !

It brightened up nicely today :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Time for a coffee and a relax ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

i almost was there pauline but had my 2 sons round me keep smoking

i will get there i promis any way stil doing better than my older daughter as she is back on 20 aday mine is only about 3 to 4 so im still working on it
the worst time is in the evening pluss im trying to still loss a cupel of stone



bleeding hell life is stuff LOL

Well Maddie your outfit sounds lovely....hmm I haven't got a black linen jacket but have got a nice black jacket .

.I wore a white Linen Suit for the wedding, and had to wash it next day uggh so looks like one wear one wash !! LOL

*****Congratulations on your Wedding Anniversary*******

Have a great day both of you..... xx

Rita... I'm going on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton to New York for 7days, stay New York for a few days. then train to San Francisco stay awhile there .
Thats in 5 weeks time ...... :-)

Shelly .....you will do it .....I was like that tried a few times then it was all gone whooshed......
Shelly a CarolB was looking on* Find ancestors* for Burial Cemetery Unknown ....And had Wandsworth on her list so I told her about your thread ...Today.

Stevey why have you got a nice day up there ? we have had rain on & off all day....
So much so I have asked my camper friend to come and stay with me to keep dry ..LOL They are coming tomorrow so they may well stay the night .

I've just had Chicken & chips tomatoes & pickle ... with salad cream yum yum simple....now how lazy is that ?

Evening everyone,
Just eating my chicken curry.
I was going to say Marilyn I thought you've got some more hols. I've got 8and 1/2 working days to use up before the end of December :-)
I feel good knowing that I've got my Christmas sorted :-D
Shelley I hope you get back to giving up the ciggies. You've come so far :-)
Your sayings were funny Dermot :-D

Hi Pat ,

DID YOU MENTION C_H_R_I_S_T_M_A_S ??????????????



:-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

Not Yet .....But I do love it ...LOADS :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

pat ill just call it my little set back

truble is i dont do any thInk eals so its like giveing up every think that i do

maybe i should take up drinking in stead LOL

marilyn has about another 4 hols this side of christmas

Evening everyone
Well the weather is awful here. Dull, cool and keeps raining too. Summer came and went before the children even broke up here!! The grass looks OK though, but not much chance of getting it cut.
I am feeling a lot more steady, thank goodness and the fuzziness is less too.
Spent some time this morning fine plastering the bedroom walls so that I can paint them without too many lumps and bumps. Hubby rubbed down the gloss so need to undercoat tomorrow.
Spent this afternoon swapping the furniture around again. Hubby has bought a new CD player amp and speakers and we needed to swap some furniture to store it. Well I have done a lot of "spring" cleaning again and tried to get rid of some papers and unused items. So hard as I am a hoader and keep things just in case and because they are special to me. I do find it difficult to let go.
Hope you are all well and have a nice evening.

Linda :o) XxX


PS Pauline could you forward the e-mail to Agatha as I don't seem to have her e-mail Thanks

San Fransico !!!!!

A trip down memory lane........

I was with a very good looking lady one night in San Fransico....we were getting on great.......so I told her I could make the earth move for her.....she slapped my face and walked off :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

How was I to know she had just survived an earthquake ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Good grief Linda, are you still decorating love. You never sit still for long do you honey.
Hows your daughters pregnancy going? is she well, or is she suffering from the dreaded morning sickness.

Maz, Christmas is not that far away, dontcha know, only five months to go.
I must have a look soon, to see what I have already bought for the grandchildren. The wardrobe is full with gifts, but I can't remeber what I have got so far.

You remeber my telling you about my nephew, the one who had the brain tumour.
Well he slept for 48 hours solid before his girlfriend started to worry, and phoned the doctor.
He was rushed into hospital, and they are not sure if he has got Meningitus, or if he has had a stroke.
He has lost the feeling down one side of his body, and his left arm is not responding at all.
The poor lad became a father a couple of months ago, and he has not worked since he had his major brain surgery.
Once again, the news came via my niece, and not my useless brother. Coo
I could smack him one, he makes me so cross, keeping me in the dark like this.

Enough of my problems, I hope you are all well.

Next week, is the start of Jeniwrens chemo treatment.
So could we all keep a chain of love and thoughts going for her.
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Chain for Jeniwren.ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Oh Mo .......... My god that does sound like a stroke how sad for his wife and baby.
I'll say a prayer for him Mo tonight when its all quiet in my bed.

Stevey ....you'll have to pray for me now ....don't want an earthquake on holiday do I ?

Linda....has your dizziness gone ? you seem to be taking chances plastering the walls !! , best not to do too much.

I'm preparing a dinner for tomorrow as my friends are coming at 12noon and I dont want to be cooking while they are here.

I'll be back later tomorrow night.. :-D

Mo That is sad I am sorry to hear he is so ill again lets pray he comes through this quickly.

Marilyn my sister use to come over to see us on The Queen Mary when she lived in New York, she lived there for 11 years, and her children where born there. she was showing me some of the muenus she had kept when she travelled on that ship.

I also had a cousin Sue who married one of the "Arrival" the pop group singer they had a hit with the song " Friends " dont know if you recall that. one. Sadly Sue died a few years back. but my uncle and Aunt use to go to San Fransico four times a year and stay with Susan they loved it there.

chains links added for Jeniwren (Jean) ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Good night everyone sleep well.
God Bless.

Rita