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Strange coincidence.

A comment on the radio today said that Russia & America were hoping to ditch the need for visas between the two countries.

And - Russia is hoping to open the Chernobyl site for tourist trips.

The earthquake is terrible all those people. I dont like the Nuclular stations this shows you what can happened when something like this happens the whole of Japan could be wiped out if there is a leak. we should have stayed with coal.

I have got my printer going I dont know how I managed to do it. the first thing I did was read through my questionaire again. then I printed out all the pages I need to fill in on the questionaire. I filled them in on the copies I did. I thought by doing this if I make a mistake I can put it right and not ruin the census (questionaire.) so I now have a copy of the 2011 census. I will fill the orignal one in on 27th March. as I have all the questions answered.

.I saw the news with parts of Scotland undersnow in places. they showed you where my sister in Law lives Montrose it looked very cold there.

Rita

Hi Shelley,
I've just been watching the news. The earthquake in Japan looks awful.

evening pat
think the rest of them are doing dinner
and i see no marilyn get

I liked it Dermot!
What ,more snow Stephen. I hope the forecast is wrong.
I'm pleased to say it's the week-end. I hope to get a lot of War and Peace read!

pauline im trying but dont seem to be lossing any think
mariyln thinks i could have tharod what ever that is

Afternoon All

What a hellish start to the day that was The cars were completely encased in ice. This was the devil of a job to remove. The fresh snow was lying on sheet ice and made moving around rather hazardous. Thankfully the freezing level departed quickly and removed the snow and Ice by mid morning from the lower levels at least..
Still loads of snow on the local hills and a bad forecast for tomorrow

Time for a coffee and a relax.

Another piece of nonsensical nonsense.

The Old Hag’s Death.

Before last night about three weeks ago - that would be a week tomorrow fortnight, I received a letter about an old hag’s death. I was so overjoyed by the sad news that every tear of sweat that dropped from the nose of my belly became a straw bank of turf & turned milk into gold.

So, I put my two cheek bones in my pocket, my head under my arm & my nose in the outside pocket of my waistcoat. I crossed canals of buttermilk & bog holes of stars until I landed in the streets of Dublin.

When I landed in the streets of Dublin, I met John Gerald the Coachman driving ninety-six dead jack-asses pulling an empty steam coach heavily loaded with seventy-six roasted milk stones & one hundred man-of-wars that belonged to the Ministry of Artillery.

I asked him if he could give me any account of the old hag who died on May Day last June. He said ‘no - but John Manning knows all about it”. I asked him where did John Manning live. He said he lived on the top of a high hill down between two hollows, outside all parts of this world where winds never blew & cocks never crew, where two pigs wrestled & danced & where a dead dog bit the hand off next week.

On my way to meet John Manning, I passed through a little village about the size of Australia. I saw an old man running down the streets without any legs carrying seven sacks of fresh air on his back. Now, this chap was a very sick man. He had a colic on his big toe; he had a tooth in his chin bone; he had a pain in the front of his back & he had gum boils on his appetite.

Well, hospital is the place for you, said I to myself. So, I took him to the hospital where I got four pounds of green blackberries, twenty pounds of white black pudding, ten pounds of eel beef, four pounds of frog’s butter & five gallons of sweat that fell from a nailer’s hammer.

I boiled them all together in a rubber pot & gave it to him to drink. When he had drank it, he took to a fit of laughter which lasted for fourteen days & eighteen nights. After that, he had a fit of vomiting & he threw up pup dogs, lap dogs, bear dogs, flies, fleas, bugs & finally, tigers, lions & elephants.

After that, John Manning told me not to go & showed me some more wonders. He showed me six little boys & six little girls playing hide & seek under a haystack made of stones. He brought me up seventy-seven storeys high where I hit my liver against a Pawn Broker’s sign.

Next, himself & his youngest elder son started trashing tobacco into peas. One of the peas jumped two stone walls, shot a dead dog that was barking at a greyhound cat that was dying of whooping cough.

After all that, I said to myself, I could run as fast as any of them. So again, I put my two cheek bones in my pocket, my head under my arm & my nose in the outside pocket of my waistcoat. I never drew breath till I landed in the north side of the Curragh Camp of Kildare with a great wonder in my mouth.

I was followed by three old-age pensioners who said they lost their heads at the Battle of Waterloo. I saw in the river Liffey a shower of feathers getting blinded & was drowned in a blaze of cold water. So, I took one jump from the Custom House in Dublin & landed on the Mansion House in London where I lived happily till now.

I'd like egg, sausage and mushrooms as well please, it's got to taste better than these oatibix.

How's the diet going Shelly?

Stephen your weather sounds awful, please don't sent it over to me. We had a bit of snow yesterday, in fact we had hail, rain, sleet and snow all at the same time. It's sunny and bright today but that wind is bitter.

Morning all.

morning all
just woundering what to do with my self today

my belly is geting fat just thinking of egg sausage mushrooms and dont for get beans and tomartos and 2 slices of butterd door steps

Stephen,
I hope the snow disappears.
It's sunny down south and it's Friday!
Eggs,sausage and mushrooms sound nice but in reality it's a cup of coffee and I'm sat at my desk! thanks Jean
Have a nice day!

Morning all. hope you had a peaceful night.
Bright but very cold here today.

Breakfast is ready,
cereal, porridge or fruit.

on the hotplate, bacon, eggs, sausage, mushrooms.
would anyone like kippers?

toast and hot rolls, marmalade, honey or strawberry jam.

tea, coffee or hot chocolate.

Hope everyone is feeling better today.

Take care and stay safe.
Jean xx

Stephen, take care. Sounds really wild.

BLIZZARD

A real heavy blizzard blowing through just now. The snow is falling on ground that is already like an Ice Rink.

Fun and games this morning to get the cars deiced. It is VERY thick on the whole car. Doors etc frozen shut.

Hey ho off I go !

Catch you later.

Morning folks,
A sunny start here although sky is looking rather grey so probably showers later. No work today, shopping with Mum and then I hope to try and track down some more Irish ancestors who just don't want me to find them, lol.
Rita hope you had a good night.
Jean I hope Scarlett had a lovely day.
A big thank you to everyone for thinking of Gav,
Enjoy your day what ever you are doing,

Cath xx

morning Maddie and everyone else, it i bright and sunny here. I am just wondering whether ti will turn wet and windy later on.

I heard they had a bad earthquake in Japan this is getting bad everywhere is having terrible problems I wonder if it is anything to do with all the space shuttles that have been going up for years it muit do something to the earth.

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to today WORKING

Rita

sorry im late again
just pop in to say nite nite

It's like the 'Marie Celeste' on here tonight.

Where is ya all ?

Time for Shower, supper then bed.

Night all.

Going to put the rubbish out and go to bed with a cup of coffee and War and Peace- I'm determined to finish this book! x

Night Rita,
x