General Chat

Morning All
Cuppa's all round

Where's the breakfast boy this morning?

Hubby home for the next 4 days. Hospital to see the dermatologist this afternoon in Windsor. Guess she'll sign me off tooo as a hopeless case. Don't think her potions or lotions are doing any good. Hair still falling out and nnot being replaced. Oh well

Have a good day all. Have to go shopping tooo today.

Linda :o) XxX

good night everyone,
I've finished my book!
Jean I hope you don't ache too much after being hit by the horse!
Mo. glad to hear that Lilly is doing well.
I had an enjoyable evening reading.
It' s 11.50pm. Better go to bed otheerwise I'll turn into a pumpkin!
Dermot I look forward to reading about Luck-Penny.

Good Evening, and probably Good Night everyone.

Pleased all went well Rita. In the best place with all those lovely nurses to mop his brow. Wish him well.

Poor Marilyn, just called Junita [One Eater]. Soup is very good, just keep dosing yourself up with paracetamol. I did much the same thing when I bit on a Rolo. Left half my crown in it. lol

How lovely to see your grandchildren thrive Mo. It must give you great pleasure to see the little ones.

Hope you had a good soak Jean, keep away from those horses hooves.

Trust everyone is well and warm. Its blooming freezing down here. Frost descending as I speak.

Take care all


God Bless
x

Just to let you all know Mike has come round but is on strong pain killers so is not too aware where he is at the moment, the first he did when he opened his eyes was put his thumbs up to his wife and smile before he went off to sleep again. They would not let any family in to see him only his wife and she was allowed ten minutes,
She has been at the hospital all day with his eldest son. If things go well he will be out within ten days. at the moment his blood pressure is bit high but the Doctor is well pleased.

Thank you all for your kindness , It is nice to have a backing in a time like this makes all the difference..

Good Night and God Bless.

Rita
x

Thanks for all the positive comments & support. Read about ‘Luck-Penny’ tomorrow sometime.

Pauline $(*-*)$ - I was born 3 miles from Knock & could see the church spire from our front window. I used to work there in my school holidays (1967/8) selling religious objects to the thousands of pilgrims who visited.

One of my school pals was a descendant of one of the 1879 visionaries. He subsequently joined the Irish police force & was shot dead by bank robbers. Pope John Paul II visited Knock in 1979.

Oh for goodness sake Jean, a kick in the back is the last thing you needed.
Are you feeling o.k after it happening.

My grandaughter has gained weight. When the midwife weighed her yesterday, she has gone up from 7 lb 6oz, to 7lb 10 oz, instead fo losing weight as new borns normally do.
She's filling out lovely, and loves her food. They have had to increase her feeds from 2oz up to 4oz. they could not fill her up, so I suppose it's just as well she is bottle fed after all.
Thank you for asking after her Jean.

Hi everyone, it's freezing here, think I will hibernate for a few days.
Rita, so glad the operation went ok, am sure Mike will soon be feeling well, he is sure to be in good hands, bet you didn't sleep much last night, Mums are like that, even when our children are grown up with families of their own, we still worry about them, hope you manage to sleep well tonight.
Mo, how are you? and how is your lovely little Gr. grandaughter?
Hope all our friends are well.
Take care and stay safe.
Jean xx

forgot to tell you, I was tacking up a horse today and another one [not mine] kicked me, caught me right on my back, so think a hot bath may be needed.

Just popped in quick to see how Mike is.

Really pleased that the operation went well Rita. We'll all keep Mike in our thoughts to see him on the road to recovery.

Lovely writing Dermot, I can picture it. It's a beautiful place, are your family still there? Did you ever go to see the Knock Shrine?

Got to go now, might get back later.

Evening friends,
Rita have been thinking of Mike today. Hope the operation is successful and he is soon back home with his family.
Marilyn dont forget to put crown under your pillow, lol. You might find something nice there in the morning!!
Dermot you really have a talent for telling a story, brilliant stuff, more please. Ireland is where my heart is, I love the place and spent part of my childhood growing up in Belfast. We go to Wexford every year as my mother in law lives there. The whole of Ireland is so beautiful and its where I'd like to retire to one day. I'm partial to a drop of the black stuff too.
Going over at Easter for 2 weeks, I can't wait.

Hope everyone is well

Cath xx

Rita,
I'm glad the operation went ok.
I hope the tooth fairy visits you Marilyn!
Dermot, the village life sounds nice. I could quite easily live in a village. Just as well as I don't though because I wouldn't go anywhere!
I won't be around much this evening because I want to try and finish my book.
I've finished the one about the Wrting Group in Scotland. This is another one. It's based on bombing raids in Dartmouth. It's due back at the library Sunday but I don't fancy going to town over the week-end!
Have a nice evening x
Hi to Pauline, Stephen, Mo, Maddie, Shelley and Linda x

Testing again...
EDIT..

Hi Mo.....just call me gappy ..LOL

I have straws to drink with, but now the injections are wearing off I 'm sure I can eat a dinner especially one that is cooked for me ....In other words I'll get it down my Gob somehow ..LOL

Off now speak tomorrow.. xx

Oh Rita I am so pleased that you have heard from the family about Mike.
Sitting at home alone, must have been such a worry for you.
The intensive care nurses are wonderful, and Mike is in good hands.
I am sure he is a fighter,and will come round as soon as possible, to let the family know he is alright,as he knows how worried you have all been.
I will keep him in my prayers tonight,and every night, till we know he on the road to a full recovery.

Thanks Linda, I somehow missed Rita's update post earlier.

Marilyn, are you sure you are going to be o.k to eat your meal at your brothers tonight.
If you get him to mash your food up, it will be alright for you. lol
It certainly sounds like you were in a worse state, than you thought, with that tooth.
Don't worry about that gappy smile, as long as you are pain free, thats all that counts.

ITS OUT !!!!!!!!!!!! the tooth or Crown shall I say with the pin inside the root of my original tooth.

Well is was cracked the( root bit )and that was what was causing all the pain.
now I look like god knows what .......hmmm don't like gaps .
I have to wait until next week for some impressions to be made for a replacement of another tooth. I'm still in pain as its upset all the bloody nerves and Pete has made me a cuppa with a Straw !! taken some painkillers,so its just a matter of time before the pain ceases.
Enough of me.......

Rita the church was closed ,but on Sunday I will make sure that Mike gets his candle.
said lots of prayers last night and this morning for him....Bless him.

My brother has asked me for dinner tonight, so that will do nicely said I ...LOL

Just sipping my tea.

Dermot I also have Irish blood my grandmother is from Dublin & Grandfather Waterford. And boy did they like there Guinness ..

Great story I'm with you on the village bit as I live in one......Great !!

Still thinking of you Rita.
Wishing Mike a good recovery

Linda :o) XxX

Hello everyone

The operation has gone well . according to the surgeon it took four hours . Mike is now in Intensive care and will be for a couple of days ? His wife and eldest son and his Girl friend are staying there till he comes too.

They will know more when he comes too and the doctors check on him.
My daughter in Law is going to phone me when Mike wakes and she knows more.
She will ask all the right questions as she is an Intensive nurse at another hospital.

I want to say a big thank you to you all for your support and kind words it has meant a lot to me..

Love
Rita
x

Mo Rita has added on her thread of thoughts

All done he is in intensive care now

Linda :o) XxX

It sounds so idyllic (sp) Dermot. So you grew up in Ireland Dermot.
My greatest friend comes from Southern Ireland, and my neighbours are both from N.Ireland.
My friend has the lovely soft Irish lilt to her voice.

We had villages like yours here in Kent years ago, where hop picking was
a happy time for many Londoners,who came down just for that reason.
But not anymore I am afraid, so many open spaces have now become built up areas.
Gone are the days, when a charabang was arranged for a trip down to the coast. Generally it would have been Margate, for the day.
The boot of the coach would have been loaded with liquid sustenance,for the adults.
And Sandwiches wrapped in grease proof paper for freshness,and children given bottles of pop to quench their thirsts.
On the return journey, there was always a stop made,at a local hostelry for refreshments.
And a jolly good sing song on the charabang,on the way home.
Oh happy days.
Can we have some more happy memories please. It's so lovely to read.

Still no news yet then Rita.

Backdoor Guests.
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‘Backdoor guests are best’ was the familiar expression in the countryside where I was born. Neighbours or the postman never used our front door when they came visiting or on an errand.

It was rare to hear a knock on our front door and, if there was, it caused a bit of consternation inside. It must surely be a policeman delivering a summons for not having a light on the bicycle or it could be a bit of bad news from abroad.

With no telephone in the house, details of extended family members’ deaths in the UK or America, for example, were reported by way of a telegram delivered, hotfoot, by a young chap on his bike. He didn’t work for the post office at all & there was no contract of employment but he just happened to be coming our way & the Post Mistress asked him or anyone else for that matter to deliver the telegram. That’s how things were done in our area.

The Post Mistress, a fairly mature lady who was born there, knew practically everyone in the parish & beyond by name & probably had a good knowledge of their forefathers too - a great source for those interested in researching the family tree.

The Post Office was no bigger than a corner shop but, as far as we youngsters were concerned, it was the centre of the universe especially after Sunday services. As well as stamps & postal orders (remember them?) , sweets, chocolate & ice-cream were on offer. That’s all we ever wanted.

The village, as we called it, about two miles from our house, consisted of the Post Office which sold groceries, one public phone box outside & one petrol pump nearby, the Pub & the Parish Church - all important establishments to look after the spiritual & physical welfare of the people - us. The Pub, Post Office & the Church worked pretty well as a team - there was no unseemly rivalry between them.

Hard working men in the area, mostly farmers, looked forward to & deserved their weekly pint or two of the black stuff after Church & with their old age pension in their back pocket also purchased food items to take home eventually. The pension was spread fairly evenly between the Post Office, the pub and, of course, the Church. The ladies had seperate socialising events.

Happily, those buildings are all still there today doing business as usual using euros instead of pounds. Commerce they call it these days, I believe.

Pauline, you are not going t believe this, but when I woke up, my first thought was of Rita and Mike.
I was kind of hoping someone would have been up and about, to chat to,
and I wanted Rita to know that we were all here for her today,of all days.

Stephen I really enjoyed the scarmbled egg on toast, and by golly I was ready for it.
My body is not used to being up at that time. lol
I dozed of to sleep in my chair for about five minutes, and Roly scared the life out of me, when he opened the living room door. That will teach me to drop of.

I wonder if Shelly is collapsed in a chair at work,resting her poor tired, blistered feet.

Rita, I hope you are o.k love. Is there any news yet.?

Pat, I hope you are not working to hard. And that you wrapped up well against the elements.

No Maddie yet this morning, I hope she is o.k. Perhaps it's a day of today.

Jean, I hope you are not out riding your horse today, brrrr it's to cold.

Like you Linda, the washing machine has been going all morning.
Changed all the bedding, so nice clean covers tonight. Just got to get them all dry now.
It's blowing nicely outside, but the flippin rain wont help to dry it will it.lol
Enjoy your relaxing day.

Marilyn. I hope you get on alright at the dentists today. And I hope you find dad in good health. It's a good thing he doesn't mind waiting for you and Pete to change his light bulb. Many elderly people, chance their arm and try to do it themselves, and end up falling of a ladder in the process,and doing themselves damage.

I wonder where Dermot had got to, he was not on here yesterday. I hope he has not flown the coop with the birds.

Hi Yvonne, Lady, Sue and all our other friendlies.

Rita I've lit another candle for Mike, he's in my thoughts. Just waiting for the news now.

Good luck at the dentist Marilyn, hope it gets sorted.

Shelly, I was going to say the same thing as Marilyn, you're supposed to walk quick if you want to lose weight. Mind you, any kind of walking will be better for you than driving.

Welcome back Stephen, you were a big miss, you're safe for another year now.

Was there nothing from Dermot yesterday? I've just had a quick glance at the thread, so maybe I've missed it.

Mo, what were you doing up that early, did you wet the bed?

Linda, I wish I could have a lazy day today but I'm going to visit my aunt, it's only about 25 minutes drive away but I've got to go somewhere else first.

Don't work too hard Pat, Maddie and Cath, at least you won't be out in the wind and rain.

Jean, I hope you aren't out in the wind and rain either. Hmm, I will be, soon.