General Chat

PAULINE
I think the luxry items were dearer then.when I look back and see how cheap the things were , but, then realise the money was bad my husband earned £6. week when we got married it was the overtime that made it up to £9. at the football trials for Queens Park Rangers he got through and they offered him a place but it was only a couple of Pounds.so he didnt take it up. I still have the card he had from them and the letter.
So it really does not do to compare prices.
Pat I looked on the site and I should get £ 44 I was one number out of getting five numbers which was a couple of thounds pounds. I dont get many wins I had one a few weeks ago of £10 but I had about three in a year of £10.

It is very quiet on here today.
My daughter and her husband came this morning it was so nice to see them. they were here for three hours. Steve looked a little tired. he is still very thin.

Rita

Hi everybody...Pat, Cath, Yvonne, Lady, Sue, Jean, Dermot, Stephen, Linda, Maddie, Mo, Rita, Marilyn, Shelly.

What a horrible thing for your son-in-law to do Mo. It feels bad enough hitting 40, without having to cope with being left. I hope it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to her. He's probably done her a favour.

Rita, those prices are unbelievable, how come an LP was dearer than a bottle of scotch?

I don't do the lottery, how much do you get for 4 numbers?

I've lit a candle for your son on the candle site, Rita, he'll be in my prayers.

Marilyn, has the pain started to ease off yet?

Stephen might not be able to get back on until Tuesday because the problem seems to be with his bank.

Haven't seen Jean's name, hope she hasn't done herself an injury on those horses.

Afternoon everyone,
I've just got back from seeing an old neighbour.
I thought it was quite cold this morning.
Rita well done for getting 4 numbers. I've never had that.
I'm cooking my dinner tonight. I got some chicken pieces and a tin of red wine sauce and micorwave rice. Pushing the boat out!
Mo your poor daughter. Sometimes people can be so horrible.
Marilyn hope you get the tooth sorted soon.
Have a nice afternoon x

Oh dear, Good afternoon.

We had a late night, watching DVD Tom Browns Schooldays. It didnt finish until about 12, then we watched Withnail and I. From the sublime to the ridiculous.

First thing I know it is 10am. Never, ever have I slept so late.

Cooked the meat, so that is done. Kevin got to go out for a couple of hours, so will probably have dinner at about 4pm. I am not used to being so late with everything.

That hasnt stopped me being on here though, has it? lol

Stephen we will lay palms in your path when you return.

I am seriously imagining Dermot now, some cartoon character with a big belly. No, cannot be.

Pleased your daughter went out Mo. It must be very hard for her, but she needs to get back in the swim.

Gonna do a bit of pressing now. No peace for the wicked, I must have been a right little monkey.

Will say one for your son Rita. God Bless.

Maddie
x

Morning all.
Please notice, I did noy say good morning. Oh boy,what a night,I got hardly any sleep.
Our daughter lives on a main road,and the traffic was horrendous. Noisy people walking home at 1.30 a.m,talking at the top of their voices.
The girls were absolutely brilliant. The eldest went out clubbing with her friends, for one of their birthdays.
She was as quiet as a mouse when she came home.

Pauline, our daughter is 40. Her OH left just before her 40th birthday, little rotter.

Rita, Chatham is just down the road from me. So I am so close to your cousins daughter, I could even say good morning to her for you. LOL

Still no Stephen, ahhhh what a shame. We do miss him.

I wonder if Dermot will write more for us today.

See you all later. Bye for now.

Morning everyone

It is still dark here but I am hoping it will brighten up later on during the day.

Thank you Marilyn my son will appreciate you lighting a candle for him. my sister is going to do the same and has asked Father John to say mass for him. I am sure he will be pleased to know all this.
It will be one week of worry.
I am intouch with my cousins daughter now which is so nice she lives in Chatham. I am so pleased. as he family had shrunk over the last 20 years till there are hardly any of Mums family alive.and now I am intouch with two.
I hope you all have a good Sunday.

see you later ?
Rita
x

Morning Marilyn
Guess everyone is having a lie in

Have to sort some old photos out today.............. well up to 30 years ago for the Birthday Boy. A friend wants to make some posters for his special day. He'll probably hate me when he sees them.

Have a good day everyone
Hope the tooth eases off Marilyn

Linda :o) XxX

Morning All,

Pat I should be going to Mass this morning but this tooth of mine is giving me problems will be glad when antibiotics kicks in for the second time !!

Rita,.... I will light a candle during the week for your Mike I pass the Church when I go to the dentist.

Shelly Its a wonder you like cemetery's now especially not liking them when you were younger, there still dead don't forget ..LOL

Got the Grand kids calling in today, they need topping up on their mobiles , guess Grampy has some spare notes for them.
Their not stupid kids !!!!

Its a bit overcast here, dull & dreary, Oh I 'm back home ...

I had another email from my son. then two from my sister she went to see Anton de beck dancing with his partner we see them on Strickly come dancing. I think the show was at the Barbican in London she had booked her seat weeks ago , she wasnt feeling too well but went now she thinks she is coming down with the flu I told her I will phone tomorrow and see how she is ? if she isnt that good . then I will go and stay for a few days
I have to be back on 8th as I have my blood trests to be done.

I have four numbers up on Lotto tonight. I dont know what I will get ?maybe ten pounds like I did last time maybe nothing as I didnt get the bonus ball. I was so close with the other numbers.


I am going to watch The Tudors and that finishes at 10 40 then I am off to bed.

so I will say Good Night everyone have a good nights sleep. Stephen I hope you soon get yourself sorted on GR.

Rita

wooohooo

im here internet seems fine at the moment i had to put the disk in and go though every think againg seems to have done the job

just had a little read back
i use to climb tree as well we had this big one in the back garden
and we lived almost next to a park so i climb them tree as well and i use the climb the fence that was joint to the park and the cemetery
but i was to scerd to go into dead mans canuion
only the boys was brave enuth to go in there when thay was showing of to us girls

Yes Stephen we'll have the fatted calf ready!
Maddie I bet it'll be cold tomorrow morning when I go to mass. Not looking forward to that!

Good Evening from a VERY chilly north London.

I went out with Dave again today, he is hoping to go back to Uni in September on a Fine Arts Course. So I went with him to get his paints and canvasses etc from the Art Shop. We bought so much stuff, he would have been hard pushed to carry it home on his own. So his dear old Mum went with him to help carry the load. I love Art Shops, I used to do a bit of painting myself, but am doing something else at the moment, so dont get around to it.

I'm still struggling with my tree, and I have a book unopened. So will get around to it all eventually. I am SO knackered when I get in from work, I dont want to do anything too energetic.

I do hope Mo's daughter has a good time tonight. Time to get back in the swim. With a loving Mum she will be ok.

Hope Rita's sons op. will be successful. I am sure he will be fine. Charing X is a very good hospital.

It is freezing outside, the frost is forming already on the cars. Dog dont even want to go out for a pee. lol

See ya later.

Maddie
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Buck up Stephen, we will cover you in leis when you come back to us, and proclaim you as our Big Chief.

Rita,
It's interesting to see the price of things and how much everything has gone up!
What amazed me waas the price was a stamp. 3d .Now it costs 41p which is just over 8 shillings!

well done Dermot we need more, it is nice to read things like this when people were growing up I love to hear how people went about their lives. more please.

I had my hot matches to day did I say" hot matches "? yes I had five. of them. four are already intouch with me and have been for five or so years,

when I said recipts I mean like this.

1 lb of tomato;s 1s 3d
1 lb of Rump Steak 5s 3d
1lb of Potaoes 1s 3d
1 lb of Cod 2 s.
Large white unsliced loaf 71/2
1 pint of milk 7p
l lb of New Zealand Butter 4s 1p
l dozen large eggs 2s 2p
1lb of Bananas 1s 2p
1st class postage stamp 3d
LP record £1.19s 7d
Electric Kettle £4.16s 11p
bottle of Scotch £1. 13s 4d
at that time the cinema tcikets were 2s 6p
1 Gallon of petrol was 5s
gas per therm was 1s 7p
a Black and white TV licence was £3.
that is some of the items in the 1950.s

Lol
Rita

So you have yellow skin Dermot?

Anyone sad enough to request a photo of me needs to do nothing further than check out Homer Simpson - my identical double! Aaah, doughnuts.

So our Stephen hasn't managed to get back in yet, I left the back door open, he mustn't have seen it.

Very good Dermot, I look forward to the next part of the story. Did you have far to walk to school? I have visions of it being like 'Little House on the Prairie'. Except you would have had paper to write on instead of slates.

I spent a lot of time climbing trees when I was little (I know, I still am little), but I didn't catch any birds. My brother used to take the eggs but my dad made him put them back.

Pat, I hope you don't start climbing trees now, men in white coats might take you away.

Glad to see you fought your way out of the wardrobe Linda. That's a long time to have to keep paperwork.

Mo, is your daughter very old? I hope she enjoys her night out.

Marilyn, how will you know if Dermot tells the truth if he describes himself? Unless you twist his arm for a photo.

Rita, can you tell us what some of your old receipts are? I bet you get a laugh at some of the prices.

And of course we'll all be thinking of your son next week and praying all goes well for him.

Hi Pat
Yes I do enjoy knitting So does our Mo she did some cardigans for her new born.
Dermot your descriptions are really good I felt like I was there with you. Looking forward to the next bit.
Hubby is home and enjoying a glass or two of wine, I have a cup of tea while he cooks dinner. He has lamb chops and I have pork, lots of fresh veg too.
Have been contacted by the lady on Ancestry right family, unfortunately she is from the female line and knows no more than me about William. Oh well it at least confirmed what I had found

Have a good evening

Linda :o) XxX

Mo i was a scaredy cat. I never climbed trees. I'm not going to start doing it now!

Hurrah for Dermot. Another thrilling tale of childhood antics.
Did you ever get stuck up the tree Dermot.
I did once, I got up there but could not get down, and had to be rescued by my dad. I was banned from trees after that.