General Chat

I seem to be the only one on here this evening. what has happened to you all ?
Pauline I had three fireman in the house young at that they were very kind asked me questiuon on fires and excapes if I needed help to call them checked all my electrical gagets and wires. fitted a ten year fire alarm in for me. they stayed for and hour.

Rita

Right I will try again,last posting vanished into thin air.
Rita I have been trying to get onto this site all day without success, and now that I am here, I have got to go to darts.
I hope to be able to get back here tomorrow. <3 <3 <3

Rita, I've been watching the Ireland programme on BBC 2 . Quite interesting.

Evening everyone,
Well what a blowy day it's been. Hope Stephen is safe and sound as parts of Scotland are without electricity. Mind you if anyone will manage without power it's Stephen, lol. Bet he's got a little primus tucked away somewhere :D
Took my mum to the garden centre and I was very good only bought 1 bulb and a small tray of petunias for the wrought iron trough outside our gate.
I'm a happy bunny as we have booked to go back to Ireland in September. :D :D :D
Shelly well done, one day I might be a good girl and join you.
Hope everyone is safe and well

Cath xx (back tomorrow)

Thats nice Cath, Booking another holiday! :-)

Hello everyone, hope you have all survived the strong winds today.
It has taken me almost 2 hours to get on here tonight, thought it was me but I see some of you have had the same problem.
Are all our poorly friends feeling better, I do hope so.
Scarlett is still poorly, she has an ear infection and is also covered in spots, poor little soul doesn't know what is what is wrong, she is very fretful, has fallen asleep twice on my knee. Thank you all for your thoughts for her.
May you all have a peaceful night and sleep well.
Take care and stay safe.
Jean xx <3 <3 <3

Jean perhaps she has chicken pots or measles if she has make sure she does not scratch them/ poor little soul.
hope your feeling well yourself.?
So it was not just me that had a job getting onto the friendly thread.. I dont know why it was that thread that took the full blunt of it. but I kept getting sorry an error accured I tried hitting the blue arrows hoped that would right it but it did not. I manged to get right on just now.
I never heard about the electric cut in Scotland I wonder what happened there ? still Scotland is a big country so I suppose it could be anywhere.

you might not hear from me tomorrow during the day as my sister is coming for the day. I will try and get on in the morning before 10. hope you all have a good night.

Rita
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

BLOWY !

Full on Storm............and more......95mph gust on the Tay Bridge.

A tree limb has demolished my daughters garage. The garage is/ was a substantial structure not a flimsy wooden one. The tree limb is huge.

Driving to and from Stirling was like going through a war zone. Trees down all over the place . Causing damage to buildings and cars.

My dear friend, Madge,is in deep sedation. No response at all from her.
Her breathing is very shallow and the tell tale rattle is evident. She is not in pain thankfully.

Time for my supper.

Stephen that mus thave been frightening for your daughter. Luckily the tree didn't fall on her house.
i see that some from the flights from some Scottish airports have been suspended. Lucky that wasn't last week Stephen otherwise you would have been stranded.

Patricia,

Thankfully there are no trees close to the house. The trees that are around the area are HUGE, And like all trees they are under a conservation order. The whole area is in fact a conservation area and most of the buildings are Listed.

I would have loved to have been stranded in Majorca. Well for a few days anyway.

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Hope you will be safe Stephen. How different this week to when I was there last week. Roads closed, trees down, some deaths, rail closed. I do feel for those who went up this morning.

The little one I look after is wit her granparents next week if her Mum can fly to Singapore, but she told me she may not get out there because of the Icelandic Volcano again.

The problem wit her mouth is a virus, but the Dr prescribed some drops which the chemist can't get at the moment. She slept a lot today and didn't eat very well. I hope she is better tomorrow.

Hopefully Scarlett will be better soon Jean. Take care yourself too.

Linda :o) XxX :-) <3

Safe !

I dangerous situations I use Lady Stephen as a Shield.

Time for shower then bed.

Night all. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

not to share if i like my outfit for sunday

but i do like my shose

Morning all,
a lot calmer down here this morning, gentle breeze and cloudy skies but dry.
Stephen, your daughter must have been horrified to see her garage demolished. thankfully she was safe. My thoughts go out to Madge and her family, sounds as if the end is near, bless her.
Jean, Scarlett doesn't sound well at all, poor little mite. I hope she gets better soon. ((((hugs)))) for her.
Linda hope little one is also well soon.
Shelly whats wrong with your outfit?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to everyone else,
Off to work shortly,

Cath xx

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Tea or Coffee

Porridge or Cereals, Fresh Grapefruit, Poached Eggs, Toast, Bacon Roll.

Nice and easy breakfast.

Morning All !

Strong Blow.......Soon Go. Thankfully they have that right.

Wind is still fairly strong but has gone down a lot.

The wave height in the Hebrides was reaching 35 ft. Wouldn't want to canoe in that :-) :-) :-) :-)

Need to get the Chain Saw out and become a Tree Surgeon for a wee while at my daughters place. At least the Insurance will pay for replacing the Garage. It's where to put all the stuff that's stored inside it that's the problem. Only had a quick look last night as there was the danger that more of the tree would come down. :S :S :S :S

Reminded me of the big blow on 15th January 1968 when the whole of Central Scotland was blown to bits. It took us months to recover from that. The damage was incredible and 20 people died in Glasgow. 2000 were made homeless.The Armed Forces were drafted in to help out.
Yet it hardly rated a mention on the BBC. I suppose if it does not affect London then it hasn't happened :-) :-) :-)

Have a good day ya all ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

morning everyone
I was watching Scotlands troubles on TV this morning. sorry to hear about that. I bet alot of would be visitors will be put off.If they were due to fly it will be even worse.
my nephew is due to fly in on Friday to stay a few days then fly off on business for the USA to France due to stop back in England for a couple of days before flying back to Washington. he planned it like this because it was easier to fly from there to England rather than striaght to France so I understand.? now he is wondering whether he will get a flight at all. ?

hope everyone is well this morning ? I am off to buy a couple of fresh cream cakes as a treat for my sister . when she gets here. I am doing a salad for lunchtime with all the trimmings her favourite.

be good.

Rita <3 <3 <3

Morning everyone,
I'm going out to lunch today. One of the girls is retiring next week. There's an Italian restaurant down the road and you get instant service. I point at all the pasta and say I'll have a bit of everything! :-) :-) :-) :-)

Pat,

Don't eat too much.......It will cost you a fortune.......to replace all your clothes with a bigger size ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Morning all
Porridge this morning please Stephen.
So sorry to read of all the problems the gales have caused in Scotland. Hope your daughters belongings weren't too damaged. How was her car?
Still breezy here.
Not sure what we are up to today as Hubby is off for the next 3 days, then working over the Bank Holiday til next Thursday.
Have to start my lists of what I am going to do.
Did loads of knitting last night ,made a pair of booties to go with the baby blanket and started a tiny white cardigan, all for my daughters friend for June I think.

Hope to get back later

Linda :-) <3

Stephen
Just found this on a news item

Scotland's Cairngorm summit, Cairnwell summit and Aonach Mor were hit by gusts of 114mph

We were up there on Wednesday and it was gusty enough then, I really did have to hang on to my hair !!!

Linda :-) <3