General Chat

Bootiful Dermot really Bootiful.
Rita I think your doctor's surgery can help with transport if you are having trouble.

Dermot, you make me giggle with your comments. I bet in real life you are not as chauvanistic as you appear on here.LOL
But I have to admit, it sounds like you have been taking lessons from my OH

Rita as Agatha said,I thought your surgery could make transport arrangements for you. I know ours here in Kent do.
But I suppose it's an area thing again.

Oh! oh! watch out folks, Linda is getting her paint brushes out again, to paint the spare bedroom.
See Linda we said you would soon find things to do in your retirement.

For goodness sake what has happened to our weather. My god you should have seen the storm we had yesterday.
The rain came down in bucket loads, it was thundering and lightening, oh so awful.
We were lucky as we had we had just got back from shopping when it came down.
At the moment, it's raining yet again, and is so overcast I feel like putting he lights on.

Jean is off travelling this weekend, so I hope the weather brightens up for her. Enjoy yourself my love.

I bet Shelly is getting herself in a pickle over little legs's christening this weekend.
Shelly, relax mate, if they don't like what you have got for food, tough, they can like it or lump it.

Hello my lovelies !!

Just popping in to ask .....have you all missed me ? first things first ..LOL

Hotel is great, I have been too busy out & about buying this and that and looking at some fine manor gardens here in North Devon.

Went into M&S factory outlet and practically stayed 2hrs just trying on this & that.
needless to say money went flying out of my purse ! Oops I can't resist a bargain, Why am I like that ? Pete said I got a problem. LOL

Just like to say Pete is back to normal.......cause I looked after him ..LOL
:S.

Rita ...How is Mike today , poor soul he's been through it of late hasn't he .

I see Maddie has not been around lately ,I hope she & K are OK .

I did buy a little coffee table in an antique shop, knocked the owner down £11 from the original price, I was in a cheeky mood & thought I'd try my bargaining skills !!
Well it worked, I was well chuffed, then I saw a little Chair that my sister could do with in her hallway so she could sit and answer her telephone and got it for £20 as the owner said well as you bought the coffee table you can have the chair at that price.

:D :D :D

Dermot I'm loving your stories ........just one thing...... its a good job your not my hubby :S....... ohhhh you would suffer big time ..LOL


Shelly lets have a look at your outfit ,go on give us a job of letting you know if you if you look the part of the best dressed Nan ever we want little legs to have the best dressed nanny . Pats fascinater looks idle on that chair of hers perhaps you could pop that on yer head ..LOL
:-)

Hope you ALL have a great week-end where ever you go.

Marlyn,

You have been missed..................I think ! ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Good to hear Pete is doing well.

I can see the headlines in the local rag.........

'Marilyn Nominated for 'Nurse of the Year' :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

BUT......Bet they wont put you in charge of the Budget. ROFL

Hi everyone

Marilyn I knew you could not resist a bargain when you saw one. has your purse got a hole in the bottom I like to borrow it Lol.
pleased to hear Pete is fine. he must be a strong person to get over that so quickly..I hope the weather stays fine for you.
we did miss you. your DFHS Magazine will be at home waiting for you. it has some bits about Farway in Devon in and Northleigh places my ancestors were born and lived so I was pleased about that.

There is a lovely piece about Ugborough school records dated 1868-1874 really funny some of it is.
for those on here who dont belong to Devon Family History society these are from it.
it took place on 3rd December 1869

Alice Batho having been told three diffeent times not to bring fancy work to school, this afternoon brought the same again. which was making a necklace with coloured worsted fixed on a cork with pins.
On being told to put it away and then take the school work said. "My mother told me to bring it and if you would'nt allow me to do it . I was not to do any work for you.
she was made to put the work away and went and made an apron before going home.

another one was several children were sent home to wash their faces and hands and comb their hair on account of coming to school so untidy.

I sat reading these there are three pages. I thought they were really great to be able to read records of a school after all these years..
Rita

Hi Rita
I too received my Family History magazine today. Mine is for Berkshire though. It has an article about Broadmoor Hospital and another about "Lovers meeting"
I hope to read it tonight.
I finished another toddlers jumper today. I have started a babies matinee jacket in finer wool, it is feather & fan pattern which Mo and Rita might remeber from their babies days. It is a pattern I have had for over 30 years but was always a favourite of mine.
Fish and chips for dinner tonight, from the freezer and into the oven slightly healthier(I hope).

Enjoy your evening everyone

Linda :-) <3

Evening all,
Good to hear from you Marilyn :-) Glad Pete isdoing ok, must be your nursing skills ;-) ;-)
Going to investigate some possible ancestors tonight. I am sure there is a link with my lot, I just have to find it, lol.
Rita I do hope you can get a lift to the hospital sorted out.
Jean enjoy your travels this weekend, I hope the weather will be kind to you.
Dermot thats very funny but good job you're not mine though. I might have to brain you with the mower, lol.
~~~~~~~~~~~ and ((((hugs)))) for all :D

Linda,

You're a knitter !

Can you help please ?

My friend is a big chap, 6ft 4ins 48inch chest. 34ins waist.

How many stitches to start a wool jumper for him ?

Hope you can help :D :D :D :D :D :D

Linda I remember that pattern it use to be very popular at one time. I liked it as when I knitted . the article seem to grow more I think it was because I was concentraing on the pattern

Linda is Broadmore hospital the one for mental ill patient and in Alysbury?

I belong to two Family History Societies "The Willesden One" and "The Devon "one. I use to belong to the Somerset one and one in the Higlands of Scotland I know it covered Perth. Kilin and Ross and Cromarty. but came out of that and the Somerset ones. as I didnt get much information out of those I had gone as far as I could.

I have just been speaking to my son Mike he is very tired and was in a lot of pain they had been giving him Hydrocotisone injectiins he is back on tablets now, the consultant had just been to see him and said he could not come home till Monday /Tuesday depending how he got on.
He said Mum thank those who lite a candle for me and thought of him so I am doing that now. He said he is sure he would never had got through this without that.
His son who is in the R E ( army) is coming on leave at the weekend he said he wants to go and see his father his brother who is in the police is going with him.both are tall about 6 feet 4 inch. and one of the daughters is coming up from Dorset to visit her Dad. so he will have plenty of visitors over the weekend.


Rita

Hello Rita
Yes I enjoy this pattern a little more chalenging than some I have done recently.

Broadmoor is the prison for the criminally insane !!!! We had Reggie Kray(I think or it could have been Ronnie?) the Yorkshire Ripper is there now and many others who will never be released. It is in Crowthorne only about a mile away !!!

Stephen I will check some of my adult patterns when I go upstairs, I only have baby patterns downstairs that I am working from right now LOL

I am happy to see that Mike is getting a little better Rita, it is good if it is slow but sure. I am keeping him in my thoughts.

Linda :o) Xxx

Just popping in to say Hi!
I started a cold Wednesday. I went to work yesterday- I had a chiro appointment and i dind't like to cancel it. I felt like death yesterday at work. I spent my lunchtime sleeping!
I stayed home today. I've been in bed all day. I've just got myself something to eat.
I'll catch up on all the pages tomorrow
Pat <3

:-( :-( Get well soon Pat.
I've had a cold for 2 weeks now, just can't shake it off.
Been trying to do some work on my tree but getting nowhere so think I'll call it a night and go curl up with a book.

Cath xx

Pat,

Keep well :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

You may need a visit from ' Fluffy Paws' ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

My son just sent me an email by his Ipod he said the consultant just came around and checked on him. and said Mike your looking good much better now than this morning., One of the nurses told him the same thing so that has given him an uplift.

Earlier on I was in this block on my own the Estate Mnager told me she was off till Tuesday Morning and went off in a taxi. the man in the other flat went off to paris to his daughters till Wednesday. and the old couple went off to bingo with their nephew they have just arrived back,

I felt like a Housekeeper.

Hope this does not offend anyone.

I think it's a nice mind jogger......well my mind anyway.

How Long Has It Been ?

How long has it been, since you talked to the Lord,
And told Him your heart's hidden secrets?
How long since you prayed,
How long since you stayed,
On your knees 'til the light shone through?
How long has it been since your mind felt at ease,
How long since your heart knew no burden?
Can you call Him your friend,
How long has it been,
Since you knew that He cared for you?

How long has it been since you knelt by your bed,
And prayed to the Lord up in Heaven?
How long since you knew,
That He'd answer you,
And would keep you the long night through?

How long has it been since you woke with the dawn,
And felt that the day's worth the living?
Can you call Him your friend,
How long has it been,
Since you knew that He cared for you?

Evening all

i pick up the cake today im not that keen on it as i think the cross is way to big but that is what my girls ask for but apart from that the dimonds look nice

im still not puting my out fit on till the day so you will all have to what
see im a lazzy cow LOL

now i have a very big lump of beef cost £23 and not to share how long to leve it cooking for and i do atend to cook things slow

Rita,

Good news about Mike.....that should cheer him up a great deal.

Housekeeper.......Why not send them a Bill for Wages. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

You have not offended me Stephen I think that is lovely.

I logged on to say I am not coming back on tonight once again I am getting a problem with this GR site.
when I click onto another thread I get a black screen and a message comes on telling me to send a message to someone the last was to Posh Pixey then I click on and back comes a blank screen the only way I can get back on is the two blue arrows at the top.
so I have had enough.
Good night everyone god bless,.

Rita

Dame Shelly,

Are you getting excited ?

Please remember the photos for us on the Thread .

Can't have you all dolled up and us not seeing you.

AND........A bit of Cake down the Cyber Hatch, please :D :D :D :D :D :D

The Shower Calls.....and a big comfy bed........a good book.......but no lovely Lady Stephen......she's out for Dinner tonight

Night all ! Sleep well, sleep safe :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)