General Chat

Good Morning Sue,

I'm not crazy either - it's the others.

Spent my Fathers Day digging a big hole in the garden to sink a water tank that will be the sump for my water feature.
Had a card from my daughter with a six foot Meer Cat on it - she phoned to say it reminded her of me.
Do we raise our children just to be insulted by them?

I am not a trifle or a jelly - rather a sponge - I absorb everything and don't squeal until squeezed.

Tec.

Goodnight Linda, sleep well,
Tec

CC....Nobody is picking on you - we love you dearly, even if you are barking.

Tec.

Goodnight Linda - sleep tight.

Allan - that's my motto:-))

CC - you still hate Yoko Ono? She broke up the Beatles you know:-))

Sue xx

Is dancing around your handbag a quaint little Essex custom, CC? Is it a bit like Morris dancing or dancing around the maypole?

Sue xx

CC...Barking is where I had my flight on the loo, I was the only Essex boy in school who spoke Welsh.

Tec.

I once watched Morris Dancing: He made a complete pratt of himself :o))

Allan

The Morris's have given me a right dance Allan. My OH's maternal line and a darn brick wall. Thankfully our Linda helped knock it down:-)

CC - my dad's cousin was called Annie Pratt:-))

Sue xx

The Duchess watched Pobol Y Cwm when it started, but she said it turned into the usual grim domestic saga that East Enders is.
I think East Enders is the most depressing programme on the box. They are nothing like the happy-go-lucky cheerful East Enders I knew at one time.

Tec.

CC - OH has Williams from Wales. A nightmare. What's even worse is that OH's gg grandfather Williams married a Williams and they both had fathers called William Williams and brothers called Thomas Williams.

I can tell you that my father said his cousin's husband was a "right Pratt" and was disliked by the family so the cousin wasn't born a Pratt - just married one:-))

Sue xx

Sue, William Williams is very common in Wales, there are four in OHs ancestry.
There is a WW a few doors away from me here.

Tec.

it isn't just a Welsh thing, Tec, it also happens with the Irish

My Paternal Great Grandmother, Annie Coe, married Charles Coe

At least she didn't have to change the initials on her suitcases. They were still stamped 'HMP' :0))

Allan

OH's paternal grandma was a Befnal Green girl. OH said she was a tough old bird - but he speaks of her with great affection. She died at the ripe old age of 96. OH's family are Norf Lunduners but various off-shoots are East Enders. I cringe at the thought of them being like th TV characters - I'm sure they weren't.

Sue xx

CC....My best friend at school was from a real East End family and we travelled from Essex most weekends at one time to visit them. They lived in Old Street, Shoreditch I think it was. They practically adopted me as one of their own. When I left to live with my aunty in Wales aged 16 I really missed that family more than my own.
They were the kindest people you could imagine, poor but happy.

Tec.

It's been great chatting with you all but I must be away to start the day. Take care, my friends.

Sue xx

Bye Sue, and enjoy your day.

Allan

Bye Sue, enjoy your day,
Allan, I haven't forgotten to check on that Albany ancestor, and I think you may be right, will get back to you on that - thank you.

Well as it's gone midnight I must away,
Enjoy your day Allan,
sleep well CC,~~~~~~~~~~~To Diane who is in bed.
Goodnight all,
Tec.

Good night Tec, sleep well

Allan

No CC all my work has 'dried' up :0))

However OH and myself will be going to Margaret River soon as we want to buy some more venison.

Allan

CC We've only tried it once and it was very nice, but it was the farmed venison not the wild one, which I imagine would be more 'gamey' in flavour.

Allan

Well I had better go

As always it has been pleasant chatting with you CC

'Bye

Allan