General Chat

Allan, Out of curiosity, does the time shown on this thread show UK or Aussie time? I have often wondered about that.

Also is there a similar chat board to this on the Aussie GR site?

Tec.

Sue and CC, you'd make a great comedy team!!

Allan

Tec the time shows as the UK time.

The Aussie site (which i am using currently) is identical tothe UK site and linls directly with it.

The only difference is that we have Aussie ads

Allan

CC....You do get into some scrapes - life with you must be very entertaining :))

Sue, That was a nasty experience, good you can laugh about it now.

Tec.

Thanks Allan, So when I announce it's midnight here, I'm not telling you anything you don't know :))

Tec.

I have to go to bed now - may not be around tomorrow as my daughter will be here - Enjoy your day Sue, Allan, and Berona if she arrives later,
sleep well CC.
~~~~~~~~~~~~To Diane,

Goodnight,
Tec

Nope, Tec. We just have to work out what time it is over here :0))

Allan

Good night tec, enjoy your weekend

Allan

Well I must be off now. I have a meeting to attend in Bunbury at noon, so I am about to prepare a turkey casserole, using large turkey drumsticks, for lunch/dinner.

OH is out tonight presenting a prize at the local Eisteddfod, and there is a chance that my daughter will be over for the night.

Her partner has suggested that he may go camping, and in this cold weather my daughter has more sense.

Enjoy your day

Allan

Camping is excellent CC, well in my opinion anyway. We took our children camping from being just a few months old. We had a frame tent at first, then progressed to a trailer tent. We had electric lights and a small fridge etc, all mod cons.
The children loved it, we just unzipped the tent on a morning and they played all day long with other children on the sites. Once they got to about five years old, we used to go off to France for three weeks every summer,as well as all the short weekend trips in this country. In France, we always stayed on the municipal sites, usually right on the beach. There were very few English people around, it never ceased to amaze me how children who couldn't speak each others languages still managed to communicate and play together.

We only stopped camping once they were about sixteen. I do miss it, but I must say that I like my 5* hotels. My son and his girlfriend have taken up camping, but with a fairly small tent. They live in a small flat, but have a private garden. When we go to see them in the winter we stay in a nearby hotel, but last summer they pitched their tent in the garden and were going to give us their bedroom while they slept in the tent. OH fancied reliving his camping days, so we slept in the tent, I must say it did bring back good memories and was comfy as well.

Hi Linda. We used to camp with our family when they were very young and right up to their teens. We loved it. We sat with other parents and watched many a cricket game between the children. I'm too soft now to sleep in a tent. We usually stay in nice comfortable on-site cabins when we go on road trips or stay with our son when we go to Hobart. When we were in England 2 years ago we were lucky to have the use of my uncle's on-site van near Scarborough. It was 3 bedroomed with a lovely kitchen and bathroom. There were 4 of us and we were very comfortable. We used it as a base when we visited family and then spent nights away when we travelled around. It was very handy.

Sue xx

The first post I saw when I came on here a few minutes ago was Diana's - how does one deal with that sort of grief - it is so heart rendering. I have had a quiet moment reflecting on how lucky I am.

We had two igloo tents and we took the children camping here and there in the North Island. One camp site had a couple of pigs "trotting" around and a few chooks as well. In the morning when the girls woke up the youngest being about 4 at the time put her foot out of the tent and one of the chooks came along and pecked it. We could here her delightful chuckles (thank goodness) as were getting out of bed. She still mentions it from time to time, along with the fact that she had such a wonderful childhood.

She asked her father once if she was adopted - and he said to her "It can be arranged."

Glad to see you back Allan - not sure I completely understand about your Doctor being advised by her accountant not to work. My accountant (OH) thought I should work far longer than I did.

CC - I do hope that England repeats the wonderful performance they did in the World cup in 1966 - now that would be something.

Sue - sorry your fall fell on deaf ears.... :<0 ) (that was norty of me)

~~~~~~~~~~ to the rest especially our Diane.

Persephone xx

Persey - I agree about Diana's post - I don't want to even think about what it would be like to outlive your child. I hope that she and her husband find strength to deal with the grief through each other.

That was *norty* of you Persey:-)) Fell on deaf ears indeed.

Sue xx

I added to Diana's thread as well. It is indeed an awful situation to find yourself in.

I was pleased to stop working Perse, as the discipline in school was becoming harder and harder to maintain and being a real dragon of a teacher (firm but fair) I wouldn't let my standards slip. Once the children were finally off our hands ( oops I mean independent) I was lucky enough to be able to stop working early. Naturally I kept OH at work, but he stopped when he was 58.

I feel so sorry for the next generation down who are going to have to work longer before they get a pension and it would seem a much reduced one at that. I know that OH and I are lucky to be in the financial position to be able to retire early, but on the other hand we have worked for it.
Doing the family tree brings it home, how as each generation has gone by, the general wealth and health of the population has improved. It seems odd to think that our children are in a generation which would seem to be taking a step backwards.

I tend to agree there Linda - we are well off financially - but it is mostly tied up in property (great on paper). We hope to that when the time comes for the rest home for either us that our rentals will provide the necessary income and the children should have a decent legacy with whatever they decide to do with the properties - and I can see they are going to need it. I am not on the pension yet - I am so looking forward to my bus pass and cheaper entry into places etc. There are a lot of people here that work beyond 65 - my friend and her husband have never been well off and now all of a sudden he is still working (a builder) and he is saving his pension - he says hey I'm rich now.

I have been harping on about getting a laptop for my birthday - I reckon that would have to go to the rest home with me. OH stopped and talked to a chap in a café the other day about his lap top and said I wanted one for my birthday. To which I said No I don't I just want one!! You can buy me something else for my birthday. The customers and café owner all agreed with me - but of course.

Persey xx

lol CC, you don't have to run to the loo in the middle of the night. We had a small camping loo, for emergencies of that sort, flushable and all. I like my creature comforts as well you know.

Sound like you didn't train your OH very well CC, mine I am pleased to say is one of your rare breed who does his share of the chores. I keep offering to do some ironing, bur he likes to do it while he watches TV.

Oh dear, i need the pacing to start. My daughter has just phoned to say that she is in hospital because her waters have broken. Nothing else is happening but they are keeping her in. They are going to induce her, but all the labour wards are full, so they are just putting her on the antenatal ward overnight and she will be induced tomorrow.
We are waiting until tomorrow before we go down, or if they keep her in another night,we will go on Monday. The baby wasn't due until 24th July, but she is a good size, so there is no problem with her. My poor daughter didn't finish work until Friday, luckily they have most things ready.
I am all butterflies and I wish it was all over with for my daughter. I know she is a grown up, but she is still my baby;

Good whatever to all

Linda, fingers crossed for your daughter, and, of course for you :0))

My daughter didn't pop over last night. the fact that it startted to rain heavily at about 2.00pm may have had something to do with it. It's been raining on and off since. Also the temp yesterday never got above 13c.

As for camping, I did enough of it in the Army Reserve to last me a lifetime. Fond memories of one camp at Thetford in Norfolk, rained for the entire fortnight and freezing at night. Uniforms wet all the time and no spares to change into. Then had to contend with an outbreak of flu which put many into hospital. It was a major exercise that we were taking part in and it ended in chaos.

Allan

Good evening Allan,
I don't think that I would fancy camping in that sort of weather either. I don't think that your army reserve camping is quite the same as summer holiday type camping

It has been a glorious day here today. This afternoon we went to a village open gardens event. I think I have mentioned them before, itis where a lovely village raises money for the church or village hall etc by letting you look round some of the gardens of the ordinary houses. This was quite a posh village with lots of big houses. They had a brass band playing on the green and very nice coffee and cakes in the village hall. About twenty of thehouses had their gardens on show, some of them were lovely.