General Chat

Morning people .up early today because the chuffing cat decided to bounce all over me at 4-45 am ,i isssss not a pleased bunny ,lol ,anyway the pest is fed now ,and off out into the wild blue yonder .
Fred does not harm spiders at all ,they are most important to a gardener,anyway ,i am most mindful of them after being chased by a camel spider in Sharjah in my younger days ,cor i wish i could run that fast now ,,lol
so Glenn is quite safe ,he can move a lot faster than me these days.
The porch is finished too ,just the step and the brick repair needing the red paint on now to freshen the whole lot up.
All our taps stop cocks and meters are in a cupboard in the outhouse ,turned little dining room where they are easy to reach if ever the need arises ,at least ,they would be if the wife wouldn't keep leaning things like brooms ,the hoover ,and other house cleaning tools,against the ruddy door ,he he ,still ,after i took a hissy fit and threw the offending articles out of the back door ,i think she got the message,hmmmmm ,come to think of it ,where did she put them .maybe i had better check the greenhouse ,just in case .
I'm glad to see you looking after your fire men Aunty sherlock,i did notice that there were bush fires out your way again,and that the residents in one area were told to leave their homes and head for safety ,hopefully it won't be as bad as it was last year,and there will be no loss of life.
That's it for now ,i need to take the boss her cuppa up without which ,she is no good in the mornings ,but once she has had her fix ,and a coffee when she slithers down the stairs ,she is almost human ,he he.
Catch you later ,Fred :-D.

morning all ,
I went to feed the ducks lol not as exciting as sunday , I was not in Saltburn yesterday am going today lol though when froogy gets his phone switched on lol so I know what time to meet him for th etrain lol

Yes the smoke was very clearly visible from both work work and home. A couple of our staff were in the general vicinity when it went up. They came back with mobile phone photos of the smoke and flames.

Hey here is this horribe wet stuff falling from the sky. Tried to start this afternoon with giant sized drops and a bit of thunder and lightning. Gave up and went away. Is back now with strong winds, pouring rain, thunder and lightning. Woops seems to have stopped again. Rumble, rumble flash, flash.

Good morning All

Have a good day out Maz, and don’t forget to bring us all a stick of rock!

It must have been rather sad watching a much loved home being torn down, even if a planned replacement is going to be bigger and better. Its rather surprising that the ‘good tiles’ weren’t reclaimed, but perhaps there isn’t a market for them in your neck of the woods? If you ever have a chance to go on a tour of a local ‘skip’ company’s facilities, it’s well worth it. They try and recycle as much as they possibly can. Put in a written complaint to the gas board, or say you think there is a leak….that might get them out PDQ!

Persie and Fred can come and do some diy jobs to my money pit, aka an inherited house currently rented out. There always seem to be something to be done on it; if it could be sold quickly, it would be. If we lived closer, we could do a lot ourselves, but taking into consideration the cost of travelling, there wouldn’t be any savings.

Did AS’s colleagues leave their washing out? A re-wash would have been another job to do when they got home.

Think we are going shopping today. Oh well, at least we will probably have a cup of coffee while we are out. Such excitement. Not.

Ooo - just had one of those “you have problems on your computer" calls, again!

This time there was no company name given, and "our engineers have reported it to us, having collected the data remotely". Yer, right.

"Please boot up your computer"
"Which one?"
(Hesitation)
"Thank you for your time"
And they terminated the call. !

godd morning to you all got woken up at 2.30 this morning by a bee jusdt went back to sleep let my husband deal with it :-D :-D :-D how wicked of me ;-)

A bee? In the UK? My, that is early in the season. It was probably as sleepy as you felt, so well done OH for sorting it out. The last thing you'd want is to roll over and get stung on the.....ahem.

detective i would not have gone back to sleep if id been stung in the ahem :-S

evening we have had a glorious day at the coast lovely weather and lots of walking the knitting is really clever and the Kiosks are doing a roaring trade because of it ,Its abot 50yards long and mainly olympic themes
the security alert is still ongoing and and the police are checking all the shops out .
it was froggies birthday today so i spoilt him lol

Mmmmm, did you propose, Maz!!!! :-D :-D ;-)

It has been h*** at work today. Didn't leave until 6.15 as we had a visit from our main board of trustees. Over two hours extra working just for them to say 'hello' lol!!!

Just crashed out with my dinner!

I feel as though I have been poleaxed after a bad night's sleep last night, so I think it will be a very early night tonight!! :-D :-D

Hi all


more high winds overnight, after the almost hurricane strength ones we had Sunday night into Monday afternoon. A lighthouse keeper on a small island to the west of Vancouver Island (ie in direct line of the wind) measured one gust at 187 km/h :-0

Hurricane strength winds are 120 km/h


Today ...... it's just pouring down! Plus it has only got up to about 3C .... so it's cold out there!

Morning all, just letting you know I am still about. Hectic at the moment but will call in again later <3 <3

So good to hear that you had good day out Maz - the Saltburn incident made the national 'rag' I bought yesterday. I wonder if the poor woman was a creditable risk or just delusional? If the police didn't take her seriously and something went bang or fizz, they'd be in deep do-do.

Hope your weather settles down soon Sylvia...........and you've lost nothing more than your dustbin lid ;-)

Its so daft when offices and other places pull the stops out to get things in order for a VIP visit. Its the same when Ofsted go into schools, and I'm sure that other VIP's who only mix with 'ordinary' people during official visits think the world smells of new paint. Those in charge really ought to leave things alone. Then they can see things warts and all (and arrange for extra funding??)

We are supposed to be having a day out today as it is sunny and expected to be warm (16c) but haven't decided when or where as yet. We will deffinately check the www if an EH place is chosen (shades of Dover Castle :-0 )

morning lovelies xxxx :-D

Good morning Puss. Here's hoping you're are taking it easy and letting other's wait on you hand a foot ;-)

hello det, im feeling ok now amazing when your head is clear how better you feel, but thankyou for caring xxxxx :-D :-D

hello det, im feeling ok now amazing when your head is clear how better you feel, but thankyou for caring xxxxx :-D :-D

Hellooooooooooooooooooo all :-D :-D :-D. Hope everyone is ok today <3

afternoon just got in A is due then we are going to do the A@@a trip cos we are both busy this weekend lol It has been a lovely day but is now very chilly lol

Evening Maz, it's been lovely here today too.