General Chat

Morning All,

Was going to the pub, for "BIG BREAKFAST" and watcvh England V France. but thought better of it.

We are off to Rutland to arrive at 3.30pm.!!! Jans Grand Daughter birthday. They are coming up from Torquay, she has arranged a party for her. Four this week.As we are classed as Step Gt Grand parents, we get involved with the family. We are staying the night, so will try to take my computer, and keep in touch.

Ros has gone to meet her friend to get the odds and sods at Morriso#s.
Martine (thats her name) is a MAD rugby fan. and will be well cheesed off with England loosing.

Dullish sort of day here, and a chill in the air. Ros has a line of washing out, so must keep my eye on the weather.

Conrad has just re-insured something with Compare the Market.com. and received his little meerkaat (spelling)He emailed the photo of it yesterday and has called it "STEVE SM ITH" after the advert. he's 42 and acts like a 10 year old. :-D :-D :-D :- Don't think he will ever grow up.

Hope you all have a nice weekend. Will be in touch.

Morning Everyone.
Fiona ,good job the pipe was easily fixed and not expensive :-D
I hope you get those dates soon ,at least you will know where you are then.

Mel no rain here but dull.I have actually got the doors shut !!! not like me lol
Chris was muttering something earlier about 'heating soon'.I pretended I didn't hear him ;-)

I need to buy a new Duvet as Hannah took the thick one from her room and I don't have any spare doubles.I think that will be todays job,and of course a new cover.Mustn't forget that.

Chris is doing his stint at the Flu Clinic this morning.I wonder how many patients have gone today??

Coffee time I think while I decide what we will be eating this weekend.Oh Decisions Decisions :-|

I hope Pat has a lovely weekend with the family.

Morning Fiona and All,

Miserable again today but not raining at the moment. We had a lovely rainbow over the garden the other day and I took a pic. Son't know if it has come out yet as I have'nt downloaded it.

David the Copy and Paste was for the benifit of our Frank as he is doing some work on his tree and I thought if he could do it it would save him a lot of paper and time and ink!!

Well I don't know where this week has gone!! We were saying where had September gone and now we are one week into October. Time seems to be flying by.

Morning Everyone.

Goodnews, OH found that the waterpipe does not need compleatly replacing, water was leaking form a joint not a crack, so he removed the joint and put a piece of straight pipe in and will now fill in the hole, must have been leaking for a long time, it had found a little hole under ground and trickled away and took much of the earth with it,

cloudy & wet again,
not got a lot on today, need to do some ironing, Daughter no 2 dropped off 2 big bags of washing on Thursday, I told her she will have to do it her self as I can't keep bending down filling the washing machine time & time again

Need to get dressed now, hope you all have a good day.

Night Night All.

Just had a bath , and came on to say goodnight, chilly tonight , came out of Morr*sons this evening at 7.30 and it was almost dark,

OH got a huge hole to fill in tomorrow in the back garden moved some flagstones under the drain pipe and found the drain pipe was cracked it had been dripping for a while and has washed a lot of the soil away, we may need to replace the pipe, which will cost a bit of money , but it will need to be done before we can start the new back porch, I am getting nervous , everything that needs doing will be getting closer to Christmas, my op and back porch,
I wish we had dates for both jobs then I would feel happier

Going to watch a bit of TV,

night night
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It's good to do things on impulse sometimes Ann.(not that I ever do ) lol
I feel ready for bed.Think it is the dark nights.It just feels later than it really is.
I have a good book (my usual murder and gruesome thing),so think I will go and get stuck in and snuggle down.
Night Night ,and lets hope we all have a good nights sleep tonight xx

We just decided to go on impulse today Jane. We were going to see the open day for the new wind farm near here as they have switched the turbines on now, but it was rainy and we had our flu jabs to go for and that was near the cinema!! It hasn't got brilliant write ups and Rowan is a spy in it. It made us chuckle but we didn't find it hilarious.

I think that is awful not to offer workmen a drink Mandy, especially if you have got yourself one. I think most workmen are more obliging if you treat them well. I tend to ask every couple of hours......what do a few cuppas cost or a glass of squash with ice in! If they are working hard and doing a good job I get them some biscuits too. lol I think my previous MIL went a bit far years ago though.......she cooked the full english for one lot of workmen!!!

I hope Liz is getting things sorted a bit at her new place and that Merlin likes his new pad too. Is it quite countrified for riding and driving where you are now Liz? New walks for Millie to go on too.

Ann ,did I miss you saying you were going to see J English and R Atkinson?I must have.What was it ?.and was it good?
Keep digging Ann and we might get Time Team to visit lol.Gosh what a job !!

Yes it is a Sk* + HD Box (so James tells me) lol.But the controls are not the same as my old one.I will have a lesson tomorrow as to how to use the controls :-S :-S lol

Thank you Melanie for the instructions on cut+copy+paste
Will doubtlessly help many.

Some kind soul called Jeniwren showed me how to do it 2 or 3 years ago.
It's a very usefull tool :-)

Hi Everyone,

Just back from seeing Johnny English with Rowan Atkinson.......must cut out the coffees and icecream in future......they cost more than the tickets. They seem to have cut down on staff too. Just 1 girl doing everything, tickets, icecreams and drinks.

Yesterday the electrician unearthed a 5 foot long buried piece of wall complete with concrete footings and about 5 rows of bricks high. It was exactly where the cable to the pebble pool needs to go. He had to smash some of it up with a sledge hammer to get the cable to run under it........then have a rest!! lol Then, as he was digging across towards the side fence he unearthed about 3 feet of buried concrete path with deep rubble under it. That went just where the cable needs to go too!! Digging a simple channel 18 inches deep for the cable is turning out to not be simple at all. He needs to come back Monday now to hopefully finish it off. The slabs for the patio should arrive Monday morning ready to be started Tuesday.......I'm wondering what the chap will find under those now as he will be digging out to make a solid base!! :-S :-S Still, it looks like we should get those jobs finished this year which will be good. Also we think there should be some extra soil from doing this which is what we need to build up the middle flower beds. Then we can plant them up. Things are moving along nicely. :-D :-D

Sorry to hear there have been more falls Frank and Fiona......hope you aren't too bruised.

Patricia and Jane, my hubby always had his alarm set for 6.00am at the latest when he worked and I hated it too!! When he retired..... for quite a while I still woke up just before that time.....expecting the alarm to go off. It's funny really, because for the last 27 years I worked I would be up at 6.00am myself to be at work for 7.00am!!

Jane, have you upgraded to a Sk*+ HD box now then as our old and new box both recorded and the controls were the same??

Had the fridge out this afternoon and boy did it need it!

I think all workman like a drink,makes them work better , hubby said you be surprised how many people will stand and watch you work with a drink in their hand and not offer you one :-S

Chilly out there now ,no heating on here yet , i've put a cardi on and hubby's sitting here in his shorts :-S

Off with DIL to a toy sale tomorrow , nearly new stuff ,we went to the last one six months ago and got lots of good bargains for the little ones .

All up and running.I will wait for James to come home to go through instructions for recording pausing etc etc.
I gave the man a can of coke and when he pulled the ring it sprayed right over my coffee table lol

There is a definite change in the air now.It suddenly has a bit of a chill .I will just something with sleeves on.I refuse to turn the heating on yet.Plus I'm dreading any problems we might get (as we usually do with our system). :-S :-S
Just off to cut up the potatoes so they will be ready to saute

I should think so Jane, These workmen work better with a cup of tea :-D :-D

Genes still playing up, trying to put more on my tree, but it won't let me.I have found more with the help of Mel and Ancestry. I only have it for another week or so. Must cancel by 16th. REMIND ME !!!

Just ordered one of these ID stamps, that scrambles your personal details on letters etc. in CLEAN E### they are £10.00 Ebay £7.49 inc P & P. Pays to look around, and saves all the shredding of paper.

Sun came out for an hour, but now very cloudy.

Sk* Chap here .Chester is shut in the study and is grumbling away behind the door lol.He is better kept out of the way.I'm just looking at yet another pile of ironing.I just don't understand why I always seem to have so much.it's just not fair :-| :-|

The man is outside banging away at something up the ladder .I though he just had to come and switch one box for another lol.Shows how much I understand these things doesn't it .

I think the sun is making an appearance.If its stays the next lot of washing can go out.Oh I can see some wires moving through the wall !
Maybe I had better go and offer him a drink if he is going to be here a while.

Afternoon everyone,

A lovely sunny day here this morning , very windy though all my washing soon got dry today .

Hope all those who have been poorly are feeling a bit better today , i have been so tired lately ,a couple of mornings i woke at 4.30 ,do you think i could get off again ,then during the day i could go to sleep as soon as i sit down !!

Liz, i hope your settling in your new home ok and that all your troubles are now over.

I want to get out into the garden this afternoon ,i bought some more little Violas at the car boot and i need to get them planted ,the trouble is i just get out side and DIL turns up with Katie and Chelsea , she usually comes and has a cuppa before she picks Jake up from school , and you try gardening with the two little ones trying to help :-)

Lunch time now
BBL

Morning All
I had a much better sleep last night and more refreshed this morning.I just hate Chris's alarm going off at 5.30 !!!!!! It's far too early ,but he is one of these people who need a fair bit of time before setting off for work.
Much cooler today and cloudy.We had some rain in the night which was good.

My dinner last night was a Banana and a yoghurt lol

I'm doing an Asparagus and Mushroom and Bacon Fritata this evening with Saute Potatoes and green beans.But have run out of mushrooms so I need to nip out and get some.I have to be back by 1 oclock as the SK* Man could be here between then and 5
I hope there are no more bumps and bruises today.Fiona good job you didn't bash your head again :-S
BBL

Hi Kim. Sorry you lost your post.

How are you today, a bit better I hope.

You popped in just as I was posting.

Morning All,

Windy and wet again today.

Frank I have answered your email.

Hope Fiona and Frank are ok after their tumbles yesterday. Rake it easy today you two.

Frank a good chance to get more info on the tree!

Pat hope you get a nice walk with your grandaughter along the beach.

I am going to put up how to Copy and Paste again for all of you who can't do it.


Give it a try.

Copy and paste is simple.

Put your mouse cursor at the beginning of what you want to copy,
hold the left button down,
drag the cursor to the end of what you want to copy (it will all turn blue),
let the left mouse button up,
click the right mouse button and you get a menu,
click on Copy.

Then go to where you wish to post the copy then click the right mouse button and you get a menu,
click on Paste.

It sounds complicated, but once you've done it twice, it's second nature.