General Chat

Don't miss buses,have the Metro or use my car.

Did use the be rather fancy the bus conductress when I was a lot younger.

Just caught up with your posts!!

Liz good luck on the house front and hope it gets sorted soon as it must be horrid to be in limbo about the move, especially with livestock.

Shirl hope everything is ok with you after the tornado. I would not know what to save either as I have so many precious thigs I would want to save.

Kim hope you feel better today and are not is such pain as yesterday.

So nice to hear from Teresa after all this time. Many of you knew people won't have heard of her.

Sheila I do hope your cold clears up soon. As Mandy said summer colds can be awful.

Mandy I had one of those lilliput cottages but I don't know where it went now but if I find it I will send it to you. It was a little one with a bridge under it.

Morning All and Mandy and Kim and Mel,

Hi Teresa, your house move was quite an ordeal then to as well as costly. I bet you are not moving again in a hurry!!!

Raining here, so that means a break from the garden, but lots to catch up on indoors. I hope they have their wellies on for the dog show then Mel. Mind you it is supposed to be dry here over the weekend.

OH has whizzed off to pick his mum and dad up.......they are off to Coventry Hospital to do his mum's pre op assessment. It has put them out as they like to be about an hour early for any appts (OH is the same.....drives me nuts as he expects me to be the same and I like to be on time but hate waiting about for an hour or more) They have been told not to be there more than 20 minutes before the appointment.

I hope Fiona has some more information after the endoscope, I bet she woke up feeling pleased that is done now.

Sheila look after yourself won't you. Don't do too much till you're cold is on the mend. Was baby Matt good when you had him?

Sorry you are feeling a bit ropey today Kim. I hope the rest and painkillers soon pick you up.

Mandy, with OH at home now I find I forget the list!! I love the toyshop window with the red frame around it! BBL

Gosh Mandy your early.

Horrid here today, misty moisty and dull and fine mizzle.

We have the local dog show on our top field this weekend and poor oh can't cut the grass anymore as it is so wet.

Morning Kim and everyone ,

Kim ,what would we do without the pain killers !! hope you soon feel a bit better, cuddle down in bed and have a doze !!

Wonder how Fiona is today , perhaps we'll hear later .

Rain here today and got the feel of much cooler air this morning when i opened the back door .

Market day here so i'd better get my list sorted , i'am terrible if i don't have a list , you can be sure i'll forget some thing :-S

See you later .

Hello everyone,

I was looking at all your posts and then the page disappeared.

Shirl so glad you are safe, as I said in my email. Sheila I hope you are feeling better soon, summer colds can be worse than winter ones. Rest and dose up - brandy sounds good. Hope all the family is otherwise ok. How is little Matt doing?

Fiona hope things went well at the hospital and you have some answers.

Mel we have quite a few wind turbines popping up over here. The farmers get quite a bit of money to have them on their land. They are making some people ill. There has been a bit in press about it, even up to 10 kms. away. Neighbouring folk have had to leave farms and houses and just tend to them during the day and live away from home during the night. The manufacturers and gov. officials are calling it hysteria, but these are sensible, once healthy people, who are being affected.

Miss the old double-decker buses. They took them out of service many years ago. I used to love riding on top. Now they are going to bring them back because IT WAS A GOOD IDEA way back then and single level buses they use are not safe and take corners badly!!!

Another sunny day here, washing out late as I could not get motivated. On the painkillers today for the tummy pain and lower back. Liz good that your Ian is putting in those complaints. I hope it stirs things up and gets it all moving. Wishing you all the best.

Hello to everyone I haven't mentioned. Think I will have to put myself to bed for a while, feeling awful at the moment. Hope you all have a good day. Cheers.

5.33 pm EST

Hi Peeps

Haven't been on this one for well over a year!

Read Liz's problems with moving house...

Well..... we finally moved to a bungalow in May 2010..the third one we went after.

First one fell through a few days before we were to exchange final contracts. Seller was moving in with her daughter as they were to purchase a larger property together..so no chain involved.....but daughter decided that she didn't have the room for her mother..so we lost that bungalow!

One lot of solicitors fees for selling our house and buying bungalow no 1.

Found another bungalow..great!...
About to exchange final contracts again and the buyer of our house sends an email to our agent saying she's pulling out. No other reason given.

Solicitor fees for the purchase of bungalow no 2!

Our house back on the market! One lady who viewed it before... put in an offer.

Found bungalow no. 3 with the help of our agent...only came in that day. They rushed to typed out details and we viewed it the following day. Put in an offer which was accepted.....Yippeeee

Solicitors fees for selling our house again and purchasing bungalow no 3!

I have to say though that this bungalow is in better situation that the other 2.. so third time was lucky!!!

Teresa

Maureen, your experience about buspasses at the boot sale made me laugh!!

Mandy.....another cottage for me to look at. You must have a village now.....they are very pretty. Fancy the bus driver calling in home!! I can imagine all the 'tuts' thinking he was up to no good. lol

It was me that asked about the nests Anne. The number nesting does seem to be increasing so I expect you are right about it being less secret.

FIL may remember some of that William, but he worked from Hinckley after he left Clear Hooters. He used to test the hooters, some big lorry ones too and reckons that is why he is a bit deaf now!! I can just imagine all the 'tooting' going on in there as you walked by. That is a really good idea to sketch the old places that would be lost.

Those wooden shingles will need nailing on Jane.......keep the plasters handy when you hear a lot of hammering!!

Yes, hope you are all tucked up and happy to be home again Fiona.

Night, night all xx

That's me done for today ...sending love to Fiona <3

Night Night xx

FRANK,I think you meant to say you tried to Skype Shirl ,not Sheila lol.
Maybe phone lines are down there.
Yes we have the wind'mills' at Burton.I have to say I quite like them I can just about see them when they are turning from my bedroom window!Not sure I would want to be much nearer though.They can be quite mesmerising (sp) to watch as they turn.They are HUGE.But I think they are fine there.

Yes ,tragic about the poor Nurse who died.A freak accident I think.It didn't say if she was married or had children.

Frank I think we are in a really weird part of the country.Like in a channel where we miss a lot of 'weather'.

Well that is me now for the night so I will say Night Night all xx
Still thinking of Fiona tonight.I expect her OH will be looking after her.Hopefully hear how things went tomorrow.

You got a repeater to LIZ, TGry to relax with a glass or two.

Tried to SKYPE Shelia a little while ago, No reply. is she 5 hours ahead of us ??? If so she might be in bed, or the basement. Not joking, but concerned. Hope she is OK.

Jane The Grand Canyon is by Las Vegas. We fly down it on our travels.

What's up with this weather, they keep promising RAIN, but we get nothing.

Anne, I have seen all the "TWITCHERS" on the bridge at Manton. Must stop and have a look some day. How far are you from Manton ???

There are a load of those Turbines near Burton Latimer arn't there Jane.??? also at Winterton, just outside Gt. Yarmouth. You can hear them hum when you get close by.
Jane that nurse who got killed, was riding on the path, then came off to go under the bridge into the path of the car. What a tragic accident.

I suppose you will all be going off to read your books soon. Goodnight GOD Bless, sleep tight.

Evening All,

What a bad experience you are having Liz with this house business. Hopefully all concerned will get their fingers out now. They won't want complaints going to the Law Society. I have found solicitors to be either good or awful. One solicitor I dealt with got things in a right mess which was going to be costly. The morning he arranged a meeting with a 'supposed' solution to the mess he went sick and never came back to work there!!! We were lucky someone else took over!!

What an awful, scary experience Shirl.....has it ever happened before?

Mel, they are up in arms at a nice village the other side of the city here, as they are putting up the BIGGEST ever wind turbine. It is 436 feet high, taller than the London Eye and just short of Blackpool Tower! It is going ahead too. Tells you about it here.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8571055/Residents-anger-at-Leicestershire-wind-turbine.html

They have put 4 up at a village this side of the city too, they are springing up everywhere a bit indiscriminately it seems.

Evening everyone,

Oh Liz, i do hope things can be sorted out for you , these blooming solicitors ,what a worry for you , not knowing if your going or stopping , i hope you have some good news soon .

Been thinking of you today Fiona , hope all went ok and they can find out whats making you feel so poorly .

Sheila, hope you soon feel better .

Shirl, what a frightening thing !!!! i don't know what i would have grabbed first , i suppose it would be Toby !!! then photo's , do you get many Tornados your way then , i haven't heard you mention them before .
Was there much damage ?

Mel, you don't want those old Wind Turbine's near to you , do they make a noise? , i've never been near enough to one .

Guess what i bought today ......another Lilliput !!!! another tiny one called the Toy Shop ...99p again DIL found it in a charity shop .

Hubby's BIL was a Bus Driver , poor chap died while on holiday abroad , he had a heart attack in the swimming pool , we were away abroad at the time so that was a shock when we got home .
He use to stop at his house if he had plenty of time and have a cup of tea !! all the passengers sat on the bus and waited for him to come out , i wonder if they thought he was carrying on !!! lol it reminded me of "On the Buses " lol
I love riding on the bus , you can see right into peoples gardens !! you sit so much higher so you can see more .

Anne , Geography is not my best subject.Is the Grand Canyon in Arizona?

Woke up this morning to pouring rain and it was wet and miserable all morning but now the sun is shining out of a clear blue sky ( good old British weather)Looked at the weather in Arizona on the internet today and its 45 degrees for the next five days, this will be quite a shock when we arrive if it stays for the next two weeks.

Fiona Hope you are home safe and sound and hope the results are good.

Jane Yes you can see one of the nests from the bridge at Manton. The authorities are not quite as secretive now as there are more nests around.

William I do have a bus pass which I use mainly to get home from town if it is raining. I keep saying that I will use it more and go on longer trips but I end up taking the car as it is easier

Liz I do hope you get your house move sorted soon. They say moving is the second most stressful thing in life and that's without your problems. It must be so frustrating living out of boxes and i would not hesitate in reporting the problem solicitor. My FIL was a solicitor and they do work to very strict guidlines so they would have no comeback.

Frank Thanks for the latest messages as they do keep me smiling

Shirl have just seen pictures of the tornado on the tele and it seems very frightening. Hope you are OK now.

Mel These windturbines are popping up everywhere, It is not just the sight of them but they do make a certain amount of noise

My Nana broke her wrist on the bus when it braked and she went flying.I think she nearly ended up on the Drivers lap .She was well into her 80's when that happened.
I also love travelling by train.Just to sit and see the country side is so nice.You miss so much when you are the driver of a car.Have to keep your eyes on the road lol,also train travel I find relaxing.I would use rail more often ,but it is just so expensive :-S

Yes Jane it's 60. I never go upstairs on the bus, the way they throw you around I'd probably end up falling down the stairs ......

It's horrible having a cold, hope you've dosed yourself up Sheila, and a drop of brandy or whiskey would help.

Trouble with pooter :-S.I see I have 2 posts the same lol.Will delete one in a mo.
It has just started to rain.'Not a lot' as Paul Daniels would say lol.I don't know if it will come to anything.

Mel you asked me about the courgettes in the ground in the greenhouse.I can't remember if I answered you ,but no they haven't been brilliant.Very small and not as many as usual .I think they will be outside again next year.

OMG Shirl.!!!!.Thank heavens you are alright.No it's not daft saving those things.I think most of us would do the same.I did hear about the Tornado but didn't realise it would get as close to you as that.

Liz ,they can't be allowed to get away with all these lies.I think you are right to give a deadline ,then if it doesn't work out ,really go for it.There will be a complaint board (or whatever it's called).I'm steaming just thinking about it all,and it's not even me who's moving lol

I bet Fiona is all tucked up at home now having a rest after the ordeal today.
Fiona I hope it wasn't too traumatic for you.Have been thinking of you today.

We have just had a delivery of I think Chris called them Shingle.Look like tiles to go on the Summerhouse roof.Oh Heck that means he will be clambering around off the ground .I'm not sure when he plans to do it.I think he has got fed up replacing or nailing down the felt everytime there was a gale.I think it will look good(as long as he does it right) ;-) ;-)

Oh Mel ,you don't want one of those in your back yard :-S :-SWill there a petition set up?
No rain still.I wouldn't mind some right at this moment as the birds have done lots of purple splatters all over the canvas canopy on the gazebo AND all over my car. :-( :-( :-( It is the elderberries I reckon giving them the trots lol

Sheila I hope your cold clears soon.I have seen lots of people just lately with real streamers and I don't think it Hayfever.
Maureen I'm glad Alfie is staying well.Is he still a little monkey?My Sister had a cat who used to have to be shaved by the vet sometimes because of tangles.Poor thing looked ridiculous with just the fur left on its head and tail.

William I hardly ever go on a bus.But when I do I like to sit upstairs to get a birds eye view.When do women get their pass,is it 60?If it is I still have 3 years to wait for mine.

Liz ,I keep thinking about that b****y Solicitor of yours.I hope when things get sorted and you hopefully get to move that you will kick a right stink!!!!
Makes my blood boil.

A very sad thing here.A nurse was killed going home from her shift at Kettering Hospital when she came of her bike and fell in the path of a car.She was only 40.Frank it happened just at the bottom of the hill from the hospital under the bridge as it meets Northfield Ave.

Dinner tonight is one of my favs.Bubble and Squeak cakes(fromM&*) with poached eggs on top .I think I will do Asparagus and more runner beans.I can never get fed up with runners.I can eat them 'till the cows come home lol.
James says I am irritable today and what's my problem .Cheeky so and so.
I said am I not allowed to be irritable now and again.He said' NOW AND AGAIN"???.I would give him a slap but he's too big lol
So watch out you lot ,you better not cross me today ;-) ;-) ;-)