General Chat

Morning all.

Im stressed this end,,Last night wondered why the plumber wouldnt fit the bath panels....Alan then took one up to see....the bath needs to be about one inch higher..The tiler double checked with him to see if it was the c orrect height.. when he tiled....The boss man is trying to get hold of the plumber again,,,
The carpenters came in and boxed part of the pipes in as far as they could...the bath is delaying them as well..I also have the painter in and he will not be able to finish of his bits... Roll on effect....

see you later

That should have been Cockney liqour - I guess that's what you call a literary 'cock-up'. Sorry folks, hope I didn't cause any offence. So much for typing it out in WORD first, spellcheck can't help in those cases!!!

Morning all, I love you all for your kind words and thanks for keeping my grey matter ticking over.
Brer Rabbit, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, loved them all. (A lovely time, you didn’t have much but your imagination was the best thing of all – kids today, take note). Yes, Arthur Lucan, that's it - my wife and I were discussing them after my post - we knew about Kitty.
Flannagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, the Crazy Gang, my Mum took me to see them at the Palladium, great fun.
Being the new LAD, I’m delighted that some of you are enjoying my memories, instead of yawning.
Folks I know wonder why I’m never bothered by a visit to the dentist. It all goes back to my childhood and my Dad’s psychology. When it was time to visit the dentist, my Dad would say to me “If you’re a good boy, I’ll take you to the Pie & Mash shop afterwards” (Cook’s Eel Pie Shop, Stratford Broadway, London E15), where we would have pie, mash peas a Cock ‘liquor’ (a sort of white parsley type gravy – still served today). Even now, a visit to the dentist conjures up an image of white and green tiled walls, round white marble topped tables with fancy cast iron legs and heavy chairs. Of course, being little it all seemed B I G to me, a sort of an Alice in Wonderland effect. But thanks Dad for the lovely legacy you left me.

Off to buy a new steam iron today, ours ‘blew up’ on Thursday after only four years of light use, and CAN’T be repaired. So much for modern craftsmanship. IRONICALLY, we won’t be buying a certain four letter make, beginning with B and ending in H! (I think I used a four lettered word when it blew!!!) I think we’ll buy a cheap one, which will probably see us out. If it doesn’t, what the heck – we can then afford a new one! There are some in the Argos book up to £80 – eighty quid to do work that you’d rather not? No way Jose!!!

Catch you all later, have a good one

William

Hi Everyone, Well, today is the day we go to sign our contract, at last after all these months! I read somewhere the other day that it took this couple just over a year(!) to sell and buy their home, so I suppose 6 months isn't too bad!!!!! Yes William, you're right about the Fish! I shall have to make my excuses to the Almighty!! I was interested to hear about your extended family, and how well it's worked out. 'They' were clearly as lucky with you as I was with my 'father'. Unfortunately my parents were unable to have any more children, so I ended up as an 'only', but that was certainly never an 'issue' as far as I was concerned. I had a lot to be grateful for. Frank, I'm so glad that Ros has managed to eat, she should feel better for that, poor lady, she has/is having a rough time, I do hope whatever is troubling her is run to earth SOON for both your sakes. Mandy, I have three of the Rag Tag and Bobtail books from when I was 'little', not only that, I have (inherited) a draught excluder in the guise of a G---y w-g!!!!! How un PC can you be! I daren't throw 'IT' out as I might get reported and arrested!!!! so they are all hidden away. Does anyone remember watching 'Muffin the Mule' all those years ago? I think he was my favourite, mind you, 'Sooty' was a favourite too!

My Mother had a literal dread,nay terror of feathers.
She would walk into the road rather than walk past a pigeon.
Yet she would feed them in her back garden.

Her fear of feathers went back to childhood.Her Aunt used to keep chickens in the back yard.They must have scared her.

Interestingly FEATHER is an anagram of THE FEAR

Morning Fiona.
I bet you will be glad to get out of the house for a few hours.Sofia would be getting into everything at yours wouldn't she :-S

I 'm sat in bed with my cup of tea and Chester snoring peacefully.It seems a dry overcast morning looking out the window and it feels fresher :-D :-D

I was just watching a Moorhen on the top of the dead tree.How did it manage to get that high?????Silly thing.

Oh well I better get myself up and moving.Catch you later

An Early morning greeting to Everyone,
Thought I would get on quick before the gasmen come , radiators still to be put on upstairs, 2 to go back 1 scratched, and the other one to big for the room,
Then central heating to be connected ,boiler etc, and a sort of chimny(sp) to be erected through the roof, still alot to do,

Going up to daughter no 1 house to look after Sofia instead of them coming here, how would you contain a 2 year old in one room away from all that work YOU CAN'T!!! lol :-D

BBL this evening
Hope everyone has a good day

PS forgot fence man coming at 9. 30 this morning, it's just busy busy busy here !!!!!!!

Night Frank, Night Night all xx

Night Night all, see you in the morning

Just thought of Watch with Mother's ,Rag , Tag and Bobtail , Rag the Hedgehog, Tag the mouse and Bobtail the Rabbit .

Brer Rabbit by Enid Blyton , he lived in the Briar Patch and always came out on top , i loved the wishing Chair stories too , i carn't wait for the little ones to get a bit older so i can read them all again !lol

Mandy !! Have just read the 'Tar Baby" !!!! I need to have a look up on a lot more Brer Rabbit tales.(more memories)

I'm just a year older than Mandy William lol.
Mandy you mention Brer Rabbit.Was he a bit of a scallywag?I need to refresh my memory so will have a bit of a google.
I hope the Pigeon will be fine ,but the fact I got so close to it without him flying off is a bit worrying.I did chase it away in the end and it disappeared under the hedge.It was like a sitting target. :-S :-S
I will get Chris to open the curtains in the morning to make sure it is all clear lol.I can't be doing with more feathers and murder.

WILLIAM IT WAS '' ARTHER LUCAN '' WHO PLAYED OLD MOTHER REILLY
KITTY McSHANE-- WHO PLAYED HIS DAUGHTER --WAS IN REAL LIFE HIS
WIFE----I WAS BORN IN DUNDEE SCOTLAND CAME TO CANADA IN THE 50'S
SAME AGE AS YOU XXXX
THERE WAS ---FLANAGIN AND ALLAN --''UNDER NEATH THE ARCHES''

Oh i do love you William lol yes i'am still a youngster ,born in 1955 , i read the Bunty and had Rupert Bear books , also loved the Brer Rabbit stories .

Oh no Ann, not your back now !! what are we all like !!lol i can almost smell the muscle rub on here lol, seems to me once your over a certain age its all muscle rub and pain killers !!!lol

The poor little Pigeon , he's missing his mum ,wonder if he's old enough to look after his self !!

Enjoy your bath Pat , at least you don't have to share it with the falling plaster now !!

Still raining here ,looks like a better day tomorrow , market day here , one of the market traders was found in his car the other day, they think he had had a heart attack, poor man he has traded on the market for years , only last year he found out that his son had Luekemia , there was he thinking he could lose his son ,and now he's gone !!! very sad .

Just calling in quickly.

Plumber left at teatime..the bath is now plumbed in and washbasin...the toilet has been in for a couple of days.
The builder put a piece of arcitrave up in bathroom then left.

He will be back tomorrow to box pipes in and hopefully the painters will carry on..

The big dresser was collected and they also took a box of bricabrac as well.Hubby was going to take that to the charity shop tomorrow...

More toys and books were also taken.
Quess what Im going to do now have a bath :-D Try the new one out and then put a washload on...Its awful when the water is turned off...

Bye for now

Pat ;-)

Hello David!
Glad to see you back on board.You must be relieved now you are finally in your new home.I hope you have many happy years there.
Shame about that filling :-S :-S
Thanks Frank for all your help on the Eb** thing.I will wait until the morning and if the car is not up then will get James or You to help! I believe it can be several hours before it shows up.I think we have done everything right.Quite a rigmarol (sp) setting up accounts etc.I think I have done James's head in today,by calling him every few minutes 'to help me'.In the end he just shoved me aside and did all that was needed.
Just off to dish up dinner(think it will be a bit of a disaster ).But Hey! I have had a stressful day lol

Got connected to broadband Infinity yesterday.
Can't say I.m all that impressed with it

The poor thing looks as if it doesn't know what to do, Jane!! Life can be tough in the animal world.

I thought I saw a fox in the back field, waiting in the long grass where most of the bunny holes are near the hedge. It was a gingery colour and just kept still. OH came out to have a look and said it must be some of the dead taller weeds and grasses as the bunnies were hopping around in front of it!!! lol

Relocated to bungalow Thurs 21/07
Was organised chaos then and has been since,but will calm down eventually.

Was at dentist for a regular check and clean etc last Friday.
Was told all ok etc.
Today a large filling is comming apart ! :-0