General Chat

Pat,I remember I thought people were taking advantage of charity shops years ago writing cheques.

Now it's not unusual to see credit and debit cards being used.I may be old fashioned but I feel it ought to be strictly cash and no returns in a charity shop.Often clothes are being sold at less what it would cost to put them in the dry cleaners.

I recall charity shops and nearly new shops were used mainly by those who couldn't afford new...Now everyone uses them.
Some who you couldn't have dragged in 30-40 years ago.

I'am lucky Pat my son lives just the other side of the town ,about a ten minute walk away, we live near the school so DIL drops Jake off them walks round here with the other two, i usually look after them when she pops to pick Jake up.
They are a lively lot !! keep me on my toes i can tell you , mind you i do tend to play with them ,last week we were making things with cardboard boxes !!!

But i'am always tired by the end of the day !!

I usually pass my books on to my sister ,and when she's finished with them she takes them to work for her residents , she works nights looking after the elderly in a home ,

Evening everyone
daughter no2 & boyfriend went home early tonight as daughter has to be up at 6.30, to start work at 7.30, by the time she gets dressed make up on and walks down to work, she has been given the key's to open up shop and be there for the morning delivery..

So I have locked up and going to have an early night with my book, OH was working in Crew today and tomorrow then picking up his mother to bring her up here they will arrive sometime after 7pm

Pat , I often go into charity shops for books like Mandy, and have also bought a few childrens books for Sofia .

well I'll say goodnight
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mandy ?

I havent bought many books from there lately...My neighbours seems to have plenty and we pass them around...

I wish I had my children living on the doorstep...

I have 3 children and I have to see them in turn and their children My eldest son lives about 20 miles away..but he works away from home alot...My daughter lives 2 hours drive away and so does my youngest son..but both down south but in different directions.

I was lucky to spend feb half term with my son and this may half term with my daughter..

Enjoy the day tomorrow

To cloudy here to see the eclipse .
Yes Pat, Tracey is Shirl from Canada .
Pat, i go in the Charity shops and buy my reading books , DIL has bought childrens books too.
But we love going to the car boot sales ,have bought all sorts from them.

Got the family coming tomorrow for the day !! usually take DILand the little ones shopping, and then son comes back with hubby from work and they stay for their tea .

Jane

I used to help out at school jumble sales when my kids were small...Thats when I noticed there are bargains to get.

I wouldnt mind paying 99P for a painting that turns out in the future to be worth thousands.. I have seen this on some of the programnes on tv.

Annx...there are some bargains to be had out there.

Frank I was born after the war and our house had abig field opposite
and there was an old doogle bug still lying in the field..It was dead....I hope so at least because we used to play in the fields and make traps along the paths by tying long grass together to trip people up...The things we used to do

Hi David

Call me Pat havent been called Patricia since before school..

I have things to take to the charity shop..called in there yesterday on the off chance from going to the dentist... so didnt have these bits with me..

I always buy my jeans from there... £4 is better than £30 lol...

Its nice if you can recycle...Some people only wear things a few times...

More money about now a days that what we had when young...

Is shirley Tracy on here from Canada

Im getting confused now

Talking of Babies who don't sleep.My Sister was one of those ,right up intil the age of about 4.When she was in a cot ,the cot was next to Dad .He would sleep with his hand holding hers through the bars.She would scream the house down if she couldn't hold Dad's hand.Some nights he would be up all night with her and then go off to work .He was a Lecturer and often fell asleep leaning against the wall as he was teaching his students lol.I remember we always had to keep the landing/Hall light on for my sister.I still do that now!!!!!!!!
If I wake in the night and find the light off on the landing ,I turn it back on again.
It's daft ,but I have to do it.lol :-S :-S

Patricia,I think with the exception of my under clothes and a couple of pairs of shoes,all my clothothing was bought at one charity shop or another.

A week or two back my only suit,bought at the Arthritis shop ages ago was given to The Heart Foundation,along with loads of other stuff.

OMG Frank.........your poor mother must have gone grey early with the things you got up to..........tinkering with live bombs!!!!!! The poor boy who 'sank' in the sewage farm reminded me that mum used to say that when she was little the best tomatoes grew at the sewage farm. lol My first MIL had a table lamp made out of a shell case from the war.

I have a look around charity shops when I take stuff in Pat and have bought a few things. After all, a lot of what I take in hasn't even been worn!! OH got a fantastic 'as new' wool Harris tweed jacket about 15 years ago. It cost £5 and he had it cleaned and still wears it now. I've bought picture frames to repaint, an odd cd and baskets to do flower arrangements in too. I once bought a very cheap brass plant pot holder that cleaned up a treat.

That's just what my mum used to say Kim.......that she felt like throwing my sister out of the upstairs window at times!! lol I googled those birds.......don't they have BIG beaks.

I hope tomorrow goes well and it is nice that so many people will be turning out for Rod's funeral.

Maureen, I'm glad it printed off well. I might try that too.

Poor little Sofia must be a bit confused Fiona.......I bet in a day or two she will be ok as she gets used to everyone.

Shirl, will keep everything crossed for your test tomorrow.....I hope all goes well with it. Good luck XXXXXX

Off to watch Miss Marple now!!! lol See you all tomorrow.....

Shirl ,I don't know what you are going for ,but hope all goes well tomorrow.
Frank do you mean the word Laxidaisical (still can't spell it) lol
I can just picture you ferreting around for 'bomb' type things!.I'm surprised you have survived all these years lol.

My sister has just had her mortgage offer through in the nick of time today.If she hadn't got it by today her buyer was going to pull out.So she is hoping to move on July !st.It has been so stressful for them .She said her poor OH was in tears the other night with the worry of it all.Poor man he is such an easy going person and one of the nicest people you could ever meet.He must have been bottling everything up,what with selling the house ,looking for a job ,paying for a son at Uni etc.
I'm not sure that we will move now when Chris retires.It just seems too much hassle. :-S :-S
Meatballs smelling good.I have picked some Basil to garnish.I sound like my Mum lol 'Garnish' She would have thought that sounded posh !! ;-)

We have had the most torrential cloud burst here just over an hour ago. It has certainly watered the garden. The talk this afternoon was brilliant but no sign of mothers dress as she was not married until 1947.The station at Richmond is, as it's name suggests, the old railway station building which has been converted as a cinema/restaurant/community space and it houses some specialist shops ( mini brewery, cheesemaker etc) It is rum by volunteeres and is a super venue.
We were gpoing to have a BBQ for tea but rain stopped play and I am now wondering just what to wear on my feet this weekend as it looks very much like rain.
Kim I hope your day tomorrow is not too traumatic.Your weather seems to have been dreadful and puts our cloudburst into perspective.
Hubbies second computer has arrived so he is happy as it seems to be behaving. These men and their toys.
Must go and pack now then remake the bed water the plants empty the dishwasher and all the other things we women have to do before we leave home. :-D :-D

Had to get on here by way OF ''CHINA'' to-day##### Takes longer to get on than the time i have on here
Cant take time to read all post As i keep loosing this --
i've updated my browser has made no BL####Y diff.

sorry Frank missed Skype --xxxx

Will be at hospital tomorrow for test --keep fingers /eyes/legs crossed xxx
great pic Maureen/Annx

just thinking ((i-know-it's-bad-for-me-) But it must be about two weeks that I've not been able to get on here???

Mandy there was nothing we didn't get upto. Climbing trees, see who get the highest. Brick and stones fights across the River Roding. Shining over the river on the sewer pipe. Getting tomato plants from the local sewer farm.One lad saw these BIG ones and walked out across the crusty surface, only to find when he got further out it was SOFT on the surface and down he went up to his chest. He grabed the plants and managed to craw back to safety. He then went down to the river to wash himself off.
I don't suppose any of you "YOUNG ONES" remember the incendary bombs, we had quite a lot round our way together with the "DOOGLE BUGS" We would go out collecting anything related to the war. One lad found a live incerdary bomb, and tried to open it. We all sat around waiting to see what was inside.!!!!!

We,all five youngsters would sit doing french knitting. Miles and miles of it. I think mum sewed it in circles for the plates to sit on
.
Jane haven't heard that word for many years !!!!

Hope everything goes off well tomorrow KIM. will be thinking of you. <3

Had a nice Roast chicken tonight, roast pots,parsnips, peas and carrot, cabbage, and broad beans. Ros is clearing up the kitchen now.

Have had to get in through the back door again...........Blank page "Error" message.I thought everything was back to normal!.How wrong was I lol
Yes I remember that Rhyme Mandy.I think I counted 6 earlier.That's gold!!!!
I don't think we will have a chance of seeing the Lunar Eclipse as there is a lot of cloud.Now if it had been last night we would have had a great view.
What time is it happening?

Lovely sunny evening , must remember to go out and have a look at the lunar eclipse tonight if its a clear sky ,should start some time after eight o'clock.

Frank !!! its a wonder your still here all the things you got up to lol
didn't the paper stink the kitchen out with all the Parrafin on it ?

Ann , the pigeon nest is no more , there was lots of wire in the guttering and not much more ,oh and one egg !!
Loved the photo's ,it looks like the little deer have spotty blankets on their backs lol and that cheeky old crow , he'd done that before me thinks !!!

Jane , do you remember the Magpie Rhyme
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret, never to be told
Eight for a wish
Nine for a kiss
Ten for a bird you must not miss

Anne, safe journey to Jersey ,hope you get some good weather .

Thinking of Kim tomorrow as she and her family say their sad farewell to their good friend and neighbor.

Pat I think it is the weather .I feel lacksidasical (sp) this afternoon.It is quite muggy .
I haven't really bought clothes from Charity Shops.I don't know why as there are some lovely things.Makes me sound a bit snobbish(I'm not) lol.I do remember my Mum saying she could never wear something that someone else had worn as she had too many hand me downs when she was a child.Bless her,she did have a few airs and graces.We called her Hyacynth (Bucket) lol

That knitting with a cotton reel and nails,was Knitting Nancy or French Knitting.
I loved doing that and made yards and yards.I remember buying one for Hannah when she was little.

Those blasted magpies!.I think one is called Buster(FRANK)!!!!!
My sister is on the phone...must go.

Hi All

I have had one of those cant be bothered days today..Did finally tackle my ironing from Monday..Then late this afternoon decided to do a dark wash as I had some new jeans that needed washing..well new to me..I got them from the charity shop lol...Does anyone else like getting bargains from there.

I remember school milk as well.How it went off in the sun..And tin cans as telephones..Did any else like to do french knitting on the cotton reels we used to have..?

Knock up ginger was good if you didnt get caught lol..Off tho start the dinner late as usual so it will be simple today..

Fiona,It's nice that Sofia is enjoying her holiday.What a pity for her other Grandma that Sofia won't go near her.I'm sure things will change as Sofia grows and gets to know her better .

I just spotted the young Magpies all sitting on the big trampoline next door.They looked hilarious!Like a load of thugs lol

It seems really dark here now.The clouds look as though the are gathering ready for rain tonight/tomorrow.

Frank I bought some of those Peas at Tes** last week.I agree ,they were lovely.

Liz ,you mentioned playing Shipwreck earlier.Was that a game where you couldn't touch the ground?