General Chat

I remember once when down our caravan when young I was walking along some concrete slab by the sea and I slipped on the green stuff and fell in the seaand got myrousers all wet. They were some kind of wool tartan and they clung to my legs and I had to go right down the beach to the van with these horrid itchy trousers clinging to me. I don't think I ever wore those again. They were black watch tartan and I can see them in my minds eye now!

Iv'e message Annx about a phone call I have had.

Afternoon all,

Frosty and foggy here first thing and now we have lovely sunshine but it really cold out and I only went down to the shed .

:-D :-D :-D Anng thats a good one .

I've got sweet and sour chicken in the slow cooker today ,we'll have that with rice .
Our braising steak yesterday was really lovely so tender and I checked it after 5 hours and it was all nicely cooked the meat was falling apart so I'll know next time not to put it on quite so early .

Have you found the garage remote Ann perhaps he put it in one of his jacket pockets ,he didn't nip out in his dressing gown did he ,might be in there .

Don't think you'll get wet today when you go out Vera, horrible having to sit about in wet things .

I can't get on fb now this ad thing keeps popping up so I'll have to wait for son to come and sort it out .

A giggle from the past

From my F baook
A blonde woman started work in the Village chemist shop, she was very shy about having to sell condoms to the public.
The Chemist was going on holiday for a couple of days, and asked if she would be willing to run the shop on her own.
She had to confide in him her worries about selling condoms.
"Look" he said "My regular customers don't ask for condoms, they either ask for a 310 (small); a 320 (medium); or a 330 (large). The word condom is never mentioned".
The first day was fine, but on the second day a black guy came into the shop, put out his hand and said “350" please.
The girl panicked. She phoned the Chemist on his mobile and told him of her predicament.
"Go back in and check if he has a bucket hanging between his legs," her boss told her.
She peeped through the door, and saw the bucket hanging between the guy's legs.
"Yes!” she shouted down the phone "he's got one hanging there!”
The boss replied, "Well, go back in there and give him £3.50 ...he's the window cleaner!!.....
:-D :-D :-D

Morning Anng and all,

I have a nice bright sunny morning here with blue sky and very few whispy white lines of clouds and its 3 degrees.

I need to go and post the parcel I had trouble with yesterday with the address and do up another one to post too.

Then I need to start the slow cooker with the stew and contact Stu to ask if he can make it tomorrow night for dinner. Last time I did a stew he could'nt come so I had it three days on the trot.

Hope you others slept well as I see Anng did.

Hope they have your socks in TOFS today Annx get a good supply if they do and as others have said they may be cheaper if they are closing down.

Frost last night and still hanging on a bit on roofs. Just been outside, started to clear a shelf down the side of the house but hands got cold so came in. Just wanted to clear away a very old birds nest really so that is done. It was very large and very untidy, mostly leaves it was a robin's nest from two yeas ago.

good morning all Brrr it is only 1 degree here so temp is dropping again after creeping up and me thinking spring is on its way. Slept well last night but woke heavy headed and had to drag myself round, didn't want to go back to sleep. Nothing planned for today anyway.Ann you should have time to get to the Factory shop and hope they still have socks, might be even cheaper if they are selling off stock.

Oh Vera that was horrid, having to sit in wet clothes at the dentist. I hate being wet when going anywhere like that. Hope it doesn't rain today and you arrive dry at the hairdressers.

Evening All,

We had the same awful weather today and the empty bin blew over but at least not in the road. Mel I was wondering what the paper bag is for as it wouldn't be much use in the rain? Don't you have a bin for the recycling? Regarding the grapefruit, it says online it can interact with about 50 medications. You are doing well to stay off the cigarettes so keep it up.

I used to love reading teletext for an update on the news and travel as it was quick and just factual. Some newsreaders seem to show their opinion of what they are telling us in their body language and tone of voice, which I'm not keen on.

Gwyn you have certainly had plenty of medical appointments this year and still another echocardiagram to come. It's good they are keeping an eye on you so well though.

OH had a reminder from the hospital for an eye appointment in February yesterday, but has never had the original notification either by post or text. :-S

Somehow he has mislaid the remote for the garage door! We've looked in all the likely places, but need to check elsewhere now. It was definitely him who opened and shut the door last and he came inside afterwards, so it should be in the bungalow. At least we have a spare or can get in through the door at the back of the garage. I hope we don't end upgetting another and then finding it like with my car key!

That's good Jake doesn't have to wait so long for his driving test due to someone cancelling Mandy. I bet he was pleased about that. Yes OH was saying how nice the slow cooker smelt in the kitchen when I did the pork steaks yesterday. I was going to freeze half for another day, but he enjoyed it so much he wanted it again today, so I put it in the fridge and that's what we did but had it with rice today.

I hope the NHS manage to catch up with what's happeneing with your OH and his appointments Vera so you don't have any wasted visits.

Yes I said about getting more socks from the Factory Shop a little while ago when I heard but had forgotten that TOFFS was the same AnnG. I'm hoping to pop in tomorrow, also to Morrisons. Administrators will try to keep things going and prevent liquidation, but the govt actions are not helping companies. It just shows that people are not even spending as much at bargain places now.

I’m late on parade again. At the moment the days are flying by and it seems to be the middle of the evening before I manage to get on the computer and by then I am starting to get tired.

Sorry you had a bad night last night AnnG and hope you get more rest tonight.

Mel, I was concerned for you when I saw the news this morning. It was bad enough here but it looked as though Devon had taken a real battering. Glad you are OK. Your stew and Mandy’s braised beef both sound good and just what you need to warm you up in winter. You’ve made me think I might do a stew of some sort at the weekend and it will do for Saturday and Sunday. You’re doing really well with staying off the ciggies. It’s not an easy thing to do. I stopped smoking 50 years ago as I was concerned about the example I was setting my children but it was a long while before I lost the urge. Have a rough tot up of how much money you’ve saved and treat yourself to something nice. You deserve it.

It’s good that Jake’s got an earlier date for his driving test. 7 in the morning might not be too bad. He won’t get caught up in school traffic and it’s still a bit early for most people going to work. Good luck to him.

Gwyn, what a lot of tests you have had! You really did go through the mill with that horrid pneumonia but it’s good that the respiratory team are pleased with your progress.

The heavy rain and wind started here during the night and didn’t ease up till after lunch so our trip to the dentist was not much fun. When we moved here we stayed with our existing dentist so it’s about a 12 mile drive in each direction. Today the rain was coming down heavily, the spray was being thrown up by other vehicles and there was quite a lot of standing water on the roads. The car park is a 6 or 7 minute walk from the dentist and even with umbrellas we got drenched. At one point my umbrella was blown inside out and I had a terrible job hanging on to it. I thought I was going to take off and fly over everyone’s head like Mary Poppins. We took our coats off in the waiting room but had to sit in our wet trousers. The good news is our teeth had a good check and a clean and neither of us have anything to be done. Our next check up date is already fixed for early August.

Then we got soaked again walking back to the car park. Being so wet made me feel cold as well and I couldn’t face going into town here, paying to park again and then having to walk through the rain to the pharmacy and back to the car park so I decided to go tomorrow. I finished one lot of tabs today so I’ll miss one dose but I don’t think that will matter much. I need a haircut so on the offchance I rang the hairdresser and she can squeeze me in at 10.30 tomorrow so I can kill two birds with one stone.

By the time we were back from the dentist it was nearly lunch time but after lunch I got all the bedding from both our beds washed, gave the downstairs loo a thorough clean, and cleaned sinks in the kitchen and utility, had a half hour phone call from a neighbour and cooked and cleared away our dinner things. Now I’m ready to relax with a book or maybe watch one of the new Inspector Lynley episodes on iPlayer. I hope you all have a restful night. Sweet dreams.

Just had sleety hail and gusty wind but its brightening up again now.

Did loads of ironing this morning nearlly cleared it all but got fed up so stopped.

Well I did say it was wild and windy and thats just what I meant. I don't watch the news or read papers so just go on what I can hear and see. I had a look at some of the pictures from around the country of the floods and some poor people have it really bad. We are quite high up here but I bet Dipper Mill down the road was out again last night.

We had sunshine nearly all morning and then a very heavy shower of rain that did'nt last long and more sun but now its come over cloudy again.

Just going round to corn the girls and then look for something for dinner in the freezer. I am going to put my slow cooker on tomorrow with a huge stew in it of beef parsnip, carrot and onions. Forgot to order cerlery so may buy one down the shop when I post a parcel tomorrow if thegirl will put the right parts of her address in the right boxes so I can get a label.

What a dark and dismal day :-|

When I saw the weather map, I thought that the area of concern looked rather near Mel.
I hope you are all warm and safe.
Mandy's slow cooker meal sounds just what we need.
Great that Jake has a cancellation for his tests. The roads should be quieter that time of day. I hope all goes well.

Yes, Mandy, I am feeling much better thank you and have been back to school for a while, going in two mornings a week to listen to readers.
Annx was asking about any more tests re. pneumonia.. We had a telephone appointment with the respiratory team at the end of December and the nurse was happy with my progress and pleased that I can walk a reasonable distance easily now. She wants me to have a face to face appointment mid year though.
When the copy letter came with the info. being sent to my GP, I see they are requesting another echocardiogram sometime too. That was news to me! The cardiologists never got in direct contact with me about the last one :-| although I did hear through reports from various other doctors that the situation was much improved, as they can access results of all the various tests on their screen.

I think the latest count so far since last May is 2 x ECG, 2 x CT scans with dye, 4 x X-rays and 4 x echocardiograms.
I think that's it.

I hope OH's appointment is not hindered by the late blood test, Vera. Maybe the testing will be speeded up.When necessary results can be obtained quickly. Let's hope you are lucky and there's no delay.

Thank you Anng ,it's smells good in the kitchen.

Yes Mel it looked rough down your way ,hope you don't have any damage with the wind .
Jake called in with my meat ,he usually pops it in in his lunch hour ,he's got a new date for his driving test ,he managed to get a cancellation for 26th February so not to long to wait now better than April., it's very early though at 7 in the morning so fingers crossed for him this time .

Mel I love the way you casually say it was wild and windy in the night when the whole of the soth West was battered by a storm and there are loads of flood in devon.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15500823/Storm-Chandra-roads-schools-close-winds-rain-snow-UK-weather.html

That is probablt right for the cut you have although I normally cut the meat up.

Do you do beef Anng and for how long ,I thought about 8 hours

I usually do my slow cooker dishes on low for longer Mandy.

Morning all,

6 degrees here and pouring with rain ,I think it should clear later and we might have a few sunny spells .

Oh thats sad about TOFS I use to like looking round in there ,Colins nephew's wife works in there so she will be out of work .

I've put a nice piece of braising steak in the slow cooker with veg ,I've put it on low so I hope it will be OK for tonight , didn't know if I should do it on high for less hours or low for longer so i did low and I'll hope for the best .

Morning Anng and all,

Thats sad about TOFS as I always like to browse around there and usually bought something in there. I liked their cotton long sleeved t shirt and the polo neck ones and the cotton vest tops have worn them for years. I shall be sad to see the shops go.

Its 8 degrees here this morning and quite bright at the mo but pc says cloudy so I expect that later on.

It was wild and windy in the night with rain too so a wet and soggy day out there today even though the suns trying to shine through.

Until I saw it mentioned on here, I had not heard of the original factory shop but I have just seen the following in the DM.

The owner of the two chains, Modella Capital, confirmed the decision to place them into administration earlier this month.

Both Claire's - which garnered a cult following thanks to its ear-piercing services and friendship bracelets - and The Original Factory Shop were purchased last year in last-minute rescue deals.

Many hoped the acquisition would turn their fortunes around, but things continued to go downhill for the chains and the company's cash eventually ran out.

A spokesman for Modella previously said: 'Very sadly, we have had to initiate insolvency proceedings for The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) and Claire's Accessories UK & Ireland.

'This has been a very tough decision. We have worked intensively in an effort to save both businesses, having made last-ditch attempts to rescue them, but neither has a realistic possibility of trading profitably again.

Good morning all. Didn't sleep well last night, thankfully that doesn't happen so often now, still annoying when it does though, feel 'washed out' this morning so a good job I had not planned on going anywhere.
Pouring with rain and extremely dark and gloomy.
I have a wash load in so at least one thing will be done today.
The food bin lorry had just been round but I am not going out in the rain to bring that in.

Yes it was good to hear she didn't think there was any infection but, it is very strange, she was very pleasanr but didn't fill me with confidence somehow. Too ready to say everything was fine, almost as though she had rehearsed her lines. And she did keep referring to notes. Anyway. I shall assume she is right and it is just time.

Vera still fighting the medics then. I hope that the scan and blood test eventually fall into line. Hope dentist goes ok and you don't get wet getting there.

Mel, gave me a fright there I thought I had missed sending your card but I see your birthday is not just yet so the appointment must be in February.
That is a faff now sending your parcels isn't it. Progress again!!!

Ann glad you are on facebook, i saw that you were yesterday. Good card.

I think, in some update, my adblocker must have got delelted so I just ignore the ads on FB.