General Chat

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Slept late this morning did'nt wake till 10am!!

Steady light rain this morning and every where looks wet wet wet.......Have let the little ones out but not the big ones yet.

It's so nice to hear from David. I hope you feel a lot better this morning David and hopefully they have got it right this time.

Well what do you think about Whitechapel???????

We keep seeing that little old lady right from the first episode.

Evening All,

Thanks for letting us know you are ok David......that's another thing over with now and you can rest and recover again. Don't go falling off your crutches though :-0......you don't need any more setbacks. When you get home you could do the same as Frank and write your memoirs! :-) It could keep you busy for quite some time while you are healing.

Frank, I think your 'memoirs' is a great idea......I bet young Lewis would like to read them. ;-) Thanks for the offer of a 'bust' but my own is quite adequate....lol!! Sorry....couldn't resist that!! It's a very kind offer, only I bought a few black ones when I got some gift boxes locally last year. I only went for the boxes but the chap gave me a discount so I picked some of those as well.

William, I see you have more additions for your garden.......there must be quite a family out there now. I keep meaning to get some fairy lights for outside. Yes, it was the Avoncroft museum...you are spot on.

Oh Mandy, that must have been a shock.........it's a good job you weren't collecting them from school :-0.....so easily done though!

We got a nice shower of rain this morning so I was glad I got my new wall pots drilled and planted yesterday. I just need OH to drill the wall to hang them now. I also picked the last of the runners and packed away the patio table and chairs.......summer really feels as if it is over now.

OH got the results of his scan and has slight osteoporosis, so he was glad I had badgered him to be checked out. (only for about 3 years!) Now they want to just do some further checks so he had another blood test this morning. He hates needles as well......but he's also booked in for a flu jab tomorrow....another needle! Then he still has to rebook his dental appointment, but I haven't reminded him of that yet.

I went to the big retail park at Grantham this afternoon, no sign of rain there........and bought my first Christmas card.....for OH. They have some nice cards there and cards for men can be pretty dire in a lot of places.......all beer glasses, rude noises and golf clubs!! I'm determined to try and get ahead with Christmas things this year.

Thank you all.Left this ward about 9.30 amLeft the recovery rom to return to ward about to ward about 1 pm.

Was sleepy and sick of stomach all afternoon.Nearly fell off crutches at tea time,anesthetic still in me

Been on a drip since,think its antibotics.Had 2 shos of morphine, makes you drowsy.

Thank you all for your concern

Been out to Holsworthy for chicken food.

Still hav'nt seen any hedgehogs for the past four or five nights now. I wonder if they think they are big enough to go through the winter and have made their nests.

Mandy fancy forgeting you should be looking after the grandchildren!! It happens.

Frank you sound like you are getting on well with your memoirs (sp) keep going and don't forget to save it.

Evening all,

I did dinner tonight. Roast Chicken, Roast parsnips and spuds. Broad beans , pea, carrots and cabbage. Just finished. Ros is clearing up.

Well I have started my "LIFE STORY" I have managed three pages this afternoon, taking me through the war years and junior school. The VE party in the road, and starting big school. aged 11. Will try a bit more tomorrow while Ros is at her "STITCHERY DO" 9.30 am till 3.30 pm. Who knows I might get through my girlfriend years. :-D :-D :-D Won't be able to be to explicit , people will read it. !!!

Mandy what a boob to make, poor children thinking they are going to you, and you at the seaside !!! Glad Sept. is out of the way, I think we have 7 birthdays in the month. Gets expensive. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Tomorrow would have been my 54th wedding anniversary. I married far to young :-D :-D

Afternoon all,

We too had a little rain this morning ,i had just hung washing out and hubby said it's raining !! got them all in and it stopped and the sun came out , i left then in the basket and they can go out tomorrow now .

Yesterday i had Jake here for the day as the teachers at his school were on strike, Chelsea and Katie had to go in as their teachers were working , Jake thought it was lovely he could be at home and the girls had to go to school !!

We thought we would go to the coast today ,so off we went late morning ,had a wander round and we were on our way home about three thirty when the phone rang ,it was son and DIL ....where are you !! you said you would look after the children about four after school :-S we had both forgotten !!

Thanks Ann for the photo's i wonder if there was ever a queue for getting stamps posting your letter and making a phone call all at the same box :-D :-D

William i see your still collecting for your garden :-D

Think Jane was going for a week Frank.

It's hubby's birthday this friday ,so we're off out with the family for tea on friday and then out with sister and BIL on saturday evening for a meal.

Yes Mel, they still use the district code, I have a friend who lives in Wimbledon and it's SW plus a bit extra. Same with my son who lives in Lewisham, South East London - SE plus his postcode. Nice to know some things stay (almost) the same. I knew Leyton, Leytonstone, Redbridge, Gants Hill, Manor Park, you name it, I've been there at some time. Carmel had a ex school pal who lived in Wanstead, just off 'The Flats' as the common was called. And I was in Whipps Cross hospital as a baby.
We lived in Cedars Road, just off Water Lane, with the library on the corner. That was until Adolf made sure we moved out in the 1940 blitz!

Morning all/Evening Kim.

Thanks Mel, we have some rain here today. Passed it on I see :-D :-D

Will, These memories just don't fade away. Of all my family that have passed away Mum, Dad, Jim, Jack , Clara ,Bill and my twin sister. The memories are for ever with me, from the clip round the ear from Mum, to the squabbles with my twin sister. They are all something to think about when lying in bed, trying to sleep. They are something I hope never leave my brain. I keep promising myself that I will write my Memories for my descendant's to look at in years to come. I think I need a Ghost writer. ;-) ;-) ;-)

When's our Jane back ??? Was she going for one or two weeks. ??

Poor old Conrad. He decided to move to another apartment, with a balcony and small garden. He only looked around it briefly , and moved in on Monday. He found that it was so musty and smelly that it bought on his hay fever/asmah. (sp)
So he packed everything up, and moved out at 4.00 am Tuesday mornin9g. He spent the rest of the night in his office, and moved back into the old place yesterday. He has now got to start looking around for a nicer place. The problem is the area is very Spanish, and most apartments are old neglected.

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Dull yet again and it has been raining in the night.

William good old stratford E 15. used to pass through it on the way to
London in my younger days. Lived in Redbridge when young. Can still remember the ride through Wanstead, Leytonstone, Leyton etc. Had rellies in Leyton E10 I wonder do they still use the E things with the lastest postcodes??

A change of photo today as it would have been my Big Brother Fred's birthday today. My only sibling, four years older than me, I like to think that he still looks over me as he is doing in this photo taken circa 1935 in Stratford, East London.
Although he has been gone many years now and I never saw enough of him as he lived in Hornchurch, I don't think there is ever a day goes by that he's not in my thoughts.

Have just sent out an email with photos attached, I've pasted the message from it below.

Here are some photos to keep you up to date. The sky photos were taken a week last Sunday. There were two aircraft vapour trials crossing each other. You can see how they spread, then how, half an hour later, the setting sun had changed the whole scene.


Latest additions in the garden. I found the owl in a charity shop and he measures about 4" tall. The ladybird sticks on the window with suction pads and on the reverse is a thermometer so you can see the outside temperature from the inside. That's about 6" and I found it in our local Ald* for 99p in the sale items.


Hope you enjoy these few items.


William

Ann, where did you take the photos in your email? It reminded me of when we went to Avoncroft Museum many years ago.

Hi again - We have just come back from our little town to find a message on the phone from Sp*csavers to say my new specs are ready! I'll have to call in for them tomorrow. My eyes didn't seem right to me so I had a test and surely enough there is a bit of change in my near sight. The ones I use most, bi-focals have now become hybrids. Last year one of the arms broke and they hadn't got an exact match so they replaced it with one that looked totally different. It didn't bother me, I only have to 'look out of them' - not look at them. Then last week the other arm broke and they replaced that. So - at least I will have a totally matching frame this time around!
I have three pairs of glasses, ridiculous I know, but I have one set for when I'm using my computer (they stay with the PC), another pair I use for driving which are reactorlites (as I'm light sensitive) , then my usual ones which are now ready.

Yes Ann, our grandson Craig is very close to us. He is the eldest and we were with his mother when he was born premature. He looked like one of T*sco's mini chickens at that time, you wouldn't think of it to look at him today. He and I have been lots of places together and both share the model car and real scene. He now has a motor scooter and is very pleased because I used to drive a Vespa scooter many many years ago. In fact I've still got a licence to drive motor bikes, can you imagine?

After all these years since I've lived in the Midlands I still sometimes drop in a Cockney pearl from the past. I was looking at a fancy box of perfumes that Carmel had on the dressing table. I said, "Is that the new set you've bought - you'll be smelling like Lady Dunabunk" That was an expression my Mum & Dad used to imply someone was posh! I wonder if Frank knows that one? Carmel also has little Irish sayings too, and I've picked up many of those over the years we've been married. I love colloquial sayings and terms, it makes things so rich.

Let's hope David got on alright at the hospital today and with his transport arrangements.

I too hope everything goes well for David today.

Ruby that would have been the picture of all time had you caught it on camera. I thought you were going to say that she asked you what they were doing. I member atime when my son when small asked about something like that with two dogs and I just told him one was giving the other a piggy back.

William it will be good if the tablets work for Carmel with the headaches. I hope they do give her some releif.

Had callers this afternoon so hav'nt been on much ad have only just read all your posts.

Roast lamb tonight as oh wanted a chilli yesterday and I was tired after shopping so did that instead of the lamb. Much quicker.............

Better start getting it all ready for hte oven .

Afternoon all,

Ros has had two lines of sheets out today, one lot all dried the other still blowing in the breeze.

She has been to Tesc# for some bits and bobs. I had put down on the list D. W . .SALT She didn't know what I meant so bought table salt and cooking salt. I WANTED DISH WASHER SALT> :-D :-D :-D

Ros did bring fresh cream cakes, which we have just had with a cuppa. Mmmmm

Ann, It seems that the P.O. sell off is attracting a lot of interest. I haven't bothered with shares since my Ex wife worked in a Stock Brokers in the early sixties. Then with a few tip offs, I made a few bob. Wouldn't go far today ;-) ;-) ;-)

Still dry here, but turning chilly in the breeze.

Have been following the programmes on BBC 2 in the afternoon. One is the INDIAN OCEAN followed by ELEPHANTS. and then the PACIF OCEAN. Very good when I can only sit around. I think it's on all week.

Afternoon All

Hope David is ok today,

Been out for coffee with my friends from Nursery, still say that even though nursery closed about 5 years ago. but it's easy that way, as my friends that I meet on a Wednesday are from Church :-D :-D we had a good natter and have arranged to meet up again in Dec for a christmas lunch.

Weather has been good today for me anyway, a little sunny with a wind which saved me having to wear my sun hat, I have bought a wool crochet ? tam which will keep of the sun of my head but not thick enough to make me too hot. after all look a bit daft waltzing round the town in a sun hat in Autumn time ,

I was wondering what to watch now that LONG LOST FAMILY Is finished and WDYTUR has come to an end. I have been watching Mr Selfridge, and I really like Tony Robinson in Time Team.they do find some really interesting historical sites,

Afternoon all,

Been busy and now I have to do lunch so will pop in later.

Morning all/Evening Kim,

Still dry here, but rain is expected tomorrow or Thursday. I see the rain is still down the South West. Poor old Mel.!!!

Ruby, That must have been quite a sight with those geckos :-D :-D :-D I bet you won't get another change to take a photo like that.

Ann, I am still bidding on the bead loom. It ends tomorrow. so fingers crossed. !! I don't know if you would be interested, but I bought some jewellery busts for Ros. They are 30 cm high in white. I had to buy FIVE even though she only needed one. I have put the others on eBay. But if you would like one I can arrange to send it to you ??? Please let me know.

I spoke to Valerie last night regarding a memorial for SID. We have decided on a Japanese Flowering Cherry. which is in a 8 litre pot, so can be planted when she wants to and where. She can keep it watered till she ready to plant. I will also donate a few of each of the bulbs, she can put them around the base of the tree.

I went to the pub last night with Tony next door, who took and bought me home. We raised a glass to Sid. as he was always there for the Monday football.

Leg is still playing up today, now have pain going down the outside of the leg to my foot. I can feel for David as his must by 1000% worst . Do hope things go well for him today.

Morning All,

Where are you all?? Sunny here at the mo, but there is a slight chilly wind that should dry my towels nicely. :-)

I've just put the new tax disc on my car......glad it's done as I get it in advance then always worry I might forget to put it on!! OH is much improved this morning and went to the docs ok, but has discovered both his front sidelights have packed up now, so that's another job to do! The car he has has been brilliant.....apart from regularly eating lightbulbs!! :-S

Off to the carvery soon and I'm wearing the bracelet I finished last night as it's red and dark grey and goes with the black top I am wearing!

I decided to apply for a small amount of Royal Mail shares last night............do you think they are a good bet Frank??

BBL. :-)

Evening All,

More sunshine and no rain here......we could really do with some but I think it is supposed to be on it's way later in the week. We couldn't get on outside today though as OH's sciatica was playing up after wrenching his side yesterday. He had to ring and cancel his dentist appointment this morning as he couldn't face the thought of climbing the stairs there and the effort to get in and out of the chair!! :-S After some I*uprofen he was a lot better, so we managed to go to the cinema this afternoon to see Blue Jasmine and sat down on the flat bit and he was ok. Tonight he's managed to set it off again....thinks it was how he was sitting on the settee, so I had to help him to bed and get his trousers, pants and socks off!! ;-) Hopefully it will be a lot better again in the morning.

We seem to be plagued by roadworks around here. The other night there was a 3 mile stretch into the village from the other side as they had closed the lane where they will be building the small 'town.' They will be stopping entry into the lane from the village when the houses are eventually built so it is probably a taste of what it will be like in a few years. :-S They are also putting bus lanes in on one of the main roads into the city, so much of the traffic is diverting across to the main road near us, so that is now chock a block with cars and causing big tailbacks down to the motorway junction a mile away. I hope it is all done well before the Christmas traffic adds to it. :-(

I like the sound of the tulips for your friend's widow Frank. A tree would be good too, but they can get too big in time or shed leaves where you don't want them. You are a thoughtful and kindly soul! :-) I'm sure she will love whatever you get. Does your iron need descaling? I have to do ours from time to time....it's the hard water we have here. I hope you were successful bidding for the bead loom........I must dig mine out and try it. Oh and thanks for the emails.......I liked the 'Wisdom' one very much!!

I hope it all goes smoothly for you tomorrow David and that the ambulance won't keep you waiting.
Better go and put the washer on now, so I can get stuff dry tomorrow before the rain comes.

Ruby, that would have been quite a picture to get........it would certainly have got noticed!! lol. I hope you find the 'bit' you are looking for......I often try the fridge too......found the teabags there once. I've been hunting for the set of tiny screwdrivers that you can use to tighten your specs.......all I remember is putting them somewhere SAFE!!

William, we need to clear out some of the annuals that are past their best and some serious trimming back is also needed!! It was nice of your grandson to stay all that time....he obviously enjoys his visits to you. I hope the new tablets help with Carmel's headaches.

I haven't watched this week's Downton yet as we recorded it. I just love everything about it (except all the adverts), the clothes, the genteelness and Maggie Smith's character's sharp wit!! :-).