General Chat

Morning/Evening All
Oh Frank what a tragic think to happen to your friend.I am so sorry.I wonder if maybe he had been suddenly taken ill and fallen in the water.Such a terrible shock for his family and yourselves.Hopefully they can find the answer when the PM is done.
No doubt you will be speaking to the family today .It is never easy is it.I will be thinking of you <3...I don't expect you got a lot of sleep either last night. :-S

Mandy it is a lovely morning ,perfect weather for a wedding. :-D Have a great time.

Mel your produce is certainly flying off the table isn't it
:-D.Sounds like you can hardly keep up .It must be a great feeling knowing that you never have to throw anything away .It is sad when we have too many of some things and they end up on the compost
:-S
I'm sat here in bed with a nice mug of tea.Chris is going off early to Milton Keynes and I'm hoping to be in town here by 9.

I'll BBL before I go to London.

What a terrible shock for you Frank. I bet you could hardly believe it. Could he swim do you know? Maybe he collapsed and fell in. Some of these lakes are quite treacherous and steep sided or muddy. I bet your mind is all over the place now. What a shock for his family and also for those who found him.

That must have been hard for your BIL's sons if they had been chatting to him Mandy. Shows he must have been feeling ok though and that it was just very sudden so he didn't know much about it. I think I said before about a work colleague who fell off his bungalow roof and died aged 42. They thought the fall had killed him, but found he'd had a bleed on the brain that caused him to fall. We said at the time that he must have been feeling fine to have gone up on the roof so it must have been sudden. As you say, it is an awful shock for everyone else though. You have done very well with your cues and toms. It is the best we have ever done with cues, still little ones coming too but I'm not sure they will come to much if it gets colder now. I have a row of bowls with toms in lined up in the kitchen so must get on with freezing some after I've skinned them.....lovely on toast.

Frank it is such a shock when its a sudden death so hard to take in and for the poor man to drowned must be an awful way to go .

Colin's brother's death was a shock as we now know that although he was found on the bathroom floor he was talking and fully aware what was going on ,he even spoke on the phone to two of his sons as they were away on a whale watching holiday ,then he had the bleed on the brain and was gone ,as quick as that !!

Mandy, He leaves a wife, two children and two grandchildren His children would be 40 and 38. his wife 67 and the grandchildren 14 and 11.

I haven't been in touch with the family yet. I will wait for it to sink in a bit first. Both Ros and I are sitting here in total shock.

Oh Frank i'am so sorry to hear about your best friend ,did he have a wife and family ? such a shock for you both <3

Your table top sales are going well then Mel, as you say i expect it's the children going back that has helped trade .

Ann, i have tucked the safety pins away some where ,you bet i will find them once i've bought some more !!!

I picked what i thought was the last cucumber only to find there's lots more tiny ones coming on , picked loads of tomatoes ,even gave some away we've had so many , runner beans not so good ,i think they are all done now .

OMG what a shock I have just had, one of my oldest friends in the village has just been found DROWNED. He, like me loved his fishing, and as usual went to the lake this morning in Blisworth. When he didn't come home this evening, they went to look for him. His car was there, as was his fishing tackle. They evidently found him in the lake. It appears he fell in and drowned. It takes me back to when I tripped over a tree root and fell into the lake, fortunately I was able to swim to the bank and get myself out.

How I will sleep tonight I just don't know.

Hi I have been out today. Went to get chickens food and a bit of shopping. When I went out I put more stuff on the table and when I came back some had gone. I put more out and went up later to put some cooking apples on and more had gone. Hardly any courgettes left and when I went out it was full. Think there may be some harvest festivals happening early or it is because the kids have gone back to school and people are coming past again.

Mandy I bet you are glad to see the back of that flooring. Won't it be nice when the knew tiles are down? Hope everything goes well for the wedding and I did laugh my head off at THE TOY BOYS!!!!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

I am not aloud on FB........................................

Frank you had a good sleep last night then!!

Tum is a bit better today. I had two slices of dry toast this morning so I could take my pills, a turkey sandwich on dry bread for lunch and a cup of tea with milk. Tonight I made chicken and mushroom in a chicken soup with peas and rice, I took the mushrooms out of mine but ate a few peas. Tums not squealing now.

I hope it stays fine for you tomorrow Mandy and that you all have a nice time. :-) Chelsea will be making everyone laugh if she comes out with things like that! lol. Your son was very lucky to get sorted with a suit.....talk about cutting it fine. Do you have any safety pins from any dry cleaning? They are the sort of thing I put in a safe place and lose when I want one too. When I worked I always had one pinned behind the lapel of my jacket for 'emergencies'. ;-) I bet you are both relieved to have got the last of the flooring up. Now to cover up the mess it must have made with the nice new tiles!! Yes I have been poking around the area with my tongue today......it's like a magnet!!

I bet those fleas have loved this hot weather Jane. Your poor sister arriving home to that! I hope the defleaing of the dogs was more successful or they will be bringing some back home with them. :-0

Frank, I think you are sensible to cancel and get your knee better first. No point setting things back and you would be tempted to do too much. OH is watching the footie too. He's talked football all day today......his club may be wound up and closed in the next few weeks to pay off debts. It has looked bleak for a while now so he isn't a happy bunny. :-(

Yes, where are you William......hope all is well.

SNAP JANE. Pasta for us also.

Have just rung my Nephew to say we won't be down next week, he seemed disappointed, but we have said we will go to his house later next month. He understood I can't do a lot of walking around.

Nice cloudless evening here at the moment. We had a shower earlier, but not as much as they promised.

Hope the Wedding goes of alright tomorrow. NO FAMILY PUNCH UP'S :-D :-D :-D

Knee is swollen this evening, I haven't been doing anything but rest it all day. I have been doing my exercises as well.

I going to settle down now in the conservatory to watch FOOTBALL. I take it Jane will be joining me :-D :-D :-D

I expect i will have a huge box of safety pins too tomorrow as i bet you carn't buy just a few !!
Yes i looked at son wedding photo and he's wearing his buttonhole on the left .

Oh lets hope James and Jess don't bring a few fleas home from the cats, i know when we went to some of the Greek islands the poor cats looked so thin the dogs too,they would hang about the tavernas waiting for titbits they knew people would feed them.

I feel quite chilly now ,think we will need the duvet back on the bed tonight ,we have just had the duvet cover over us the past few weeks .

Do hope William and Carmel are ok ,it's been quite a while since we heard from him,anyone seen him on FB ??

Mandy I never realised there was a right side to wear the buttonholes.But is is left for the men?.I have a huge box of safety pins here :-D.What time is the wedding? I hope everything stays calm with the bride and her mum now.But I bet there will be a lot of butterflies fluttering in tummies.

I haven't spoken to my sister yet today but hope all is clear now in the house.The dogs had to stay an extra night at the kennels.
James sent me a few more pics and says he has hired a car to get around the island.
He has to keep remembering to drive on the right !!!!!.The car is a bit of a banger (as he put it) but says the brakes work lol.The roads are a bit greasy because of the intense heat so i think he is going carefully.Jess seems to have made friends with the hundreds of stray cats.James is amazed at the numbers and is not a major cat fan !!
He will have a hard job dragging Jess away from them.

It is a lovely evening even if a tad on the cool side.Clear blue skies :-D

No Jane the old flooring was that cushion flooring stuck down with the strongest glue you could get i think !!! i got some up and hubby finished it off this afternoon so it's all up now :-D

You were saying about Duxford air show ,they just said on the news it's this weekend .

I'm here now Frank .Been a busy bee with housework :-D :-D :-D.I just realised it is nearly 6 :-0.Cleared out a couple of big pots in the front and got rid of the lobelia and geraniums did a bit of weeding too.

Good job you managed to get a suit for your son Mandy.Just in the nick of time lol
Is your old floor tiles? When our old one had to come up last year the chap had to go away and get a special machine to get them up.They actually had to be smashed as they were just too stuck.

When I stay with Hannah tomorrow night I will have to share her bed,and suddenly realised I really should have something sleep in.So I bought a pair of jimmy bottoms this morning and will just wear a thin t shirt on top.I sleep in the altogether these days
and can't imagine she would appreciate that lol.I would give her nightmares :-S
It has been nice to have had a cool day today.But no rain came and i thought we were due to have some.

We are having Pasta tonight and I need to quickly do some mushrooms and lardons to go in the sauce.

Oh dear Frank are you billy no mates !! :-( :-( :-D

Been raining on and off here this afternoon ,black old clouds about .

Jane i hope the flea treatment in the house worked for Janice ,what a thing to come too .
.Just been hunting the house out for a few safety pins ,we'll need some to pin our buttonholes on our jackets tomorrow ,i carn't find any and i'am sure i have some some where .....just had a thought which side do we pin them on ?? is it left hand side for men and ladies the other side ? i might have to dig out some wedding photo's to see.

Where is everyone ??? I have slept most of the afternoon, and thought I would catch up with you all. But there I am talking to myself.

That was suppose to be 10.30 am

Afternoon all,

I was in bed before 10.00 pm last night and slept till 19.30 am this morning. I feel like a wet week now.

I am going to wrap my knee in cling film and have a shower. (I do miss it) Ros said if the dressings get wet, we have plenty, so can replace them. BUT DON'T GET SOAP IN THE CUTS.

I think we had a drop of rain in the night, as the air feels damp. and it's very cloudy, so I suppose we will get it (RAIN) later.

I'm off to the shower, and get shaved, Lovely feeling when it's all done. Tracky bottoms and T shirt today. If I get to warm it will be back to shorts.

Morning Everyone, evening Kim

Been raining here a little but we are forecast for some heavy down pours, the sky is totally covered in thick cloud, neighbours across the road are having there chimney breast re-plastered and the rough casted (?) , all the old plaster just fell off, hope it doesn't down pour or it won't set.

just finished the last of my ironing mainly t.shirts which don't take long to do.

Mandy hope you get your kitchen floor sorted,
OH has asked me to make a list of all the inside jobs that need doing, he is finely happy with outside jobs completed for the time being.
I want him to finish off some of the paint work that still needs doing in the kitchen & dining room AND back porch, mostly doors and woodwork, if he gets started while its still mild outside it won't be too cold when he has to leave the windows open while the paint dries, some of the gloss paint makes me feel sick.

Morning all,

Bit cloudy here today ,we had a fine drizzle first thing but that was not enough to wet the ground ,still muggy though.

Ann, hope your gums are not so sore today after the extractions ,why is it after you've had teeth out you keep putting your tongue over the hole when not supposed too ....it's like we just have to make sure the tooth has gone :-D

Mel, is it some thing you've have eaten that's upset your tum ? they always say eggs are binding so they should help ,although they can give you wind !! :-S

Well the suit didn't fit so we toddled off to Norwich yesterday in all the heat !! son bought a nice Charcoal grey suit in Slat*rs ,they were so helpful and not at all pushy like some shops ,but my goodness we took the stairs as the lift was so tiny and dark and it was two floors up !! i have to say we came down in the lift as the heat in that staircase was dreadful!!
Had to get DIL a bra from B*S she wanted one that you can take the straps off as her dress for the wedding is off the shoulder ....so that was some thing else left till the last moment !!
It seems that the bride and her mother are speaking again now thank goodness ,all down to the stress!! lets just hope it stays dry .

I had to smile yesterday ,they all had to go for the rehearsal at the church and Chelsea was telling me that she has to walk one way and THE TOY BOYS have to walk the other way :-D :-D :-D :-D no sweetheart i said i think you mean THE PAGE BOYS !! :-D :-D :-D :-D

Well i'am now going to have a go at getting some of the the old kitchen flooring up!!
It's really stuck down !! we've tried scrapers and now we're using a chisel !!! :-S :-S it's coming off in tiny little bits !!!! i can only do a little at a time as it's really hurting my hands ,i think hubby's hoping to finish it off tonight so he can start laying tiles on sunday .

Oh suns coming out !! :-D

Morning and Evening Everyone,

Yes, I'd forgotten about fiddle faddle!!

Hope your tum soon feels better Mel. Light meals for now. I always fancy poached eggs when I'm a bit iffy.

I slept right through till 4.00am and then woke with a splitting headache. I drank some water then lay in bed till 5.30am, then got up, looked out the window and saw the new ginger cat making his way home. I went and made a cuppa and had 2 tablets and am fine now. I think I may have been a bit dehydrated.

The alarm man has been and it was MORE EXPENSE than just a service. The outside alarm sound had fizzled out to a quiet whirr so we have had to have a new outside box!! :-S It is a better one though and has a number on it to phone if you are away and it is driving the neighbours mad.

I have booked my car in for it's MOT a week on Monday. The headlamp cover has gone a bit foggy on the top edge so I might have to have a new one of those for it to pass..... :-S

We had a good shower here from 6.00am to about 9.ooam so everything is fresher now and the birds are scurrying about seeing what they can find to eat. The old radishes I haven't pulled out are covered in Cabbage White caterpillars. I may as well leave them now....even pests have to eat and I have no cabbages for them to be a nuisance.

We are out for lunch, so I think some tidying away first....nice to do a few jobs without sweltering after a few minutes. :-)