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Sylvia are you back to breakfast's tomorrow ... if not I will roll up sleeves to start preparing for the "Ulster fry" for tomorrow


Robert

Meanwhile, yesterday in Vancouver was the wettest EVER August day .............. about 55.8mm rain officially, that's about 10x the normal average rainfall. It was also apparently the 16th wettest day ever in any season.

Add to that, the high temperature for the day was around 15C.


The sun is out again today, and the temperature is rising!


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Janey .... I used tro really like familyhistoryonline as well, found lots of stuff on there.



J phoned this morning to have a quick chat ............ not only will we be away at the weekend, but they are preparing themselves in Nova Scotia for the possibility that Hurricane Earl will hit on Saturday. We'll have to listen to the radio to find out what happens, but we are keeping our fingers crossed.

Hurricane Juan hit as a category 2 back in 2004 and did a lot of damage to buildings, ships and trees, etc, although I believe that no-one was even seriously injured, fortunately. Earl was downgraded to a category 3 this morning, and might be a category 1 or 2 before reaching NS and/or Newfoundland. It may drop even as low as a tropical storm ..... which will still mean torrential rain

J said they are going out this evening to stock up on foods, especially canned, and to make sure the car petrol tank is filled up.

They lost a lot of frozen food back in 2004 when the electricity was out for several days, and they also hadn't got a full tank in the car ............ petrol stations weren't working with no electricity, so that was a problem! M is also going to make sure that they have 2 full propane tanks for the bbq .... so they have learnt some lessons!

M went back to school on Monday ...... staff training and preparation for 3 days, then the kids return tomorrow (Thursday). HOWEVER, it has been so hot this week that school might be cancelled after today ........ it has been registering 35C and over, but the Humidex factor (due to humidity) means that it has effectively been over 40C ......... and schools are not air conditioned.

J said the temperature is supposed to still be high on Saturday when Earl might hit ... that would be miserable!! 100% humidity, 100+kmh winds, etc etc.

Please think of her if you hear anything on the news about Earl ..... "south shore of Nova Scotia" would mean that there would be some effect on Halifax.



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they also move items around in supermarkets in an attempt to cut down on shoplifting



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Morning!!


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I Don't Ginns - Loughborough Sainsburry's if I am REALLY desperate !!!

Dea Xxx

Soz....didnt 'refresh' when I posted my trip to Sainsburys.

Thanks for the removal info, I'm not sure it will do me much good as the person was Irish and in the poor house?

Jonesey.....thats why they dont put milk in the entrance to supermarket!

Dea I didnt know you shopped at Archer Rd Sainsburys!

Yes Jonesey - that's what they do !!!

Dea Xxx

P.S. I AM an aggravated customer !!!!!!!!

Dea Xxx

Moving items around regularly in retail establishments is done for a very good reason (For the retailer that is).

If a customer knows exactly where to look for the item they have come in to buy they make straight for where they believe it to be. Customers rarely notice anything else that they pass on the way. By moving the products location the retailer ensures that the customer notices at least one other item that is available which is now in the original items place. As the customer then searches for whatever it was that they came in for they then see numerous other items which they may previously have passed without even noticing them.

If the customer came in for a specific item then in most cases they will continue searching for that item until they find it. By the time they do they will have seen many other items and may well have been tempted to buy some of them as well.

Result, possibly an aggravated customer but usually, more money in the till which is what the retailer really wants.

Ginns,

I am told they move things around to make you look on all the shelves!!

Is that a pain or what ???

Personally, It makes me go elsewhere !!



Dea x

Good luck Ginns - I hate Sainsbury's - the Car Park is horrendous !!!

Can anyone help y little friend Michael in my absense ??

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1237963&jump=7212261#7212261

He is 'galloping ahead' like a newbie always does - he is doing well but going astray on the last generation !!

Thanks,

Dea x

Well, Im leaving work and am going to TTF stuff in Sainsburys. Everytime I go they have moved my items somewhere else

Wish me luck

Ginny

what parish and date, name - do you have for the removal order- I will look I love parish records -

let me know


Renes

Ginny - removal orders - I found mine at the defunct familyhistoryonline.net - transcription of the basic details. Then I got a photocopy from the Wiltshire Records Office.

I think familyhistoryonline.net sold its stuff to FMP. A real loss. It was the collaborative effort of family history societies, which put up their transcriptions, and for something like 8p you could view a result from a search.

I didn't bother copying a lot of stuff, my Cornwall Bond ancestors going back to the 1500s ... or I did, then used it to print work on the back of and recycled it ... because I figured it would just always be there. Unfortunately, I don't think all of the records are available at the Cornwall OPC site, good as it is, so I'm kinda screwed and would have to do it all over again somehow. But I know I'm related to 007 -- or at least I'm truly part of the family he only claimed to be part of! -- so ... there. ;)

For the removal order, though, it was just serendipity. I put the names into the search engine at that site, and there it was. It wasn't until ages afterward that I found the parents' 1781 marriage at FreeREG, another bit of serendipity.

Ginny

So sorry - my message box either does no show an envelope or shows one permanently - have now read you PM - so thank you also for thinking of me

Must remember to check messages when log on - irrespective of envelope - have not checked my emails proper either - log straight on to your thread - for my catchup

Renes

Fans

I did notice - that it was only you - thats why I specifically mentioned Halos - seeing as you were the only one who gained one

I must say I loved the thought of freezing all those cup cakes -

Early last year I bought a case of large cup cakes at Makros in Norfolk - -to take when when visiting my son for my last couple of days - mixed choc - lemon - rasp and strawberry - all wrapped individually

When we had them - they were without doubt the best ever cup cakes I have ever tasted - the topping bit - was incredible - for a week after returning here - I was craving them - really craving

If I can get back Xmas - I am bringing two large boxes home with me -

Renes

Oh So Sorry Fansa but I dont have raspberries - but also forget to say I have 2 Nispero trees as well

Ooh we could make some real good curry with all those veg Renes

Fans...thanks for the help with the Parfitt thread...it helps when youre given the correct name

That said I think I found half the population of Wales while attempting to extract teeth.... oh well, it kept me out trouble

So Rene...you not opening your PMs then??? I did ask where you were!

Raspberries to you too Renes..

Did you note I was the only one to miss you??

The rest of em only pretend to care really,cant trust a one of em methinks...

Hi All

Just read last three days or so - I see we went from freezing cup cakes - to the Pope - with small diversions in between - like numpty threads and halo polishing - some very good finds made - well done

and most importantly Breakfast

Robert I will have anything - with Maple syrup - flapjacks - ( not the oatmeal ones ) the pancake type - drop scones - infact any batter mix fried in pan - with Maple syrup

No Tea for me please - I am a black coffee - no sugar

My news is Monday hospital ( for OH) - Tuesday funeral - village ones are all the day sitting in house with deceased then mass then the carrying up to cemetery - above the village -
this morning Doctors for all the prescriptions - went into village at 8.00 am - got home at 11.45 am - but heard all the rest of the gossip - not covered yesterday

With regard to gardening and cropping vegetables - I would hate to boast BUT - I have asparagus - horseradish - leeks - potatoes - french beans - broad beans - extremely popular here cooked with little pieces of jamon - red peppers - green peppers- scotch bonnets- jalopenos - (red and green) onions - cherry tomatoes - large salad tomatoes - ( which I dry for the winter) italian long green peppers - also dried for winter - courgettes yellow and green - butternut squash - gherkins - beetroot ( which I pickle in a balsalmic/ and a vintage wine vinegar - which I made
fruit - cherries - mandarins - clementines - figs - grapes pomegranate - avocados - guavas - apricots - kakis -
olives ( for my own cold pressed extra virgin oil ) and mangoes - spanish kumquats

oh I forgot - snap peas - garden peas - and this year for first time PEANUTS

You can grow lettuces every day of the year here - it is called the Costa Tropical -

I have my very own green halo - for veggies and fruit

End of boast


Renes