General Chat

Just found out oh is an expert in sanatary towel insinarators. I have never heard of them or seen one. He insists they were in every female public toilet as he is also an expert on that subject as well. He said he was called nearly every day to a fire in the ladies toilets due to this machine!!

It's sunny here after a very wet start to the day. There's still a few dark clouds around so I should think we're in for more rain soon.

Love all the pictures you've sent. The mice are so cute Ann and your garden is lovely Mel, it must keep you and your OH busy all the time to keep it looking so nice. Pity about the clover in your lovely lawn. Will you dig it out and put grass seed down?

Sorry to hear you've had another fall Frank, I hope you're okay now. That was nice of you and Ros to bow your heads as Jean was taken away. Very respectful.

Where's Gill?????? Is she still working on the family tree??

Hi All.....Ann yes l have added to Welsh thread, thats the first one l usually look at.. :) It must have a family idea then, we always had candles, so nice the model with....can't remember if we added paint to it or not.. xx

It just fell ot of the sky here and stopped oh after only taking one nut off the mower. He came in with a long face saying I did'nt come and rescue him. Silly old fool.

Mandy lettuce, radish and spring onions should'nt need a cover over them now its June. The radish may bolt if you do.

Frank I think you really need to take thing carefully at the moment , well all the time really as it seems to me that you are having many more falls lately. You still rubbing the cream in? have you not got a shower seat???? We have one that oh uses soemtimes but not often but its there if he needs it. we don't have any rails in the shower to hold on to.

Vera is'nt it always the same just when you need a bit of fresh air and exercise and decide to go "Down came the rain!"

I used to play with candles when I was young. Mostly down the caravan on a rainy day when I could'nt go out and play. A candle would keep me quiet for a long while making little gutters for the wax to run down with a match stick. I did make some paper flowers and dip those in wax which used to make them look like real flowers. Mum used to make a lot of crepe paper flowers when I was young and I found some of her patterns and papers when I was clearing some stuff out.

I always say we make a lot of dust because we both wear cotton clothes and have cotton sheets and fleeces. Fleeces shed like made. well oh's do as he wears charcoal coloured ones and the bathroom if a white suit and on top of the cystern there is alway dark grey dust and fluff. Towels shed a lot too and my hovver blows out a load I think. Wish I could use my dyson................

raining here this afternoon. I cleaned the bathroom and OH steamed the floor. Not done much else except close a few tiny moth holes on a golf sweater. I dusted lounge, dining room and bedroom yesterday, don't do that two days running :-D

Got the dusting all done and like you said Mel i don't now where it all comes from .
Thank you i'll keep an eye out for the post ,it seems to take a lot longer when you post things for them to arrive now but understandable as things are at the moment .

Hello Jude :-) i don't remember playing with Candle Wax but do remember playing with plasticine at school it was kept in a wooden box and had a funny smell and once mixed together it was all a yucky brown .

Oh Vera shame you got rained off on your walk ,the clouds are building here now and it's looking more like rain .

Ouch Frank your poor head i bet that hurt you don't want to be opening that scar up again .

I have filled some big pots and put the Lettuce ,spring onion and radish seeds in i just need to make a cover of some sort up to protect them a bit .

Hello Jude, nice to see you on here. Have you visited the Welsh thread Shaun would be pleased to see you.

I do remember playing with some kind of wax that could be made into things like plasticine, Not sure if it was when I was young or if it was the cjhildren in the 60s.

No Mel, 18 holes tomorrow although he may not go if it is wet. Good job he is not playing now as it is raining. As it is he is in the garage fixing a golf trolly for somebody but I am not happy as although he tells me they are social distancing I am not sure I can believe him.

Vera do you feel any better? Maybe it was just a migraine that didn't materialise.

Frank how do you slip in the shower? Do yo not have a non slip shower mat? You should do given that you always seem to hit your hear when you fall. did you slip or have a dizzy turn? You do worry us you know. Please take care.

Good Afternoon to you ll,

Rain here, it started but 10 minutes ago, and looks like it's set in for the day.

Ros changed the bed this morning, all washed and on the airer in the conservatory. It WILL dry, sometime. She's just gone to get some money out, for the plumber who is coming to service the boiler tomorrow morning. She will also go to the hospital, to get a new supply of haring aid batteries. WHAT DID YOU SAY. lol lol

Would you ADAM AND EVE IT. She has only bought me NONE ALCOHOLIC BEER. I don't know what she's trying to tell me. !!!! But she will get me some normal beer this afternoon.

I slipped and banged my head, in the shower this morning. I hit my head on one of the grips I use, to stop me falling over, It would have to have hit my SCAR. Now I am nursing a nice headache.

How are you all coping with the LOCKDOWN. ?? I see some of the restrictions are being lifted on Saturday. It will be nice for people who live alone, to meet and greet their families. xxx We haven't heard when Conrad will be returning to Spain. At the moment he is still selling properties through the agents, so not all bad.

The scab on my knee is starting to come away, so it won't be long before that is fully healed. Thank goodness, as it's getting very itchy.

I am feeling so lethargic, I don't want to do anything, not even the cooking, which is so not like me. Ros is very understanding, and says. The fall I had was a big shock to my system, and she understands it will take time to get over it.

I keep picking up my book, for a read, but soon get bored, and put it down again.

Time for my tablets and a coffee, so will love and leave you. Take care and love to you all. xxxx

Hello Jude. Good to see you on here. I don’t remember ever playing with candle wax, just plasticine that always ended up brown. If we had to be indoors I always seemed to be reading, but most of the time we all played out in the street. We had skipping games, ball games, various versions of tag; my favourite was Release. It really was an innocent time.

I know it sounds odd but although I was shivery last night I was also quite warm. I’ve got cellular blankets folded across the bottom of the beds so they can just be pulled up if we need extra warmth. I decided this morning that perhaps I would feel better with a bit of fresh air and exercise so I started out for a walk but I’d only walked for 5 minutes before it rained again so I turned back. By the time I got home I was soaked.

Mandy, you reminded me of something that my Dad used to say when I was young. If I came in grubby from playing he’d say “Look at your hands. You could grow spuds under those nails”. Happy times :-)

Hi all.. :) l remember playing with candle wax with my oldest sister Margo, we would make flowers, great fun... :)

Mandy you made me laugh about growoing spuds in the dust!! I could do that here too. I don't knwo where it all comes from.

I have little toms on my plants now as I did'nt get them till late but they look good even if they have got greenfly. I shall have to move them out and give them a good spray with the hose.

Hungry now so off to get something to shut my gurgling up.

Mandy I have been up the post van!!!so look out for a parcel. There's no note inside but I think you'll get the gist of the things sent. Two for Max and one for the Christmas hamper and a tiny one for you.

Anng pleased you both had a good nights sleep after turning the mattress. Did you say oh has 18 holes today? Hope it dos'nt rain for him if he has.

Vera do you feel better now you're up and warmer? Perhaps as Anng said you changed the quilt too soon although it has been much colder at night.

good morning, cloudy bright here at the moment, don't think we have had any rain although some is promised today, tomorrow and Saturday.
Had a good sleep, we turned the mattress yesterday so it was very firm again our end, probably why we slept, OH didn't toss and turn as he was tired from golf.

Vera, hope you are not getting anything if you were shivery, have you been to your local shop lately? Maybe a cold bug from there. Stay in and stay warm today. It has been colder overnight, didn't you say you had changed the duvet for a lighter one? Maybe you did that too soon.

Mornings Vera,Mel and all,

Very cloudy here and the ground is very wet so we must have had rain in the night ,it's quite windy too.

Ann the knitted necklace sounds good for using up all odd bits of wool ,poor old Ted is he still jumper less :-D

Vera I hope your not coming down with some thing and that you feel better now your up and about .

I think I need to do a bit of dusting today or we'll be able to grow spuds indoors :-D

Morning Vera and all,

WE have quite a bright morning and we have had a bit of the yellow stuff. there are little strips of blue sky and its not raining but its quite windy. Not been out yet just having a cuppa.

Hope you hav'nt caught a cold Vera as summer colds can be a beast to get rid of sometimes. Hope you feel ok today and not too shivery.

Good morning

I hope it’s brighter where you are. Very grey and wet here. It’s not raining at the moment but has been heavy again during the night. Everywhere is soaked. I don’t reckon we’ll need to water the garden for the next six months :-D

It wasn’t a good night. Although I was quite warm I just kept shivering so I wonder if I’ve got a cold coming, though I can’t think where I could have picked a cold up as I haven’t been out anywhere.

I’m not sure what I’m doing today. I ought to carry on cleaning the lounge but I’m not really in the mood. Enjoy your day whatever you’re doing.

The crochet bag sounds nice in a rainbow wool Mandy and a matching scrunchie would be good if there is enough wool. I have just printed off a pattern for a knitted necklace for using up scraps of wool. It is just strips that are joined and to make circles that curl up like ropes in different colours that you intertwine. But my clearout has unearthed Ted's jumper pattern so I'd better finish that first.

Oh Ann the dear little mice that was a lovely close up of them .
Well it's a change of plan with scrunchies for the girls ,I'm now going to crochet a bag that is in this week's WW magazine, there is three sizes and I'm doing the smaller one in a rainbow wool ,if there's wool over I'll do them a scrunchie.

It's been raining here most of the day so it's been inside jobs today ,I made a nice sponge cake with a Biscoff filling so we had a piece of that for pud after our chicken chow mein.

That's sad you have lost one of your neighbours Frank ,had she been poorly?
Hope you can get a better nights sleep tonight ,how is that pain in the chest now.
Do you think one of those big magnifing glasses would help your eyes when you need to read your book .

Better post this as I'm on my tablet and the battery is low .

Just loved the little brown wood mice Ann. The're so sweet.

Rain has just eased off a bit so I am going to go and shut the girls in.