General Chat

Morning all, Evening Kim,

I looked back at the postings, and can't find my last one. I wonder where that went.??

Chris is having a bit of fun with "THAT HAT" I hope nobody sees him, they will take him off to the "funny farm"

Ann, I am still smiling over your OHs antics. What is he like. ?? Now you know why I don't go shopping with Ros.

Have you sorted out your "DRAWS" yet Liz, This can and bottle openers never seem to work for me. I tend to run the hot water and put the jar lid under it for a minute and it opens at the first twist. (TRY IT)

Not a bad morning here, rain first thing, now sunshine but still got that strong wind.

Had the West Ham match on T.V. last night at the pub, so that was a bonus.

I have one of those as well Liz but I don't get on with it. The thing to take the lids off I mean. Once again it was mums.

My chooks at the back have no cover only thier chicken house which they spend a lot of time in if its too windy. They do get blown along a bit if their backs are to the wind. All their petticotes fan out! ha ha....

The thing that annoys me though is when I go round there and pick up their trough to put the food in and the wind blows that. There I am trough in one hand and a scoop of food in the other and I usually have to drop the trough and start again.

Hate having to clear draws out................................

Talking of drawers, that's reminded me that I need to clean ours out! A nice little job for this morning.
Allowed to give you a bag Mel? Does it mean it's a freebie?
On the farm to the back of us you can sometimes see the Chooks hiding in the hedges or wherever, to keep out of the wind. I guess yours do the same Mel?!
You can use a coin to release the pressure on lids too. I've actually got a tool that I bought years ago that's bit like a bottle opener. You just hook it into the lid and it releases the pressure and hey presto!! I've also go another tool which actually twists the lid off, but that's not as good, and hardly ever comes out of the drawer!!!
A load of timber was delivered two days ago, so we're making a start on it this morning to turn it into logs. Doesn't take too long with the log splitter and saw bench, it's stacking them that takes the time!

Morning all and evening Kim,

Dry here today but no snow LIke Mandy had. Its crisp with some sunshine.

Mandy I always lost my list in my pockets and it was even worse when I had two of them doing mums shopping too. Now I put a clothes peg on it so I can find it in my pocket or my bag and peg it on the trolly when I get in the shop.

Just as I left the shop yesterday it fell out of the sky and the wind whipped up and there was hail in the rain too. It lashed your face and nearly took the skin off. Everybody was hanging on to their hats for dear life. When the winds blowing the trolly even gets blown along . When I park it next to the car in certaian parking spaces it takes a walk all on its own as I am putting the bags in the boot. I don't park there anymore.

In our Morrisons they are aloud to give you a poly bag to put your meats in. I have those bags they sell in the shop, the smaller ones as I can carry those ones but not the bigger ones and I can fit those ones in the smaller trolly with heavy things underneath and then bags with the squashy things on top.

Ann hope FIL is a little better today. It will be nice for him to have the little party when he gets back to the home. They sound very careing there to all their residents.

Oh bought me a gadget that releases the jar tops and its so easy to use.

Morning all

Opened the curtains this morning and it was snowning ,bit cloudy now but i can see blue sky .

I usually put a knife under the edge of a lid on jars if you find the right place it pops and releases the lid which then makes it easy to twist open.

Oh Ann i had to smile at the bags flying off ,i have to remind hubby to be careful when he opens the boot as he just pulls the bags out and the wind catches them.
With me its the shopping list that goes flying across the car park , i now get the list from my bag once i get in the shop.
Hope FIL is feeling better today.

Mel we have some flies in the lights we have in the bathroom ,it is a heck of a job as hubby has to get up in the loft to get the blubs out and it's in the narrowest bit of the loft too.

Ellen's often asking me to uncork bottles and jars for her. Her fingers are arthritic and she can't get a grip. She tells me it's partly responsible due to some medication she was on then taken off. I bought her a gadget but it stays in the draw.

Mel. how do your chucks put up with these strong winds?

Good morning everyone

Oo lovely "Have hat will travel" and up th eright way too. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

You two have made me laugh at the tightening of things. I know exactely what you mean................ We have lights in the caravan that get flies in them but oh always cleans them out for me as he says I may break the glass and cut myself.

When he did the bathroom up and put the new ceiling up he put six lights we had bought and three we had bought a long time ago to put in the kitchen. Those three you could turn as they were on a ball type thing. They are fine but the new 6 have flies in them. They are down lighters and there is no way I can reach them and I don't know how you get to them. I only hope he dos'nt have to go back up th eloft to replace any bulb things or get the flies out!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just going to look at the travelling hat now and then signing out.

Oh Ann, that did make me laugh!!, I expect he thinks he's being helpful!! I hope you don't disillusion him too much!! I have to bite my tongue sometimes and stop myself being a bit dismissive when OH does certain jobs!! So much quicker to do them myself!!! but then I moan if he doesn't offer to help!! He can't win really, poor old sod!!!

I don't know why, but OH's default position when he does something wrong or has a problem is to always call ME!!!!! Yesterday he filled his car up while we were out and suddenly the car started rocking to and fro and my name was being called sharply. :-S Well he'd only gone and jammed the nozzle in the filler so tight he couldn't get it out again could he!!!! :-S It took us a few minutes of twisting and pulling to sort that out and goodness knows what we would have done if we hadn't been able to free it. Then only 5 minutes later, after we'd parked in the very windy supermarket car park and I'd set off to get a trolley while he got the bags out of the boot I heard my name shouted again. :-S :-S He'd opened the boot wide and all my (now precious!!) plastic carrier bags were being carried high and wafted in all directions by 'HENRY'. Again it was me being expected to retrieve them while he sorted something in his boot, but luckily the Polish car wash people saw what happened and chased after them. At home I still can't get some of the lids off the pickle jars as he jams them on too tight for me to get them off and we now have a porch light with a glass shade he can't unscrew because last time he put it back on too tight. I reckon we'll have to buy another fitting when the bulb goes as it's enclosed. I'm sick of looking at the bluebottle that met it's end and is upside down in it. :-S I cleaned these things out myself for years.....then he retired and we started sharing more of the jobs!!!!!!! :-S

OH right Anne. I think 'he's' better on a pedestal. I agree with Mel, I'm not that keen on the loo, bit unnecessary!

I think there would have been a party, cake and a present from the home Mel. No doubt there will be a small do when he hopefully goes back. OH rang the hospital before he went out and they said he is no worse and is sleeping mostly.

Yes I thought the statue was Rodin's 'Thinker' too but couldn't remember where it was so thanks Jane. Fancy Fitz getting to grips with organising his FH!! He's been saying he should do it for a year or two now!! lol I really must sort out those other bits I said I'd send him. :-0 The trouble is they are on an extended drive which doesn't put them in the neat order I had them on my old PC which is a nuisance. :-S Chris's hat does look forlorn on the pole! lol. OH has taken his to tonight's match after freezing on Saturday.

Anne what a fright for the young man, it would scare anyone. I hope they find the cause. I said before that OH once woke with double vision that scared him and it turned out to be migraine. I bet you were relieved to find that fresh lump was scar tissue. You must have thought the worst at the time.

Gill, it seems that PVA is what is suggested for stabilizing distemper these days so I would stick with that if I were you. (sorry the pun was accidental!! lol)

I bet Ian's results are a load off both your minds Liz. As you say though it is sensible to see if more frequent monitoring is advised for a while.

Liz ,David must have downloaded his version from the web "The Thinker On The Loo" I've just looked it up :-D :-D :-D

My brother often lectures tour groups at the Rodin and the Louvre of course. I have only been to the Louvre and that was with the school many years ago.

The statue of ' The Thinker' is actually sitting on a stone pedestal, not a loo. I've never seen it except in pictures, but it's a significant sculpture representing philosophy and learning.
Thanks Anne, I'm sure, like you, it's nothing to worry about, but it just vaguely niggles.
Jane, thanks for the photos, they came the right way up too!!!

Anne I saw the Statue of 'The Thinker' at the Rodin Museum in Paris last year :-D

Have just sent a pic from my phone.Sorry if i have missed anyone.it is difficult adding so many people from the phone. Fingers crossed it comes out the right way up !!!

Liz, I found a lump where the cancer was removed I rang the hospital and they saw me straight away, they took a sample of the fluid where it was and I had another mammogram but it was harmless scar .tissue It was such a relief. So I understand how you feel.

Jane I would also like to see the photo of Chris's hat.

The Thinker was by Rodin, I also realised where David got the picture from.

Anne, my hairdresser had exactly the same thing happen to him when he woke one morning and couldn't see( I think it was just the one eye).He had tests/scan etc and nothing wrong was found.He has never had that again .Hopefuly this will be the same with your Gt Nephew.

Mel I don't think there was anything wrong with David's Avatar..The 'statue' on the loo,looked just lke the famous statue 'THE THINKER'...Can't think now of the name of the sculptor .

I will have look through the pics Chris sent of 'Hat' and pick one out to send :-D
I just hope everyone I send it to knows what it is about LOL

Just for you Mel

Evening All
Oh dear Ann how sad FIL is having his 95th Birthday in hospital.Hopefully the antibiotics will soon kick in and he will be feeling much better and be back in surroundings that he knows.

Lunch was nice today.I did a big Salad ,and a Quiche/Tart,Just nice and simple.Fitz brought up a file to show me how he has organised all his Grandmothers (family history).....Ann you would be impressed :-D..He also brought a load of old photos that I haven't seen before.Yes a little wine was had :-D,but not too much ;-)

I have been waiting all afternoon for the man to come and sort our kitchen tap..Guess what...he isn't coming now :-S.So it is now Thursday.

The'HAT' has been out and about today LOL.Just had another load of pics.

Just doing dinner for me and James now ,so after that I will read back through todays posts.