General Chat

Dermot.

I'm beginning to believe ALL that !!! really good stuff .

Well its fathers day ...I'm out taking my Dad to the moors for a ride then afternoon tea somewhere.

My son is coming later to see his dear Dad later after he's been for a Chinese in the town.....

I expect all the men are being spoilt today,suppose its allowed ..LOL

Morning to everyone else hope your day goes well . we have a sunny morning so far but I can see clouds in the distance. I hope they blow over.

I have paperwork to do this morning. and letters to repy to which I didnt get a chance to do yesterday..so hope I can finish them off today.
I have a stack of washing. anyone offering to do it for me PLEASE ?

Love Rita

:-D

Happy 29th Wedding Anniversary Cath.
hope you and your OH have a great day.
29 years I bet it seems a long time to you at times and a short one other times.
Hope the sun shines for you all day.

Love Rita
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*********************Happy ANNIVERSARY Cath & Oh ********************

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Hope you have many more....

Marilyn xx :-)

Morning all,
thanks for your kind wishes. 29 years of wedded bliss, lol. He might be a pain in the bum at times but he's my pain in the bum and I still love him lots :-D
Sunny and windy down here, good for the washing on the line.
I'm feeling a little stiff this morning, but lots of housework should loosen me up.
Hope our poorly friendlies are feeling better and everyone has a good day.

Morning All.

Bright and sunny this morning.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MR AND MRS CATH.

Hope Mo and Linda are feeling better today.

Keep well everyone else.

Take care. See ya later.
<3

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~~~~ CONGRATULATIONS ~~~~
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Cath 2010 and her OH are celebrating
their 29th Wedding Anniversary today.
Hope your Anniversary day is as
happy as your Wedding day was.
Love to you both.
Jean xxxx :-D <3 :-D <3 :-D

If any of you can hear a strange sizzling don't worry, it's just my poor feet cooling down in a bucket of cold water. ;-) The walk went well and there was a good turnout so hopefully a lot of money was raised. I'm not as tired as I expected and am enjoying a well earned coffee and some toast with marmite :-D :-D
Dermot thats fascinating stuff, sure makes one stop and think.
Mo get well soon,
Big family lunch tomorrow but while I was out OH got everything peeled and prepared so just have to cook it and watch them devour it, lol.

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how life used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500's:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then, the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, 'Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.'

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip off the roof. Hence the saying 'It's raining cats and dogs.'

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying 'dirt poor.' The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a 'thresh hold.'

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day, they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes, stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, 'Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.'

Sometimes they would have pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could 'bring home the bacon.' They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and 'chew the fat.'

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or 'upper crust.'

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a 'wake.'

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a 'bone-house' and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive.

So, they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the 'graveyard shift') to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be 'saved by the bell' or was considered a 'dead ringer.'

And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that history was boring!

just poped back in for a little read

been doing grave stone thread


hope you feel better soon mo

Are you an M.I.F. or an M.I.L person?

(Well, it is Saturday!)

Mo hope you feel better soon <3

Marilyn, me frightened of the babies, you must be joking........they scare the
*hit out of me lol
Little mans party was good, he thoroughly enjoyed himself.

I think I have caught the virus thats going around the area. I have a raging sore throat, dripping nose and headache. Just what I needed.

Just popping in quickly. So much to do with SIL so little time. lol

I too went to Marks today, to look at the linen clothes in the Sale, but could not see anything I liked.

Rita, pleased you had a good holiday. A change of air always dones one good.

Trust everyone else is well.

See ya, just gonna serve up the Strawberries and Cream. :-)

Good Night All.

evening all

been romford all day and its rained here most of the day as well

pauline daughter got her seeds out of the news paper
punking dont no any think about them she just planted them all in doors and put them out side when thay was shuting up
so fare so good

Pat,
I was in M&S buying some linen trousers to cheer my self up !

Bought a top as well, I thought Sod it I'm in the spending mood.....Pete said he was fed up as well and bought some car mats !! LOL...... Oh whatever turns you on :-D

Linda,.... I have just watched flog it, and my brother said he was going to be glued to it as he an expert on the history of Saltram and wanted to see if they gave out the correct info ..LOL

Mo ...I love your two little Cherubs....you look frightened of them ..LOL Thanks for sending them...

I hang my head in shame!
I didn't know I was going to Saltram House until I got in the car!
Mary and Tim are members of the the Nat. Trust and Tim's mum had given hime a voucher for free entry to a Nat. Trust property :-)
The precinct is quite big. Mary and I were in W'Stones having a cup of coffee! :-)

Hi Pat and Marilyn
I was watching Flog It on BBC2 and guess where the feature house was??
Yes Saltram!!
Pat you missed out if you didn't let Marilyn know you were local to her........................ she really does do a lovely Cream Tea.

Had an Ok day I'm OK if I keep upright, just dreading going to bed as thats when the problems start.

Linda :-) <3

Pat,

You WENT to Saltram house without telling me ?????? :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S
My brother does voluntary guides around there on Thursday's.
Oh fancy not telling me ....I only live 5mins away from there, and what's more I was in that precinct this afternoon..LOL
Naughty girl don't you know I do cream teas 's :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D.


Well that's a telling off if ever .....naughty step for you Pat !!!!

Hi Rita,
I'm glad you had a nice time away.
I've been to Saltram House with my sister and brother in law and then we went to the town centre to look round the shops. Brother in law wanted to have a look at the model shop there. Mary and I went round the precinct.

Dermot,
I'm English and proud of it! :-)