General Chat

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! :-)

Oh so true Dermot never say never we no longer have an England we have an isle and even that is lost to EU. we are told what to do who to buy from what we can sell what we cannot. who we take in what jobs should go to who, and give aid to others when we need it ourselves. we have a government who dont speak for themselves . they speak from brussell. the old boys school of we will help.
The dont tell anyone what they plan to do they do it without asking the public when they spend our money. not out of their pockets.out of ours.

Rita

Too True Dermot......Shall we all march to 10 downing street ??.

That will make our Stevey cry and get depressed as he has at least served our country poor Stevey ..LOL... he's the only one not English, Oh dear what will he make of that ? Come to think of it are any of us TRULY English ?

I'm half Irish & teeny weeny bit Spanish ,also possibly a bit American dotted in somewhere me thinks.....

:-S

But as I have said before I'm BRITISH ....... :-P

Rock ? Marilyn whats that? that red stuff that is hard and snaps when you eat it and damges your teeth tut tut. lol
The rock factory was still there they have been there for donkeys years people stand around and watch it being made. I didnt buy any.

I did buy myself a long white skirt with large leaves on for my holiday. I was unable to get my long white cotton slip. I told my daughter she got on the M & S thread and guess what? I got them on order two and they are only £10 each. they deleiver as well it costs five pounds but that is for your goods.
I came back to a heap of mail I had to push the door hard to open it. I had an invite to a strawberry party run by Goldworth care the people who to and fro me to hospitals. and one from the Rotary club for aan afternoon out with them for a tea at a garden centre after a trip in the countryside in Surrey.
I also got a scan appointment the professor said he would get it for me and he did for the 29th of this month. so I have a busy month ahead of me. dentist on Monday. foot dotor on friday this week. and a heap of washing to do. some I left till I got home.
I have just finished answering me emails. so that is another thing out of the way.

see you later
Rita x

Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend.
Your days are numbered, being brought to an end.
To be Scottish, Irish or Welsh that's fine
But don't say you're English, that's way out of line.

The French and the Germans may call themselves such.
May Norwegians, the Swedes and the Dutch.
You can say you are Russian or maybe a Dane
But don't say you're English ever again.

At Broadcasting House, the word is taboo.
In Brussels it's scrapped, in Parliament too.
Even schools are affected, staff do as they're told.
They must not teach children about England of old.

Writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Shaw
The pupils do not learn about them anymore.
How about Agincourt, Hastings, Arnhem or Mons
When England lost hosts of her very brave sons.

We are not Europeans, how can we be?
Europe is miles away over the sea.
We're the English from England, let's all be proud.
Stand up and be counted - shout it out loud.

Let's tell our Government and Brussels too.
We're proud of our heritage and the Red, White and Blue.
Fly the flag of Saint George or the Union Jack.
Let the world know - we want OUR ENGLAND BACK!

(C&P'd from a recent E-Mail)

Quiet on here today. :-(
Everyone must be busy doing exciting stuff.
I've been trying family tree builder on my computer but am getting in a muddle :-S :-S :-S I didn't have my tree backed up anywhere or saved and it was worrying me in case I lost it. I exported GR tree and hope I've done it right. I am so hopeless with technology.
Going to get a bite to eat now and give it time to settle before I set off on walk at 8pm, will pop in later and let you know how it was.
Mo hope your grandson had a lovely birthday and enjoyed his party. Sneak me a bit of cake later, lol. :-D

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Hi everyone.
Just to let you know I am on my way out,going to my grandsons 11th birthday party this afternoon.
Plenty of jelly and ice cream, and cake yummy.
Be back later byeeee.

Hi Everyone,

BIG WAVES to RITA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So glad you enjoyed your break,I bet that did you a world of good....now where's our seaside ROCK ? :-(

I have just put washing out and guess what ?....Yes its lashing down, :-S

Linda..... I wouldn't worry about seeing the same doctor just see any doctor they ALL have access to your records ,its always good to see another doctor from time to time some are better than others with diagnostics.You cant possibly wait TWO WEEKS ....Tut Tut ..

:-S

I'm determined to do something today as yesterday I sat on my posterior ALL day doing genealogy...

Anyone seen Sally ?, she has been missing for weeks now, I haven't seen her on other threads recently.

Having a nice cuppa...

Morning Everyone, Glad you had a nice holiday Rita, I was in Norfolk Yesterday and it was bucketing it down, The ducks seemed to like it though.

Morning Rita, lovely to have you back and I'm glad you had such an enjoyable time :-)

The Caravan my Son in Law and daughter had rented was 6 birth and was not far from the beach 5 minute walk. but it was soft sand so I found it difficult to walk on but managed. my lovely sea view is now dotted with wind turbines. such a shame.

I went and visited my friends and neighbours one I had told them by email I was coming the others my next door neighbours I had not told them so they were open mouthed when I rang their bell. we had a nice chat and a cup of tea .and big hugs when I left.
At the bottom of the road my Bungalow was in the RSPB people are on guard they have fenced that part of the dunes amd beach in as the "little Terns " are nesting they will hatch eggs in August. They use to nest on the Yarmouth Beach but it appears they have worked their way along the coast line to Caister on Sea
. I went to see my best friend who now lives in Lowerstoft and spent the morning with her and her granddaughter Abbi.

Rita

Good Morning everyoone. well I am back had a lovely time we didnt have any rain till driving back yesterday afternoon when it poured so much we could not see out the windows we pulled into a place to have lunch a big complex. it was packed with cars as there were around four eating establlisments in the one place. when we came out we were unable to get out of the car park so were around 50 other cars and lorries people were getting upset and losing their tempers we were half an hour before we managed to move . out onto the A 11.
then we had so many lorries on the road hugh things from a broad you could not pass them as they dotted in and out of the lanes. it took us five hours including the stopping time and filling up with fuel. .

Rita

Linda I hope the dizziness eases off soon and you can get an earlier appointment at doctors. Take care.

Mo, I haven't seen photo, boo hoo. Bet Lilly is growing fast.

Morning all and thanks for still keeping my parents in your thoughts.
Dad had the angiogram yesterday. It has been decided that they will try medication to help his problem? They hope to get him home next week. Mum is still in the respite hospital.

I am getting the dizzyness again, on the last couple of tablets. Oh dear. Blood pressure was read first on an automatic machine and sky high !!! Then an old fashioned one and much the same as Monday 154/80 so OK.
Really bad night, slept poorly and much room spinning. I have an appointment to see the same Dr but not til 2 weeks, so might have to phone Monday and see if I can get an appointment with somebody else. If nothing else I will need more tablets.
I was up at 5:00 this morning with hubby as I couldn't lay any longer but I have dozed on the sofa.
Won't be doing much today methinks. Waiting for the washing to dry that got soaked yesterday.

Have a good day everyone

Mo thanks for the photo they are all bonny girls(yourself included !! )

Linda :-) <3

Morning everyone,
sunny and windy here this morning but its not raining :-D yet!!!!!
Maddie I love flowers in the house too but as you say they are so expensive, maybe OH will buy me some tomorrow.
I am having a lazy day in preparation for tonight, might need Fluffy Paws to massage my poor feet when I get back, lol.
Hope everyone is well and Linda's parents have a comfortable weekend.
~~~~~~~~~~ to all,

Cath xx

Morning All, grey again.

So only me and you and the chickens up so far Stephen. :-)

Shame on you. Tuts. :-0

Just gonna take a trip down to the Supermarket in a mo to get a last few things for SIL visit today. Got some lovely strawberries yesterday, so will have them with meringue and cream. Don't know what we will be having for dinner yet, just keep my eyes peeled for something nice.

The flowers are glorious, I do so love having cut flowers in the house, but do not always buy them cos they are so expensive. A decent bunch is no far short of a tenner, and I get very mean with myself, thinking of what else I could spend the money on. :-(

Have a good day each. Hope you all slept well.

See you when I can pop back.

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Morning All !

Hope I don't have a night like that for a long time. I decided to relax and put the feet up. I felt ten times worse thatn when I put in some hard graft. :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

Those two 'twenty year olds' went away with big smiles on their faces. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
It must have been the big tip I gave them ROFL :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Marilyn.......Passed it.......this old Fiddle still plays a grand tune..

It might be Bethovens 'Unfinished Symphony' but it still gets played. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Pauline.....Thanks for your support on that one, I'm glad someone appreciates the ' Antiques Roadshow'

Today I will be more constructive. No more Sloth like antics from me
:-) :-)

Maddie......not a lot to beat local dialect......pity it has to be replaced with the
'Queens English' .....whatever that is :-S :-S :-S :-S

Have a good day ya all !

Keep safe, keep happy, keep smiling :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

The weather forecast for today (for my area) was dry and sunny until noon, and then heavy rain until Sunday. I decided to work in the garden until the rain came................ I was there from early morning until early evening and no sign of rain. We had a few drops about half an hour ago (10.30pm) and that was it.

I'm wondering if the BBC actually know where the North East is.

Hope it stays dry for you Cath, take no notice of the forecast!

Good advice Stephen, but a bit late......... I'd already given the wrong answer to the question........... :-D

Maddie, the only bit I didn't get was............ 'its taters in the mould'. Oh, I've just realized.............. 'cold!!' I must be bilingual as well. :-)

Marilyn, are you seriously suggesting our Stephen is past his best? How could you say such a thing?

I'm just logging in....to say goodnight all,

Seriously Stevey .., now could you really entertain 2 young 20 year old's ?? they only want an Oldie if you have loads of DOSH !! ;-)

I have put the fire on this afternoon.......and put socks on ,crikey I never ever do that, so it just goes to show how cold I am.....

Maddie ...I like the sound of all those flowers I bet the smell is divine :-)

Jean......... hows little Scarlet ?

I'm still waiting for Mo's little ones by E-mail :-S

Cath...... good luck for your walk tomorrow.

Hi Gang,
When will this rain and wind go away :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
Better not rain tomorrow night when I do charity walk, don't fancy trekking along in the wet.
Been a busy bee today and not had much time to myself so hoping for a bit of time to do some research tomorrow and add a few bits to my tree.
Gypsy is waiting for her bedtime walk so better take her,
hope everyone is well,

Cath xx