General Chat

Morning all,

Nice bright morning here so far today with blue sky and big white clouds. Its 13 degrees and we have a wind warning.

Nothing planned for today so shall just take it as it comes.

BIL's wife is in Spain for a few days so he may come over if he's not out with a frind and their cameras.

Morning all,

Nice bright morning but only 14 degrees and with the wind it feels much colder .
Nothing planned for today might take a few bits off the gazebo , lights etc so we can pull the canopy back as tomorrow night could get a bit rough with the wind .

good morning all 12 degrees and chilly but bright so far. Nothing planned as usual for me at the moment. My planned events seem to often be all in one week and this and the next are not planned ones. Except of course for the Tesco delivery which seems to come more quickly each week.

Ann let's hope that is it for now and you can save your pennies for the next pay out.

Yes I do have a cross body bag which helps (as long as not in town when I accumulate carrier bags. and my stick does have a loop but that makes climbing on buses more difficult as the stick swings loose and gets in the way. Normally I don't have too much of a problem getting on the bus because at my stop to get on there is a proper kerb and they pull up right against the kerb. At that different stop it seemed to be a dropped kerb and the bus was aut from it anyway so it was a much steeper step.

I think the dropped kerb is because a small footpath from the community centre finishes there and also it is opposite a care home. so people from the care home visiting the community centre cafe in mobility scooters can access it eaasily. Although heaven knows how they manage to cross the traffic.

Afternoon All,

Sunny but a bit chilly here this morning but some heavy showers this afternoon. I fetched my car and it was £965 altogether, but included everything.....ouch! I said I thought the tyres would soon need replacing and I'd have to keep an eye on them but Steve said they would be fine for another year with the low mileage I do. He said I might need new brake pads next time as well, but they are 10 years old like the car so I was expecting it and can't complain. The workmen had pushed the driver's seat right back so I had to wriggle that forward and I think they have raised the steering wheel as well so I need to adjust that back when I remember how! Steve had parked my car off the road right next to the garage which was good as parking round there is scarce and it's a very narrow road and all parked along one side.

OH went for a longer walk and is finding all the public footpaths to explore, including the one Colin Pitchfork used when he murdered one of the girls. He said he wouldn't use that one at night!

My shoulder feels much better today, but I have a few more itchy bites, this time on the other leg.

Yes we are two Pizzas down between us now Mandy! :-D There was still a bit of smoky smell in the microwave so I left the door open this morning.

At least you were home before any rain started AnnG and have your jabs booked now. It must be awkward carrying much and getting on buses. I only use bags with shoulder straps now that I can pop over my head if I'm carrying much. Does your stick have a loop you gan put round your wrist like walking poles have as that could help.

It's just poured with rain, but the sun's out again among more black clouds.

I am sure using a stick reminds people that you are old and might be a little bit gaga when the nurse called me for my turn, as I went to get up a rather large lady arrived and headed to sit next to me, she was so close that, instead of getting up the coat I was carrying got in the way and I sat back down, so large lady is bustling round me as if I have fallen and hurt myself. Nice of her to care but it was a small room full of others sitting waiting and I was obviously ok. Nice little nurse who looked about twelve asked me if I was ok to walk to her room which was at the end of the corridor and not far at all. Then as I was leaving she asked if I was ok walking all the way to reception. I am not sure how she thought I got there in the first Place The opposite side of the coin was the bus driver who has the other impression. That I am a non person no need to converse or ask me if I was ok when I hit my leg on the platform. He did wait until I had sat down. Before moving off though.

Managed to get to the doctors and back ok. Not as easy as it should have been as the 97 going was 15 minutes late meaning I walked in to the doctors at exactly 10.30, the time of my appointment. the bus coming back was a few minutes early but I banged my leg (yes I could do with that) on the platform as he parked out from the kerb and didn't put the platform down as they are supposed to. anyway got home ok and avoided the rain. There was a very cold wind though while waiting for the bus

And I managed to book my covid/flu boosters for 18th October. so that is something else done.
:-D Can you imagine trying to manage a brolly and a stick and a bag? And I don't think a brolly would have been any good in that wind which was quite strong

I don't know about rain by 1pm its chucking it down here.

Morning all,

Nice bright sunny morning but my goodness it's feeling very fresh out ,I went out and hung the first load of washing out and my arms got quite cold with the wind .

Vera enjoy your trip to Bury ,it's a long time since I went there use to go on the coach with my sister for market day , hope you enjoy the film it's ths last one of Downton .

Anng Hope it stays dry for your doctors visit as Mel said take a brolly these showers have been really heavy lately .

Ann thats good your car passed the mot again ,just got to pay for it now :-(
Oh my goodness that was lucky there wasn't a fire with that pizza ,that's two pizzas gone caput this week :-D mind ended up on the itchen floor , have you got rid of ths smell .

Mel hope you can soon get a car ,you don't half miss them for popping out when you want .

Better get the next lot of washing out ,we should get heavy showers later so I want to get the washing dry before it starts .
We're off to town later ,need to go into the bank ,the butchers and iceland .

Morning Anng and all,

Nice bright morning at the mo but how long will it last I ask myself? Its 13 degrees and pc says partly sunny but to expect rain about 1 o'clock.

I am hoping BIL comes today so he can take me up the shop for some bits.

Nothing else planned for today.

Hope you have a good journey to the doctors and back Anng and it dos'nt rain but take a brolly just in case.

Hope you have a lovely time out today Vera and enjoy the film.

Good morning all. 10 degrees and a bit showert. Hoping for a dry spell around 10-11am when I have to get the bus to the doctors and back.

Ann that could have been nsty with the mocrowave, pleased it was ok and hope you have got rid of the smell. I boiled a saucepan dry and burnt it last week took ages for the burnt smell to clear.

Vera enjoy your day out with friends and the film as well.

I've not achieved much today. The car has passed the MOT and doesn't need any other work which is good, but they wanted to just finish and check it over properly and for me to pick it up in the morning at 9.30am which is fine. OH wanted to leave for his meeting early because of the traffic, so taking me to collect the car would have delayed him.

OH decided to get himself a mini pizza, but instead of switching the oven function on, he switched the microwave function on on the combi oven. He then went out of the kitchen to sit and do some work. He reckons he didn't smell any smoke, but when he went to see if the pizza was browning nicely it was cremated, looking more like a giant blackcurrant tart and smoke puthering out of the oven!!! We had to open all the outside doors including the patio doors and some windows to try and get rid of the smoke and I've still left the bedroom and bathroom windows open, even though it's cold in here now. I've wiped the oven out and will heat up some lemon juice in it tomorrow to help clean it and give it a fresh smell. As it luckily didn't catch fire I would think it is still safe to use.

Yes the piggy bank won't rattle much after shelling out for my car Vera, but we may get bigger bills further down the road if we don't look after them. I would like to see the New Downton Abbey film although it was the late Maggie Smith that was the star for me. I think it will still be good so let us know what you think after seeing it.

Mel, if you are still coughing see the doctor again. You might just need a couple more days of antibiotics.

Sorry you woke with such a bad leg pain AnnG. As it went off again it was probably a nasty cramp. Cramp can be really painful and also make you feel quite poorly for a little while. I hope you are OK now and the gardening group meeting went well.

You'll be raiding the piggy bank to pay for your car Annx. That's a lot of money but if a job needs doing we just have to fork out don't we. How sad that OH's friend has permanent hearing loss because of the doctor not referring him quickly enough. GPs are only human and do make mistakes but maybe the doctor should have thought about it a bit more.

We went down to our usual coffee meet and had no problem getting into Sainsbury's but the car park was nearly full. There were probably 100 or so people spread on both sides of the road and I think they had all parked their cars in Sainsbury's. A couple of our friends were in the group waiting to see the Princess of Wales but we and our friends M & V went straight into the coffee shop. She landed by helicopter at the local secondary school, which is actually quite close to where we live so we could have seen her there. Friends that were waiting outside took a couple of photos and one of the ladies mentioned that she is even thinner than she looks in newspaper photos. I think she stayed about an hour. There wasn't a lot of obvious security, just a couple of policemen and a motorbike but I've no doubt there were a few plain clothes security people around.

No gardening or h/w done again. I do seem to be getting lazy in my old age. The weather hasn't been good for gardening. We've had a couple of heavy showers with thunder and in between it's been pretty windy but I should have got on with some indoor jobs

Tomorrow I'm out again. This time I'm going with 2 friends to Bury St Edmunds where we'll get a bit of lunch and then we have tickets for the cinema to see the new Downton Abbey film. The youngest of us, a mere stripling of 80, usually drives when we are out together. She'll never take anything towards the fuel she uses as she always says she would be going anyway so we try to pay our share in some other way. I'll pay for the car park and I expect M will buy her coffee or something.

Time to think about our evening meal. I know I have a chicken, ham and leek pie thatcan be cooked from frozen but I'd better sort out some veg to go with it. Up until a couple of years ago we often ate quite late in the evening but my digestion doesn't like that now and if I'm still full up when I go to bed it's harder to get to sleep. I used to like tidying myself up a bit and going out for a meal in the evening but now if we eat out it's usually at lunchtime. Oh, the joys of growing old!!

I know just how that feels Annx. You don't miss your car till you hav'nt got it. At least I can take mine up the top on my land to visit neighbours.

Stu is to me next week so that won't be a problem and if he comes on wednesday he will take my bin bag up the top.

I have another day where I keep thinking I will go outside and do a bit in the garden and then it rains so I think I will carry on doing that draw in the spare room. Its all oh's receipts from paying with his card but I did find the receipt for the big Honda mower which I will keep if BIL ever gets round to taking a look at it.

Well it's good it was the other leg AnnG but not good you had the horrid pain. It sounds like cramp as it went off again though. That's good the group exchanges magazines and garden related things. We have had a couple of heavy downpours now with what sounded like hail on the conservatory roof. The birds quickly scrambled to the thicker parts of th trees and we watched a poor butterfly desperately looking for shelter.

It sounds as if you are at least improving Mel. I just used to have dry coughs with my bad throats. I think you have honey and lemon because of other meds like me and that helps soothe your throat.

I'm thinking(hoping!) now that the £900 may include the cost of the service and MOT. I have a feeling the car won't be finished till tomorrow morning and OH has a meeting tonight so would have to go early to take me to pick it up this afternoon. It's not a problem, but I can't pop anywhere.

Ann it was my bad leg not the one with the BCC.

Mel, definitely don't leav it, see the doc again.

Yes Ann we do exchange seeds and plants etc, magazines too, anything in fact it just put on the conservatory table for them to help themselves.

wow, that is quite a bill. But worth it to keep the car. Are you still waiting for the new wheels.

I got the timings right with the pills and it was just the eating a lot I got muddled with but I did drink plenty of water like it said. Maybe I shall have to go back again and see a doctor. its been going on for two weeks now. I'm not coughing so much and if I bring anything up it clear.

Morning, (Oops it Afternoon now) Mel and All,

Lovely sunshine here at the moment. I must get out in the garden and do some cutting back and pull a few weeds. I seem to have hurt my shoulder with scrambling in the car yesterday when the storm came. We were up early to get my car to the garage for 8.00am. I asked roughly how much it was going to cost so I could see whether I had enough credit on my credit card. Yikes £900ish! I'm not sure now whether that was all the bill or just to supply and fit the cam belt. I still can't grumble with it only ever costing me that electric door winding repair a few months ago other than servicing. When we got home there was a parcel on the doorstep. I'd had no email re delivery and it was in full view for anyone to pinch. It was Evri this time and no email since with a photo. They usually take a photo of me holding the parcel here Mel. It turned out to be a circular tin I got to use in the microwave, when we switch to the oven setting. I do traybakes in there and the old one was worn away and a bit smaller so this one will hold more food. We called at the shop next and then OH went for a walk and I've been looking at things for the bathroom online.

It sounds like you perhaps need to see the doc again Mel as you don't seem any better. Maybe the antibiotics haven't worked quite as well if the muddle meant you didn't manage to take them as you should. I have to watch what I eat and when with my thyroid tablets. It sounds like you have the sort of throats I used to get that would last weeks and I would lose my voice. They make you feel quite unwell. OH said there are staff off in the schools with flu etc just now so he's being extra careful about handwashing. His pal he saw last night has had an ear infection that spread to both ears. The doctor treated him with antibiotics for a week, then decided to treat him another week before deciding to send him to the hospital. The hospital said the doctor should have referred him after a week and now he has permanent hearing loss in one ear that could have been prevented. He can't swim anymore and mustn't ever get water in his ear.

Ah there you are AnnG! Yes we are surprised when you aren't the early bird on here and hope you are ok. That pain sounds horrid if it was cramplike. Is it the leg you usually have pain with and is it the one with the BCC? I hope the garden meeting is good this afternoon and that it is sunny where you are too. Do you swap plants/seeds with each other in the group?

good morning )it still is) all. That is the problem with being a creture of habit. sorry. I have the gardening meeting this afternoon and, knowing that I have to move slowly and pace myself I got up, got dressed and started straight in after breakfast with dusting and starting to re-arrange the room, get the cups etc out ready for tea and biscuits. And thus I forgot to come back and clock in!! Friend is coming early to help carry the chairs around.

I slept sort of well but woke around two with a really horrific pain in my bad leg, Not a pain I have had before, really deep and strong down the lower shin part of my leg. I can only assume it was a form of cramp. I got up and walked around and it didn't come back again.

Vera it is surprising how far we walk round shops. I don't have a watch that measures that any more but sometimes wish I did.

thanks for the concern Mel, as you can see I am ok.

Just had a message from Anng she's busy. I can settle now.

Wheres Anng?? Are you ok?