General Chat

Shame we can't just strip off to our pants like we did when we were little.( well we know FRANK does ;-) )I have just dug out the flimsiest sundress,which I look an absolute sight in.But I don't care,I have my shorts close by just in case someone calls.

Smoke still coming from that fire.It seems incredible that it is still smoldering after all this time.

Mandy I don't envy you with lots of dust today.In this dry hot weather it will be flying everywhere :-S

My niece has gone to Turkey for 4 days with some of her friends.Janice has had Finn and Amelia for 2 days,and now it is their Daddies turn for the weekend.I bet we are hotter here than Turkey right now.I see we are the same temp as Rome :-D
I bet James will be sweating in his suit at the wedding :-S :-S

Hello everyone,

Just finished playing Scrabble and beat the old boy, now he's huffed off into the lounge to watch telly. Also he's unhappy as his beloved Collingwood Magpies - Aussie Rules team got beaten in the grand final today. I don't follow it, but I did watch today.

Miranda still away and Joel started back at cricket today. Where has the year gone to!!!

Hope Fiona is doing much better and the computer will be fixed soon. Shirl has been sending emails via Genes, but she says they are bouncing back. I think if you offered her any tommies at the moment, she would throw them at you Frank.

Jane thanks for your photo, most beautiful countryside in your area. No wonder Chester likes his walks. I always liked Creamy Soda as a kid, was my favourite.

Hope Liz is settling in and got away from the old place without too much bother. Hope the new owner doesn't have the same trouble with them.

Hi to Mandy, Mel, Pat, Ann and everyone else. We have just had a storm go through, so I might go and finish watching the movie I fell asleep during last night. Lights are flickering, so I'd better find myself a torch and not fall over this cat at my feet. Have a good day everyone.

10.06 pm EST

We've just had lunch and hubby's waiting for the dust to settle ,then he'll have a good hoover up .

When the little ones were here yesterday DIL stripped Katie down to her nappy and Chelsea just had her little knickers on ,i turned the fan on and they thought it great fun standing in front of it , we kept them inside ,shame really but it was so hot out side for them ,they are both so fair and would quickly burn in that sun.

I remember mum filling the tin bath outside with cold water in the summer ,we had great fun splashing about in it keeping cool, no paddling pools about in those days !!

We have some friends who have gone to Turkey for a fortnight ,bet they wished they had stayed here now and saved their money !!!

Hope the storm has gone over Kim so you catch the end of your film .

Hi Kim.
I haven't played Scrabble in years.i think we still have a box somewhere.I will have to look it out.
I hope this hot weather doesn't end in thunder.It is that hot ,that we don't even fancy any lunch!.Chris has decided not to cut the bottom hedge today,he has done enough in the garden this morning and is now sat with a nice cold beer.
I keep going outside and then coming back in to sit by my friend the FAN.I can't believe it is October!!!!.I don't know where the last year has gone either.It's just whooshed by.I find it quite scary really to think how fast the years fly by now.

I worry that we haven't heard from Sheila.I hope she hasn't had another Heart Attack.It's not like her to be away from the thread for so long.
I like to think that Liz and her OH are now happy in their new place .Fingers crossed the move went ahead without any last minute problems from that NFH.

Poor old Chester is wilting.How is Toby coping Mandy?

Did Ann say she was going today to the place she should have gone yesterday?

We play card games at Christmas ,i like Cludeo ,but i carn't stand Monopoly ,seems to just go on and on !!!

We had lunch because we won't have any thing now until about eight tonight .

Toby's laying here beside me with the fan blowing him ,he'll go and lay out in it ,daft thing !! but i won't let him its so hot out there !!

Yes it's not like Sheila to keep away this long , she must be back from her elderly (i carn't remember if she said aunt or Cousin ) by now .

I should imagine Liz wept with relief to be away from those NFH , don't suppose we'll ever know how the new neighbors fair with them .

Afternoon all
Hi I'm finely back

Ver*in man came to fix Modem that sits by the computer, we have a new modem now (it's a little black box with flashing lights shows you are connected to internet)
another man will come and check the connection outside as the first man thinks the wires underground needs sorting out.

I am feeling a little better and managed to eat some toast and low fat cheese for lunch, Can still feel pain from the acid moniter in my chest, it is somehow glued to the inside of my asophagus wall (sp?) and should drop off when the 48 hours are up and the little recorder I keep by my side should shut off very soon
We will hopefully take the recorder and a diary which I have filled in over to the hospital this evening, and as Jane has already mentioned I go back to see the consultant on the 31st October for my results.

I have Just looked down at recorder now 2.00 pm and it has stopped GREAT, :-D :-D

Hi Fiona, glad to hear your a little more comfortable and have eaten a little some thing , do you have to go and have this monitor removed ? or do you pass it ,sorry don't know much about this sort of thing !!

I've just looked at our temp gauge outside and it's 84 !!! 84 !!in October .

Franks quiet , i hope he's not out Lumbering in this heat !!

You can relax a bit now then Fiona.Good to hear you have had something to eat.Hopefully your Monitor had dropped off and will be working it's way out and you won't feel it there any more. :-D :-D
Mandy I hope you have a nice meal out tonight.I'm sure it will be better than mine.I'm just doing sausages,Mediterranean tart,salad and whatever else I kind find in the fridge.Ice Cream for pudding !

I'm here again.

I lumbered this morning, took off 8 branches, had to have the big steps to get up there. All piled up on the front, to be cleared as and when.

Went down the pub at 12.30 watched Liverpool v Everton.. They opened at 7.30 this morning for the Rugby. They laid on a breakfast of Sausages, bacon, eggs, hash browns, beans, tomato's, black pudding, bread and butter. and two pints, all for a TENNER. It was still packed when I got down there at 12.45. And just as packed when I left.

Might go and cut the lawns later, if I feel like it. Ros is out clearing and planting the boarders, so had better go and see if she's allright.,

Hi All

Yes feeling much happier Jane that it's all finished,

we will have to take recorder etc over tomorrow as poor OH was outside straightning flagstones when he dropped one on his big toe, :-0 :-( it was not dropped from very high but still is painfull , I got him a bowl of cold water to stick his foot in and it hasn't swollen up very much, also made him a cup of tea which always helps, anyway 15 mins later he is back out there to finish the job, but doesn't feel like driving, there's no great rush anyway, will do it tomorrow,

weather muggy but wet,

Thought I would have a change of picture too, must have been about 5or 6 years old when this was taken :-)

Ouch!! my hubby dropped a brick on his toe the other week his is still sore .

Got to get cleared up and then into the shower ,catch you all tomorrow .

Have a lovely evening Mandy.Just put sausages in ,Burgers next and then the Med tart.Not quite the same as going out to eat :-S :-S :-S

Fiona .I hope OH's toe is ok !!.Sorry you have wet and Muggy.It's just flipping hot here still.I am now stripped down to the sun dress (nothing else)It is just too hot.
;-)

Can you not phone your local chippy who will deliver fresh ?

To much info Jane. :-0 :-0 :-0

My favourite is on T.V. X factor. Just can't stand all the thumping noise. Old git I hear you say. ;-) ;-)

Have been getting replies from my HOT MATCHES Don't seem to be any close relatives. One thought I was a cousin of his Gt. grandmother. How old does he think I am :-D :-D :-D

Managed to mow the back lawn this afternoon, and watered back and front this evening.

Glad you are feeling a bit better Fiona, when do you go back to hospital.???

Going to contact more "HOT MATCHES" now. Might be back later. If not goodnight all.

Hi Frank

I go back to hospital 31st october for Acid moniter results, then they will decide if it is only acid reflux causing the problems or is it the Gallbladder, OH & I think it is the Gallblader as OH said the numbers on the recorder were mostly high which ment the the reflux valve was working ok if they were low then the valve was not working.
anyway we will just have to wait and see what the hospital say in a months time.

I am going to get ready for bed, looking forward to a night sleep without having to watch where I lie in bed , had to lie close to that moniter to make sure it was working if I was to far away it kept bleeping and waking me up :-|

night Frank , night everyone
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Good Morning Everyone.
Another brilliant day,but I did think there was slightly fresher feel earlier and no fog and mist like the last few mornings.
I will get a few jobs done before it gets too hot and then later off to my friends party.What a lovely day for it.
Must get moving .BBL

Good morning everyone.

Going to be a hot day here again.

Fiona..we saw the weather map yesterday ...Shame you have had the rain heading across...

Hope everyone feels a lot better today..I have had a cough for a few days...A niggly one...This wakes we up then I want the loo and so on..
It was so hot last night as well...We have a boiler behind our fire so we have an airing cupboard which happens to be in our bedroom..It showed 26degrees when we went to bed...

When we were in Majorca we bought some coloured crystals that you put in water.....which they then soak up..We did 3 different colours and then left them overnight..drained the excess water off this morning and then layered then in one vase...You can then add a plant or cut flowers.
We thought we had better try them out .

....Just need some flowers now lol

Thank you all for the replies to do with the photo of the birds..
I had different answers...

Morning Jane...I have to pages open while I type so I can follow things through...so I can see your own here before I post this..
I used to like cream soda and still do..I put icecream on the top of the drink and use a straw..grandchildren like this as well.

Sappho..I remember taking bottles back and gettting the deposit back
We used to have a van come down our street selling corona?

We also used to have gas lamps and I liked watching the man light them.Our road wasent even made up then..I was aways told until it was I couldnt wear white shoes..The things we remember.

I hope you enjoyed your meal Mandy.. I prefer Cluedo to Monopoly. I sometimes play cards on the Pc.

Jane and Kim...Im not very good with that game (scrabble ) against my hubby lol...
Mandy I was also wondering what happened to Fionas monitor.

Fiona I bet you will be pleased when they have sorted this problem out.

It is already 20degrees in the shade here...Hope you all have agood day..I have nothing planned but relaxing..

Morning All,

Did'nt wake till nearly 11am. Got up very early for a wee and it was just getting light and there was mist everywhere. OH managed to clear most of the fallen trees yesterday and I gave a little help pileing them on the bonfire and supplying many pints of orange juice.

It's our Harvest Festival tonight at 6.30pm and then the supper in the village hall at the top of our driveway. I have cut my big marrow and oh said he will bring it down from the tunnel for me. I could'nt carry it with the other stuff I had picked. There is only one way I could weigh it and thats to stand on the scales with it and without it but I threw them away!!!!!! I must take a picture of it though.

Fiona so pleased that your monitor is now over and you should have a better nights sleep now you don't have to worry about being near the recorder. I have been thinking that your problems sounded like gallbladder trouble as a friend of mine had that when I was young and she could only eat steak and salad and at the time could'nt really afford to keep buying steak and that was in our early 20's. I must say some of the treatments they have nowadays are really good and I hope it is as simple to have a small op if you do need one.

I emailed our Liz yesterday but have had no reply as yet.

Must get the washing on the line. Thats the trouble with all this gardening and tree felling, clean clothes each day and all oh's are covered in woodchips. In his pockets and his socks are like a magnet to the sawdust. I think he must fill his wellies when cutting the branches up.

Nice to see a knew name on the thread. My dad loved Tizer and we always had Tizer and orange juice at parties held at my birthday and Christmas. I only ever had orange juice as I did'nt like they way fizzy drinks would go up your nose!!

Morning Jane, & Pat,

Pat, I will be overboard with happiness :-D :-D when this is all sorted out, I am exausted with all this messing about and my stomach churns every time I have to go to the hospital.

Had another rotten night , didn't get much sleep, but after going to the hospital this morning and handing in the moniter I am feeling less pain in chest , hopefully the acid chip has dropped off now , mind you I did manage some rice krispies , and at snack time I had some custard and hardly felt it going down.

the rain was pouring all night long and still coming down now, it's not cold though, OH off to the tip with some gardening rubbish, his toe is a little bruised but he is still carrying on with his normal jobs, doesn't seem to be bothering him.

Need to have a shower & wash my hair
BBL

opps!! just saw you there Mel

Unfortunatly Mel I didn't sleep all that good, I had to keep sitting up as the pain in my chest was awful, but I think its settling down now,
I have not spoken to anyone recently who has had there Gallbladder out, but other friends know of people who have gone through an operation and are glad they did and are well now.

Sorry Sappho, to full of my own problems, I should have said welcome to the thread before.

BBL