General Chat

My Chimney is swept once a year David :-D I do remember seeing a couple of chimney fires Pretty scary they were too.
It is going to be a late dinner for us tonight.I have Italian Chicken Breasts and Saute Potatoes already cooked.Just need to do the veg now.James is out playing football somewhere and will be back just after nine.I think we will have ours soon and just leave his keeping warm.I don't think we ever ate late like this when I was a child.It was dinner(or Tea as we called it) at 5 o'clock or maybe just a little later if Dad was a bit late getting in from work.We all ate at the same time .Non of this different times like I do now.

I remember a bird comming down the chimney and filling the room with soot...also my dad trying to light the fire holding the newspaper up against it..And jack frost on the windows..Such lovely patterns

I also went outside to see when it appeared out the top..

Frank all those christmas cards you had..No wonder you were frantic when you mislaid the stamps. I havent seen Kim on Facebo*k either..I will send her message on there to see if she is Ok.

My friend had an owl come down her chimney ,and she was away at the time it made one heck of a mess .

I remember Mum having a Bat in the house ,and her ringing me for help........
I was 5 hours away!!!!! what could I do ?....I rang Graham a neighbour .He went round and couldn't find it,so assumed it had gone .NO....I had another call from Mum the following morning to say 'the Bat' had just flown down the stairs and nearly hit her lol.I can't remember how it ended,but the Bat went.
I think we had a couple of birds come down the chimney.

It is blowing a blooming gale outside now :-S :-S.I wonder how much of the Greenhouse will be left by the morning.Maybe not a lot :-S :-S :-S

KIM NOT ON FB---NO REPLY TO MY EMAIL ? DONT KNOW WHATS UP.

I REMEMBER A WOMAN ON OUR STREET HAD THESE DARK BROWN MARKS ON HER LEG MADE BY SITTING TO CLOSE TO FIRE :-S

THING I'VE NEVER SEEN HERE A CHIMNEY SWEEP---
WE ALL USED THE PAPER TO DRAW THE FIRE THEN

Morning All,

Stiull very windy here today and It just sounded as if the roof lifted a bit!!

I do hope our Kim is ok. Perhaps she is just not well enough at the moment to get on the pc. Sending love and wishes <3

I worked on my tree yesterday all day not finding much on my grans family on my dads side. I did notice I had missed a child on gt grans family. Albert! I also added a couple of parents and when I tried to add a wife it came up 5 times!!!! then I could'nt delete them so had to backsp[ace all the info put on and see if that worked. Have'nt had a look today yet! to see if I have 4 empty boxes after poor old James Nevill 1771.

Had a sore throat yesterday and today it still feels achy when I touch it on the left side.

On Tuesday night oh brought the car down to the house! Then he was faffing about and I asked him what he was doing and said I did'nt know what to get for dinner. He said I am out tonight, what on a Tuesday, says I. No he said it is Wednesday. Well that not what my pooter says.......... He had lost a day somewhere which is quite unusual for him!! when he went ringing yesterday he brought fish and chips home with him from the pub which was nice as I did'nt have to cook.

He has just bought himself a new lathe. Something else to fill the new garage up with!! He already has one up the workshop out the front but it has'nt been used for years and it was only a cheap one and vibrated a lot. He did produce some nice stuff on it though. we shall see what we get out of this one. We have two pink Cherry trees in the garden that need cutting down as they have a disease. Cherry wood is good for turning but they will have to dry for a year or so. He made a lovely little bowl and lid for our neighbour once and it had pride of place on her dresser in the hall.

Frank glad you got home safely from the pub.

Off to do some work now............. :-) :-) :-) :-)

Morning All

Have contacted Kim she is suffereing from gastro and pancreatitis and feels a mess at the moment.

Thanks for letting us know about Kim Pat. That bug seems to have gone right through the family.

Afternoon all,

What a night we had ,the wind was terrible ,howling down the chimney ,and on the radio this morning they said there were lots of roads blocked because of fallen trees .
Still blowy this morning and now raining its so dark at times i have to put the light on.

Thanks for letting us know about Kim Pat if you speak with her give her my love ,that was a nasty bug they all had seems to have gone through the house .

Been trying to catch up on some house work this morning ,every where seems so dusty ,i must admit i didn't do much over christmas, also got a huge pile of ironing to do ,the family usually comes for tea on a thursday but i said could they give it a miss this week so i can catch up on my jobs

Better sort out some lunch soon and then get back to it !!

BBL

Yes, Mel all but my son. He had his 5 minutes of glory on NYE ;-) It's terrible, first gastro I have had in over 11 years, not one to catch it. I was hoping someone would shoot me. Still not eating. That little witch of mine is always bringing bugs home - it's like a kindergarten here. Now Keith has got a cold too. It only leaves you for a day or so and then you get the runs again. It's all over N.S.W. and putting people in hospital.

Hope the colds are settling. I just popped in to let you know where I have been. Jane, Fitz wouldn't have had a chance in hell of spending a penny at this house over the last few days - no seats vacant anywhere ;-)


Will have to leave all your posts for another day. Want to read William's story and Ann's tales on horseback.

Should go to bed now, so farewell all. Hope to chat tomorrow xx. 11.22 DST

Afteernoon all,

Taken me agres to read all thats been going on.

Glad you are O.K. Kim. It must be even worst for you, not being 100% anyway.

David, You certainly bought back some memories of the newspapers. The times it went up the Chimney, an d set light to the soot. We would run outside to see the sparks flying out of the chimney pot. We also used a lot of COKE at it was so much cheaper than coal, That would spit like mad ans if you didn't have the guard around the fire it would burn holes in the rug. I remember as a kid kneeling down to poke the fire and knelt on a hot cinder. Burnt right through me shin, still have the scar !!!!

The wind round here has been really bad. It blew over one of the water butts outside the greenhouse and flattened loards of cabbages and split the barrel. The neighbours plastic greenhouse has lost loads of panels, He will be knocking on doors trying to find them :-) :-) :-)
Both my sheds have stood up to the wing also my greenhouse.
Ros just called me to say theres a big blue thing outside the bathroom window. It's a spare Water barrel, that has blown up the drive.
The chap across the road has lost his T.V. Ariel.

The wind is still very strong out there and when the rain comes it's like Stones hitting the conservatory.

Hope all's well with you Shirl, and that the snow stays away for a time yet.

Got a bit of a runny nose today, Conrad was full of cold over the New Year, so I might have picked it up from him. THANKS.

Jane, Did you say that Chris has a birthday on the 29th. My daughters is the 30th. as is the anniversary of my dads death.

Ros has just gone to Matala# to return some purcheses that didn't fit. What will she come home with now. ???

Kim, You know the old saying "FEED A COLD, Starve a FEVER" so you are doing the right thing. Are you taking anything for it ??

BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE NOW !!!!

Afternoon Everyone.

Hope you feel better soon Kim.

Been down to the town to go to the bank and met up with a lady from church and we went for coffee and a natter,

Must get on with some washing and ironing, also need some lunch,
Lovely sunny day here , but bitterly cold it's ok if your well wrapped up.

BBL

Hope you are feeling better soon Kim. There's lots of colds and flu around at the moment. I've given up blowing my nose and just keep sniffing, my nose is sore and so red I could Rudolph a run for his money.

I don't remember us having an open fire, can't remember what they are called but my dad put in a fire that you closed the door on. In Spain they used to, and probably still do have fires under the table, which sounds a bit weird, not fires with flames, more like a barbeque with hot coke and the table would have a very heavy cloth over it and we would all sit huddled round the table, don't think I have described it very well.

I liked the three or four layered liquorise and would peal each one off and eat them one at a time. Loved walnut whips, there was always a walnut inside at the bottom as well as the one outside, last time I had one they didn't have the walnut inside ..... cut backs ......

I was awake on and off all night listening to the wind howling, thought I would see at least one fence or tree down this morning but everything is still intact.

I recall sometimes being told to leave the fire alone if I poked it.Was told I'd poke it out.

Chimney fires look so spectacular because its the soot lining the chimney that's burning with a strong updraft from below.

I lived in one house where the chimneys were back to back with the house next door.Wonder we didn't share the chimney.

Soot is useful in the garden.Stops slugs or some insects.

Hope you are feeling alittle better tomorrow Kim.

I have had to battle the wind to and from work...There was areally heavy shower just as I was leaving..Waited 5 mins then it stopped luckerly.

It was windy in the night..Our fence is only being held up by the ivy growing on it...If the fence falls down the ivy will go for good...

The sun is out now but for how long..Have to go foodshopping when other half gets in..Need to wash my hair as well.wasent go to do it with all that rain this morning..

my cough starts off the min I lie down the rest of the time Im ok..All these bugs and colds going around...

Mandy do you remember the burco boilers we used for the nappys.? I didnt have a washing machine straight away then when I did it was a twin tub.. I like the licquioce allsorts layers only lol..So I buy dolly mixtures from time to time

Tell alie it wasent a twin tub.It was just a washer..Had to rinse everything by hand then spin in my little spin dryer.I have no tumble dryer no room to put one..

Jusy started coughing must be the chocolates that started it off.. :-)

Rain has finally stopped at last .

We used to have a concrete coal bunker outside the back door used to have to fill the coal scuttle several times a day to keep the fire going .
Maureen are you thinking of the Parkray fire , they had a little door on the front and a bit at the bottom that you opened up to get the fire to draw and a lever on the top that you could slide across not sure what that was for,we use to burn Coke on ours.

Pat i use to have a washer and a separate spin drier then we had the twin tub,they were quite heavy to move about ,i remember we kept ours in the cupboard under the stairs ,hubby would push it up to the sink for me to use , you use to have to put the pipe over the sink when you pumped it out !!

HI ALL~~~~~~~ VERY COLD HERE LOTS OF RAIN AND HOWLING WINDS
FLURRY OF SNOW TO-DAY --WONT STAY --

GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU KIM--BEEN ON THE RUN HAVE YOU :-S

MUST BE ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS BL###Y BUG --MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN OF WORK AND IN BED SINCE SUNDAY --WAS SENT HOME FROM WORK ,CHEST INFECTION-- AND I'VE HAD RUNNY NOSE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
FRANK YOU TAKE MORE CARE AT THE PUB DONT OPEN YOUR WALLET LIKE THAT HAVE SOME MONEY IN YOUR POCKET

WE HAD FIRE PLACE IN EACH ROOM HAD TO TWIST THE NEWS PAPER INTO KNOTS SO IT WOULD BURN SLOW ER HELP THE BITS OF WOOD GET STARTED-TOP UP WITH SMALL BITS OF COAL---
MY GRAMPS WOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF CANS FILLED WITH BITS OF DROSS( (((SHAVINGS OF COAL) AT BACK OF FIRE SAID IT HELPED GIVE OUT MORE HEAT WHEN THE FIRE GOT GOING ???

ANYONE REMEMBER THE BRASS FIRE FENDER WITH THE BOXES AT EACH END -YOU COULD KEEP PAPER IN ONE & STICKS OR SMALL BITS OF COAL IN OTHER OR WHAT EVER.--

I HAD 30 CARD THIS YEAR AND LOVELY ONES THEY WERE <3

WILL AWAY AND HAVE A CUPPA &ASPRIN ;-)