General Chat

Good evening all

I haven't been on here for a few days got fed up with the error message So . I haven't managed to read all the posts yet and wlll make this a short one

Good to see we have Vera joining us now. [just going to watch Vera on ITV 3]

Well done Gill so pleased to read you have plucked up courage to visit the dentist and she managed to reassure you and lanced your gum. Sorry to hear Michelle has been upsetting you again It's the last thing you want at the moment.

Jane saw the photos of all the digging being so close to your house and spoiling the view it's such a shame when this happens and now you are having your road closed . Naughty Thomas killing the robin I think it seems worse when it's a bird, we have a robin most days on the bird feeder.

Annx you are very clever making that jewellery it looks very pretty..

Frank I saw that you thought you were the eldest on here I beat you to it by 6
days :-) :-)

Gill If you need to go to bed it won't hurt you to take your antibiotic a bit earlier .Even an hour or so.

Its good the skips been emptied Gill so you don't have the worry of things blowing out of that now. Did you also sign Sandra up for that dentist? It may be a good idea. You get a good nights sleep in Gill and you will feel much better in the morning.

I was never in the Brownies of the Guides and for that matter I was'nt in the Cubs or Scouts either. Ha ha ha. I would have much rather been in the cubs and scouts than the girls thing anyway. I was a right tomboy when young. I always wanted to do wood work and metal work but I did enjoy cooking. I went to an all girls school so would'nt have had a choice. I know when my son went to school in Headingham he did cookery and woodwork. My dad being a builder I did my woodwork at home with him.

Must rush now and shut the girls in. BBL

Can I ask you all to report the Error Page please as the more do it the better it will be. Here's the address and keep it somewhere safe.

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Well done Gill i knew you could do it :-D if you can go have the gum lanced your going to easily go for a check up as that's a doddle .
No still got more sorting to do there's bits and pieces sill in the kitchen ,lots ad lots of books still to go on the next van trip ,all the boiler house to sort and the garage .
Jane we've been through the tools and Colin had a few bits so did son but they all have to go to the daughters so she can sort through them all ,she is hiring one of those big containers and has it at a friends farm , i do feel for her as she has only recently lost her husband and she really thought these people were having the bungalow as they had had plans all drawn up ,and passed, so they could built a huge bit on the bungalow for their disabled daughter to live in .

No we didn't bother with the dishwasher in the end as when Colin looked at it it had a much bigger water in pipe than ours has and a fitting on the pipe to regulate the water flow .

That was a good price for your glasses Jane, we have a Specsavers a few doors down from our opticians so we might take a look and compare prices, last time OH had a pair of glasses from our opticians he paid almost £200 just for one pair, so it looks like you've got a bargain.

Good job you questioned them Frank and didn't pay the money, pleased to see you got over £1000 back. Did you sort the greenhouse out in the end?

What a shame the buyers have pulled out Mandy, that must be so disappointing. Have you finished the sorting now?

We have a dead plant that needs throwing away so OH is thinking of putting it in the skip, it's an old Red Robin and only has one leaf left on it, so we're going to use the pot for something else. I'll probably use boiling water to clean the pot first and to sterilise it as we don't know what is killing our Red Robins yet and we don't want any other plant we put in the pot to die.

Our neighbour two doors down has got a fire in his back garden and boy does it smell in our bungalow now, we're having to keep all the windows and doors shut. I think the smell is coming through the air vents. I wouldn't mind but I changed the beds today and washed my hair when I had a bath this morning. I now feel it was a waste of time.

I didn't manage any sleep this afternoon AnnG so I think once I've had my antibiotic at 9.30pm I'll go straight to bed and have an early night, I've still got a bit of a headache but I think a good nights sleep will soon sort that out. I'm pretty good at taking tablets at the right time, but I'm sure OH and Sandra will remind me if I loose track of the time. The last thing I want is for it to flare up again.

Well, I was right the kitchen fitters are here again, at least they are turning up, unlike the other workmen, we've only seen them once or twice in the last two weeks. Hopefully the kitchen will be finished by the end of the week. I do feel sorry for the neighbours on the other side though as the drilling must be driving them mad every evening. I'm so glad we're not attached to them.

Afternoon All

Well done Gill :-D :-D :-D.I am so glad you plucked up the courage to go to the Dentist.Now all the muck has been released from the abscess and you have the antibiotics it ill soon clear up. The relief must feel so good now even though you are still sore. You now need to get a proper check up done and go regularly.I don;t think ny of us enjoy a trip to the Dentist but it is well worth it to hang on to our own teeth as long as possible. I bet the scrambled eggs tasted good and at least you now have soem food in your tum :-D.As you know we have all been so concerned about you .We can now all relax :-D :-D The skip being emptied now must have made your day :-D

That sounds a very expensive thing for Simon Frank.Not that I know anything about gearboxes on a Narrowboat.Hopefully he will be able to have got the boat up and running by the time Easer comes.

I was worried reading that you were going to be fitting the glass in the Greenhouse with Ros not being there!!!!!. I had pictures of you slipping and cutting your jugular :-S

Mandy that is a pity the buyers have just pulled out for your friends bungalow.It seems like you are nearly there now with all the clearing out. Are the tools in good nick? If they are I bet they could be sold. Did you have the Dishwasher?

I have been back to Specsavers this morning and ordered 2 new pairs of glasses.They will be ready to collect on April 4th.I thought they were a good price £248 with varifocal lenses and one pair as sunglasses.

Ann,well done for tooting your horn at the boys :-D I bet the mother would have been very surprised to get back to the car and see them sitting quietly looking like lambs LOL Did you give a stern look too like a headmistress :-D(you may have said you did but your post is way down and I lost it). I sometimes give one of my looks if a child is having a bit of a paddy in the shopping trolley seat.That soon quietens them down :-D. I usually get a scowl back :-D

Chris and Fitz are going to the Coucil meeting at 6 to see if there is any updates or new info on all the developments and road closures.Our road is supposed to be closed of from sometime in April until August !!!!!!!!!!!. What a nightmare that is going ot be. We will have to do many extra miles just to get into town .There are no happy bunnies along our road at the moment. Well not the human kind.

Can't wait to see the Hen House Mel :-D

Hello David. That was nice to see you pop in this morning with the Cubs Promise. I am sure the Brownies one was the same. In fact I think the Guides and Scouts did the same. Was there a Dib Dib Dib saying too? I don't what made me think of that.
I was in the Brownies but not Guides. The Guide leader was horrible . Mrs Burgess was her name .I think I only went once and once was enough for me :-D

It suddenly seems very quiet here. I can't hear any noise from all the works across the road and there seems not much sound either from the A14. It is so nice just to have a little peace for a while.I can actually hear the Woodpigeons cooing :-D

ERROR MESSAGE AGAIN :-S :-S

Afternoon All

Well done Gill :-D :-D :-D.I am so glad you plucked up the courage to go to the Dentist.Now all the muck has been released from the abscess and you have the antibiotics it ill soon clear up. The relief must feel so good now even though you are still sore. You now need to get a proper check up done and go regularly.I don;t think ny of us enjoy a trip to the Dentist but it is well worth it to hang on to our own teeth as long as possible. I bet the scrambled eggs tasted good and at least you now have soem food in your tum :-D.As you know we have all been so concerned about you .We can now all relax :-D :-D The skip being emptied now must have made your day :-D

That sounds a very expensive thing for Simon Frank.Not that I know anything about gearboxes on a Narrowboat.Hopefully he will be able to have got the boat up and running by the time Easer comes.

I was worried reading that you were going to be fitting the glass in the Greenhouse with Ros not being there!!!!!. I had pictures of you slipping and cutting your jugular :-S

Mandy that is a pity the buyers have just pulled out for your friends bungalow.It seems like you are nearly there now with all the clearing out. Are the tools in good nick? If they are I bet they could be sold. Did you have the Dishwasher?

I have been back to Specsavers this morning and ordered 2 new pairs of glasses.They will be ready to collect on April 4th.I thought they were a good price £248 with varifocal lenses and one pair as sunglasses.

Ann,well done for tooting your horn at the boys :-D I bet the mother would have been very surprised to get back to the car and see them sitting quietly looking like lambs LOL Did you give a stern look too like a headmistress :-D(you may have said you did but your post is way down and I lost it). I sometimes give one of my looks if a child is having a bit of a paddy in the shopping trolley seat.That soon quietens them down :-D. I usually get a scowl back :-D

Chris and Fitz are going to the Coucil meeting at 6 to see if there is any updates or new info on all the developments and road closures.Our road is supposed to be closed of from sometime in April until August !!!!!!!!!!!. What a nightmare that is going ot be. We will have to do many extra miles just to get into town .There are no happy bunnies along our road at the moment. Well not the human kind.

Can't wait to see the Hen House Mel :-D

Hello David. That was nice to see you pop in this morning with the Cubs Promise. I am sure the Brownies one was the same. In fact I think the Guides and Scouts did the same. Was there a Dib Dib Dib saying too? I don't what made me think of that.
I was in the Brownies but not Guides. The Guide leader was horrible . Mrs Burgess was her name .I think I only went once and once was enough for me :-D

It suddenly seems very quiet here. I can't hear any noise from all the works across the road and there seems not much sound either from the A14. It is so nice just to have a little peace for a while.I can actually hear the Woodpigeons cooing :-D

Good news the skip next door has just been emptied, OH mentioned the broken post that happened when another skip was being changed, but the lad just said it wasn't them. Of course we know if was, but what can you do if they don't own up? OH is cutting the lawns now as it's getting really cloudy and he thinks it might rain later. There's no workmen today, but we think the kitchen fitters will be back around 5pm as they've started putting the kitchen in at that time and not going home until around 9pm. We think they are doing a foreigner which is why they arrive so late in the day. OH took a look through next door's window earlier and said he didn't like the dark wood floor or the almost black upright radiator, I must admit it's not my taste either. The new neighbours seem to like their dark colours as they have black windows and doors too.

I can only see this page as I keep getting the error message each time I try to go back a page, so I don't know why you're having your water off Jane. I hope it's nothing serious and it's back on and working okay now.

You were lucky those boys stopped when you beeped your horn Ann, like you said if it had been white boys it could quite of easily been a different story. At least the little girl wasn't being bumped into after that. I wonder if their mother heard your horn. I had a similar experience once when a young lad was shouting and screaming for some reason and his poor mother was trying her best to get him into the car, he must of been about 7 years old, so old enough to know right from wrong. They had parked right next to us and he was making such a racket that I gave him a stern look and mouthed to him to get in the car, luckily his mother didn't see me, but the lad got into the car and sat nice and quiet for his mum as they drove off, he looked sheepish to. I felt so sorry for the mum as her son clearly wasn't going to behave for her.

It sounds like your OH is almost there with the hen house Mel, I'd love to see a picture when he's finished it.

Be careful Frank putting the glass in your greenhouse, especially if there's no one there with you.

I can't see any of the posts apart from this page, sorry if I've missed anyone out, hopefully the error page will stop soon then I can see everyone's posts again.

Very strange, I made another report to Eleanor re the error message and posted on here after I had done it (I thought) but no sign of it. Never mind I did it anyway. Not very warm here, very dull and cloudy, dry and OH mowed the lawn when we got back from town, hopefully it will warm up when the heating comes on.

Well done Gill, it will be sore for a while and will take the antibiotics a few days to work but make sure you take them at the correct intervals and complete the whole course, even if your gum feels better. At least with food inside you and maybe a short nap you will continue to improve.

Frank that was a good pay out. How on earth could they make that mistake, from you owing the amount to them actually owing it to you?

I'm registered at that dentist now Mel and it happens to be right at the bottom of our road so I can walk there and it only takes a few minutes. Once this has cleared up I'm thinking of making an appointment to have all my teeth checked out. I did ask the dentist if I needed to go back regarding the abscess but she said no unless I have more problems with it. No I forgot to take the paracetamol so took two when I came home. Eating has really helped and now I'm feeling much better, my headache is easing to so that's good. Good job you mentioned the salt water as it reminded me the dentist told me to do that to.

I've been getting the error page as well Mel, it's been happening for a few days now and is really annoying.

I'll catch up with all the posts later when my headache has fully gone. I'm feeling really tired at the moment, so might have a sleep. The dentist froze my gum before she lanced it and it's starting to ache a bit now, so I've got a hot water bottle on it which is helping. I'm just hoping it doesn't flare up again and the antibiotics work, I'm not due another one until 9.30pm tonight.

O Gill I am so pleased you went. If you have a good mouthwash use that a few times during the day as that will clear any muck it is making now. If not a good old fashioned salt water wash will also do the trick. I always keep Corsodyl mouthwash for when I get trouble with my loose tooth in the front.

Perhaps that is why you were getting headaches as you have said you've had a lot lately. Now all you have to do is register with a dentist and GO regular. You've seen how they are nowadays and its never as bad as you think its going to be. Did you remember to take some Paracetamol before you went?

I'm still getting the Error Page and its very annoying.

I am posting this so I can see if anyone else has posted.

Not long got back from the dentist and feel much better, thank you everyone for your support without it I doubt I'd of had the courage to go. I have been given antibiotics and she lanced my gum to release the mess inside it. I've been able to eat some scrambled eggs and a couple of pieces of bread and butter and boy did it taste good after not eating properly for days. I was very nervous and burst into tears, but she was very good and wasn't going to lance it with me being so terrified, she did mention that if it got worse I would have to go to A&E as the infection could of effected my sight in my left eye, this scared me more than having it lanced, so I asked if she could do it and she did. When I got out of the chair my legs went wobbly so she quickly sat me back down again, she said it was probably because I hadn't eaten properly for so long, plus the stress of being there, but I'm glad I went even if I have now got a banging headache and a sore mouth. At least all the pressure has now gone out of the side of my face, she told me to push down on my cheek over the next few hours to get rid of some more puss, not looking forward to that, but if it helps I'll get on with it and if it's to sore I can just stop for a bit. I'm hoping I'll have a good nights sleep tonight as I haven't slept for two nights and I'm shattered. I've taken my first antibiotic and a couple of paracetamol for my headache, I might have a bit of a sleep this afternoon to, so hopefully now I'll start feeling better. Thank you again everyone, you have been so supportive. <3 <3

Afternoon all,

Nice to see you joining us Vera ,i'm a bit higher up from you in Norfolk :-)

Bright here but cloudy the sun keeps trying to peep through the cloud .
We had a busy day yesterday getting all the bungalow sorted ready for the man with the van this morning ,so much stuff to sort ,it's all the drawers with bits in that take the time just sorting what to keep and what to dump .
Now this morning off we go to help load the van and the daughter had rung to say the buyer had pulled out ,we loaded the van as it had been hired and was all ready being loaded ,so now all the furniture has gone and there's just loads of well junk really ,her daughter didn't want to pay for a skip so we've loaded up the bins and still got junk left .
There's still all the tools in the garage and boiler house to sort also now the bungalow is empty it doesn't look as nice when the buyers look round .

Gill i do hope you've made it to the dentist today and have found it to be no where near as bad as you thought it would be ,they are very understanding when they know you are really scared .

Oh dear Frank will that be a big expence for a new gear box for the boat ?
That was a nice surprise getting all that money back .

Oh phone for me BBL

Still a nothing sort of day here. They had promised sunny spells. But just overcast. I haven't bothered trying to put the glass in the greenhouse as I don't feel up to it.

Simon rang this morning, to tell me the GEAR BOX in his boat has GONE. He has an engineer going to look at today if possible. He wants it sorted for Easter as they have planned on going on it over the Easter break.

We had a note from Lara (julia's daughter) to keep the 6th June open as it's when she is getting Married. It's that time that we are usually in Spain visiting Conrad, so I don't know what will happen. Plus it will mean a drive to CORNWELL, which I think will be too much for Ros. I expect Harvey,Julia and Lewis will be going down to stay before the wedding, if so, we won't be able to get a lift from them.

I'm not sure if I mentioned it, I have had a dispute going on for six moths with my energy supplier. They were insisting I owed over £1,100.00 in used Electricity, and put my D/D from under £100.00 to £269.00 NO WAY. Anyway after all this time they have agreed THEY OWE ME £1,100.00. Which they are paying into my bank. My D/D will now be just over £100.00 per month, taking into consideration the recent price increase in Energy Prices. So that's good news !!!

We haven't seen are sign of rain here Mel, in fact the SUN is now trying to push through. I can feel the warmth through the window of the conservatory.

No sign of Ros returning, I expect the pair of them have stopped off somewhere for lunch.

Tonight I am doing HOCK and PEAS. with Mash. The Hock is soaking in a saucepan of water and will go on to boil for a couple of hours later. The peas are the Quick soak type, so they will have a good soak for a an hour or so in boiling water and the tablet. Then boiled until they are SOGGY PEAS. It won't take me long to peel the Spuds. So a nice easy dinner tonight.

Ros is out at Choir tonight, so a nice quiet evening on my own. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Oh is finishing off the final bits like sanding down the door bars so I can get them in easily and rough edges.

I am just having a COC after doing the chickens water. I have given the big girls and the little girls Poultry Drink today which is a high magnesium bright pink tonic. I call it their pink drink. I do need to give them a worm treatment though which means only giving them the worm drink for two days and no extra water which with this weather and all the rain is a hard job as they will drink the puddles. I may wait till I get themn in the new pen as that has no puddles YET.

Morning all,

Another grey day here today. We had that really horrid float in the air rain last night. When I turned the outside light on to look down the garden you could see it blowing across in the breeze.

Not ventured out yet so don't know if its the same this morning.

Gill you must go to a dentist. Because I did'nt go for year I have bone loss in my jaw.

Good morning Gill, and All,

WELCOME ,VERA, You will find that all of us on here are friendly, and offer support/advice, without imposing on anyones privacy.

I am Frank, I am the only regular male poster, aged 80 and possible the oldest one in the group. I had a Stroke 15 years ago which affected my TEMPER and my right side. I have been married to Ros my wife for FOURTY YEARS, having been previously married for 17 years, with Two children from that marriage, I adopted Ros's two boys Harvey and Conrad. Both who are wonderful, helpful men. Harvey is a Landscape Gardener, but can do any type of building work, and is a great help to me, carrying out jobs that I find difficult to do. Conrad is in business in San Pedro, Spain selling and developing property. We try to go to see him most years at the end of May for a couple of weeks.

That's enough about me,!!! as you can see we are very open, with our group, and you will get to know all the GIRLS, who I am sure, you will get on with.\

Gill, I hope by now you have found a DENTIST and have an APPOINTMENT. Regarding the SKIP, has it got the Company's name and number on the side ?? if so ring them with your concerns about safety. They will no doubt contact the BUILDER. and tell him to order another SKIP and remove the excess rubbish to a safety level. You don't need to say who you are, just that you are a concerned member of the public.

Jane, on Lcal Radio this morning, they mentioned the WALKWAY in Salcey Forest. It's been closed since last May, but to safety issues. They are waiting for the FORESTRY COMMISSION to come up with funds to do the repairs. Funny that we should only mention it the other day. Thanks for you PM regarding the Building projects thats affecting you. I am sure you and Chris ,will sort yourselves out, when the time comes.

So the "GIRLS" house is almost ready for the move. Have you booked a REMOVING COMPANY yet. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)?? I was watching a programme that you might like to catch up on. Something to do with the seasons in Britain. This one was about the caterpillars that live on OAK LEAVES. At a certain time of the year the caterpillars become poisonous and the Blue Tits GUT THEM before feeding them to their babies. HOW WONDERFUL IS NATURE. <3 <3 <3 <3

Mandy now that your son has landed this caretakers job, he will have quite a lot of time off during school holidays, apart from keeping up with everyday jobs, One of mt Gt Nephews is a School Caretaker who has a house in with the job.

Anne, I was just saying to Ros, that when I speak to the Dr on Friday regarding my prescriptions, I will ask him/her to book an MOT. I haven't had one for years, so it might be a good idea to be checked out. I hope you sorted out about your Blood test.

I am going to attempt to put the glass in the greenhouse this morning, while Ros is out. Then she won't be wittering on, about leaving it for Harvey.!!!!

Have a lovely day, whatever you might be doing. xxx

Morning all

Woke up in pain again so OH is going to get the emergency dentist number, I can't carry on like this. I'm shaking just at the thought but with all your kindness I'm going to trust a dentist and hope it's not as bad as I'm thinking it will be. Thank you for your support and sorry it's taken me so long to pluck up the courage, I just hope I can see someone today or I might chicken out again.

Nice to see you are here Vera, yes Sandra is still watching all the birds and looks in her book to identify them, she noticed a hawk in her book and remembered one attacking a pigeon in our back garden and all the pigeon feathers all over the grass. Thankfully that hasn't happen again and now she enjoys watching all the smaller birds on our feeder. The workmen aren't here as much now and the birds have come back so there's plenty to see.

OH and I decided to tell Sandra about the text off Michelle Ann just in case she heard it from someone else, like my mum or sister as she would of been more upset at us keeping it from her. She wasn't very happy at first but then got annoyed with Michelle, saying " She want to visit, then she doesn't, I wish she'd make her mind up". To be honest OH and I think the same way to. I even thought today that maybe she doesn't want us at the wedding so that's why she's trying to cause trouble again, I wouldn't mind but she knew almost three years ago that her boyfriend wasn't welcome here again, so I don't know why she was so shocked by it. Anyway I haven't risen to it by replying to her text as I think OH is right and it would probably make matters worse.

We are seriously thinking of moving again, so when next door is finished we may start looking into other areas to live. If we do move away we don't want any of the family to know our new address or even the area we are in so I'll PM you the address and not put it on here incase any of the family are reading this thread. I wouldn't put it past them, just so they know what's going on in our lives.

I think I'm having a really bad week this week and to top it all off the skip wasn't emptied yesterday so that's had more rubbish added to it, I'm sure it's going to fall off over our car at some point. I ended up in tears this morning with all the upset and pain I've been through this week.

I've just run a bath so I'd better go and get in it. I'll catch up with the rest of the posts properly later. Thanks again everyone for your support.