General Chat

Morning Frank and All,

It has turned much milder here too and we have that horrid mizzle. There is only a few piles of melting snow where we had cleared it to get the car out. Everywhere looks dull and dingy now after the lovely white outside.

We had cold turkey and rosti last night with lots of pickles and that is the end of the bird. Still have a bit of ham left and I did'nt cook the beef so we will have that for the new year.

I did'nt know it was free to look things up over the holidays! Is that on here? and does it include the 1911 census?

10.27am.

9.55am


M O R N I N G A L L,

Damp misty morning here, snow is melting in the gargen,so roads should be o k.

The SARGA continues, my neighbough rang to say he didn't think my heating was working. (I'd turned it down to 15 degrees just to let it tick over) he thought he would increase the heat a little "FOR THE CAT"
FIVE PHONES CALLS LATER> HE still hadn't worked out how the timer worked. I said leave it alone I will sort it when I get home (FRIDAY) I bet I will had the bungalow like a freezer or an OVEN. joys of going away.!!!!!
Should have put down a weeks supple of food for the cat when we left. He would have survived. and without all this hazzle.

Have offered to send the girls out fot the day with £200.00 shopping money, for themselves Jans daughter is off to visit her FATHER in BEDFORDSHIRE for the day. and is arranging to bring Lewis back up here when she comes home. We will take him home with us Friday. (WE WOULD HAVE RUN OUT OF TABLETS BY THEN).Not sure when his M & D are collecting him.
Are you all over the Christmas spirit now, and looking forward to NEW YEAR.

BBL

Hi All
I'm off to bed. Won't be back on till Thursday now so I hope everyone is well and still enjoying the holidays,

Goodnight to all
see you sometime on Thursday when I get home.

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Evening All,

We were up early and off to get the new telly this morning. I was right.....free 5 year warranty is only given if you call in the store!! An old boy shopping there asked us all about it and while I was waiting for OH to bring the car as close as he could to the shop I noticed the old chap was counting out his £20 notes buying the same one too, ........glad I found him a bargain as well! lol

We got OH an xmas pud at the supermarket this morning......half price!! As we never eat one on Christmas day anyway, we have decided next year we'll have the half price ones again after Christmas!! lol Well someone's got to eat them all up.

Frank, that neighbour of yours is a liability isn't he. Talk about bull in a china shop......he must come round after he's been on the ale I should think!! Look forward to seeing your pic of the snowman with sprout eyes!

Mandy, we will all be looking up our ancestors on New Year's eve. Same as you I'm noting down what I want to look for.......can do more searches in the time then. I've told OH he will be BANNED from interrupting me!! I have finished the sock, just enough wool, so I will need more if I do another. I have been nodding off in the evening too.....it's all the food I think!

I'm beginning to fancy beans or poached egg on toast now......fed up with all the rich stuff but there's more still to eat......turkey, ham, cakes, biscuits....

Glad your snow is going Liz........you had much more than us so I bet you will be glad to see the back of it now.

Off to watch Upstairs Downstairs again at 9.00pm. It isn't as good as Downton Abbey so I bet I'll be zedding before the end. lol Night, night.xx

Hope David got his heating fixed today.

We watched Happy Feet ,with all the Penguins ,little ones watched it while they were here.
It gives you a few days to make a list of who you want to look up on the Census, there's always one you miss !!!

I feel really tired now i've sat down , bet i nod off lol
Hubby's fast asleep and Toby !! now which one will be snoring first lol

Thanks for that Mandy, l missed the last 'freebie'time so am really glad to know about this one! It's raining here and the snow is going really quickly, HOPE that's the end of it! Have just finished watching 'The Railway Children', usual tear jerker, particularly when she sees her Daddy coming out of the smoke! never fails!! Hope everyone is OK and survived the festivities, tomorrow is ANOTHER Bank Holiday!! Xmas is going on forever this year!

Meant to say , has everyone noticed that on New Years Eve you can search all records on here for free between 6pm and 8pm !!!

Evening all,
Family have all gone home now, we have had another nice day , tomorrow will be a day of rest !!! no cooking ,we have cold Beef ,Gammon and Turkey to eat up and i don't care if i see another sprout till next year lol

Oh dear Frank ,it does sound as if you'll have to find someone else to look after your cat ,your neighbour's name isn't Frank Spencer is it ? lol
That's one way to use up left over carrots and sprouts Frank ,put them on the snowman !!!

It's been much milder today ,no frost this morning and lots of the packed down ice has gone , just waiting for the next lot now !!!
7.10

Is'nt it quiet on here today!!

There must be someone there..................................................

It's raining here so that will quickly clear the remaining snow.

16.05pm.

Hi Frank what a neighbour to have!! Think I would try and get someone else to do the cat etc for you in future. He sounds like a disaster waiting to happen!

Have'nt done much today just fiddled on the pooter helping someone with their tree. I did'nt get very far but did get them some info.

Off to do the chickens now and then I shall be back.

15.41pm.

sorry its 10.11 am cold canada

Afternoon All--still very cold here dropped to 11 below last night---kept thinking about Dave &Ellen--if I was cold with heat--They must be in bad way--Do hope they found some help.------

Frank you are kidding me have a QUITE-day--with HAPPY-HARRY-????
But I'll tell you something Frank-- Guess what i got for xmas---NO Not Sean Connery xxxx-------A-SONY READER---XXXXXNow to find out how it works is the ???? MY No3 son whom i had told about you having one.Thought it would be good for me since my eyes are not as good wan't that nice of him?

Sounds like your neighbour is FOOTLESS--You been given him lessons
OH i'm just kidding you xxx
must away make a cuppa ------

2.47pm.
Can't load my E book. Left the leads at home.

Conrad has built a snowman, brussels for eyes, carrot for nose, twigs for arms and mouth, and a upside down hanging basket for a hat. Will try to download and send later.

I see you are all quite, sleeping off your lunch. Might see you later.

12.05pm.
Better pop in in case you think I've done a runner !!!!

All quite on the western front as they say.

We have a smashing time yesterday, more food than we needed and plenty of beer and red. We got home about 11pm. so didn't bother posting then.
All showered and shaved. sitting in the conservatory, watching the ice/snow sliding off the tiles of the house, almost feels like summer today !!!!

No 1 son reported back yesterday, the neighbour had not only knocked Ros's christmas display off the pourch table. HE KNOCKED OVER a pot with a plant in that had water in the bottom. That went over the extention lead that held the plugs to the outside lights. Thats what blew the fuses. He didn't think to unplug the socket, in the wall. JUST KEEPT TRYING THE TRIP SWITCH. could have blown the "bloody doors off" ( the itialian job) Once Harvey got there he unpluged the socket and tried the trip switch and all was O.K. ( I'll have to find someone else to look after the cat) Every time we leave him in charge, there is an accident. He has broken and thown away a £45.00 dish.from the pourch, broken dishes in the kitchen, giving the cat some milk.triped ovev and trodden down an ornimental bush in the garden.

Trust you all have a nice quite day today, we are bumming arour today. Turkey and Ham for lunch. Roast Pork tonight for dinner.(Will be a fat as a PIG)

Conrad is going to load books on my Sony E reader. That will give me another years reading I have about 5 years already.

Snow melting quite qjuickly here, as it is MUCH warmer thank goodness!
Just been down to our Village Shop and they're not open today OR tomorrow!!! so am just off with OH to put up a sign that he did for someone before Christmas, and then to another (open) shop to look for Paper and maybe some choc!!! nothing to report from here, D.I.L rang last night, as did Laura, children (as usual) full of colds and coughs!! too many late nights, and, as my mother used to say, too much Christmas!!! (never quite sure what she meant! too much excitement I suppose!) Off out now! big excitement!!!! B.F.N

Morning All,

I suppose it is going to be eally quiet on here today with you all off somewhere.

It has turned warmer here and the snow is at last melting and I can see some grass showing through it.

Yesterday about 4pm I turned the tap on to fill the water jug and nothing much was coming out. Told OH and he went outside and the tap on the left of the front door had frozen and pushed the plastic pipe out. Water was streaming out and it is the first thing off the main!! As it was plastic pipe OH could'nt do the normal thing of folding the pipe in half to stop the water spraying up the bathroom wall. I was going up to the bantams and he asked me to find a piece of dowling we have up there. I fought my way through the old stable to where I thought I had last seen some of this. It was darkish in there as the ivy has grown over the windows. There was'nt any there!!! Went into the potting sheds and found two pieces in there but when I got back down the garden he said he had done it and hope it holds.

He had put a piece of the driftwood I picked up on the beach in the summer, in it and it was a perfect fit. Before he had moaned about me bringing more JUNK home but he was glad of my JUNK when it came to the burst pipe!!!!

There was no frost on the cars last night either so thought the snow would be melting today.

morning all
Firstly can I say A REALLY BIG THANKYOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR KINDS THOUGHTS & PRAYERS.

took a while to get to sleep last night as my head was in a spin ,

OH just gone to pick daughter no2 & Boyfriend to take them to the bus station in Glasgow they are going up to see Boyfriend's parents in Inverness for the NEW YEAR , so I am haveing an easy morning , packing and then I will have to go and visit a few of dad nieghbours, they are elderly and hard of hearing so I don't want to tell them the sad news over the phone.

Hope you all have a good day.
BBL

Morning All.
Just popping in quickly to say hello and good bye as I won't be back here until this evening.I have loads to get done before Janice arrives .
Fiona I think you are right to carry on with your plans it will be the best thing for you.I hope you have a good time and can relax a little.

Must dash.Mandy have a nice day with your family.Christmas can be a tiring time can't it lol
Hope everyone else has a good day too.See you later.Tatty bye for now.

A late look in , had a lovely day ,feel really tired now , tomorrow we have the family coming for the day , another roast dinner !!!!
See you all tomorrow after the family have gone home

Night Night xx