General Chat

This new hotmail layout is driving me mad. Conversations have been condensed and I'm sure some sent items have disappeared. Apologies to anyone who I haven't replied to or thought I had but it's been eaten.
Mel. I've just discovered some emails from you in my inbox, which I rarely look at, except for online things when expected, instead of the allocated folder - no idea how that happened :-S Apologies for that. :-(

Island I have that happen, or it appears in the middle of the email to which you are replying so annoying.

Oh thats so annoying finding they don't work after you've put them up Mel , yes perhaps you could treat yourself to some new ones from the garden centre .
I bought some new lights for our inside tree as when I brought the old ones down and tried them there was a bulb out and I remember last year saying there's a bulb out but I had already got them on the tree and they flickered a bit then , the old ones had bulbs you could change and we'd already used the spare bulbs ,you can't seem to buy the spares anymore but these new ones are LED ones so if a bulb goes you can't replace them .
I was reading the other day about a chap who had turned his tree lights on for the fifty third time ,don't think I would like chancing them at that age I'd be worried they might catch light .

Thanks Mel. I googled it and got two versions, both C&W - neither were what I had in mind :-S How strange....
Be careful with those lights, as AnnG says - buy some new ones. There might be more breaks in the wire.
Very annoying when posts disappear, happens to me sometimes - and typing plonks itself into the middle of text further up when I type emails. :-|

Buy yourself some new ones when you go to the garden centre Mel

Just wrote a load and lost the lot.

I put the garland up over the double doors and the big cone in the middle. Got the rice lights out and put new batteries in them and put it along the garland and turned them on and only a few lit up. Down it came again and there is one of the tiny wires broken. I wonder if I put a bit of fuse wire acrss it and taped it up would it work?????? They are my only set of warm white lights as the other two sets are coloured. Blast....... :-|

here you go Island.

Put another log on the fire.
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
And go out to the car and change the tire.
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, baby, you can fill my pipe
And then go fetch my slippers.
And boil me up another pot of tea.
Then put another log on the fire babe,
And come & tell me why you're leaving me.

Now don't I let you wash the car on Sunday?
And don't I warn you when you're gettin fat?
Ain't I a-gonna take you fishin' with me someday?
Well, a man can't love a woman more than that.
And ain't I always nice to your kid sister?
Don't I take her driving every night?
So, sit here at my feet cause I like you when you're sweet,
And you know it ain't feminine to fight.

So, put another log on the fire.
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
And go out to the car and change the tire.
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, baby, you can fill my pipe
And then go fetch my slippers.
And boil me up another pot of tea.
Then put another log on the fire babe,
And come & tell me why you're leaving me.

:-D Island

sounds like military precision is called for AnnG. LOL

Afternoon Mandy, had a good look round town while waiting for the battery I gave him an hour, even managed to fit in a coffee while waiting. Battery was only £25 so I was pleased about that but it is quite an old phone the newer Iphone batteries are dearer. I was looking for a thicker type of sweater, there only seem to be thin ones around at the moment but I managed to find a thicker one in Bon March, not as thick as I would have liked though but it will do.

Forgot to say Ann that is good finding two courses to look forward to.

Afternoon all,

I don't think it's quite as cold out today we nipped to the tip this morning to get rid of garden rubbish thats been hanging about and it was quite nice in the sun then down came the rain but it didn't last long and we got home in the dry .

Vera thats the first injection over and it did sound nasty with all the pain you had after it .
Has the scarf turned up, you've had it in your hand and done another job and laid it down somewhere I expect.

Oh no Ann you've done one job in the car and made another lol I know when Colin has the battery off the car that takes the radio out and if the clock needs going back or forwards when the clocks alter we get son to do it for us as I'm not sure what buttons to press.

Mel it will be nice for you to go out to the garden centre ,I can see you having a good spend up ,make a list as your sure to forget something .

Anng hope you've enjoyed your trip to town and managed to get ths battery sorted for your phone .

Island I had not seen that, the poor man, I hope people have looked after him and replaced his clothes. What sort of evil person could do that. As you say it is sometimes an awful world we live in.

Instead of coming today until tomorrow, Grandson is coming Friday until Saturday. He has all week off so can do that (he is a bus driver). He has to be here before Sunday though as that is when the presents move south as other grandson and his wife drive over to collect them and take them back to Hampshire. Christmas is very complicated in this family.

What a horrible world we live in.
I've just been reading about a homeless man who was chased through the streets of Cleethorpes by a gang. Later his tent was set alight while he slept in it, destroying everything he had.
It's nice for us to have the luxury of reaching out and sharing what we have on chat forums and FB but I really feel for the likes of this man. :-(

Morning AnnG and Mel

It's 2 here. Put another log on the fire! - which song is that from? It'll ear worm me now LOL
7 hours sleep through! Now that's made a very nice change :-D

How nice to have a trip to a garden centre to look forward to Mel. That'll blow some cobwebs away :-D

AnnG, so is grandson coming sooner or later? I expect you're ready for him. being an organised person. Enjoy your trip to town :-D

I enjoyed catching up with you three yesterday and really appreciate the encouragement re art/craft. It was a shame to have that spoilt, not rising to it, I have far more important things to deal with in RL.

A neighbour has just rung me and is taking me to a garden centre this week sometime. Is'nt that nice. I have never been there before and she says its really nice.

Morning Anng and all,

A very grey day here and its 6 degrees and quite cold out.

I must ring my friend to see if she wants a ring this year and I need to get the rest of the plate rack down and wash it all.

Ann you have been so lucky with Ernie this year l;ets hope it continues. Its nice to think you can spend the money on your courses which I know you enjoy. You like doing landscapes.

Got up at 7am fr the loo and turned the heating on and went back to bed till it warmed up a bit.

good morning all, grey and 5 degrees so a bit warmer. Hoping to go into gloucester this morning to see about a phone battery. Arrangements have changed with Grandson, he is now coming on Friday.

Talk about blatant LOL

Evening All,

Yes Stephen was right about being able to see out of the eye Mel. I went to a consultant's cataract lecture at the hospital before the pandemic and I specifically asked about seeing anything out of the eye during the operation with me needing cataract surgery in both eyes and he told me you could. OH could see when he had his done too. Frustrating when someone beats you to the finish on ebay isn't it! There was me thinking you were needing to sell things not buy more! lol

The good news today is that ERNIE shelled out £50 for me and that I managed to book both a landscape and another portrait course for after Christmas. The bad news is that having decided to visit a good garden centre in Rutland tomorrow, OH has now cracked and split a piece off one of his newly filled teeth, so will be visiting the dentist instead. I don't know what will happen if the dentist still refuses to extract his teeth with this ongoing thing between him and the hospital.

It was good to have got your first injection done Vera so you know what it will be like. The pain afterwards doesn't sound nice though. I wouldn't have realised about washing my hair first either, but you know for next time. It is silly how they are leaving parcels on the doorstep now. As AnnG says what if there is a downpour? We've had them leave parcels in our recycling bin on the front before now. I think some might have had complaints because the lady delivering one parcel to me recently had me in the photo as she handed it to me!

Well we sat and sorted the heater in OH's car yesterday by going through various menus. Brilliant we got each side of the car sorted to suit both of us, but guess what............doing it seems to have wiped all the saved radio stations that the garage did for us when we fetched the car!

AnnG I wouldn't know where to start with printing labels on this printer but it's something I need to find out about. It must be very useful at Christmas when you have a lot to write.

Let us know how it goes, It sounds like fun anyway. Could be quite relaxing as long as you keep fingers away from the needle. :-D