General Chat

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lots of waves to everyone - we may have been first with the New Year over here in NZ but I was asleep. Usually up late and intended to have a drambuie to toast the New Year but did not have it till the next night.

How are you Glossy Ann

I started naming Ann that way when we were in Panto together, Theresa it seemed apt with all the fairy dust that was being sprinkled around at the time.

Bakerlite - I collect owls - and I have a lovely little Blue bakerlite one he opens at the back and originally had a bottle of Midnight in Paris perfume in it. I purchased him in an antique shop sans perfume. If I remember rightly we even had bakerlite drawer handles when I was young.

You don't want to go drinking water Frank - my father would never drink water - hated hospitals as they were always trying to get him to drink the stuff - he reckoned it would rust his cast iron constitution.

The weather here is fine - and humid and we don't get the horrible heat that they get in Aussie. We make our trips to Oz in September when it is cooler and I love Melbourne and its gothic buildings and the free trams.

This is an excellent thread Glossy Ann - didn't you do well? !!!!!!

Norma/ Persey

re spa water


We used to spend most of our summer holidays in Scarborough ..... Mum and Dad, and her parents, had been going there since at least the 1920s.


I can still remember being dragged (well, forced!) down to the beach and along to where "the" spring emerged from a well set in a stone wall.

"You must drink a cup of this every morning!" was dad's favourite phrase.


Yukkkk!



Hi Margot

we spent almost a year in Melbourne in 1975/76, OH was at LaTrobe Uni on a sabbatical.




sylvia


~~~~ to my favourite stalker!

Hello everyone,Happy New Year! I was just catching up on all the replies
as I had to work unexpectedly yesterday-this thread is lovely,it feels like a circle of friends talking,and sharing information about themselves.Our weather here in Melbourne has been pretty weird-NYE was stinking hot-
38 degrees C,then we had thunder,lightning,and heavy rain,and a cool change.The fireworks went ahead in spite of the rain,but the rain did dampen the proceedings somewhat,and all the revellers ended up very soaked.New Year's Day was much cooler-20-25 degrees C-
and more spitting rain-very strange weather.It's a nice relief from the heat though,and good for the trees,dams and gardens,so I'm not complaining!

Living on a very dry continent , over Summer especially,as well as all year
round,we all have to try to use as little water as possible,to keep the storage levels in the dams up-you all don't have to worry about that in Britain,where you have a much higher rainfall.

Liz-thanks for your reply-you seem to have had a nice floral Christmas.I hope that the flowers appear in the garden soon,as well,to make you feel happier.

Jean-nice to hear from you.I hope that the snow is finished soon,and your life will get back to normal again.

Best wishes to everyone in 2010-hope you all have a Happy,Healthy,Safe and Prosperous year in 2010.

XXXX Margot.

Aye, we're a hardy bunch up here in Scotland, mind you I work as a motorcycle courier so I'm out in everything all day!
I see our weather in Scotland isn't getting above freezing 0* until at least Thursday so that will be refreshing.

Sylvia and her spa water, when I was a boy in the '50s I can remember being thirsty and drinking out of a puddle in our tenement back court using an old tin can.
I got my ears clipped for that one but it sure builds up your resistance to things, either that or it kills you!

I made dinner tonight as my dear wife is still getting used to walking without her sticks (hip replacement) at least that's what she tells me.
Been doing it for three months so i'm an expert now.........we had trout as well and a couple of mincemeat pies to finish them off.

Frank, Sylvia's favourite stalker!

Only kidding.

Had some white stuff here (West Midlands) earlier today, followed by the wet stuff, so the snow has gone now.
Going to do a bit more of my jigsaw puzzle before I go to bed.

Maybe Frank is in the habit of washing in cold spring water .... rather him than me.

Caz and Sylvia (in Canada) your dinners sound very tasty, and your arrangement re the cooking of the dinner sounds first class. You lucky things.

Good-night everyone, and good afternoon to Sylivia

Hi Ann and everyone

It's raining here again, and pretty warm at around 9C

Your weather in the UK sounds like what we had this time last year ......... it snowed about December 16, and then several times more, before the thaw finally came in early February. Not normal for Vancouver! In fact, probably not known to have occurred like that for at least 40+ years!

Had to venture out to the local mall earlier today ............... I had to pay off a department store account before Jan 4. It was crazeeeeeee! We got back home as soon as possible ..... but not before also visiting the chocolate shop!

We're having trout for dinner tonight ................... OH cooks on Saturday and Sunday, I do Monday, we alternate and/or work together on Tuesday through Thursday, and try to eat out on Friday at one of our local little places (not expensive!).


That Frank! Not sure what I'll do with him!!!



sylvia

Good evening, Y Caz, Jean, BC, Susan (with numbers), Theresa and Jean (Mon) Lovely to see all the chat going on.

Off to bed soon, back tomorrow.

Ann
Glos

Jean it was lovely, hubby is pretty good, he has to be. We had roast beef, sprouts, carrot and turnip mash, roast potatos and mash. He tends to overfill me though as I eat very little.
Just looked out of the window and it is thick of snow and coming down fast, the sky is full so I suppose our street will be impassable again.

Caz xx

Hello Ann and everyone

What a lovely thread

Happy New year to you all

Susan
x

B.C what are you like, I did something similar yesterday about 7.am. i ate three tiny chocolate eclairs, just because I could so there...sticks tongue out.....tastes better when we know we shouldnt,

Caz was your tea nice ,we just had scotch pies and chips, now we are finishing the fruit salad.......

love Jean xx

*boasts....bet nobody can do what I did today.....eat three Walnut Whips in five seconds.........

I must go and have a Mince Pie ... need to eat all sorts of things before I start my diet. Well, I can't throw good food away can I?

Hello all, just time to wish you all a very Happy New Year before hubby puts tea on table. I've not had chance to come back on until now, but I was going to say in my first post that I come from Gods own County, Yorkshire as my name suggest, lol.

I have to agree with Jean that I have found talking to some of the ladies in here,and mentioning that I was talking to a friend in so and so, all over the world. I have to explain then how I have so many friends abroad.

I have one of those little fold down cups in a leather case, it was my late father-in-laws, and someone mentioned it was a travelling medicine dose cup. Don't know if it's right or not.

I love this thread, there's a lot of names I recognise but a lot of new ones, it's lovely to meet you all.

Tea is out so must go.

Caz xx

...and you don't have to look good.....lol.. (snuggles into dressingown)....BCXX

I agree Jean, and you can dip in and out of the conversation any time you want.

Teresa, it really does feel as if you are talking, and no-one interrupts you!

Me too.

Frank, that made me chuckle!

Yes siree,

It's snowing again in Glasgow, Scotland and we never managed to get rid of what fell on 23rd december, it just froze solid. Looks very picturesque and there are still three days until we go back to work so perhaps it will have all melted by then!

Chica, the rum idea sounds quite plausible, just the right size for a wee tot of rum but up here in Scotland we are reputed to just drink it straight from the bottle!!
Of course the lairds in the big hoose would have had similar drinking vessels for hunting, grouse shooting or of course picnics for the ladies who would never drink out of a bottle................. :))

Bakelite Sylvia, you are really going back now,

Picture the scene.............Oh Papa, may we partake of some of the health giving spa waters with our little folding bakelite cups, please Papa??

Whit, drink it? Naw, ye'll waash yur face in ut lik the rest o' us!

See you on the other side Sylvia x

Happy New Year... ...... .... ....

Hello everyone, we are snowed in again, it is very heavy and daughter has just measured the depth of it 12 inches in two hours!!! the gritters have been out and the main road is covered again...hope it is clear where you are situated, have a good weekend.......


Jean x