General Chat

Afternoon All

Janice is snoring !!!!!.I think when she comes here she suddenly relaxes .Nothing to do or think about.
We have had a nice morning .We went to a Garden Centre and found there was a Xmas Market there.All the Xmas decorations and displays were so lovely.Quick trip to Tesco after that and then I couldn't go much further because of this hip :-S.

Frank what time do your guests arrive.I see you have a good old feast for them :-D.It will all go down a treat.
Roast Beef here.Janice said she will do some creamed leeks.

Our William says he is sorry that he is not finding time to post at the moment but he is thinking of us all.Hopefully he will be posting again soon <3

Have to go now but will try and catch up on todays posts later :-D

Here I am and still have this pain in the hip and personally I think Jane has passed it over to me. Is it catching????

I am ok standing up and walking very slowoly about and then it eases but the moment I sit down again it gives me jip when I get up and have to slowly straighten myself.

I am working on the THINGS at the moment, nearly there now and you will find out what they are.

FRANK you forgot the crackers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shame your snow disappeared Mandy but it is nice to see a little and get you in the mood for Christmas. Are you watching the films on True Christmas channel? I want to see the one with Julie andrews in it but it is on Wednesday at 11am and I am usually doing something then. My box won't work properly so I can't record it.

Hope you get that rad sorted Gill. Do as Mandy said and it shoudl work better. Thats if you can turn the other rads off. We can't turn a lot of ours off as they are just stuck and oh dos'nt want to have trouble with them as we have some of that copper pipe that was around in the 1960 that springs leaks every so often.

He put a new rad in the bathroom last year and that dos'nt work at all now. It is the last one on the line and the pipe goes straight up into the loft. He seems to think it os connected the wrong way round. Anyway he put a heater inthere and that is enough for us as there is a rad just outside the bathroom door in the hall. The old rad in there never worked very well anyway so we don't really miss it.

Was'nt it nice that Thomas got on so well with little William.

Frank I could'nt see your sunset either even when I right clicked and selected view.

Evening all

Mandy, can you thank your OH for his advice on how to sort out Sandra's rad please. The heating has come on the timer now but will have been off for an hour by the time my OH gets in from work so I'll ask him to do it for her. How long do you need to have the heating on before you bleed the rad, is it just a few minutes, or would we need to leave it longer? We didn't have this problem when we had our other boiler put it, so it's all new to me.
Sandra and I watched a Christmas film earlier too, there's some really good ones on isn't there? We only watched one today, because Sandra wanted to watch celeb that had been recorded before it comes back on tonight. I don't watch that programme, so she took herself off to the other room, while I watched something else. She has her own Freeview box to record the programmes she likes on.

After you mentioned the programme with Monty Don Ann I looked it up, noticed it was the second one, so watched the first one online while Sandra was watching her programme. It was very interesting and I'm looking forward to watching the second one tonight. I like Monty, especially in Gardeners World and his dog Nigel is lovely, he follows Monty everywhere and loves the tennis ball Monty throws to him <3
Yes it does feel like the Bahamas here now and it's lovely. Although Sandra doesn't think so in her room, hopefully it'll be warm in there soon for her.

Yes I'm a bit concerned at turning off the other rads Mel, which is why I'm leaving it for OH to do later. I don't know how old our radiators are and with the property being quite old I don't want to cause a leak anywhere if the copper pipe is flimsy. Hopefully everything will be ok when OH turns them off.
Sorry to hear you're still in pain, hope you feel better soon. Are you sitting down a lot making your THINGS that might have triggered it off? Didn't you have this problem not so long ago, what did you do then? Maybe you could do the same this time and see if it helps.

How did your meal go Frank? I was thinking crackers, to when you asked if you'd forgotten anything, but Mel got in there before me ;-) ;-)

It sounds like you've had a nice time with Janice, Jane. Shame you still have a sore hip and had to go home earlier than you'd have wanted. Hope you feel better soon too.
Nice to hear William is thinking of us all, hope he can make it back on here soon <3

Gill you need to turn the heating on ,run it for about ten minutes , while it's running go round and turn all the rads off except Sandra's , run the heating for another ten minutes to build up the pressure in that one rad and then turn the heating OFF ,then you can bleed Sandra's rad .
Don't try and do it with the heating running .

Mel it was the Christmas 24 channel we watched the christmas fillms on .

Thanks Mandy. OH will be home in an hour so I'll ask him to do it then :-) <3

Just to let you know Mandy, OH has just followed your instructions and Sandra's rad is now hot. The big test will be if it gets hot and stays hot in the morning when the heating comes on the timer, as we're not sure if her radiator is hot now because the heating was just put on her rad.

The radiators take a while to cool down once the heating is turned off and it's a bit late to wait for them to cool down and put the heating back on to check it now. I'll let you know tomorrow, once I can check it properly, if it worked ok.

Can I just ask, if you don't mind? If it goes back to the way it was before, does that mean our system needs power flushing? Hopefully it won't come to that, but I thought I'd ask just incase.

Going to bed now, I've got to be up early in the morning to box in the pipes on the new boiler before the viewing on Tuesday as I'm going to my mum's tomorrow afternoon and I'm chatting with Michelle online before that, so a busy day for me.

Thanks again for your help Mandy, I really appreciate it.

See you all tomorrow
Night Night

Good Morning Everyone. I hope the pain / aches have eased off in both Jane and Mel's hips. It's not nice I know for a fact. My cobbled L knee and tibia aches, sometimes worse than others, must respond to changes in the weather. Amazing what you can get used to.

I'm very pleased you're enjoying the benefits of your new boiler Gill. Did who ever installed it flush the system and put a rust inhibitor in? They warm up very quickly on the micro bore don't they? I changed my central heating boiler just over a year ago, the previous one was needing serviced too often to be considered dependable. My roof and walls are insulated so my only concerns are can I pay the bills lol.

Hope all have a lovely day what ever you get up to :-D <3

Morning all and evening Kim,

Hard hard frost this morning but the sun is shining and everything looks white still.
Mackeral skies today. I wonderwhat it will be like later??????

Staying in as much as poss today. Must go and feed the chickens and wild birds though then iots back to the kitchen and the warm.

I slept all night on my back but this morning it still hurts I don't think it is as much as yesterday but we shall see later after I have sat around for a while.

Does it tend to wear off Mel? or is it chronic?

Morning Friends, Evening Kim.

Well what an afternoon we had. J & C arrived at 2.50 pm I was all showered but still in shorts. The kitchen was like a OVEN. I had doors and windows open, when the front door opened and in they walked.

Ros had got the table laid with the plates, glass's and CRACKERS. The fact we never used them, is by the way.

The dinner was a feast by anybody's standard. My stuffing balls were a bit overcooked, so I had some in the freezer as I had made too much. I took that out and defrosted it and cooked it. I was going to throw the balls away, but when I tasted them they were delicious . so I put them out also. John cleared the lot, as he loved them with a bit of crunch.

John and I managed 3 bottles of red, during the meal, a big wedge of Blue cheese. and that was after a Bonoffe pie (sp) and cream. We left the table about 5.30, and all fell asleep in the armchairs and sofa. They left about 7.00 pm. Which then left Ros and I to clear up and sort everywhere out.

We were in bed by 10,30 pm KNACKERED.!!!

Glad you all had a nice time with your visitors, and that the heating is O.K. Gill.

Ros has gone to the doctors this morning, as her cough has got worse, and she can hardly speak. (Should I be pleased or what) :-D :-D :-D Lets hope they give her something to help clear it up.

I had to scrap the windows on her car this morning, otherwise she would have had to sit while the heater did it's job. (Aren't I good) ;-) ;-) ;-)

I don't think it is going to get very warm today. So keep yourselves wrapped up if you are going out.

Morning all

It's really cold here today there was frost on the lawn when I got up.

Thanks for the birthday cards they are lovely <3 <3 My sister stayed at my mums so I'm going round there later for a bit of a birthday party with them. Looking forward to it as I don't normally do anything on my birthday so it will make a nice change. Got to do the boxing in on the pipes first, then we'll go. I'm chatting with Michelle online at the moment.

Sandra radiator is still cold so I'll have to call someone out to take a look at it. OH thinks the thermostat on it might be broken.

I'll read the posts later as I've just heard another message come through off michelle

SORRY GILL. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" I hope you have a pleasant day.

I have found the photo's of the night sky, but for some reason I can't send them Sorry.!!

Ros is back from the doctors, she has BRONCHITIS and has been given some medication, so hope it clears up soon.

I am bored, with nothing to do, so I am playing around with the computer. :-D :-D

I've finished chatting with Michelle, her boyfriend wants to take her out so she had to go :-(

It sounds like the meal was a great success Frank. I like a bit of a crunch on my stuffing too :-) Pleased to hear Ros is going to the doctors, hopefully she'll be feeling ok soon.

If laying down helps Mel, maybe you could lay on the sofa rather than sitting on a chair. It sounds like you've got the same weather as we had this morning, although the frost seems to have gone here now, but it's still very cold.

Well, I'd better get to work and help OH with this boxing in
BBL

Forgot to say, it's a year ago to the day since I joined the thread......how time flies :-D :-D <3 <3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR GILL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY <3 <3 <3 <3

We are just off to Fitz's for lunch now.Janice and i have just been doing a little retail therapy :-D :-D.

BBL

<3 <3 <3 Happy Birthday Gill <3 <3 <3

Afternoon all ,

Gill i hope you are enjoying your day and have lots of nice presents and cards.
Perhaps it is the thermostat thats not working on the rad ,i hope you can get it sorted so Sandra has some heat .

Off shopping now and then the fire will be lit when we get home ,it's really chilly out today, we had a very sharp frost first thing but we do have the sun at the moment .

OOOoooooo I am so sorry Gill I forgot to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3 <3 <3 <3

I have been up the road and picked two carrier bags of moss for my wreaths. Oh's comment was "your not doing that rubbish again?" yes I am. It gets me in the Christmas spirit as he hates Christmas. I shall also be having my lights on in December. The red ones on the ceiling. They stay up all year and I fight with the cobwebs but at least they are there when I want to use them and I don't have to ask to have them put up and get it done at the last min.

I am pleased Ros has been to the docs and found out what the nasty cough is all about. Hopefully she will get rid of it soon now she has some meds. Love to Ros. <3

Gill have you had your pressies yet? if so what did you get as we are dying to know. Us nosey lot.......... <3 <3 <3

I got 50 shades of Grey books, all three of them off Michelle. I asked for them as I'd heard they were very good, Michelle just laughed.... she's already read them and was surprised I asked for them, I just laughed as well :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

OH got me some flowers a CD and a DVD
Sandra got me another CD I wanted, a scarf and gloves set which will come in handy today and a box of my fav chocs.
My sister got me a lovely jumper
and I'll see what mum has got me when we get there at 1.30pm
And all the lovely cards. Your card Mel was lovely I've never seen a circular one before.
Mum's just been on the phone, so I'd better get off, see you all later <3

Have a very Happy Birthday Gill, you had a lot of lovely pressies

Have a good visit to your Mums


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Glad you liked the card Gill. I thought is was nice and unusual and pretty too.

It's come over all cloudy now and dark.