General Chat

Thank you for explaining that to Mel Vera and AnnG. I have sent pictures with a message before, but not with an email. I just tested it out and found I can share to an email as well, so I have learned something today. I normally download photos from my phone to my laptop and then attach to an email to send, but it is handy and quick to be able to attach them from the phone to an email at times.

Pleased you had a nice lunch but what a horrid journey home AnnG.

In case your phone is like mine Mel, click on the picture you want to send. It will come up on screen with various symbols under it. Click on the one that looks like a square with an upward pointing arrow. That will then show all the ways you can send your picture. Click on Mail and you will see a normal email with the picture. Just fill in the email of the person you are sending it to, subject etc just as normal. It sounds worse than it is, it’s really easy.

Had a nice lunch in The Harvester I had half of a rotisserie chicken with barbecue sauce and chips and the free salad of course plus a couple of glasses of Shiraz

Only thing was it was a late lunch and we came out at 4pm straight into nose to tail traffic all the way home no more than five miles took almost a hour.

Mel with your photos opened click on one you want to send it might somewhere say share, click on that and if should come up with email option.

Good afternoon all

It’s cold and windy but quite bright and sunny. The wind is making it feel a lot colder than the temperature says.

Mel, only you can know what is happening but, because of the way you often get deleted mid sentence or the post gets twisted so the last bit shows before the first bit, it looks as though your cursor is in the middle of the text when something happens. Try making sure the cursor is at the very end of the text and see what happens. It’s only a suggestion as I really haven’t a clue. I’m not surprised you are being told you need more cloud storage with all those emails!! They must take a lot of space up on your computer and other devices if you have got them synched. Assuming your phone is similar to mine you should be able to forward pictures to anyone on your email list. If I’ve got a few pictures I want to show our little group, I select the ones I want and then email them to myself. I can then forward the email on to the group in one go.

I’m so pleased the little one is back home now AnnG and hope for a quick recovery for him. I hope you enjoy your lunch and seeing your friend again. I won’t be posting tomorrow as we are going to Blenheim to see all their decorated rooms and Christmassy things so good luck for Thursday. I’ll be thinking of you.

Annx, you did well to get out of that boxed in situation. I hate it when you have to shuffle backwards and forwards. I occasionally have to do it at the chiropodists but I have a favourite spot in the town carpark where something can park on one side but not on the other nor in front or behind. Unfortunately at least 50% of the time something else has parked there first but I get that spot when I can.

I’m waiting for a delivery from Tesco and will be looking carefully at dates. In the meantime I am going to see if OH has woken up yet. He fell asleep at the end of the lunchtime news and I need him to do my next lot of drops for me.

Afternoon All,

Frost here this morning and OH couldn't remember where he put the de-icer when he emptied the porch cupboard. Luckily it wasn't frozen hard and an old loyalty card scraped it off the windscreen. We went to the garden centre that does poached eggs and OH decided he liked their wholemeal bread after all. We got a few christmas bits, then called in the shop. When we got home we swapped into my car to get diesel then called in another garden centre which was on the way back to look around and at The Works in there. I couldn't believe it when we walked out, as I had parked beyond the store front up to the fence where there were hardly any cars parked. Now I was boxed in with a big van one side, a lorry the other on the skew and a lorry blocking my exit. Once I'd shunted umpteen times I went through the entrance to get out. OH's comment was that 'these things always seem to happen to you'. :-(

I'm so pleased the baby boy is home where it is familiar AnnG and hope he is soon better now he is on the mend. It's good Cynth can take and fetch you to your appointment as chatting with a friend passes the time waiting. Enjoy your meal and chat today. None of OH's tablets affect him driving or make him drowsy and he has read all those lengthy leaflets rgat come with them to be sure,

Mel I thought because you said you didn't know how the pics had turned out you didn't know where to find them on your phone to look at. Have a google or look at your phone instructions about downloading your pics. You must have used a cable between your phone and PC before I would think. Your PC should be faster when you have got rid of a lot of those emails! Don't forget the 'trash' and the 'sent' ones as well.

That was a good saving at Tesco's on the clothes Mandy and I hope you manage to get 2 more of the cushions today. Things will get snapped up quickly now it's nearer Christmas. Yes Fitz has had some lovely Christmas Trees. His wife has retired now and he has mentioned, but also said he dreads moving house, so I'm not sure how much longer he will be having such big trees

OH has gone to a meeting now and says he will be dealing with work stuff much of tomorrow so I'd better get the hoovering done now as he won't want all that noise tomorrow.

I have tried knocking buttons on the key board with just a few words on a post so I don't know what it is that wipes most of it out.

Shopping came and the sub was for 4 fresh cream eclairs and they two boxes of two eclairs which was fine but the date on them is today!! so I have asked for a refund.

Suns been out all morning and its 8 degrees but feels very cold indoors so I think the heating may go on.

I have been deleting emails from 2008 and found some interesting ones one of which is Fitz's sitting room with Christmas tree and decs. I don't think it was from 2008 but I am now up to 2013.

Mel did you lose a bit again? If you don't know what is causing it there seems to be something really wrong there.

Morning all,
Nice bright sunny morning and no frost ,off later to see if I can get two more of these cushions .

Anng thats good Cynth can take you and pick you up, enjoy your lunch today.

Fitz had some lovely Christmas trees didn't he .

Right I'll have my cuppa and get on.

head by the pc.

Morning Anng and all,

The suns just come out and its 4 degrees and pc says once again rainy days ahead.

I was clearing my emails last night from 2007!! There were thousands of them but I am getting there. Some from Jane I kept with pics of Fitz Christmas tree.

Shopping comes today so I better gfet myself together and get dressed.

Good morning all back down to 2 degrees and I was a bit chilly when I was awake around 3am in bed.
Being taken out to lunch lunch time to a fairly local Harvester that I have not been to before. This friend was my boss and quite a bit younger than me when I lived in the forest of Dean in the 70s. We have remained friends ever since. These days only manage to stay in touch via email and meet once a year around Christmas. They have a house in Italy where they spend quite a bit of time. It is a late lunch as they have somewhere to go first so will pick me up around 1.30.

Ann they have not said anything about what exactly they will do, being so quick I have only had a phone call and a message on the NHS App. I assume they will decide which procedure to use on the day. If it is stitches I can usually get them removed at my surgery but maybe things have changed. It is all wait and see.

I'm pleased Cynth can take you and bring you home again. Its so much better with a friend about.

Its good baby is home now and responding to the antibiotics.

Annx I know where to find the pics on my phone but its sending them on I am not sure about or if I can download htem to my pictures. BIL did tell me how to do it but I forget so easily. I may have it written down somewhere.

Baby is home now.. Hope the antibiotics continue to do their job.

I was not really surprised at the appointment coming so quickly as the nurse had said it would so they could send things away for a biopsy. I think they must keep aPpointments vacant for emergency appointments as I had two times to choose from.
Cynth is taking me and will collect me after. Obviously there is nobody in the house but it is only a minor op with a local anaesthetic. Nowhere near I suspect as when I had my nose done.

OH takes the tablet he can't lie down with for half an hour once a week. Otherwise he takes 8 different ones daily with 2 of them twice a day now as they took him off one of the BP tablets as he didn't need it and reduced the dose of 2 others. Another will be stopped in the New Year. He's good and does a daily chart and ticks them off as he takes them and is used to the routine now. Like you Vera he has to wait half an hour after taking the first ones and then has his breakfast with another tablet. It just needs some forward planning on some days as you say and like you he takes a sandwich to eat before he goes into some meetings. It's years since I went to Blenheim, but it should be lovely all decorated for Christmas. What will you say if the coucher giver asks what you got yourself with it?

That's good news you have an appointment so soon AnnG! Less time for it to be on your mind and all done before you go to your daughter's. I hope Cynth can take you and bring you back. Have they said whether you will need stitches and whether they will need taking out? I expect it will be more sore for the first few days, but soon heal then.

What an amazing coincidence to meet someone you knew in the graveyard Gwyn!

Mel your phone may be different, but on the screen that opens when I switch mine on there is an icon on the screen with 'Gallery' written under it. Clicking on that opens up the pictures.

Evening all,

Anng thats good you've got your appointment all sorted and you won't have to long working about it ,it will be done and healing well, before you go away , enjoy your trip out with your friend tomorrow .
I hope the little one is responding to the treatment and is a little better .

Oh well Vera the chicken manure will be good for the garden and you'll get the pleasure of ths nice flowers in the summer .

Ann thats good the curtains are now blocking the bright lights in the bedroom ,poor OH getting those bad heads and having to get up early to take his tablets .

Gwyn what we're the odds on meeting up like that with the lady in the graveyard ,if you hadn't stopped to chat you'd never have known you were right beside someone you knew from years ago

I went to get our tablets from boots today as I didn't go out the other day ,she gave me a big brown carrier bag full of boxes ,I said are you sure that's mine ,yes she said you've got two months this time to save them doing them over Christmas, so then of course Colin had two months to so out came another three bags of his tablets ,never had so many tablets all in one go .
I then went to see Jake in the butchers and get my meat for the freezer ,while I was in there I got Jake to write down my christmas meat order so that's done.
We then went to Tesco's as the clothes were all 25% off so I got a few bits for Christmas, son was saying that Katie wanted one of those cushions with the arms and that Tesco's had them reduced so I bought one for her birthday next month after I got home I thought I could have got Chelsea and Lacey one for Christmas so I'm going back tomorrow for two more .

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Done it again and I had'nt copied it.

Been out to Homeleigh garden centre today with my neighbour and we had a good look round with no men worrying about getting home. First I went to the car wash and had that done and left them the keys and said I would collect it when we had finished.

We went and had a good kook at the Christmas things and enjoyed looking at the snowy village display. I took pics on my phone but don't know how to send them to you or even if they have come out ok.

I had said I hope your great grandchild will be better soon Anng and that you have a nice day out tomorrow. That was good getting an early appointment to have your little op so it should all be over by the time you go away.

Vera fancy spending your birthday money on chicken manure instead of something nice for your self but it is good stuff for the garden.

Right I am posting this before it goes again.

That's great that you have been given such a quick appointment AnnG though I expect it was a bit of a shock. Better earlier than later. Is there someone who can take you and bring you home afterwards, Cynth perhaps? Will you be able to get help at home if you need it? I hope your little great grandson is starting to recover and will be home soon. Enjoy spending time with your friends tomorrow and have a nice lunch. It will help take your mind off the hospital visit.

Gwyn, how amazing that you met someone from your past while you were both tending family graves. You probably had quite a bit to chat about.

Annx, my morning tablet routine is a bit like your OH's though not quite as bad. I have to take 1 tablet as soon as I get up but I mustn't eat for about an hour after taking it so no quick breakfast. Then I take another 2 tabs just before I eat, have some breakfast and 3 tabs after breakfast. At the moment I'm also trying to fit in the eye drops at the right time. It's only 2 drops but they can't be put in together; there has to be a short gap between them. It's on days like this Wednesday when we have to be out at 8 am that it becomes a problem. We are going to Blenheim so I either have to be up at silly o'clock or go without breakfast. I will probably do that. I can take a sandwich to eat on the coach when we're underway.

Where does all the washing come from? I did 4 loads this morning and still have the bed linen to do. Later we went out to our local garden centre where I bought a couple of birthday cards and a couple of little "tree presents" and OH got a couple of big tubs of chicken manure and a tub of fish, blood and bone that he wanted. I still had a voucher given to me for my birthday last February but I think the giver was expecting me to buy nice plants or something good for me, not chicken manure! Later I did a bit of general tidying and potted half a dozen geranium cuttings that had been sitting in water till I had time to deal with them. I'm not sure they are going to take.

Now I'll go and sort out the remains of yesterday's stew and make some dumplings to go in it. Have a good evening and sleep well tonight.

Just had to battle my way through a phone call from dermatology. I have an appointment for this Thursday (27th) at 11.30. Was not expecting it to be that quick. Still that will get it out of the way for Christmas. Not sure how much it is going to affect me after it is done. Not sure if I will be able to walk for a few days. I am sure that it will be sore.I suppose it will all work out OK.

Well resting legs or not I eally cannot sit and do nothing so, as I said got the sock drawer and wardobe sorted before having breakfast (If you can call one slice of toast breakfast,) And that was a sit down rest. Stropped the bed and in the wash. then spent half an hour+ in the garden just working mainly in one spot on cutting back the ivy there so at least there is something in the garden bin for tomorrow,

Looking out the window just not I am pretty certain I had a Fieldfare in the garden. The magpies didn't like it and in the end chased it off.

Present wrapping this afternoon.

that is a lot of tablets your OH has to take Ann. I assume none of them would show up as a problem if he was ever breathalized? I am sure there would be a warning and also sure you will have cjecked but it does seem a lot. I bet he gets fed up with having to take them.

Not heard anything about the baby. I wait to hear from daughter to save worrying the parents for details.

Morning Folks,

A dry morning here with a bit of weak sunshine. OH was up at 6.30 am to take one of his medications he mustn't bend over or lie down with for half an hour, so had a shower next, then took his next scoop of tablets with another half hour wait to take another tablet with his breakfast. He had a council meeting at 9.00am and needed to set off early anyway because of the traffic so the tablet regime means being up early on these days. He had a poor night with the bad headaches we used to think must have been a kind of migraine without the aura, that we now know is inflammation caused by the type of arthritis. He had to get up to take the strong painkillers he doesn't take unless he has to as they can be addictive. He seemed a lot better and brighter this morning when he set off.

Our neighbour opposite was up at 6.00 am this morning and had his floodlight on and the garage door up and light on. I looked through the window as I heard noise and know he usually leaves later at 7.00am. It was brilliant though as I didn't realise his lights were on till I looked, as the new curtain rail blocks almost all the light out now, including his headlights, and they don't wake me up. :-D

AnnG I think a rest for your legs is a good idea today and will give them chance to recover from the walking and poking as you say and you have a nice lunch and meet up with a friend tomorrow. to look forward to. I hope there is soon good news about the baby when the antibiotics take effect.

Mel is it a big tree again that Aaron is cutting up? It's handy he can clear/cut back the trees for you and use them himself as well so you both benefit. I didn't know you had a little woodland and it is something I always fancied having when I was younger. The Mccaffee and Cloud emails are usually scams. Look at the email address on them and it is usually gobbledegook. I get them both from time to time but do nothing. When OH set up his windows 11 he managed to do it without having the cloud and I wish I had as well now!

I went to Aldi this morning and bought some things I forgot to put on the food order and the salad they didn't send. I was there before 9.00am and the carpark was already quite full, but luckily I spotted an empty end space near the store. I took a wheelie basket as I didn't want much, but of course came out with some extras. I just got through the exit door and the alarms went off and yes, it was me triggering them. A nice member of staff came over to me and said it was the basket setting them off. I asked her whether I had to wheel it out setting the alarms off again and then wheel it back in the entrance to where they were stacked and she told me to just leave it at the side where I was. There were no others there so I assume you leave them at the checkout as you can't take them out of the store? I'll keep my eyes peeled next time I go or stick to the trolleys, but I had no pound coins on me today to release one.

Well the windowcleaner was due but hasn't been so I will put my old clothes on now and clean the microwave and ensuite.I'm still getting the brown dust on my cloth when I wipe.

Morning Anng and all,

Sorry you have two poorly legs today Anng so I think its a rest day from the garden and I am sure there something you can do inside.

Its 8 degrees here and mostly cloudy by the pc so we'll see what the day brings as it goes on.

Yesterday and today I seem to have lost all myMorning Anng and all,

Sorry you have two poorly legs today Anng so I think its a rest day from the garden and I am sure there something you can do inside.

Its 8 degrees here and mostly cloudy by the pc so we'll see what the day brings as it goes on.ictures on the pc. I put some on the desktop wich I amputting on Ebay but the actual picture is not showing which is annoying as I have to keep opening them to see which ones they are. I keep getting messages from the clouod to say I need more storage space and messages from McCaffi has run out. Oh had that but I've never had it since he died.