General Chat

I have had two lots of painkillers today and it still aches. I think scrolling on the mouse dos'nt help so I am trying to stay off the pc today.

Hope yiu get the car done ok and its not as long as you think it may be Vera.

I too am sending Ann and G belated 20th anniversary greeting as I think I forgot the other day.

While I was outside on the patio having a ciggy I heard a crack and a fare sized branch fell off the ash tree and hit my shed. I think I shall have to have someone come and look at it and maybe trim it up. It would look really strange without it.

Now I think I may do some baking as I have eggs coming out of my ears.

Sorry to hear your arm is playing up Mel. Have you been overdoing it keeping everything in order round your pond and on your piece of land?

Belated congratulations on your 20th wedding anniversary Ann and Mr Ann. You have been busy at home; it will be like a new house by the time you have finished. I am sure it won't take your OH long to get used to a new phone in place of his Blackberry. We both have Apple iPhones, fairly old ones now, but find them easy to use and I know my late brother was pleased with his Samsung. The trouble with modern phones is that they come with so many apps and things that most people of our age group are never going to use.

Mandy, that wood was a good freebie. That will save you a bit of money in a year or two when it's seasoned.

We've been dashing around this morning. First into town to the bank, then out to the Farm Foods shop which had some really good offers on products I use anyway so I stocked up there and saved at least £20 on Tesco prices.

I hope you don't get soaked this afternoon AnnG. Our forecast is much the same, that is heavy rain this afternoon. It's very blowy still. I was out in the wind for a couple of minutes and got back in the car looking as though I'd been dragged through a hedge backwards. Yes, we have thought about how to manage without a car when the time comes. When we moved here 10 years ago the bus service was reasonable but it has been cut more and more so it is pretty dire now. The money we currently spend on the car with tax, insurance, servicing, fuel, new tyres now and then etc., will have to be put aside to pay for taxis when really necessary. We will also have to change our lifestyle a bit to fit in with the few buses we have got. There is also a community transport organisation which is mostly used by disabled people but we are eligible as pensioners. The problem with that is they ask you to book at least 3 days in advance. Our doctors often give you an appointment the same day. To take you for a hospital appointment and bring you back the charge is £25 and they will wait for 90 minutes which is very good. But if, for instance, OH came with me it would cost us £50 and there's no guarantee that we will be out in 90 minutes. On the other hand the current price for a taxi to and from the hospital is about £100!

Till recently our group of friends all helped each other out with lifts but we are all much of an age so some of those are stopping driving now. We will manage as all the non-drivers round here have to.

I have rabitted on again haven't I. This afternoon we are going to see friends who are going through a really rough time and the wife, in particular, really wants some company so we are going while we have a car. Tomorrow morning it disappears again for 2 weeks to have the damaged bodywork sorted out.

Going to get some lunch now. Enjoy the rest of the day whatever you are doing.

good morning all, really horrible here, blowing a gale and lashing with rain Alexa says 16 degrees. I am hoping this is going to ease off as it is the U3a main meeting this afternoon. I do have a lift but have to walk round to the main road to get it so if it is still like this I will be soaked before I go anywhere.

Nice to see you on here Ann. I see you are still busy but it sounds as though you are slowly getting straight. It won't be so easy though now the schools are back.
New phones then. I find my Iphone (an older model) is easy to use most of the time, my sister likes her Samsung. Good luck with finding one you like.
I think there will be quite a lot of Covid cases as the last vaccination was quite a while ago and it will have lost protection. However I have seen where they say the new strain has not given any more cause for concern than the last one. I really hope they don't bring back compulsory masks. a nightmare for me.

Vera, I wondered why you had not posted on Monday, glad you are ok.
You had a busy day yesterday, hope OH's back is better today.
And hope you get the car back Quickly so you can get all the errands done.
If transport is so bad where you are do you have plans for when the day comes that neither of you can drive? I have to admit I had not realised how much I would have to rely on buses and other people. taxis are not cheap so can really only be used when absolutely necessary.

Mandy in a couple of years all that wood will save you a bit. You must have a large garden to be able to store so much wood without it being in the way.

Mel Are the patches not working? Have you told your GP this? Have you done anything in the last couple of days to make it so bad? Hope it easies soon

ck today and I may not.



BLASWTR just lost my post so maybe I will see you tommorrow. Arms really bad.

Evening All,

It's been cooler here today and I even fished out some socks to wear. I keep seeing complaints about rain on tv, but we haven't really had much this year and it's been parched instead. We did have a sprinkle yesterday and this morning which should help the garden plants. It is getting windy though and when the man from FENSA came this morning to check the front door installation I opened the front door and the inside doors all started slamming with the wind.

It was our 20th wedding anniversary yesterday, so we did go out for a meal but just to the carvery that keeps offering 30% off! Places are still not doing so well since the pandemic and I checked the Helston bead place I've been to in the past today and that has gone too. They were giving 75% discount towards the end when I found them on FB, so I wish I'd known.

We had a panic yesterday when OH couldn't top up his mobile and we thought we'd been cut off, as our ancient phones are only 3G ones and that is being turned off this year. He managed to sort it by going online instead, but it has spurred on to get new phones now so a trip to Curry's this week methinks ,as we could be switched off any time in the next 14 or so weeks. OH was hoping to get another Blackberry as they are much more user friendly than my phone, but read a little while ago that they have stopped doing them.

I've done the new bedroom curtains and we hung them yesterday and they look much better than the old ones. There's still plenty of storage space in the bedroom, even with OH's clothes in the wardrobes, so we've been able to give a new home to some other things out of the study.

Hubby is at a meeting now and will be every day this week. The autumn term always seems the busiest in the schools. One person can't attend as both she and her husband have covid! I can see it going back to online meetings again before long as the latest strain is even more infectious. Better dig out the face masks ready. One of the surgeries in the city has already re-introduced masks again.

Better get back to the job of looking at a brochure with new toilets in and choosing one for the ensuite. What an exciting life I lead just now! lol.

I am definitely going doolally in my old age - I could have sworn I posted yesterday but obviously I didn't. It was a bit hectic yesterday. I did loads of washing, changed all the bedding, sorted out a Tesco order for delivery Thursday and did a bit of h/w. OH's back wasn't very good so I didn't get any help from him. He has tabs to take when it's bad and it usually improves over a few days. He said it's a bit easier today.

The car was supposed to be collected between 8 and 10.30 am yesterday to go in for a bit of work that OH had requested but things had got behind and then there was a problem on the road so it wasn't collected till nearly 5 pm. That means the work wasn't done till today so we are now waiting for them to bring the car back. That means we only have tomorrow to dash about and do everything that needs the car as on Thursday it goes off to the body shop to have practically a whole new side where it got damaged at the funeral we went to in July. The body shop say they will need it for 2 weeks. Managing without it will be fun as the bus service is atrocious and taxis have got quite expensive.

Today I've done the ironing and vacced through downstairs and also vacced the stairs and seem to have had a lot of phone calls to answer. I'm hoping to vac around upstairs tomorrow before going to have a cuppa with a friend who is having a very stressful time at the moment and in need of some company.

We were supposed to be going to a Club meeting last night but we didn't think the rather uncomfortable chairs in the room we use would do OH's back any good at all and I felt exhausted so we decided to give it a miss. I texted the Club secretary to let her know we wouldn't be there and she said that 7 members had said they weren't going, plus there are always one or two who don't turn up on the night. We aren't a very big club anyway so the poor speaker probably only had an audience of a few.

It's been horrible weather the last couple of days. Yesterday we had a lot of really heavy downpours in the afternoon and evening. I just got my washing off the line in time. Today it's been lighter showers but blowing a real hooley. I'm not complaining about the rain because we really needed it round here but I could do without the vicious gusts of wind. I've just remembered it's bin day tomorrow so I'd better take our bins down the road. It's recycling and garden waste tomorrow so I'll have to battle the wind and drag them down and hope they are still on the rec., where we have to put them, in the morning.

Gosh Mandy that was a good freeby even if you have to wait. doyou know what wood it is?

Hav'nt done anything since the windows just mucked about and watched a video on youtube on beachcombing.

Its blowing a hurrican here and theres rain in the air but its the best time to clean the windows as it get rid of the streaks left by the sqeegy. Now all I need to do is fine the energy to do the insides.

I keep thinking its Sunday. I know its not cos the shopping came today.

Afternoon all,

Not a very nice day here today light showers and very windy ,I did decide to hang some towels out and they were nearly dry when down came the rain.

We have been busy stacking some wood that a neighbour gave us he said we could take as much as we would like ,he has been helping a friend cut down six trees and he brought home two huge truck fulls so we have had the help of Jake and Chelsea to barrow it round, it will need a year or so to dry out so we won't be able to burn it this year .

No good doing that here it is raining and blowing a gale

just cleaned all my windows outside.

good morning all. very grey and dark here this morning. so much so that I really overslept and woke at 0915. Have not done that for years but was awake until about 2am. 16 degrees so not cold.

O and hip and arm very achey today.

Morning all,

Dull wet and windy dreadful weather. I do hope we will get St Lukes little summer in October or the winter is going to be everso long.

Its 15 degrees and pc says rain.......... when will it ever stop??

Shopping arrives today and I have one sub 600ml of double cream instead of 300ml so I am not cmplaining and think i will make a nice trifle for myself and Em this week.

Pc is saying windy and 15 degrees and would you believe it the suns out at the moment.

Been and collected my scripts and its a good job I checked as they had'nt put the patches in so I was asking about something else and the girl came and gave me the patches. I now have an appointment with the doc on Monday when they are going to give me the other pills I forgot to ask for. Then I booked to have my covid and flu injection as well so now its back down the docs on Thursday for that and on Monday to see the doc.

We had a bit of sun this morning but now its raining again.

Done the parcel and done some casting.

Thanks Anng. Gwyn has aslo collected me a few shells so I can now expect two little parcel at your convenience. No rush. Thanks

good morning all. slept well last night, had about 8 hours sleep.
Blue sky and sun at the moment and 15 degrees but don't think it will last somehow PC says 16 degrees and partly sunny.

Vera. that was nice to see your daughter. A bit of a shock when she arrived solo though I bet.

Hope it won't be too long before you get to see the little great granddaughter, they grow and change so quickly.

Mel, I have a few tiny shells to post to you but it won't be immediately as I need to work out the best way of posting so they don't get crushed. Might have to find a small box I think.

Morning all on this dull old cloudy rainy day.

Its miserable this morning 15 degrees and pc says rain stopping soon.

I have a small parcel to post this morning and a cheque to bank then just carry on as normal for the rest of the day. Dinner is in the freezer so I only have to get that ot and defrost it and cook a bit of broccoli.

What are you lot up to today?

How lovely to have that new great grandchild to look forward to meeting Vera. Now I see Granny is a byker. Good on her. I had all the leathers in my younger days but never the byke to go with them just rode with the boys in our gang.