General Chat

Afternoon All,

A bit of sunshine here but very dull again now and quite cool.

Well the neighbour has presented us with a new eyesore today!! He's got a caravan parked on the front edge of his front lawn next to his 'Keep Clear' on the road in full view of our bedrooms. I love caravans and, as I said before, when I had one it was parked round the back out of everyone's way. Because our front gardens slope it leans over so looks even worse. Our deeds say we can't have mobile homes so we hope it is temporary till he finds somewhere else for it.

I've never been to a chiropodist and wouldn't let OH near me with scissors, but I think I may need one after having each new knee, same as Jane with her new hip. I doubt I will be able to reach my toes for a while afterwards.

We also have a dog friendly cafe in the same village as the pub. There is an area set aside and even a dog meal on the menu! lol. They also have water bowls and dispenser and jars of two types of free treats that dog owners can help themselves to.

The rescue cats at beading didn't even lift their heads from their beds and barely opened their eyes all the time we were there today. :-) One friend is going to see Aljax and Jannette from Strictly tonight, so that should be good to watch.

I hope your BTM soreness soon wears off Frank. It doesn't sound like a quick job with the gloopy stuff. Good that you got a good sleep though. Did you check the potency of that cider. lol Some has quite a high alcohol content. ;-)

Jane I wanted some tortoiseshell glasses last time as I really like them, but the only pair I liked were too shallow in the lens for my prescription. I bet they will look nice on you.

What a horrid nightmare Mel. I know what you mean about screaming in a dream and no noise coming out. It's a bit like when you try to run away in a dream and your legs don't move you anywhere. It's good your OH woke and calmed you down as I think mine would have leapt out of bed thinking something was chasing HIM!!! LOL.

Afternoon Everyone
I am just back from having my Mammogram done. I got there a bit early and there was no-one else waiting so I was straight in and back in the car within 15 minutes .How brilliant was that :-D. It wasnt as uncomfortable this time. Just the wait now for the results.
I think my hip op is now going to be somewhere around June 20th.So still not too long to wait.The Consultant is on holiday for the first week of June and then on call for another week and then it just depends on any emergencies .

Oh Mel what a dream that was!!!.Thank goodness OH was next to you and was able to comfort you. I dream all the time and often remember them all.I enjoy most of my dreams even when they are a bit bonkers :-D :-D

Is your Bum any less painful this afternoon Frank? I wonder if your good nights sleep was not only helped by the Cider ;-) but the fact you were topped up with your Testosterone .

Ann,I am sorry you now have a Caravan parked right opposite the front of yours. Do you think he might move it,or is he the kind of person who wouldnt give a hoot about it being an eyesore? I would be most peeved :-S That was unusual for the cats to be asleep all the time this morning.They always seem to be having a bit of a play when you are there.maybe they had a hectic day yesterday :-D
When I was on the way to the hospital just at the top of our rd a big Heron flew over and landed in the garden of the bungalow by the traffic lights. I am guessing there must be a pond there!.

I too went to Tesco AnnG and got 6 bottles of wine :-D.They also have the 25% off deal in Asda. Maybe a little trip there tomorrow :-D :-D. Then as Anne said it will be Sainsburys turn. I always think though the just before the have this 25% deal that the prices go UP a little :-S. I am sure this is what happens. I have noticed that some wines I like may go up say £1 a week or so before the deal :-S :-S.

I need to get the oven on as James is on his way and he is going out so will need dinner first.

Evening all

Just got in, we've been to OH's dad's and brother's graves, it would of been his dad's birthday today and it's a year since his brother died in a few days. We also went to visit OH's mum who was very upset over a fall out with OH's brother and sister, so it's been quite an upsetting day all around. We took MIL shopping as there was no one to take her and we bought her a nice bunch of flowers to cheer her up. By the time we left she was feeling much happier.

I'll catch up with the posts tomorrow, as I'm just about to sort out dinner.

Evening all,

Little bit of sun today at times but it's been so chilly outside we haven't been out that much .
Got the phone call saying the cooker would be here between twelve and three ,they turned up about twenty past twelve ,came to the door said they would unpack it and bring it in ,they then came back and said there was a problem ....as they unpacked it the oven door fell off !!! they noticed that there was no pins in the oven door to hold it in place , he said they might have a black one at the shop but there wasn't when we went in but luckily the lorry came this morning and they had one there ,so off they went and soon came back with it ,son came and wired it up and the old one will be taken away by the scrap man who collects for free ,for the shop men to wire it up would have been £75 and then another twenty for them to take the old one away so that was a bit of a good saving .
We had a nice stew tonight so i only used the hob for the veg as i had made the stew this morning on the old cooker .

I mentioned the Gazebo the other day this is one we bought last year ,it is has metal pillars with a canopy that you pull across and pull back ,we took it down for the winter to store it.

Goodness Mel that was a nasty nightmare you had thank goodness OH was there with you .

Oh no Ann what ever was he thinking about parking the caravan there at the front ,i should think you wonder what he's going to do next .
I suppose the cats are getting use to you all being there now ,plus with the cooler weather they were all tucked up in the warm .

That was a quick in and out at your appointment today Jane ,that's how i like it no hanging about .
That's not to long to wait for your op ,you can enjoy your holiday and have a week or two to get sorted .

Well it seems the cider helped you have a good nights sleep Frank :-D it knocked you out for the count LOL

Gill,it sounds like you have had quite an emotional day today.Is it a year already since OH's Brother died?? I am sure your MIL loved the flowers . Maybe a nice quiet night in front of th eTV is wha tyou need now.

Mandy I was surprised to see there were no other women waiting for Mammograms. Usually there are a few.Maybe there were some cancellations .It was good to be quick as Chris had to park in a restricted zone.
I bet your heart sank when you realised there was a problem with the new cooker!!!. Sounds like you are all sorted now and have had your first meal :-D.. I managed to get Currys to knock off the removal charge for the old cooker.
Gazebos :-D I remember my Sister telling me that hers one year ended up 3 doors down :-D :-D

Good evening all

That was an unexpected problem with your new cooker Mandy but good that the problem was soon sorted out for you.

Mel that sounds like a really horrible nightmare I wonder what made that come on, good job you had your OH there to console you. Have you been watching the trailer of Ghost that they keep showing?

Not a happy day for you and your OH Gill but that was a nice thought giving your MIL so flowers and taking her shopping plus you left her feeling better.

Hope you have another good night's sleep Frank maybe a glass of cider is the answer.

Hope you have a good result from your mammogram Jane and that it wasn't so uncomfortable this time.

Annx Has your neighbour just bought the caravan? It sounds as though he is being awkward but unfair on his neighbours. The cats at Beeding sound really laid back.

Richard came back from a weeks holiday in Norfolk with the usual group of friends there were 14 of them this time and 2 dogs. It is a huge house they have stayed in before and is listed on Cottages Com, it has an indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi and games room. The house is Hall Farm near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Ruby went over the top with her welcome when he came through the front door. Paul is away for a long weekend at Coventry it to support the Bracknell Bees ice hockey team for the final so he won't be coming for the Sunday roast this weekend.

Gill its not been a nice day for you all today but MIL must have felt much better after you giving her a nice bunch of flowers. It dos'nt seem like a year since your BIL died. Time is certainly passing quickly as I get older. Hope you had a nice relaxing evening.

Anne the house Richard stayed in sounded really nice with all those facilities. You'll miss Paul for Sunday lunch.

Mandy so the cooker arrived after a hiccup with the first one. Which one did you get in the end? Did you say it was black?

Morning all,

We have sunshine again today but still that cold cold breezey wind. Thwey say we will have this for the next 10 days.

Just the shop to do this morning for the paper as there's not enough eggs to take to Em's. She did have a dozen on Wednesday so should be ok. I have 8 here and oh collected two for me this morning NOT BROKEN woopy. I am getting a bantams egg every few days though and Em will take those too as like me she used them for egg washing pies etc or even if you use two bantam eggs instead of one hens egg.

Enough of my waffle what are you lot doing today?

Meant to say Jane I hope your results are the same as mine were. x

Morning Mel, morning all

Bright and sunny here OH and I have just watered a few plants and re-potted a twisted willow that we gave to our new neighbour. The neighbour on the other side of him gave us some cuttings of it last year and we haven't got anywhere to put it so gave it to next door as they want one in their front garden. I'm sure the other neighbour won't mind, at least I hope he doesn't.

Yes, it's a year on Monday since OH's brother passed away, but the drive is being started next door then and OH wanted to be here because of all the damage that's already been done, he wants to keep an eye on them. The skip was taken away yesterday and they didn't have the chain on properly on one side so it fell off right into our fence, needless to say that bit is now damaged as well as the other two bits, so OH really did have a bad day yesterday. We're now wondering what else is going to go wrong. We've decided to weed our front garden on Monday so we can keep an eye on them, hopefully then they'll be careful.

I see you had a good nights sleep Frank, helped by the cider lol.

Sorry to hear you had a bad dream Mel, good that OH was there for you. Pleased to see you are finally having no broken eggs, lets hope it stays that way now.

I hope your results are clear Jane. Not long now before your hip op if there isn't any emergencies that is. At least you can enjoy your holiday and have a bit of time to get ready for the op.

Fancy your neighbour having a caravan right outside yours Ann, I hope it's not going to be there all the time and he moves it away somewhere else.

I see you have your new cooker now Mandy, I wonder how they managed to pack it if the door didn't have any pins in it, surely someone would of noticed then. Pleased to see they had another one and delivered it quickly for you.

The place Richard stayed out sounds lovely Anne, bless Ruby greeting him like that.

OH has asked me to take another look at his side of the family tree so that's what I'll be doing today. I didn't realise I'd missed a line out, so that'll keep me busy for a while.

Good morning all,

Was in bed by 8.30 last night and asleep before 10.00. Eos said when she came to bed, I was like a baby all wrapped up in the bedclothes. I went to the loo about 3.00 am. and was awake by 5.00. I got up at 5.45 had a pot often and read my book. Eos came out around 8.00.

I heard from my nephew yesterday, to say my sister has been taken back to hospital. She has CHEST PAINS and her left arm is very swollen. She also has a water infection. So now it's the case of wait and see. :-( :-( :-(

My bottom is still very sore to sit on. Gawd only knows what she did to me. But, I certainly don't like it. !!!!

I would never have thought that your BIL had been dead12 months Gill, good that you bought MIL a bunch of flowers. You will have to keep your eyes on those builders next door. I trust your OH will be putting in a claim for the damage they have caused. As I said before they should a right load of COWBOYS lol lol

After Ros went out this morning, I got a joint of Pork loin out of the freezer. I stood and did all the veg for tomorrows dinner, made the Yorkshire pudding, that sits in the fridge until I need it tomorrow. I am so far ahead of myself, I will meet myself coming back. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Hope your tests are all good Jane, I don't know how often Ros goes, she hasn't mentioned it.

That hotel/house, sounds just right for 14 men and two dogs, Plenty of space and lots to do.Being in Kings Lynn, they won't be far from the coast for a bit of exercise for the dogs,and a nice brisk walk for the boys.

That was a bit of a C@@k up Mandy. That cooker must have left the factory like that, if it was all boxed when they bought it. Good that it's all sorted now.

We have had an INVITE to a "ST GEORGE'S PARTY" Tuesday week at7.30 pm. The invite said wear something warm. !!! with these blooming cold evenings/nights, I think we will need an ELECTRIC BLANKET. lol lol. I will give Estell a ring to see if she would like me to cook a stew or something hot, I know she always lays on an excellent spread, but at least, I can offer to help.

I am in two minds, whether to walk to the pub at lunchtime. The club isn't open until 2.00 pm for a match, that kicks off at 2.30. The lads are top of their division, so a win will be great. I think they only have three more matches. If they win the league this year, it will be the forth year running.So a good performance from the lads.

Not very bright here today, and there is talk of rain. I should have mowed the lawns yesterday, but not feeling to good, so will be left again today. Lets see what tomorrow brings !!!

Afternoon all,

Nice in the sun today but the wind makes it so chilly ,we have just lit the fire .

This Gazebo shouldn't go any where ,it has nice big pillars about five inches square that are screwed down into the slabs and when it's a bit windy we just pull back the canopy .
The Gazebo's with the poles are not very good they would soon go in the wind and the rain lays in puddles on the cover .

Anne that was a lovely big house they all stayed in and bless little Ruby getting so excited when Richard came home ,you can be gone for five minutes or five hours and the greeting from them is just the same they are just so pleased to see you :-)

It doesn't seem nearly a year ago since OH lost his brother Gill where does the year go ,i expect MIL was pleased to see you all it's not nice having fall outs with family and the nice flowers cheered her up so you left her a little happier .
We had one of those Twisted Willows but i took it out in the end as it was getting to big .
Yes Mel the new cooker is a black one ,it's a Leisure , i might have a go at making a cake this afternoon .

Sorry to hear about your sister Frank hopefully the hospital will be able to get the water infection treated and make her more comfortable .
So you still have a sore botty ,was it the same nurse who made you sore when you had it done a few months ago ?

Afternoon Everyone
The weather is funny today.One minute it is sunny and then we have a little bit of fine hail.It is pretty nippy though out of the sun. I have been to Asda and got 6 more bottles of wine with 25% off. So we are stocked up for a while now with the 6 I got yesterday :-D

Anne I think I saw pics of the house that Richard went to before.It looks a lovely place for a big party of people .

Gill I think weeding the front garden on Monday is a good idea as like you say you will be able to keep an eye on things with the drive being done next door. Will you be able to claim off the Skip people for the damage to your fence? That was bad not having it secured properly.

Frank ,Mammograms are done every 3 years up until the age of 70 and then I think you can book yourself in every 3 years after 70. My good friend in Cornwall was diagnosed with Breast Cancer at the age of 73 and my Hairdressers Mum has just had a Mastectomy and she is over 70 so I will definitely be having Mammograms after I am 70.Few years before I reach there though :-D.
Your poor old bottie sounds like it will be sore for a while.But you had another decent nights sleep last night which is good :-D

Mel are Bantam eggs a lot smaller than your other ones? Good that none were pecked at today :-D

I spoke to Fitz this morning and he said he has his pre op assessment coming up,so he may be getting his hip done a bit sooner than me. He did say that you can have a pre op assessment up to 3 months before the op. I can see we might not be too far apart !!! and can picture us hobbling around on crutches or sticks together :-D. I said to Chris he may have to be the Taxi Driver for us both for a while :-D :-D.. You should have seen his face :-D :-D :-D
Just 3 more days now before our road is closed :-( I am thinking that there will still be traffic coming up our road and then having to do a UTurn when the drivers realise they cant get any further than here.I am not sure how the big Bin Lorries will cope with turning round.It isnt going to be easy for them.

Well this isn't going to get the shopping put away . At least I got tonights meal in the slow cooker earlier .So that is one job out of the way.

Chris is upstairs trying to sort the TV out as I can only get the BBC programmes :-S which is so annoying .Hopefully it is just a matter of retuning and nothing more.

Afternoon All,

The sun's coming out here at last so I shall pop out with my camera after I've finished this post.

That is kind of you to offer to do a stew to take Frank and I'm sure your offer would be appreciated even if it's turned down. It's the kind thought that counts! From time to time when I get there before the others I give the lady who has us for beading a box of teabags. She lays on home cooked cake and has a plate of biscuits for everyone (which I never have, as I go out for lunch afterwards!) and supplies us with drinks, so it only seems fair that she shouldn't be out of pocket. It sounds like the nurse was using a horse syringe this time Frank!!! LOL. I hope you have a comfy cushion or pillow you can sit on till it settles down. Sorry to hear your sister isn't doing very well. It must be a constant concern for everyone and not very nice for her.

Gill that year has gone quickly hasn't it. Your attempts to cheer your MIL up were very kind and I'm sure she appreciated it. Well I couldn't believe how careless they were moving the full skip and letting it damage more of your fence!!! :-0 I don't blame you for doing the front garden on monday when they are doing the drive. They do need watching as you say. I wonder how long they will be doing the drive? Do you know what they are going to do with it?

Anne, that sounds a great place in Norfolk for the 'boys' to relax and enjoy themselves with the dogs. I could do with a bit of sea air too. :-)

Oh Mandy you wouldn't be expecting the door to be falling off the new cooker! It's lucky they had another and got it delivered quickly for you. I expect you were relieved when it was all in place and working. Is it all electric? How is Lewis's little dog coming along. I hope it's not like the Great British Sewing Bee with those jacket sleeves and that you've got the legs sorted now. Your Gazebo sounds like a really solid one and easier to deal with in the wind. I think we will consider one like that if we get one so thanks for that.

Jane your mammogram appointment sounded like record timing! I hope your results are good and come through quickly. Mine is due this July, but I've reached the age when they don't recall you anymore, but will still do them if you ring yourself. I'll be a bit twitchy this time after needing the biopsy last time. It was seeing a distraught woman crying in the waiting room where you wait for results that really got to me.

Mel, maybe the grit is doing the trick now then and the hen is leaving them alone, fingers crossed! What is your hubby doing next now the chicken shed is finished? I expect there is usually plenty of mowing to do.

I have hoovered 3 rooms and dusted the main bedroom so that's my H/W quota for today! There's plenty more needs doing, but then there always is. :-S

Off to enjoy the sunshine now. :-D

Afternoon all, We have been to Cheltenham today. The sun has been shining but the wind is very cold. However in town it was sheltered. And we have not had any rain, hail or snow (I did see somebody in Norfolk on face book said they had a snow shower!!). We chose to go to Cheltenham because Gloucester are playing Bath at Rugby so the town will be heaving. As it was we had loads of supporters on the bus on the way home which made for a very slow journey.

Frank, hope your b*m soon stops hurting, makes it very awkward to sit and read I'm sure. you will soon be cooking your Sunday lunch on Saturday if you get any more ahead of yourself.
Sorry to hear about your sister. Water infections make people very confused so with the chest pains not very nice for her. Hope they can get it sorted.

Mandy Have you made a cake in the new cooker yet? Strange how the temperatures all vary isn't it?
The Gazebo sounds great and pretty solid.

Gill the skip driver sounds as bad as the builders (or are they all from the same firm?) He will have contravened health and safety rules if he forgot to fasten it on properly, it could have hit a person not just a fence (although an important fence because it was your fence!!). I think you should threaten to report him or the builders about the negligence of they don't make a payment towards your fence.
we used to have a twisted willow but it grew too big for our garden so we got rid of it.

Mel, good there was not a broken egg this morning, maybe the grit is working now.

Jane is Fitz having the same side hip done as you? wondering if you will be able to lean on each other or will you both collapse in a heap :-D :-D One thing is certain, you won't be having a race!!

I hope your bin men still come down the road, sometimes I have seen they have refused if it is not possible to turn and people have to wheel the bins to the end of the road. (better warn Chris). Your Council should know if anything will change.

Annx That is nice of you to give Tea bags to the person in whose house you meet. We provided the tea and biscuits for the U3A group on Thursday. No problem it didn't cost much but the down side is we are left with a lot of biscuits (which OH will eat and which he doesn't need) and some semi skimmed milk ditto which he also doesn't need. We use skimmed milk.

As I did all through downstairs for Thursday nothing need doing there and I am not doing upstairs today so it will have to wait.

OH is watching the rugby on TV.

Afternoon everyone

Talk about four seasons in one day........this morning we had sun, rain, sleet and hail, warm for the short while the sun was out, then really chilly again. Now the weather seems to have settled on being grey and damp :-(

Frank, your poor botty. Are your injections always so bad? Perhaps you need one of those rubber rings to sit on. Hope you are more comfortable soon. I am sorry to hear about your sister. I hope the hospital sort out her problems very quickly.

Mel, what a horrid dream you had. Good that your OH was so comforting. I don’t think mine would even have woken up. It sounds as though your girls are settling down now you are getting a few unbroken eggs.

Mandy, you would have thought someone would have noticed there were no pins holding your cooker door in place. So much for quality control. At least they were able to replace it quickly. Good luck with the cake. Let us know how it turns out.

Jane, I hope your mammogram results are what you would want. My last test was 7 or 8 years ago. I had completely forgotten that you can request a test when you get to 73.

Oh dear Ann. Your neighbour is so inconsiderate isn’t he. Fancy parking a caravan right at the front on a sloping bit of garden. Let’s hope it’s just temporary.

Gill, that was kind of you and your OH to take your MIL shopping and buy her flowers. It must have cheered her up after falling out with other members of her family. You are not having much luck with the builders next door. I wonder if the new neighbours went for the cheapest they could get without checking how good they were. I hope they are going to pay you for the damage they have caused.

Anne, my OH goes away every year with a big group of male family members and they always rent a large house. A few years ago they had one near Kings Lynn. I wonder if it’s the same one your son stayed in.

We’ve had a bit of a nightmare with our main computer this week. It has been playing silly wotsits a bit lately, particularly Outlook which has all our emails, contact lists, diary etc. On Thursday Outlook would not open at all. OH is quite good with technology so spent all day on it, without any luck. At 5 pm he rang Microsoft. After the first call to them, they went away to work on it but kept ringing us back, the last call being at midnight. I am glad they were ringing us as we were apparently on to Microsoft technical support in America. Eventually they got Outlook with all our emails reinstated and we went to bed.

Yesterday morning OH checked everything out and all working perfectly EXCEPT there was not a single entry in the diary and nobody in the contacts list. Another phone call to Microsoft, another few hours of them working on it, only to be told that they can’t retrieve the information or find a back up anywhere. Luckily I still keep a handwritten address book which will contain a lot of our contacts and I am laboriously typing them all back in to the computer. I also have a handbag diary which also contains most of my appointments but I know OH had put some of his appointments on to the Outlook diary without making a note of them elsewhere so I expect he’ll be missing a few over the coming months.

Needless to say, there was a charge for all this but we both thought it was very reasonable.

So that’s the saga of the last couple of days with us. I am now going to have a cup of tea and go and type in more addresses.

Sounds like you got the lot weatherwise today Vera! We seem to have escaped it all. It's so annoying when you get computer problems isn't it and sometimes even the experts can't do a quick fix. I remember when my old PC packed up I lost all my contacts and hadn't got all of them on paper either. After that, as soon as I'd re-listed them I did a print off of my contacts from the box on my emails. I need to do it again really as more have been added now. I always seem to have to learn the hard way!

AnnG I only get biscuits in if we have visitors or workmen as they wouldn't last 5 minutes otherwise. You should see OH hover over me as I fill a plate with them. He is scared stiff there might be none left for him after visitors have gone!!! lol. We are the same and only have skimmed milk. I've bought skimmed since it first became available, with just an occasional small bottle of semi skimmed and before that I used to skim the cream off and OH would have the cream on his cereal. I ought to be thin really, lol, but I think all the sport and exercise kept me slim when I was young.

I meant to say Jane/Mel, did you see the news about a possible link with increased thyroid cancer and dental xrays and mammograms. Apparently you can ask for a cover for your throat when having them done, so I shall ask about it when I go in July.

O goodness Vera what a todo with yor pc. I would never trust appointments on a pc I always have a calender on the wall I write them on but then I forget to look at it!!!!!! I looked at it the other day to see when my blood test was and it was still on March so that was'nt much good.

As to the chickens we are going around there earlier in the morning to see if there are any eggs in the nest. I don't think the grit has anything to do with it but they are enjoying having a peck around in the grit bowl anyway.

Gill how have they got on today with the driveway? Did you say they were having pavers on it and is it those brick ones? You should get paid for the damaged fence by the skip company if it was them that damaged it with the chain not being on properly.

Mandy how did the cake turn out? We are all dying to hear how it cooked it. My cooker tips to the back a bit as the floor is uneven and the cooker only just fitted in with a good push so oh was'nt too keen on pullin git bacl out to level it properly. I just turn the cakes around after a little while and that seems to work ok.

AnninG you'll have to hide those biccies from oh and the milk too. or add a drop of boiled water to it. He'll never know.

Frank thats a good idea to take a stew to the gathering. I am sure it will be appreciated by all.

Pleased to see you finally sorted out your computer Vera with the help of Microsoft, pity they couldn't retrieve the appointments and contacts list though.

The damage on the fence is small so we'll probably fix it ourselves, the only bit we won't do is the concrete post at the end, but now it's leaning a bit the fence looks straight so we'll leave the post as it is.

The skip people are different from the builders AnnG. That's what put us off planting the twisted willow, the size they grow. The neighbour next door said he was going to plant it the other side of the hedge between him and the neighbour on the other side that's where the neighbour on the other side has his, so the two will be either side of the dividing hedge and away from our front garden. That's the neighbour who gave me the cutting and his tree is around 15 foot tall. The council told him to cut it back last year as it was overhanging his hedge and going onto the footpath on the other side so people couldn't walk past safely. It put me off having one of my own then.

They're not starting the drive until Monday Mel, that would of been a year since OH's brother passed away, OH didn't want to go to his grave that day as he wants to keep an eye on the builders doing the drive. I think the neighbour said he was having a block drive. He also told us yesterday that he's going to put a gate up at the side of our gate, we've asked him not to attach it to our gate post as last time it jammed the gate when it rained and the wood swelled up, so no doubt we'll have to keep an eye on them when they do that job to otherwise they'll attach it to our post. It doesn't seem to matter what we say or ask they always do it their way and to heck with us and what we feel about it.

We have noticed that the boss hasn't been around for a few weeks after the row he had with the new neighbour so we're not sure what's going on there.

Going to get a cuppa now then take another look at OH's tree I can't seem to find a marriage for one of the couples and it's driving me mad. It was before Civil Registration and I've never looked for one that far back before. I'm not sure what I'm doing. I'll have another try after my drink and if I still can't find it I'll give up.

Nightmare with the computer then Vera :-S It is awful when thins go so wrong .I hope all is fine again now.Good job you have a record of addresses and contacts (hand written) I have the same in my address book.You can never go wrong or lose any info if it it written down :-D :-D

AnnG It is my right hip and Fitz's left hip. I just think it would be crazy if we were both post op at the same time. I must suggest he has his feet and toenails done soon :-D

Chris has been having a bit of a rummage this afternoon in the drawers where he was looking for the TV instructions. He has found a coin from 1561 (Queen Elizabeth the first's reign!!! ) a few other interesting bits too including a pocket watch which has a good makers name from Victorian times.So it has been an afternoon of discovery and trying to look info up on Google :-D

Ann ,no I haven't seen the link about Thyroid Cancer :-0