General Chat

Vera does the little train go through Bures? I used to live near Bures.

Its our 22nd aniversary tomorrow..............

That’s the train Mel. Two little carriages running up and down a single track between Sudbury and Marks Tey.

Happy anniversary for tomorrow

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Happy Anniversary Mel and OH <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Have a lovely day, are you doing anything special?

Good morning all.
Frank Nice to be lazy sometimes. I always enjoy the evenings when we have eaten out lunch time so there is nothing to cook in the evening.
It is going to be hard when Val goes home, for both of them. I hope they don't send her home before she can at least cope a little and that there is some sort of care package in place.

Jane I bought a top in Sainsburys when we shopped there on Wednesday, it was in the sale, half price three quarter sleeves, pinky red and I got it for £6 so was well pleased. Yesterday in town I decided to have a quick look round Primark while filling in time before the chiropodist. I just looked at T shirts and actually bought one. It is white with small icons dotted over it, I just wanted it as a pool cover up in Lanzarote. It cost all of £2.50 and to be honest the quality is really not bad.
Enjoy your lunch today - no cooking tonight then?

Annx how strange about your OH's notes. I wonder if they got caught up with a newspaper or something and put in the recycling?

Vera, hope the train journey goes OK, what a price it is, ages since we went to London on the train, Gloucester is such an awkward station to travel from, goodness knows how much it would cost these days.
I hope you find your brother recovering well and in good spirits.
Well done your other half. When my leg is playiing up, although it hurts when walking it is really standing that causes the worst pain so it is good that he has been able to stand for a bit longer.

Incidentally I sent a message to gill over 24 hours ago which is still not opened. That does suggest it is her PC which is playing up.

Does anyone have her mobile address who could send her a text?

Maybe it would be a good idea for the future to let at least one person on the thread have our mobile addresses.

Good morning EARLY BIRDS.

Iffy sort of night again, feel as though I have been pulled through a hedge backwards, this morning. ;-) ;-) ;-) I bet I woke FIVE TIMES trying to turn over, and my shoulder let me know it. :-( :-( :-(

Can't remember the last time I was on a train. excluding the underground. I would think it was when I was in the forces 1958/60. Goodness knows what a ticket to London from here would be, Jame should know as she travels quite often.

AnninG, I see you are researching "KNIGHTS" thats Ros's maiden name. All her family come from Northamptonshire, if thats any help.

Ros has changed the bed again this morning. The sheets are in the wash, I have put the line up, for when it's ready to go out. Nice blow in the breeze, and they will smell like SPRING. lol

Harvey has seen the link to a shower I sent him, and he has ordered it. I will pay him for it when he comes to fit it. He thinks it will just be a quick changeover. Haven't tried ours this morning YET. I hope it is not playing up as it's Ros's hair wash today, as well as a shower.

Nothing happening here today. Carolyn and John are down in Hastings, for the weekend. She rang last night to see how Ros got on with the MRI scan. She said the sea front is heaving with people, Ros did say it's HOLIDAY TIME. !!!! Martine had her Cataracts removed from one eye yesterday, and feels a bit out of things, so Ros will pick her up for shopping tomorrow.

Stay out of mischief, and I will catchup later. xxxx

Good morning Frank, hope the shower workd for you. Dry here so far cloudy/bright. OH has gone to golf. My KNIGHT family or rather OH's come mainly from Devon and Dorset as far as I have found out so far. Strangley though OH's mother had friends in Northampton with whom she used to saty. They were not KNIGHT though and can't find any other link with Northampton so that is probably just a red herring!

Morning all,

Bright and sunny here and oh is out on the mower murdering the lawn on the west of the garden. I know its been dry lately and some patches had gone a bit yellowy but now its all yellowy where he is working on it. I know its the right thing to do but it makes me cross as it looks horrid for a few days and I like to see the stripes.

Had a funny dream.

I had to get to a place called Woolaton Farm. I was told where it was by a man standing at the side of the road, he said turn right and right again and you can't miss it. I turned right and drove past a lot of wooden building with light yellow painted stabel doors.

It had been bought by a young man who I seemed to know who was called Soup. They were building a long straight road from the farm on a very muddy track. I said I would clean up the barn where a couple of his friends were chatting. One was called Moon and he had longishish blond hair and he stood with his hands in his pockets talking to another guy. I did'nt know this guys name. I picked up two bage of softly coloured bunting which needed sorting out and asked Soup if he wanted to keep it and he said yes so I stated to sort it out and asked Moon if he would hold the other end. Then oh woke me up.

Quick post as I am on my phone on the train. Ann I am descended from Knights of Devon. Perhaps we’re cousins :-D :-D

Morning...Afternoon now All
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MEL <3 <3 <3 Are you cooking anything special for tonight?

That was a strange dream with Soup and Moon :-D :-D

Frank you can actually get really cheap train tickets to London . It all depends on the times you want to travel. But also if you were say to buy one at the station when you want the train it can cost a bomb !!!. I often get my tickets for between £20 and £30 and first class ttoo with my Senior Rail card.

I hope Vera has arrived and is having a nice visit with her Brother. Hopefully he will be comfortable and not in too much pain after his op.

Got to dash now as Fitz has arrived and we are off for lunch. He is blooming early and I am not quite ready :-S See you later.

Thanks for the wishes. Not doing anything special.

Gosh its hot out there and oh has his fleece on!!!!!!!!

<3 <3 <3 <3 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MEL <3 <3 <3 <3
Hope you both enjoy your day together.

Afternoon all,
Bright and breezy here ,Colin's brother came for coffee this morning ,we sat chatting most of the morning so haven't got much done .
I have two nasty bites on my leg one on the front and the other on the back just below the knee ,they have both turned into big blisters now and i have them covered up as i don't want to knock them ,i think it was a nasty old fly that bit me .

So you managed to get a tie dye kit then Ann you'll have fun with that :-D
Did you see my post about the wool ? it might not be what you wanted but i thought i'd mention it .
Have OH notes surfaced ?

You'll be away when you get the new shower in Frank ,it's so annoying when some thing works in fits and starts .

Enjoy the lunch Jane

Better get my ironing done now .
BBL

Had lunch and now he is back out on the lawn and I have the washing up to do before doing anything else.

I have to give the hoover a hair cut before it will work properly indoors.

Ooh Vera, actually it would be OH you'd be related to but We can talk about areas when you are home. Take care in London!!

Afternoon All,

Lovely day and sunny, maybe getting a bit hot now.

<3 <3 <3HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MEL <3 <3 <3.

I hope your OH has taken his fleece off now if it's as hot there as it is here. That was a strange dream you had wasn't it. I have also seen the flamingoes at one of our garden centres last week. They were bigger than I expected but I could see how Sandra would love them.

Mandy I seemed to remember the class teacher saying something about using ordinary wool so I checked with my friend at beading this morning and she agreed and said the teacher said you can untwist it to use for felting. Thank you for your very kind offer and YES I would be very grateful if there is some you don't want. :-D :-D I will send you the postage. I should have mentioned I was going to ask my friend what had been said, but forgot with the kerfuffle about the notes!!

THE NOTES HAVE TURNED UP this morning! They were amongst some scrap paper and folders he'd put on the top shelf of one of the cupboards in the study. They were just surplus bits and bobs, barely a handful on the shelf which is otherwise empty, so I expect he was tidying stuff away when he put them there and hadn't realised he'd put them there with what else was in his hand. I said he'd be in here with me being out this morning! ;-) He's filed them away properly now with his other papers.

Ann, that is what I like about lunch out, the day is free then without food to think about. Having said that, we ate at home today, but at lunchtime as usual. I got 2 trays of roasting veg at Aldi yesterday and cooked two chicken breasts and made a tomato sauce with oregano, garlic and some fresh basil from my friend's garden this morning. She also sent me home with some home made courgette cake for OH.

Vera, that's good your OH is making steady progress. What a caper sorting your tickets out for the best. Things are often not as straightforward as you hope. The last time I went to London on the train was when I was working and went to collect an award at a presentation at Windsor House from Sir Michael Partridge, the then transport minister. Other than that it has just been short trips to Birmingham with OH when he had meetings there.

I hope the shower behaved this morning Frank and that the new one soon comes. You can't be doing with iffy nights and and iffy shower as well! I hope the sun didn't bother Carolyn's eye too much, but I seem to remember OH had a patch to start with so she should be ok.

I hope you enjoyed your lunch Jane. It must be trickier for one of you getting in the back seat.

I'm wondering again whether the digging by workmen has disconnected Gill's broadband. I hope we hear from her soon.

Hi all, Really sunny and warm afternoon now. Both Ros and Tony had lines of washing out this morning, and would you believe they both went out at the same time to bring it in.

Ros was a BIT NAUGHTY this morning. When she hung out the washing she was in her nightdress. We are not overlooked so she didn't bother with the dressing gown. She then went on to cut back the Wisteria and other bushes that the washing blows onto. She had it piled up in the centre of the lawn. I bought the green bin round and loaded it up. It's full now, and is not emptied until Tuesday week. So any more rubbish will have to go into a neighbours bin.

Sorry Mel, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

Dinner tonight will be Chicken breasts cooked in onion, garlic and mushrooms. Sliced potato's in a cheese sauce. with Sweetcorn and or Baked Beans.

Hope your brother was pleased to see you Vera, as I am sure he was. Where does he live in London ??

Where did you go for lunch today Jane, anywhere nice. ?? Did Chris go with you and Fitz, or was he out on his own.

Mandy it's so nice when you can sit and chat the morning away. The things you chat about, if like me. The WORLD is always better when I have had my pennyworth.

I see that TRUMP cost us over THREE MILLION QUID to protect him when hwe visited the U.K. Why can't the YANKS pay for his protection. We have enough to do to take care of our own. Moan over for now.

Eos went up to get the Scripts, and to collect Carolyn's. They couldn't find hers, and had to do them all again while Ros waited, with a queue of SIX waiting behind her. She has just showered and washed her hair. The blooming hair dryer will be going on soon, to break the peace and quite. :-P :-P :-P

I too have piles of ironing after washing all the curtains from the caravan. Guess we will both be rather warm this afternoon Mandy.

Thanks for the wishes.

Hav'nt got round to the ironing yet as the hoover has packed up and I have been trying to fix it. The roller with the brushes won't go round.

Those sounded like nasty bites Mandy. I think the sun after rain brings the biting beasties out! :-S I had a tiny black, but not shiny, beetle thing biting my arm when I got in the car yesterday. I flicked it off but it landed on the car floor so will probably lie in wait to bite me next time. OH has an itchy bite on his thigh from the garden this morning. :-S

Frank I go in the back garden in my nightie like Ros too. We are only overlooked slightly from the back field by the cows and my nighties aren't baby doll ones, so cover me as much as a dress. OH often goes on the front in his jim jams to wheel the bins out at night, but so do a couple of the neighbours.

That's a nuisance with the hoover Mel. Have you strangled it with your long hair!! :-0 I know when mine was long it used to wind so tightly at the ends and take a bit of getting off.

Yes Ann I often have to give the hoover a hair cut and make sure there's nothing I can see around the ends but I used it up the caravan yesterday but only had it on the tools setting to get the bits off all the unholstery and dead flies. I think oh had it apart before and told me the end of the roller had broken and he stuck it but I suspected he had broken it trying to get it out oast time. It is only a cheap hoover I bought in Morrisons for about £49 quite a few years ago so its done its time.

O new phone has a message.

Breaking news!!!

Gill is ok she said "All ok just had a few problems to sort out should be back online tomorrow will explain all then."