General Chat

I'm here Mel :-D Got on no bother at all but I expect to get the error message once I press submit. Bit it always does go through

You food won't be wasted then Frank if you can send some back with Harvey later for Lewis. I bet the house smells lovely with all that has been cooking :-D. I hope you manage to find a Bracelet when you go the the Antique place.

It sounded a good evening Pippyn :-D :-D Egg Plant(Augergine? ) I would have enjoyed that dish. You saying about lively discussions amd me think about Debating Societies that we had i schools.. The more I think about it now I think it would be good for all senior schools to have them just to get students'talking' about various issues . Get them off their phones and social media . No-one talks to anyone these days and I think it is such a shame. Wherever you look everyone is looking down at a phone where it be walking along the road,on a bus/train/ or at a bustop . Now I am one of those people who is happy to talk to anyone. I love it . Chris cringes sometimes especially when we are on holiday maybe having a drink at a cafe /bar and someone starts chatting to us. I find it a bit embarrassing sometimes as he may hardly say a word :-S. But he is a shy person whilst I am totally the opposite.. They say opposites attract .It happened to us. :-D

Ledbury is a lovely place isn't it AnnG. Lots of people doing shopping with wicker baskets I seem to remember. You had a very interesting day .

I have had my hair cut this afternoon and when I got home we popped down 2 doors to neighbours to see their new patio and revamped back garden. It looks so good. Norma was 79 yesterday and it was a bitter sweet day as she had to go t oan old friends funeral. Colin is 80 and has Parkinsons now but it is fairly good fettle. We took Norma a bottle of Red Wine as a little late Birthday gift and then we sat out and had a glass of Prosecco ,Colin had a Beer. It was very cloudy though and breezy too.In fact we have had no sun today at all. A bit disappointing really .
Tomorrow might be a lot sunnier.(lets hope so )

Hi Vera, Hi Vera , Hi Vera :-D :-D

Waves to Jane 3 times ~~~~~~~~~

I kept trying to submit the post and kept getting the error message. I checked the post hadn’t loaded anyway, then I emailed support, came back and found the post was there 3 times. Grrrr :-|

I forgot to say Pippyn Congrats to your Grandaughter for doing so well in her GCSEs. She did really well there . Shame about her Spanish but as you say she has 2 other Lanquages . Well done to her :-D

Jane I so agree with you! When We were shopping today we saw mothers wheeling their babies, and guess what they were all on their phones!! What about talking to their baby like I'm sure you did and I certainly did!! No wonder children go to nursery and even proper school hardly able to string two words together, some not even potty trained, or even able to hold a spoon properly!!! Grrr!! We too had a lively debating society at school, which certainly helped us to have 'opinions'!!
My OH is quite gregarious and loves to chat to anyone really! That can be embarrassing the other way round!! Our young people sometimes call him The Ancient Mariner!!! as he does have a habit of ' stopping one in three'!!
Yes it is Aubergine!! and they were lovely!!
G.D got A for Maths and English Language.B's and C's for the rest, except Spanish!! Sorry, I'm going on, but I'm so chuffed for her!!
OH is making a curry, better put the rice on!!

Oh thanks Jane! I've only just read your post!

Aha you didn’t want to be left out Vera with the error message.

Jane yes Ledbury is lovely sort of old fashioned in a nice way with lots of nice cafes and restaurants, the only chain cafe I saw was Coffee 1, no costa, cafe Nero etc. Didn’t see any wicker baskets. Was very impressed by the two lovely looking butchers shops and a greengrocers, a couple of charity shops and a real old type iron monger.

I've been getting the error page ever since I posted yesterday and now I can't get to the end of the thread.

I'm so sorry to hear about your pool being slashed again Mandy. That was nice of your neighbour to point their camera towards your garden I hope it helps and they are finally caught. Lot of good ideas of how to put them off or catch them if they come again. I hope there's no more damage. When we had similar problems the police advised us to buy some Pyracantha's they have two inch thorns on them and climb, maybe you could buy some and put them up against the wall, you're not allowed to put anything that might hurt someone which isn't a plant, so be careful or you could end up in trouble, not them.

Have you tried tightening the screw then unscrewing it Frank, that is suppose to loosen rusted screws, it might be worth a try. Hope you're not so achy now.

Have you managed to finish your bracelet now Ann, I'd love to see a pic if you take one. Yes I have a lot of people between OH's and my trees, but after 15 years or so at building it, it soon adds up.

Emmerdale's coming on now so I'll be off to watch it. I hope this post goes through okay and no one has the error page tomorrow.

Hi all

Well I have got back in to the site with no problems at all but let's see what happens when I try to post this.

AnninG, your day out at Ledbury sounds interesting. From your description it sounds familiar so I am wondering if I have been there sometime in the past.

Pippyn, it's good that you enjoyed the meal and the conversation. I am not too keen on aubergine so I don't think the meal would have been to my taste but I'd have enjoyed the chat. The nice thing about talking politics with friends is that you can argue and still be friends at the end. Well done to your granddaughter on her good results. Youngsters sometimes get such a bad press but, as you say, many of them work really hard.

Jane, you and Pippyn are absolutely right about people and their phones. It drives me mad when I see people ignoring their children while they are busy on their phones. We meet friends for coffee in a pub once or twice a week and it is sometimes downright dangerous with little children ignored by their parents and running around while people are moving about with hot coffee and tea. I am sure one day there will be an accident and a child will be scalded.

Good luck with finding Ros the bracelet she wants Frank. You are very good to keep hunting for the right one. I hope your aches and pains are a bit easier now and you get a better night's sleep.

Mandy, how did your meeting with the police go?

I went into town early this morning as I needed to shop for a birthday present and several cards. I'm not clever enough to make my own as a lot of you do. Then I had an appointment for a haircut at 10.30. This replaced the appointment I forgot about last week. After that coffee with our friends, then back through the market where I bought some veg and some beautiful peaches. I've had them from this stall before. They are large and juicy and full of flavour; just like the ones you get in France or Italy. They are £2 for 5, so very reasonable. After that it was a stop at the garden centre for compost and some grit and home for a late lunch.

This afternoon I had a phone call from my eldest granddaughter, telling me that she didn't think the bank would accept a cheque I recently sent her. When I asked why not she told me that I had put one amount in figures and a different amount in words :-S. How on earth did I do that? I think I get dafter as I get older.

Well, I had better try posting this and see what happens. I'll probably get the error message when I press submit and then find it has posted anyway - probably 3 times!

When I try to go to the last page I get posts from the 27th May 2010!!!!

At last and much too late I have got to the last page with the posts the right way around.

I don't like it when you click on post date.

I have been very busy today. Firs the library and then lunch and then I went up the top field and picked plums, cooking apples and blackberries. I had a 1lb of berries. Think I may make a little brimble jelly with those so we can enjoy it through the winter and good vit C.

I gave a load of apples to Em but she was out with the boys so the builder let me in as he was replacing the window cills before rendering the whole bungalow. Its going to look nice as the had had slate sill put in.

Good morning all. Strange that people don't like going to the last post via the post date button, I find it much easier, it takes you straight there and it is not difficult to trawl down to the last post you read and then read upwards. The reason that it takes for ever or doesn't even do it when you try to access the last thread so it is in date order is because this is one of the threads that is so long it takes too long for the computer to get there so it times out and you get the error thread. It is happening more at the moment because, as we know, there is something nit right with their timing and the error thread is coming up constantly.

Vera that is the sort of thing I would do with a cheque when not concentrating - mind on too many things at once.
Ledbury is one of the so called black and white towns with Tewkesbury, Ludlow and some smaller villages I think so maybe you passed through there on a trip sometime.

That was a lot of fruit Mel, I have said before I am envious of your Bramleys.

A bit grey here at the moment but the mist is supposed to burn off later. Hair appointments today then Tewkesbury with the photographic group. OH at golf at the moment and washing in.

Morning AnnG and all,

Thats if you can get on here to read any posts.

We have lovely sunshine this morning and lots of blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

Oh is out there with the mower deck off so I expect he will say his back is bad again later on. He has been mowing the top field where we have the dog show on Monday and it looks so ovely he has done in in stripes this year. He asked me to take a picture when I went up to pick the apples.

I've FINALLY got on here via the 'find page' button!! Lovely day so we're off out for a pub lunch, then over to daughters for the afternoon. Don't think I'll be back on here this weekend as we've quite a lot on, so I hope everyone has a nice bank holiday, and that the weather is good wherever you are!

Afternoon Everyone

Have a lovely weekend Pippyn :-D Its going to be a right scorcher. It's actually too hot for me already outside.Not a breath of wind at all.

I always use the post date to get in here .
Well I went to Tesco this morning and the traffic on the A14 was horrendous :-SIt seemed to be mainly big lorries ,either heading to or coming from Felixtowe docks I reckon.I don't think I will be venturing out again now until Sunday or Monday.
James will no doubt have a rotten journey down to Canterbury tonight. He is really not in best frame of mind what with the redundancy looming(possibly Tuesday) and I think it is crunch time about him and Jess.He said he has to make a decision.If he does end it I will be so worried about him driving back as I know he will be in a state :-(

Vera,I think the mistake you made on Grandaughters cheque is easy enough to do.Did your Grandaughter feel awkward having to ring you to tell you ?

They have finished the work on the other side of the barrier now and it is a junction now . But the road won't be open again until the new junction at the top of the road (outside your old house Frank) has been completed.We think that will be next week.

Just spoke to Fitz and he has a swollen foot and part of the bottom of his leg. He says he doesn't think it is a DVT but Chris has said he needs to get it looked at asap,so he is goig to ring the Surgery to see if he can be seen today.

Chris is calling :-S

Mel ,I can't believe the Dog Show has come round so quickly. If I remember it was a bit of a wash out last year. Looking forward to seeing the stripey grass :-D

Chris is taking over my laptop and phone this afternoon as I need things doing(that I have no idea how to do myself) so I will be gone for a few hours .

Cooked the berries and am straining them.

Enjoy your weekend and day out Pippyn.

Jane I have to get oh to do my pc every now and then and the new phone as I am not getting on with it very well. I hate having to learn new things and he's not as patient with me as he used to be. Grumpy old man.

I think I have put my back out on my right side as it keeps giving me jip

Just doing the jelly.