General Chat

That's good you are all labelled and stacked Mel. Your Victorian couple sounded good so It's a shame the moths got to them. We seem to have escaped the rain today, just quite chilly.

Vera I told OH about your bath and the book episode. He is very 'precious' about his books and grinned and pointed to the front door saying my bags would be packed and I would be 'out' if it ever happened to his books!! lol I don't think I can have read as far as the 'aged skin' instruction on the Deep Heat. I was only asking the ladies this morning 'at what age do we become elderly?' No-one was any wiser than me. Another thing that puzzles me is the '8 glasses of water a day' they talk about. Means absolutely nothing if you don't know what size glasses does it?

I'm off to bed now as I'm too shattered to do anything. OH will be away early in the morning to Lincoln so I shall have a day where I will hopefully get twice as much done. There's certainly plenty needing doing. :-S I hope everyone gets plenty of ZZZZZZZ tonight!

Om this day in 1923 my maternal uncle Ralph Atkinson was born.

On 17/2/1945 he was killed in action WWII

He was stoker first class on Flower class Corvette Bluebell (K80)

His ship was escorting Russian Convoys. Torpedoed by U-117

He perished along with his ship mates.

His brother, my uncle George also was in the RN WWII

He survived the war and went on tp become a brick layer.

It’s always sad to hear of the death in action of men like your Uncle Ralph, David. The older I get the more I realise how very young many of them were. I have grandchildren in that age group now and can just imagine how I would feel if it were my grandson going off to war and not returning.

Vera the op on my wrist will be actually be six inches above my wrist bone. I don’t think it will affect the use of my arm much, it is my left arm and I am right handed. When it comes to the cream on my back that will be uncomfortable as there are five places to be treated and the cream can make the
Laces react so they are like cold sores

I had a chuckle about the book and the bath. I trust it has dried out ok.

Annx I hope you have a good nights sleep tonight. We have to be up early tomorrow as the barge boards are being done at 0900. We have already used him again and I will certainly keep his number.

Morning!!!
I am wide awake.The rain is pelting down and Thomas was on the range wanting out and being a pain.So I got up showed him the open back door.One look had him back in with a very miffed look.So I am now having a cuppa with Thomas curled up beside me.Just hope he stays there now.
I hope everyone is fast asleep still.
I was so tired when I got back from the hospital yesterday I had to have a snooze.I think it was just that it had been 3 long trips there for everything that did it. It now I shall see if I can get a few more zzzzz in .3

Good morning. A sobering thought just crossed my mind.

You've me winge about my problems since contacting a

Healthcare Acquired Infection following surgery to my

left leg. It's nearly eight years since the injury, so Iv'e

survived, A friend off mine's Mother fell and broke her hip.

Following surgery in same Hospital she too was infected,

she died in the Hospital.

Morning all,

I see there was some very early posters this morning in the early hours.

Our leccy went out twice yesterday evening for no apparent reseason. Oh was in the land of nod so it was nothing to do with him and I was just watching The Pale Horse so I don't know what that was all about.

We have quite a bright morning today but there are grey clouds out the front to the north and a bit of sun out the back in the south.

Have to do the house insurance today and must'nt forget.

Is it really nearly 8 years since you're accident David? It dos'nt seem that far ago.

Good morning Mel, Jane and David.

Jane hope you managed to get some more sleep after you posted and that you feel ok today.

David 8 years, gosh is it really? Time flies fast to thos of us not suffering.

Mel, it was raining her earlier but the sun is shining now.

We were up early and our young man was here with a mate to do the front barge boards at 0900. We then had to go and do a Tesco shop and get the money to pay him. of course sod's law the ATM was out of action at Tesco so we had to drive round to the other local shops for the money. got that and got home to find they had almost finished and they were gone by 10.15. So another job that has been needing doing for well over a year. Two people had sized it up and disappeared into the ether so we are well pleased and it looks good too. He is now away for two weeks but hopefully when he comes back he will price up the replacement glass for the conservatory door.

It is all a bit of a rush today as this afternoon is the gardening interest group meeting here. So I have just cleaned the kitchen and OH has put the cleaner over and is just about to tidy the conservatory. Twelve people supposedly coming this afternoon. that includes us. And I was naughty when shopping as I couldn't face cooking tonight so bought a ready made pizza, :-D :-D

We had a lot of rain overnight and the end of the road is flooded again. Every so often someone comes and pokes around in the drain there but it never makes any difference. Anything more than a light shower and it floods. At the moment it is dry out but the sky is looking very grey and heavy.

Your man wouldn’t like to come and do some work in Suffolk would he AnnG? I’ve got plenty of jobs and he sounds a treasure. I hope your gardening group goes well this afternoon.

That was an early morning Jane. I hope you’ve managed to catch up on a bit of shuteye. I don’t think Thomas would last long in this house. OH would have his guts for garters if he was being woken up that early in the morning.

Ann, I wouldn’t be shown the door for ruining OH’s books. He couldn’t afford to replace me with a cook, cleaner, laundry maid, nurse, gardener, social secretary and occasional chauffeur :-D. I wouldn’t have taken an expensive hardback in the bath and, in actual fact, I am usually the one who is a bit fussy about my books and I am always moaning at him for bending the spines of paperbacks.

OH has just come in with lunch. An interesting selection - some bread spread with pate and pickle, two baby plum tomatoes, a jam sandwich and a cereal bar. Better get on and eat it. Will probably BBL

Afternoon all,

Had a great nights sleep. Stayed up till 11.00 pm. Went to loo at 6.30 and back to bed until 10.10 am Ros said sit down, and I will get you a COT. Great.

Eos just back from shopping, so will get back later. xxxx

Yes, eight years next month, sixteenth to be precise.
I'd not long recovered from pelvic injuries sustained in
an RTA November 1994. Hit by car, four pelvic fractures
Pubic rami left and right, front and back. A very intimate
part of the anatomy to be injured. Plus right knee's arthritic.
You gotta laugh ?

Afternoon All,

Well I slept like a log and so was a bit late taking my tablets this morning. I feel much better than yesterday, so the washer is whirring away and I've done some errands and will do a bit of bathroom and en suite cleaning next. Then I want to start another applique picture to go in the inner hall. They are doing peg weaving at class next and what you can make really isn't my 'thing'. As soon as 2 of my beading friends who go said they were bringing other things to work on I decided I would too! I need to have everything ready for just sewing before next week though.

Jane you were an early bird. I expect Thomas liked that though, even though he was disappointed to see the rain and his hunting trip cancelled! :-0

We often comment on the increase round here and I saw something about the fly tipping in this county on the news this morning and some had even been tipped onto the middle of country lanes completely blocking them. Then there was a prog about organised crime doing it in different parts of the country. They were using lorries with those huge shipping containers and just cutting off padlocks to get onto land and tip it. They had tipped 640 tons onto one man's land and it cost him over £120, 000 to get it removed. The nerve of it, they had even pushed leaflets through the doors of nearby properties to apologise for any noise and nuisance while they were doing it. :-S

AnnG, yes that chap's number is worth keeping as you say. We like to use local workmen if we can and as long as they are good. We have lots of jobs that need doing like new double glazed units in a few windows. The bottom fence was a mess for ages and then it was all done in a day and we wondered why we hadn't got on with it sooner! Speaking of which I must also keep up with going through my clothes in the bedroom. I like the sound of the Magic Roundabout pictures the children liked. Also the ponchos, which I quite fancy. I sometimes regret getting rid of my knitting machine when I moved here. They are very quick compared with hand knitting which I can get bored with and end up not finishing things!

We have decided that although the tip is only a quarter of a mile away, we will have a garden bin now to save our backs filling the sacks we use for garden rubbish and then for OH loading the car then emptying them at the tip. I'm not sure how often we need one really as we have no lawn mowings, but it will be more useful as we get older and save us time and effort and spiders in the car! :-D

David I found it very sobering how many relatives I have found up to now that fought or died in the wars. Some I would never have known about without doing FH research, including one uncle who was in a POW camp. My maternal grandmother lost 2 young brothers and an uncle in WW1. I expect the receipt of things like telegrams would be feared in those times.

Better get on now while the sun is shining. OH is going to another meeting at 6.00pm straight from Lincoln so won't be back till late.

Didn't see you there Vera. No he wouldn't really show me the door either, it's why he was grinning when he said it! We are far too valuable to them aren't we. :-D He was getting frantic as he had no change for the expensive car parks in Lincoln this morning, so who was it that keeps a small bag of change in her car for such things that came to his rescue? I can never understand how fussy he is with his books, yet he bends the covers back on my atlas and crushes my newspaper without a thought. He bought his dad many books over the years and thought how he would enjoy some of them himself when his dad had passed away. Imagine his horror Vera when he found he had written on the pages in some of them. lol.

Afternoon all,

Just had a little shower but now i can see lovely blue sky and sun shine .
I had the strangest dream last night ,i was abroad and then realised my passport was out of date ,i couldn't understand how i had got out there with it out of date but i couldn't see any where on the passport with a date on ,some one said you need to buy another and when i got one it had a picture of some one else inside , i was so worried i wouldn't get home and then i woke up .

You had an early one this morning Jane ,you've had three tiring days ,i hope you don't feel so rough this time round .

Ann the little appliqué picture you've done is lovely ,for a first attempt you've done a really good job of it :-)
You've been busy getting some jobs done it's surprising how much you can get done with no man to keep stopping you :-D

AnnG that chap soon got your barge boards done this morning so that's another job out of the way ,sounds as if you have a busy afternoon too with the gardening group coming .

Mel have you got the tables where you want them now ,will it be some where were you can just leave what your doing at the time and be able to come back to it with out having to clear stuff away ?
I wonder why your electric went off ,perhaps they were working on some cables some where after all that wind and they just had to turn off for a minute .

That's good you got a good nights sleep Frank ,perhaps the medication is now getting into your system and beginning to help you settle better .

I must ring the dentist as we had a letter yesterday to say they would have to cancel our check up appointments in April and we had to ring to rearrange another date and time .

Some one asked about my birthday cake ,it was just one i bought from Tesco but i have to say with out blowing my own trumpet it wasn't as good as the ones i make,i found the cake a bit dry .

Son sorted out our car insurance for us today ,we were with Churchill but it had shot up in price so now we are with the RAC and breakdown cover with some one else but i can't remember who now ,we saved nearly two hundred pound !!!

It's amazing what you can save on bills with a bit of shopping around isn't it Mandy! Far better to have that £200 in your own pocket to spend. :-D Your dream sounded a bit like the sort I have sometimes. OH calls them anxiety dreams. Maybe you were thinking you must get the car insurance sorted when you went to sleep.

Shop bought cake can tend to be a bit dry can't it, so no wonder everyone loves your home made ones. I remember if mum bought a cake that was a bit dry, we'd get it as pudding the next day with lots of custard poured over it. :-) She often used to say 'waste not want not' as we were growing up.

Glad you had a good night's sleep too Frank. I bet you feel a bit better for it. Let's hope tonight is as good. :-D

I think i did have that on my mind Ann as i find it always takes me ages to answer all the questions and fill it all in ,Colin doesn't use the computer ,but son can do it so much quicker, i said to him i hate doing it and he said that's what i'm here for .

I can remember having the cake with custard too to use it up .

Hope we hear from Gill today it will be good to hear if she's getting things sorted out and has heard from Sandra .

I posted my uncle Ralph Atkinson RN being killed in action on a thread within

Belfast Forum. Shortly after another poster kindly posted the In Memoriam

from the Evening Chronicle. It listed entries from my Grand Father and several of

my aunts who have since passed, Nellie, Ethel, May, Agnes and my Mother.

A memorial service was held at Christ Church Shieldfield Newcastle.

Then a while later the same poster posted from the , Evening Chronicle my

Grand-Mother Janet Atkinson's death notice. She died of bowel cancer at 200

Portland Road, the house I was born in 29/10/1945

I have just done a LOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG post and it disappeared.

Had to laugh about stale cake with custard. Mum used to make trifle with cake that had gone a bit hard. I hated trifle when I was small because of the cake in it. Still don't like cake in trifle now.

Mandy you asked about my tables and yes they are in an L shape now with the bookc ase on th end of them. I labled all my boxes yesterday and this morning when I got up oh had been in there and turned them all around and told me if I put them round that way I could get three lots in there instead of two and a gap. So I spent all morning writing more lables to put on the ends of the boxes. He does have a point though and he has bught me 12 more boxes!!!!!!!!!

I had a very strange egg in the nest box tonight when I went round to shut the girls in. I always look in the nestboxes as Mona, one of the old hens, will go in there at night and she messes all in the litter making it nasty for other girls that wnat to lay in there. Well I went round about 4.30pm to corn them and there was one more egg in the nests, a lovely brown one. When I shut them in I looke din the nests and sure enough Mona was in one box but in the other was the stragest egg I have EVER had. It is her who lays this egg like the BIG one I sent a pic of last time. She dos'nt lay much but this beats all. It had a soft shell an extra extension on the end and was cast off with a swirl.

I have taken a pic of it and will send it later. Its sitting on a tea plate at the mo as I dar'nt move it.

Oh has just put his head phones on me with Fun Fun Fun On The Autobarn music on from the 60's he said.

Sent them.