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other thread ?

Sorry was it my message that confused you Patricia when I said other thread,? I usually jump from the childhood memories thread then on to this one through the day. Jane does the same thing.
wet, wild & windy here today. I'm not going out anywhere. just having a relaxing day.

I just popped over from the other thread too lol.
Are you going somewhere nice Christine? I hope you enjoy yourself.We will miss you lots and lots and lots.Not sure about keeping clean though lol
I bought that honey and cinnamon this morning .
Must go and turn the roast potatoes.I am starving,the smell of that Roast Beef mmmmm!!!!

Morning ladies,got 2 whole hours to myself as Miss Sophie has joined a playgroup where I just drop her off and collect her .Actually I joined for her.Have had an inordinate amount of mail through G.R. site and have added 4 generations to one side of the family that I had no info on at all also msgs from relations I'd lost touch with years ago .Seems it's like buse s none for ages then 4 in a row lol. Think I might buy one of those lights for S.A.D. feel very down since the clocks changed mind you the weather up here hasn't helped it's grey and wet and miserable.Mood variations another symptom of "the change"?

Afternoon ladies, hope all is well with you.

Haven't posted on here much of late, but glad to see you're all chatting away and keeping it going.

I'm probably not renewing my membership on GR, it runs out on the 22nd of November.

I know the thread will be in good hands, and will be posting up until then on the odd ocassion.

take care,

Pam.

Pam!!!!! you can't leave.Please reconsider ....you did say probably,so does that mean not definitely lol

Dear Pam

Hello

You cannot be serious about leaving us!!

The way good folk are leaving, there won't be many of us left.

Very best wishes
xx

Evening all
Ahh Pam, please don't leave us . I must at admit all I seem to be using GR these days is for chatting, not had any luck with any hot matches for ages. & have not found any rellies for a long time now, but I do enjoy chatting to all the GR members & friends I have made on here.
What ever your decision is I wish you well.

nudge......Afternoon All

Just received some photographs of my husbands family from a cousin in Australia,we didn't know these photos existed and got quite emotional as they show O.H.s dad when he was about 7years old ,it was the anniversary of his death last week .My mother-in-law never got on with FIL's family and is most reluctant to pass on info as she says she'd rather not have anything to do with them.Something to do with him being passed ove r to a relative after his mother's death and hisdad's remarriage.If I hear her say "Better left in the past" again I'll scream she doesn't seem to understand that the younger generations would like to know where they came from.

How nice for your OH Patricia.My OH has only a handful of photos of his family.I think his Dad must have thrown them all out after his wife died and OH's sister ran away.OH doesn't even remember his Mums name or have a Photo.He had a bad childhood and has more or less blocked it out.I feel bad for him as I have thousands of photos .

I went on HRT - didn't want to as heard so many conflicting things about it, but once on I would have killed if anyone tried to take me off. haha. Everything was sorted within a week of taking it.

Morning Ladies,gotthe next 5 days free,not in a good way ,S.I.L. and both their little ones have swine flu!! Poor daughter is demented trying to look after them all at once. Still ,looing on the bright side it's all over at one time ,she''s still in plaster so thats a difficulty she could be withou the doctor has advised they isolate themxeves for 6 days,hence my time off.

morning Patricia
sorry about your families and there swine flu , It never seems to be dissapearing this flu , you still keep hearing about more cases. so far non of my family have ever had it, we were realy worried about my daughter when she was expecting as she had to leave work to go on maternity leave earlier than planned as someone in her office caught it.

I'm off to put the kettle on time for a coffee break
BBL

Afternoon Ladies,
I hope your family recover soon Patricia.Touch wood It hasn't affected us so far.My sister is ill at the moment ,but she thinks it is most likely a really bad chesty cold.She was offered Tammi Flu but decided against having it.She will be staying away from her daughter at the moment who is 12 weeks pregnant.

Hi AB
Hope you enjoyed your hols and look forward to reading your stories. Got to go to dads as the tree cutter man (Oops!!! been working too long with pre- school children) is coming to trim the Rowen tree at 12.30
BBL.

Didn't need to go to dad's after all ,OH said he would go, Ahhh kind man

Heard it said at least half a dozen times that Halloween is not a "British" custom.I'd like to put the record straight, in this part of Britain and in Ireland Halloween (all hallows eve) has been celebrated for centuries.The day before All Souls day in the catholic church and the month of November being the month of the Holy Souls where they pray for all the people who have died. In Scotland we always called it not trick and treat but guising when you went out in disguise (dressed up) and knocked on neighbours doors ,if they liked your party piece ,song,poem ,story or joke they rewarded you with fruit and nuts rarely sweets and almost never money.Usually you'd be invited to join their parties where you dooked for apples and tried to take a bite from a large scone hanging on a string from the kitchen pulley the scone was liberally covered in treacle If we'd pulled any tricks like they do nowadays we'd have got a clip round the ear, happy days .......

Where are you in Scotland Patricia? I was born in Greenock ,but most of my rellies are in Moffat.

Patricia
I'm English but live in the West of Scotland now .