General Chat

Good evening everyone.

Thank goodness you are o.k Marie. We were starting to worry about you again. Yes I know we are all worry guts, but it's because we care about each other.
Did you take any photo's of your son in laws birthday bash. It would be great if we could see a photo of you done up as a Bavarian Fortuneteller.

It's better to have over catered, than under catered, you would never have forgiven yourselves, if you had run out of food,and people had to do without.

Hows your water aerobics going, do you still attend.? And do you still go to the gym.?
By the sounds of it, I doubt very much that you would be going, judging by the heatwave you are having at the moment.
The heat certainly knocks the life out of you doesn't it. Well it certainly does me. Not that I have a lot of get up and go at the moment, I think it got up and went.

Caz, special prayers are going out to you,Joyce and her grandaughter.
Thank you for letting us know,whats been happening.
It never rains for poor Joyce, it pours. We will miss seeing her posting, just as we miss you, when you are unable to post for a few days. I hope you are coping with your teatment,and that it's not knocking you out to much.

Sallie, I have a vision of a poor postman knocking on peoples doors, trying to find Julia.
I can't believe your estate agent. Fancy not promoting your house more than he has. It's money for old rope as far as they are concerned isn't it.
They are not sending people to view, with the idea that people will take it of the market, so that they earn more cash, nasty thats what I call it.

Sylvia, hows your OH feeling now, after all his dentistry work. I have never heard of them doing bloods before they commence implants. Did he need to have a transfusion afterwards.
How much more work does he need before it is completed.
Have the insurance company coughed up the money for the generator yet.

Huia, how the devil are you love. How is your Phil doing these days.
Thank the lord that the fleas have finally gone. The little blighters had made themslves at home in your place, and didn't want to leave you.
Any more sightings of your friendly rat lately. I do hope they have left you alone now. As much as you enjoy company, theres is not the type of company you need. lol

I wonder how Ann and T are faring. And if they have got the car sorted out yet.

(((((((((((((HUGS FOR JEAN)))))))))))))) as she has not been sighted in the vicinty for a while. She's like the invisable woman, now you see her, now you don't. LUVS ya honey, hurry up and come back, we miss you.

Speak to you all again later. Love Mo xxx

Oooh Caz I missed your posting.
Thank you for letting us know about Jeans fall. I feel awful now, having a dig at her on my earlier posting about not being on here very much.
Slap slap Mo, dont be nasty to our Jean again.

Hi there. I have been busy on FMP, and arguing with them about a transcription. I have put up a thread about it. They dont seem to use any common sense or study the whole of the image carefully.

Huia.

Hi Mo, and everyone
xxx


gentle hugs for Caz, Jean and Joyce.

It's lovely and sunny, if a bit chilly, at the moment. But THEY are saying it will cloud over and rain by tonight ...... that means it will become warmer!


OH arrived home on Monday .... apparently he had decided to walk downtown after his treatment was over, that's about a 30 minute walk from where he was. Then he took our version of the Tube home, but stopped off at the barber's shop ..... where he sat and waited nearly an hour to get his hair cut! He had not had any lunch.

He cooked up some soup immediately he got home, and then later he made porridge for his dinner, and I cooked up something from the freezer for me.

OH did take a Tylenol+codeine soon after he got home, and before he went to bed ..... which means his jaw must have been feeling uncomfortable. But he says he's feeling fine now.



Mo ............. the blood typing is done (at least by this dentist) every time he is going to do the preliminary work for an implant. That preliminary work involves a bone graft, and the bone comes from cadavers .............. so I guess they have to be very careful about tissue typing.



We are waiting fro the cheque for the generator ......... the assessor talked to me on Tuesday, and there were 2 options. The first was they would issue the cheque in the name of the store where we got the quotation from, and that would include the amount of HST (ie, your VAT). The store is in the town closest to the cabin, and I pointed out that we would not be going up there until May or June ...... so he offered to issue the cheque in our name, cost of replacement minus the HST. When we buy the generator, we can go back to the insurance company and get re-imbursed for the HST.

They are paying us a lot more than we paid for the generator 5 years ago ........... but we do have Replacement Value insurance, and prices have gone up. We'll get close to about £1200 back


take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Thats brilliant Sylvia,gaining back more than you paid for the generator originally.
Are you still going to hire another one, if and when you do go to the cabin again.
Oh my word, it sounds like your OH was in pain, taking all those meds.
The work he is having done is all completely unknown to me. I would only assume that,that type of work over here, would be done in hospital.
I don't know if our NHS dentists, would be capable of doing the work, it would probably come down to a dental specialist at the hospital.
Bye for now, love Mo xxx

Pleased that your OH eventually got home Sylvia and I hope his mouth is settling down now. Also hope you soon get your cheque.

Good to hear from you Marie, we have been thinking about all the problems there and feeling so sorry for everyone. your fancy dress party sounds fun, glad it all went OK.

Sorry to hear about Joyce's further bad news and sending lots of positive thoughts for the biopsy.

Thanks for letting us know about Joyce Caz. And now Jean as well. Hope the bruises are not too painful. Must take more water with it love!!! No, mustn't joke I am sure you will be feeling sore.

Mo The car was fixed by an auto electrician who came out to us. It took him 2 hours, he took the alarm out completely, wasn't over complimentary about those sort of alarms. He also said that one of the wires was wired up wrong and had probably been like that a long time. The problem with the brake lights was caused by the switch under the brake pedal (and no I didn't know there was one there either!). Anyway only cost us £65. All fine now.

Sallie, that is disgusting about the estate agents and I would be taking it up with them too. I hope the couple can soon sell their house and you can find a bungalow.

Hope all is well with you Huia.

Caz, thanks for letting us know about Jean. I hope she didn't hurt herself too much......even if she didn't, it must have shaken her up a good bit.
Sometimes after a fall we don't always feel all the aches and pains until the next day, so lets hope that Jean will be alright to go out tomorrow.


Sylvia, it's good that the insurance assessor is sorting out your claim, so hopefully you'll receive the cheque very soon.

Glad to hear that OH's jaw is feeling easier now......he's brave having all that work done at the dentist. I just wish I had his courage and wasn't as terrified as I am.



Ann, the estate agents probably thought that we wouldn't find out about how much trouble the couple had to go to get an appointment to view our house.....of course this was all going on when the estate agents themselves were trying to persuade us to take the house off the market, so that they could make a bit of money out of us. Alun and I are pleased knowing what we know now, that we stuck to our decision not to take it off the market.
I think they hoped that we would have forgotten about having to pay a fee if we took it off before the given time.

Some neighbours further down the road put their house up for sale with them at the same time we did. After five months, with no one viewing it, they took it off the market, not realising that they would have to pay a fee.
The estate agent hadn't told them anything about the 'clause' (for the want of a better word) but of course, they were adamant that they did.

We know those neighbours quite well, and I know who I believe. I just feel sorry for them, M has health problems and they are trying to get a bungalow to be near their youngest daughter who has cancer.....her and her husband live about 8 miles away.

Sorry to go on , I'm mad about the whole situation. But our time will come, I'm just waiting, biding my time.


I'm off to bed now, so speak to you all tomorrow.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Sally is this the only estate agent in your area?

I am not sure what the law is but there is one to do with professionals giving misleading information. Maybe your neighbours should look into that and maybe ask the advice of the CAB. Good job you realised though. And I didn't know theyw ere allowed to have such a clause.

Sallie, quite a lot of interest on this site;

www.theadvisory.co.uk/estate-agents.php

Is the clause you are thinking of a sole agency clause? If so that is pretty general, but I suspect that somewhere you could find where it says theya re contracted to send interested people to you. Actually it is stupid and may be just inefficiency on the part of a clerk because to actually sell the property is worth more to them than you'd have to pay for taking it off the market surely.

Hi Ann, just seen your reply. We have a lot of estate agents in town, so when we decided to put the house up for sale, we had a few estate agents to give us a valuation, and thought that this one seemed the best.

I also thought that the clause was pretty general, so can't understand why the estate agent didn't mention it to M and her OH......in fact I'm fairly sure that estate agents have to tell the vendor about the clause, once the vendor has decided to use them as their selling agents.

As you said, to sell our property is worth more to them, than the amount they would have got with us taking it off the market earlier. Maybe they thought they could make a bit out of us if we withdrew it earlier rather later, when we wouldn't have to pay them anything.

It's twenty years since we moved to this house, and a lot of things have changed with estate agents since then. Time was, we could withdraw the house off the market anytime and not have to pay anything at all.
It was only if they sold it, that you would have to pay.

I haven't had time to look at that site yet, but will look at it in a while. Thanks Ann.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi all, I heard from Jean this morning and she has a few big bruises on her back but her confidence is gone. She is frightened that she will fall again maybe with her going dizzy sometimes, I know when I fall it takes days to get my confidence back so she will have to be careful from now on. Jeans knees are sore as well and they were bad before so I hope she will get plenty of rest now.

Caz xx

Hi everyone,

Caz, thank you for the update on Jean, I'm not surprised that she's frightened of falling agagin, bless her. I hope she'll feel a lot better tomorrow and not quite so sore. Please tell her that I'm thinking about her, and to take care of herself.

I also hope that you are feeling a little bit better yourself today, too Caz. How long do you have to have chemo for this time? Let's hope and pray that this time it will get that horrible cancer once and for all.

Alun is at a Model Railway Show at Doncaster for most of the weekend.

Their club are showing two of their layouts there, so have taken them up this evening so that they can put them together ready for the morning. So he'll be a bit late arriving home tonigh, and of course early starts tomorrow and Sunday.

I'll speak to you soon Caz, take care.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Good evening girls.
Thank you Caz for letting us know the latest update on our Jean. I hope and pray that she gets better soon, she is a lovely lovely lady, and does not deserve this to keep happening to her. The Vertigo has a lot to answer for.
And Jean and J are due to be going away soon as well. Something always seems to happen to spoil their holidays, bless them both.

I hope you have had a better day today Caz. Hows the card making going now,?

Hi Sallie. It sounds like you are going to have a quiet weekend, with Alun being in Doncaster.
Will you be seeing the children, over the weekend,so that you have some company.
We are going over to see baby Lilly tomorrow.
They had to take her to the hospital last night,as she was vomiting her milk back big time.
The hospital have given them Baby Gaviscon, for reflux.
I spoke to my son earlier, and he said it seems to be working, as she has managed to keep most of her bottles down today. Thank the lord for that.

Well girls, I hope you all have a good weekend. I will speak to you al tomorrow.
Love and best wishes Mo xxx

Thank you for the news re Jean Caz. It does knock your confidence when you fall I know from my episode last August. I hope she regains hers again soon.

Pleased to her little Lily is keeping her feed down after the baby Gaviscon Mo.

Sallie So Alun will be playing trains all weekend. Bet he really enjoys that like my son used to many years ago when he belonged to the model railway club. Somehow, despite still having the trains and everything in his loft he never set them up once he moved into his own house. Now he has a room full (literally) of small armies and goes off weekends wargaming. (Or as we call it playing toy soldiers!)

Shise and rine you sluggards! But dont make too much noise as I will be going to bed soon.

Yesterday I received a Valentines card. Not that it is V. day until tomorrow, but at least I got one. I also got one last year. In the home where Phil is there are some of the residents who make cards for occupational therapy. It is great to receive them, even if some are very amateurish. So nice to know that they are keeping busy and presumably happy with it. I dont think they do it in Phils wing. They are just not up to that sort of thing.

I bought him a new razor after visiting him on Friday as his is getting very blunt. I know I should be able to get new blades, but not too many years ago we asked about new blades for his previous razor and they would have cost almost as much as a new razor. I will bring the 'old' (about 1 year) razor home and see if a good clean-up helps it.

Night night from me.

Huia.

Hi Girls, I hope you are all alright, and had a good weekend.


Huia, that was nice having a Valentine card. It's a great idea that some of the residents make the cards, much better for them than just sitting doing nothing. I'm sure you were thrilled with it.....it doesn't matter how amateurish some are , the main thing is that it's nice to receive a card made by one of the residents.



Joyce, rang me yesterday, she was saying that she was very tired and slept quite a bit yesterday. Between her back and cramp pain, no wonder she can't get to sleep......as I told her, she needs to sleep when she can.

I think that she now realises that her friend will only go to the doctors when she is ready to. So let's hope that Joyce won't make herself worrying about it anymore.



Mo, did you go to visit Lily yesterday? I hope she's better now, and taking her milk alright.


Jennie and Michael went to his mum's for their dinner today, his sister is
staying with J and M for a couple of nights (she still lives with their mum and dad) so they all went there for their Sunday dinner.

The three of them then came here afterwards, so that Michael could fix the flush on the upstairs toilet for us. He had to go and get a whole new unit for us, because he could no longer buy the part he needed on it's own. Anyway it's done now, so that's a good job out of the way.




Ann, Alun came home with a bag of things he had bought at the show yesterday, but didn't buy a train, although he wished he had. After looking at the train engines on the internet sites, he found that the train that he had seen in the show , was actually half price in the show to what it is online, so I think that he'll probably buy it today. lol!! Alun is a fan of G.W.R. , I think those are the only trains we went on as we were growing. up....so as you can guess all the model trains he has are all G.W.R.



Jean, I hope you are feeling a bit better today, after your fall, and not feeling quite so sore.


Caz, how are you today? I hope that you are starting to feel a little bit better
now. Thinking about you, as always. Take care!


Marie, it was lovely hearing from you. Hope the temperatures are a bit more comfortable for you now.


Sylvia, hope all is alright with both you and OH, and that his mouth is now feeling a lot more comfortable after his visit to the dentist.



Alun has just arrived home, so I'd better go and make him a coffee.
Speak to you all later.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Well Alun bought his train and a few other bits, so he's one happy person now.lolol!!!


Mo, is everything alright with you and your family? Just realised that you haven't posted since Friday, which is unusual for you.

I'll say goodnight to everyone.

Take care.

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Oh! this a lonely thread. Where has everyone gone to?


I had a pm from Mo today letting us know that she isn't feeling too good.

She went to the doctors on Friday, she's been suffering from pain in her rib cage for a while now, so thought it best to get it checked. Although he doesn't think it's anything serious, she has had to go for an xray today. Mo has asked me to tell you all, that she;s mostly OK, but is feeling a bit off colour and also finding it uncomfortable to sit typing on the computer, for too long. So she won't be on the thread for at least a few days.


Ann, I'm also wondering if you are alright, I noticed that you haven't been on here nor your own threads for the last few days too. I hope that you are alright, as it isn't like you not to post for a few days, unless you're poorly or away on holiday.


Jean, Caz and Joyce, I hope the three of you are feeling a bit better now. Thinking about you all. Take care.

Sylvia, Huia and Marie, hope all is well with the three of you , and your families. Take care.


I'll speak to you all soon.

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hello Sallie and anybody else who is looking in. I didnt spend very much time on my computer yesterday as I was thinking that the mowing man might ring, and I am not on broadband, cant get it here :(( I tried last night to ring him and again this morning, on his landline, then I got him on his cell phone. He says he will come on Friday, probably afternoon, so now I can spend more time on my computer :)))

I really should go for a walk as I havent been for a long one for some time, but the weather is so hot. I should also visit Phil and take him his new shaver, but I have had it charging the battery for the last 3 days and there is still no indication that the battery is fully charged. According to the instructions the charge light is supposed to wink when it is fully charged. I think I might leave it on until tomorrow. I will be meeting with the woman about the book at 10.30 and I can visit Phil afterwards.

Huia.

Hello people. I have been around Sally and on a few threads but not as much as usual. Yeterday we were out a lot, Saturday we were out most of the day, today I was around but didn't come on this thread, probably because it wasn'y in front of my eyes. Sometimes I forget threads if I don't 'see' them. if you know what I mean.

Sorry to hear that Mo is Poorly. hope she feels better soon. with mo and Jean both poorly and also Joyce and Caz, there aren't many of us left

Glad that Alun bought his train Sallie. Nice to get something special that you want. part of being out yesterday was that i was looking at cameras. I found one I liked in C***t but they didn't have it in, said they could get it for Tuesday. But I knew I could order it from Amazon for £15 less and get it by the end of the week so that is what I have done.

Huia, that is a very long time for a battery to charge. I would think it is charged by nowl.

I went for a walk this morning but it was so very cold, my face was frozen so I came home instead of extending the walk.