General Chat

Aaw he's sweet Huia. sick and all!!!

Mo sorry you have been unable to shake off that cold, Tony can't completely lose his cough either, he is left with an irritating tickly one, not at night though thank goodness.

Sallie, glad Jennie is on the mend. sad about your BiL it must be very tiring for his wife.

Mo, that Victor fellow is no good. Get yourself another man to rub your chest for you. ;-)

Huia.

LOL Huia, I have put an advert in the local paper for a replacement for Vic, but I dont think I will get any replies as there's not much of a chest left to rub now.

Ann, the cough wakes ME up at night, thank goodness there's a wall between Roly and my room,or he would be complaining.
My poor nose feels like I have been rubbing it with sandpaper. And I am beginning to look like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

Going to darts now, so I will say cheerio for now. Love Mo xxx

Hi girls, not been on for a few days but back now. I went to get my cast off this morning and it feels so strange without it. I find it difficult to walk on my ankle but the doc said it would be a bit painful and might swell so not worried about it, he said to spend a lot of time with it up so I am spending more time in bed. I was told to carry on using my crutches for the time being, lol, I walk with them normally and use my wheelchair when out.
Huia baby Marcus is beautiful, it's a shame all mine are grown up even my youngest grandchildren are in their teens.
I have one of those electric bats for flies, I don't need it her at the flat, we very rarely have a fly in but at the other house we needed it as we had a cow field adjoining our garden.
Goody I was told this morning that I could have a shower tomorrow, I have missed them so much, I would prefer a bath but we have a wetroom so only a shower, better than nothing though.
Hope everyone is keeping well.

Love Caz xx

So you will smell sweet tomorrow then Caz, just in time for your birthday!!! Glad that you have got the plaster off at last. Please be careful now you are mobile again.

Mo, hope you get over that cold soon. At least Roly will be able to find you in the dark if your nose glows!!!! Sorry xx

I found I had another rat in one of the traps this morning. That was the thirteenth, which probably explains why he was caught by his hind leg and was still alive! I carried the trap outside and grabbed a flower pot to bash him on the head but he was still wriggling so I grabbed a lenth of pipe and gave him a really hard bashing. Uggh, but I wasnt going to let a live one go. I havent had any more fleas since I let off the 4 flea bombs throughout the house over a week ago. That is a big relief. :-)

Huia.

Ooh Huia, not sure I could have done that, but well done, you are certainly getting rid of a lot. Do you think there are any more around?

we are off to the Lake district tomorrow, the weather forecast looked fairly good so fingers crossed. However you don't get Lakes without rain!!!!! So today has been taken up with packing and sorting out paperwork that needed doing before we go away, watering small plants etc. Luckily our neighbours have the key and look after the house well for us. :-)

I will have my netbook so will not be out of touch, may not be on as much but will check in occasionally. :-D

Thanks Ann I haven't had one yet, still have to stripwash because of my balance, I found I wasn't safe on the seat when I moved and I don't want another broken bone.
Enjoy your trip to the lakes, we had a full week there once with full sunshine so it can happen.

Caz

Hello everyone, how are we all today.
Caz thank goodness that cast has come of at long last, but I bet it does feel strange without it, as plaster casts become like an extra layer of skin dont they.
Thank goodness it was really hot, or you would have been sweating buckets with it on.
A nice shower will buck you up no end, but just take care and dont slip over.
I know, I know, I dont want to sound like I'm nagging, but please take care love.

Ann,have a lovely time up at the lakes. How long will you be away? It will be nice to hear how things are going for you, while you are there.
We can all then pretend we are there with you, having a lovely break away,in all the peace and quiet there.
It's been quite a few years since we last went there with our friends from Lancashire, but it was so peaceful and serene.

Oooh I think we should give Huia a medal for bravery. I dont honestly think I could have tackled the rat as bravely as you did Huia.
I would have had rubber gloves, a face mask, body suit and goodness only knows what else on.
It makes me shiver when I think about it. I was lucky enough to have Roly here,when he trapped our rat that time, but if I had been on my own, I think I would have run next door, and got my neighbour to remove it for me.
So well done to you Huia.

We have got a new Dobbies Garden Centre opened near here, so I am hoping to get a visit in some time this week.
The official opening was today, but it would have been heaving with people, so we have decided to wait a while.
It will be nice to get new plants from a different source this year.

I hope Sallie is o.k as she has not posted for a few days.
Well my friends I will love you and leave you, take care one and all. Love Mo xxx

Hi all



it's wet here today ........ and for the next several days :-(


Caz .... so glad to hear that you have got the cast off. Please take care.





sylvia
xxx

Oh my word it's late, and I am just checking in.
Sylvia, I hope you have got your welly boots handy for the rain. We are told there are going to be droughts in this region.
They have been taking water from the river Medway, and putting it through treatment, to fill up the local reservoir.
So we could do with a bit of your rain my love.
Mind you, we have been getting the March winds, so who knows we may get the April showers yet.
Our seasons have changed so much over the years, and I know that most of it is due to mans damage to the environment.
Gone are the long hot lazy sunny days of when we were children, thank goodness the smog has vanished, but I could do with things going back to how they used to be, without the bad bits.
I am not asking for much am I. lol
Well my friends, I am going to my bed now, so I will say good night to the u.k dwellers,and good morning to our friends at the other end of the world.
Take care, enjoy whats left of your weekend. Love Mo xxx

Hi all


just showers today .............. so a bit better than they forecast!

Gawd ........... those smogs of the 50s were awful weren't they??


I can remember taking buses home from the centre of Oldham with the conductor walking about 2 ' in front of the bus most of the way to the terminus. That was as far as the driver could see. On one occasion, the conductor also couldn't see very far .............. and he almost led the bus into the corner of a house on a strange sort of Y junction! He only stopped when he tripped over the curb :-D :-D Then the driver had to slam on the brakes so he wouldn't hit either the driver or the house!


...... and everyone always used to thank the conductor and driver as they got off at their stop.


The drivers never seemed to want to give up! They'd then have to do the journey in reverse back into town. And sometimes, they would again drive out of town.

The strange thing is that we were quite a bit higher up than the town, very close to the Pennines on the Huddersfield road ........ yet the smog would be much worse with us.




sylvia
xxx

Sylvia, what memories you have stirred up, I worked in Manchester and had to get a bus there and back from Rochdale, the times I left work at 3.30 when the smog was down and didnt get home until 7 or 8 , we had some laughs when the conductor used to sit on the bonnet to tell the driver which way to go... there was once a motor bike following a car and we saw him go up the drive of his home with the biker right behind him...lol...the friendly way people acted was great biscuits were usually handed round or sweets when we were on a long time, it kept the little ones quiet...

Happy Birthday to our Caz, have a lovey day, better now the pots off but do take care ....

love to all Jean xxx

Oh I had to laugh about the car and motorbike Jean.
The same thing happened to us, when Roly was stationed in Germany. We had been out for the night, and on our way home we hit a big blanket of smog.
The car in front of us seemed to know where he was going, and Roly decided to follow him.
About two miles away, he came to what we thought was a turning in the road, only for his break lights to come on, and for us to discover we had followed him onto his own drive.
Another time, we were on our way home from Germany to the u.k,and was travelling through Brussels.
There was thick snow on the ground, and we could see no road markings.
Suddenly Roly said we have to turn right here, but oooops, the car wouldn't turn.
Out got Roly, wading through the snow, only to discover that we had got stuck in the tram lines.
There we were, both of us, lifting and lugging the car, till we got it out of the rut. Why do these things always happen to us, we wondered at the time.
But hey, thats life isn't it, and we still giggle about it even now.

Sylvia, the tale of the bus drivers, was exactly what used to happen here as well, with the conductor either on the bonnet, or leading the driver ahead.
He would have his torch, that no one could see, let alone how he ever managed to find the way. I'm sure half the time, they found the way by second sight, having travelled the routes so often.

Well, I hope everyone is well, and I hope that we hear from you all soon, with your news, good or bad, we are here to support each other.
Love Mo xxx

I had to laugh as well about the car and bike but it was horrendous when the smog was so bad, but the busses still ran, I was on one when the conductor had to walk with one foot on the pavement to keep the driver in place, terrible it was but they wouldn't do it these days.
I am getting about a bit better with my leg missing it's cast, it was a lot easier with it on, my leg feels wobbly and weak now and my ankle is swelling so I have to keep it up.
No more news so I will see you all later.

Caz xx

GoodMorning all
Sallie is ok just taking afew days off but sure she will be back on when she is up to it
Caz hope your ankle feels abit better today
Mo sending best wishes to your son and hope he is soon fit and well again ,what worry for the family
Ann enjoy your holiday i could do with one well have my Grandaughters wedding to look forward to in august .but not very happy on having to be pussed in my wheelchair but Jan and grandaughter said i have to
Linda ,Huia,Sylvia and anyone i may have forgot take care all and stay saft
LoveDutch
ps nearly forgot our Jean that would,nt do hope your both wellxx

Good evening all.

In the morning I have to try to repair one of the drawers that I keep my clothes in as I tried to shove too much into it. I bought some glue and panel pins today to do the job. I am thinking of buying another chest of drawers at the op shop. I have put my name on it. It would help if I also got rid of a lot of my old clothes. But I wear them around the house (or some of them). Ah well, I will get myself sorted one of these days.

Must be off to bed soon as I am yawning my head off.

Huia.

Oh Huia, you do make me laugh. I am as guilty as you for shoving so much in my drawers,(no not my knickers ) that Roly is forever having to repair them.
The trouble is that the chest of drawers was a cheap one, and the bottoms are only made of a soft veneer type stuff, and fall through so easily.
And I also have what I call, my going out clothes, and my slobbing round the house gear, and no doubt the charity shop would have a field day with half of the stuff I could donate. lol

It's so good to hear from Joyce and Caz, and catch up with their news.
Thanks for the update on Sallie Joyce, it's good to know she is o.k, and will be back with us soon.

I must go, doing chicken and chips for dinner, yummy.
Speak to you tomorrow girls. Love Mo xxx

Sorry, too much to type again so copied from the Welsh thread.

Hello all from the Lake District. Yesterday was a lovely day and we walked round Tarn Hows, only one and a half miles but daughter is recovering from radio therapy and tires easily, she enjoyed it though. Today has been cloudy but we found a LD Horticultural society garden to visit, Holehird gardens. They were great and we couldn't believe how many spring flowers were out including a huge number of helebores, many that we had not seen before. There were still a few late varieties of snowdrops and lots of daffodils, but other flowers too including, to our surprise some Azaleas, camelias and rhododendrons. Bearing in mind this was on the side of a hill overlooking Windermere and facing across to the Langdales. The heathers also were a picture and the greenhouses were interesting with the alpines growing in them. We shall certainly return in June when we come up here as they have the National collection of Astilbes and a walled garden that should be at its best in June. The garden was apparently started in 1854 by a John Dunlop, there is a lovely mansion in the grounds too but that was gifted in 1954 to the local council for the health and well being of local people. It is now a Leonard Cheshire home. What a lovely spot to end your days it is too.

From there we went to Lakeland (Plastics) in Windermere where we had lunch and bought lots of things we didn't know we needed, then to Hayes Garden World in ambleside followed by a stop for a cup of tead in Hawkeshead where I bought a gillet and OH a jacket and daughter bought me a light jacket for mothers days. We then came back to the apartment. Spent out and wondering how we are going to get it all into the car to go home.

Hope Sallie will feel able to come back on here soon and ~~~~~~~ to everyone else.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to Ann, up there in the lake district. Ann, you had better buy yourselves a trailer, to bring all your goodies back home.
It's only Monday, and goodness knows how much more you can buy before you go home. lol
Enjoy yourself my love. xxx