General Chat

I have just made brief notes of what I want to reply to.

Lorraine, I live in the country, with farmland on one side and 'bush' (what you call forest) everywhere else. The rats come inside for warmth in winter. I will always have that problem.

Sallie, I usually do only one afternoon a week in the shop, but today I am relieving another person in the afternoon, and somebody else tomorrow morning. I will have to get going soon as I want to visit the computer shop before lunch to eat humble pie if they have any.

dejay, I am 76 yrs young, and have been m for 53 yrs (if you can call the last 3 marriage with my OH in care). I have 2 children, 3 grandchildren, and 1 gt grandson.

Mo, I havent noticed any celebrations for the Queen's jubilee. We do celebrate Queen's birthday on Monday, so I wont be in the shop as it is a public holiday.

re falling down stairs, last night I had an email from my 2nd cousin in England. She is a bit older than I am. She had fallen down her stairs, but she didnt mention any broken bones, so I presume it was just bruising and being 'all shook up' . She is planning to kayak the length of the Trent river with somebody else to raise funds for a charity (Heroes?). She is learning to do an eskimo roll, and she is trying to learn to swim, something she has never done before. Watch your newspapers girls, for my intrepid cuzzy. She did a tandem parachute jump in NZ and enjoyed it so much she did another one back in England, and then abseiled down a building. I dont know if it was this thread or another that I had mentioned it on a day or 2 ago.

Must dash.

Huia.

Sylvia, I wonder if the testers make allowances for people who have never used a computer before?

Huia


I believe there is no allowance made


that is what a large part of the complaining is about it!


Often times a person is slow in making the adjustments to what is on the screen simply because they have difficulty finding which button or tab or side of the mouse to push ........ rather than the connection between seeing and doing as in real life.


That's what I meant by the "powers that be" ........ this test has been devised, it has been bought by the provincial government, and is being administered by the same group that devised it, and "Of course everyone is computer literate"


Our friend is computer literate, but not computer game literate ............ and I'm sure most older people are not the latter.


It's testing hand-eye coordination.




I do wish you could get rid of your rats!!

We solve the problem up in our cabin by putting down rat poison. I hate to do it, but they'd have a field day with the place empty for 5 or 6 months at a time.

and you can't do that if you have other animals around.


Of course the problem is what happens to the rats after they've eaten the poison ........... I hate to think of other animals dying because they ate the carcass.


Mind you, the ones we get up there are not the Norwegian rat, but the bushy-tailed wood rat (aka the pack rat) ......... I'm don't think they even belong to the same family as the rat that we get in the city.



sylvia
xx

Hello to you all,
Welcome to Dejay, My name is Marie I live in Bathurst ,New South Wales Australia , Just across the pond from Huia, and thank goodness I dont have any rats running around in my ceiling, we some times get field mice on the property, so far none have come inside.

I am 73 yrs. I have 6 children & 12 grandchildren no Greatgrand children.My hobbies are family research, knitting ,singing, Piano, and my passion is gardening.
I also have a class of people ,Seniors that I tutor , we are members of the University of the Third age , ( U 3 A ) . we have a lovely time, most of them have never sung before , would have liked to but never had the courage to join a group.My group is called, (Singing for Pleasure)
I also go to the Gym twice a week I like to keep fit and the company all seniors, ladies and some gent's , are all very nice we all have a great time, followed by a tea and coffee afterwards.
It is nice to hear you are having some warm weather at last, our winter is well and truly here frosts all this week and I am feeling very cold in my little alcove in my bed room I will have to turn the heating on as my hands are very cold.
I cooked a large piece of silverside to-day for our Dinner to-night.so I will need to go and do some veggies to go with the meat.
I hope you are all well ,
Love and Hugs
Marie
<3 <3 <3 :-) :-) <3

Hello Mo and everyone, hello marie welcome to mos thread she is write everyone is friendly,
well kids were ok as they had been training, there nothing like me lol, so apart from being tired and hot they really enjoyed it, son is doing one nearer to home this weekend, glad he is thinking of other people that has been taught by mummy lol.

yes still doing the bracelets, im waiting for some red white and blue beads today specky is going to help me i hope .

well off in a min got leek seedlings to plant too. speak later xx :-D

Huia I expect your cousin is doing the charity thing for 'Help for Heroes' the charity which supports our military wounded etc in war. Mostly Afghanistan.

Hello me lovelies, what a glorious day again today, I bet poor Caz is perspiring buckets, bless her. (See Caz, I said perspiring, and not sweating buckets, like I would normally do, being a laydee today lol )

O.k Dejay, who's been talking....someones let the cat out of the bag about my painting, the walls that is. Just coz I made a few holes in the wall practising me darts, weeell, I thought we had woodworm, and had to do a bit of filling the holes first, then just had to cover up the mistakes with paint. lol.
Actually, I have been very good since last year, not touched a paint brush in a while, uhhhm perhaps I could get the energy up, but on second thoughts, im indoors would go loopy at me, if I got in front of his telly.

Ann, you are making me feel sooo guilty about not getting the garden sorted yet.
I have been good getting rid of the weeds, but once they were gone, the garden looked a bit bare. ;-)
Seriously, I have had to get rid of one of my rose bushes, as I think it was diseased. The leaves and the rose buds were turning white, and I did wonder if they were covered in white fly, but on closer inspection, there were no flies present.
So I got rid, as I dont want my other rose bushes infected.
I got rid of my Oriental Lilies last year, as they were covered in the Little Lily bugs. Cor they were a nuisance, as fast as I cleared them, they were back again.
I hope T didn't get out on the golf course today, as if your weather is anything like ours, it's swealtering outside, and he would fry out there bless him.

Huia, when your cousin did the tandem parachute jump, was it televised over here, only on our local T.V they showed an older lady doing a jump, I cant remember if it was last year or the year before.
She is such a young at heart person isn't she. She has definately got more get up and go, than I have. In fact my get up and go, went a long time ago.
Thank goodness she didn't do more damage than she did, bless her.
Your photo's on F.B are really lovely. The one with what looks like a hole in the ozone is spectacular.


Sylvia, I remember when you had the unwanted visitor in your cabin, but cant for the life of me remember what type of beasty it was.I believe it was the bushy tailed wood rat.
I presume you still have the cabin? Have you any intentions of going up there this year.
It can't be that long before you see young MJ now. He will seem like such a big boy now.
I can't believe how much our Lilly has grown, she is now 16 months old, so M.J must be coming up for two now.

Cor Marie, reading all your hobbies had me fair worn out. You are such an energetic person, with so many things on the go at one time.
I will send you some warm weather down the cyber hatch, I don't like to think of you as being cold honey.
We will have to get Linda to make you some fingerless gloves, to keep your hands warm.
It's no good me making them, as by the time they were finished they would fit a giant, and you are by no means that size.
How was your bit of Silver Side. That is my favourite cut of beef, and I now braise it, rather than roasting it. It always ended up like the leather you sole your shoes with otherwise. lol

Hi Lorraine, please send my congratulations to your kids on their completing the half marathon.
And good luck to your son this weekend.
They are a credit to you love, thinking of others rather than themselves, is a wonderful thing. Well done on their upbringing.

Caz, there is no such thing as"oldish lady" we are all young at heart, but our bodies let us down.
Mentally I am still 21, physically I am 101 lol.
I hope you are keeping cool sweetheart, I know how hot it gets in your flat.

Well it's time I did a Sallie, and get the kettle put on for our afternoon cuppa.
Would anyone like one.
(^^)? (^^)? (^^)? {_}/ {_}/ {_}/ biscuits @ @ @ @ @ @
See you later girls. love Mo xxx

Hi, Mo, wrong sort of painting, how is Roly give him a hug from me will you.... and how is Lily, she will be a handful now I daresay, are you coming up to Bl******l this year maybe we can meet..... now my little darts player J sends his love and so do I.

love and hugs dejay aka jj xxx

Mo thankyou, yes im so proud of them, my cousisns were energetic and won medals but me and the kids dad were never to be seen at p;e lessons, even if in seperate schools.

do you have a break from darts or do you carryon through
must go and do mre beads.

love to everyone and i mean thatxxxx

My goodness girls, dejay knows an awful lot about me, so come on, who's been talking then. lol ;-) <3

Lorraine, my darts continue throughout the year on the trebles board on a Thursday, but on the Kent board,a doubles board on a Monday, we start in September and finish in about March/ April, so that season is now over.

Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo yes indeed it is certainly warm in here, the trouble is we face west with the sun coming in the window from dinner time until it goes down, then of course we are on the top floor with all the heat rising. Yes I meant what I said that I was feeling old (ish) because it's my feeling poorly thats making feel like that, normally I feel young and up and runnig so to speak.
Jean I thought you were keeping deejay up a bit longer, I wouldn't have bothered joining in if I'd known.

Caz

Well Caz I reckon our Mo sussed it so I owned up...
btw update on J he saw the consultant and doesnt see him again until
2015 !!! very good news....seems funny using another board name but they wouldnt let me use my original one so D for Daughter and J for you know who....hence dejay......I will get used to it in time, I have 6 months to do it....lol...so thanks everyone for your warm welcome, hope you are all doing the best you can , just had a judy dench haircut nice when it was done , but bet it wont be in the morning.... Caz talking of teeth we go next week for our cheque up .... dread to think how much it will be....
love to all our special friend sfrom over the water, Huia, Sylvia,Marie, lovely to here from you all... also our Sallie keep safe pet, always available for a chat... Liz pm sent .... well I think Its back to normal now l have explained whats been going on...lol....
special love and hugs to everyone who joins in , Jean xx

it's been fun to watch!


I'm not sure that Mo had sussed you out. :-D

Sylvia She is very canny our Mo, tells fibs too ....lol...
love Jean x

Morning one and all, lot cooler today and drizzling rain, you can almost see the plants or in my case weeds, lift their heads up and take a big gulp.
so what plans do you have for today, I wanted to go and get some craft stuff , but had a little add up and its a no go..... bit of a blow really, I do like a bit craft buying therapy....so now I dont know what to do....
Linda, what ply of wool do you use for your littlies knitting , I have a bag ful of double knit wool, from when I made toys.....wondered if you would like it....or anyone else too....
its pouring down now....I used to like walking in the rain when I was younger, now I would just like to walk!!.....lol....dancing was a great favourite of mine too, we went to a party sometime ago and I was itching to get up ,so had a go but had to sit down as I was dizzy,Ah those were the days...singing was another pastime for me , now I cant breathe.....lol... well I have missed our chats as you can tell , so I wont bore you any longer take care out there, and keep smiling :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D..love Jean was Just xxx

Hi there Jean. I certainly didnt cotton on to who you were. But then I have been racing around like a scalded cat what with rats and working in the hospice shop and putting photos on FB and trying to get my new computer and printer/scanner working. Today I bought a powered hub but havent taken it out of its packaging yet. Tomorrow I am going in to town again to get a 'new' seat put in my wagon as the old seat is in very poor condition. One day I will get to stay at home and I will be wondering what to do with myself.

Huia.

Morning all
Thank you Jean. I use all ply's of wool as I have founs patterns on the internet for various wools. If you don't want the wool for anything else I can certainly put it to good use. Let me know if you can send it as I am in Berkshire , not too close to you.
More blanket done last night, after seeing the plumber who has come to give us a quote for a complete refit of the main bathroom. But they are so busy he won't start until late August !!! One other local company hasn't done an estimate yet, nearly 2 weeks now and it was being e-mailed..... not good.

Off to daughters again today as she has a tummy bug and worried about coping with the baby. Hubby is out at lunchtime for a meet up with his old workmates so it'll keep me occupied eh.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Good morning to you too, Jean........and of course to all of you.
It's lovely to see you back, really missed your chats too.


It's a lot cooler here this morning and it's raining, so it looks as though our British summer is back to normal.lol!!

I had quite a full day yesterday so didn't get a chance get on here.

As Sylvia has already said it's been fun to watch this thread, with each one of us welcoming you and telling you 'our life story' of which you already knew.lolol!!

Well I must try and do a few jobs about the house that need doing, everything at the moment is an uphill struggle, but I'm trying very hard to do things, some days are a bit easier than others.lol!!

I'm hoping that it won't be too long before I can make cards again, because once I can do that I know that I'm on the way up.


Speak to you all later.

Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Linda pm sent...

Huia, gotcha...lol.... but it was Caz and Mo I wanted to surprise....
couldnt resist.... how is your Phil doing ? and have you sorted the rat problem out yet, you are made of sterner stuff than me , I would run a mile....have you any more pics for your blog, I do like seeing them...
take care love Jean xx

now like you Sallie must stir myself and tackle the household chores ....
beds need changing but J said he will do that ...good lad...I will do a bit of dusting but not much I am really anti h*******k....lol...
so onwards and upwards so they say whoever they are bye for now Jean xxx

Jean, have you seen all my blogs? I have been putting some photos on FB as well.The rats will be a permanent part of my life I expect, although I havent caught any for the last few days, but there will be more. One of the facts of rural life.

Huia.