General Chat

Morning Sylvia and friends, Just read the carers thread and Huia was telling how her sewing machine kept running ,its so uncanny how the coincidences happen I need to shorten some sweater sleeves always to long, got them all ready to sew, did about three and it happened exactly the same as Huia , motor just ran on its own, only way to stop it was to unplug, I had bought a newer version of the machine I have, at a car boot sale, some time ago just in case my original one broke J reached it down for me now I cant find the flippin foot control so left with two machine and one duff control.... worst thing is the make I have is no longer in production, so stumped....I just need a foot control.....was hoping not to have to buy another machine.....grrrrr.......

Huia will be thinking of your visit with Phil, hope you can have some time with him awake....

love jean xx.

Jean why don't you look on your local free cycle to see if anyone is offering a machine? Or e bay.

Hi, Ann have had a look, just upset that I have a new one with no foot control, but found a site that has older controls , so sent an e-mail to see if they have mine.... there is a friend who used to work with a compny who repaired sewing machines so tried to contact him, but no reply as yet will try agian on Momnday.....thanks for your help....hope you are both well,and enjoyed your New Year get together....

love Jean x

Yes thank you Jean we enjoyed our New Year with daughter and son in law, especially as he did all the cooking. They went home after lunch which threw my plans a bit as they had said they were going home in the morning, not that I minded but I was all prepared to take the decs down and theyw ere sitting around reading and drinking endless cups of tea and coffee.

Hi all my lovelies ..!!

Just traveled back from Norwich to Devon its taken us 6 hrs !

But the house was COLD...so now hubby has put heating on FULL BLAST ..LOL
The wood burner has just been lit.....so its getting back to normal.

I see you have been talking about sewing machines...well I have 2 Singer treadle the old type with the ornamental foot peddle and with the leather belt I use one for my TV as a stand and the other one is upstairs with a spare lappy on as a desk .
Jean what were you looking for on your machine ?
only there was a shop that sold all sorts for old machines.I could look for you......if you wish ?

Going to have a nice hot bath now to get my blood circulating ..LOL

Is that the Singer shop in Paignton Marilyn

Thanks Marilyn, my models are by Frister Rossman cub 3 and 4, they are lightweight machines and have a number of embr stisches, they make great buttonholes , I mainly use the zigzag ,and the buttonholes, I used to work at Singers, as dressmaking teacher, then moved to an independant seller we sold all the top makes inc mine which was hailed as very modern for the weight and size , it has been a wonderful machine, I have made many many things done all sorts of repairs.... thats why I bought a spare when I saw it, but not much use unless I can get a new control....

You sound all warm and snuggly, I love an open fire....

love Jean xx

Hi .
Ann..... the shop is in Plymouth and they sell all singer spares, I have not been there for a while well 18mths ago to be honest as I bought a leather belt for my machine,only for decoration purposes , so I can show off and tell everyone that admires my treadle machines that they WORK !! LOL

Jean ....I haven't heard of that name before Frister Rossman but if you get no joy in looking for a new control I'll ask at this Singer shop next time I pass it.

I have just had my lovely hot bath an feel new..... dinner next !

Jean, I think my foot control was repaired - carbon build up was removed.

Going to visit Phil soon for his 80th birthday, although strictly speaking he wont be 80 yrs old until this afternoon since he was b in England and you are 12 hours behind us.

Huia.

Huia,thanks for this, i will get someone to check that out, you never know may, just be the answer....I do hope so....lol...I will let you know how i get on...


love Jean xx

Hi all

The sun is trying to shine!

Marilyn's story of how cold the house was when they got home, reminded me of last Monday when we got home after 6 days away. The house was lovely and warm when we walked in but I didn't think much of it, until, after about 10 minutes, OH asked if I had already turned the heating on.


OOOOOPS


........ I forgot to turn it down before we left!

So it had been on, set at about 20C, 24 hours a day since we left!


I learnt to sew on one of those old Singer treadle machines with the leather belt, except Mum had got it enclosed in a cabinet.

Unfortunately, Dad gave it away after Mum died (without asking if I wanted it). I possibly/probably wouldn't have moved it over here ..... but I was annoyed at the time!

OH bought me a portable electric Singer soon after we arrived in Texas 'cos he knew I loved to sew, I made most of my own clothes in those days. We bought a cabinet for it after we got up here to Vancouver and a bit more settled. I still have it ............ almost 43 years old now, but hardly ever use it.



sylvia
xxx

Hi Everyone,

Wishing you all a belated Very Happy New Year! Haven't been on since before Christmas, as we've had a couple of family problems, one of which is now sorted, and hopefully the other one will also be sorted very soon. It didn't completely spoil our Christmas, but left a bit of a cloud over it. Needless to say, that it's knocked me back a bit, so I have to try and pick myself up again now. I'll do it, but it'll probably take a little while.



Good to see that you've all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year with your families and friends.

Does anyone know if Mo's lappy has been repaired. I bet she's really lost without it.

I hope you are all well, thinking about you all.

Speak to you soon.

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx


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Hello Sallie, we have missed you . sorry to hear not everything went smoothly for you, hope it is better for you now.... Mo, is still waiting for her computer to be repaired she also said both she and R have had heavy colds but were improving, she can only get on here when her son lets her use his puter....
but she sends her love to you as do I....

Happy New Year......love jean xx

Hi Sallie, sorry to hear you had family problems over Christmas. I hope that 2010 will bring you big improvements in the situations. Happy New Year

Marilyn, yes we saw the shop about 3 years ago, at the same time we 'found' the home of the Singer family, can't remember the name of the lovely house.

Now i come to think about it I remember seeing the Singer shop in Paignton last year , we went to Torquay, and one of our trips out came back through the town and the traffic was held up right outside the Singer shop, isnt that a coincidence....I have photos of Paigntonof years ago, walking along the harbour we had no car then and came down on the coach, my little girl was so sick that I brought her back on the train....we stayed at Goodrington...
such memories and all from a broken foot control....lol....

Jeanx

Morning all, well we are well and truly snowed in.... we are on the busy A58 and there has been no gritting since early sunday morning, all the snow clearing efforts are covered again, seems most areas are like this too....
J is able to walk a few yards to the corner shop which is a very well stocked shop, so we will be fine, food wise, I see on the early news flights are suspended at Manchester..... do take care folks......I have decided to bake today, cheese and onion pie, spag bol. lasagne, bread, well I will try .....lol..... dont hold your breath though.......have the best day you can...
Huia, glad you had a lovely time with Phil, read about it on the carers thread,

love Jean xx

Snowing hard here at the moment, not laying on the roads so far but it is on gardens.

Cooeee my lovelies,I am back,and raring to go.
Oh my lord,how I have missed all off our little chats.
Thank you so much for your letter Jean,my responce is on it's way.
I was saying to Jean,how easy it is,to forget how to write letters,when one
has a computer. And yet most off us,were bought up in the age off letter writing.
The only problem is,if you are like myself,I forget how bad my writing can be.And it's only when you have finished,and you look back at what you have written,that you actually realise how bad your writing has started to look.
Puters make us lazy really,but never mind,we miss them when we have not got them.
How did Phil's birthday go Huia. Did any off your family go with you to celebrate,and most importantly,did he stay awake long enough to enjoy it.
It's good to hear that they have sorted your eyes out,at long last.
Oh Sylvia,fancy leaving the heating on all that time.Still never mind,at least your home was nice and warm.Our heating bill is going to be enormous,
the next time it comes in,but there is no way on earth,that we are going to get cold in these freezing temperatures.
I know we don't suffer as badly as you do over there,but Canada seems to be able to cope,far better than we do in this country. Once again,we seem to be running out off salt and grit for the roads,and yet we were warned ages ago,about this bad snap being on it's way.
Hi ya Sallie,I am so relieved to hear from you. I was starting to get worried
as I had not read any news from you.
I am so sorry to hear you had a few problems,over the holiday period.
And I do hope that they have not set you back to far.Don't forget love,we are all here for you,if you need a shoulder,or if you want to scream at someone.
It looks like most off the country seems to be covered in snow. But at the moment,fingers crossed,we are a snow free zone. I just hope it stays that way.
Has our Marie from Oz been around lately? I hope she is o.k. At least she won't be snowed in,will she. Mind you,she could be suffering from heat exhaustion,bless her.
A big hello to Marilyn,Ann,Debbie and all our friends on this thread.
Love to you all. Mo xxx

Oh my gawd she is back, so no more quite peaceful conversations,still it was nice while it lasted....lol..... we sooooo missed you , Mo....and also our freinds from the channel isles, Marilyn is tucked up in front of the lovley log fire no doubt, who can blame her with this cold white stuff....ugh.....
J is watching the Stoke match and its snowing hard... we are quite at the minute, but more was forecasted. got to get some groceries so will have try tomorrow...be careful out there....

love Jean xx

Good to see you back in the land of the living Mo. I send quite a lot of snail mail letters but I type them my writing is atrocious after a while of writing. Trouble is, over Christmas I had loads of letters so they are all waiting to be answered now. I have always written loads of letters but I do have to be in the mood.