General Chat

Hi Sallie, yes T repaired the shredder so I will be off again tomorrow. I wish I could find out if the recycling gand will take shredding. They did once before then there was a lot in the paper about it not being taken by another council in our area and I am not sure whether or not ours still takes it. Will just have to leave it out and hope.

Hi everyone, letting you know that I deleted the three posts, sorry posted four times. I told you all that I think I'm past my sell by date---now I've proved it! Ha! Ha!

Love, Sallie.x

Sallie I am doing a 8x8 album for our two best friends, its of all the guests at their golden wedding party, 120 of them !! so I will have to make the pics smaller or I will never get them in the book...the other was a book of pics of all the gr members who have sent me photos like yourself, but I am now have abit of quandry, most of them are of various meets and I dont know if they would agree to having their pictures on pages in a book.....I hadnt thought to ask permission, I know the single pics that Ann , Daff Bc, and all the others would be o.k. but not sure of folk I dont know, so more advice needed please....

Ann is there an animal shelter near you usually they are glad of shredded stuff to line the kennels or cages....or if you have a container that has a lid you could burn the paper... we did it in an old dustbin,....

Jean xx

Good morning/evening all.

I have just been for a nice long walk in the bush, took over an hour although there were stops at the beginning and end to spray the soles of my shoes to prevent the transfer of the bug that is killing our kauri trees. There were also stops to photograph some native flowers and the bush stream.

When our last cat was elderly she was having problems so I used shredded paper which I got (free) from a local printing shop, to line her litter tray. It was cheaper than the kitty litter from the shops and could be burnt when it started to get wet/dirty.

Huia.

Just a quickie to say Hi to all and apologise for not posting, am so tired and very fed up being stuck inside, but I am so nervous of going out onto the icy road outside, it just doesn't get any better and it's quite a walk to the road that is clear, not that it will stay that way as there is less gritting being done so if it snows a lot again it will be as bad as it was before. At the back of the house where I can look out to the garden it seems to raining or the snowflakes if there are some are melting on the patio doors. Some of the snow seems to be going too so maybe a little milder there. At the front it seems dry but very icy, all the ruts in the road are making it awful to walk on so altho I went out with o.h. to the local supermarket on Friday it was only a short walk but I hung on for dear life, he thought his luck had changed, I usually walk yards ahead lol, keeping him in his place.

Mo I am so sorry about your nephew and hope he will be ok after the op and some treatment, and also your granddaughter too with her procedure and others who have tests and treatments, apologies for not naming everyone but I am really tired and can't go back along the posts now as it's getting late.

take care everyone whereever you are or maybe travelling to.
I just mailed Sallie as we may well be twins, lol I was born July 1947 too.

love to all
Lizxxx

Jean, I think your community bobby is being lazy, noise at that hour of the night/day could be dealt with by a visit at the time, to tell them to turn down the music and if it goes up again after, it's another nail in their coffin. Best for you to write down everyday whatever problem there is, (hope it's not that bad but you know what I mean) and after a couple of weeks or so you will have enough evidence to make a complaint. If you talk to Environmental health, they will just tell you to keep a diary but worth having a word with them anyway. If they are students you can get on to the college as they can sometimes have a word and sort things out.

Hope you had better sleep this past night

xxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our lovely lady HUIA.we wish you a lovely day and may this next year be a very good one for you.....and for your son also big 50....


lots of love Jean xx

Sallie, p.m. sent


jean x

♫ Happy birthday Huia ♫

May you have a lovely day.



Marilyn xx

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY,to our Huia. Have a lovely day my love.
Well girls the snow here seems to be melting. At least it looks slushy now
I have not braved going out in it yet though.
Tommorrow,I must knock on my neighbours doors again,to make sure they are o.k,and if they need any shopping.
I wonder if Jean is awake yet,and if she managed to get some sleep.
Cooee Jean,are you o.k.
I must go for now,I will pop back later to catch up.
Love to you all. Mo xxx

Mo, we had a quiet night last night, so slept really well.J had trouble dropping off.....lol.....

Marilyn,Where about do you go in Cyprus, its tomorrow you go isnt it , have a great time, and let us know what you get up to, well some of it....lol....


love jean xx

Happy birthday Huia, hope your day is wonderful.

Hi Everyone ...

Jean, We normally go to a hotel in Paphos, but its not got enough tourist to operate this year.....so they have moved us to Limassol and we are not that keen on the place.
Nothing we could do about it other than have our money refunded,so we opt for the move.
It is a lovely Hotel so we wont be disappointed and the entertainment is good as our friends have been there.
So IF and when I get there I will pop in and let you all know...LOL

Other than that its Skiing somewhere in Gatwick....!!

Its snowing here in Devon......well flurry's

Thank you everyone for you birthday wishes. I am not having a party, apart from me. I might go out for a drive somewhere, have my lunch in town and possibly dinner too. I want to go to a place NW of Auckland where a man has a museum/antiques place. He has one of the paintings that my granddad did about 100 yrs ago.

Huia.

Hi everyone


HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUIA
xxxx


I hope you have a terrific day.


Also Happy Birthday to your son
xxx


I had a great time on my birthday ................... with 5 friends that we have known for at least 40 years. OH took us all out for dinner. Then one of the couples had us all over for dinner at their house the following night (Friday).

We came home yesterday afternoon, and took time to get ourselves back down to earth again.

The weather is warm and damp here ............. it's around10 or 11C, and that is forecast for the next several days.

Not too good, as the Winter Olympics start in just over a month! Vancouver is having mostly the indoor events, but there are snow events on the mountains on the other side of the harbour ..... snowboarding, and those "new" ski events like snowcross


sylvia
xxx

Hi Everyone,

Huia,Happy Birthday to both you and your son. Hope you manage to get to the Museum and Antiques place, and are able to see the painting that your Grandad did. Also hope your son has a lovely day.

Marilyn, enjoy your holiday in Cyprus, and hope there will be no delays at the airport.

Jean, I've sent a reply to your PM. Hope you get it okay. Glad to know that you didn't get problems with the people next door, last night. Lets hope it will continue that way.

Mo, hope all is well with you and Roly today. Jennie has to go and see the Consultant on Wednesday morning, just hoping that she won't have to go on the other medication, there is a higher risk of getting cancer than the one she is on now. We'll just have to wait and see. It all seems to be happening on Wednesday, doesn't it? Hope all goes well for both your granddaughter and nephew.

Ann, it looks as though it's thawing here too. Alun has just come in from the garage and said it's raining. So hope it'll continue that way.

Liz, also sent you an answer to your PM. It looks as though after Debbie you are the little sister on here. I'm on the 9th July, so that makes me 16 days older than you. It would have been good if we shared the same birthday.

Marie, I hope everything is okay with you and your family, haven't heard from you for a little while.

Take care everyone!

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hello girls.
Sorry I am late,but I was watching he final off the darts on the T.V. It was such a good game as well.
Huia,how wonderful for you,to be able to see your grandfathers paintings.
Will they allow you to take photo's off them do you think. If they did allow it,
you would be able to enlarge them,and frame them for yourself. All the history behind them,is great.
Hi Sylvia. I am so glad you had a lovely birthday. Will you be able to go and watch the Olympics yourselves. Are the tickets easily available,or will you have to watch them via the T.V,as we will.
I think it takes a lot off nerve,to be able to participate in any sport that involves snow. We are afraid to walk on the stuff,let alone play a sport on it
Yes Sallie,Wednesday is going to be a day off reckoning,for both our families. I hope and pray that Jennie gets on o.k. She will be in my prayers as well.
It looks like Liz is now second to youngest,and you and I slip down in order
I am getting older by the day.LOL Never mind,we are all young at heart.
Still no news from Marie,I do hope she is o.k.
I will say Goodnight God Bless you all. See you tommorrow. Love Mo xxx

Hi again, just a quickie - Huia, hope you had a lovely day, Sylvia I am glad you enjoyed your birthday weekend, and Marilyn, hope you enjoy your holiday even tho the location is different, so long as you are in a good hotel and with your friends, and the sun shines, you can make it a great time!

Sallie, your birthday is on the same day my son was due, he arrived a day late on the 10th July, so every year after he is a year older, so am I!!!

Glad you got some sleep Jean and love and hugs to everyone else.

Lizxxx

Hi

Mo ............. we will not be attending the Games ................ it's far too expensive, and far too few tickets available.


Only about 30% of tickets are available for sale, worldwide!

We'll watch events on TV, just like every other games ..... you can see more anyway!!!



I'm becoming more and more convinced that the Olympics, and the IOC in particular, are crook.


I'll be interested to see how you in London manage in 2 years time


.......... but residents of Vancouver and much of BC are about to be very seriously inconvienced, as in unable to go anywhere, access services, find buses etc etc.

I'm not going to be surprised to see many businesses closing down for good.

Poeple who work in the downtown core (events and ceremonies are in that area) are being asked to either work from home, or get into work early (ie before 6am) and leave either mid-afternoon or after 7pm ....... when of course all the ceremonies will be taking place, so you won't be able to move! Some peope are seriously thinking of taking a bed into the office!

Meanwhile, all the venues, athletes villages etc are surrounded by blicks-wide no-go "red" zones ... which means that businesses within those zones cannot be accessed by customers.

Practically every major road, especially those into downtown, up to Whistler (the other site) and out to the airport, has yellow lanes, one in each direction, for IOC family traffic movement. They couldn't possibly get held up by traffic.


All the promised vaunted multi-million dollar "profits" have evaporated like so much smoke. The debt will be around for years to come.


Do you get the idea that I might not be in favour of the Games?????????




sylvia

Sallie and MO, I saw granddads painting 2 or 3 years ago in a special exhibition of Kiwi folk art and had my photo (and my sisters) taken in front of the case with it in. It is the near twin of one that I have. Unfortunately the man has it packed away at present but I showed him granddads other paintings which he thought were delightful. He wants me to show them to the man at the Auckland art gallery.

The weather today was mainly fine and I am glad I went, much better than staying at home alone on my birthday. Now I must get down to earth and do some h*******k before the uni students come tomorrow to sort out my garden.

Huia.

Huia, pleased that you had a good day on your birthday.

Sylvia, A lot of people were against UK bidding for the games, can't think why they wanted the expense and guess who will end up paying for it. How awful that businesses stand to go under because of them, they ought to be able to claim against somebody for that didn't they?