General Chat

Oh Linda, that was awful but so lucky the woman and her baby got out in time and near a petrol station too, so lucky.

I looked at the SSE power track map and i can see that Inverness area, along the east coast and a large part of Aberdeenshire are without power so likely that Joan is off maybe. It would seem those areas got it the worse.

I am in North Yorkshire Florence. The wind has died down now, it was only about 70 mph, but the near bye motorway was closed in several places because so many lorries had blown over. The local news is full of pictures of trees blown over and there are lots of people with no electricity.

My little town has been in gridlock for most of the day because a car broke down just off our main roundabout. It bust into flames and was completely burned out. Apparently it was almost new, but the woman and baby in it got out safely. It was only about two hundred yards from the fire station, but it took fifteen minutes for them to come because the station isn’t manned permanently, they all have jobs and have to get to the station from work before they can go out. The car was right outside the Tesco petrol station, but on the other side of the road. Luckily it didn’t blow up, that would have been a catastrophe if the petrol station had set on fire.

Pleased it soon passed for you Florence. and well done, a result from the solicitor. I suppose it is difficult to know why the solicitor is off but hopefully it is nothing serious. I suppose they are only human but provision should be made for clients surely. Anyway you are ok now so that is good.

Afternoon all
Well the storm was worse at around 4am when woke for the bathroom. The wind was very strong then about 70 mph but have to say it passed fairly quickly and was not as bad as the one more recently that damaged my garden box etc.

So we actually got off lightly this time.

Linda, I'm not sure where abouts you are but it sounds a lot worse than here? Glad you slept through though.

Joan, hope it didn't hit you too hard and damage anything in your garden etc.

Finally after another call to sol this morning and complained, a man tel back within the hour. He said he was a locum filling in for 6 weeks ,so I'm guessing my sol is off sick...again! Anyway, he was extremely helpful. I thought i would also ask his advice about another matter and he gave me some sound advice for free so that really pleased me. My faith has been restored.

So my list for today is nearly all ticked off. I find it satisfying making a list of jobs to do, then crossing off as the job is completed. So 2 things left to do and then that's me sorted and I can relax awhile.

Stay safe everyone looking in

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hope everybody up in the wild north are OK. It is a bit windy here but nothing to worry about. Stay safe up there.

I hope that Florence and Joan are fine up in Scotland.
The weather near us was dreadful overnight with lots of trees down and lorries overturned. I slept like a log and didn’t hear anything.

Morning all.
JG good to hear from you. Glad your OH is fine and hopefully the new tabs will sort you out too.
Yes I saw a bit about NZ on tv and it was awful!! Hope all your family are safe, such a worry so far away.

Ooh decorating, so paint or wallpaper? personally, i dislike wallpaper as it makes it hard to match other things with it if it has a pattern on so I prefer paint in light pastel colours.
This is a new house and is magnolia throughout which is fine as I bought new furniture and accessories and they are mostly black but with teal curtains, lamp etc.

Depends on the natural light of the room.

I'm sure you will find a colour eventually.

The skies are very heavy and dark and the rain is on just now. Daughter is on her way home and my Tesco order coming 2-3 so pleased for that.

So until after lunch, I'm plodding on with research whilst I have peace & quiet lol

Hope everyone else doing ok today

Take care

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Hello all, everyone seems to have been busy bees either at home or out and about.

Got my Dr app. and had to have some more tablets as cellulitis had not completely cleared . OH had his tests done and all was normal so no problems thankfully.

Sorry to hear you have more bad weather on the way Florence it must make the winter so long . I was reading about the awful time they are having in New Zealand with floods and a cyclone also had a 6.5 earthquake near Wellington. We have family there and it has been awful over there and it is still summer there I believe. I read that they had a whole summers rain in 1 day and that caused the flooding in Auckland .

Hoping to get the kitchen and living room decorated this year just got to decide on colour or just leaving it white.

Take care all.
Ginnie

Afternoon all.
Well I have been a busy bee today. I have ironed everything in the basket including bedding grrr and done a small load of washing which is all done and dried.

Spent the middle of the day working on friends family tree and I managed to get a huge branch written up, so well pleased with that.

But the time flew by so quickly, before I knew it, it was nearly 5pm so have thrown a pizza and a few chips in the oven for me tea.

Friday we have a deep depression heading our way and winds once again at 75mph...never ending this winter.

Hope everyone else had a good day

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We went back to the same area because there was still parts we didn’t clear last time. So far in the first 44 days of the year, we have cleared 500 bags in the area.. it is appalling, but imagine what it would be like if we didn’t do it. We do have a street cleaner who does a good job in the town centre, the near bye town also has a street cleaner. They only cover the very centre of the towns, we do all the outer streets and the country roads.

Morning all and its not a good morning! Horrid day, gale force winds and torrential rain and I'm feeling it chilly but no heating on until later on in the afternoon.
Linda, oh my , so many rubbish bags!! Good grief, that's a disgrace. Hats off to you but surely its very disheartening when you have only recently cleared the same place?

Joan, glad the well has had a clean out so your water supply will stay on! Its amazing re flowers etc in the garden. My plants in the pots, roses, carnations etc never died off and have new shoots and buds already. The hydrangea has also new foliage.

I love the spring when gardens have carpets of flowers, so colourful.

I am working on my friends family tree which I have neglected for awhile. She is coming to stay in May, so I need to try and get it finished by then but it is huge!!

So many families had 12 children or more and then they had big families too. I cant imagine living in a small terraced house with 10 children and 2/3 bedrooms. must have been a squeeze.

Well better get a quick cuppa and horse on and be productive.

No reply to my sol email grrrr

Take care all

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It has been very chilly here today Florence, but not as bad as your weather.

Yesterday was the monthly litter pick, nineteen people turned up, but some of them were little children. Eve didn’t go because her toe is very sire. We went back to the same area we were in last month and in an hour and a quarter, we picked sixty two bags of litter plus assorted larger stuff.

Forgot to say, still no call from my sol so I have emailed them first thing and told them its urgent. Shall see if i get any reply today...

Afternoon folks
Not a nice day, dry but freezing and a bitterly cold wind and yes.....was bin day. I donned a great big scarf and light rain jacket and braved the elements to put them back in their place and attach with the bunges at the handles so they dont go anywhere.
I have been sorting things in to my craft organizer. It has 5 tiers and 6 rectangular compartments on each tier so 30 in all. I now have 1 for xmas crafts and 1 for birthday/general.
The little one I ordered by mistake has now all the extra screws and fittings, batteries etc that previously occupied 4 plastic containers. So it fits snuggly in the bottom kitchen drawer and takes up less space.

Shall need to soak the plastic boxes thoroughly and then can reuse for the freezer.

I am now sitting with a cuppa as feeling a bit tired and took a dizzy turn!

Daughter away elsewhere until Thursday so house will be quiet, and tidy lol

Joan, glad you posted! Doesnt matter if you have not much to chat about, just pop on and say hello. That way at least we now everyone is ok. Once you have tidied the branches, can they be sawn into logs maybe? You maybe could sell them then?

Hope everyone else is ok today?

I honestly thought it was going to snow as the sky looks full of it eeeek...hope not!

Right got a few emails to deal with.

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Florence -
yes, they installed it, and started a cycle to test it.
They heard the water running in, so they thought it was working.

Yes, labour costs are covered, so long as the fault is caused by "faulty materials, defective components or manufacturing defects".

Enjoy your half pizza!

Well not a nice day again, wet, windy and quite chilly. Heating is on and will stay on until 9pm as my feet are freezing but the carpet is toasty as underfloor heating.

Poor Evie Linda, it is so sore as I done it myself a few times and lifted the big toe nail.
Hope it's not too bad and also hope you got the blood out of the carpet. Someone once told me if that happens, throw salt over the blood and brush it later but cant actually remember if it worked.

AG, what a nuisance with the dishwasher. However, did they not install it and try it working before they left? There must be something, a switch that needs turning on as I cant believe the new one is broken??

Here's hoping, it is something simple and your repair man can sort it quickly. Does the guarantee cover parts & labour? I say that as I had a washing machine once that I was paying insurance for only to find out it was covered for the parts and not the labour, so wasn't worth it and I cancelled the d/d.

Hope Joan you are ok as you haven't been on for a few days. Hope nothing wrong and that you are having a quiet week maybe.

Well quick tea tonight, 1/2 a pizza lol. didn't fancy the cheesy pie afterall. need to empty fridge tomorrow and clean before next Tesco delivery on Tuesday.

Part 2 of Death in Paradise tonight and we really enjoy it.

Happy Friday evening all

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Poor Eve - I hope her toe's feeling a bit better this evening.
Hitting a toe on something is extremely painful,as I know from experience.

My dishwasher saga continues!

A couple of weeks ago I posted that my old one had broken down, and a repair was going to cost almost as much as a new one.

I ordered one from Argos.
As Argos won't disconnect freestanding dishwashers, I disconnected it myself.

A few days later they emailed to tell me they'd cancelled my order due to "a system issue" - whatever that is.

That means that I haven't been able to to run water in the kitchen sink for almost a fortnight, as the water would have run out of the spigot to which the dishwasher drain hose used to be attached.

I re-ordered from Curry's. Currys and Argos are the only companies which will deliver here and also remove old appliances.
The new dishwasher arrived today, and was duly installed, and the old one taken away.

However, the new one doesn't work!
Water goes in - but nothing else happens - no heating or washing.
I've tried all the programmes, to no avail.
Thank goodness I can drain it by pressing the stop/cancel button.

Looked on Currys website to see about an exchange.
Website said I had to contact the makers (Beko in this instance), and get a validation code from them.
Phoned Beko, who took lots of details, and finally told me to switch the dishwasher off at the wall, wait at least two hours, then try again.

The 2 hours were up at 5pm - tried again, but still not working
I phoned them back, and they gave me the choice of an exchange via Currys, which would be on Feb 24th at the earliest (Curry's only deliver in this area every second Friday), or a visit from an engineer on Feb 16th.

I've opted for their engineer.
Turns out he's the man who quoted for the repair to the old dishwasher!
Nice man, knowledgeable - I'm happy for him to look at it. I just hope he can fix it quickly. At least it's under guarantee, so a repair won't cost me anything.

What a start to the morning. Eve managed to trip over in her bedroom and hit her big toe on the corner of the drawers. She realised it was bleeding, so walked across her bedroom, right down the long landing into the bathroom. It turned out to be a large cut on the end of her toe and she has split the nail. It was bleeding profusely all over the beige carpet. OH has spent ages scrubbing the carpets. She has now set off for school an hour late. Poor thing was very brave as it was throbbing so much.

It isn’t good enough Florence, especially as you are paying for the privilege

My friend did play with the trains, she managed to have a crash :-D

Hope you both enjoyed your play Linda. :-D