General Chat

Morning all,just a few lines to pull this thread up a little.
Tou have to be joking Brenda lol,the missus had me back at the store yesterday to chose the handles yet,and then expected a load fitted as soon as we got home he he.
I can def' feel a fishing trip coming on,a 24 hour one ,as soon as possible,if not sooner lol.
Two of the drawer fronts have to go back because the size is not standard,but i had a word with the board cutter in the workshop ,and he has agreed to cut them both to size for us,and luckily the cut ends will be out of sight ,and i have some iron on edging ,just in case things don't go quite to plan.
Off out now for a walk while the weather holds.
Catch you all later.Fred.

Just finishing my lunch ,and then off to the post office with the letters and stuff at work,its throwing it down and windy so I might drive down as its a bit of a walk,don't usually mind but today I'd be like a drowned rat when I got back..!!!!
Going to the hospital tomorrow so will let you know how I get on.
Take care,Brenda

goodmorning good luck to-morrow at the hospital brenda I hope that you get a date soon,fred you do deserve a fishing trip your kitchen should be on show in one of those home syle magazines, just been watching the plane that had a problem at heathrow great that it ended without many injuries, yesterday the weather here was quite nice cold but sunny , some snow expected to-night. I am somewhat sleepy as I have been up into the wee hours watching the tennis from australia , friday I am helping out with the grandchildren as andrew is out of town and linda has a teachers meeting after school the oldest two have paper route's so they have to get the papers to-gether as on friday they have about 30 inserts to put in these are all the flyers from grocery stores and others. they only deliver on wed, and fridays just in their area. they use tobogons to deliver them . I was going to go away for the week-end but seeing the snow is on the way I have decided not too. my friend in brampton her dog has been diagnosed with cancer so she is a bit upset he should be allright for a while but he is only seven, well that is it for me bye for now

Hi all, just a quick message hoping you are all keeping well. Hope you get good news at the hospital Brenda, you've waited a long time for your op.
Pleased to hear you had a good birthday Sylvia, hope Johan doesn't have any more trouble with nose bleeds. Had that problem some years ago, ended up in hospital but it stopped just before they took me down to theatre. They eventually decided must have been infected sinuses.
Fred, bet your kitchen looks great now with all the work you've put in. Haven't had rabbit for years now, good in casseroles on a cold day.
Dorothy, that plane could have been a horrendous disaster. A brilliant job that pilot did, the planes pass very low over houses, a main road and the underground station. We are on the south side of the airport but it was still a bit close, it was trying to land on the southern runway. Happily only 6 people with minor injuries.

Must get to bed, have been waiting for my son to arrive home, they were driving back from Yorkshire - but he forgot to tell me and I thought he was at work!! Worried myself sick as I couldn't get him on his phone - flat battery - eventually he did phone and got home about 4am.
I've had to "wind down" a bit before trying to sleep.

God bless
Love
Kathleen

afternoon all,well been to the hospital had all the checks etc,But still waiting for a date,should get a letter soon giving me 7 to 10 days notice ,but what is "soon"!!Plus with all the winter crisis going on it could still be cancelled at the last minute.
Hope the tennis is worth burning the midnight oil Dorothy,I remeber david delivering the local paper and all the inserts that went in them!! all for 1p per paper,he had 150 to 170 to deliver on a Thursday night.He also had a normal morning and evening newspaper round,these days you cannot get them delivered for love or money.
Nice to see you Kathleen,hope you catch up on your sleep,remeber a few years ago when there was abunch of us on Genes most nights!!!
Brenda

Hi everyone
Happy belated birthday Sylvia.
The weather over the past few weeks has been quite hot in both islands and we are wanting rain which although forecast never comes. Gayle and I have resorted to watering the garden early in the morning before sun come around to the front of the house. The vegie garden also gets watered - sadly the cauliflowers and cabbages didn't do any good but the tomatoes and silverbeet are flourishing. My sister-in-law told us to plant the cauliflower and cabbage in March when it gets cooler and not so many white butterfly about.

John in NZ

Morning peoples,Fred is going to have a great weekend what with the news my son Martin gave me last night as he said he would be dropping Chris off this morning while he goes to Carlisle at a big shoot.
It seems that his ex wife ,has at last seen sense over chris and him going to Oz for good,saying there is no future for her son in britain.
So,with any luck ,they will be emigrating next year,and we will be going out for a holiday shortly after ,and of course ,the wedding.
Rachael is now looking at buying a farm ,or smallholding,and i have already said that if it has a grannie ,grandad flat on the land ,then Liz and i would consider going too,the weather being lot's warmer would be better for Liz as well.
Martin is shooting for the pot today,and the estate is hard against the sea making it possible to bag a couple of geese as well as pheasent ,grouse and partridge,as well as rabbit,a goose would be nice,i could freeze it and have it for easter,and pheasant is nice anytime.
Hopefully our Brenda will soon be sorted with a hospital date ,and then an enforced rest my girl hah ,lol.
Things are going well Dorothy,the window side of the kitchen is finished up to and including handles ,on the doors and drawers AND the microwave is in place.
If i have your email addy [i will look later] i will send you a few piccies of the progress,but there is no rest for Fred in sight yet,the boss says ,on with the other side [sighs] AND chris has demanded a dinner of hot dogs ,[i thought he might] so i got the finger buns yesterday,and will do a few chips to go with them,and onions ,of course though chris dosn't like them,so we do his with tomato sauce.
He never has hot dogs anywhere else though ,he is addicted to nana's home made tomatoe sauce ,hence the number of tomato plants in Mary's chalet lol,i think he will be asking his new mum to make it when he settles down in Oz .
I have the base ,and wall units to update on the other side of the kitchen today,and then all that's left to do is mount the new wall brackets and mount ,connect the dishwasher ,and all is finished wahey.
Next week we have a load of beetroot to lift and pickle for the summer months and Freds salads.
We also have loads of leek ,and kale which are keeping us in fresh veggies and kalgannon until the spring,along with the tatties in the barrels ,we are doing okay thank you.
Liz will be giving me a hand throughout feb' getting the garden ready for the coming season.
Fancy trying some parsnip and carrot in buckets this year,and a different sort of leek,the musselbrough were a little iffy ,so we thought of trying Lyon ,another good breed.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend,catch you all later.Fred.

goodmorning fred it was good to read all that you had to tell us what good news for your son regarding taking his son to oz, do you meanyou and liz would consider moving there permanatly? love to hear about all the veg and the pickling of the beets, my daughter in law does a lot of preserving in the summer for the winter meals, I used to do a lot of freezing of vegatables, and in days gone by I used to do lots of cabbage rolls and a pasta sauce that froze well not so much now there is only me to feed, brenda thanks for the e-mail I was sorry to not be able to speak to you but maybe another time you did work late that night. I had a fun evening with the children last night the youngest is finally loosing some of his baby teeth and of course looks a little different. it was fun hair day at there school yesterday so they has all different colours in their hair(vegatable spray) it looked quite good. andrew told me that they are thinking of spending christmas this year in england at lindy's sisters place in Lewes and what did I think about it I said it was fine by me and would be a good experience for the children. it would mean 4 adults and 6 children in one house not my idea of fun, andrew is hoping to talk lindy into staying at a b and b near by to put less strain on the toilet faciliteis they only have one bathroom, anyway that is a long way away but we will see what pan's out by for now dorothy

Hi all,
Had a rest from the pc yesterday as we went to Eindhoven to daughter's partner's 60th birthday. Johan drove down and granddaughter Linda drove us back. I thought Johan wasn't going to make it as he had another nose bleed the day before we went. Fortunately it stopped bleeding. He also had an appointment with the ear, nose and throat specialist that day too.
My daughter was very busy with lots of visitors. All day coffee, tea, drinks and went on well into the night! She made a large oven dish for dinner - We were with 8.
It will soon be carnival and our granddaughter is going to Eindhoven to spend a week there with her mother and taking 5 girl friends with her to sleep. They are all busy getting their costumes together. The carnival is 3 days non stop and Linda has a different outfit for each of these days. My daughter has been helping Linda making some frilly petticoats as they are so expensive. Linda managed to buy in a sale a mermaid outfit - green - which looked lovely to me.
Linda and her friends were in the same class at school and are still friends. In fact she actually lives with one of them They are all 25 years of age or thereabouts. Good clean fun-loving girls.
Now must close now. See you tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Hello everyone,came on the pc earlier this evening ,then had to call a friend before i got to Genes ,just finished talking to her then another friend called,,my tea was nearly dried to a cinder,it was fresh tuna baked in an parcel,but I managed to rescue it. But forgot tocome back on here,until I was on my way to bed.!!!
Everyone seems to be doing well and it was great to read so many messages.
Will be back tomorrow,
take care ,Brenda

Hi all,
Just a quick look to see who is on here - nobody, ok, then I'll go and make some more cards.
Oh must take a shower first as I am still in my nightgown. I was up before 7 and we have had breakfast. What the heck, it is Sunday, isn't that a day of rest? I have also cleaned the veggies for dinner.
Have a nice day everybody.
Sylvia xxx

Just a fwew lines as i am having a lazy day owing to a sore back and legs after yesterday working in the kitchen.
Still ,only two units to do now and then it's all finished apart from the washer .
I have been having trouble with junk mail ,so i have now changed my yahoo email addy to get rid of it,and willshut down the old mail addy now that i have copied all you peoples addys over.
Catch you later all ,Fred.

Just a few lines as i am having a lazy day owing to a sore back and legs after yesterday working in the kitchen.
Still ,only two units to do now and then it's all finished apart from the washer .
I have been having trouble with junk mail ,so i have now changed my yahoo email addy to get rid of it,and willshut down the old mail addy now that i have copied all you peoples addys over.
Catch you later all ,Fred.

goodafternoon it was good to see so many messages, sylvia it sounds like you are having fun, and fred I am not surprised you are having a rest you are so busy, I have had quite a day I woke up this morning to little or no heat and it was -21 outside and I think also inside plus you could not see outside for the snow squalls, I have had the heat fixed it is electric heat and a big fuse was dead so the electrician came and fixed it so I am now nice and cosy and watching the tennis, there is another bad accident on the highway near me a stretch between 89 and 9 (for those who know the 400 highway is closed )three air ambulances on the scene I shall have to watch the local news at 6, the trouble is people still drive fast in the bad weather, the speed limit is 100 km but people do at least 120-130. I have been cooking to-day I made a chicken stir fry with lots of vegatables in a mushroom and garlic sauce , plus cooked two other chicken breasts for later in the week I forgot that I had put three in a package in the freezer usually I put them in one by one. Well that is it for me take care bye for now dorothy

Evening all,having my tea break at work,so got a few min on a public pc while its not busy.Its wet and windy outside which must be keeping them at home.;
Off tomorrow but visiting my friends parents before they go to visit her in OZ at weekend.!
See you all tomorrow.Take care,Brenda

hi just an update on yesterdays horific weather and car crashes, total of cars and trucks involved 100, 50 people injured but no one died, the highway was closed for 12 hrs both north and south. we have weather warnings again to-day for snow squalls but none so far, orillia just about 25 miles up the road had 25cm of snow yeaterday with more to come to-day but so far we have just had about 5cm it is passing us by , I was late up to-day as I watched the tennis again till the wee hours, it does not start to-day till 10pm our time so another late night, the tv coverage is not great as hockey comes first and then football followed by soccer, so us tennis fans have to be patient. and of course a lot of the stations follow the u.s.a primaries even though the election is not till november. i guess this is all for me at the moment bye for now dorothy

hi well everyon seems to have disappeared I was able to go out to-day a fast trip to the library and the grocery stor befor the snow stated again I now have a project to find a bed and breakfast or guest house of pub with rooms for dec 21-31st for the son and heir and family I guess the plan is to come and spend christmas with lindy's sister, anddrew does not fancy stayin with the family as it would add up to 10 people and one bathroom, plus everyon will need a little breathing space they will not need meals. anyway I have found a couple of web sites but some places are closed at that time of year but it will be fun doing the hunting for them, if anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them oh yes it is lewes england the place that is. off to make supper and geared up for the tennis back on at 10pm bye for now dorothy

Hi every one,Dorothy you will probably find they are also expensive at that time of year as well,why don't you put a message on the general boards asking if anyone can help?
Off to bed now,been doing a lot of errands and then cleaning today.See you tomorrow.Brenda

Don't know where you all are,but enjoy whatever you are doing!!Having my lunch at work and managed to get 20mins on a pc.Not sure if I will get on tonight,at home.See you tomorrow/
Brenda

hi brenda yes I will put a message out and see what happens just got up I watched the tennis till 2am and then could not watch any longer some great matches. it was a bad day in central ontario which includes us 500 car accidents this snow is causing a major problem in cities and towns, I shall have quiet day to-day with the tennis, bye for now dorothy