General Chat

hi was just on my way to bed after watching robson green in an episode of wire in the blood, he is very easy on the eyes and saw your note brenda hope the weather improves for you soon, it was cool over here to-day and it is going to be quite cool through the night but good sleeping weather. going for a hair cut to-morrow and thats about it for me i think. my tomato plant is coming along nicely after reading about all the plants in fred's garden I really feel under pressure to keep this and the green pepper plant alive and well, well off tobed goodnight bye dorothy

hi brenda just a quick update on neils book it has arriveed to-day from amazon uk. I am going to try to wait till the week-end to read it all told with postage it cost 13 pounds a bit high but I am doing my bit for a local boy!!!!! it was well packaged so I won't complain, just back from the hairdresser's and even though I say it myself I look pretty good now if only someone would take me out for dinner ah well you can't have it all the cats will just have to admire me bye for now dorothy

Hi all,just burning a little midnight oil,mindyou the way the electric prices are going up we will all be in bed readin by candle light soon,!!
fred does make everything seem so asy with his gardening and cooking,feel very inadequate sometimes.haven't got any usufull plants in my garden ,at least you have your tomato plant dorothy,hope you enjoy Neils book it was a bit slow then really gripped me.
I can never keep my hair style as good as the hairdresser makes it ,never have done,its curly and goes its own way most of the time.nless its covered in "products " as they call ,mousse,gel and other gunk.!!
Speak to you all tomorrow,Brenda

Hi one and all on 21 June
Haven't been on GR what seems for months and I can't recall the last time I was here. Winter is here although it doesn't seem too cold today. There has hardly been any snow on Mt Egmont (Taranaki) what was there is usually gone fairly quickly.
My mum, David & Bev, Barry, were in New Plymouth today to join Gayle, Craig and me for a birthday lunch - I've reach the big 60. Doesn't feel like it. Gayle and Craig bought me a new printer which I have wanting to buy a new printer for awhile. Some money from Mum, a voucher from Barry, and raised planter, potting and compost mix from David and Bev. Looks like will be doing some raised gardening soon.
I will try and visit again soon. John

Morning to all ,including our John,happy birthday mate,hope you had a goodun,boy ,it sounds as though you did,with a nice meal and a new printer can't be bad lol.
I have taken the plunge,sat here in my shorts while it's freezin' outside ,weeeell ,if i wait till it warms up ,i will have to wait so long ,the snow will be here.
A lazy day today,nothing to do outside but feed the plants with my new toy which the missus bought me,a feeder,that connects to the hose so i can water and feed at the same time.
I expect the wife will start packing today ,seeing as we will be off very early on Monday morning,and i don't give a tinkers damn as to the weather,a change of scenery is what i need.
I have just seen a sparrow hanging upside down on the fence outside,picking off the greenfly off the woodwork,it never ceases to amaze me at how agile these birds are,i have seen them clinging to brickwork too while investigating suitable holes for nesting.
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend .
Fred.

goodmorning and happy birthday to john nice to see him back on line, fred Ihope that you and liz have a nice holiday break be sure to buy a stick of blackpool rock my grandchildren love it, luckily there is a shop near me that imports it so I can keep them suppplied with it, I can see in my minds eye all the places that you will see clevelys fleetwood etc. the sun has returned to-day after several days of uunusually cold weather. the family will be getting ready to leave for out west next thursday evening I believe, and on monday it is wimbledon it starts over here at 7am till noon most days so of course I will be glued and not much of anything else will getdone. of course isobell and I will be hoping that roger wins again , I am off to the library soon and the shops so that I dont have to go out much next week at least till the tennis is over for the day. hope you all have a good week-end bye for now dorothy

hi brenda well I have just finished neils new book I started it a 1pm and finished it at 3pm( I read fast) I enjoyed it very much as you said it was a book that you did not want to put down now we have to wait for the next one I just e-mailed him to tell him that I enjoyed it. lovely day to-day til about 15minutes ago when the heavens opened with a down pour now th sun is out and all traces of the rain are drying up bye for now dorothy

Hi two days in a row, its been raining all day today and there is more rain up until about Wednesday this week - I suppose we shouldn't grumble considering that we had an extremely dry summer. One thing I glad about is that water is not flooding into the garage like it this time last year. A friend installed a channel along the base of the wall to drain the water away and new wallboard over the existing wall.
After church today Craig returned to Auckland and his job. Christmas last year Craig was somewhat quite quiet and eventually he told us that he wasn't getting married this year. We told him that one day he find someone. He is a lot more relaxed and back to his old self again. He has very supportive mates to talk too.
This new printer can actually print photos from the digital camera so its going to be fun learning just how to do it. Craig showed me a little on Saturday just hope can retrace what he said.

Back sometime, John

Hi all.and hello again John,glad you had a good birthday,I have mine coming up next March. I have enjoyed doing my photos as well,you can buy some wonderful programmes to do allsorts of things with them.Just wish i had the time to learn them all.
Hello to Pauline as well do join us again.Tell us about yourself.
Fred you will not see this til your back from your trip.Glad your not fussed abouthe the weather!! Such A shame I couldn't get up to meet you,another time.
Dorothy i emailed Neil as well ,but haven't heard back yet.Hope you enjoy the tennis .Off to get ready for work now.On at 12.30 til 8pm.
Take care Brenda

hi brenda up early this am to watch the tennis roger plays in about 15minutes so I came for a quick look on line have a great day bye dorothy

afternoon folks,well its been a lovelly day here ,hope Fred has the same eather in Blackpool.
How was the tennis Dorothy ,being in work we have not heard any news.
Nice to hear from you Pauline,the people on all the boards a re very good and will help if they can.We are spread out on this thread ,I am in Manchester ,Fred is near Gates head .dorothy is in canada and John in NZ,where are you.Must go at work and tea break just finished. Take care ,Brenda

hi brenda yes the tennis was good we had coverage from 7am till 4-15 our time I managed to get the living room dusted a shower and shampoo inbetween commercials, I am not happy that all the sports talking heads have roulled roger winning but we shall see what happens, I am going over for dinner to-morrow evening (tues) to andrew's as they leave for the trip out west on thursday evening and won't see them for three weeks I shall miss the children. nice day to-day sunny and not too hot, I will be in charge of Ian's vegatable garden he has two big plots pretty good for a 9 yr old but lots of pressure on me as he puts it please grandma don't kill anything, looking after the cat is easier the dog goes to the kennels he loves it there they have big fields for him and he seems to hook up with other dogs he has met there before, plus he likes the owners dogs, well I am off to watch an episode of waterloo road just found this recently on bbc canada bye for now dorothy

Hello ,just a quick message today ,am at work.glad you are enjoying the tennis Dorothy,Hope the weather stays good for Fred in Blackpool.
Fred is a neighbour then Pauline? He is good with recipes and the garden and can also help with pc problems sometimes.
Brenda

hi brenda I amup early to watch the tennis I had dinner with the family last night it was fun, bryan was not there as he had been selected by the grade 7 and 8 teachers to run the video and sound equipment for the grade 8 graduation, he dressed up in his suit and nice shirt and tie he looked so grown up and quite proud to be selected, the rest of the family were loading up the big trailer for the trip as theyleave thursday night. I hope that yur dad is feeling a litle better and that you do not run yourself ragged . I shall be glad when fred is back I have a problem with the pc that maybe he can help with I have lost the google tool bar it is just gone so can't so any searching except on yahoo which I don't like as much but on is better than none bye for now dorothy

Hi Dorothy and Pauline,hope you are bothok,I was wondering how Sylvia is ,haven't seen her for a while,she will be getting ready for her trip i expect.
Hope Fred is having a good time,wouldn't like him to be so close and not having a good time.
Hope you get the problem fixed soon Dorothy,couldn't start to do anything like that.
Had a really busy day so off to bed now.brenda

hi brenda yes I got the problem fixed so I won't have to bother fred, yes sylvia has been quiet for a while just finished watching east enders and now robson green is on in wire in the blood eastenders is way behind you alfi's nana has just died. bye for now dorothy

Afternoon folks,been out shoppinh most of the day,got my shoes and bag for the wedding,going to go to Bury or town tomorrow to see if i can get a cardi /jacket i have seen on Marks website.,have some vouchers from my birthday.Can not get to the hair dressers so doing a colour at home.!!!!
Weather was good earlier but very wet again now.
dad a bit brighter according to my sister.Will see how we go on tomorrow with the nurses,Brenda

hi brenda anne called to-day very rainy in bury to-day and she said it is supposed to pour to-morrow hope you find what you want at marks, very hot and humid to-day I had a good day with the tennis some surprises on the courts to-day, the family will be leaving in a couple of hours for the trip out west. nothing esle new bye for now dorothy

Brenda R ! Was this, by any chance, the Meninsky I looked up a few years back for someone else on GR ? I found the dates and places of death, and the graves in the ~Walton Jewish cemetery in Liverpool.

hi it is still friday 8-35 pm our time I am watching the nelson mandala concert quite good, I also enjoyed all the tennis to-day I went over to see the cat and spent about 4hrs at the house I did two big loads of laundry, I was going to water Ian's vegatable garden but we are in for two days of heavy rain so I will wait and see if that come true, andrew left me a schedul e of the trip they should b in thunder bay for two days then head to winnapeg next spending three days there it is a holiday (bank holiday) week-end so the highway is busy with people going up tot he cottages, tuesday is canada day the 141st birthday of the country I think hope you all have a good week-end bye for now dorothy