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hi everyone on my way to the airport see you on the 29th bye dorothy

Hi everyone
Ever had the ninety day cough? That's what I am still getting over. I was at the doctors on 8 Oct with annoying cough accompanied by a runny nose. For the latter he gave me 28 pills which worked out four a day that's one after each meal, considering one only has three meals a day I was puzzled until he told me to have some yoghurt before it.
I am in dilemma about continuing with GR with the way costs are going my visits here are fewer these days, so if you don't see me back you'll know why. John

Hi all,
John, do stay, should we pass the hat round for you?
Yesterday took my urine to the hospital again. They couldn't find the last lot which Johan deposited in the fridge at the hospital. So, we try again. They told Johan that he had put it in the wrong fridge. Mind boggles, what on earth have they done with it then? Can't help having a laugh though.
It appears they have now found something wrong with my eyes so what next. Just getting over a nasty batch of fungus/eczema under my right foot. Terrible itching with blisters. Once the blisters had burst then the itching was more or less over. Strange.
So once again it is Saturday tomorrow but nothing really planned. The schools have a holiday so will be quiet, recession or not, they always seem to get away for most holidays here.
Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone,nice to see you John,not heard about the cough,we have been warned about Austraian flu,which is apparantley on its way here!! hope you do stay ,you will be missed ,
Sylvia,hope they get you sorted soon,the mind does boggle at what is in those fridges and what they can do with it.!!
Weather today sunny and dry this morning ,then wet and chilly in the afternoon,got some washing dry in the morning,so the drier wasnt on today.
Had a good night at my sisters surprise 50th birthday party last night ,but was working today.
She was really surprised,I have never seen her lost for words like that.!!
Off to bed and some sleep I hope,take care
Brenda

Morning all ,ffrom a wet ,cold ,and windy Newcastle ,cor ,eck.should have stayed in Blackpool,where it was warmer and sunnier.
Over two weeks ,we only had threee days where it peersisted down all day ,not bad eeeeeh?
We went out with the sis'in law and hubby twice ,both times for a meal, at a carvery once,and a proper swanky resteraunt,where i had a mixed grill with a rare steak,two little chicken breast fillets,a nice bacon fillet,eggs [2] onion rings,sausages [cumberland] and chips,it cost £12 -50p but Liz's meal cost nowt because only the dearest meal was charged one old couple had two biggish meals of fish and chips with bread and butter and mushy peas,cost to them £5 for both meals.
We had to take our time over three days ,but we walked the lancashire coastal route betweenfleetwood and Blackpool south peir,but ,i must add ,that there were tons of seats facing the sea on route ,so we rested often on the way.
We don't think much of the golden mile though the shopping streets behind were fantastic,with plenty of cheap places ,notably B&M where we got black pudding and haggis in tins made by Grants of Scotland .
I think these tinned goods are made for the overseas market where scots cant buy fresh gear,,but ,even the white pudding was on the shelves ,also tinned.
We did a meal of haggis neeps mashed potato and white pudding for the four of us at Hazels home,and found that so long as you put the black pudding in the ffreezer for an hour ,it cut easily after decanting onto a chopping board,and the haggis was cooked in a lidded dish in the microwave.
We went on the firwst Thursday to a thatched hamlet ,hard to the lancaster canal,that has been turned into a tourist attraction,with accopmodation ,things to do and see,well thought out and brought the past to life.
It was the junction of the canal and railway network of many years ago ,of course ,the raiway is long gone,but the station is still there,and still being used as a workshop and store.
You can very easily imagine the loads of whatever being off loaded from the barges and narrow boats ,being hauled thirty yards by horse and cart ,and then being loaded on the trains for towns and villages all over the area.
I took loads of piccies from this hamlet ,through to the lights at blackpool,trams between fleetwood terminal and Star Gate ,the other end of the line.
We even went out as far as Preston,which has a lovely market,every thursday,where you can buy all sorts of stuff.
We are going back next year for sure ,god willing ,June i think ,when the weather will be a little warmer.
Hissy was pleased to see us ,following me everywhere ,to make sure we didn't leave home again.and still isn't going far from us watching every move.
Having read the report on the oz flu that is on the way over,i am glad that both Liz and i go for our jabs later today,we don't need bad attack of a bad cold ,never mind the dreaded flu bug.
Away John,can't have you swanning off into the wide blue yonder,where's me back up mate? if you bog off ,there are only very few of us old timers of the male variety,Fred needs all the help he can get lol.
Time to go peeps ,have to get the old girl watered and fed he he.see ya later .Fred.

hi everyone here I am in calgary andjust using my brother inlaws computor, the weather is cool but sunny we are going to canmore,banff, and lake louise to-morrow staying at their 2nd home in canmore for 4 days, have been toured around the city and seen lots, was dizzy for the first few days as the altitude it higher here than at home, so not getting enough oxygen but it has passed be in touch when I get home bye dorothy

Hi everyone,so pleased you had agood stay in Blackpool Fred,hopefully if you go next June and I have "retired " properly we will get to meet.!!! Johns mothers bungalow is not far from Cala gran ,its near the big round about near Mprrisons/Sainsburys not sure of the supermarket as it changed a while ago/
Nice sunny day but so cold here.!! was raining earlier but has dried out now.
just had my jacket potato with Tuna and sals ,had a slimma cuppa soup as well as we are a bit cold yet.
Nice to hear from you Dorothy,hope the lightheaded thing passes and you enjoy the rest of the visit.should get to Bury again this week<arnet I the lucky one.
Hope Sylvia is ok ,she has been on most days helping to keep us going.
Having my cuppa now before gwetting back to the grind.
Brenda

Hi Brenda,if you turn left as you leave the camp,i's Morrisons,if you turn right and turn left at the fishermens friend roundabout ,it's Asda,we also found Netto ,and Aldi locally ,so we were well off for shopping.
I have just managed to upload my family gedcom in pdf form and take a copy off to disc ,just in case it goes walkies from genes and so i feel a lot safer now,things being what they are
I can now start adding the wifes parents and siblings,and work back from there.
This saves me having to merge the two gedcoms on latterday saints paf file,which i was dreading in case something went wrong and i lost the lot.
Liz and i have just finished an early tea,a bowl of her lovely tomato and beef soup ,that went down a treat,and there are 4 containers down in the freezer,for supper it's treat time ,two slices of welsh rarebit apiece,with marmite under the melted cheese mmmmmmmmm,lol.
It's my turn tomorrow ,making leek and potato soup ,which will also land up being frozen.just the job for the oncoming cold evenings.
Hope everyone is doing fine,and Hope our Sylvia is well over the flu,still old friend,hopefully you have had your dose for this winter,and you won't get it again.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip Dorothy,but watch out for the wild life,some of it gets a dad grumpy about now he he[no,i dont mean Liz either ].
Have to go now ,the washing is dry at last ,but it's getting cloudy and i don't want it wet again.
I have the next week yet to get the lawns done for the last time,so things don't look so bad.
See you all later,take care ,and be safe all.Fred.

Hi all,
Well we had a very icy wind blowing today. I am sure it came from Siberia. Tomorrow I have booked a taxi to take Johan and I and my scootmobile to town to the market. I want one or two bits before I go on holiday (to Spain).
Must make an appointment with the doctor to give me a hydrocortisone injection for the pain in my muscles.
Fred, you are always talking about food. How is Missy?
Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone,
I haven't swanned off into the great blue yonder just yet Badger and have decided to stay for a little while longer, only thing is to remember to check more often.
The cough I mentioned last time is not so bad now but its still annoys Gayle. Craig will be visiting us for this weekend being Labour Day here in New Zealand, so it will be could see him. He tells us he's going to do some biking but the weather forecast is for rain. Back later, John

Hi everyone,did not have chance to put a message on when I was on my break at work,so as I am ,surfing the net as they say ,looking for a florist?garden center in Australia ,I tought i would add my message now,well have a nice long weekend from work ,not on til wednesday next week unless someone needs a swop for something urgent.Last time it was to let a friend go to a funeral,which is understandable.
Not got much planned ,going to see my sister tomorrow and going with John one day to see if we can get him a jacket.
Might get a lie in on saturday/sunday,but usually i seem to wake at the normalt time and can not get back to sleep.So get up and have a cup of tea and a read.
See you all soon.
Glad you are still with us John ,Take care sylvia .You don't do my diet any good fred with all this food talk!!/
brenda

Hello just aquick message as everyone seems busy elsewhere,
Nice day today weatherwise,did someshopping with my sister,
see you all soon,Brenda

Good evening, Gayle, Craig and I went to my brother's today for lunch. The last we were at their place was June. We also went to Mum's on the way home and she gave us some of her homemade biscuits and a couple of pies, at 87 she is still baking and that something she enjoys doing. Mum also made us a Christmas cake which was too hot to bring home and once cool will be frozen until she sees us. Gayle does bake but not the type of biscuits that Mum does. Sad to think a lot of people don't know how to cook which was pointed out on Jamie Ollivier's latest programme.
Yesterday Craig linked me up with FaceBook which all new to me but is very interesting. Catchup soon John

Morning all,nice to see yo John ,pity you couldn't nick a slice of cake while it was still warm.
See Brenda ,and a few others lol,i ain't the only one mentioning food ,can i help it if like Jamie Olver and others ,i love cookng and trying new recipes,and i ain't fat [yet ] he he.
Sorry to be in and out of the thread at the moment peeps ,but i have a new contact with the family on here ,and am having a good look see as to connections to various family names.
I'm also starting decorating again ,so i am keeping myself busy lol.
It's nice and mild here this morning ,so i think i will be out in the garden shortly ,getting rid of a few weeds beforre the weather closes in for the winter.
See ya later all .Fred.

Morning all,nice to see the weather has bucked up.its a bit windy and a bit chilly but dry,for thr moment,John is talking about washing the cars ,but he says that a lot.been out to look at a couple of places for a new dining room table and chairs,but the ones we saw are all what I would call boxey and very "rustic" looking.There were some that would be gtreat if it was just to go in the kitchen,but its to go in a dining room and needs to match my units.
I am pleased so many people take enjoyment from cooking and baking,I do myself, I like to try new things but most of the time ,,they are not what i expected ,or we just did not like them,I have to find things we all like or its not worth doing .
Have tireda couple of low fat variations on sausage casserole and chicken casserole.we all liked them and they were filling ,tasty and not too exspensive.
Today we are having a pot roast of brisket,with dry roast potatoes,cabbage,carrots,sprouts and gravy made from the stock from the pot roast.
Wish I could say the veg was home grown but i can't ,maybe next year???
Take care ,Brenda

Hi all,
Well I have new tablets for my cystitis and these now make me feel sick. I am trying to carry on as I want to finish this cure.
Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor for an injection in my right shoulder for the pain. I also have to have an anti-flu injection, so will be choosing my left arm for this. I need to phone the hospital for X-rays of both my knees. Otherwise, I am fine!!!!!!!!!
I talked it over with Johan about cancelling our forthcoming holiday as I have so much trouble with my waterworks at the moment. I have to have a taxi to the airport but won't make that without a couple of stops on the way, and then on the plane? A nightmare.
The weather has been appalling, gusts of winds, rain. I am glad I didn't have to go out.
My granddaughter, bless her, popped in for an hour on the way to her father for dinner.
Yesterday I baked a couple of bread and today a sultana loaf and a Dutch apple tart.
Keep well, Sylvia xxx

hi everyone itis sunday and I am back in calgary after 4 days in canmore lake louise and bannff, my sisters 2nd home in canmore is very nice with a view of the mountains from every room, lake louise was fantastic and also bannf, more details when I am back inbarrie, I leave to go home on tuesdayhave had good weather lots of sun to-day it is 2 but 16 to-morrow and 19 on the day I leave hope you all are well bye for now dorothy

Hi all
Its Monday and end of a holiday weekend. Speaking of food we had cornsilverside for lunch today with new potatoes and mixed vegetables yum. We had to buy a lamp for the lounge as our other one had a faulty transformer which we had ordered but then the lamp decided to snapped in half .... so we ended up buying a new one in the sale half its normal price for $NZ49.95 not bad considering. Craig is out on his bike this afternoon and is probably riding along the walkway and cycle path. I've been on the new facebook site for a while chatting to friends. Catch up again soon, John

Good morrow all,and a special one for our Sylvia ,who seems to be in the wars yet again,i do have a little idea of how you must be feeling Sylvia,but thankfully you are a lot stronger than me.
I'm afraid if i was like you are at the moment ,i would be in tears most of the day.
The weather in blighty is due to take a turn fr the worse this week with ice ,snow ,and howling gales for a lot of us,so Martin and i are going to bring the van back this week first chance we get.
The van is going up for sale soonest ,because Martin wants to upgrade to a better model with a better internal layout,but iv'e told him ,if he rolls up with a longer van ,he will NOT be putting it in our drive,because therre isn't room lol.
I was up early and started the weekly wash,which is now out in the rather watery sunshine ,he he,but i thought i had better get it done before the weather turns.
We had the grandson stay to tea yesterday,so i made some egg and cress mix for sarnies[home grown cress of course],some cheese savoury,and got a few slices of ham out of the freezer.
Along with a few fancy cakes ,it seemed to go down well with fresh baked rolls instead of the shop ,sliced bread.
Must remember to buy some part baked rolls ,just in case we get snowed in and i can't find time to bake fresh.
Are you home for the winter now Dorothy ,it must be hard over there t get round once the winter sets in seing as you get tons more snow than us ,plus much more freezing fog and sleet.
I was amazed when Sean told me how many superstores over in cannuck land had special plugs in the car parks so that shoppers could plug their cars in to stop them freezing up,cor ,we brits don't know how lucky we are .
Well folks ,time to go and get some work done,
Keep you chin up Sylvia old friend ,Liz and i will be thinking of you.Fred.xxx

Hi all,
Well I had my hydrocortisone injection in my right arm today. I knew the doctor had found the right spot when I nearly went through the roof with pain.
Before that I had an anti flu jab in my left arm - well couldn't have it in my right one, could I?
I made a lovely Dutch apple tart yesterday and was going to give it to my neighbour who has just come back from 6 weeks in her holiday house in Hungary, but then my household help came back - she was ill last week with migraine - and she is partial to my apple tart so gave it to her. Well, less a slice she had this morning and another slice Johan demanded for his coffee this evening. I have promised to make another one soon. My help has two little girls and keep asking their mother to make one of these tarts, but she is always busy earning her and her daughters keep.
Fred, you seem to be having the same weather as us - stormy weather, lots of high winds and plenty of rain. I think we will be getting snow soon. They do have it in the Alps.
Yes, like you Fred, I am prepared if I cannot get out to the shops. I make my own bread. I made a delicious sultana bread over the weekend. The next thing for me to make is the Dutch pea soup. I have goulash in the freezer, which freezes very well.
Have a nice evening, keep warm.
Sylvia xxx