Genealogy Chat

Hi Susan

I've been only had one broken bone (fingers crossed) and I don't remember that one - I was a mere babe and I'm told I fell into a sandpit and broke my wrist. I bet it was the right one. Gives me jip sometimes.

Must say I am really scared of falling when it's slippery in winter - definitely do not want another. Do not think I've got osteoporsis - not yet at least. Dogs have had me over more than once and flat on my back at times. Nearly went the same way last night when I hadn't noticed a hedgehog crossing in front of us! Old boy seems to have a thing about them. He went potty. Elderly he may be but quite strong. I had to hold on really tight and scold them soundly before I could continue on my way:-)))

Haven't seen Robert - may still be in his cave.

Jeanie
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Hi Everyone

A cold wet windy day today,it was nice to just stay home and potter around the house.

I don't think the Aussies are going to do any damage in the Soccer but the New Zealand team are doing really well ,that should please Anne.

Jeannie so glad your sister made it back without any injuries this time,I don't think I would like to break any bones at my age they take to long to heal.

I made a pot of English stew tonight ,so nice on a winters night but as usual I eat to much now I feel overfull.

I wonder where the men are lately,Robert can't still be in that cave of his.

Better go and do the dishes may help my food to go down.

Check in a little later.
Love to everyone.
Suex

Yes, I saw that on the other thread Cynthia.

I had e-mail recently from newly discovered relative who lives not too far away. She said she would like to drive over to visit. I took a look at my home. Ahhh. Suggested we meet halfway:-))) That seems to have done the trick. Sigh of relief. It would take me weeks to catch up with all I haven't done since I've been "chatting?" on threads.

Jeanie
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Just don't go falling off that cabin Sylvia!!


Jeannie, I thought of your today when we were on the way to Bolton. Glad your sister had a safe journey.


Had a phone call this evening from my oldest friend who now lives in Texas. She and her husband are in England for a few days and calling in on Wednesday. Better get myself sorted then!!


Night all. Cx.

Hi everyone

Another cool day here, and the sun struggling to get through!


Jeanie .... thanks for your message

Glad your sister got through her 3rd cruise without any harm coming to her.


we're off to the cabin tomorrow, so you won't see me until probably Friday ..... it's just a short trip this time.



sylvia
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Just a quickie to say I have had two pieces of good news this weekend. Sister made it back to Daubhill after this year's cruise with no bones broken! Last year she broke her ankle, year before she broke her shoulder.

Friend who runs Hants Greyhound Rescue with her husband ran in the Race for Life in Basingstoke yesterday. She must be heaps better than when I last saw her.

Enjoy your evening. More football, ugh. Will find something else to do. No telly for me tonight.

Jeanie
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Hi Everyone

Sylvia thankyou for your imput,I suppose it is an individual thing .

Some people recover quicker than others ,She still looks very pale to me so maybe her body needs a bit more time in repair stage.

I have had a busy day today ,washing and cleaning the car after our long drive .
It is a very dusty place Toodyay,But quite historical for Australia.
You would think a cowboy would ride a horse up the street,just like a western movie.

I hav'ent had a chance to catch up with all the goss on the thread but I think that will have to wait until tomorrow it is nearly my bedtime.

See you all tomorrow.
Suex

Me? Tease Sylvia? Never!!!

Believe that and you'll believe anyfink!


As they would say around here Sylvia, you're a reet whinger! lol


Had a lovely morning out with OH. Went into Bolton and just ambled around stopping in the sunshine for coffee outside a coffee shop. Very pleasant it was too. We commented on older folks who still hold hands and laughed because someone said it was to stop them falling over!

Loads of ironing to do but am going to browse for a while first.


Hope Kiwibird makes it back soon. Cx

Whine away Sylvia. It cannot be much fun. Do hope daughter phoned OH on his special day. You're teasing her Cynthia!

Sorry Frank - not very good at being placid not since I'se growed up. Got quite cross yesterday. Some chap drove into the place of air and water yesterday, got out of the car and WENT INTO THE SHOP'

Came out so I was hopeful of checking my tyres but no - he just kept sitting there. Someone else waiting to use it behind me. In the end I got out, tapped on his window and pointed out it was not a parking place. Oh, but I'm waiting to use the vacuum cleaner (in the next bay). So I smiled and asked him politely if he wouldn't mind moving back as I had an appointment to keep. Call my a grumpy old woman if you like but why cannot people show a little consideration for others now and again?

See other Community Names have cropped up - needing a click on the request review button.

Must go. Intend to be back later.

J
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but I didn't jump off the bus



said in a whiney voice




I stepped off the bus very carefully, and my knee gave way when I put weight on it


it waren't my fault


said in an even whinier voice

Showing your age Frank - a little bit of coving and some skirting board and your done for.......I don't know.


If I've told Sylvia about jumping off buses once, I've told her a hundred times.....murder ain't she??


Sue, that sounds like a really tiring drive....I love driving but four hours would be enough without a rest I think. Glad to hear that your sil is doing well and I'm sure they were glad to have you there.


Golly, it's been a long day. See you tomorrow folks. Cx.

Honestly Sylvia,

When will you women learn to take it easy.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
............and stop leaping off buses, that's how my OH broke her hip !

Here is an interesting comparison between Mother's day & Father's day..........More phone calls are made in the United States during Mother's Day than during Father's Day, but the percentage of collect calls on Father's Day is much higher, making it the busiest day of the year for collect calls...............gasp, is that why we are always skint?


Anyway we celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary yesterday and I spent it helping my son-in-law to put in coving, new sockets, skirting boards etc. in the nursery.
Today was father's day and my American daughter phoned (not collect) to wish me a good day, but I was still at my other daughter decorating the nursery etc.............I am exhausted.

That's what dads are for ehh............. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hi all


somewhat grey today .. but it is a little warmer. I was still cuddling under the duvet overnight and early this morning though!

Spring starts officially tomorrow, June 21st



Sue ..... I really don't know.

It is such an individualistic thing ................ also the quantity, type and colour of hair may be different. I have one friend whose hair is lusher and easier to handle than it was before, and then another friend who has very weak and thin hair that doesn't grow very fast.

Some women say that stimulating the scalp with massaging may help. Don't know whether they used anything special or just a general oil or lotion.




mocching around the boards




s
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Hi Everyone

We got home about an hour ago from my Brothers place in Toodyay,it is a long four hour drive that I may say I drove all the way home myself,thought I would give the OH a rest as he drove all the way there.

We had a very nice weekend very suuny for the two days so we had a chance to help him on his property that is a bout 10 acres big,
He has let a lot go while looking after his wife so a bit of a hand was in order.

Sister in Law is doing ok,she is still waiting for her hair to start to grow.

Sylvia do you know how long it takes for it to start to grow back,she has finished her Cemo about three weeks ago,does anyone know how long it takes,even just a stab in the dark will help her she is worried it is not going to come back again.

Will come back a bit later on ,have to unpack and get some dinner on .

Suex

Hi all


yep, William Holden had a drinking problem .... but then so did many many of those stars that we all loved from the 40s and 50s.

I think we all drank more back then anyway!


Lovely to see Evelyn back ..... take care of yourself while you're helping your friend!


Anne .... have a lovely holiday away, and enjoy all the celebrations. Daughter's anniversary is June 26, can't believe it's 11 years this year for them!


Not a very good day today for me.

I fell getting off the bus coming home from a lovely time downtown .............. my left knee got that pain at the back of it as I brought it down to the ground, only this time it also gave way and I went sprawling on the ground. No other injuries, don't even seem to be bruised, but the back of my knee is very sore. All kinds of people came dashing to help ....... and one lady even went "round the loop" to find me after she saw me fall. She caught up with me at our corner (just a block away from the bus stop, but on a side street). She stopped her car, came over to me, was all ready to take me home.

OH was just leaving, and had got to the end of the back lane when he saw me, he stopped the car right there, and came running up the street. Got me in the house, helped me lie down, then had to go off. I iced my knee, put on arnica, and an analgesic cream that contiains aspirin, tried a few exercises (no no no!!), wrapped an elastic bandage round it



..... and am now spitting feathers 'cos it's hurting when I try to stand up and walk! Doesn't hurt when I'm sitting down!


Then I came on the computer for the first time today to find an email telling me that an internet friend of some 6 or 7 years died during the week after an operation about 2 weeks ago for liver cancer. There had been complications, a couple more operations, but to no avail. One of the complications would have meant that this lady would not have been able to walk if she had survived. She would have hated that.

She was Quaker and had quite a fatalistic attitude, plus a great love for her religion.


I shall miss her as she had become a good friend over the years. I nearly met her face-to-face when I was in London in 2008, but unfortunately she got some bug or other and couldn't travel to London for a lunch several of us were having.


ah well





it's Father's Day tomorrow ...... and I'm hoping that daughter will phone her dad.

I got an email from her on Friday saying she didn't know whether they would have time to phone because it was a "big" day for the in-laws. She said she would try to phone on Monday. I suggested that she'd better do her best on Sunday! There will be words if she doesn't .

..... OH is very forgiving, but this is not the first time this has happened. The in-laws are more vociferous about what must be done and when, we tend to be more easy-going, and do understand the problems of being away from parents (after all we moved away from our own parents!) .......... but this just seemed the last straw.



going to mooch around the boards.

It's a lovely Saturday evening.

It's summer on Monday!



s
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Hello there Evelyn.....nice to see you again. I'm sure your friend is truly grateful for all your help and support - I know I would be.


William Holden.......I seem to remember that he had a drink problem - maybe OH told me at some time - can't ask him now as he is engrossed in The Pelican Brief [for the umpteenth time].


Almost at the longest day and the evening is still light here - very pleasant.


Love to all. Cx.

Hi Evelyn

Glad you're back. William Holden - yummy. Lucky whatever her name was from Hart to Hart that was married to him. From a book on my shelf it seems he gave Shelley Winters a very nice time every Xmas Eve for 7 years. What a strange relationship:-)))

Sorry to hear of your tearful friend. Sure you will help her to become a little less sad by your kindness.

Jeanie
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Edit: Think it was New Year's Eve and his wife was Paula Prentiss?

Hello Everyone,
Just a quick visit, I am sorry not to have been around lately but I am being a shoulder to cry on at the moment to a very dear friend.
I have read some postings and would like to say William Holden was my pin up for many years, I had the pleasure of meeting him in Weymouth MANY years ago, he was there to make the film The Key, when I met him he smelt quite strongly of alcohol, I suspect he rather liked a drop or two of whisky, he had the most beautiful blue eyes.
Must go now but will pop in as and when I can.
Much love to you all
Evelyn XXX

Cynthia a kindred spirit - hope you spent loads of money

Looking at Brighton when we got home - no rain at all - it just bucketed down in Canterbury - we only wne t to the bookshop to get an anniversary card and came out and it pelted down. We kept darting into shops but had to make a dash for the car park in the end - we steamed in the car. My coat is still dripping in the bathroom now.

Should hear fromJosie tonight or early tomorrow - see how her new job is going -

I will miss you all for teh few days I am away & then Sylvia is off as well - so you Frank & Jeanie will have to keep it going while Sue is aay as well.

Such a busy time of the year.

Take care all - keep up the chat

Enjoy your week away Tabitha - even if it is without internet. Will everything crossed for good weather for you.

We had a drop of rain overnight Cynth but is has been so dry here even the weeds are silting. Even the deep rooted ones pull up without much effort. Never seen anything like it. I've lost a few plants here and there. Do not water often enough I suppose - but we're metered!!

Got a few e-mails to send but will be back on later to have a nose around. Mine will never go rusty:-)))