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Hi Everyone

Thank You for your comments all of you ,I know it was probably not a good way to get my point across (Re the Soldier comment) but no malice was ment with it and I did consider we were all friends on this thread so the shock of the message I received over my English Soldier comment did hit me very hard.

I have now replied to said person and that is the end of it for me anyway.
My being reported to Genes for my nana Sue thread did not upset me just made me angry....I will just ignore her from now on.

I will now stick to topics that do not offend anyone ;-)...Promise :-D...A bit boring though :-D.

OH is doing my head in at the moment ...be glad when he gets the news for his operation.

We are planing a trip for a few days to get away ,maybe a rest from the computer will re invigorate me.

Thank You my friends ,I do appreciate you <3 and this Thread so not going anywhere for a while anyway ;-)

Suex :-D :-D :-D

Hi Sue, and everyone

we got back late on Thursday afternoon, having had a good time.

Arthur, in particular, will appreciate this .................... it was the annual meeting of Canadian botanists. Lots of talks, and very busy, but Monday was a "day off" ...............

........... true botanists always have to get out into the field ........................ and many of the locals were, I think, much entertained by the sight of many people "bottoms up" in fields and forests :-D

We knew lots of people ................ both of us have been members of that group for over 40 years!

We did have a problem .................. the clutch went on our car as we were going over the second, but highest, mountain pass. We had to be towed about 40 km into the nearest town that had Subaru service .................. which was the town we were going to anyway!

It was, of course, about 4pm Saturday afternoon, so nothing could be done until Monday. But we didn't need the car, so that was OK.

Turned out the clutch had gone, but also the "slave cylinder (whatever that might be :-S :-S ) was cracked, so that also had to be repaired.

We picked the car up on Thursday morning, which was when we'd intended to leave anyway!

They even took it through the car wash ................ so we got a lovely shiny car back :-D


We did enjoy ourselves at the meeting though.


One unexpected event was that I came back to a rather unpleasant pm from someone who has been causing rather a lot of trouble on the site for several months.

If I disappear, and don't post .................... I'll just be taking a bit of a sabbatical.

I was pretty upset last night.

Apparently 3 of us got the same pm ............. but GR won't really do anything to that person.

I'm only posting this so you know why you may not see me.



take care



s
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Sue's last post was 3,600

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congratulations Sue xxxxxx

Sorry, Sue


I did not realise that you had also been "in the wars"

You know you are well supported by us xxxxx

Welcome back Sylvia ...we missed you.

Thank You for your support but I am afraid my troubles were a bit self inflicted.

Said a bit to much,for some :-(
Not liking what is happening around the world :-(

Sounds like you had an eventful time..but it is always nice to be back home isn't it :-D

Suex

Sylvia

Sounds an excellent gathering.

I make it a point to go to a Discussion Weekend organised by the Scottish rock Garden Club end September/early October. The speakers come from round the world but the real joy is the social side - meeting friends and discussing travels where plants have been seen in the natural environment.

My mother was a very wise woman. As a child I enjoyed reading and she gave me a book "The Water Babies" by the Rev.Charles Kingsley. It contained the Golden Rule - "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself."

She also said it is better not to discuss Religion or Politics - so that leaves just Sex.

Arthur - in that case

We are back to the subject of 50 Shades of Grey - 50 Shades Darker & 50 shades Freed then

Anyone for a discussion he he he

I only got as far as half way through the 50 shades and gave up - not my kind of reading

Anyone see the old Confessions films - no I dont want to see them either

Sylvia sorry you have had problems too

Ladies,

Don't give in to them - if you do, they will have won and we do not want that!!!!!

There are some of us who don't post very often, but we do enjoy your contributions.

DON'T GIVE UP>

I will miss your postings on Monday as I am having a cataract done but I should be back on by Tuesday.

Good luck Robert - we will be thinking of you

Good luck on Monday, Robert

I had both eyes done back in 2001, and OH had both done at teh end of last year and the beginning of this year.


One tip .................. please do take a pair of sunglasses with you, even if it is pouring with rain ................... you will find that the light and lights will seem very much brighter after the operation.


and thank you very much for your support



Arthur ...................


your mother was indeed a very wise woman :-D

I used to enjoy reading the Scottish Rock Garden Club publications when I was working at the Botanical Garden ..........

.......... can you believe, part of my job was reading any and all gardening and plant-related articles and journals that interested me? The perfect job!

I'm not a gardener myself .............. but I love reading about plants, plant explorations, etc.





it seems very quiet on the Boards today, and I have managed to sit on my hands for the couple of threads that annoyed me :-D

I have just realised how very quickly time really does fly.

At theend of this month I will have been posting on this thread for 4 years & known a lot of the regulars since then.

I want to take this opportunity to just say

A BIG THANK YOU

For keeping me sane through the bad times & giving me a good giggle when I needed it & for all the moral support you have given me & I hope will continue to do so should I need it.. I love you lots & feel better just for being part of this very friendly bunch of people from around the world.

We have lost a few & found a few & I hope the missing ones pop back in soon if they can.

I hope i have done the same for you & I say now all the while I can I will continue to support my friends through good times & hopefully very few bad times.

We all need to stick together through thick & thin.

Long may our friendly thread continue.

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Robert

Good luck tomorrow. Hope it is a routine op with routine recovery.

I was told I have a catarct developing on my left eye, but growth is mercifully slow. Could be years before I need the op.

Best wishes

Arthur

Hello Friends

Anne

What a lovely message.

We love you to,and look for ward to the next 4years <3

Suex :-D :-D :-D <3 <3 <3

hello all

lots of love on hear today andhears some from me <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I followed this thread a long time before I postedbut I do enjoy it

the the three old planes are going over at the moment the battle of britten ones

I know what you mean Sylvia I make sure of whos posting and avoid a certain name

good luck Robert

summer has left this part of the world we have had our heating on the last days it has been so cold the sun is trying to come out but the wind is very cold

sally w <3

Hi Robert

Good luck for Monday

I had both of my eyes done last year and they are great...no glasses after wearing them for 61 years ,I was two when I started.

I just need readers now.

Sue :-)

Hello Friends

We had a wonderful day yesterday out for the first load of wood in the forest.

We did get the trailer full so a good start ,another 4 trailer loads and we will be set for the entire winter ,we like to keep going so we have plenty stacked for the summer so it all gets nice an dry.

We go out with friends and make a day of it ,have a little Barby while we are out there ...though we did get rained on yesterday :-D

Nice a sunny today so trying to get all the washing done and dried.

I have my wonderful little Grt Grandaughter here with me today,she is such a sweetheart just love her to bits...OH gone to visit his mother she has not been to well of late with Shingles.

She is on the mend but being 93 this year it hit her hard so we keep a close eye on her,if you remember a way back someone set fire to her back table under the roof of her house at 1 in the morning.
She still lives in her own house ...that's how she wants it .

Feisty little thing she is ,won't let anyone run her out of her house and we won't let them either.

Back to the dreaded washing ..have a nice day friends :-)

Suex <3 <3 <3

Hello my chatty friends........ :-D <3


Hope all has gone well with the cataracts op Ven. Robert - just you take care of yourself..... :-)


Time has gone by quite quickly since this thread began. I remember when it got whooshed but Sue soon got it up and running again........ :-D


It was my grandson's 14th birthday yesterday..........like Sue, I love my grandchildren to bits - they are an absolute joy. <3 Mind you, it doesn't seem two minutes since he was born bless him...........



Decided this morning, that we would go to a large retail park about 15 miles away. I have a voucher for M & S and thought I would have a browse round.

Off we set and then, on the sliproad down to the motorway, the traffic ground to a halt. We sat there for over an hour :-(

It seems as though a lorry had shed a load of planks onto the motorway and it blocked both sides...... :-(

Fortunately, it's been an overcast day so far - if it had been hot sunshine, it would have been most unpleasant. As soon as the traffic started to move again, we came off at the first exit and came home for lunch. Enough was enough.

May go to the local store this afternoon instead.


Keep well everyone......... Cx <3 <3

Hello Friends

I hope all is well with all of my friends.

Robert I do hope your eye surgery went well I am sure it did ,looking forward to hearing from you.

It is very cold here at the moment,I am hoping for the rain to come back that usually warms it up a bit when that happens.

Not a lot happening at present, going out to the forest again tomorrow for another load of wood ...always feel better when the wood heap is full.

Getting ride of a few of my brick walls at the moment ..there must be a few new records coming on line .

Has anyone noticed how quiet the boards are getting,I am beginning to worry about it :-(.

Drop in tomorrow <3 :-D

Suex <3

Having a brief rest before I get back to removing my garden shed. Only possible with the help of my neighbour's son - boy is he fit.
He is waiting for a visa to go back to Afghanistan to do security work. He was in the army and saw action in Iraq, was in N.Ireland and did two tours of Afghanisatn - hair reiaising accounts of what went on.
He has strimmed my garden - which is very large and needs lots of work to keep under control - to remove the brambles. I am infested with wild raspberry canes - no fruit but they spread easily. Have asked all my gardening friends how to get rid of them but everyone says there is no weed control they know of - you mhave to dig them out. Does anyone know of a possible weed killer that would work. I did try a very strong weed killer that worked by killing the roots of plants and that was very effecient with bindweed and thistles but did not touch the wild raspberries.

Back to work

No advice for wild raspberries - sorry Arthur :-(

But I'm happy to eat any leftovers..... :-D


The nice weather seems to have disappeared again but at least the gardens are being watered......


I recently found an unknown cousin to my OH - took me about three years - so I sent him a message to see if he was interested in any contact. it took him a while to get back to me but, at last, he has replied and said he would love to know more. Thing is, my OH isn't particularly interested!!!! Men!! :-S


I agree the boards are very quiet Sue. I wonder if it's because there is so much more online these days as well as there being quite a few other genealogy sites?


Only used to go on Chat now and then but, because there isn't much going on with the other boards, I go over there quite a bit but don't post that much.


Love to all..........Cx <3