General Chat

Ann, did you know you have set a new record on GR nine repeated adds.....lol.... it must be because your finger got stuck on the button with the cold......lol....

nice to hear from you,
nice to hear from you
nice to ......................................................... :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

watch the pasties, amoment on the lips a lifetime on the hips....have a nice day

love Jean xxxxxxxxx <3

Hi all, not read back, just want to say it is VERY cold in Devon, but the fish and chips and pasties are lovely! :-D :-D

Hi Mo, and everyone


Huia ............ the shop manager certainly does need to ensure that the shop closes promptly.



It rained all day and all night Sunday, and through the morning today (Monday) ................. but then it cleared up, and the sun came out.


The mountains on the other side of the harbour had had snow where we had rain .................... there was this very strong demarcation line between the green of the lower slopes, and the white of the snow above


The ski slopes on those mountains had up to 50 cm snow ............ I think we got something like 30 mm of rain


It was a physio day today (Monday) ...... OH took me down there, but then I went for my favourite lunch afterwards .........

......... Japanese ............... deep fried battered chicken drumsticks (called chicken karage), and nigiri sushi. Yummee!!

I met him in a nearby coffee shop at about 3 pm, and he brought me home.


so foot is definitely getting better!




Now have been mooching around the various Boards. My, there have been some aggressive posts, aimed at certain people on some threads. Not pleasant at all.


It's so nice to have some threads which are still pleasant, and where everyone is nice to each other!:-D :-D :-D




take care everyone



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Mo, there are a lot of photos of spinning tops, and scarves that I have panned, mostly in an arc. They are in 2 lots on FB and I would appreciate it if you could decide which 2 or 3 you like best and click on 'like' to help me to decide which 2 to enter on 4 March in the category: panning, time exposure or abstract motion. I have been asking other people too. I printed the photos today and asked a couple of women in the shop.

We have a customer (male) who always comes in 3 or 4 mins before closing time, then takes his time looking around while we wait to close up and go home. It was about 20 mins after closing time before I got away. In future our manager is going to close the doors 5 mins before time and tell customers who are in the shop that they have 5 mins to look and buy. It is not as if we are paid (apart from the manager) and I have about 26 km to get home.

I've lost about 29 lbs since last June ..................... but February has been lose a lb, gain a lb, lose a lb .....................


I'm still right where I was at the beginning of the month :-(

I have gone down 2 dress sizes, and thrown out a pile of trousers, etc .............. plus a pile of sweaters today.


ie, sent to the thrift shop.

Huia, my trouble is I like my food to much, and am a glutton for biscuits. If I open a packet of fig rolls or garibaldi, I can't just have one or two, I have to be a pig and have three or four. But hey, I am what I am. ;-)
Any way, you don't look like you are a size 18/24 to me love.
Have you put anymore photo's up, for us to see on F.B
Take care babe.xxx

Mo, I am also losing weight, albeit very slowly. Occasionally I go up a bit due to eating too much, but it eventually comes off again. I find sizes are so variable between different brands. I can be anything from L to XXL. I think that is 18 - 24.

Cor flippin eck, both Marie and Sallie losing weight, and there's me, not shifting an ounce.
Mind you sitting on my BTM all day doesn't help does it. As Jean will verify, I used to be very active, but now I just can't manage to do what I did, whilst I was working.
Retirement is lovely, but in my case, it has made me very lazy. I tend to only do what I really have to do, and thats as little as possible.
Marie, I wish I was a size 10/12, a size 16 can either be much to big, or just fit snuggly. As you say, a lot depends on the cut ,and the material used.
The snow has been trying to lay again all day, but thank goodness it's not succeeding, but crikey is it cold.
I hope you are all well, and managing with this cold weather.
Sending special(((((((HUGS)))))) for our Jean, and hoping you feel better soon honey.
I hope to hear from you soon. Love to all, Mo xxx

Hello to you all, I read some of the older posts. it is good to catch up on the going's on.
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Ann that is a lovely Helebore , our Helebore's flower in winter, and we call them the Winter Rose they last for months well into spring and early summer.I will have to take some Pictures of them this year and send them to you.

I see Sallie that you have lost weight , have you been exercising or have you been sick ??, I hope not.

I also have lost 4 kilo's , since giving up sugar, I am now fitting into clothes (Jeans that were very firm on me) I am now fitting into a size 10 in skirt and trousers and I have gone from a size 14 in shirts to a size 10 /12 depending on the generosity of the brand.

Mo I am sorry to hear about the problems of your newest grandchild I do hope they can help her. I am pleased to hear you are much better .

I must close as it is well after midnight and I had a big day in the garden .

<3 and hugs <3
:-) Marie <3

Hi Mo, it wasn't in my paper. According to the 16 year old daughter, she pays the pony's upkeep, I don't know if that is from her benefits or if she has a job. I actually felt sorry for her because she was quite upset saying her Mum is a good Mum and all the children are well fed and healthy and happy (this is the teenager speaking). I wonder if there is more money going into the house than the benefits people know (well they will guess now because of the publicity) but her partner is a lorry driver apparently. Strange I haven't seen them with any dogs.

I hope they can solve the little ones toe problems. It is not uncommon for babies to be born with a hip problem, the solution used to be to put their legs in plaster to straighten them, I don't know what they do now. I am sure they will be able to do something. Glad you enjoyed your time with her anyway.

Hello girls,
Ann, I see your neighbour made the papers again today. 11 children, they own a Pony,a Macaw,a Labrador, 2 chihuahas,a cat,2 Guinea pigs,a Rabbit and 3 Gold Fish,how the heck do they manage to feed all of them...a stupid question I know.
And now they are building her a £400k house. I think we have been doing something wrong during our lives. No one helped us when our children were young, we slogged our guts out to keep a roof over our heads, and food in our bellies.
Whilst I know the woman is getting over cervical cancer, but I feel sure that others who have been in the same situation, have not had this much help.
Enough, I must get down from my band wagon now, or I will bust a gut.

Well ,we had our great grandaughter yesterday afternoon, and what a little doll she is.
I had never seen her problems with her toes and legs before yesterday, but poor little mite, her toes are really crossed over, and she cannot straighten her legs out properly.
She has to see the physio therapist on Monday, and has to have her hips x.rayed the week after.
I just hope and pray they can sort these problems out for her, she is absolutely beautiful when you see her in the flesh, rather than a photograph.

It has been bitterly cold here today, with snow flurries nearly all day, but fortunately it has not laid.

I must go and start doing the lovely hot curry we are having for dinner tonight.
So I will say cheerio for now, take care of yourselves. Love to all, Mo xxx

It is the old house that is near us Mo. I don't think the children are really bad, just loud because there are a lot of them.

I have heard from Jean today, she is not too good has a lot of pain in her legs.

Hope you feel better soon Jean <3

Phew, our little princess has gone home, and peace reigns again, till tomorrow.
She is such a funny girl is our Lilly. She is a bit slow with her speaking, but she manages to say harder words, like todays was crocodile, but as for getting a sentence out of her, well it's like trying to get blood out of a stone.
My son and D.I.L are quite worried about her being so late with her speech. They compare her to our great grandaughter who is four months younger, and says lots of things.
But, it's as has been said before, you cant compare two children like that, as one may be forwards in one thing, and slower at others.

Ann, I had read about the woman being re-housed. Is the new house the one that is going to be 2 minutes walk from you, or her old house?
Either way, lord help the neighbours, with 11 children to have to put up with, making a racket at all hours of the day.
I know we had the five children, but they were kept under control, and taught to respect others privacy.

Thank you for letting me know about the clock changes,Sallie and Sylvia. I remember the changes in October, as thats my birthday month, and they nearly always change around my birth date.

I hope our Jean is o.k, as she has not been on the thread since the 15th of the month.
It doesn't seem right without her being around to torment me ;-) ;-) ;-) I am a glutton for punishment. :-D :-D :-D

Before I forget, I hope both Ann and Sallie have a wonderful time with their families.

Right girls, I am away for now. Speak to you later. Love Mo xxx

Sylvia that is not fair, you get extra light evening to us.

Mo Hope you enjoyed your time with Lily. And sally hope you enjoyed your break. It is always good to see our adult children isn't it? This weekend we shall be seeing our second eldest Grandson and his fiance. She is not happy as she works in a spinning mill, the same company as Axminster who have called in administrators. Looks like she is going to lose her job.

Anybody read the papers and seen the woman in Gloucester (Churchdown) who has 11 children and who is having a 6 bed house built for her by the housing association? If I look out the bedroom window I can see her house, it is on the main road 2 minutes walk from us. It seems she won't be much loss to her neighbours!! :-D

Hi Mo, and everyone


another sunny day today, but it is getting chilly as the day wears on.


The clocks go forward for us on March 10 ....................... we have to go the same weekend that the US changes.

Then we change back again on Sunday November 3 ............ again the same weekend that the US changes


The UK changes on Sunday March 30 (which is Easter Saturday, this year :-D ), and you change back on Sunday October 27.





take care




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Mo, the clocks go forward in March, five weeks on Saturday, like you I am looking forward to the lighter evenings. With it being a nice bright day here today, it was quite light until about twenty to six.

I hope that you feel a bit better than you have been lately...yes an early night is a good idea as you will need all your energy so that you can run around after Lilly tomorrow. Bless her
Oh to be two year old again, and know what we know now.lol!!!

Alun and I are going down to Richard's tomorrow until Friday, we are looking forward to spending some time with him and Christie.



Jeni, hope you have managed to get started on your crocheting. I know when I start something new it takes me a while to get started, thinking I'm not going to be able to do it.



Jean, Huia, Ann, Sylvia, and Marie, hope you are all okay.

If I have time I'll try and get on here again while we are at Richard's.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Jeni, tut tut bad language indeed. You will have to give Scarlett some ear plugs if that starts to happen, you don't need for her to start down that road,do you now. ;-)
I hope you can make heads or tails of the book showing you how to do it.

I couldn't believe how light it was outside at 5.30 this evening, I had got so used to switching the table lamp on mid afternoon, that it amazed me I didn't have to do so today.
Our clocks must change soon, but I can't remember what month they do. I know they go back in October, but can never recall if it's March or April they go forwards.

I shall have to try and get an early night tonight, as we have got Lilly early in the morning, and she is like a little whippet when she runs around, it fair wears me out chasing her.

It has been quiet on here for a couple of days now, I do hope you are all well.
Take care all. Love Mo xxx

Hello everyone, hope you are all ok.
We have had 4 days of lovely sunshine here, felt like Spring, done some tidying up in the garden and planted some Polyanthus, they are very colourful and make the garden look nice.
Still haven't attempted crochet yet, but am going to give it a go tonight, the book I bought looks good, starts with the absolute basics.
Going to make a cup of tea now and get started on crochet, could be some bad language flying around. lol.
Take care and stay safe.
Jean xx :-) :-) :-)

Hello everyone,
Sylvia, it must have been heartbreaking for you both, to see the deteriation in your friend.
Your friends wife, was probably grateful for the relief of having someone to talk to, and share a laugh with, it certainly can't be easy for her, especially as it's not just the one thing he is suffering from, and to see him fading away in front of her eyes.

I bet the views from the ferry were wonderful. Did you take any photographs?

Like you, we have had a lovely day today, so nice in fact, that I managed to get the washing out on the line, for the first time this year...mmmm it smelt lovely when I bought it in.

We have a busy week, with the little ones this week. On Wednesday, we have got Lilly while her mum is at work, and on Thursday we have got our new great grandaughter Zoey, whilst her mummy goes to her other great grandfathers funeral.
They have had to wait over three weeks for the cremation, as both the crematoriums were chocker block with funerals waiting to happen.
If you remember, I told you of his passing, the same day as baby Zoey was born.

Well girls, I think I will go and get myself something to eat now.
Take care one and all. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone



so glad you managed to get into to see the doctor Mo. Unfortunately, there isn't too much you can take for a virus!


My birthday is Jan 7, and our anniversary is Aug 12 ........ but, like Huia, a mention on this thread is all I would like. Overseas postage is horrendous.



It was a beautiful sunny day today, and it was warm enough that I had the patio door in this room open for about 3 hours this afternoon. Then it started to cool down, and the room got chilly, so I had to close the door.



The ferry ride back yesterday was very pleasant ............... the Coastal Mountains were in full view as we sailed down the Strait, all covered in glistening white snow.


We had both a good time and a very hard time with our friends.

R's dementia has worsened dramatically since we last saw him ........... in fact, it shocked someone who had seen him less than 10 days before.

Add to that the weight loss due to the cancer (he is down to about 125 lbs)......................................

Fortunately, he didn't seem to be in any pain, and he was eating quite well.


Yet, it was great to be with him and his wife ............. and to make his wife laugh.

He paid little attention to most of the conversations.

In fact, we're not even sure that he knew who we were, other than I and S staying for a few days:-( :-( :-(


Now I have to try to prepare my daughter about what she will face when she comes out in about a month's time .......... along with the possibility that he might have had to go into a care home or even hospice.


We did sleep very well ................ the houses are in the city limits but each is on an approximately 1 acre lot, surrounded by trees, so it feels like being in the country.



take care everyone


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