General Chat

I have been talking to my sister in law

She was married to our youngest brother who sadly passed 5 years ago and we are good friends

I know she was adopted as was her sister I did tell her she was entitled to see her adoption file for its info .She has no idea of her birth mum and very little ancestral info on her adopted parents so I am doing a tree for her for both sides of the family

She is over the moon I am doing this for her

Hit a block ok her dads birth,thought i had found a possible but not sure so sent for their 1951 marriage cert that has led me back to them and the 1939 register

Soo I am off on the hunt now for more family history for her :-D

It will be passing time whilst i am in lockdown

I havnt looked in for a couple of days and WOW all thats gone on.lol.
David I'm glad you are getting help from the nurse calling on you.
Maggie I agree with everything you say.
RTR I just ignore him. lol.

Had my shopping delivered yesterday and although I am grateful to have had a delivery I had 17 items unavailable. Ok so most I could live without for a while BUT no BREAD and POTATOES were available.

I suppose I should consider my self lucky I do have toilet rolls.

Keep safe everyone (and sane lol )
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AnnMarieG, good morning. Your thread is quieter, with more to report.

Saw our Sovereign and Philip are now at Windsor. Philip looked far

from well. Prince William is to be the Royal presence until it goes away.

I am not in the "over 70's" age bracket ... I am 71! Surely "over 70's" means older than 79!


I use special transport to go shopping. While it continues to be available and I am (reasonably) well I will keep shopping, (when I need food, medicine or other essentials).

I don't consider myself to be at high risk, or to pose a risk to others.

If I am really bored weather (and health) permitting, I will go for a walk in the local park.

I can keep my distance from other people will I get out and see the sky, pool, flowers, birds etc. without actually touching anything, or leaving my mark in any way. Might just give a friendly wave of my walking stick to other people.

(When) and if the virus becomes more widespread I will stay indoors. I will also try to organise home deliveries from one of the supermarkets. One of my (not so healthy) friends has put her order in today ... first available delivery date is 7th April. Perhaps I need to pull my finger out and get home delivered put in place now. (or when I have had a good nights sleep and put my brain in order).


I hope everyone stays well, and finds things to do at home that are fun.

Dermot is right, Barbra, life is a fatal disease :-0

OMG cheer us up ;-) :-D

The lifetime risk of death is 100%. :-S

David, as I said on another thread - we're all living in an alternative reality, now :-S

Well this no longer young person had another visitor this morning, a different district nurse who tock a blood sample.

So in recent weeks I've been visited by two different GP's, one of whom told me my left leg is "fused" something the surgeons never told me, and two different district nurses.
Am I in God's waiting room ? :-S

Wow you don't look at a thread for a couple of days and look what happens!! I missed all the "fun"....

Allan :-D

I'm saying nothing :-S :-S :-S

LOL I too remember rolled up fags!!!

Allan :-D :-D :-D :-D

Allan :-D :-D :-D

Exactly Sue!
My other brother - 70 this year - (married to my Sin L) is very healthy (apart from his fake knees and titanium shinbone - blame the motorcycling), but he doesn't want to infect my SinL.

Edit: I didn't report RTR's offensive comments - but thank you, whoever did. :-)

Shame it's been reinstated - but at least I now know, if an absolute pillock can be that offensive, so can I!!

Just like to say, my daughter also works in the NHS - but I'd never tell you 'interesting tales', because of patient confidentiality, and also because she doesn't tell me her 'interesting tales' for the same reason!
The daughter of friends of mine had a baby. I met her in the street - she started regaling how fantastic L is at her job - and was amazed that I had no idea my daughter had been involved in her confinement.
How it should be - not 'claiming fame' for something someone else did.

As I went to an all boys school, that could take on a whole new meaning ;-) :-D :-D

Allan the only thing I did behind the bike shed was to puff a crafty fag :-D :-D :-D

Just to say that even though my hubby is 70 he still runs marathons, even the awful Snowdonia one.

He will run on his own (over the mountains where he doesn't see anyone). He does not go out and meet people even though he is incredibly fit...why? in case he brings the virus home to me!

Being fit does not equal being stupid enough to take unecessary risks for other people.

Careful now, LaGooner, we may be creeping into the schoolboy trait of meeting behind the bike shed and saying, 'I told you mine was bigger than yours' ;-) :-D

He is just a prat wind up merchant he will goad people into conversations no need for his remarks .I have Neices working for NHS they have young children plus My Brother & Sil are both ill it's a worrying time for us all we need positive remarks .Not stupid idiots upsetting every body .Barbara

I have 3 very close family working in the Health Sector but certainly do not to need to spout on about them