General Chat

Life is indeed unfair Berona.

Ali is so young and to have her taken from her family is so sad. My OH was only twelve when his mother died and naturally it had a terrible effect on him, he missed out on so much love.

Elizabeth/Libby, I didn't realise that you were Harry's mum. I have seen you post on the other sites lots of times. I am also a member of Genealogists Forum, but I keep forgetting about it

Diane, you did exactly the right thing with your dad. It is very difficult getting them to accept that thy need help. Been there,done that and got the tee shirt.


I am glad that you are well Carole. I think a vets appointment for young Allan may be in order, a spot of neutering maybe.

Oh Linda...young Allan!

I can forgive you anything.

Carole, it was your fault for putting that image into my mind!

I merely translated it into words :0))

Hello Berona

Allan

Well I think that you are just marginally younger than me.

What do you mean forgive me anything? If I remember correctly, I was the one slighted not you lol

Tis me again.............

I just thought I'd pop in before I go to bed. I'm away from early tomorrow morning till Sunday night and won't have a computer.

If anyone wants to send me messages for Ali, I'll make sure she gets them.

She's in hospital, but in her home town so close to her family. Her husband said she is tired but not in pain so that is something I suppose.
I know what you all mean about her attitude and outlook.

We did joke about our family...lol
I sound like I've given up, but I haven't yet. I still believe in miracles. Anyway, please feel free to message me an I will make sure Ali gets them.

Hello Linda

Talking about vets, I have to make an appointment for my male border collie to have his neutering done. Ive sort of been putting it off - he's just turned one year old.

Sorry Allan, that will teach you for giving my sister Linda a hard time - the sisterhood has to stick together as you well know:-)))))

Carole xx

Linda,

If I remember rightly, for some obscure reason, you were threatening me with physical harm...however I forgive you.

It must be a female thing as my OH is always making the same mistake :0))

Allan

Carole,

Yes, right or wrong, the sisterhood stick together :0))

Allan

Gosh what conveniently short memories men have!

Allan, may I remind you that when I said that I was feeling better, you posted the following

"Linda, I'm so glad that you are feeling better. Linda does that mean that we can cancel the Vet's appointment ? :0))"

So no more of the victim mode. Anyway, just for being male, you deserve to be chastised. Ask any of the sisterhood and I am sure they will tell you the same.

Ok Ok I give in.

i'm not going to win anyway!

Gee......are you sure that you don't know my OH??

Allan (the downtrodden)

We all know her in spirit Allan.

I am off out and about,so have a nice rest of whatever part of the day you are all in

Enjoy your day, Linda

Allan

Having lost my war of words with Linda I'm going to slink away and lick my wounds.

Have great day to those in the North, and may it not be too cold...

And an enjoyable evening (what is left of it) for those in the South

Regards

Allan

Got up this morning to a winter wonderland - again - it had snowed during the night. Mostly melted now, but a grey day, and perishing cold. So different to yesterday when I thought Spring had arrived.
The bulbs are up in the garden, the snowdrops are out, but no chance of daffodils for St. David's Day on 1st March.

Carole, You flatter me - I am neither a gem or wise. Maybe a rough diamond with the wisdom of a knat, but you did make me laugh. I envisaged some old sage. Was it Gandorf in Harry Potter?

Allan,.... Linda is threatening to have you neutered - shock horror - shall we then call you Enoch?

Perse, Should you look in, I hope the foot is not too painful, and that you are making the most of your incapacity.

Tec

Me deleting - posted twice - twitchy finger
Tec

Good afternoon Tec, it is perishing cold here as well. we have had snow flurries all day, but it hasn't lain.

I have had a very satisfactory day spending money, one of my favourite pastimes. We went out and had a very enjoyable lunch, then went on to buy a new double bed for one of the bedrooms which currently only has a single in it. That of course meant buying a complete set of bedding including duvet (dooner for those down south). OH didn't seem to enjoy deliberating over the bedding, can't think why.

I did allow him to go to B&Q and buy a new security lamp to put on the garage. The window cleaner managed to bash the current one while walking past with his ladders. OH will be kept happy fitting that tomorrow. It will also stop him from moaning because with the current one, you can see the wiring going through the wall. This has always annoyed him. The new one fits flush to the wall,so that will hide the wiring and stop him twittering about it.

Linda,
You've had a good day, lunching out, and spending money. I hope tried all the beds, bouncing up and down on them etc. Hope you didn't get too carried away and fell asleep. OH might have walked out and left you there.

I can feel an urge to spend money coming on - we need a new fridge freezer, the freezer half of the present one is acting up, but we have had it rather a long time. We also have a chest freezer, so may buy just a larder fridge, but a tall one.
When it gets a bit warmer we will venture inland on a shopping expedition.

Tec

We did try all the beds out, but as it is just for a spare room, it isn't so important. I like beds to be soft, but OH like the mattress to be firm, so when we bought our last bed a couple of years ago,we had the mattress specially made with each half being a different firmness.

I like larder fridges, one must be better for you as you live so far from the shops. I have a chest freezer as well. Luckily we have a door from the kitchen which opens into the garage,so we keep the freezer in the garage, but it is really easy to get to.

Good morning/evening my friends. Hope you are all well and keeping warm or cool.

I've had some good laughs reading the posts that have been posted since I was on here last. I love this thread - we can have serious discussions or be silly and we all get on so well.

Libby - it's good to know that you will send on our messages of love to Alison. She has become a dear friend and we would love her to know we are thinking of her and her family including you.

CC - good to see you as always.

Carole - thanks for posting off the book. I’m glad you enjoy it. My mum remembers a lot of what is mentioned in the book.

Diane – I think you did exactly the right thing as far as your dad’s concerned. I hope all goes well and you are able to get him the care he should have when he needs it.

I went to a funeral yesterday for a 97 year old lady. I went for the sole purpose of supporting her daughter who has some problems due to having a mother who has made it clear all her life that she did not want a child. How sad to hear her daughter say that she now feels – at the age of 66 – that she can get on with her life without a dark cloud over her head.

Then to top off the day my son came home from work and told me he has left his job. The company has made it clear that they would like to work with casual and part-time staff and have made it difficult for the full-timers to work by changing their rosters at the last minute and generally making their working day stressful. A number of people have left. My son has been finding it difficult to cope at work in the last year although he enjoyed the 3 years previous to that. He has suffered with stress and anxiety and his dad talked to him a couple of months back about whether the job is worth compromising his health. After a bad couple of weeks he has decided that he doesn’t want to work with this company. Although we support him totally with this decision it is quite worrying to have a 28 y.o. out of work in these slow economic times. Luckily he does have some skills and certificates so hopefully he will get something quickly. I need a holiday!!!!

Sue xx

Good Morning Sue,

I hope you are feeling better now.

You are right about this thread, it's sometimes like the Mad Hatters Tea Party, but we can discuss serious issues without anyone taking offence, just like friends meeting up - it's a great thread.

How sad that that lady had such an awful relationship with her mother. Maybe she can now find happiness in her life - very sad situation.

I hope that your son will soon find a position that suits him, and gives him job satisfaction. Nothing is so demoralising than working somewhere you would rather not be. That does undermine a persons health, and state of mind. A good lad will always find work.

Tec

Hello Tec. My son will find something but he's just got up and he's told me he's feeling a little scared now as to whether he's done the right thing. He just didn't have the time to look for another job while working in this place. This frees him up for serious job hunting and interviews.

With regards to the lady whose mother passed away. She was adored by her late father and that caused problems with her and her mother. The old lady favoured one grand-daughter above the other 2 and this also caused friction between the sisters and their mum. The favourite grand-daughter wrote a tribute that was read out by the minister and it was very unpleasant and caused a ripple through the chapel. I came away thorougly disliking an old lady I've never met.

It looks like we'll have a lovely day today. The mornings are getting cooler and it would appear that although the days are still warm Autumn is on the way.

Sue xx