Genealogy Chat

Hi all

Frank ...... sorry to hear that you are still under ths snow.


I haven't watched Corrie since I left the UK ........... and I'd completely lost the plot when Canadian tv did start showing it


...........but I gather Canadians are currently seeing what you all saw 2 years ago!


we just have rain, rain and more rain here.



Anne ............... that sounds just wonderful!



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Whoops, is that the end of Claire in Corrie................

Not watching it, just annoying my OH with innane comments, I mean the tram has been down for 13 minutes but still no sign of fire engine or ambulance yet????????????

..........and after all these years of practice, Deirdrie still can't cry !

Bring back Ena Sharples.

My dear Anne,

Are you suggesting that our Cynthia is partial to an excess of sherry.

I'm sure the old boiler only hits the bottle at christmas...............

Another day off as the gritters have not been out in our area and the roads are just pure ice and still very bad in the city.
A lot of travellers spent the night in their cars trapped on the motorways mostly within 20 miles of Glasgow......it was pandemonium!

My bike was coated in frozen snow and when I chipped it off I couldn't get my key into the ignition so I heated the key and melted into the ice.
After all that, it wouldn't start anyway (frozen choke I think) but then the key wouldn't come back out as it had frozen solid in the ignition.......it's still -5c............had to get some boiling water to melt it out.

Evelyn, my brother in law from Kirkcaldy works in Livingston and had to spend the night at the factory as there was no way he was getting home.
Also, one of my wife's workmates left Glasgow at 11.30 am and got home to Hamilton (15 miles) at 11.00 pm.

Don't you just love daytime TV........ ???

Robert - you need to decide between you & Frank who is going to take on the Jack Nicholson role & keep control of the 3 of us witches - just because of the hair I could take on the Cher role (not the figure though) = who is going to be Susan Sarandon & Michelle Pfeiffer?

Quite fancy a quick spell or two

Wonderful to have you back with us Evelyn - I love Beamish & they are doing a special Christmas night
Music hall in the Masonic Hall
Pianist, concertina player and brass bands with Christmas carols for all to join in.
Tasty treats too: brandy snaps, roast chestnuts and mulled wine.
Christmas trinkets to buy from the market stalls and period shops.
Traditional Twelfth Night celebrations at Pockerley Old Hall.
Stroll through the snow to meet Father Christmas in his Grotto.
Ride on the beautiful steam Gallopers.

Sounds wonderful - Grumpy may have something to say - but i will try & jolly him along - looks like the weather may even behave itself.

I am getting so excited

Did you see Corrie last night - wow it was quite good really - not that i know who most people are - again have to tape it - OH managed to last 15 mins before he started moaning

I feel so sorry for Frank up there in the frozen north - we just have the cold wind and very heavy frosts.

The frost had settled before i got home last night - it looked lovely in the street light - i miss our roaving reporter - it was such a lovely story you wrote Frank - about you & Cynthia

Hows the boiler - don't hit it too much.

Oh dear Take that has just gone on sale again & they need me back on the phones (well not till 4pm & I am away on Friday whoopee) I have gone off them big time.

Well take care all

Hello Everyone, Just thought I would pop in for a minute. It is very cold here in Guernsey but we have no snow or rain at the moment.
I have been to have my hair done today, I enjoy my trips to the salon, I have known the stylist that does my hair since she started her training at 15 years of age, she does an excellent job and is very jolly, it is a real treat to be in her company.
Ann, Kara used to be in Eastenders, I think her dancing is superb.
I dont really have a favourite this year I think all except Gavin would be a worthy winner. I cant take to Gavin, never mind he is very fond of himself so he doesnt need me to like him.
Poor Scotland seems to be taking the brunt of the bad weather, my son lives in Livingston and sent me some photos of the road where he lives, the snow was almost up to the car roofs, I guess it had drifted. So please all you lovely Scots wrap up warm and take care of yourselves.
Cynthia I hope you get all your heating problems sorted soon or you will be wearing your broom out with bashing the pipes with it.
I havent done my Xmas shopping yet neither have I written any cards so I need to get a wriggle on or it will be new year and I will have done nothing..
I wish I was going to Beamish with you Ann, we loved it there, I especially found it interesting as I could remember a lot of the things they were using in the houses and shops. I particularly liked the dentists surgery.
Must dish up some food now so take care everyone.
Love to you all
Evelyn X

Aye Frank,

You are right about the "ladies". Sirens or Witches , they all frighten me.

Haven't got your snow yet (4.20) but they say it's coming this way, so back in shell until January.

Regards to all.

Hey Robert,

Never mind the Sirens, these women are starting to sound more like the Witches of Eastwick.

..............or maybe not ;)

Another day off as blizzards sweep in over Glasgow and Edinburgh.
It started raining at 8.30 am and half an hour later you couldn't see the street for snow !
One hour later and the main roads up the hills both sides of us were blocked with buses and cars stuck fast.
Even though the police put cones up closing the roads some 4x4s still tried to go up and had to unceremoniously reverse back down the hill and join the queue around the long way.
Looks like we got around 3 - 4 inches in five hours of constant snow fall.......amazing and the Scottish government were proudly praising all the schools for opening, but now the've had to close and a lot of the busses and trains are off again so it'll be pandemonium !
That's the snow stopped now at 2.30 pm but we are heading for -8c in Glasgow tonight.

It's heading south east Cynthia but it looks like missing you lot..

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr very cold today - my stupid neighbour poured water over her windscreen this morning & it froze straight away & went all over the road as well.

Well corrie hits the big 50 this week - looks like four funerals & a wedding will be the order of the day - its changed so much since i last watched it - not sure who everyone is these days.

Well Widdy is out now - but it had to happen - won't be the same any more

This week looks fun - Friday - Saturday & Sunday & we are going to be away - typical - I hope the recorder works ok - i can see what i will be watching when doing the ironing. Two get the boot this week - wonder which ones.

I def think Gavin will go - but not sure who else. I would love to keep Scott & Matt in and i think Pamela deserves her slot.

That leaves Kara - I still have no idera who she is & she has not grown on me at all - but i do like Artem & she can dance - just no personality - in my opinion.

It will be sad if Matt or Scott have to go

Oh well back to work - ordering gifts again

Take care all

There must have been some dip in the temperature last night as we have icicles again. A bucket of water out there is frozen absolutely solid. The central heating had gone off again so I had to perform my mechanical duties and go outside to thwack the pipe with a broom! A whole lot of ice came down followed by the water which had been trapped overnight.


We have just done our cards too Sue. I write them and have now decided that OH can put the little notes we send inside the envelope for me. If he's very lucky, I may get him to seal them too!


Ven Robert, don't forget that women can suss out men at a thousand paces!! A bathchair is no excuse for not playing snowballs. I will hand the snow to you! :))


Must get going I suppose.........


Cx


Don't think I will venture far today as the heating man is coming to fix that doofah. A good opportunity to get some presents wrapped and some ironing done I suppose.

Hi Everyone

Nice cool day today so I got a lot of my ironing done .

Robert if I was over there I would be out in the snow playing snowballs ,well for a little while anyway.

A busy weekend again but we are back on our own again until the next lot of visitors roll up.

Going to star my Christmas baking tomorrow,I have everything for the Christmas cake but I buy my puddings now and my fruit mince pies can't be bothered making them anymore it works out cheaper to buy.

We have a cold Christmas dinner here,I have done a roast at times but that is only if we know we are going to have a cool Christmas day .
Still cook a Turkey though,and buy a cooked leg ham on the bone,I can see a few kilos going back on over Chrissy.
I must be strong.

Anne no Migrain this time ,funny I have not had one for a few months now,I still don't really now what starts them off.
Good Idea about the Pm Christmas messages,I will be in it

I have just posted off my Uk cards ,hope they all get there some years they don't make you wonder where they go .

Better get back to my local cards ,I hate the job but the OH never wants to help with that he says it is a women job even for his own side of family.

Chaeck in later.
Suex

Robert

we all trained with the Secret Service

lol!

Tabitha,

I can't keep anything from you lot can I ?????

What a diverse lot we all are - computer engineers & boiler engineers - just to name a couple

Wonderfully sunny day - then the mist set in & we had a heavy frost on the cars before 5pm tnight.

At the moment I have a very large marmalade cat attacking my fingers as I try & type - very large ginger paws keep tyring to give me a swipe - far too interested for his own good.

Robert - was that you I saw on the local news (we can pop in on your area with Sky) Elderly man of undisclosed age seen on his great grandsons toboggan - I knew I was right about the snowballing

Sylvia - I bet its lovely downtown with all the Christmas lights.

Josie I had a wonderful vision of the sun streaming through your kitchen window.

I have some lovely views of Brighton with the pier in the background & snow on the beach

We need to PM each other our email addresses so we can exchange cards this year - esp those off on their travels.

Fingers crossed we can go away this weekend.

Sue how was the head after the red wine?

Cynthia hope you kept warm all weekend - no more icicles lurking around.

How are the bruises now Frank - I hear Glasgow is heading for more of the white stuff.

Any way must away need to see who is out of Strictly this week - wonder if they will keep Widdy in for the 3 dances next week

Take care all - keep warm

Hi Everyone,
Only got half of my Christmas Baking done yesterday, With 24 cel outside and 28 cel in my kitchen with the sun streaming in and the Oven on it just was to hot to be bothered.

Finished up spending 4 hours fiddling with my computer when I could not get on the net, It was not until my Son got home and checked out his computer, I realised the fault was with our Internet provider not me.

It was most frustrating but a least it gave me an opportunity to do a bit of spring cleaning in the computer as I tried to figure out what was going on.

Today was windy and overcast but still around 20 cel had planned to do some more Baking when I got home from Church,

But got an urge I have not had for a couple of months to do some more family research and try to take my maternal great grandfather's family back a few Generations,

Not easy when the Surname is Wright the First name is William and he was born in Dartford, Kent the family seemed to move around south London a lot so it is like trying to find 'John Smith 'as London at the time I am looking was brimming over with William Wright's.

While I have had not success with William so far, I have made some progress, with one of his Sons who I found in the 1881 census he had a daughter who lucky for me married a Randall Hipgrave so much easier to find when you have a weird name like that.

What I really should be doing is writing out my Christmas Cards, maybe to morrow night ha! Ha!

Sylvia do try and get some rest before you leave so you can enjoy your holiday.

I am glad to hear that you are behaving Robert and hope you are bundled up well in Tartan Rugs.

As for you Frank glad to hear the Snow is soft, but I hope you have no more falls of your bike.

Ann I have always had a mental Picture of Brighton being all sea and Sun, hard to imagine you get hail and snow!!

Cynthia hope your Heating is behaving and congratulations on your new qualification LOL

Well another fun day at the Dry-cleaners awaits me tomorrow so must head off to bed.
Sweet Dreams everyone, catch you all later Josie

Hi all

Robert ... do you ahve a tartan rug to cover your knees when in the bathchair? We can't have you catching cold you know



I'm really tired tonight .............. I went downtown!

I wouldn't normally go into town on a Saturday in December, but I suddenly realised that I needed some "intimate apparel", as it was listed on the store directory! The store I buy from is right downtown in the heart of downtown

Of course, I ended up wandering around the store more than I had planned

Our temperatures are dropping .... it was close to -2C last night and will reach the same tonight.

It actually was quite beautiful looking out of the bus windows as I went downtown. The downtown is north of where I live, and north of it is the harbour and then the mountains start rising from the water on the other side ...... they were covered with new snow. There was a bright blue sky, and the sun was shining!


I love looking at those North Shore Mountains (as we call them) ......... from 5 miles away!!



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Tabitha,

Snowballing at my age?

You must be joking!!

My bath chair doesn't move fast in the snow.

Woke up at middnight - very loud wind - snow dissapearing - by 5am handful of snow left.

We had a torrential hailstone shower around 11am - all snow officialy gone from Brighton

Stayed an extra hour at work as manic

Josie I am sure I can find you a job here - we get the little extras because we get so stresses.

However I don't let the stress get to me - I let it wash over my head now - you can only do so much.

Only thing that stresses me out is seeing my hard earnt money flying out my bank account.

Looks like we may be able to have a weekend away next week weather wise.

Happy birthday in advance Josie - just incase I vanish like the proverbial bird.

Frank you should take more care - not getting any younger - two little grand kiddies need their grand da around

As for the wee beastie - I think someone is feeling a lot better

Nice to have the saucy side back

Cynthia - I can think of a few things you could do

Sue - enjoy the wine - mid the headache

Sylvia - hope you get all your goodies before your trip.

Robert - I don't believe all this sleeping - bet you were out with the snowball throwing

Its 1640 and I last eat proper food at 7pm last night - had a couple of kitkats & a yogurt - so we are going to trat ourselves to a chinese take away - both feel so worn out.

Walking in deep snow up & down hills really takes it out of you.

Take care all - will pop in again later on

Heating went off again last night! I took a broom to that 15" icicle because it was clogging the pipe. Am now a qualified boiler engineer....lol



Poor Frank, falling off his bike like that. Is that how you lost your two front teeth then???? If you landed on your sporran, it would have been a very soft landing. Long kilt indeed.....!!


Josie.....you know Robert loves a bit of hassle now and again. It helps to keep him fit you know!


Enjoy your wine Sue..........hope you avoid a headache.



Daughter is with her brother today so I am at a loose end and keep feeling I should be doing something. Hope I don't remember what it is when it's too late............


Am going to get some presents wrapped whilst it's quiet here.


Cx

Hi Everyone

I am sure I posted yesterday but it does not seen to have come up,O'well I will do it again.

You all sound so cold I feel for you all,it was cool here today for a change but no fear the heat will return of that I am sure.

We have had pictures on Tv of the snow in the Uk,Scotland seems the worst hit ,I don't remember those type of temps as I was a child when I lived in England 16yrs old when I left for Australia.
We always thought it was fun then and the snow did not bother us but now it would I don't think my old bones could stand it .

We have just got home from Chrissy shopping ,I am getting a few things together now.
Going to have a nice hot bath with a glass of red wine,bugger the Migrains sorry about the French.
Suex

Hi all


no snow here ..... we've warmed up from last week!


getting a bit panicky about getting everyhting doen before we leave on Dec 14





birthday duly noted Josie ............. I'm sure you might well have an invasion down there :))))




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