General Chat

Oh dear Stephen, I hope your eyes get better soon.
It's cold wet and horrible here down south. I get soaked as I walked to mass. :-P
Marilyn I bet you don't like this cold weather. You must be thinking about sunny climes :-)
Cath- are you going to Ireland again?

Rita the English/ Scottish holidays are easier to go on. No passport required and the currency is easier.
Have a nice day everyone. Don't get too wet.
<3

Morning lovely friendlies.
Cold and very windy here this morning, too windy to hang the washing out :-(
Spent most of yesterday doing the dreaded housework as we have friends coming to stay on thursday and they go back on the monday after which is the day before we go on our hols. Had a really good clearout and took several bags to charity shop, clothes, shoes and books. I don't like getting rid of books but I had piles everywhere, now they are all put away on various bookcases and I'm happy. I also packed my case so all in all a very productive day. I am going to attack the downstairs bathroom this morning and then spend the rest of the day working on my tree.
Stephen I hope the eye feels better soon, take care.
Enjoy your day friends,

Cath xx <3

I also have glaucoma and a year or so ago the specialist prescribed a 2nd lot of drops, Combigan. One day I was gardening and the next day I had severe conjunctivitis which I blamed on something from my gardening, but after 3 months of my eyeballs feeling bruised in the mornings, and of them feeling as if they were turning to mush during the day I went to my doctor in tears and she sent me to the eye clinic at a hospital. The doc there inspected me thoroughly then suggested I was allergic to the Combigan. He phoned my specialist then came back and told me to stop using the Combigan. Next morning my eyes were practically better! So if my description sounds like your problem Stephen and you are on those drops ask about stopping them.

Huia.

Morning friends. I say that and mean it.

Stephen sorry to hear about your eyes. I know what you mean how light affects them I have glucoma and have to go to the hospital twice a year for field test and pressure and use drops two lots twice a day. the thing with dark glasses you never know if it is sunny of dark outside them lol. anyway you take care.

Marilyn yes they did stay in Aussie this was an article I read in a magazine must be about 10 maybe longer years ago it was a funny piece there were ten letters in all going back and forth to him and his parents and the USA embassy.it gets really funny.

You must love flying and travelling about to go to all these countries like you do my sister is like that.. I must admit I have travelled to many places on the countinent , but I do love my English holidays.

HuiaAllYear

Nice to hear from you, I think we all find fault with our countries at times but most of us would stay in them. I know I would. I moan about it at times as we sometimes have things going on we dont like. But when I look at others countries they are often worse off then we are.
I am English and proud to be so.

Rita <3 <3 <3

Morning All !

I've been out of action for a few days. An old eye injury has been giving problems, yet again. Couldn't see to type properly. I'm still not 100% over the problem and must return to Hospital next Friday. Fingers crossed.

I'm wandering around with really dark sunglasses on all the time, even in the house, as any type of bright light is sore on my eye. Driving is out of the question just now , so I feel really restricted.

Good to see you home safe Marliyn. I bet the Holiday was fantastic. My wife wants to cross America on a Motortricycle. Personnaly I think she just wants to dress up in Black Leather. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Gonna switch off now, the light from the screen is getting too much for me
:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

Have a good day ya all.

Keep well , keep safe , keep smiling :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Hi there when you all get out of bed.

I wouldnt live anywhere except New Zealand, but I would love to visit England again to meet all the friends I have made on here and all the relatives I have found. Admittedly I have visited only Fiji, Singapore and England. I will be taking a trip to the Chatham Islands soon, but that is a part of New Zealand, albeit a remote part.

Huia.

Hi Pat & Shelly,

Pat .......take it from me England is the best place to live, we are the envy of a lot of Americans.

As much as I like going away ....and its only for the the SUN I'm always glad to get home to my lovely country. We do complain about our country but its the best !!

Shelly why have you got to get up soooooo early for ? blimey you will have to go to bed early tonight ..hmm maybe your already there..

Now where has the rest of you gone ? ...Maddie Stevey Dermot Yvonne

George I know is on holiday ...tanning himself all over I bet he's a real bronzer now LOL

Stevey its not like you to go wandering AGAIN !!

Jean how are you my love ?

pat i live in a dump lol
i call it conckerit jungle

im going to Austrialia one day you what and see even if i have to walk all the way ill just pack plenty of walking shose


have to be up and out by 5.30 in the moring

Marilyn, you've been to Auusie 7 times! Wow :-)
I look at where England is and where Austrialia is and I think it's miles away!
I've always lived in Exeter and i can't imagine living anywhere else :-)
Oliver was good. Just having some chicken, chips, peas and gravy. going to the Gym gives me an appetite :-D

Oh Rita...

Thats a bit sad don't you think ? I wonder if they really stayed there.
Its funny but on one of the USA trains that I travelled a couple sat on our table for dinner they were Australian's and she asked me" What would be your choice of all the places you have travelled to live " ?

I dont think she liked my answer ......I said ENGLAND but it can be very dreary in the winter that's why we follow the sun so often. I had been telling her I had visited Australia 7 times and I think she thought I would say Aussie.
We never saw her again...LOL

So England is my favourite place......no place like home :-D

Got all my washing on the line I'm just hoping it don't shower and its lovely and breezy .

I came a cross some papers I had cut from a book a long time ago.
It was headed THE OUTBACK.( it containes letter between a son and his parents. ) this is the first one.

A son gives his parents a dream holiday they are a married couple from Toronto.and retired.

Son

It's worth saying again that your father and I are so grateful to you for this trip.
Our 40th wedding anniversity had turned out to be the best we have ever had.(except. perhaps ,our always irreplaceable first ) Our time here in Australia has been wonderful, and we.ve come to know such great joy.How can I ever say it ?son , I just can't and I don't know if I'll ever say it.
I just can't and I dont know if I ever will be able to tell you in any way your understand until you're older yourself.

We're staying. There is no way around it.so there it is, We're staying for good.

I know this is a great shock to you, Knowing you, you probably have some strong feelings on the matter, but such things have happened here , such wonderous . remindful things , that have helped us rediscover what it means to have a new experiences and a new outlook.

We've already arranged the sale of the house back in Toronto.and we are not anticipating any immigration problems . especially considering our
excellent health and Commonwealth ties, (see what you missed when you naturalised ?The only place in the world Americans are welcome to stay is America, tut tut, one last time )

Yes I know what in the blazes are we thinking ? after 61 years, what can I say ? When you know you know.

Yours father says not to kick yourself for giving us the trip . You've no idea what a wonderful thing you've done

All our love
Mom and Dad

PS we will write soon.

morning all

im cold got the back door open and a brezs is comeing in and im in the kitchen

marilyn little one is geting a little sod every think is on target all but his taking seems lazy in that department
O and creems for what he want but dont no why cos he dont get what he wants.

rita my subs are up seen i had an email telly me so
but im on alto pay so dont have to do any think

pauline iv had a check on tree search and sent 3 pm out one got back to me already and we dont have a match but im woundering if thay have 2 rong people in there tree


but there is one that must be very close to me as thay have my dad and some of his brothers and sisters in there tree

now there is an earra on my dads birth records and if you dident no the family and new he was a brother his birth records would come up with mothers name diffrent from all the others

im realy hopeing this one get back to me as i think it could be a new tree as when iv put in all the name befor nothink has come up with a match

Hello everyone,
Going to see "Oliver" at the Barnfield this afternoon. :-)
Hope you're not too tired Marilyn.
I didn't realise that copper was being nicked Dermot!

SO no bodies GR Subs are due next Month OCT,?????????????

I was sure when I paid mine last year others on this thread paid theirs as well. . so I will have to wait till GR put it up at the top of my page to see when it is due.

Sun shinning here, just walked across to the Post Office and into the Chemist. expected it to pour with rain but no it stayed nice. I expect we will get the bad weather later this afternoon.

The have retarred all our roads locally how nice to walk on even crossings.


Rita

Morning all.

It's still raining here but not as dark as yesterday.

Marilyn, is it the first time you've seen what the world looks like at 5am? :-D :-D :-D

Shelly, I'm not sure you'll get hot matches, we don't seem to be getting any now.



Edit: Well that didn't take long to post.................. only an hour or two!!!! :-( :-( :-(

Hi Shelly.

I'm up !!........ yes I'm awake I went to bed at 11pm but could'nt sleep I tossed & turned my body is 10hours out of place Jet lagged as they say.

So its 5am and I have just looked at that little darling Olly........his hair makes no difference to his cute little face...his looks says it all " I can get away with anything" ..LOL So thanks for sending them to me.

I bet Pauline is awake now she usually gets up at 5am.

So what do I do now ?

Just going to make a bowl of porridge & a (_)? .

Then look at some threads , then I might fall asleep !! LOL

its ok now pauline i have done it now

so just have to what 14 day to see what the hot match are like

and marilyn please go and open your emails

thank you

pauline i can get the gedcom on the lappy but when i go in tp GR to uplowed it i carnt seem so find it on lappy

ok cofusing now as it is on the lappy and i can find in on topdesk or in document but want show up from gr

im not bother any way as i only use gr for contacts and dont get any any way

marilyn i keep on missing you
will you keep still and pop in the same time as me :-)

Night All,

Mo ...glad she's out ..LOL

Blimey I thought she swallowed a dictionary ...


Marilyn xxx