General Chat

Hello Julie
I have been a member since 2003 and i am still a bit wary about posting on threads , i'm not a very confident person to be honest .

They are a nice bunch on here though and this is the thread i feel most comfortable on .

Welcome .

Hi Julie and welcome, no need to feel shy!!

Just ask if you want to know anything.
To nudge a thread is to add something to it (sometimes the word nudge or 'n') because you feel it is worthy of another read by people or somebody asks about something that appeared on the thread. Obviously if you add a post to any thread, no matter how old it goes to the top of the board it is on.
The A-Z threads are just like quizzes. If you go to the firat post it usually tells you what is required. Some people like them, some don't it is all a matter of taste and opinion. e.g. A-Z of boys names you follow the previous poster with a name beginning with the next letter of the alphabet.

The trouble on the boards is mainly on chat, mainly centres around a few people and often late at night.

Thanks ladies for the welcome.
As I'm usually tucked up in bed by 10pm that explains why I haven't seen any of the nasty stuff!
Have any of you got membership for the Ancestry website? I've been considering signing up for it, but don't know if it is worth the bother - does it have anything more on it that GR? I have 2 weeks trial that I can still sign up for but if I activate that I want to be prepared with what I want to search for........ if the info I need is available on that site etc. Any idea how good it is please?

Julie W

I have Ancestry but I don't have gold membership of GR so can't really compare. However if you have London ancestors Ancestry does have the parish records for London. I think they do have more than GR. I have found it very useful, pity they don't have the 1911 census but can't have everything.

Hello Ann in EssexYes there are springs at Malvern too, not had the courage to try them but no doubt they taste the same as the others. By experience medicine etc that is 'good for you', never tastes nice!!

I remember trying the waters at Bath many years ago , it was horrid, btw, I bought two folding cups from the shop in the Lakes, they were called campers cups, we have them when we go out so we can have a drink from a can, dont like drinking from cans, the only problem was if you dont twist the cup tight it collapses on you...lol....

Jean x

I used to work as a waiter for British Transport Hotels in the 70s and we used to served bottled Malvern water at most of our meetings, functions.
That was long before bottled water was the in thing with the alternatives being sparkling Perrier and of course Vichy water which tasted like bath water so I was probably right first time round!

" Whit, drink it? Naw, ye'll waash yur face in ut lik the rest o' us! "

Used to spend a lot of time in the South of France in the 60s (French born / French dad/ Scots mum) and the tap drinking water there was terrible too.

The toilets were "fun" as well but at least the weather was nice.

I've tried the Spring Water at St Ann's Well in Malvern. Well had a little sip anyway.

Lovely views from Malvern Ridge if you can get up that far.

I went Youth Hostelling with my son in Malvern in 1985. (Just found his YHA Membership card a couple of days ago.)

Hi everyone

yep ... rusty nails is a good description of the spa water at Scarborough!!

Kathleen .............. the lady from 100 Mile House wasn't called Ev or Evelyn was she?

100 Mile House is the closest "town" to where we have our cabin ............... it's a 60km drive away, so "shopping on Friday" is a major expedition for us!

I know Ev/Evelyn, met her through Friends Reunited, then met her in person, and am still in contact. Don't know whether she was a member on here though ................ she was/is tracing her family, and we have the name Cott(e)rell in common. Never have managed to work out if they are the same family or not!

I have seen some of the nastiness seeing as the time difference means that my most active time on here is in the wee hours UK time. That's the main reason I don't go near Chat!!

But there are also some people even on the other threads who can be mean, even to people who are trying to help them ....... maybe just a bad day for them, but it's unnecessary.

I do have a little black book of such names!!!


Take care everyone

sylvia
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I'm an old member returning....hope to get to know new members and catch up with old..xxxx

theresa, yep, been up on the ridge, lovely view once up there!!

Hi Sylvia, 60Km to go shopping, you have really got to want to go haven't you?

Hi Hayley Mrs P and welcome.

Hi Ann



and not forget anything either!



Only about 12 kms is on gravel, the rest is paved roads, and pretty good ones. It takes about 1 hour each way.




sylvia

I hate driving (or rather travelling as I don't drive in the states or Canada) on those gravel roads.

Been posting yesterday with regard to lack of salted pavements etc with the following....

If the councils had the manpower, they would probably be short of vehicles.
If the councils had the vehicles, they would probably be short of manpower.
If the councils had the manpower, and the vehicles, they would probably be short of salt.

..................and today, hey presto Fife Council in Scotland have .........run out of salt !

You really couldn't make it up ..................

Yes I saw that Frank, last feb Gloucestershire ran out of grit.

Last winter Vancouver did not have enough snow clearing equipment, and ran out of the salt/sand mix they use .


............. and they found it hard to get more because the rest of the country was having major snowfalls as well.


Only the main streets were cleared ..... and not well.



We have the Winter Olympics next month



so they bought about $1 million worth of equipment over the summer to be sure the same thing doesn't happen again!


I remember that years ago they used to attach blades to the front of city trucks (eg garbage trucks) and use those when we had snowfalls .............. but they didn't do that last year. I guess the other equipent has become so specialised that they cannot adapt to other uses.



I do remember a time soon after we arrived here when the city ran out of money for snow clearing .......... and they refused to transfer any more over to that account. They said the buses would help in getting the main roads free (or freer) of snow ......... but the buses went on strike.

It took weeks for everything to clear up.



At least now they do spend however much money is needed .................... but they may not have the quipment or the salt/sand!




Morning everyone! Off to have my breakfast now



sylvia

talking of snow....lol
I wouldn't drive today as it is now compacted ice and none of our side roads have been gritted. But really must get out tomorrow to buy OH his birthday pressie. Could always put him an IOU in his card...lol
Hope you all had a good New Year.

(Ann, have you bought the Tudors yet??) Will watch some more tonight as rubbish on the TV as per usual !
Maggie

I live on an "A" road, so usually not a problem gritting the road. Traffic is usually free flowing. But it can geytvery slow in the rush hour. and/or when the local Prem. football team are playing at home.

I am off shoping with the Ring & Ride bus service tomorrow. A wonderful door to door service. So helpful to anyone who has difficulty getting out and about. It gives us all a new lease of life.

We have snow forecast here for tomorrow and Wednesday so I am extra grateful for the Ring & Ride service. I really couldn't manage to shop without it.

I live on a back street terrace and the gritters don,t come near us .
The road and path are really thick with solid ice , braced myself this morning to take little un to school drove 8 miles to school . gets there and - - - he didn't go back until tomorrow .

What a dumbo i am !

Oh Cath, what are you like Lol!!! So it was a practice run then?

Maggie, no not bought the Tudors yet, don't think I would have time to watch them.