General Chat

Good morning all

Brrr.....it’s cold today. IPad is saying it’s 3 degrees and feels like 0.

I couldn’t have the shingles jab Mel. It was done in age bands and I kept missing the cut off point. Now I’m too old anyway. I hope you are less sore today.

No idea what I’ll be doing today. My back is a bit easier but I’ll be doing everything very carefully. I hope Mandy’s back is less painful now.

Have a good day everyone and stay warm.

I was wondering if you lot have had your shingles jab as mine still hurts today and is still hot and a bit red in blotches.

BIL came at lunchtime just as I was eating my pie I bought at the shop so I would'nt have to get any lunch or washup. He hd eaten so I did'nt have to do him naything. He had a look at the new water meter thing they put in to see if he could turn it up a bit but its just an on off thing for if I have a leak lower down the pipe to the house. He forgot to bring my strimmer back which made me cross because I could have used that today. He brought new washer things for the old UV light but did'nt fit them but while he was here I got him to take the filter box mesh tray out for me to clean and I did the filter twice too. I can't even see in the filter box with the mesh in and BIL can only just reach it but can't see inside either but he gave it a swirt out with the hose and a lot of muck came out into the filter which I was cleaning and draining so it should be good for another week now. Apart from that I have done a bit of varnishing and did a wash too but late so its on the line in the cold and the winds dropped now. I shall probably have to bring it in tomorrow and dry it in the uti room.

Hope Mandy's back is a bit easier today and sending wishes. <3

Well the queue was right out of the door, It was all well organised but we are such a large surgery and a lot of their patients are in the right age bracket. I was half an hour past my booked time. I think they might have had a technical fault earlier. Cynth has gone this afternoon 2pm appointment and took about as long as I did judging by when she got back.. I was told by the nurse doing the actual vaccinations that I was a very good patient, because I was calm, ready and not fussing or fidgeting. I thought I should have had a lollipop or a badge and a pat on the head for being a good girl.

I t is a beautiful but cold day 13 degrees now, no wind and bright sunshine.

I had better stop now, my 'flu arm' which is the right hand one, is aching.

After more overnight rain it’s a lovely October day here; blue skies, white clouds and plenty of sunshine but it is cold. Weather app says it’s 13 degrees but feels like 11 and there is quite a strong wind from the North.. For the first time in a long while I had to wear a jacket outside.

I hope your back is a bit easier today Mandy. You will need to take it easy for a couple of days and then only do a little bit at a time in the garden. I shouldn’t be giving advice as I don’t do what I tell others to do so my back is bad today. I think I might have been a bit cold last night and slept all sort of scrunched up. Then I stupidly decided to get on in the garden while it was dry and, like you, probably did too much.

I hope your jabs were OK AnnG and you don’t have any after effects.

OH rang the car place at around 5 pm yesterday and couldn’t get any reply even though they are supposed to be open till 5.30. He has emailed them but I shouldn’t think we’ll get a reply before Monday.

I didn’t feel like sorting out a Sunday roast this week so I’ve put a huge beef casserole in the oven that will feed us today and tomorrow with probably a helping for the freezer as well. It’s been so warm that we haven’t had that sort of dinner for a long while so it will make a nice change.

Forgot to say

This is Mel signing off from the Tomato.




Still giggling at that.

Morning Ladies,

Its sunny here and 10 degrees at present but what the rest of the day will throw at us I don't know I just hope its dry as its been so miserable over the past few days.

No I did'nt see Barbara Knox but may watch it on iplayer. Anyone been wtching the one about the Ripper I could'nt get into the body in the wall after the first episode.

I wonder if BIL will come today? or if the Waterboard man will too?

Good morning all. a cold one this morning only 5 degrees, quite a change from the 17 it has been this time of day a few days ago.
Slept better last night, still woke up several times but slept longer between.

Got my jabs this morning so will hopefully BBL.

Wonder if Vera heard any more about the car?

Anybody else watch Barbara Knox at 90.. She is marvellous for her age. I thought it was a good programme. Bradley Walsh was good too.

Mandy put a hot water bottle on it as that helps me with my back.

Well so much for the waterboard coming today......they did'nt turn up. :-( :-| :-|

Bit chilly here tonight its 11 degrees here now and plenty more rain to come too. Its been raining all afternoon.

Its taken me all afternoon to paint a Clarice Cliff pot with a lid and I'm not sure if I like it or not. :-S Its her Pansy design which I always think looks like nasturtions.

Well we have all had a laugh Vera. I think it is when a word sort of gets left behind in your brain and leaps into first position when it shouldn't.
I think I rarely go to bed without something on my mind but yes, there are a couple of things uppermost, nothing to be worried about, just stuff that needs sorting.
Hope you get a surprise and hear good news about the car this afternoon.

Mel, all that washing up and cleaning with low pressure. Did you ask yourself if it was really necessary? Maybe it could have waited until the men had called and fixed it.

Mandy take it easy with your back. Gardening is the devil for pulling muscles and putting backs out but needs to be done.

Its tipping it down again here now and the temps gone down to 16 degrees.

Afternoon all,

That made me laugh Vera lol perhaps you've had too much tomatoe and its pureed your brain :-D
It's odd how you get things in your head Colin was singing On the good ship lollipop this morning and said where on earth have I dragged that up from lol

Lovely sunshine here at the moment but there's some really black clouds about ,not sure what its like out as I haven't been out my back is really bad today I can hardly move so I'm taking it easy ,to much gardening I think .

You did make me laugh Vera :-D :-D :-D

Its still 17 here and we have had sunny spells and rain showers which the pc says is going to get heavier.

Not heard a thing yet from the waterboard they have probably forgotten all about me. Its such a nuisance as the I have just cleaned the sink and it took ages to rinse it. Done lots of washing up and some of the things on the room divider and lots of little trays.

This is Mel signing off from the tomato too. :-D :-D :-D

Good day from your totally barmy friend

I think the fact that it is Friday the 13th has addled my brain. I keep doing the silliest things today. The final straw was just now when I announced to OH that I had had enough of doing stupid things so I was going to go on the tomato for a while!! He looked at me as though I was mad (which I clearly am) and then we both burst out laughing. I think the computer will be forever known as the tomato now :-D

I'm sorry you're having such bad nights at the moment AnnG. You have my sympathy. Have you got anything on your mind that you're concerned about or are you like me, comfortable, warm, no worries, but sleep won't come? I hope you have some good nights from now on.

This morning I showered and then decided to give the drain a bit of a clean. It was a bit mucky and greasy with plenty of hair down deep so it was on with the rubber gloves and out with brushes, soda, boiling water etc. It took longer than I expected but it's much cleaner now. I think it's a while since I did it and I felt a bit ashamed of the state it was in. Memo to self: must do it more often.

I hope the water people can sort out your low pressure Mel.

No car yet :-| OH rings every evening now to chivvy them up. Last night they said it could be ready today but we're not holding our breath. It will probably be Monday. A one man business tends to do one car at a time but this is a big concern with lots of cars going through so they operate a sort of queueing system.. So for instance when the car is at the spraying stage it goes in a queue behind everything else waiting to be sprayed, then when it gets to polishing it joins the queue at the polish shop and so on. I think the poor car has spent more time in a queue than actually being worked on.

We had a lot of rain overnight and today is just grey and miserable and very windy. It's not cold but the wind is making it feel a bit cool. Not sure how warm it is as the computer is telling me it's 18 degrees and the iPad is saying 21.

I've got a couple of emails to send so I had better get on with that and by then OH will have lunch ready.. This is SuffolkVera signing off from the tomato. Bye for now.

Showing 17 now but the sun is out sometimes and when it is it feels really warm outside. I just walked down with some books for Irene.

Morning all,

Sorry you have had another bad night Anng perhaps your body is getting ready for the hour difference at the end of this month.

Iv'e made my coffee too hot what a nuisance.....

My arm is not too bad tis morning but my left one I hd the jab for shingles in is hurting nd feels hot to the touch. It hurt when the nurse did it but the other, covid and flu went of after a day.

Its 17 degrees here and they forcast rain for most of the day. Pc says cloudy. The water man should be coming today to see why I have no pressure in my cold tap. The strange thing is when I first turn it on it rushes oiut for a second and then dribbles like an old man.

Good morning all. 18 degrees here and very grey and drizzly. Probably an indoor day then. I seem to have developed a very strange sleeping pattern of one or two hours sleep and the same awake. Wish I could revert again to more or less sleeping normally for a few hours at a time. Seems to have been a change this past week. :-|

Sounds like you need a rest today Vera so good to not do anything physical. Again for the 3rd night in a row I didn't sleep well, kept waking and then dozing. Don't feel too bad today and all ready for the group. Not many today as half of them are unable to be here for various reasons. No plans or agenda Vera, it is very free running. That doesn't mean we have a lot of unfilled silence. We don't Always somebody with a problem or idea.

Boiler was serviced this morning and passed with flying colours. Apparently my emissions are wonderful :-D It has done very well so far, must be over 20 years old now. Worth £75 for peace of mind.

It's been raining heavily with just a few short breaks since yesterday evening and is only 13 degrees which is a bit of a shock after the 23 degrees of a couple of days ago. We haven't had to put the heating on yet but I don't think it will be long. As I've said before, once our heating goes on in the autumn it stays on till next spring. I'm hoping we can put off switching the underfloor heating on till we come back from our couple of days in Yorkshire. We have a couple of electric fan heaters which we can use if we just want a bit of a boost in the evening.

I'm having an easy day today as I feel a bit like a zombie. We both worked hard yesterday and went to bed tired out but I couldn't sleep. I turned the light out at 12.30 and was awake at 2.00 am. At 5.15 I got up, made a cup of tea and read a book till 6.45. Then I dozed till 8 am. I can't seem to get my head in gear today.

Yesterday I did all the ironing, made soup for lunch and 2 lots for the freezer, did a lot of odd job, sorted out the outside freezer so I knew what was there and could find things and cooked a big evening dinner. OH hoovered right through for me and took off all the remaining green tomatoes as they won't ripen outside now. I had 5 plants in medium size pots outside and they have done really well this year.

Thanks for the recipe Mandy. I think, like AnnG, they would be too sweet for our taste but I shall keep the recipe as they might be useful to take to the next family party. I'm sure lots of the youngsters would enjoy them. I hope Jake settles down in his job. I am sure he will. They sound a friendly bunch and they will expect him to be a bit slow to start with. We all take time to get up to speed in a new job. It might have been better if he could have worked a full week to start with to give him time to get into the swing of things before having a day off. I wish him well.

Mel, I hope you are not so achy today. Stick with the exercises if you can. They will probably help keep the joints and muscles a bit flexible.

I hope your garden group goes well this afternoon AnnG. Do you have a programme of things to talk about?

I'm going to spend this afternoon having a general tidy up on the computer. I'm sure there are files that can be deleted now and I want to back up my family history trees as I have changed a couple of entries and added a couple of bits. I've had Family Historian for years and I was so pleased I had a proper backup when we were having some work done on the computer and the chap asked what had to be kept. OH told him about most stuff but forgot my Family Historian programme and it was removed. I had to reload the programme which I could do foc as I still had the original code and then I could restore all the information from my backup.

I think it's stopped raining at last. No doubt it will start again soon :-(

Morning girls,

Dull and sreary here but it is 15 degrees so dos'nt feel cld out as there is'nt any breeze yet. It absolutely chucked it down last night and everything is very wet today out there.

There are two deer laying against the box hedge resting.

Injection arm is achey this mroning but other one is not too bad yet.

I am hoping I have a day to myself today and not have any callers like BIL as I need toget some jobs done. I did the ironing yesterday spo thats out of the way now I need a good tidy up and dust.