Diary summary wk/ ending Sunday 1st March

[Gillg]

It's a beautiful sunny morning here in Devon today.  Long may it last (ever the optimist)!

Off to the eye hospital today with my husband, who has to undergo a battery of tests to check things out.  Since he is our sole driver, we are hoping that he won't be stopped driving, as our local bus service is pretty poor.

Keep warm, dry and healthy, everyone.   

[Viktoria]

Yes, Gillig, let’s hope all is good enough for your husband to continue driving .

A very mild day today  here and  sunny too, nice.

Cleaned freezer out today, the door was not shutting properly .A huge chunk of ice,(at least  enough to sink another Titanic!) was stopping the bottom drawer being really tight in.
All cleared away ,I am wondering if Kyra had pushed a few buttons like “ Fast freeze” ———so many buttons on their toys nowadays that they are allowed to press! She was drawing on the white kitchen floor tiles with chunky chalks
but was alone for a tiny few minutes whilst I took coffees in to the lounge.
The freezer makes a little noise when it switches itself off or on ,she would hear that and probably press one of the lights .
No real harm done.

Hope those with health problems are getting good care , some challenging conditions out there being stoically borne .
It is good people can share these things .
Isn’t RootsChat an amazing site,The NHS ought to make a grant!

Well, a cuppa and an earlier night ,no long sleeps for a while but I do stay awake in the day as much as possible ,I end up doing crosswords in the small
hours ,name a river for every letter , capital cities,Red Indian tribes, animals, etcetc etc .
I can understand why many people resort to sleeping pills, but not for me.

Thanks for the news folks ,look after yourselves.
Cheerio, Viktoria.

[radstockjeff]

I spend quite a bit of time these days, due to my current limited mobility, watching the computer screen and particularly bouts of Fakebook and particularly those commentaries on current affairs in America.

I have noticed an expression which seems to be in common use in the USofA but which I had not come across before.

As a preface to a statement ".............now here's the thing.....blah-di-blah-di blah..........."

Am I alone in not having been faced with this phenomenon before or should I get out a little more?
rj

[Roobarb]

I've heard that quite a lot Jeff, on TV rather than as the written word. Just another of those annoying phrases.I hasten to add that is not a dig at our friends across the pond, there are lots of annoying phrases in common use in the UK. Such as starting every sentence with 'So'.
I hope I'm not opening the floodgates here! 

[BumbleB]

Don't worry about it - we all have, from whatever region of the world we originate, phrases which we consider to be acceptable and others find 'strange'.

On a different subject - I have been buying packs of oranges for OH - this week's appears to be a little strange.  Yesterday's orange had 30+ pips in it, and today's has more than 20.   Well, it does keep him out of mischief whilst he is busy counting them!!

[mare]

A busy few weeks reading with postings, can relate to various topics, particularly the invasive and rather weird to watch 'scopies'  Good to hear that hospital visits for medical matters mentioned have gone well and that wait for further procedures will be over and done with asap.

You will be understandably excited Caroline with family arrival very soon and again in May. Sis will be here from Brisbane next week so I'm looking forward to that too. Mid March have a distant relative coming from US and we're meeting up for the first time, made contact through genealogy so doubt conversation will be a problem 

Viktoria, my little front opening freezer occasionally ices up at the back of the bottom drawer, so perhaps Lily may be off the hook 

February and Summer months coming to an end for us, parts of NZ have had some extreme weather and warnings but thankfully mostly OK our area and March often a good run of pleasant days ... we'll see soon enough 

Have a good weekend all, I'm home alone today to Sunday with husband away with fellow hobby friends 

 

[Viktoria]

That is quite often heard hereabouts,” Now here’s a thing “ prior to an unusual story or odd statistic, a bit like “ Well what do you think of this?”

A mild but damp morning ,but not really gloomy.

Well folks- I have won the Lottery——-yes from my Alzheimer’s Society Lottery monthly donations ,A cheque for the sum of £5-00——-
I give more than that each month ,in a bit I will be paying towards my own treatment as the blinds gradually come down.
Have done a bit of plant surgery this morning ,to a “ Peace Lily “ It is still in the same soil,  has never bloomed but does have abundant glossy deep green leaves .
One clump was looking weary, the rest very healthy, so I have cut off the weary part but have it in water as it might put out roots.
It must be all of 36 years since my daughter bought it for Mothering Sunday in 1991.My grandson was born that year.

Well freezer seems O.K. The contents are insured ———
I sometimes,well now and then but really fairly often think “ I will remember what that is” is as I chuck some unlabelled pack in but if course I don’t —
What arrogance 

Son off to Head Office again next week ,

I am going to start some Spring cleaning ,namely the bookshelves in the lounge which are in the recesses either side of the chimney breast.
Gosh the lovely books I gave away when I moved ,one was of all the fantastic castles built by King Ludwig of Bavaria, fantastic ,sooooo extravagant.
The big white really fairy tale one Hoenschwangau ,like the Disney one - well the other way round really - then Lindehof where the grotto with a beautiful swan boat floated ,all based on Wagner’s  Ring Cycle operas.
In the Grand Saloon there were wonderful crystal chandeliers ,supposedly better than any at Versailles or Buckingham Palace, ,the matter of cleaning them was described ,by this time the guide was getting a bit over the top, so it was mentioned by a visitor that a very famous company in London cleaned  costly chandeliers ——-,they were called “ Trotter “ —-
The guide could not understand why so much laughter ,but she was obnoxious ,as if we Brits had no such treasures or castles etc, and we ‘d won the war anyway!
Such extravagance and Ludwig only spent 45 minutes in Hoenschwangau .
Great tourist attractions now though .
Why ever did I give the lovely book away!

Well the sun has come out .
Had curry from thre freezer yesterday so our usual Thursday Chips will be for tea this evening.

Look after yourselves .Viktoria.

[Viktoria]

Folks,I have just got an email from supposedly a RootsChatter asking me to verify a previous email, I verified but now another has come asking me to do something for them regarding sending money which I cannot believe the person would do.
Ooooer, a scam? I have said yes thinking it was just to say their email had come,it was a P.M - we ‘d both had endless trouble trying to get into RootChat .
Not sure what to do now.
Viktoria.

[Caw1]

Viktoria, I would suggest you report this to admin with all the details and hope they can  sort it out for you. Sounds like you could be compromised.

Do not contact the person, at all, who sent you the email in the first place as it sounds as if it’s definitely a scam. No one would ask for money if they were a proper RC person.
Hope that helps.

Caroline