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Turkey breast roast is in and all the other stuff is prepped ready to roll. Just counting down.

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Our 42 Wedding Anniversary today, hope to enjoy the company of our daughter and hubby (down from London) at our local club and celebrate with a couple of vimtos! :hyper::hyper::hyper::cleader::cleader::drunk::dru nk::drunk::luv::luv::luv:

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Congratulations Tinky. I hope you and your husband have a lovely day just don't go overboard with the Vimtos.

Jo xxx

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Congrats, hope you have a great day

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Congratulations Tinky on you and your husbands 42nd Wedding Anniversary today.:tu:

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Thank you everyone for your kind wishes. I will have to behave myself somewhat as it's a down hill stagger home. :D

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Hope you both have a lovely day with your family, Congratulations

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Congratulations Tinky and your partner. Enjoy your special day.

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Picked up a Kilo joint of Hereford beef brisket this afternoon for just over £8. I'll cook it tomorrow as a slow pot roast for several hours until it is meltingly tender.

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Just has a online chat with a Virgin Media member of staff and have agreed a new 12 months contract for £16 less a month.:)

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Well Done Den;)

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Just a heads up for anybody who likes a decent pie: Sainsbury's are knocking out Pukka pies at a quid a pop for the next week or so. Can be frozen and also cooked from frozen so stock up while you can.

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Just spent four hours in LGI A&E with my son (aged 27).

Why is it a happy thought?

Well, I get a call from him at just before 8am, saying he has been knocked off his bike (he cycles to/from Leeds City Centre from Far Headingley to get to work), and he ended up flying over the car's bonnet and landing 10 feet beyond the car - since he was only five minutes (on the Otley Road) from our house, it was quicker for me to pick him up and take him to A&E than ring/wait for an ambulance (this was on the advice of a passing GP who stopped and did a quick once-over).

Well, after initial triage and x-rays to the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee (all right hand side), the good news was that it was just lots of road rash and extensive bruising, with nothing broken - he will be on crutches for a couple of days, but should be mostly back to normal in around a week (not so sure about the bike, though...).

So, best possible outcome of what could have been a really bad situation.

(my son was cycling down the Otley Road bus lane when the car turned left into Cottage Road, cutting across the bus lane - perfectly legal, but he didn't see my son, so car/bike interface scenario occurred; the driver was very apologetic, and waited for me to arrive before leaving).

Please don't turn this into a car/bike rant, as it is not the point of this post - I am just very pleased my son didn't have serious injuries.

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Thank god that your son is going to be alright Hugh.:tu:

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Glad to hear that your son was not too seriously injured Hugh. :tu:

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So Glad your son is not nearly as bad as it could have been, Hugh, Must have been a shock for him too and the family,

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Just phoned hospital for a CT scan and they have a cancellation so can get it done Monday. (I can't have an MRI because I have a pacemaker - leads are not MRI safe.)

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Actually if you have someone with pacemaker technical knowledge from the pacemaker department who was present during a MRI scan there should not be a problem as they can turn off the pacemaker if needed before the MRI is done and then put it back on after the scan is done.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart...defibrillators

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Glad your son is okay Hugh

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just got back from seeing my cousin who I have only seen once before, several years ago. She gave me some Vegimite.

She lives in Oz and moved there 40 years ago.

chatting about things and there are that many spiders in Perth WA.

I was chatting to her husband who I found out is a retired FIFA ref who did some world cups.

He even has his own Wiki page. So does that count as knowing someone famous?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Lennie

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No.

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Nope, i have something similar The cleaner at my old work has a sister that is married to Nick the Greek from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, it was interesting hearing about his latest movie or TV series though.

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Nope, my old teacher was the window cleaner in eastenders when den and Angie had that massive Christmas argument and he shot pc Ramsey in the bill, I'm not counting that either

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My sister once touched Dustin Hoffmans hand..... He was filiming in the street outside and he popped inside the newsagent to buy some pencils, she gave him lots of small change for his £50 note (bleeding idiot).

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I worked with a guy until recently whos hand was used in 1 of the indiana jones movies, no one would put their hand into a hole full of bugs so his hand was used after being made to look like a womans hand.


Anyway we're a bit off topic now.

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That might count if you've shaken the hand, afraid not if you haven't

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Nearly time for a day off. Don't get me wrong, I like the job. But when you haven't had a day off since New Year's Eve, then yeah you crave a day off. Wednesday, phone will be staying on airplane mode.

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Jeremy Clarkson's column in my red top today made me chuckle:

:rofl:

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With it being cold today I thought I'd use one of the Calor gas fires that came from my mothers house. Cleaned it up and serviced the burners and jets. Works OK but the gas flow to the centre burner needs tweaking as it's a bit strong. Need to find out where that is set. Still I have two full 26Kg gas pots so "free" heat. :)

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I know that home emergency cover is a bit of a con but just had renewal notice for British Gas 4 (gas, heating, electrics, plumbing, drains) going from £690 to £833.

Zoiks!!!

So I phone BG and get offers of £580 (no excess) and £380 (£60 excess), went with the latter as £450 difference (to renewal) would be a lot of calls.

I know I could get cheaper or rely on pay as need but it's nice to know things will get fixed. It's just saving that much with a simple call.

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I never bother with stuff like that, touch wood not been a problem for 22 years, has it saved you money since you started doing it, if not maybe the money not spent would have paid for a car?

I recommend using the money saving site Topcashback you can save alot of money if you go through there if the place you used is on there.

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Off to London tomorrow to visit our son and family. We take the Haggis for a Burns Supper on Sunday,

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It's certainly saved us money but it's also more for convenience and being stung by a less than honest local merchant who charged to do work they didn't need to cover.

It's also more convenience to just have one number for most needs.

We do have a local plumber but he doesn't do the drains.

We have an electrician who is very good.

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The only thing i have had to do is call a plumber out 3-4 times to fix a few things like broken radiator valves and a faulty gas valve on the boiler, total cost is probably £300-400 over the last 22 years.

Hopefully it will continue like this in the future.

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Going to pot roast a brisket joint this afternoon for our dinner. 3-4 hours will make it "fall apart in the mouth" tender. :drool:

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Scottish Power reduced my bill by £11 a month today for electricity and gas, Happy with this result ,

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Car passed its MOT today. :hyper: Just needed a couple of wiper blades.

She will need 4 tyres in the not-to-distant future but it's not urgent.

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In the next 6 to 12 months l gather before the next MOT.

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I fitted 4 new tyres to mine as they were borderline legal and car then fails MOT (scrapped) a month later.

Protyre are really good for prices and our depot price was lower than web. On a 16" for the Mondeo I chose the Falken F310 ECOrun. A grade wet stop, B for "fuel" (resistance) and 67dB noise so quiet as well. The same tyre on larger wheels is no where near as good.

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I would have been tempted to get 4 wheels from the scrappie and then sell on the ones with new tyres.

I knew the tyres were lean from the last MOT but they'd only done an extra 1300 miles so I took a chance just in case something more significant came up. Car's only 9 years old and 54K miles but you never know.

I used Falkens (195/45/14) on the Metro, (14" Compomotive alloy rims) excellent grip in the wet. We have a good independent tyre specialist in the town. They really know their business and take great care of alloys using stick on weights and final tightening in diagonal sequence with a torque wrench. You also see stacks of racing rims and slicks in the workshop so I think the local enthusiasts use them.

Though the Colt has steel rims I'll still check them out first.

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l have had the results of my bladder camera test today and it has shown nothing untoward apart from the bladder nerve endings which affects my flow at times.:)

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Good news den :tu:

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Nothing worse than getting disturbed mid flow, glad the results were okay though :tu:

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Just had an email from a chap [resident of ivory coast] he wants to deposit $ 4.2000,000 into my bank account with the only proviso that i help him donate some of it to God .

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I guess some of these emails work on the gullible people or they wouldn't do them.

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Spent a lovely day yesterday with my sons better half, it's lovely having the daughter I always wanted she is such a joy to be around the only thing is trying to keep up with her as she stacks so much in our day.

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After almost 2 years trying to get a plumber and electrician to connect our new shower, the plumber came and did his bit (£45 under quote) and a leccy will be here on Wednesday.

I'd better hurry up and put up the shower curtain...

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I had a laughter at this one ;)

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Thankfully, what goes around comes around, I really must stop laughing :D

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A vertical mouse and I hate it.

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Meeting up with my future daughter in law for lunch today as she knows at 11am is going to be tough for me and it could go either way tbh.

I'm very blessed to have her support if and when needed.

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We now have a fully functional electric shower. :cleader::cleader::cleader:

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Nice !!!

Our bathroom work starts on Monday, I'm dreading it as i wont be able to get any work done

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Just paid the gas bill: Only £121.32 for the Winter quarter. (Gas hob and fire) Not too bad and also shows how relatively mild it's been.

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My happy thought is my Dad seems to be finally accepting the new me as trust me I was tested to my limit the other day and basically I stood my ground as what my sister wanted and I suppose to a degree my Dad since he was the one asking, was for me to do what the next kin should be doing and I just said no that is not happening what does she want Dad the title and no work sorry it does not work like with me anymore and IMO it is not fair for me to expected to do it all again, with the attitude Oh don't worry weenie will do it, no she won't.

I'm have not totally taken a step back but what has now changed is if and when I apply for stuff for Dad I make it quite clear on all the applications that although I am the one applying on behalf of Mr XXXXXXXX please refer to next of kin details as they are to be the first port of contact and I will be honest I think this panics my Dad and worries her.

It is sad because I would have did it all again in a heart beat it if they had both treated me right but it is what it is her out my life (my choice I know) but it's for the best even if it does make things harder for them I need to focus what is best for the majority of my family and not just two.

Another happy thought is my eldest let it slip that I'm going to love what hubby has bought me for our 30th wedding anniversary on the 4th of March.

@ Jo thank you x

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Is it a Slow Cooker, or a new Dyson? ;)

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I do need a new slow cooker tbh and as for the Dyson I much prefer the Shark lift away lol as it's lighter :D

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Back from a few days in Amsterdam, to try and forget a significant birthday ! Lovely place and people, why are they all so happy and contented, very irritating !

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l have heard from some of my family that it is a nice city although l hope you steered clear of those red light districts.;)

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Yes, did want to go and look (out of academic interest !), but Mrs K wouldn't let me....

Main risk in Amsterdam is from bikes, more of them than people, so you needs your wits about you as a pedestrian. If they don't get you a tram might !

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Going to visit my niece and hopefully get a wee hold of the baby.

Hopefully she will have left the washing for me to put out for her, I think she is a bit tearful today as it's her hubby's 1st day back at work since the arrival of our newest family member.

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Just a heads up to pie lovers: Sainsbury's are doing Pukka pies for a quid a pop for the next couple of weeks. Can be frozen and cooked direct from the freezer.

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Amsterdam i did not like one bit, too many Bikes and tram coming out of the blue. To crown it there was a dustbin strike and the place was full of litter, I could not get home quick enough.

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Lovely to hold a wee new baby, Weenie :)

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I won the inner fight. For now. But it's a struggle I am getting tired of. Doctors no help. Community mental health team no help.

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See what local charities can do and if none of them can help as a last resort you could always try Mind

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Try googling "mindfullness" or look on the NHS site (see below).

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress...n/mindfulness/

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Car packed will drop youngest off at 1pm for his shift and our future daughter in law will pick him up after his shift.

He is such a caring boy as he said he will text me at 7:30 tomorrow to let me know he is up and ready for school and I've not to worry, little does he know I worry all the time about him and his brother it's part of the job being parents.

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You never stop worrying no matter what age. Weenie ;)

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A credit to you and his dad

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Ten years since I joined CF after the owner of Cablehell went doolally and directed it's members here.

I hope I've made some useful contributions. :D

Another anniversary: Our house is 100 years old this month, still pretty sound so all praise to the original builder: Alfred Clarke.

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Your pearls of wisdom heero are very much a part of this forum.:tu:

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Happy Anniversary to both you and your house.

Never seen you make a bad post or fail to be helpful. :tu:

(Can't believe I've been a member of CF longer than you !!! :D )

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Thank you Jo. You make me sound like a paragon of virtue. (Not really, I can be very :naughty:)

I'd rather not post than make demeaning remarks even if I think the poster is a complete.... :D

I believe you were also a member of cablehell as was. (Became Interhell but now only the domain and landing page exists, the forums have been pulled)

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I have always found you to be helpful heero :hugs:

I remember when I first joined you helped me and I thank you for that :)

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I did visit cablehell but don't think I actually joined. Cablehell always seemed to be a tad aggressive.

I do vividly remember that my first post on here was very nearly my last. I entered a discussion about the RED BUTTON - a very hot topic at the time. Helpfully, or so I thought, I repeated what I had been told on a phone call and got soundly laughed at by a 'Highish Repped' member for believing what I had been told. Would never have posted again if I hadn't been defended by a couple of even 'Higher Repped' lovely guys who become two of my early friends on the forum. :)

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The support I have from my mother in law, future daughter in law, my boy's and of course hubby.

I'm truly grateful to have been blessed with such wonderful people in my life.

I nipped by son's & his fiancée house to see how it was doing and it's coming along fine it looks to me to be now wind and water tight as the garage door is now on.

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Hubby bought me a trilogy ring for our 30th wedding anniversary and today I received the platinum wedding band to go with this ring.

@ Jo as promised I have attached photo of both rings together plus the lovely personal note from the jewelers where hubby bought the ring from & I must say I thought this was a lovely personal touch.

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The rings look beautiful weenie. Big hug from me to you both. xx

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Thanks Jo as you can see quite similar to the one I PM you.

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Very nice :tu:

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Beautiful ring , Love to you both ;)

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Just removed an old mono-block kitchen tap and replaced it with a new one. Swapping the hoses as the new ones didn't fit the old pipes.

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My nephew told me at shool on Friday for Comic Relief thet put a Grand Piano in the atrium where they can sit and study and have dinner.

So he stepped up and tickled the ivories and played Bohemian Rhapsody, and everyone started to sing it.

He felt good as he played.

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5 days off work!!!!

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I'm adding a new 2T HDD to my XP SP3 network media server PC but the existing SATA I controller won't accept the SATA III drive. Strangely the two existing drives: A 128GByte SSD for the system and a 1/2T HDD for data are both SATA III and work fine. So I've left those drives where they are and I got a used twin SATA PCI card off ebay for £10 delivered and it signs on during POST correctly.

However XP puts an exclamation mark next to it as it needs a driver. I have been looking for a suitable download. Couldn't find one for/from the card's manufacturer (They went bust a couple of years ago) but have eventually found a suitable one by searching by the chip number on the board. (INIC-1620).

Lots of places offering the driver but only if you install their driver manager which I'm certainly NOT going to do. I eventually found a site where the actual driver file could be downloaded from. (very obscurely hidden)

It's installed fine and the device now appears properly. Just a few more steps to be able to comission the drive. :)

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Just realised i can track an Amazon delivery van on a map which makes things easier, i wonder how long that has been possible!

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Been like that for quite some time now. It usually comes up when your delivery is close so you have to keep a check on it. It is good though.

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It was spot on in its timing down to the very second, the driver says it works when he is about 30mins away.

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Off for a family get together at bingo tonight.:)

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That comes in handy when I'm at work and I tracking a parcel that is a few streets away and I can tell my mum how far it is away.

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Still counting the winnings...

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l doubt it as the curse of Cable Forum has struck again TD.;)

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How so, I'll speak to the clique for you, try and get the curse lifted, gonna need a big chunk of winnings for expenses and personal nefarious plots to get it done though

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Printed in my redtop (The Sun) today and I think tomorrow: A £10 off Lidl voucher if you spend £40+. Two alcoholic products allowed.

Current promotions include a pound of rump steak for £4.59.

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Just when I'm truly down in the dumps my family make me smile by just being themselves wonderful thoughtful and generally just really wonderful people who just so happens to be mine yes I'm truly blessed I really am :ghugs:

Will more than likely update tomorrow:)

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You will need even more now as one of our family got a parking ticket a week later from that same night at the bingo TD and he is not happy with them.

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Not been on much lately for one reason or an other but my happy thought is my son and his fiancée moved into their new house/home last Thursday and I must say it is becoming a lovely home really fast, I'm so proud of them both as they have worked and saved extremely hard for everything they have.

My youngest is just waiting for his provisional driving license, what I will say it's shocking the price of driving lessons.

Oh and did I forget to mention I now have a fluffy granddaughter she is a Golden Retriever and is now 10 weeks old.

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Lovely pooch and good news all round, you know to there is an alternative to costly driving lessons, you go out with him :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes:

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Just potted on my tomato seedlings, summer is coming :)

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I believe if you think happy thoughts you feel better so everyone have a good happy Day,