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HI Gill, well winter is here, got some snow today.

I want my summer back!:yh_rotfl

G#Gill;1271443 wrote: I still don't know whereabouts in US you are ! Oh, and btw my son Andy is 40 years old !!! I have always told him he has never really grown up :yh_rotfl he just loves snow ! :yh_rotfl `


blimey, didnt realize he was an old man :D:D runs for cover before he throws sumthin at me >>>>>>>

he looks a lot younger in your pics !!!

been back and had another look for my glasses but no luck, ive got the ones i use for work and theres hardly any difference in the strength of them.

afraid they wouldnt make a lot of difference to my darts at the moment lol though we got runners up in a competion last nite and won our league game tonite.

the weather has got better at long last, i can do dry and cold.................

we had our first christmas card today or should i say wally did, it was from his hairdresser and it had a doggy chew in it :wah:

i love to be the first one who makes foot prints in new snow and its not unknown for me, even know, to get up at silly o'clock to do it either wah:

Hi Kathy, Odie and Helen, 'they' reckon we're in for a couple of weeks of wintry weather ! Snow? I won't hold my breath :wah:

Kathy, you just take it steady and be careful how you go Mrs. Yes sciatica can be very painful, so don't do too much too soon ! Why don't you go on your bicycle ? :-3

:-6

Odie, the snow just makes you appreciate the summer more, when it returns. It's a nice feeling sitting in the warm, when it's very cold outside! :-6

It's a pity you still can't find your new glasses, Helen, could be that somebody has already picked them up and maybe taken them to the cop shop? Good job you have a spare pair to use! It has been a showery day here today, with a bit of sunshine in between and I'm glad that it's a little drier in Cornwall at the moment. Wally won't get quite so muddy :wah: By the way, Andy may be 40 but he doesn't look it. If you knock 10 years off that, may be nearer the age he looks ! This photo was taken 2 years ago

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Ahhhhh, That's a lovely pic of Andy Gill. Give him my best regards please:-6



I will take it easy with the siatica....Thank you:-6

awesome pic of Andy, he's quite handsome.

I don't mind the snow, but today's was 5 inches of slush to clean up.:yh_rotfl

Odie;1271531 wrote: awesome pic of Andy, he's quite handsome.

I don't mind the snow, but today's was 5 inches of slush to clean up.:yh_rotfl


hands off girl !!! i saw him first :p:D

its such a beautiful day here we're not used to that here lol

i see they are getting it quite bad in the states at the moment, that usually means we are in for a cold spell !!!

decided its about time i got off my butt and did some housework, to be honest ive had enough of sitting around, doing nothing so im defrosting my freezer now !! ( i can do that sitting down :yh_rotfl:sneaky: )

hi kathyellen,

i get sciatica badly and once had it in both legs !!! i was hopping around like a cat on hot bricks for days lol

Hi kathy, Odie, Helen ! Yes it's a nice sunny day here as well ! Not sure what I will be doing, probably putting the small Christmas tree up, with lights etc. We've already put up the lines to hang our Christmas cards on. We did have a bigger artificial tree, but can't find it, so we think we took it to our caravan because we were intending to spend Christmas there ! However, stuff has conspired against this plan ! :-5 So we invested in a smaller tree We're trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but so far it isn't working

I feel so angry that we are not able to spend Christmas at our lovely static, because of what third parties have done ! However, we will make up for it, I expect, after the holiday.

I shall be glad when 2009 is over and done with, and it will be a year I will try very hard to forget!

It would be nice if we got a white Christmas this year, I can't remember when we had one of those, as it was so long ago ! :rolleyes:

Apparently we are in for a couple of weeks of very cold weather, but it is actually the time of year for it innit ? :rolleyes: So glad we have our central heating up and running, and gorgeous hot water straight from the tap

Take care all of you ! :-6




:-6 :yh_clap

Hello Gill from my winter wonderland here :-6 So much snow and it's very heavy. My plow guy is MIA :-5 Wonder if that mound in front yard is him :wah:

Jazzy;1271609 wrote: Hello Gill from my winter wonderland here :-6 So much snow and it's very heavy. My plow guy is MIA :-5 Wonder if that mound in front yard is him :wah:


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

YouTube - Honda TRX 250 Snow plow

Helen;1271562 wrote: hands off girl !!! i saw him first :p:D

its such a beautiful day here we're not used to that here lol

i see they are getting it quite bad in the states at the moment, that usually means we are in for a cold spell !!!

decided its about time i got off my butt and did some housework, to be honest ive had enough of sitting around, doing nothing so im defrosting my freezer now !! ( i can do that sitting down :yh_rotfl:sneaky: )

hi kathyellen,

i get sciatica badly and once had it in both legs !!! i was hopping around like a cat on hot bricks for days lol


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

first one there wins him!:wah:

Oh nice to have a beautiful day even though you don't have many.

I'm always off my butt cleaning something here, especially 2 cat litter boxes and the mess they make everyday.:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Tis really cold here today with nasty winds.

G#Gill;1271580 wrote: Hi kathy, Odie, Helen ! Yes it's a nice sunny day here as well ! Not sure what I will be doing, probably putting the small Christmas tree up, with lights etc. We've already put up the lines to hang our Christmas cards on. We did have a bigger artificial tree, but can't find it, so we think we took it to our caravan because we were intending to spend Christmas there ! However, stuff has conspired against this plan ! :-5 So we invested in a smaller tree We're trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but so far it isn't working

I feel so angry that we are not able to spend Christmas at our lovely static, because of what third parties have done ! However, we will make up for it, I expect, after the holiday.

I shall be glad when 2009 is over and done with, and it will be a year I will try very hard to forget!

It would be nice if we got a white Christmas this year, I can't remember when we had one of those, as it was so long ago ! :rolleyes:

Apparently we are in for a couple of weeks of very cold weather, but it is actually the time of year for it innit ? :rolleyes: So glad we have our central heating up and running, and gorgeous hot water straight from the tap

Take care all of you ! :-6




:-6 :yh_clap


I just put up a small tree Gill, it sits in the bay window, yup....this year is hard on a lot of us, just no spirit here either, but the lights on the tree help.

I can send you all the snow you want.:sneaky:

nice boiler, at least this year you will be warm......finally!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Just stopping by to say hello! :guitarist

Hi all ! I hope all is OK with you................................ can't see much out of our windows today, because of the thick fog ! I doubt it will clear before it gets dark, so that will be fun for those out driving in it. Also the temp is scheduled to drop down to freezing - lovely ! :rolleyes: :driving:

Take care ! :-6

G#Gill;1272001 wrote: Hi all ! I hope all is OK with you................................ can't see much out of our windows today, because of the thick fog ! I doubt it will clear before it gets dark, so that will be fun for those out driving in it. Also the temp is scheduled to drop down to freezing - lovely ! :rolleyes: :driving:

Take care ! :-6


checking in and all is okay here. -18C with the wind.:-5:-5

Odie;1272011 wrote: checking in and all is okay here. -18C with the wind.:-5:-5


:-3:-3:-3

dont think it will get THAT bad here but we apparantly are getting weather from siberia next week so that will be bad enuff.

gill will feel it more than i will cos my part of england is always pretty mild, hence not much snow !!

Odie;1272011 wrote: checking in and all is okay here. -18C with the wind.:-5:-5


THAT warm ! I suppose you'll be looking out your bikini now ! :yh_rotfl

Helen;1272017 wrote: :-3:-3:-3

dont think it will get THAT bad here but we apparantly are getting weather from siberia next week so that will be bad enuff.

gill will feel it more than i will cos my part of england is always pretty mild, hence not much snow !!


it only gets that cold in Canada Helen!:yh_rotfl

you'll still be cold as your not used to it being that cold.



G#Gill;1272019 wrote: THAT warm ! I suppose you'll be looking out your bikini now ! :yh_rotfl


-0.3999999999999986 degrees fahrenheit

yeah, I'll get that bikini out from 30 years ago Gill!:yh_rotfl

Helen;1272017 wrote: :-3:-3:-3

dont think it will get THAT bad here but we apparantly are getting weather from siberia next week so that will be bad enuff.

gill will feel it more than i will cos my part of england is always pretty mild, hence not much snow !!


You're probably right there Helen! It comes whistling straight across the North Sea at us here ! :rolleyes:

mornin all,

not a cloud in the sky today and pretty chilly but nice !!!

eventful morning so far !! and its only 9-30am.

for a start, i found my glasses............... they had come off their string, slid down inside my coat and fallen into the inside pocket :-3:yh_rotfl

i just woke up thinking, i wonder if thats what happened and there they were !!

then there was wallace, a german shepard and a tennis ball !!!

the german shepard was quite willing to share his ball but wallace wanted to take it home.................... so he gave the german shepard a bit of grief

the shepard just bared the most enormous set of teeth and one bark that seemed to come from his boots and poor wally ran for his life................. it must have taken me 10mins to stop laughing :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Helen;1272371 wrote: mornin all,

not a cloud in the sky today and pretty chilly but nice !!!

eventful morning so far !! and its only 9-30am.

for a start, i found my glasses............... they had come off their string, slid down inside my coat and fallen into the inside pocket :-3:yh_rotfl

i just woke up thinking, i wonder if thats what happened and there they were !!

then there was wallace, a german shepard and a tennis ball !!!

the german shepard was quite willing to share his ball but wallace wanted to take it home.................... so he gave the german shepard a bit of grief

the shepard just bared the most enormous set of teeth and one bark that seemed to come from his boots and poor wally ran for his life................. it must have taken me 10mins to stop laughing :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hi Helen, So glad you found your glasses Mrs

The weather is sunny here, but cold, and there are a few clouds approaching ! Could, I suppose, chuck us a bit of sleet in a while, who knows ?

We are going to our static on Sunday till the weekend - sudden decision! Got to put up the metal garden shed we bought last time we were there, and no doubt bring back my 'buggy'. Hope it isn't too cold next week, as we've been warned that the underground water pipes on the site can freeze up if it goes on too long!

Can't really afford to go there, but I feel we need the trip at the moment. A little bit of de-stressing won't come amiss :-6 :driving:

Take care everybody !

:driving: by to say hello

Helen;1272371 wrote: mornin all,

not a cloud in the sky today and pretty chilly but nice !!!

eventful morning so far !! and its only 9-30am.

for a start, i found my glasses............... they had come off their string, slid down inside my coat and fallen into the inside pocket :-3:yh_rotfl

i just woke up thinking, i wonder if thats what happened and there they were !!

then there was wallace, a german shepard and a tennis ball !!!

the german shepard was quite willing to share his ball but wallace wanted to take it home.................... so he gave the german shepard a bit of grief

the shepard just bared the most enormous set of teeth and one bark that seemed to come from his boots and poor wally ran for his life................. it must have taken me 10mins to stop laughing :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


afternoon everyone!

we have the sun today to.

glad you found your glasses, not good to loose those.



that set of teeth would scare me to.:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

did some more Christmas decorating, picked up my new glasses, one of my cats woke me up again at 6am, so I can feel a nap coming soon!:yh_rotfl

Odie;1272437 wrote: afternoon everyone!

we have the sun today to.

glad you found your glasses, not good to loose those.



that set of teeth would scare me to.:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

did some more Christmas decorating, picked up my new glasses, one of my cats woke me up again at 6am, so I can feel a nap coming soon!:yh_rotfl


You snooze, you lose

Jazzy;1272449 wrote: You snooze, you lose


:p:p:yh_rotfl

Bye all, I'm gone tomorrow........................... just behave yourselves and be nice to each other, as I won't be around to keep you in line !

Take care, cos I care ! :driving:

:-6

G#Gill;1272534 wrote: Bye all, I'm gone tomorrow........................... just behave yourselves and be nice to each other, as I won't be around to keep you in line !

Take care, cos I care ! :driving:

:-6


behave ourselves?

of course we will.:sneaky:



Jazzy, you raid the fridge.

Helen, you be the lookout person.



have a great day Gill!:-6

Odie;1272536 wrote: behave ourselves?

of course we will.:sneaky:



Jazzy, you raid the fridge.

Helen, you be the lookout person.



have a great day Gill!:-6




It's going to be a lot longer than a day Odie ! :-3 But thanks for the good wishes!

G#Gill;1272546 wrote: It's going to be a lot longer than a day Odie ! :-3 But thanks for the good wishes!


ohhhhhhh no, this just doesn't sound good.

keep warm and safe my friend.:-4

Don't worry Gill, I'll keep them all in line for you Enjoy your time away and I will miss you :-4

happy birthday gill,

i know im 35mins late ( its now the 19th ) lol but i did text u earlier lol xx

hope you're not snowed in where you are !! we had a bit earlier but OMG its cold now !!!

Helen;1274032 wrote: happy birthday gill,

i know im 35mins late ( its now the 19th ) lol but i did text u earlier lol xx

hope you're not snowed in where you are !! we had a bit earlier but OMG its cold now !!!


evening Helen, how are you?

hi odie,

its 9-45am saturday morning here and bitterly cold, couldnt use my mobile phone earlier, the cold had turned the screen a funny colour !!!!!!!

Hello Gill and I hope you had a good birthday! Man, it's freezing cold where I am.

Helen;1274101 wrote: hi odie,

its 9-45am saturday morning here and bitterly cold, couldnt use my mobile phone earlier, the cold had turned the screen a funny colour !!!!!!!


really?

that's not good!

tis just 9am here, and -10C whatever that is in Fahrenheit?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hi everybody ! I'm back ! It was soooooo relaxing staying in the caravan for nearly a week ! Very cold though (outside) Caravan was sooo cosy and warm (central heating plus a halogen electric fire) ! North Norfolk got it bad for snow, although where we were we didn't do too badly - a lot of places got 8 inches of snow in 24 hours and it damaged power lines, so several thousand homes were without electricity. Schools (700) in East Anglia had to close a day earlier for their Christmas break, roads were closed, etc etc. We drove back today (Saturday) and the main coast road was still affected by icy surfaces and piles of snow at the edges and in the middle. :driving: There must have been gritting done, but obviously it needed another run! We passed one petrol station, that also was a car sales place, and there was a line of igloos where the cars for sale were !!! :yh_rotfl But the conditions were really iffy, even treacherous in a lot of places, and that particular road is very heavily used. It didn't actually snow, thank goodness, whilst we were travelling, but we had to drive well over 100 miles before we actually reached the area where the snow had only left a dusting ! When we got back home it was still very cold, but there had hardly been any snow at all ! It's making up for that now though, because since we arrived and off-loaded the car, it started to snow quite heavily - I think we made it just in time :sneaky:

By the way, Odie, thanks for your concern, but if you read my post No. 771, I did say I was going away till the following weekend - which is today !

Not sure if we will be going back to the caravan for Christmas yet, but I would really like to if we can ! I'll probably know Monday or Tuesday.

Keep yourselves warm ! :-6

G#Gill;1274328 wrote: Hi everybody ! I'm back ! It was soooooo relaxing staying in the caravan for nearly a week ! Very cold though (outside) Caravan was sooo cosy and warm (central heating plus a halogen electric fire) ! North Norfolk got it bad for snow, although where we were we didn't do too badly - a lot of places got 8 inches of snow in 24 hours and it damaged power lines, so several thousand homes were without electricity. Schools (700) in East Anglia had to close a day earlier for their Christmas break, roads were closed, etc etc. We drove back today (Saturday) and the main coast road was still affected by icy surfaces and piles of snow at the edges and in the middle. :driving: There must have been gritting done, but obviously it needed another run! We passed one petrol station, that also was a car sales place, and there was a line of igloos where the cars for sale were !!! :yh_rotfl But the conditions were really iffy, even treacherous in a lot of places, and that particular road is very heavily used. It didn't actually snow, thank goodness, whilst we were travelling, but we had to drive well over 100 miles before we actually reached the area where the snow had only left a dusting ! When we got back home it was still very cold, but there had hardly been any snow at all ! It's making up for that now though, because since we arrived and off-loaded the car, it started to snow quite heavily - I think we made it just in time :sneaky:

By the way, Odie, thanks for your concern, but if you read my post No. 771, I did say I was going away till the following weekend - which is today !

Not sure if we will be going back to the caravan for Christmas yet, but I would really like to if we can ! I'll probably know Monday or Tuesday.

Keep yourselves warm ! :-6




I missed it.:-5:-5

only saw the one you were sad in.



glad you had a great time accept for the ice and snow.

is this the one you were to move into Gill

Odie;1274343 wrote: I missed it.:-5:-5

only saw the one you were sad in.



glad you had a great time accept for the ice and snow.

is this the one you were to move into Gill


Yep ! We're still trying to get there - tis my dearest wish !

Helen;1274032 wrote: happy birthday gill,

i know im 35mins late ( its now the 19th ) lol but i did text u earlier lol xx

hope you're not snowed in where you are !! we had a bit earlier but OMG its cold now !!!


Thanks for the text and the birthday wishes, Helen. It was a slightly hairy ride back for the first 100 + miles, but Andy was doing the driving, so I was quite content and comfortable, and he didn't take any risks - he said his whole world was with him in that car, bless him. He is a very good driver (learnt all the best bits from his

mother ! That's our car in my avatar, a Volvo T5 turbo ! :driving: :yh_worshp:yh_bigsmi

G#Gill;1274350 wrote: Yep ! We're still trying to get there - tis my dearest wish !


I hope you can, you need this.:-4

Love your car Gill and hope you are safe and home :-4

Thanks Jazzy, and yes we're all safe and back home ! When the Volvo T5 turbo first came out, the British police bought loads of them for their motorway police etc. probably because they showed very successfully in the British Touring Car Championships, they are built like tanks, are very good to control and are capable of speeds in excess of 150 mph ! We have done over 100 mph in it, a couple of times, but really the roads are too busy and I don't think it is very safe to travel at such high speeds - you can't rely on other drivers not doing stupid things! Anyway it is far more economical at around 50-60 mph (does seem so slow though :yh_rotfl ).

My son calls our car 'Jaws', I can't think why ! :yh_rotfl :driving: :yh_rotfl

I've added a few pics, taken on our drive back from Norfolk on Saturday (yesterday). The trees looked very magical, but the depth of the snow on the verges doesn't show very well unfortunately. In some places it was a foot deep, and that was after 24 hours snowing. The roads, although gritted, had frozen again and there was a considerable amount of 'black ice'. The road where these pics were taken was the main coast road from Kings Lynn to Norwich the A148, a very busy road with lots of heavy goods vehicles. We were very relieved that it wasn't actually snowing ! We didn't run out of the snowed-up areas for about 100 miles !

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G#Gill;1274488 wrote: Thanks Jazzy, and yes we're all safe and back home ! When the Volvo T5 turbo first came out, the British police bought loads of them for their motorway police etc. probably because they showed very successfully in the British Touring Car Championships, they are built like tanks, are very good to control and are capable of speeds in excess of 150 mph ! We have done over 100 mph in it, a couple of times, but really the roads are too busy and I don't think it is very safe to travel at such high speeds - you can't rely on other drivers not doing stupid things! Anyway it is far more economical at around 50-60 mph (does seem so slow though :yh_rotfl ).

My son calls our car 'Jaws', I can't think why ! :yh_rotfl :driving: :yh_rotfl

I've added a few pics, taken on our drive back from Norfolk on Saturday (yesterday). The trees looked very magical, but the depth of the snow on the verges doesn't show very well unfortunately. In some places it was a foot deep, and that was after 24 hours snowing. The roads, although gritted, had frozen again and there was a considerable amount of 'black ice'. The road where these pics were taken was the main coast road from Kings Lynn to Norwich the A148, a very busy road with lots of heavy goods vehicles. We were very relieved that it wasn't actually snowing ! We didn't run out of the snowed-up areas for about 100 miles !


I'm so happy to hear you are home safe and sound. The pictures are awesome!

hi all, now got new computor, the dog trod on the keyboard of the old one and knocked everything completely out. i cant, if at all, get the other one fixed until after xmas and theres no way im spending the holiday without a pc, im am going to my daughters for xmas day and i got informed last nite i will have no work until at least jan 2nd.

its bitterly cokd here, they did forcast rain for today but so far, nothing.

the pics are good gill, somehow think thats as close as i will be getting to snow down here lol

Helen;1274810 wrote: hi all, now got new computor, the dog trod on the keyboard of the old one and knocked everything completely out. i cant, if at all, get the other one fixed until after xmas and theres no way im spending the holiday without a pc, im am going to my daughters for xmas day and i got informed last nite i will have no work until at least jan 2nd.

its bitterly cokd here, they did forcast rain for today but so far, nothing.

the pics are good gill, somehow think thats as close as i will be getting to snow down here lol




nice pics indeed Gill!

I love winter pics!

ah nice Helen to get a new computer.

and your daughter did invite you, wonderful!:-6



its always cold here!:yh_rotfl

Odie;1274823 wrote: nice pics indeed Gill!

I love winter pics!

ah nice Helen to get a new computer.

and your daughter did invite you, wonderful!:-6



its always cold here!:yh_rotfl


her neighbour comes to pick me up sometimes and when i ask what time he's coming i keep getting "i dont know " then he didnt come and thats wot happened last year ................

Good morning Gill! :guitarist

Helen;1275099 wrote: her neighbour comes to pick me up sometimes and when i ask what time he's coming i keep getting "i dont know " then he didnt come and thats wot happened last year ................






your daughters neighbour picks you up for Christmas?

Hi Helen, Jazzy, Odie and everybody, just popped in to say that I won't be on FG very often for the forseable future, due to personal stuff. So have a good Christmas, all of you, and don't forget to do some smiling sometimes. I am just looking forward to next Christmas. as I had some awful news on Monday, despite all the lovely thoughts from some lovely people, yes sometimes it doesn't work ! :-6

Odie;1275131 wrote:



your daughters neighbour picks you up for Christmas?


they dont drive and neither do i so thats the only way i can get over there.