Its been a long harsh winter Joyron so I am not surprised you are still suffering the after effects of the cold you had at Christmas.  I hope all goes well with your check up and then we all need to see the sun for a while don't we? 

Thanks for your reassuring words El Loro

Check up went okay, suprisingly.  Back in another six months.  Was told that many of the people who picked up colds around Christmas are still suffering so it's not unusual, apparently.

Hope all went well with the MOT test Squiggle. 

That's good news Joyron

Locally there's still a lot of cold bugs around, and also the norovirus is around as the main hospital in Cheltenham is currently closed to all visitors other than on compassionate grounds due to an outbreak there. Although I've been in contact with lots of people with bugs, apart from a cough at Christmas, I have escaped the dreaded lurgies so far this winter.

Did you know that the dreaded lurgy was first released on the public on 9 November 1954? It was invented for an episode of the Goon Show written by Spike Milligan and almost certainly with considerable help from Eric Sykes.

Good news at the doctor's, Joyron. I know that asthma can be tricky to control, especially when the weather is very cold or damp
Squiggle, any news on the MOT, yet?.

Hi everyone, I haven't got the car back yet but its looking OK   I spoke to the mechanic and because the car is so old the local stockists don't carry parts like the air filter etc so they are having to wait until tomorrow.  He said underneath the car is amazing.  He said you get some cars which come in and are three years old and the screws underneath are rusted up but underneath my little car everything is shiny and in wonderful condition.  I explained how this little gem of a car had been so lovingly cared for by the guy who bought it new and cared for it all its life and he said he had done a great job.  I had an idea this was the case because I took it into National Tyres last year to get four new tyres and of course they look it over when its up on the ramp to try and get more business, exhaust, brakes etc and he said there was nothing else it needed.  Wasn't I lucky to be able to buy this wonderful car for £675?

So glad all went well at the doctors Joyron, I am sure once the spring comes you will soon shake off the after effects of the cold.

Squiggle, that should put your mind at rest. You are lucky to have a car which lasts for years and years and remains in good condition. Although I live in Gloucester, it is effectively a coastal town, so there is salt in the air which makes cars rust faster. And with the state of the roads and a high level of speed bumps, that doesn't help cars either, particularly with tyres, exhausts and suspension.

Glad to hear all appears to be well with the MOT Squiggle.  I assume you will get the car back tomorrow, going by the time!!

I suppose I'm really stronger than I thought I was!!!   I'm a "tough old bird" really.    Just got to sort out my kneee and hip now.    Working up to a consultant appointment at the local private hospital over the next few weeks (courtesy of hubby's private health insurance).  Don't want an operation but fear that maybe the next step.  Will have to wait and see.  It's been three years since I took any advice on how things are going so I suppose it's time to update where we go from here!!!

Won't be back tonight.  Will catch up with you all tomorrow. 

hi

El Loro I live right by the sea, but I make sure I take the car regularly to a really good car wash which also does underneath the car, I think this helps.  It does not have brushes but sort of microfibre strips on the rollers and it comes out looking a treat.  I do handwash and wax it now and then but I am happy to know that the car wash is getting rid of the damaging salt.  Also my lane (which is unadopted) is full of bumps and potholes but I try to be careful.

Yes Joyron I should get the car back in the morning as long as the parts arrive, I am not going out so am in no hurry. Sleep tight, speak to you tomorrow, its good that you have got the private insurance to sort out your knee and hip .

Hi Ros

hi squiggle - sounds like you have a fantastic car - what a bargain
joyron - glad you have private insurance - otherwise it is a long waiting list

I signed in but I couldn't post - then I got booted out.
Anyway, everything seems to be working okay ATM, so Hi Ros and Squiggle.

hi yogi - not had any probs yet - but some seem to be having trouble

Hi Ros, so it isn't just me then? I was beginning to think I wasn't wanted.

aww yogi - you're always wanted

what do you think of DOI???

I'm not enjoying this series so much. I don't like all the tweaking they have done, especially only having one skater on the judges panel.
I enjoy being in the thread, more than the actual show.

Site is still playing up for me, so I think I'll call it a night.
Nice posting with you in here, Ros.

aww night yogi i agree i enjoy the thread more than the programme
 lovely thread this

Good morning everyone.
It is bucketing down ATM, however the BBC weather lady says it will brighten up by lunchtime.

Good morning everyone

At present it's dry and mild, but tonight there's going to be rain, then it gets cooler. And in the south, but not the north, it looks as if we are in for weeks of cool weather (max daytime temp 7 C when the average is around 11/12C) with potential frost at night (but not expecting snow).

Good morning everyone, EL that forecast sounds awfully gloomy when we have all been looking forward to some nicer weather Its drizzly here at the mo.

Hugs to all -  Yogi, Joyron, El Loro, Skylark and Ros

Good morning everyone.    Dull and dimal herer today.  We are supposed to get quite a bit of rain later. 

Having a sorting out papers, bills, finances day today.  Got to keep on top of things!!

Hope all goes well when you collect the car Squiggle.  Will be back later. 

squiggle, the Met Office website has been updated to suggest that the temperatures recover to average after 2 weeks of cooler weather in the south (north stays at average), so that's slightly better than earlier  I just think that gardeners in the south should be cautious about planting outside just yet thinking that it's safe because of today's mild weather.

Joyron, good luck with the paperwork .

The BBC weather lady got it right for once. The rain stopped and the sun is out, although there is still a pretty cold wind, so it's colder than it looks.
I've got rosy cheeks, after taking the dog for a nice, long walk.

Good luck with the paperwork, Joyron. I do all the paperwork in this house, although I have suggested hubby could do it. He says it's better if I do it, because I'm so good at it.

Yeah that's what my hubby used to say , but on the positive side it meant that when he died I wasn't having to deal with stuff I wasn't used to  

That revised weather forecast sounds slightly better EL

They have delivered the car back for me now, it sailed through again (they had to put new windscreen wipers on the front because the ones that were on were not making proper contact with the windscreen)  Oops those were the ones that me and my grandson had fitted after we found some spares in the boot, and I thought we had done an ace job , turns out we were rubbish after all.

squiggle, that's a relief that you've got your car back and no major problems found. I don't think you are rubbish - you may remember that I had to get my exhaust replaced in a hurry, took it to ATS to get it replaced, and found that when I took the car in for MOT/service that ATS hadn't fitted the exhaust correctly so that had to be sorted out. So if the likes of ATS can't do this, what chances do we have.

EL I had watched a clip on UTube how to fit a windscreen wiper, and it really was the blind leading the blind but we got 'em on and they seemed to work oh well, the mechanic has replaced them now and I think I will nip in to Halfords before the MOT next year and get the whole lot changed. 

The mechanic said that as I don't do a high mileage each year it would only need some things replaced next year and then the whole thing doing the year after next, which sounds hopeful that he thinks it will still be going OK

So pleased to hear the car passed it's MOT Squiggle.  No worries for another year anyway. 

I an quite happy to look after the paperwork and finances and take the burden off Hubby, who has MORE than enough to cope with anyway!!!  As you say Squiggle, at least it does not come as so much of a surprise if you have to do it all the time!!!

Probably won't be about much over the weekend but will catch up with you all when I can.  Have a great weekend, whatever you are up to. 

Hope you have a great weekend Joyron

That's very true, Squiggle. I have a neighbour whose husband deals with all the paperwork, finance etc and she won't have a clue, when/if she has to cope on her own.
Good news about your car passing its MOT.

Enjoy your weekend, Joyron.

Good morning everyone

It's raining felines and canines, and I'm going to get wet when I go out in a few minutes. Quack, quack!

Good morning everyone.
The day started off bright and dry, however it's clouding over now.
Sounds like you need wellies and an umbrella, El.

Luckily the rain eased off so I didn't get soaked At present it's dry and a bit of blue sky.

So you didn't need the wellies and umbrella after all, El?
The sun came back out, so I toddled off to the garden centre. I bought some herbs and a book on allotment gardening. I don't have an allotment - but it was a bargain!

Now all you need is an allotment if you can find one .

Hi everyone, hope you are all well. Havent been around been, working and this computer playing up again  its just old age i think, the computer not me! Well both really

Hi Skylark, I am all well and I hope you are. .

It's very frustrating when computers play up - we have all become so accustomed to computers that we would feel lost without them. I don't know if you watch NCIS on Channel 5, but the latest episode's story centered sround the fact that the whole city's electricity supply had been put out of action for several days. So computers couldn't be used, nor could laptops or mobile phones once the battery had run out because the batteries couldn't be recharged. So the team had to solve the case the old fashioned way - only the boss was readily able to adapt as he was old enough to know how life was before computers.

Hi El, no didnt see that episode, but can you imagine not having a computer, mobile phone etc. Shock, horror ! We seemed to manage before tho...

Evening all and welcome back Skylark.
It's a nightmare when computers are playing up. I got withdrawal symptoms and became really grumpy when my lappy wasn't working.

Hi Yogi  I fear my computer is on its last legs, the cooler thing is working full blast, which cant be right, plus its soooo slow. My hoover has conked too, never rains...........
Anyway hows you? x