@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

wow

i know ... i don't look it do i

@barney posted:

i know ... i don't look it do i

How’s work going ?

@Baz posted:

Yes, I knew which place you meant Fingers crossed you can go this summer

hopefully

are you still all apple'd up with the latest tech

@barney posted:

hopefully

are you still all apple'd up with the latest tech

Yep I am ….although didn’t get the latest phone And given the bliddy energy price rises I won’t be getting the next one either ! Mine has just gone up by over £90 a month !

@Baz posted:

How’s work going ?

very busy, thankfully ... very lucky considering what has been going on, but we are busier than ever ... going on a 5 week online course starting next week to learn a new program

@Baz posted:

Yep I am ….although didn’t get the latest phone And given the bliddy energy price rises I won’t be getting the next one either ! Mine has just gone up by over £90 a month !

yes it is scary, we are out of contract and ours has gone up similar to yours ... and that is before putin hit

@barney posted:

very busy, thankfully ... very lucky considering what has been going on, but we are busier than ever ... going on a 5 week online course starting next week to learn a new program

I’m sure you’ll be fine

@barney posted:

yes it is scary, we are out of contract and ours has gone up similar to yours ... and that is before putin hit

Exactly ! They are now saying they could rise to £3000 a year

@Baz posted:

I’m sure you’ll be fine

wish i had your confidence

@barney posted:

wish i had your confidence

I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it in no time

@Baz posted:

Exactly ! They are now saying they could rise to £3000 a year

i've been leaving the heating off as much as possible, blankets are my new best friend

@Baz posted:

I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it in no time

at my age ?

@barney posted:

i've been leaving the heating off as much as possible, blankets are my new best friend

Tbh I’d rather cut back on food than heating ….luckily I’ve got some savings , but not sure how long they will last !

@barney posted:

at my age ?

Trust me …..

@barney posted:

i know ... i don't look it do i

can't believe it -shakes you though where the time has gone

@Baz posted:

Tbh I’d rather cut back on food than heating ….luckily I’ve got some savings , but not sure how long they will last !

aaah no, i'd go for the heating before the food, layers, blankets and cakes  

@barney posted:

very busy, thankfully ... very lucky considering what has been going on, but we are busier than ever ... going on a 5 week online course starting next week to learn a new program

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

can't believe it -shakes you though where the time has gone

i know ros we were mere youngsters when we met

@Baz posted:

Trust me …..

it's me i'm not so sure about

@barney posted:

i know ros we were mere youngsters when we met

Well some of you were

@barney posted:

i know ros we were mere youngsters when we met

yes

@barney posted:

aaah no, i'd go for the heating before the food, layers, blankets and cakes  

how are scatts, smurfy and ducky, are you still in touch?   are they well?   scattlets, smurflets, ducklet?

@Baz posted:

Well some of you were

@barney posted:

how are scatts, smurfy and ducky, are you still in touch?   are they well?   scattlets, smurflets, ducklet?

Yes , we all chat most weeks ….they are fine ….still as nuts as ever ….Ducky, Ros, Scatts and I were all meeting up a couple of times a year before the bliddy pandemic !

was thinking about the fun times on here, remember when noty gave us all in login details and it was a proper "spartacus" moment

tates was always good fun too

Scatletts , Smurflettes and Ducklet are all fine  …..youngest Smurflette was 18 last week ….

@Baz posted:

Yes , we all chat most weeks ….they are fine ….still as nuts as ever ….Ducky, Ros, Scatts and I were all meeting up a couple of times a year before the bliddy pandemic !

that put a stop to all our fun hopefully you can start it all up again

@Baz posted:

Yes , we all chat most weeks ….they are fine ….still as nuts as ever ….Ducky, Ros, Scatts and I were all meeting up a couple of times a year before the bliddy pandemic !

yes

@Baz posted:

Scatletts , Smurflettes and Ducklet are all fine  …..youngest Smurflette was 18 last week ….

no she wasn't, she is only 10

remember that red cart her dad got her for christmas that year, smurfy was livid

@barney posted:

was thinking about the fun times on here, remember when noty gave us all in login details and it was a proper "spartacus" moment

tates was always good fun too

Yes   We had fun , eh ……I’m still in touch with Granny G too ….although granddad died just after Mr B .  

@barney posted:

no she wasn't, she is only 10

remember that red cart her dad got her for christmas that year, smurfy was livid

Yes

@Baz posted:

Yes   We had fun , eh ……I’m still in touch with Granny G too ….although granddad died just after Mr B .  

aaah how sad is grannyg doing ok (considering)?   give her my best when you next speak to her please

wonder how marg is?

and monkey13?

@barney posted:

aaah how sad is grannyg doing ok (considering)?   give her my best when you next speak to her please

Yes , she’s muddling along ….I last spoke to her around Xmas /new year ….I’ll tell her you were asking about her . Do you remember when we used to lock her in the cellar with the policeman

@Baz posted:

Yes , she’s muddling along ….I last spoke to her around Xmas /new year ….I’ll tell her you were asking about her . Do you remember when we used to lock her in the cellar with the policeman

that's good news, thank you

aah yes, fun times   the days of "real"

@barney posted:

wonder how marg is?

Someone said Marg was on Twitter ….but I’m not on there ….totally lost touch with Monkey

@barney posted:

that's good news, thank you

aah yes, fun times   the days of "real"

Yes…. I think I’ve still got Pms he used to send me …..he was a nut job

@Baz posted:

Someone said Marg was on Twitter ….but I’m not on there ….totally lost touch with Monkey

i thought i saw something from Marg on twitter a while back, yes me too with Monkey :sad: saw Tates on twitter after I lost Jadey she sent me a lovely message

you are right about real, one day i felt sorry for him, the next he wound me right up !!