Morning everyone..It's a new week...11/08/2014

Hi looking good Carole
I can't have Grapefruit, have to be steady with Cranberry the odd berry with chicken or turkey but not a glass and green I know I know but not green
Cucumber has to be peeled

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Hi Margaret I'm not sure about Visas's  I've looked it up and I've had "No unless you're staying for 6 months,"   then another advice says  it all depends where about in America you're coming from,   so I don't think you need a Visa but I'd check it up.

Carole check whether you can drink Cranberry juice while telling certain tablets because one of my tablets I can't drink Cranberry Juice......though another one I can't have Grapefruit  and I used to love grapefruit.      Fingers crossed for this afternoon.

Avatar......inside the Opera House.

Back from Frans  so feeling good and have a 3pm date
at my GPs 
Bought some pure Cranberry juice and drank some
before seeing Fran ,but gave myself a belly ache 
as I'd not eaten  
Came home via MC Donalds and just had 6 nuggets 
and a small fry 
So ill be back

Hi Marg ,I've just seen a piece on Facebook from a friend showing the fires on the hil side at the back of their hotel she is sleeping in her dress with her passport and rucksack next to her

I don't know what going on with my electrics but
the TV is on the blink now. 
Think my universal remote is in a war with the new
cable remote about who is in charge. 

Put new batteries in both last night and shut them down. 
I have pretty good news services on both my iPad and computer
so not all is lost yet. 

There are a few degrees difference between my spot and the official
reading from the Torrance Airfield (Less than a mile away) 
so its 68f here and  83% humidity at the moment. 
Sun is out and haze is burning off very quickly.
Air quality is in "Good" range but still some pollen from grasses
and weeds. It is expected to top out at 78f. 

Visability is 6 miles they are telling me. 
Lots of chat on FB yesterday, mainly me moaning about
the state of air travel these days both on the ground
and in the air. 
Most airports are at capacity as it is and no more room
to add bigger planes and longer runways.
LAX was built up from a small airfield since WW2 
when it was known as Miners Field. 

Its grown up and out but is hemmed in on one side by the
Pacific and the other end by bigger and bigger developments
like sports arenas both indoor and outdoor. 
The only thing left is to build a Supersonic airport out in Palmdale
(Which is what the plan was in the 70s) its out in the  middle
of the desert near Edwards Airforce base. It has potential as
it will soon have a high -speed rail line going that way on its way
to Las Vegas. 
A commuter electric rail service could be built over the present freeway
to bring Passengers to LAX  which will soon have a dedicated line
connecting up to the light rail system. 
Both San Francisco and San Diego airports are in the same position 
as LAX , No more room to expand any further. 
Both built near the ocean too. 
I think we are going through the aftereffects of being cut off 
from our families for so long so everyone is rushing to see Gran
and Granpa before they are gone. 

Are we going to need a visa to go from here to the UK? 
Or is it just to Europe in future? My Passport expires June 11th
next year.  I just want to be prepared.  
Not like so many Brits here leaving it until the last minute!
They seem to be planning their trips first then checking their 
paperwork not the other way around! 
It's not easy when each state works a little differently.

Going to jump in a cool shower first then have breakfast.
and straight out to find another bulb for the ceiling light in
the kitchen before too many cranky people get on the road.
TTFN XXX

Nice frontage Vicky ,the Royal Opera House looks good too

It's stopped raining but they say it's around 6pm.   Oh well it's been a lovely day then the few spots came down.  

Great photo Carole .  

I've changed my photo it's now the  Royal Opera House in London where Rob, Dawn and Laura  went to watch the Ballet , The Nut Cracker,   Rob was blown away with the scenery  etc.        They said he had to go again sometime,  but so far nothing.     year was 2017.

I thought I would cut the grass,I just got if finished
At 10 to 4 and it started raining well done ,
It has been lovely out in the sun with my book and a Cornetto ice-cream,
Where is everyone
Tea time

That's it all done for another week besides the carpet in the lounge, general dusting and the kitchen floor,
So tea coffee and a large lemon and lime
I'll go and get my reading glasses
It's lovely out now I've cleaned up the bottom patio and the sun is really strong,so if you are coming out in that top you need someone to put
some sun cream on I think my hand shot up first
Me please me please

Well good morning Carole itsa feast for the eyes this morning
Right back to the
May be Graham will pop in so we can wish him a happy birthday

New avatar
Me 43yrs in 1985
at the old house we rented just down from
the Bridgeport Hospital
shortly before I found this house to rent
MAN how I WISH I felt and LOOKED like THAT again

04:38:04
Morning Bond
You can come down from the CEILING NOW
Vicky I see has made your day
Well I have to call my Dr when I get back from Frans
as what ever this is I have {its like a PRESSURE pain
after } had me awake as I was wanting to
pee every two hours ,so dragging my butt this morning

Weather wise Atherstone & Nuneaton can look
for some rain showers today after 4pm
As to Bridgeport hot again but not as hot as its going up to
Thursday and Friday high 90's and 100f in some
places
The Tv yesterday was asking people what did they prefer
HEAT or COLD and quite a FEW like me said they would RATHER
have cold as you can ALWAYS ADD clothes to keep warm but
once you reach NAKED then what do you do

Anyway not much else to report ,oh I see its Grahams 79th today

So all that is left to say is
MORNING LADIES

Blooming Eck that is a picture to wake up to in a morning, a bucket full of hot chocolate ,can I take you out for a pot of tea .please grow old disgracefully
Good morning all from Atherstone it's a blue sky
It is Wednesday again and house cleaning and changing the bed
First breakfast and it's cornflakes and cold milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later
Another picture to pin on the notice board of the mind ,off to have another long look

Well I think we've got water on the brain......hot chocolate please Bond.

Pushed one button to the right and it all disappeared! 
Never mind, it was not that important anyway. 
its 75f and humid again.
Power is out up in part of the hill,2,288 people involved
and Edison think It might be heat related! 
I would never have guessed. 
Good article in Wall Street Journal about what effect this sustained
heat is doing to our body's and minds. 
It's kind of long but explains a lot. 
It can be quite damaging as far as Hydration and electrolytes are concerned.
It can affect some functions we take for granted like passing urine.
I have experienced this kind of heat before so know what to keep an eye on.
It sems that 2006 was a very hot year as far as records go. 

Going to make an egg salad sandwich for lunch today. 
with a glass of Robinsons Lemon Barley. 
TTFN XXX

Well if they went to the Premier Barbie they most likely would wear pink ......has Blaine or Spencer asked for Pink walls in their bedroom Carole?

Bond sounds like 
Hon-di.....
Btw Vicky we saw many young  men at the premier
of Barbie  all wearing pink 

Arr Hyundai was what I was thinking of
They are telling us over here how to say it (Hyundai) a bit different to ho we have been saying it for years

No Bond not Honda Blaine has had the two Hyundai
cars that his sister gave him
Spencer drives a Kia
Too freaking hot here

Hi Carole what type of car are we talking about didn't one of the lads have a Honda at one time
My eldest has two Honda Civics one a type S and one for Sunday's but only if it's fine and no rain in the forecast,it's a bit of a rocket ship ,
These would be the ones Marg would look down her nose at when the boy racers pull along side her when she is out in Big Red

Hi , Randalls went through that ove 50 years ago smaller windows upstairs higher to the soffit early energy saving they were known as the Barracks
This would be before the days of double glazing,

  and the blokes Carole?     Which blokes do you know have gone pink Carole?

Sorry pink shirts were here long before Barbie and they' weren't batting for the other side either......but anything else    no.

Have you heard that the Government are thinking of telling  all builders of new houses they  might have to have smaller windows.     We're going back to taxing windows as they used to,.....we'll be bricking windows up next.

08:59:18
Well I popped to the store before the workmen arrived
but they were already here when I got back and two of them
are staining using a paint brush first the railings 
I told him about the impending possible storm so he's hoping
It will not be a  and the stain has dried before then 
This should have all been done two years ago as its been built 
now 4 yrs come Sept 

Blaine will be taking his car soon ,I've closed all the windows again 
and put on the kitchen AC so going to relax 

I'm on my kindle and seeing a bunch of flowers Vicky BUT BOND
PUT THAT CANDY DOWN 

Oh and Vicky YES OVER HERE ,it seems EVERY ONE 
is going PINK even some guys

One good thing about work at the lads they have a great range of chocolate bars

Thank you Dutches,I'll make a fresh pot
I've got my phone off silent so I heard the kettle boil

 here you go Bond.

Hi I see we have gone to a avatar of the boys
It's a good job I have the picture of you pinned up on the wall of my mind

Good morning both
Make wake for Carole she is on a mission
Vicky I think Princess is good but this my lady doffs his cap
Easy day today as I got the bulk of it done yesterday and its dried out well
So house cleaning tomorrow and half a day Thursday so have the kettle on ready
Talking of kettle and cold drinks

Morning........it's  at the moment.

Avatar is of my two Rob 30 Steve 32

New avatar Sept 1996 when Gil returned here
Blaine had just had surgery on his arm was 33 yrs
Gil was 57
Spencer was 32yrs

05:08:48
Morning
Its gone back MUGGY again ,starting off today in the 70's
and will be in the high 80's ,tomorrow it will be in the 90's
but the weatherman is saying could get a severe storm passiing
'by later today
Blaine has to take his car BACK again today as the garage changed
one thing that was not it so has to try another what ever it is
Spencer knows what they are talking about at least
Have no idea how much its all going to cost by the time they find
what ever is failing it in emissions

I have not had a bladder infection in DONKEY"S YEARS but seem to think
THAT is what I have as I cannot hold my water for long and when I GET the URGE
I have to go .I HAVE TO GO otherwise it just FLOWS plus there is
a slight pressure feeling when it starts
So have to call my Dr today

Blaine says he is taking his car himself with his bike on the back this morning
and will ride around waiting on his car ,so I HOPE they fix it BEFORE
2pm when its saying these storms could hit
He is so stupid as he could have left it over night ,but he said the mechanic
would probably not start on it until later in the day and HE WANTED HIS CAR
last night
I know he has friends near where the garage is so I hope he is going there
as its really not a day to be riding his bike
STUBBURN is what its CALLED or CHILDISH is what I CALL IT

Any way good morning ladies I will try to pop in later but I also have
these workmen coming today to stain the deck ,
HOW FAST CAN THEY DO IT

I shall be back I am to death right now

Good morning all from Atherstone it's bright morning but black over Bills mothers
That's a lovely classical photo Vicky lovely
You could be one of your classic figures lovely and came see you taking that hearing off to answer the phone
There is one phone number I've remember for the last 50 years it just tolls off my mind ,
I don't know my own phone number
Now vehicle license plates my scooter for over 50 years ago  was TJU 913
But I Couldn't tell you the number on the car outside
Breakfast and off to Bedworth

Everybody going pink Carole EVERYBODY????? yes little girls have always liked pink but not Everybody? Yes years ago Rowena and me took the girls Susan and Kelly to the play about Barbie and Ken.....it was in Birmingham, oh they loved it, loved Barbie but neither of the girls wanted a pink bedroom. Susan's mate Jessica had a pink bedroom, though she never had a Barbie doll ....Laura was purple, everything was purple.

Over here we're having a backlash against Barbie .....we're having "She's a bad example to little girls , no body looks like that unless they've been under the knife" IT'S A DOLL FOR HEAVEN SAKE.

I was always ever so good at remembering numbers, not so much phone numbers because only one person, Janice, parents had a phone but Car registration numbers I was really good at.......I remember phone number now but not so much others phone umbers because we've got them logged in and just press a number, so I'm not having to remember everyone's number so they've gone from my mind,. Apart from as I say

If I have to tell Susan something I always have to write it down just in case it slips my mind,

I haven't a clue what my mobile number is Margaret.

That 6th commandment is very good
But again a four night could of been done in two,
It's a night of reading after a busy day but back again tomorrow.
Last drinks for the night

Slept in it seems. Only just woke up and
fed my cat and had a coffee. 

Got the new outside bug bulbs in place 
but found I had the wrong bulb for the
kitchen light fixture. 
Threw out all the bright white light bulbs, 
as I am using only soft white ones now.

I have always had problems remembering,
phone numbers, I have to write them down 
or they are gone. 
I think it may stem from having adult anesthetic 
as a child. It can cause slight brain damage.

Through missing arithmatic for several weeks due
to a stint at a health farm and time spent in hospital
for my eye operation, I never caught up on that subject.
Panic and anxiety can keep the brain so busy that nothing,
 stays in the brain. 
It was not a problem when one only had a public phone.
But moving here where everyone had their own phones
was a problem for me. 
It took me a long time to memorize the license plates
on the cars! 
I still have problems with my mobile phone # I have an app
on it that tells me what it is so I can give the number to those
who ask me for it.
I do not use it enough to remember it. 
(I Mean, how many times do you call yourself!) 

Sunday night on the PBS (Public Broadcast System)
(Like the BBC, no commercials) is the night
that there are two or three British drama programs on
back to back. The Miss Marple series has become one 
with allstar casts. So many familiar faces.
Then its Grantchester at the moment. 
PBS is run on grants and donations from many groups
and the general public. By signing up as a member 
gives you access to a web page which is called PBS Passport.
You can view almost every program shown on PBS
as well as films and documentaries. 
Their Ken Burns series about aspects of American
culture and history are wonderful. 

I like "Finding Your Roots"  
By taking 2 or 3 people who we all know and tracing their
ancestry is fascinating. Most had no idea where they came from
or who they came from. With access to records in other countries
can be hit or miss but they seem to be able to find other ways
of collecting information. We are all immigrants here.
I know you had "Who do you think you are" Following one person
as a time.  With the DNA tests these people can find what their 
ethnicity is originally. 
(Certain cross overs between White and Black is not that unusual.)

Its 73f here at present and 77% humidity, Air quality is good but still
traces of Pollen. Its still a bit hazy but the sun it trying to break through.
Record high on this date was 102F (2006)
Average high for this date would be 87F.
It seems that 2006 was a hot year! 
They say that the high for today should be 75f but inland its still
in the 90s. 
Two older men have died in Death Valley so far this year from
heart attacks brought on by excess heat.
(Its highest has been 128f so far)
It's very dry heat in the desert, you don't know you are getting
dehydrated as fast as you are. 

Big National Boy Scout Jamboree going on at present,
(Girls are included now) 
One stand up comic here told the story of sending his son
off to camp with 6 changes of underwear and picking him up after
a week with 5 clean pair. When asked why he did not feel the need
to change his underwear the kids replied "Well, We swam every day!"


TTFN XXX

Yes it's Jess its her room and she is a artist and some of the paint missed the canvas and it must of been oil paint splashes as some are shining through the emulsion so I may have to prime then out and touch up
Blackcurrant and aniseed cough sweets
Rest up Carole I'll get some drinks

12:29:42
Every ones going PINK for Barbie 
Well Blaine dropped off his car ,just have go wait 
to see if the garage can find the problem 
I've made dinner ,chicken stir fry
Blaine tided up the weeds out front and I ran the mower
over the back grass
The workmen are SUPPOSED to come tomorrow to stain the deck
I picked out the color ,chose a little darker stain ,just hope the 
thunder storm they are showing that's due to arrive tomorrow sometime
arrives later rather than sooner

Yes not knowing what Gil looked like after not seeing him since 
1971 ,it was quite a surprise to find  Blaine looked like a *mini* Gil 

Ok hope you all have a good afternoon 
That's me Vicky laying on my couch  lol

I suppose that's for Jessica.

Chinook Vicky,bless you
Yes a lovely photo
And Carole it's like looking back in time errrm it is looking back in time,
Well the bedroom walls are done Barbie pink
Sorry I can't stop coughing I'll get a dtintand back later ,

Oh gosh two  army helicopters with the twin routers  went over around lunch time.....the noise, ever so low, thought they were going to land in the garden.

Oh love that photo of Sue and Benjie.  2015

Gosh yes he does look like Gill Carole

I hate change too, the banks here are closing down various banks so you have to do everything online, is having kittens at the moment with the rumour her bank is closing down and she can't do things on line, and yet she went 3 years at the Library learning Computers and her son says "What did they teach you if you can't do anything on your laptop,?" honest she's hopeless. I can see it Could you come round and do this for me. James does get mad at her "What the hell did you learn" but she was doing it for three years. I did ask her was she in a room alone but she wasn't she was with all the other learners.

Bottas is only 33 Bond......and he's never won there. Carole I never thought I was interested in F! just goes to show something goes in.

New avatar my oldest son Blaine Darryl 1980 18yrs old
He was in the  Navy on board the
USS Cimmaron that was a refueler  
He worked in the engine room as well as on deck when refueling
ships
Little did I know THEN that he was the SPITTING image of his Dad

05:02:50
Morning ,I have been UP since 4am as my Bank
was changing to a new "system" over the weekend
and would not be available until this morning where
you have to RESIGN in make a NEW password etc etc etc

After managing at LAST to get it done then it SAYS
MAINTENANCE UNDER way so you may not see all you want
right NOW
I am telling you MY HEAD is DONE IN

Spencer not up for another hour as Blaine is still sleeping
only getting up after so he can drop off his car to the
I have to follow him to bring him home
I FEEL like I have RAN A MARATHON already
Guess that is ME I HATE CHANGE

Have no idea what you were ALL talking about as I do not follow
racing cars
Anyway think I will go try to calm down and finish my
right now I am SWEATING to death ...STUPID MACHINES

Trouble is we NEED them now days

And the HEAT is on its way BACK ,next four days will 86f 85f 90f & 91f

I will check in later ..I HOPE

Yes the Scimitar Princess Anne favourite car all fibreglass, Mrs Pallett had a bad crash in hers the killed her little boy,no seatbelts then,
Quick breakfast and off to Bedworth
Cornflakes and cold milk coffee tea and a large lemon and lime for later

Good morning all from Atherstone,it's a bit quiet here as it's not 7:00 yet
Vicky sorry it was a bit sort and sweet last night with the night night but I was in bed setting the alarm on the phone and noticed you had posted but didn't read only had time to wish you night night,
I agree I used to cheer for him too when he was cutting through the pack and I'm glad he retired to  enjoy life , I can see me and John saying how you said his name ,Vet tell or Wetle,
There was some old drivers yesterday that can't retire I don't know if I miss heard but I thought they said Bottas won there 20 years ago ?

Our Vet is the image of Damon Hill....."Sigh"

I'm off to bed also.  nighty night.

Night night

I remember Alan coming and picking David, me and Steve up when Steve was 3 months'  and we went to the lake district,  that was in his Reliant Scimitar which had two seat at the front and a squashed up sort of seat in the back and then we had Steve in his carrycot....    and I changed Steve's nappy in the boot....I was very honoured,  not a mark was allowed in his car. I've got a photo of Steve sitting in the back.    When we told David's Mum she said "I wasn't allowed to put my shopping bag in the back, when he gave me a lift,  had to have it on my knee" she said      

When you're worth $140m you can have your hair anyway you like and wear a beard,      anyway he's a nice guy,  not a hypocrite like Hamilton, who agrees with "Stop the oil"  "Save the planet"  and he does what?  flies all over the world  every week  to drive F1, and has a garage full of cars .....hypocrite.    Shirley and I used to cheer on Vettel.    And anyway as I've said only married his childhood sweet heart in 2019 and got young children,  it's nice that he's retired to be with his wife and family, only doing the odd guest appearance where cars are connected.      

Oh and BTW Bond Vettel is no 3 in 10 greatest ever FI  campaigns,  "Fellow German Sebastian Vettel equalled Schumacher's famous record back in 2013 when he romped home with the fourth of his four consecutive world championship titles. Winning 13 out of 19 races on the calendar that year in his Red Bull car, Vettel emulated his idol growing up before he himself moved to Ferrari for a stint with the Italian team.

Amazingly when finishing a race in 2013, Vettel never finished below P4

Hi Vicky,well he did go down I think may be mentally too from a sharp clipped Germany (he is German I think ) to a bit of a long haired bearded hippie look a like

Hi Marg that's nice thoughts about Peter and Carole that time has gone by so quickly
I did have a go in a bright yellow MG Midget,on the Atherstone By-pass a nice flat piece of tarmac but it was still a bit of a bone shaker with your bum just off the road ,I thought my old Spitfire gave a better ride but not the speed,