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

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04:42:16

Morning Bond
They say there is Snow/Rain showers in some towns
that will change over to ALL rain later at least its warmer

Vicky hope you have written down WHO gets WHAT
after your gone with your goodies then as you have it seems
some priceless items
I remember when you showed us the painting ....

I have nothing worth much so will not be a problem
I shall leave as I arrived in this world with NAUGHT

Looking like I have another to do mostly Blaine's
as Spencer washes his own I do not mind doing it its the stairs
that are killing me these days as the Gel is NOT working which I will tell her
when I go Feb 22

Any way not a lot of news this morning so I shall look in later

Hope the ladies had a good night
Cannot wait to hear what your Dr's office said Marge Metropol
is what Blaine takes after his aneurysm to keep his BP in check

Hi I hadn't heard of Gas Lighting until the Atherstone Amateurs did it as a play ,with the man trying to drive the woman crazy by being able to turn down the wall gas lights from a gas tap in the he basement or even next door?
Sara is in it one of the reasons to go and see it again,
Hi Marg ,he's a house cat but goes out and sometimes stays out at night I would think he has had all the shots

If its just an allergy, It can be treated with an antihistamine.
What is important is if it is an outside cat and if it has had
its vaccinations.
My early group of cats were outside cats but got them to come in at night.
After one or two incidents which led to big Vet bills, I started keeping mine
indoors. I still got them vaccinated for Rabies and Cat flu.
With the warm weather we have here, we tend to use screen doors a lot.
It can lead to contact with outside cats or other small animals through
the screening. No actual biting or scratching but nose to nose.

I get my rescue cats used to having their paws touched to show
its part of being stroked or brushed as soon as they let me.
Some like Jagger never liked it but let me do it while howling
his head off.
My Daughter in law is highly allergic to cat dander so
can never get my house clean enough to have her here to stay.

As the Vets only see Tabbitha once a year unless there is a problem.
They like to do a blood test on her every time. Yes it costs but
It is worth it to make sure she has no hidden problems.
She has actually put on a little weight since last year.

The tooth was a too far gone to even try to save it.
So next visit He will take an xray to see if any bits are left
in there.
Years ago, just after we were married, Peter needed a wisdom
tooth taking out as he had a very narrow jaw so his teeth were a
little crowded. The four prongs holding the tooth in place cracked
and he would have pieces of it work their way up to the surface
and out over many years. it was like shrapnel from a soldiers
wound.

It sounds like Ian is enjoying being on location in Malta.
Not that the actors get to see much of it, but the
places he has sent photos of look very nice.
He is having to watch how brown he is getting because he cannot have
a change in skin tone from the first day of shooting!
Not that he gets very brown anyway with his blonde hair, blue eyes
and pale skin. It would change the makeup he wears.

Managed a little grocery shopping yesterday after the Vet visit.
stocked up on soft bread and soup and bought some Pound cake
slices as I cannot have any hard cookies even if I dunk them in my
tea! (Thats biscuits to you ) I can manage some soft cheese on
crackers that I can break them up into tiny pieces.
I can eat grapes if I am careful. But not apple slices even if they
are thin enough to see through.
I chose all the soups with veggies in them as they are cooked
already. Tomato, split pea and mixed veggies in a broth
I also have a chicken and rice one to try.
I got a small can of baked beans as well. vegetarian style.
Eggs I can have as my version of an egg salad sandwich or as scrambled.
I could go for French toast as well.
As the gum heals I will be able to manage some shredded meat.
Time for breakfast here with instant oatmeal and blueberries today.
TTFN XXX

Looks like the players were enjoying it Bond
Just make sure you put a bit of either an antibiotic
cream on your pin /cat puncture Germaline or something
it will soon heal up
Have fun tonight then

Hi all ,yes it's still a bit tender but it would be if you stuck a pin in your finger 
A good time at the players 
Dressing up to do a catwalk but all the clothes had to be made from scratch there and then 
And of course red nose cakes they made over £50 
Dinner and out to the theatre to see am dram play 
Gas Lighting , Vicky you would like it and understand it ,
So pre dinner drinks 
Large lemon and lime

11:42:56
Morning Vicky, well I guess depending on HOW LONG
it takes you two to   why can't you do BOTH 

I think Bond said the swelling was going down 
so why a visit to a Dr 

Made my beef dish that will be served over rice 
  so I'm done for the day 
Beautiful day should hit the middle 60's ,clear blue sky 
 and no wind at all today ,but they are talking next week 
back to what we should be at 40s during the  day ,20s at night 
I saw my purple crocus are out over my deck ,and the daffodil 
plants last year after dying I put the bulbs in the ground are coming up 
and saw my first American Robin last week ,A SURE sign Spring is on the way 
My FAVORITE time of the year 

Ill take another L & L  if anyone's making any 

We're eating Carole can't play cards while eating. we're also listening to the radio.....Bond I think the cat bite is already having an affect, I'd go to the Doctors pronto.

Hi Carole,I never thought of antihistamines and I have a cupboard of them ,I used to use them if I worked in a private house that had cats to stop all sneezing and eye watering ,it just shows I'm getting over the cat thing or was until the attack of Teddy,I used to get hay fever to but that almost gone 
Carole I think they are finding more interesting things to play than cards 
Drinks time

04:57:02
Morning Bond .glad your boo boo is getting better
allergic reaction indeed ,I was going to suggest an
Antihistamine tablet would have taken the swelling down
like me when I had a Cat scan for my back years ago
felt this "itching" on the side of my neck but could not
MOVE being told to lay STILL ,but after they finished
and I got off the table {back then my hair was long remember}
and when I moved my hair there was this  saucer size
swelling ,seems I was allergic to the Red Dye they use
so was given a pill and made to sit until it started to go down
so now every time I go any where that is on my LIST of
DO NOT GIVE  

Still Spring feeling here today before we start on the weather roller coaster
AGAIN but for today its going to be in the HIGH 60's
As long as it stays around this I feel GOOD its when it climbs HIGHER
I get uncomfortable

OH dear just listening to the TV a one year old has died after being
bitten  by a dog ,they have no info on what kind of dog it was
but saying dogs were removed from the home    

Bond I see a shower possible later ,but your know what they say
Spring showers bring forth the    

Wendy informs me that her sons Dr has stepped in and he now has someone
to come in and cook a meal and help during the day as they are concerned
over his blood  numbers etc not eating the right food
She said he also came into the charity shop on Tuesday and he seemed a LOT
different in his mood said he was going to look into a washing machine or get
his fixed as before Wendy was lugging not only shopping but his washing
up to his flat a few times a week she had picked up a shopping cart on wheels
some weeks ago for him from the shop and he had it with him so he did not
have to carry heavy items
I told her its good he was out as still having the colostomy bag  was mainly
the reason he did not want to go out any where
Seems they still do not have a date for its removal  
My son said he would feel the same way not good for someone only in
their 40's I know

Ok so enough of WARD 10 talk

Hope every one had a good night  my meatball grinders went over a TREAT
last night  

I shall return later
And what ever FLOATS your    or blows your skirt up while you
two are out Vicky,  maybe take a pack of cards for a hand or two as well
 
     

Good morning all from Atherstone it doesn't look
Bad out there no rain or damp
It had gone down a bit this morning but still a bit tender,I don't know about a doctor,I think I had a tetanus jab years ago 
Leading players today and it's Red Nose party day with cake 
Breakfast and porridge and blueberries
Coffee tea and a large lemon and lime
No ambulance or NHS vans here

I think a trip to the doctors is in order Bond, have you had a tetanus jab?  

Oh we used to count the chemist van's ....used to play a game I'd say we'd see  10 before we ate our meal,  David would say another  number........we've never grown up.       when we go to Tamworth it's Ambulances we see, though we only see 2 or 3.    but hey if there's nothing interesting on the radio OR  some music we want to listen to, we  entertain ourselves.    

We're watching "trigger point"     really good Bond. We've recorded "Love Rat"

Wow that Love Rat is like brown sticky stuff from China but it's very watching if you start

Hi Carole,yes I used to have the sneezing ,tickle  throat and running eyes  when they first had Teddy but it got better
So yes I think it's a reaction I keep touching face and side of my nose 
Cats

You said your allergic to cats no?
Looks like your having a reaction
Maybe put your finger in ice water

Hi well ,it may been a lovely bite but it's 
Swollen my finger up and I can't take my ring off 
It feels like a little splinter when you touch it 
Can you get rabies from cats

I'm here I'm here where is the boo boo Bond
Like Marge said some cats only tolerate being petted or stroked
for so long
Marge the last time I took Buddy to the Vet they ended up TRYING
to sedate him just to cut his nails ,but for what ever reason he
RESISTED IT just would not knock him out
I now wrap him in a towel to get his front claws trimmed with him
YELLING AT ME ALL THE TIME ,but I manage to do it

Sorry to hear about your tooth Marge

Oh boy Vicky I don't envy you with
but that's nice you get out a bit with David but WATCHING
AMBULANCES

I remember me and my Aunt Dotty having nose bleeds growing up
Nan would have grandad get this big old key that he would put
down our back as we held our heads back
Don't ask me why ALL I KNOW IS IT WORKED

Well easy meal today ,home made meatball
grinders
Watching tv now

Awwww Bond it's only a love bite

David doesn't like cats but as you say if we go anywhere where  there's a cat they make a bee line for him.

Oh btw Carole no we don't go out every day. though enjoy it even if it's just to sit in the car and count the Ambulances while eating the food we've made for lunch.

Sorry about your teeth Margaret.

Ok back later.

Well, it did not go as well as it should have at the
dentists. The broken tooth has only the sides
left which were pretty thin.
So they shattered into pieces at the first pressure
from the plier type device he used
The rest of the time was spent removing the pieces.

Some of the tooth is still in place but was covered
with a dressing, I am a bit tender round my left jaw
line and a bit bruised inside my mouth.
I took two Tylenol last night which helped with
the thick lip I came home with.
It was going to have to be taken out anyway.
it just proved a bit more stubborn than he thought.

Speach is a bit slurred but its only the Vets office
this morning and they are taking more notice of the cat
not me.
Got the next appointment lined up.

Nose bleeds are not unknown in teenagers,
Melanie had them at that age.
Her doctor advised a little dose of Vitamin K
when we were going on a trip to the UK, so it
would not happen on the plane. with the dry air
from the A/C.
I do not remember Ian having them.

Cats are so different from dogs, They sort humans out
very quickly into lovers or haters.
You Bond sound like a lover.
They also know how to spot someone who has a phobia
about cats. Sitting in a room full of people they pick out
their target and aim straight at them.
They also have lots of quirks that once you react to them
will keep you doing it until they tire of it.
Sometimes biting can be from them getting a bit over excited
Its more a love bite not a mouth full of teeth chomping
on your skin. They let you know when they have had enough
play or stroking. My cat will let me stroke her sides while she
is laying down on the floor but she only allows 5 or 6 strokes
then she is done. I am not allowed to touch her belly!
She loves having a few treats first thing while I am preparing
her dish of wet food. Which she won't touch until she has eaten
some grated sharp cheddar cheese!
She loves laying on me to nap and at nighttime.
Not always what I want, as I have to remove her to make my
visits to the smallest room.
She is not a very big cat and never was. She is managing to hold her
own even at this age. I have to help her in the fur tangles department.
Its allowed for a few minutes of cutting some out and using a wire
brush to ease what's left out of her coat. Then she fights me to get away.

I have to use a lot of planning to catch her this morning.
I have had to leave all the bedroom doors open so she can see that
Jagger is not hiding anywhere. So gradually will start to close all the
doors and corral her in the kitchen and back room with no hiding places.
She only has a couple of places to go to, one is a pub stool under the breakfast
bar. the other is hiding behind the ruffle on the sofa round the bottom.

I just closed Peters Office door. I have about two hours until I need her in her
carrier. which is kept in the garage out of sight.
She would go into overdrive if she saw that. I am not up to it at the moment.
first its a soft boiled egg and some soft bread fingers.
TTFN XXX

We went over and Jess was fine Dan was there too as he had started off to school didn't feel good and came back home,
Mrsb was up in Jesse's bedroom chatting I made me a cup of coffee and sat on the sofa 
Teddy the cat rubbing his head and back back and forth between my legs as I was making the coffee
As that's the area of his food 
So when I sat down he came over jumped on my lap snuggled down and closed his eyes with me rubbing the back of his head and ear 
After fifteen minutes he got off and sat facing me with his paws out like the Sphinx I went to tap his paws and he went for bit through the flesh on my ring finger and the back of the next finger
I've always been allergic to cat but not in the last couple of years with Ted about
They have both come up in little spots like a dying 
He went off and sat on a chair under the table giving me the I'll get you eye

Hi all, well she is very good looking for her age very trim 
So very nice then Vicky
 photo shoot when your ready please 

Morning.....dry, warmer, Asda man just been.

Yes I was waiting to read Bond had said he'd do the ceiling also Carole.

Both gardeners charge her £20 an hour, but she's got a small garden front and back, one gardener also cuts the tree {front garden} and trims the bush {again front garden} though as you knew a tree and a bush isn't cut very often, and the gardener who weeds it only comes once every month.....and that bit was the one I was saying "Soooo when you're not having a gardener at all couldn't you have Loran then" "I can't afford it" of course you can, your're not buying cigarettes "Yes but the flaming Government have put three pound on vaper and they keep going on about not smoking" I said but Linda you smoked for years you never said you couldn't afford having Loran then, I got "No" then she said but I can't afford it, I said Linda you really don't want Loran to come to you ever two weeks, is that it? She said "No of course it isn't I would love her to come every two weeks" I said Then you can afford it, "No I can't this new one is charging me forty pound " £40 said thought you said £20, she said "yes every two weeks, but it'll be forty pounds a month" and then It was , no it's £20 every two weeks and you can have Loran the week he's not coming, no it'll be £40 , from her...NO that for 4 weeks, from me and she said "Yes but it'll be £40 from the new gardener" from her......and that's how it went on. then she said "Anyway I've told her now and she was fine" I said you can always ring her up and say you can have her and she then went on, she was the only client Loran had once every two weeks so I can't ask her.......I thought leave it don't even go there.

Jacket's arrived.....love it.

Later

Hi Carole all done ,soup and a chicken breast sandwich,
We were going over to take the weekend ironing and collect the midweek ironing,so we just had a message that Jess (15) had had a couple of nose bleeds in the week and had a bad one in the night so she's at home and could we just check in on her ,

04:46:09
Morning
Mad WOMAN INDEED Vicky maybe she was waiting for you to offer
her £ for her hair to be done ,she probably figures with the bags your
buying you would be able to give it to her {poor soul}
Does she have someone do her garden EVERY week ? and how much does
he have to do does she have a LARGE one ?

Bond I was waiting for you to offer to do the ceiling

YEE get NOTHING these days for cheap any more

So your on duty today Bond ,how old is Jess now ?

Crazy weather here we SHOULD be in the 40's but saw 60's yesterday
and will do again well again away from the Sound as we get a cooler
breeze from the water but STILL above average CRAZY

Marge hope your dentist visit went OK one of my FAVORITE places
to visit NOT !!

Buddy is in the CUDDLE me mommy mode of late EVERY day if he
has not climbed on my chest while I lay on the at least
ONCE it is strange ,but he gets upset if I have to move sometimes
laying like that I get cramp in my leg and he shows his dislike when
I say sorry "Buddy mommy has to move "
Between this and at night where he is STUCK to the back of my legs
so I CANNOT MOVE ,guess he is showing his LOVE
But would not be with out it as he is my company we even TALK CAT
meow meow

So Vicky where is it today for your drive through lunch ?
Do you do this EVERY day ?

I should REALLY pop to the store today as I am out of the dry
Friskies Party Mix that Buddy like to snack on, it seems during
the night ,this all started when we still had Tabitha as towards the
end of her life she was stealing ALL his treats so I started putting a small
amount in a bowl in my room ,now though I hear him wake up normally
around 1-2am and all you hear is "crunch" "crunch"
Ahh pets who would be with out them @

Whoo just heard a mother has died in a car crash her two toddlers
alive but hurt

OK better get going before Blaine gets up

check in later

Good morning all from Atherstone another damp morning, bring on the sunshine I need a bit of dry sunny weather to get out and do a bit,
Wednesday again so cleaning ,Jess is off school sick today so we are popping over there At Lunch
Breakfast and it's porridge and blueberries
Back later

Hi ,I think £20 is very good is that for a couple of hours
Prices have gone up a shed load ,a friend in helpers at the leading Players has had a new bathroom in her flat, mostly tiled but ceiling a small area of wall need painting ( I'm assuming the door and frame ) a painter gave her a price of £210 she asked what I thought
Sorry had a gap almost forgot mrsb at the baths
Back to the bathroom I said it sounds a lot and more than I would of charged a couple of years ago but if it broke into two days that £100 a day
In the end she got her son to do it and gave him 
The money
Drinks before ( Love Rat )on the box

Oh I've just been talking to SCREAM!!!!!. She was going on about her sister and Karen said "Twenty pound for your gardener is cheap" so I think expected me to have a go at Karen but I didn't, I told it was and I can't understand how she can say she's only going to have her hairdressers every 6 weeks because she can't afford it now, she said "But I can't" I said why didn't she have Loren on the week her gardener doesn't come round? Ohhhhh it was like talking to a mad women.....well she is a mad women,

We've never gone that way Bond.  

I don't think Andrew should have paid any money to that girl, but he was pushed into it because the Queen was so ill.

Kate wanted to release a photo for mothers day
and send a message that all was going well in her recovery.
I think it was just an oversight in all the rush.
Shame it ended up causing a fire storm.
They do have a professional royal photographer
on call but prefer to take photos of their children themselves.

Next time lets hope they run a photo past a professional
before releasing it to the world wide press.
The Kings speech got waylaid by one of his secretaries
because of not setting it up to be broadcast but being
sent to the ladies computer!
It was spotted quickly and sent out to all the broadcast
mediums. They must be new to the job.
I cannot imagine what the staff for both houses are going through
trying to take care of so much information coming in
and going out each day.

Saw the anti royal protesters outside the Abbey with their banners.
having their chants drowned out by the native drummers outside
the Abbey greeting area.
The Royal calendar is planned at least six months ahead for certain events
such as the event at the Abbey.
Its already been a full program since Charles became King.
Camilla is helping as much as she can by taking on extra items so their
charities (They are patrons of hundreds) do not feel left out.
Its a shame that Andrew is still under a legal cloud and will be until
his case is resolved. The lady he settled with $$ is now involved in
this new legal case.
Who is going to be punished now that the person who started the whole
mess is dead? Civil cases take such a long time to even get heard.
It could drag on for years yet.
Yes, Andrew was a twit to think he could hide what he was up to for very long.
It was his fault alone, the rest of the royal family has no knowledge of what
he was doing after hours. They might have guessed but kept quiet.

An even bigger twit is Harry, now his naked billiards game in Vegas is back
in the news as the woman who took those photos is trying to sell them.
It might be one more black mark If he tries to switch from a visa to US
citizenship. Everyone forgets that John Lennon was banned from entering
the US for seven years for admitting he smoked Pot when he applied for
a Green card (a permanent residents visa) You need to be squeaky clean
to be granted one. They do an in depth back ground check on you.

Peter had a pen pal in eastern Europe, Never met him or any visits between
them but Peter was ordered to stop communicating with him or else.
They insisted that he list every school he ever attended. In his case
it was 12 different schools, he was a forces brat for goodness sake!
Good job his Mum and Dad remembered!

Any how, I have a dental appointment at 12:30 today and a
vet appointment tomorrow so better get cracking here.
TTFN XXX

Hi all it's started raining here again,
Morrisons is on the old A5 just after the M42 island you stay in the inside lane and the road goes up a bit of a hill 
Back in a bit dinner calls
Back again right where were we ,your at the M42
Island you go straight across onto the new A5 Tamworth bypass stay to the left hand lane that takes you up a bit of hill onto the old A5 Roman Road going towards Fazley
The next big island is right to Morrisons or left to what was the big old coop on a small industrial estate,
Right it's tea for the lady in pink 

Afternoon.......we went to Tamworth, Costa Coffee, well to M&S first to get the sarnies,  often Costa Coffee doesn't have the sarnie's we want so we go to M&S to get the sarnie's and then one of Costa Coffee cakes and a tea and black coffee....and sit in the car watching the cars etc going by.    It had stopped raining when we got there  but started raining as we drove home.     Not sure where Morrison's are Bond.

Are you sure it's Frenchie you're talking about Carole,    Rizzo was the tough Pink  lady,  Stockard Channing played Rizzo, remember her singing "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee lousy with virginity"  and Sandy came into the room and said "Are you making fun of me Rizzo?"
......Frenchie was a softy   played by Didi Conn.

As for that picture, so what,  I don't think it's a big deal,  look though any Magazine's and see the celeb's photo's being enhanced.    Kate's been seen with her Mum doing  the children's school run.  and she was seen yesterday with William leaving  Windsor Castle.....so what's all the fuss

We want some Easter Wallet's  for the Grandkids......though David is saying "They're too old now"    they'll never be too old, we don't buy eggs now just give them money.

Tea please Bond.

Oh Carole the photo was taken March 2022.

Hi Carole,it's dried up a bit here 
We went to Morrisons to get some bits for the kids Easter eggs bags so a Easter bag with bars of chocolate, popcorn, snack bars that sort of thing 
I don't know what had happened on the M6 but as we went over the bridge you could see a build up of traffic going for miles mostly lorries
We have had a Robin in our garden for years but this year there's a pair and they are working non stop in and out of the bush with nest making materials ever so busy
A bit early but time for drinks

05:43:59
Forgot to mention there is a LOT of WHO HAH over the
picture of Kate and the children that they say now was
photo shopped or altered and that Kate has admitted
to doing it
Maybe they should have just waited until she is 100% to
be seen in public

04:53:34

Morning Bond and your RIGHT you have RAIN looks like
it is on and off until around 4pm then stops tomorrow should be dry
Do you HAVE to go out for anything you cannot WAIT a day for

I hate driving in the rain ...

I saw Grease Vicky a Number of times so "Frenchie" it is she was though
I tough young lady @

Is that a recent photo of Benjie ?

Well do not know what was WRONG with me yesterday afternoon I could not
get warm started to get a headache and did not feel well at ALL ,so when Spencer
got home at 430pm took my self into bed under my duvet to get warm even though
I had a blanket on my sofa guess I just needed to lie down and take a nap

Feel a lot better this morning so what it was WHO KNOWS
Even my knee was giving me JIP
The wind was REALLY gusting around that time they said we here got a 50mph
gust ,luckily we never got a power outage like some or damage from trees down

Anyway no where to be today and nothing but dinner to make ,plus lower winds
and most of the day  

So hope you and Marge Vicky slept well, Bond STAY home today

I shall be back later via my kindle

Good morning all from a very wet Atherstone it looks horrible out there cold and wet ,
We are thinking of driving to Tamworth today as nobody wants to stand out waiting for a bus 
Not into the main Tamworth but the Morrisons
Off the old A 5 or do we just sit inside and watch it raining through the window,
Breakfast and it's porridge and bananas with golden syrup
Back later

Early to bed to read 
See you for breakfast

No Vicky I've never seen Grease
I wish I had deleted that line 
Nice one of Benjie,I keep getting a advertising on 
Facebook about flower tubs made like dogs 
There is one someone like Benjie I don't know the price but there's a lot of work in them

Bond you never saw the film "Grease"    then?           and no "French Letter" was/is the slang for Condom.....not Frenchie.   "Frenchie" is one of the "Pink Ladies"  oh Bond what can we do with you??????

Avatar.....Benjie.

Good evening all from a damp Atherstone
I don't think it's raining but damp in the air 
We have just been the Tesco spending a electronic voucher for £55  that I got when changing to Vodafone broadband so a bit worried that I may swipe it off as it was on my emails
But it all went well so we have £55 of meat and booze
I'm getting towards the end of my good but terrible book about the first world war in the trenches, stories by the soldiers of the day 
Terrible terrible stories
The next book is lined up ,the man that died twice
By Richard Osman , about the group of old ladies in a home who solve murders ,mrsb has just finished it and says it's very funny so we will say in time ,I still have two carrier bags full to work through
In Tesco I bumped into a old worker from my apprenticeship days talking about old women chatting, we could see our wives looking at us without saying a word but their eyes said it all 
So the pink lady will be known as Frenchie ?
Vicky I don't know where you got the name from but that was slang name for a condom 
Sorry Vicky I have a lovely picture of you in pink leather I don't know if I should delete the line above

Carole, if it was to do with some kind of security thing.
The police would have not been able to say anything anyway.
It took ages before we were notified about night maneuvers
going on out along the coast and out at sea.
It was the sonic booms that frightened everyone.
(Not intended but its a large area of open ocean out
in the Pacific. Just coming too close to land.)

I have said for a long time that electric cars are not yet
ready for the open market.
Their milage on one charge is about 250 miles max.
It would mean if I drove up to Melanies place, I would
have to stop half way to recharge and only just make it
to Jamestown and need another one!
They were meant to be for city driving only.
Do you know how much one of those batteries costs
to replace? I have read that its over several thousand $$

My present car has fuel injection instead of a carb.
On long trips I can go 500 miles on one tank of gas
in one day. For a 4 cylinder 3.2 engine not bad.

The lithium batteries are very dicey. even the scooters
that have small ones have had fires, one inside a house!
Others have been in parking areas under lean-to's .
So not just one car burned up but a whole row.
I have heard of fires caused in the overhead bins of planes
from a Lithium battery in a computer. Quickly put out!  
I was advised to take mine out of the camera I used at the
time and keep it separate while traveling.
And that was a long time ago.
Majority of the batteries are made in China.
One Japanese car company was blamed at first but
they investigated and found that the common denominator
were the batteries.
(You will note that none of them were being charged at the time.)

Our City vehicles are on a compressed liquid gas, an easy change over
from diesel, Including buses. It was done a few at a time but each one
now has a banner that says they have no emissions coming out of the tail pipe.
Post Office vans are still on the old type of batteries Like the milk
floats we used to have in the UK.
And they tend to break down a lot.
They are needed here because the routes are so huge
and handle a lot of parcels.
Must away to my breakfast and have things to do.
TTFN XXX

Afternoon.......and it did rain early this morning Carole, dried now but "Global Warming" try moving into the ice age.

Yes yes Carole I know Bond was talking about his son, they are there testing out cars and I was talking about various Electric cars, and the problem people are having, dangerous problems. Bond talking about his son just reminded me about these various stories I'd heard and read about......a TV guy this morning was talking about him being locked in his Electric car and not being able to control it and him screaming to the police to stop the car and get him out.....another guy was saying we shouldn't worry, just report the fault to the dealer/garage a bit too late if you can't stop it and you are killed, or it catches fire and you can't get out.

Oh started reading one of Susan's 2 books she gave me, I'd read a number of pages and then realised I'd read it.....not sure if I've read the second book which followed it on, will try it and see. It's the author of the Verity book, Rob was saying Dawn had almost read the one I gave Dawn, she reads it every night and is saying "It's really good your Mum was right"

Ok back later........oh sent for my pink leather jacket. I'll be called "Frenchie" Carole

04:30:20
Morning Bond
Do not see rain there YET it says possibly coming over night
Its dam COLD here have not heard much of the high winds
YET but right now here in my city they are gusting at 29mph
but there was a SWATH of SNOW fell in some parts over night

Feels like 24f right now with only a high in the low 40's today

Vicky I think Bond was referring to his son being up in the Arctic
and it being warmer than normal so that ANY car driving on the ice
would be a danger ,but your right about the electric cars over here
our Governor in CT wants to be changed to them by 2035 ,but
first at the PRICE they are and not enough charging stations WHO
will be able to AFFORD them #2 one of our bus companies had
them and it took DAYS to put out the FIRE when its engine caught FIRE
as what the firemen have to extinguish fires DOES NOT WORK
If Spencer was still at work by then he would be out of a job I am
sure as fixing THEM is different to a gas run ,even now they are
difficult as the newer cars have SO MANY computers in them

I have also heard of cars speeding up and the driver unable to slow down
FREAKING SCARY
Maybe we should ALL go back to either walking or on our PUSH BIKES


I have a LOAD of to do as did not get to do any yesterday
also need to run to my bank real fast so going to be a BUSY day

Not cooking yesterday Spencer was HOVERING looking for FOOD as he stayed home
most of the day after getting up and taking a ,I do not KNOW WHERE
he puts the food at times
So around 330pm I made him two grilled ham & cheese sandwiches in my
Air Fryer they are so GOOD done in it and healthier instead of being done
in a frying pan

Blaine went out for a while but I see he stopped and brought something back
to eat being "flush" with his birthday $$$
Saturday I ordered a Chinese delivery but I was VERY disappointed we
have gotten it from this place many times before so not sure whether
they changed chefs or what but Spencer said the pork fried rice with his
half a fried chicken was not good and I ordered Veg Lo-mein which are Chinese
soft noodles and they were NASTY so much so that I threw them away tasted
funny so will give THAT place a miss for a while there are others around
but not ALL deliver

OK so I have nattered enough

Hope everyone's doing well and that you ladies both had a good night
I shall pop in later ....maybe MUCH LATER

Good morning all from Atherstone it's a wet morning here I don't know if it's raining it just looks wet 
The big thing on the news this morning is holiday
Home sold as full time living accommodation just like our friends have done at Bosworth Water Park ,we kept saying but people say you stay in these places can't be permanent residents but they said these are , so   we will have to wait and see 
They have sold their house in Hartshill with all their money going into this chalet,a lovely place with  beautiful views over the lake , 
Breakfast Porridge and grapes
Coffee tea and large lemon and lime 
Back later

A dangerous thing driving an electric car no matter where you are.....I think the Government {which ever party} will start to question whether it's wise to push Electric cars. An electric Jag was driving along the M62 when suddenly the guy driving it couldn't slow it down and it started going faster and faster......he couldn't slow down or even brake, managed to phone the police who caught up with him and got in front, the car rammed into the back of 2 police cars and slowly the car started to slow down and finally managed to stop. We've heard time and again about Electric cars locking doors and the people not able to get out of the car, electric cars catching fire.

Right I'm off to bed. Nighty night.

Evening Carole
Ok drinks I'll fill the bar hot and cold
Our John is at this moment sitting in a log cabin over looking a frozen lake on the edge of the arctic,and it's not the usual fifty sixty below
That's a dangerous thing when you are driving a car on it 

That was Sept 2021 when the photo was taken Carole. but they are both lovely young ladies. I'll have to get a photo of Lily also. 15 but certainly a lovely young lady.

Arfter noon Marge and Vicky 
and well done on your cash savings Vicky 
as to a pink leather jacket shall we then call 
you *Barbie* 
My how fast Laura has become a young lady 

Marge hope you find out who buzzed your house 
I would have called 911 
Your getting it all lately dear friend, upset tummy migraine 
Normally I push any clocks that do not go automatically
the night before like my oven/microwave wall pendulum clock
bedroom side table clock but just forgot it this year 

Any way I'm ready for my bed just pray the winds are not TOO 
High tonight and tomorrow

Drinks Bond ?

Pretty in pink,
 Holly She has got a fabulous figure but that dree shows up her belly button, I've seen her wearing better,
It looks a different day when the girls had their photo taken to when Emmett had his taken today

I agree with you Bond about Holly's dress.         Shame that Greg was injured.....

Yes I'll be a Pink Lady.

Hi Vicky ,I like the sound of a pink leather jacket
Just right for photo shoot
I don't like the dress  Holly Woblebooby has on tonight,a bit like a turkey ready for the oven
Good looking ladies Vicky

Afternoon/evening.

Yes Bond Saturday certain was the best day to have your BBQ.

Oh David did enjoy putting the law down Margaret, and I was daft enough  to go along with it.  

Well got some lovely flowers  and also money in my cards to put in my saving up box.....I've got £1,205  saved up so far.    Though I'm thinking of buying a leather jacket,   pink leather jacket with some of the money.

I was also going to say you sounded so well Margaret but I read you've got a migraine,  well hope that clears soon.

Avatar.....the lovely photo of Laura {red}   and Codie {blue}  when they had the leavers party at Coombe Abbey.

I forgot about the time change.
Happy Mothers day to our UK mothers.
Ours is in May this side of the pond.

Finally getting back on track here.
The upset tummy threw my BP meds
off completely. it was like starting from
scratch all over again.

I posted on my Torrance web site about
the jet flying over my house
(I am under one of the takeoff paths)
No one commented until this morning!

One other event might have caused a
flight pattern like this and it could have been a
rehearsal for a Fleet week in San Diego which
would have included Marine fighter jets.
I have not been able to clarify that yet.
San Diego is about 100 miles due south
and is known as Navy Town.
Its also the base of the Top Gun school for
pilots.
What a fighter would be doing this far north
I do not know!
Unless it was a stunt like some pilots do when
they are not engaged in military games.
Camp Pendelton is a huge Marine training base just North
of San Diego (which one of our freeways runs right
through). They have a runway too, Shaped like the deck of
an aircraft carrier. (Well, they have to practice somewhere)
Cannot have planes missing the target out at sea.
Those planes are expensive!

Not been doing much at home. Had a mild Migraine
yesterday. It looks funny but wearing my sunglasses
indoors helps. Cannot read or watch TV.
Just have to roll with it and settle for a nap and sleep it
off.
Thank goodness its not as bad as it once was.
That took a strong pain reliever and a hot water bottle
on my tummy and a nap of about two - three hours.
I used to miss classes at school and had to make them up.
At work it was time taken off my workday so not very popular.
Nothing anyone could do about them in those days.

Well, its time I had some breakfast and reset my watch and clock.
As Carole said everything wired to a wifi changes automatically.
TTFN XXX