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In me back garden Rog

The sun starts to return after Thursdays solstice, yes I know it's a slow process but at least it's on the way back...

As threatened, just returned from my walk in to Bulwell & back again. Set off at a nice gentle pace with Mrs C, stopped a few times to rest my legs, browsed one or two charity shops & finished in the Salvation Army cafe for a cup of tea. Wasn't easy but very satisfied with mesen, first walk in nearly 3 months ! So my goal to walk to Bulwell before Christmas is realised. Christmas is early this year ! PTL. My lad calling around later to take me & Mrs C to see her parents in Bilsthorpe & deliver their festive goodies, not seen them in many months either.

You seem very low down. Second go at a ride to Wilko in the morning. Currently getting aches of the upper leg muscles and I am not very good at getting up hills (yet). Not ridden a bike for over 40 years so what should I expect really! Unfortunately I have a good hill to negotiate in both directions. Only downside to travelling on a bike around these parts.

My daughter-in-law is a VEGAN! It is near impossible to find foods that she can eat. As me mam would have said "She's a right faddy bogger!"

Bugger that means I will have to cut the hedge & grass around August, hay ho its only once a year!

Five days? I think Mr Smith's hundred quids well safe? http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/scientist-pledges-donate-100-trams-947177

I'm with Compo, I think the light quality is awful. The 'cool white' especially so.

Went to the dentist this morning to get my tooth filled, never felt a thing ! Going for a trial walk tomorrow hopefully to Bulwell. Will take my walker to hang on to & keep taking a rest to let my legs recover. I reckon about four "Stints" should do it, at least if I make it I can say I walked to Bulwell before Christmas as I planned to !

Mine’s an ex Scotland rugby player. But my daughter-in-law is a Czech

Attended from 58-63 G stream, Nat Bonner was form master after first year, still have picture of the group that went to Switzerland in 1962. Great days!

Well done Catfan! All the moggies are delighted to hear the news!

I knew they couldn't keep a Catfan down. Glad you're on the mend. Have a great Christmas.

That looks a bit like Carlton le Moorland.

Sure you haven't speeded that up a bit Rog?

Well done Mick,knew you'd get there, been a long time but worth it Rog

Glad you made that walk CF, don't push to hard a little and often.

It's the biggest waste of taxpayers money, apart from the alterations to slab square. Maybe the next bright idea the council will come up with will be along the lines of, knock down Vic center and build a train station. Oops, hope I haven't given them any ideas...

Just come on and seen your post catfan. Good on you Miduck, you are going the right way. Hope you have a happy visit with your relatives in Bilsthorpe, my mothers birthplace. Gotta be good. Well done and a Happy Christmas to you and Sue.

I want to give you a double 'like' for telling us about your walk this morning. PTL indeed! Enjoy the rest of your day, but take it gently... there's always the temptation to do too much..

One broke down today outside the Theatre Royal, what a Pantomime, oh yes it is.

The weather in Jan & Feb can be quite mild, a few years ago me & Mrs C had a wander along Trent Embankment one Feb afternoon, some people were wearing shorts & T-shirts. lovely weather.

8 months later he loves himself a real little attention hound, that was the first photo we took of Ben we will take one more to keep when he is ready to go. We take pics over his time with us and send them away, we took one when he went to the cenotaph had hubbys medals and a poppy on his coat we sent that one to our son.

My husband has just had new lenses in both eyes, a similar operation to cataract surgery, but he didn’t have evidence of cataracts. He had to go private because he hadn’t got cataracts, and it cost a lot of money but he was so fed up with wearing contact lenses (which he struggled to get in and out) and specs. All seems to be good, it’s 4 weeks since the second eye was done, and he’s happy with the outcome.

Years ago, when I grew much of my own veg, I had at this time of the year leeks, parsnips, perpetual spinach and sprouts. A good crop too, as I mixed all my chicken pooh into the compost heap.

Brace of Pheasants came my way yesterday. Dressed them thisafto and tomorrow they will be slow roasted with our own cidre and apples and bacon.

Phil, there are still NHS dental practices in many areas. I appreciate that you still pay a nominal fee for chech ups, then any necessary treatment on top, which can up the price a bit, but it's not bad. As a senior citizen though, I think check ups should be free.

Yes, I always think it's an important turning point in the year. I appreciate that January and February can be bad, but it's just a mental thing that spurs me on positively towards spring. Ive still got three bags of various daffodils to set, but have already got azalea, hebe's and jasmine in bloom. Along with acers, and various other shrubs with many buds on. As for my rhododendrons, we I can envisage them being out for the New Year.

Nicked this off NottsMan’s FB site. If you do FB he’s worth a follow, his music & modern stuff isn’t to my taste but he posts some good “old stuff”

Seeing as how you were all riveted by the above....lol.....thought i'd give you best team that Notts could have put out since 1950,............Englishmen only Hardstaff Simpson Broad snr Robinson Bolus Randall French wk Hemmings Swann Jepson Broad jnr.............................all played Test cricket except Jepson.........

Compo there are several different LEDs, I use the 'bright white' ones in the house and find that 8 watt will easily do what a 60 watt ordinary incandescent bulb will do.

I'll only make one point here and then I'll shurrup. . Be glad you don't live in the land of the brave and the free. Here you will see the ultimate outcome of privatization and it ain't cheap.

I do have some deep down socialist principles and one of them is not to privatise essential public services. This could turn into a political debate so that will be my last world

I remember when I gave SWMBO a new bag & belt for Christmas = the hoover worked perfectly then..

Have you tried wholly vegetarian meals? I love home grown veg but I feel a small meat supplement is required for flavour. Most vegetarians I know are just a tiny bit weird.

And the rest, Edrich Richardson Barrington May Cowdery Dexter Knott Lock Laker Trueman Statham,

I'm biologically old enough to be your mother, Jill, so you must be young..... I keep telling myself that I'm going to retire soon, but there's too many things I have to do - so many commitments. But actually, I reckon once you stop doing stuff, then it isn't good for you... it's the start of the slow decline. Lol

I started at Greenwood in 58 in the G stream after the first year Mr Bonner was our form teacher a strict but fair man enjoyed his teaching of physics I remember Mr Mcclennan(spelling) for maths., gave me a good knowledge of the subject. Cannot remember the name of the history teacher but he was in the wrong profession could not control a class so very little learnt there. I had to leave in 62 so did not stay on for O levels regretted it for rest of my life, but enjoyed my time there with the exception of cross country my legs were designed for walking.

At Last a thread about Greenwood School. I attended Greenwood Bilateral fro 1958 till 1962. Headmaster at the time was Mr Skilbeck a strict disciplinarian always wore a black gown and was always a visible presence around all areas of the school I suspect a lot of todays head teachers could learn a lot from his style its called management by walking about. Other teachers were Joe Morley, Taffy Broom, Mike Graham (played rugby for Nott's RFC as did Phil Barwick ) I remember some very happy days there and lots of good friends from the Sneinton area. I married a local girl from Baden Powell Road