katyjay

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  1. We had an anniversary recently. 2 cards came from the UK, one cost £2.20 to send, the other £4.20. Crikey. I am not expecting many Christmas cards from there this year, they get less and less each year. Can't blame them. Here the letter rate for domestic mail is 66c. It costs the same whether i send to the next street or across country (e.g. California to Maine, over 4,000 miles) still 66c. International is $1.50.

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  2. 2 hours ago, DJ360 said:

    We still have a part used tin of Colman's Mustard powder in the cupboard.  As far as I can see the sell by date is 2011. :biggrin:

     

     

    Reading this made me go and look at my tin of mustard powder. Jan 89. Crikey, I guess not many recipes have called for it!!!!

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  3. 4 hours ago, trogg said:

    Hi Mary I was born a few miles from Woking , a place called Knaphill and I recall all those other names. My older brother later was at Pirbright Barracks. 

    We lived 3 miles from Woking, the other direction. West Byfleet. We shopped in Woking and Guildford. We were in Woodham last year, rented a place, went into Woking and didn't recognise it. Pretty much all pedestrianised now.

  4. 1 minute ago, LizzieM said:

    Wow, are you back in your homeland for Christmas Kath? 

    Yes. Determined to be away for Christmas this year. First cruise booked (Med) got cancelled. 2nd cruise, NCL kept changing the itinerary, so much so, that there were hardly any places we hadn't been to before. And I didn't fancy an 18hr flight and then not enjoy it. So we decided to'do' London. 11 nights in a hotel on Tottenham Court Rd.  Only ever been there the odd day or night. Taking 2 friends with us, and plan to walk our feet off every day!

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  5. Ah, the good old days when there wasn't 320 guests on line. I used to enjoy looking who was on line and what they were looking at. Sometimes it was an old subject,  long forgotten,  that I could then click on and enjoy again.These so called 'guests' are ruining this.

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  6. I am very thankful for our  sanitation company, and Del Webb, the builder of this area. He had the forethought of putting trash cans in the ground.  The trash men RUN with a large wheelie bin from driveway to driveway, flip the metal lid, pull out the dustbin and empty into the wheelie. Put bin back in hole and flip the lid back. Run to the next driveway.  Meanwhile, one of the crew moves the truck up, then gets a wheelie and joins the gang. They come twice a week for regular trash. They will take up to 14 bags of garden waste at no charge, although it is rarely put out, most folks have a landscaper every couple of months and they take the waste with them. We keep a recyle bin in the garage and put it out for collection twice a month. everything in one bin. The trash company is private, have about 50 trucks and service a huge area around here.

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  7. Yesterday went on the community bus trip 'oop north' 2 hours to Prescott. Lovely old town, the trip was to the arts and craft fair in the town square. Prescott is around a mile high, so much cooler than the desert. Mid 80's when we got there, and a lovely breeze. As we left at 3pm it just about hit 92. So much cooler than home. Our monsoons are late this summer,  we really need some rain, can you send some over.