MargieH 7,600 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Thank you for those good wishes trogg x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 50 minutes ago, MargieH said: Thank you for those good wishes trogg x Belated birthday greetings! Hopefully next years' will be more normal - whatever normal is for you! It's reminded me what Professor Hopkinson said to me after the cardiac therapy, and my return to cycling had improved my stamina to the point where he was prepared to sign me off. "stay on the bike, take the medication and stick ro a reasonable diet, and I think that we can promise you another twenty years or so" Not sure if that was tongue-in-cheek; but it was thirteen years ago! Should I be worried do you think? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Margie , I said to my husband a few weeks ago that I felt old. His reply was a laugh and he added we are old. I'm the same age as you but I think of age as just a number to live with. It's the others that are getting old not me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 @oldphil thanks for he birthday greetings. I’d love to ride my pushbike again but my eyesight won’t allow that. Gave it up a couple of year ago. I just like dancing round the house to songs I remember from my youth- that’s my exercise! @nonnaB I like your husband’s reaction to your remarks about getting old! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 It's not us that are old Brenda. It's all those other buggers are too young. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 3 hours ago, MargieH said: I don't think I feel 78.... but what' s a 78 yr old SUPPOSED to feel like? If anyone had asked me that question when I was a teenager, the answer certainly wouldn't describe who I am today. And likewise, what is a 78 yr old supposed to look like ? Look at photos of previous generations...your parents and grandparents. Back then, once everyone got to a certain age all the men looked similar and all the women looked similar. Today, it's much more difficult to tell someone's age because people have much more individual appearances. (And happy birthday Margie, even though I said it yesterday on FB ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Thank you once again CT. I feel ‘birthdayed out’ with all these good wishes .... My mum only began to look a bit old when she was nearing 90 but she always had a young outlook on life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 I feel like a teenager....But where can you get one at this time of the ight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 I guess this was your first lockdown Birthday Margie? A year ago tomorrow we went to a fantastic 90th Birthday of a very good friend of ours. There were 86 guests at the party and we were all laughing and joking about the fact we were touching elbows rather than kissing and hugging, it was a token response due to the first few Covid cases being declared in the UK. We never, in a million years, expected the nightmare to still be with us a year later. Our lovely friend will be 91 tomorrow and fitter than most people many years younger. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Lizzie, you are right, it was my first lockdown birthday and I really hope it won’t be the same next year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,729 Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 And a belated Happy Birthday to Margie on here from me too.. though in order not to look like I'm always late to the party..... I did wish her Happy Birthday via FB yesterday. My daughter told me she was worried about me. ( Her Mum has been talking about me behind my back) I just told her to take a philosophical view and repeated the story about the Doc when my Mum was moaning about getting Angina in her early 80's. He just said. 'Something's got to kill you Joyce.." It was never a nasty comment and Mum had a great relationship with her Doc. He was just telling it like it is. On a lighter note.. the wind is really getting up here now. Nothing much between us and Liverpool Bay and we are high up. Expected gusts up to 85 mph overnight. There's a reason our cul de sac has had three chimneys through roofs in the last 20 years. I keep meaning to get mine re-pointed.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 I'm even later, but Happy (belated) Birthday Margie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 I have an crude home made crawler @DJ360 if you want it, neighbours wife gave it me after her husband slipped & slid off the roof pointing his chimney stack, he broke quite a few bones on the heavy 3 x 2 paving slabs he’d stacked up against the wall, on the plus side, made it easier to box him up, nice bloke owd Stan, still miss him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Thank you @annswabey for the birthday wishes and also thank you @DJ360 once again! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caroline 23 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hi, just stumbled across this lovely site again, last time on about 4 years ago - wow what's happened since then! Take care people, hope you are all well, chat soon x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Morning Caroline, welcome back. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Been out again this morning,,,drove farthest for nearly 3 years...26 miles to Newark hosptital....quant old place,,,easy parking..nice staff...appointment 9AM for routine procedure...seen on time ..out for 10AM.......Thats the fifth hospital in the last two years......the others being........ Derby Royal Queens.. City.. Kings Mill Been a while since in Newark.itself..don.t seem to have changed.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 You'll have to come and visit me Ben, for an espresso, down at Princess Royal hospital, in Haywards Heath. I'll pay for it and even throw in a custard cream . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 That's going to be a very soggy custard cream if you throw it in the espresso... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 I knew it, I just knew it....as soon as I typed it. Morning little sis.x 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Doesn't matter. I like soggy custard creams! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,729 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 @radfordred Your generosity is humbling Red. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Bit windy last night wasn’t it? We’ve got a close-boarded fence blown down ........ I’ve been twittering on about it for a year or so, since I noticed it leaning with the weight of a lot of ivy/evergreen foliage. I’ve (of course) mentioned many times the need for it being fixed but been told it’s alright, not a problem. Oh well, now it’s going to be a major job including a skip and several new panels. I’ve always lived by the saying “A stitch in time saves nine” but I know nothing! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 I've been there......ivy or some other evergreen is actually holding up the fence. Trimming the greenery can result in the fence collapsing; or if the fence is blown down, it drags the greenery with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 I can highly recommend Rainworth Fencing. They've done a lot of excellent jobs locally and they replaced two 7 foot field gateposts for me yesterday all for £240. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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