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I've been through parts of the Northumberland park Mollie. A lot of forrestry.
It's very hilly here, and Norfolk is very flat. I was in Norfolk in 1962 during that bad winter.
My Brother lives in Lanarkshire, which is in south central Scotland.

I'm quite a distance from Carlisle Hicky, but in the same area, I suppose. As you say it's an area with lots of small towns, all fiercely idependant of each other.It is a very beautiful area. But sometimes life can be difficult as well.  


I see 'Katia'  was born in Kaazakhstan, but moved to Britain aged 3, so no wonder she doesn't have an accent.

Oh dear Hicky. Sounds like your family has picked up a bug.
Hope you all shake it off soon.

I had chilli con carni in the end up.
Now I'm watching the film on BBC2 about Houdini, with Guy Pearce and CZJ.
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hI Mollie.

I do have that Antibacterial Hand Gel, bought it when I went into hospital for the OP, a while back.
Keep one at work and one by my puter at home.

I've just had a tin of Tomato soup and a round of toast.

Have watched last nights recordings and tonights BBLB, what a waste of time BBLB is.
Why do they put such rubbish on the TV, we just want to know what they are doing in the house.
They obviously don't want us to know.

It's a while since DJA has been in touch.

There's not many places I haven't worked, I've even worked in Camel Laird shipyard, had to put an Automatic computer controlled conveyor system in for a company, it should have taken 6 weeks but I had to use their own labour and I was there for 12 months instead.
It was a shot blasting system that handled sheet of steel plate 30ft x 10ft, and very heavy, it was a good for me though.

Think I've worked in every Ford car plant nearly, even did an Automatic computer controlled magnetic crane that would go to different storage places and select the materials to go into the hopper which feeds a furnace, we were 70ft in the air and it was filthy with it being over the furnaces.
I could go on for a long time.

  Doing the design is very rewarding but a lot of responsibility and a lot of long hours while it is tested and I change the code if need be.

So having basically retired from design life is a bit easier.
The hours that I have worked in my life would seem horrific to anyone, most of my life I worked 70 or 80 hrs a week, but that was part of the job, I was usually first there and last away, because no-one could really go until I did, they knew then that the job was a go-er.

Don't think I'll be up much more, not too good too good really.
Hicky
You've had a very interesting working life Hicky.
Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Yes, I've been round the Abbey Mollie. It's all in ruins. Most of the Border towns have their own Abbeys, and there are plenty of castles about as well.

There was a time (between the 11th and 17th centuries) when the Borders were a lawless place. Almost a buffer zone between Scotland and England, but not properly in either.
A lot of cattle rustling went on, and other murderous deeds between strong Borders families or clans.
The towns had to be self sufficient, and each grew up with their own strong traditions and identities. And had their own militias or private armies, to protect them from the chaos round about.
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Emptybox..
oh well that solves the puzzle as to why she doesn't have a Russian accent.
Hope you enjoyed the chilli con carni.

Hicky...
you really could write a book on your life, you have certainly done a lot of interesting things, and certainly worked a lot of hours.
Between me, you and Emptybox, we have been around the block a bit.  
In fact I find it strange if I speak to someone I have worked with in the past, and they say things like they have worked at the same place for 25 years.

I hope you enjoyed CBB, I certainly did, I think they will be a great mix of HM's.

Hicky...Glad to hear you had a bit of soup and bread.  Not worth cooking much tonight if you didn;t fancy much. I hope you sleep ok tonight Hicky, and I hope the bug doesn't last too long. Hope the docs visit goes ok, dont forget to put your hand stuff on, you cant do much more really.

Goodnight all
M
Emptybox...
I thought there might be a lot of interesting history round there, as you are on the Borders. 
There are quite a lot of castles here in Wales too, and lots of tales of battles, but probably not as many as there are by you. We like to go to see battle re-enactments if they come close to us.

Goodnight Emptybox.
Let us know if that oil turns up ok,... fingers crossed, it does.
M
Good morning all

Hicky...
hope the doc's visit went ok and hope the cold has not got any worse.

Emptybox...
hope your oil turns up ok today, to keep you nice and warm over the rest of the winter. Is it still snowy there?

It is milder here this morning, all of the frost has gone in the rain we have just had.

Did you enjoy CBB?
I did, i think Stephanie is going to be a great HM.
I had to at her comment about the sheets, But I do understand, I love my Egyptian cotton sheets.   It was amazing how immaculate she even looked when she came out of that car. I am also liking that first guy who went in because he ls an interesting eccentric character.
M
Morning.

I was up at 8am defrosting the filler cap on my oil tank, but no delivery yet.
The thermometer in the greenhouse said it was -8 at that time.
We've had more snow today.

I took a picture out of my upstairs window, looking over the back garden.
Not sure if I should post it, but no doubt it will be removed if it's not OK?



For comparison, here's one from a couple of years ago, without any snow.



You can see the flat roof of my back kitchen in the foreground.

Hope Hicky came on OK.

I like Stephanie Beacham as well Mollie, not so keen on the Baldwin bloke though.
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Good Afternoon Mollie & Emptybox.

I got to the Docs ok, had a rough night with my throat though, have got the throat spray which helps, think my whiskey medicine helped though.

We had a little snow last night, not much, it's been snowing hard now for an hour.

If you go 20 miles away from here it's chaos, wagons and cars blocking a load of roads.

Sounds like it used to be a rough place where you live Emptybox.
Good job things changed.

That is a good picture, you do have plenty of snow.
You can't work in that though.

I've had some Scrambled egg on toast which is better than nothing,

Snow very heavy still.

It said in the paper that it would be -18 for 6 weeks, lovely.
Hicky
Hi Hicky.
Hope your throat eases. At least you could eat something.

I'm happy because I've just had my oil delivered.
That's a weight off my mind.
I can put the hair dryer away now.

Also the heavy lorry coming down my drive has probably made it more easy for me to get out.
No plans to go anywhere for a while though. It's snowing heavily now.

I've got a dentists appointment next Monday, but I'll not attempt it if the roads are bad.
I've got an insurance contract where I pay a fixed amount per year for two checkups with the dentist, two hygenist appointments, and an X-ray every two years, so I wouldn't be charged any more if I cancelled at the last minute, but I might have to wait a few months for another appointment.
emptybox
Good evening all

It is tommorrow that is Epiphany, so the 12th day of Christmas. , so that is the day the decs must be down by. But some say tonight is 12 night, and some say tommorrow night. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)
"....However, there is currently some confusion as to which night is Twelfth Night:[2] some count the night of Epiphany itself (sixth of January) to be Twelfth Night.[2] One source of this confusion is the Medieval custom of starting each new day at sunset, so that Twelfth Night precedes Twelfth Day."

Emptybox
So glad your oil made it. Good on that delivery driver for getting that out oil to you. Now you can at least stay nice and warm.
Thank you for the lovely piccies. Your garden looks so pretty, both with the frost and with the snow, but the snow looks especially nice.  
I think Stephanie is very attractive for her age, and I had to at the guy who said he had a crush on her.I am not keen on the Baldwin bloke either, but think he will make an interesting HM, as will quite a few of the others.

Hicky
Glad your throat isn't too bad at the moment. But hope you have a better night tonight. My middle lad has a bad throat too, and had a restless night last night, and is not eating much, but he is glad the lecturer phoned and cancelled his college tonight.
Has the snow stuck in your garden too now?
No snow here at all, but it has gone icy again from the bit of rain we had this morning.

That young lady in the pic has a beautiful bone structure.  I have never heard of her though.
M
Hi Mollie.

I let my O/H take the decs down, I would leave them up all year.

My throat isn't hurting now, got the spray from the chemist as well, that should sort it.

The doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me, all the tests seem fine.
She doesn't want to change my medication while all is well.

It's white outside, we had about 10cm of snow, but they had a lot of trouble here with the sudden snow shower, they couldn't get up the hill, it's a pity they didn't think earlier as they could have gone round with no hill to get up.

Hope your Lad will be OK, it's the season for this type of problem.

Funny we were talking about DJA, I was on the Chanelle CAT thread on DS and an old friend had been chatting to Chanelle on twitter, so I went to his twitter page and found he has been chatting to DJA as well, but under his real name.

If it freezes over tonight it may be a problem, it's all the others on the road with the cars that shouldn't be let out that block everything up.

And I thought they were going to bring something out many years ago to stop the artics from jack-knifing all the time, most of the roads get blocked by them.
Hicky
Thanks for the info Mollie.
I took my decs down anyway, but left the cards up till tomorrow, so I'll be right either way.

Glad you got the all-clear from the doc Hicky.
I saw that fellow had been chatting to Chan on Twitter.
He couldn't resist bringing up the subject of Mr L, could he?  
I thought Chan's reply was very diplomatic.

Seems you've got a snow problem now as well?

I've never heard of Vicki Thomas either, but she looks a bit like an older version of Chanelle? Probably taller though?
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Hicky
Pleased to find the doc couldn't find anything wrong with you.   I bet that is a bit of a relief for you.

I'll have to get one of those throat sprays for my lad.Is it that one they show in the ads with  a tube thing to aim at your throat?
Are you off work tommorrow? If it is nice and snowy, you'll have to do us a pic of your garden too. But if you are driving to work, you will have to take extra care.

That is a coincidence that we mention dja yesterday, and you get sight of him. Hope he is keeping ok.

Emptybox...
I know you and Hicky fancy Chanelle, but if the new lady is a bit like Chanelle looks wise, I certainly hope she isn't like Chanelle in temperament.   I just didn't like watching all that awful unladylike swearing and tantrums Chanelle had in the BB house, So I'd hate to see it again on CBB.
Is this new lady going in the house tonight?

Wonder what sort of tasks they are going to give them this year? I hope they are fun and well thought out, and I hope we have some really competitive HM's. I think this CBB is going to be a good one. It seems to have a lot of interest in the media , compared to the summer BB anyway. I wasn't keen on the summer BB at all this year, but am really enjoying CBB already.
M
Hi Mollie & Emptybox.

Emptybox.
I don't know Mr L, do I?

Never heard of Vikki, but that doesn't matter to me, could be interesting or just nice to look at.

Mollie
There's a few throat sprays, one is advertised on the tv but if you get it from the chemist it will be ok.
The Doc got me one on prescription.
You give it 3 sprays about every 3 hrs I think.

I am supposed to be working tomorrow,

I  think a new HM will be going in Friday, going by what was said on BBLB in reply to something said by Nikki.
Hicky
Reference:
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Reference: Hicky said: Emptybox. I don't know Mr L, do I?

One Mr Ziggy Lichman Hicky. You mentioned him yourself on DS. I forgot about BBLB. I usually only watch to see if any former housemates are on. I presume Nikki was on Today? I only hope this Vicki has half the charisma of Chanelle. (if she goes in, that is).
I only know him as 'Z', didn't know his Surname anyway.

Think a female is going in Friday night anyway.
Hicky
Hicky...
thanks for the BB info.   I guess I am not surprised they intend to save the new entrant until Friday. 
I keep forgetting to watch BBLB, but if it is anything like last years, I dont think I am missing much , am I?

Glad to hear the doc gave you that spray on prescription. Do you get yours free there?  Prescriptions are always free here in Wales, but fortunately I rarely need to take the kids to the docs, so just buy simple meds from Tescos, if we need them. It all adds to my points ready for our next holiday.

Not much on tv tonight, I am just waiting to watch CBB now. wish it was on at 9pm instead of 10pm though.
Hope you sleep better tonight Hicky.
Had it stopped snowing there now?
M
Hicky...
that stir fry should of given you a good bit of nutrition anyway, to help fight off that cold. And I have heard that curry is good for sore throats. Hope it helps anyway.

Emptybox..
you are getting me confused with all this MrL stuff.  
Hhhhmm, I wonder if this is in relation to the CBB HM who is a Russian spy? (or did we deduce she had no connection to Russia after all).

oh and Emptybox....I think we have to agree to disagree on our meaning of the word "charisma" from now on.
"Feisty" is probably the most polite word i could think of to describe that girl I saw, during her time in the BB house.
Whilst I do agree she was a good looking girl, I would not like to be the fella who got on the wrong side of a woman, with a temper and dictiion like she had.  

Now i am really wondering what this new HM is going to be like?
The rock chick on CBB now, seems to be quieter than I expected she would be.

Nearly time for tonights CBB.
M
Well i hoped you enoyed CBB as much as I did.
What an interesting mix of folks they are.
It is nice to see them having fun.
That Baldwin fella is bonkers, and looks like he will be the sort of HM that drives his fellow HM's round the twist.

Icy here tonight, but it seems strange to see all this snow everywhere on the news, because as usual, there is not one flake of snow here again tonight.

Goodnight all.
M
Hi Mollie.

BBLB is pretty grim, just old celebs trying to score points, not really worth watching anyway.
My prescriptions are free because of my age that's all.
Just watched the 10pm CBB, off to bed now.

The stir fry was super, curry is supposed to drive away colds anyway.

Mr L was Ziggy in that BB when Chanelle was in it.

Still liking the girls in CBB so far, will be even better if another one goes in.
Hicky
Hi Mollie.

Feisty Chanelle certainly was. But I thought she was extremely funny and intelligent as well.
Perhaps a wee bit spoilt.......  

By rock chick, do you mean Lady Sovereign?
I think she said that she wasn't being herself yet.
I quite like her so far.

ETA: That was funny. Your last couple of posts didn't show up till after I had posted this one?
Anyway. Night Hicky and Mollie.
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Good Morning Everyone.

Had a lovely drive here this morning, some nice ice patches, had to pass a few ordinary cars though, they had skidding problems.
Got to work at normal time.
Felt the Traction Control kicking in when the ice was bad but most of the cars out early were 4x4 so didn't have a problem.


The carpark was just compressed snow and ice, but if it snows on top of ice and then freezes that is great, you get so much grip, the surface is like rough sand paper and nice to walk on.

It looks even more like Vikki is going into CBB, it's on the front page of the D-Star anyway.

Have a nice day anyway, have some work to do but will get back when I can.
Hicky

Weather halts Coronation Street filming

Hicky
Good morning all
Hicky...
glad your car got you to work with no problem.
How is that cold? I hope it didn't bother you too much in the night. You'll need to take care walking on that car park though.
It will be nice to see a new HM going in on Friday.
Hope they don't work you too hard today.

Emptybox
Yes, I did mean Lady Sovereign. Hopefully, she will develop to be an interesting character.
that happens to me too... after I post other posts appear above mine.

We have actually had a bit of snow this morning. Only about an inch though. But it does look pretty this morning.

Have a good day all.
M
Hi Mollie.

It was good fun this morning coming in, just as well it was early, if I had have had loads of cars in front crawling along on a death wish it would have taken so long.


The car park looked lovely, just ice and snow, the car loves it, so do I.


There seemed to be a problem with my CBB thread, the page 8 has a code fault and was stopping everyone from posting, but it seemed to woek with firefox, but not with IE.

My Firefox at work here has stopped going on the web for some reason, haven't found at why yet, but it's ok at home.

Hope I won't be here too long today, was busy this morning after 9 till 12.


My throat isn't too bad, it's not sore, my voice is a bit funny but I brought my spray with me, I meant to bring some Paracetamol tablets as well.
Hicky
Afternoon guys.

Glad you had fun getting to work Hicky. And your sore throat isn't too bad.

Mollie. You've got some snow at last!

We had a lot more snow overnight. There's now at least 18 inches lying on my lawn.
I went out with a tape measure to see. . It came up over the top of my wellies.

The temp has been above zero at mid-day (first time for a few days), but it's back to freezing now.
The Max/Min thermometer in the greehouse was down as low as -12 at some point.

Anyway, here's another photie for ya. The last one, I promise.
I call it 'The Road to the Village', for reasons of an obvious nature.



I've always had problems with posting here in IE. It doesn't seem to recognize line breaks properly. I always have to go back and edit my posts to make them look as I want.

I see they've been building snowmen in the house this morning.
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