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Good Evening Everyone,
Sunny and warm in Airdrie to-day about 70 I think,Scottish airports closed again to-day due to Iceland Ash.Glad Judy you can soak up the pleasures of Orlando with Laurie,hope to-morrow whizzes by and you can relax again to enjoy the foods you have missed.
Thanks for Robert part 2,why on earth would anyone give houseroom to such an ugly doll (unless to scare the in-laws away)- creepy stuff indeed.
Gave my presentation to-day (whisper it)only two turned up,both staff members,the event organiser,despite my confirming time and place with her last Friday,managed to post my event for Tuesday room 2.34,she apologised later reconfirmed Wednesday room 1.17,Wednesday 12.20pm I discover shes posted room 2.34 I had to post a notice on that door go to 1.17.Anyway with the meeting called at 12.30 to 1.30 which is lunch time, my buddies ribbed me a bit by saying they wouldnt want to miss their smoking break.
Ha-Ha.The two that turned up were from the health committee and were really embarrassed and will re-schedule me in June,with a guaranteed staff/student turnout?.
The Roy Castle Cancer Foundation were very professional in supporting me,they sent me a package by cab containing educational booklets called Look After Your Lungs and their Mays News Booklet,yes the one thats circulated to every hospital in the UK,every cancer centre and lung nurse,and yours truely having a full page all to himself and in full technicolour,proving once again where theres a down theres always an up-now how do I manage to sent it to you?
Have a Great Friday and Weekend.
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Good Evening Everyone,
Sunny and warm in Airdrie to-day about 70 I think,Scottish airports closed again to-day due to Iceland Ash.Glad Judy you can soak up the pleasures of Orlando with Laurie,hope to-morrow whizzes by and you can relax again to enjoy the foods you have missed.
Thanks for Robert part 2,why on earth would anyone give houseroom to such an ugly doll (unless to scare the in-laws away)- creepy stuff indeed.
Gave my presentation to-day (whisper it)only two turned up,both staff members,the event organiser,despite my confirming time and place with her last Friday,managed to post my event for Tuesday room 2.34,she apologised later reconfirmed Wednesday room 1.17,Wednesday 12.20pm I discover shes posted room 2.34 I had to post a notice on that door go to 1.17.Anyway with the meeting called at 12.30 to 1.30 which is lunch time, my buddies ribbed me a bit by saying they wouldnt want to miss their smoking break.
Ha-Ha.The two that turned up were from the health committee and were really embarrassed and will re-schedule me in June,with a guaranteed staff/student turnout?.
The Roy Castle Cancer Foundation were very professional in supporting me,they sent me a package by cab containing educational booklets called Look After Your Lungs and their Mays News Booklet,yes the one thats circulated to every hospital in the UK,every cancer centre and lung nurse,and yours truely having a full page all to himself and in full technicolour,proving once again where theres a down theres always an up-now how do I manage to sent it to you?
Have a Great Friday and Weekend.
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Hi Barbara,
Sorry to hear you are unwell and are taking some time out to recouperate,hope it will not be too long before you feel restored,hurry back,your postings are being missed already.
Best Wishes,
Eric.
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Hi Dawn,
I am not surprised that you mentioned that you had some Scottish blood running through your veins(quite a lot it seems with your red hair)your postings do clearly show a woman with charm,wit,intelligence and not forgetting an inate modesty.
I hope you will realise an ambition by coming over to visit Scotland,England and Wales,a Scottish visit I can understand,but England and Wales?(only kidding,pun aimed at any English and Welsh readers)My home is an open door, should you come,it would be a pleasure to act as a tour guide,in showing you round the sights of Scotland (bring brolly and obligatory green wellies).
Hoping you will be able to post some glad tidings next week.
Best Wishes,
Eric.
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Hi Dawn,
Wishing you all the best for your scan on Wednesday,you come across to me as a very brave woman,you are such a lovely person,I have enjoyed your many and informative postings,hear soon how everything went,look after yourself.
Lots of Love,
Eric xxxx
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Good Morning Everyone,
Its May day holiday monday-Hooray_the suns out here,blue skies not a cloud in sight,this of course means lounger out back with book in hand,who could ask for more,oh got to cut the grass out front first,temperature probably hit mid sixties,thats hot for a Scot.
My daughters play opens this week "The Libertine" in the Ramshorn theatre,never missed any of her stage appearances yet,its my 61st birthday on Saturday,an ideal oppertunity for booking a pre-theatre meal at Quas Italian Restaurant for my sisters et al,
however,one problem my daughter was out here on Saturday with her boyfriend Chris,and she made it clear to me,she didnt want me to see this play due to its extremely rude dialogue,so still to decide how best to celebrate my birthday,bit of a bummer?.
Chris compiled all my notes on my smoking and lung cancer for my presentation on Wednesday into power point to allow me to project my work into the colleges smartboards,so even if I dont shine my power point will.Hope do get a good audience and it has some effect on the students,in getting them to even think about their smoking habits.
Michigan Judy,wishing you all the very best to-day,hope you finally get to the bottom of your muscle spasms problem and can now get some long term relief.
KW Judy Iam praying you have a good news scan on Wednesday,I have had in the recent past similar problems with my eyes,it was a bacterial infection which was cleared up quickly with eye drops.Hey youve still got me on tenterhooks with Gene Ottos doll-Robert,hurry up with part 2.Have you the patience to hear about a true story about me and a spooky happening?you have?good,here goes.
Some years ago,my wife and I were on holiday in Barcelona we took a day trip to Montserrat it is mountains that are in the shape of ragged fingers,anyway it boasts of a beautiful cathedral set high in the mountains,they were not kidding the view from it to the vallies below was stunning,I noticed a long queue leading into the front entrance to the cathedral,I asked someone whats it for? the black madonna he repliedwell we wouldnt want to miss that would we says Eric with camera poised,well Sally said she could quite easily,anyway after a bit of further persuading,she eventually agreed to wait,well the queue continued right to the back of the church up a flight of stairs leading over the alter below,onto a upper floor still couldnt see this black madonna,could see some people bending over and kissing something? we drew level with the black madonna,which a roughly carved piece of ebony with a glass dome over it approx 2 feet tall,with an outstretched hand holding an orb which protruded outside the glass dome,oh my disapointment after all my queing-I turned to Sally and said,something like "what a load of rubbish"when I swear something grabbed at my ankles and pulled both my legs upwards and I fell on my back,Sally was hysterical couldnt stop laughing,she put it down to me slipping on the marble floor,after all these years I know I didnt slip,so if you ever visit the black madonna in Montserrat,
please remember to show some respect,you have been warned.
Hi Stephanie still doing Qi Gong,you must have biceps like treetrunks,is Qi Gong similar to Kung-Fu,nice to hear from you.
Randy you certainly have my admiration for the stamina you obviously possess in being able to work such long shifts,the unions here just wouldnt allow it,I hope you will soon have some time to relax and enjoy yourself.
Bud have a great week off,is Rose well enough to share your fishing expeditions,please pass on my regards to her,I hope she is less sore.
Have a great day everyone.
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Oh,
Would like to add on Spikes tombstone reads the inscription
"See- I told you I was ill."
On a prior(of course) occassion he went into an undertakers shop with a friend climbed onto their counter and laid flat out,rang the bell for attention and shouted"shop"
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Good Evening Everyone,
Couldnt post yesterday,no internet connection,gave up trying,however to-night no problem?.Sunny,cloudy,warm with a sort burst of rain to-day-Spike Milligan the late English comedian, quote"Clouds are holes in the sky where the rain gets through".
Judy,thanks for the geography,Key West now I.D.d in my atlas ascribed with "Judy" formally.I hope everything goes well with your trip to MDA,and you have a lovely time with your son and daughter,please pass on my regards.Really looking forward to your "live" roving reports from Ohio,Indiana and Pennsylvania,late June.
Laurie,Gosh you must have clocked up some miles going round 45 states (I think-or is it 46?)Id love to try that,although I would be a bit nervous as I have never driven on the hand side of the road.I cannot remember if I had mentioned my daughters drive across America two years ago from New York to Los Angeles.She phoned me each day and described the adventures of that day and I plotted her journey in my atlas as one continuous line,the main towns and cities she passed through were,Philadelphia,Maryland,Memphis,Little Rock,Dallas,Houston,San Antonio,Phoenix,Las Vegas,San Francisco.Hope to hear about your planned trip in August.
Donny-sorry but I have just got to give you some more homework-why would Lieutenant Caspar Collins have a fort and a town named after him?as Spock would say "Fascinating"If I get to complete another item in my bucket list ie drive across America,Caspar is on that list.You dont know anything about crossing America using Amtrak do you,might be an easier option for me?
Judy my fingers are crossed that you are feeling better,liked the story about Grand Rapids,do you know which of the Indian tribes lived in the area and do they still have a recognisable community there to-day?
Calintay, you would certainly enjoy the ghost walk in old Edinburgh among a few dwellings where there are many "credible"reports of ghostly visitations,I have heard it is scarey stuff-no I am not going.
Bud,last but not least,please pass onto Rose my very best wishes for her operation I will pray everything goes well and she has a speedy recovery,look after yourself.
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Good Evening Everyone,
Bit later posting to-night-buzy day.Weather ditto yesterday.
Judy,nice to hear you have put out for a difficult neighbour,that takes a bit of courage,Iam sure mutual benefits will accrue.Here we go again Judy,how can I keep up with your social whirl?what coach?what trip?where Iam I?
Quiet day to-day nothing much to report,must get on with my script and lesson plan for next Wednesdays presentation for Health Week,I really want to pull to-gether all the snippets of information I have collated,and do a smartboard centred lecture,just finding the time,Iam sure it will go OK?fingers crossed.The World Championship Snooker Semi-Final has just started on TV,Englishman Steve Davis has surprisingly knocked out the current champion in the quarter finals, fellow Scot John Higgins Boo-Hiss,actually everyone likes Steve,he was a great champion 20 years ago and at 52 years old it is a remarkable achievement,oh snooker by the way for those who are unfamiliar,is played on a billiard table,it originated in India,I venture to say it is a much more skilled game than pool.
Bye for now.
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Hi Wayne,
Welcome,looking forward to getting to know you,this is a wonderful place to come to when you feel like sharing with some understanding company,the buddies here will give you the benefits of their experience to provide you answers to any particular concerns you are having-they also know how to have some fun.(Wait till you read some of Anns jokes-she can put a smile on anyones face even when you are trying not to)
You are blessed in having the support of a loving wife,I wish you many happy years ahead sharing your sons childhood and watching him grow into an adult,these are the special years that I personally had the pleasure of sharing.
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Good Evening Everyone,
Just back from work,weather,cloudy,dry and warm-same as yesterday.Been at a distillary in Glasgow to-day with a small team of colleagues providing retraining and educational information to the workforce there who are being made redundant following the owners (Diageos)decision to relocate the plant to another site in Leven.200 years of Whisky(Jonny Walker) manufacturing history on this site now going to be demolished.They are redeploying some of the workforce,but a lot of the workforce dont want to move and are looking for alternative employment.Kilmarnock is being worst hit where 700 employees are losing their jobs despite a long campaign by the local and national politicians to try to get a stay of execution,to no avail well I suppose this is progress in having a new factory to move to that can have all its facilities on one site,but Kilmarnock is a small town and this company was its major employer,hope the politicians can give them a helping hand in bringing new investment to the town.
Calintay-is your story interesting?of course it is,and you have never been to the Rose Festival?well Iam amazed it would be my highlight of the year to witness all the fun,with a tour on a warship as a side salad,bring it on.I have a Italian friend Cesare who I play golf with,well he was born and raised in Rome and I was astonished when he told me he hasnt been inside the Colliseum,as he said he passed it every day of his life and never gave it a thought of visiting it.I then got to thinking,I used to live only about two miles from Glasgow Cathedral, and just across the street the oldest house in Glasgow circa 1174 AD open as a museum just full of domestic artefacts throughout Scotlands history.Well it was only a couple of years ago I visited both of them.
Calintay your Rose Festival sounds like a super photo oppertunity how about taking some photos when you go,and post some on site,I am sure everyone here would appreciate it.
Enjoy the rest of your day everyone.
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Hi Laurie,
Dennis Weaver,of course it was,Where did I get Hopper from,Lonesome Dove with Jamie Lee Curtis and Robert Duvall,best western series ever, I think.Wish there were more programmes like them,wasnt that blue duck a real nasty?.
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Hi Mike,
Just remembered Hoppys real name - Dennis Hopper,am I right?.
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Hi Laurie,
How does my birthday sit with yours 8th of May 1949,(no need to reply,girls always have the privilege of discretion in my book)
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Hi Beatlemike,
What a co-incidence you mentioning lost pigeons,I was just listening to my local radio yesterday,some pigeon fanciers were being interviewed about missing birds from their lofts,apparently their owners were of the opinion that the pigeons were very sensitive to the icelandic volcano fallout dust and have decided to roost somewhere abroad before they return?.How could I have forgfotten Gunsmoke,James Arness,Hoppy(forgotten his real name-he was in Stephen Spielbergs first film Duel)and Kitty.Loved that show.I am not familiar with the saying "streak posters?" Sorry Bruce Iam not familiar with the word -mausy- either,it is not in my oxford dictionary .
Thanks everyone for widening my education,I will catch on eventually.
Bye for now,
Eric.
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Hi Judy,
Sorry for being late,where is everyone?(you dont think my contribution to the forum has scared everyone away,or bored them to death do you?)Woke up this morning to some rain,serves me right for mentioning yesterday I havent seen any for weeks,but as it turns out the remainder of the day has been dry cloudy but warm.I still feel I have entered the forum half way through a conversation sometimes,also being a bit behind in not having an American upbringing,however our TV programmes here are largely from America,so my upbringing includes-I Love Lucy,Peyton Place,Bilko,Dr Kildare,Maverick,Roy Rogers,Bonanza,Zorro,
Flash Gordon,High Chapperal,Rawhide,Mash,Wyatt Earp,Rockford Files,
Cannon,Wagon Train,Kojak and the Untouchables.Ok You buddies what have I missed?How did I get into this vein?ah yes Judy you are to blame,it was your statement "not getting the furnace back on line yet" what furnace? whose furnace"
Bye for now,
Eric.
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Hi Bruce,
So good to hear from you,thanks for your suggestion, I will stress to the students that lung cancer could be contracted even though they have never smoked, another bit of infro I found in the UK is that the incidence of lung cancer found in males is declining yet in females it is on the increase?.How did your conference in Banff go?that was such a beatiful picture you sent of the hotel you were staying in,I am so jealous of you -grrr-what kind of work do you do that compells you to work on a Saturday?anyway wishing you a great weekend.
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Hi Judy and Randy,
Just back from the supermarket(I get them,Sally gets to put them away)and the car wash,went to Argos,our cordless phone has gone on the blink,bought a goodie I think.My cancer presentation is completely open ended,as I enter the main entrance to the college,I pass many students in that area,puffing on their cigarettes,I thought I would focus in this area to raise awareness of possible later consequences,thought I would tell them about my cancer story,I extended an invitation to Susan Christie of ,she the Roy Castle Org and she replied she would come adding she was keen to meet me in the flesh-ooooh(hope shes not disapointed)I will get the oppertunity to find out why my story didnt appear this month in her magazine.Susan did send me some information slides from a power point presentation,which may be useful.In preparing a lesson I like to source materials from many different areas then compile it into a format I am comfortable with ,thats why I was looking for any pointers from the buddies,that would add to the learning experience of my audience.
Asked Sally about Randys recipe exchange idea,her response was I can only cook "ordinary food"she is being modest,but she is a bit shy,I will continue my efforts in meeting you all,because she could gain so much in your friendship.
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Good Morning Everyone,
Yeah! its the weekend,havent posted much but I have been reading the forums,currently having a fine spell of weather,havent seen much rain for weeks,unusual for Scotland.Todays a bit cloudy but warm,maybe the sun will break through later?.
Judy,been trying to encourage my wife Sally to get on board,but its difficult,maybe shes thinks she set it on fire or wipe all the files clean?however I think shes beginning to bite,having read your posting on slow cooked fruit cobbler and oven baked chicken,she wants to know if oven baked chicken is roast chicken or it another way of saying chicken casserole,bet she will become involved soon.
Bud I think you have illustrated a saying we have in Scotland,which is one of my favourites "We are all Jock Tamsons bairns",your coming home from work habits,mirror mine exactly,dont knock it.
Donny-Thanks I have discoved your location,you are now officially flagged in my Times Atlas.Casper is much the same size as Airdrie.I was looking in the right area Bighorn Mountains,is White River Indian Reservation a place to visit to see American Plains Indians at home and learn about their history and culture,I would love to visit such a place.Scots were certainly born to roam,always interested in finding out whats over the next hill.I have been to Rome,St Peters,Villa Bourgese,Colliseum,Tivoli and Hadrians Villa.Also went down to Sorrento to take in Pompeii,I was not disapointed,it is just breathtaking-put it on your bucket list.
I did see the oil rig fire on the news here,we had a similar one here some years ago -Piper Alpha-a lot of lives were lost,glad to hear Bill was not involved.
My college runs a health week for the students starting on the 3rd of May and staff are expected to make a contribution,and in a mad fit of stupidity I"volunteered"or rather browbeaten into giving a presentation to the students,oh I hate Alana Moss and her persuasive charms.College has approx 9000 students although probably only 2000 in daily attendance,this is not a timetabled presentation but an open invitation to students,so I have no idea how many will show(might end up talking talking to myself but on the other hand?)ok buddies put youselfs in my spot-anything you would like to say-I can can say on your behalf?
Bye for now.
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Hi Judy,
Iam sorry to hear about your pain and distress,Iam really concerned for you,the replies from Barbara,Judy and Randy,have provided such good advice theres little I can add,to bring you some additional comfort,I have yet to meet a doctor who has been stumped before in searching for a diagnosis and treatment,as in medicine there are so many avenues to explore,seems to me if your doctor is not energised enough to find a cause and a treatment,I would be searching out another doctor.Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Hi Ned,
What can I say,thank you so much for doing my picture for me,your skills are second to none,I still find this technology so amazing,sending pictures throughout the world,isnt it great.
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Hi Everyone,
This is a late air on Tuesday,for you,its actually 2.35am Wednesday for me,I woke up couldnt get back to sleep so I have come downstairs for a cup of coffee,ok, I know not the best beverage to induce sleep.Anyway just thought Id turn the laptop on,couldnt resist a wee reply while Iam here,Judy did Stan catch any mutton snappers,Bud hope back rash disapears soon as.Michigan Judy,your mention of the depressed auto industry made me think Detroit-just had to get the big atlas out-weighs a blooming ton,yes its there Michigan,well Donny has made his contribution by buying his pickup truck,so maybe things can get moving again.I plotted your locale-north of Grand Rapids-Howard City area?Artprize great way to involve a whole community,so democratic by being voted for by the public.In London they hold a prize for contempory art in the Tate Gallery,and some panel,who are obviously completely off their trollies always vote for the most rediculous exhibit I think they only do to stir up the natives,the sad thing is the artist gets squillions of pounds,in recent years we have had a submarine made out or car tyres,and some nice bricks lying flat,another one was a live exhibit,where a group of men stood in a circle with one of them at the top of a ladder,well they hand a plastic bucket which one guy filled with water in a small paddling pool who then passed the bucket to the next man until passed to the man standing at the top of ladder who emptied the bucket into the paddling pool etc etc,this was described as a human waterfall.Another example was a Scottish critic with a sense of humour-Fyfe Robinson- interviewd an artist who had hung 10 white blank canvasses on the walls of the studio,when asked by Fyfe-whats it all about,he replied,well when you go to a gallery,the paintings are always filled in ie completed,this is an opertunity for the viewer to mentally fill in the canvass himself,OK says Fyfe why not just one blank canvas instead of ten? Fyfe christened this art as Phoney Art or PHART for short.Donny congrats on successful purchase of pick up truck,may it bring you many years of pleasure,trying to plot your spot in my atlas,blooming heck Wyoming is a big place-Love the place names like Bighorn Mountain and Wind River Indian Reservation,real Injun country-OK Donny come out with your hands up in the air-where are you hiding?Wind River will that have anything to do with Fyfes phart?Muriel,only recently heard about the shuttle winding down,always wanted to come and watch a launch in my bucket list,seems I have lost my chance?didnt Obama say something about a new focus on getting to Mars,will that not re-employ the NASA workforce?.My college is in the final stage of being rebuilt at a cost of £52 million,opens in the new term from August-beautiful looking building-we have a link with training all the apprentices working for BAE Systems shipyards who build warships,so I get to see all the ship launches which are very exciting,seeing these massive ships running down the slipway into the River Clyde,you know when they are building these warships,they build them in the yard in two separate halfs then they bring them to-gether and weld them the two bits match perfectly,its absolutely amazing,Here its 3.30am Wednesday Id better get some shut eye or I will sleep in for work-Bye.
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Good Evening Everyone,
7.45 pm here,been a lovely sunny day here to-day,sun is beginning to set.Thanks for your kind thoughts,Judy
interesting you mention a cencus and tracing your family tree through Ancestry.com We have a cencus taken every ten years here in the UK.It is my intention to trace my ancestors when I retire.
I have an interesting story in this vein I would like to share,trouble is keeping it short without losing the thread.Any way here goes-my mother died in 1987,she has an older brother,Gordon a retired Chief Inspector in the police,she also had an elder sister Edith,whom I knew nothing about other than she had a husband called Ainsley and a son Allan.My young sister kept up a link with Gordon,who recently passed on to her news that Edith had recently died aged 92.Doris sent her family a sympathy card,and was delighted to receive a cordial reply from Allan who was aware he had an Aunt Doris but knew very little more.He now has the search the ancestor bug and being retired has the time to do it.He lives in a large country house in Sissinghurst,in Kent,with his wife two daughters and a son.We arranged to meet in Glasgow,myself and sister Doris we had so many years to fill in and the time passed so quikely,turns out we are his only living relatives,we exchanged photographs,the one he passed to us,was a group photograph,A4 size quality stunning,it consists one woman seated with a baby on her lap,a young woman standing in the middle ,looks about 20 years old,and to her left another seated woman.A amazing thing is the baby is Aunt Edith,the centre young woman is my gran Paterson,to her left is her mother Great-Gran Gillan,and the woman holding the baby is my Great-Great Gran Scott.This picture shows my mother is yet to be born (1917)so this picture must have been taken in 1915.Now I would want to post it to this site,I have it scanned into my works computer,how do I figure out how to post it in?looks like a task for my daughters new boyfriend Chris.
Speak to you later,
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Hi Bud,
Not had any experience of shingles and from your vivid description its one Id prefer to give them a rain check to.I hope your recovery is not protracted and less uncomfortable.
Weather to-day an improvement on yesterday good bit warmer, lots of sun through broken clouds.
Returned to work to-day,hoped it would be quite,ease myself in,lasted about ten minutes,staff member phoned in unwell,had to serve a "please take"on myself,to cover his class,no one else available,well the day passed quickly -Iam well and truly back.
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Just copying you Judy,must have double clicked the submit button again ooh isnt it so embarrassing,still nice to know I am not the only one-snap.