Rare Megabear2 Posted 15 hours ago #62551 Share Posted 15 hours ago Overnight I've become an auntie again. My niece who was 12 days late has had a little boy called Archie who has weighed in at 8lbs 9ozs. He has arrived into the world looking like he's gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson and currently has lots of bruising and swollen eyes, however he apparently announced his arrival most vociferously and we are relieved to hear that apart from his somewhat traumatic entry all will be fine and the bruises should fade fairly quickly. In other news after four months of trying I've finally found someone to mend the broken tiles around my chimney. The bad news is he's scheduled to complete the work on Thursday ... judging by the weather forecast for Hurricane Kirk I doubt it will happen! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eddie99 Posted 15 hours ago #62552 Share Posted 15 hours ago A new baby. How lovely! Congratulations all round 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted 14 hours ago #62553 Share Posted 14 hours ago A very quiet morning here too,so just chilling with a cuppa and catching up on this weeks papers . I see that the powers that be are going to set up a carbon capture thingy up in the N E and is a bit expensive to operate . We in South Yorkshire also have a system that does that ,it is called a tree ?🤔 Back to this peace and quiet , I wonder how long before folk are setting off fireworks as we get nearer to bonfire night ? Anyway all have a peaceful Sunday and take care 🙂 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted 14 hours ago #62554 Share Posted 14 hours ago Morning all, A dull and damp day here, but still fairly mild at 14c. Feeling a bit rough after all my injections yesterday. My right arm is giving more gyp than the left! No plans for today except cooking a roast for dinner. Hope everyone has a good Sunday. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted 13 hours ago #62555 Share Posted 13 hours ago Had our jabs yesterday, covid in left and flu in right arm. Right a little sore but no other symptoms but still taking it easy today. Got lots of gardening done yesterday so will relax and look at the good work today. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P&O SUE Posted 12 hours ago #62556 Share Posted 12 hours ago (edited) Morning all, I had my you know what jab on Thursday. Very well organised, I was in and out before my appointment time! Friday though I felt bleugh! Not ill but my arm ached so much I had trouble sleeping. Glad I didn’t go for my flu jab at the same time as it was John’s birthday yesterday and we went out to lunch with our son, his partner and our grandson. This is my pudding! Edited 12 hours ago by P&O SUE 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiana123 Posted 11 hours ago #62557 Share Posted 11 hours ago On 10/4/2024 at 2:02 PM, Waju said: How many have been here since the start i have been here since before the dreaded you know what, so well before this thread started Thinking back, wasn't it great then to have somewhere to just go in and chat and have a bit of a laugh with Kalos & Co. I am sure it helped get rid of some 'lockdown' blues. Glad you are all still posting on the thread and thanks mods for letting it stay xx 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted 11 hours ago #62558 Share Posted 11 hours ago 3 hours ago, Megabear2 said: Overnight I've become an auntie again. My niece who was 12 days late has had a little boy called Archie who has weighed in at 8lbs 9ozs. He has arrived into the world looking like he's gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson and currently has lots of bruising and swollen eyes, however he apparently announced his arrival most vociferously and we are relieved to hear that apart from his somewhat traumatic entry all will be fine and the bruises should fade fairly quickly. In other news after four months of trying I've finally found someone to mend the broken tiles around my chimney. The bad news is he's scheduled to complete the work on Thursday ... judging by the weather forecast for Hurricane Kirk I doubt it will happen! Congratulations on the birth of baby Archie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted 11 hours ago #62559 Share Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, P&O SUE said: Morning all, I had my you know what jab on Thursday. Very well organised, I was in and out before my appointment time! Friday though I felt bleugh! Not ill but my arm ached so much I had trouble sleeping. Glad I didn’t go for my flu jab at the same time as it was John’s birthday yesterday and we went out to lunch with our son, his partner and our grandson. This is my pudding! Happy birthday to your husband John. Sorry to hear about your vaccine discomfort Sue. I had both vaccines on Thursday and slept all day Friday and had a temperature. Only slight discomfort still in both arms at the injection sites. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted 10 hours ago #62560 Share Posted 10 hours ago The gas man arrived and spent over 2 hours trying to sort out the Hive heating controller including putting a new one in place, all to no avail. He then spoke to someone at BG and they asked did we have Virgin wifi, yes we do. Apparently Virgin wifi and the Hive controllers have stopped being friendly since Virgin made some software updates recently and it has caused an intermittent problem with Hive so as a temporary measure he has made some changes so that they no longer talk to each other in our house and we are back to changing the temperature on the boiler if we want a greenhouse effect in the house. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted 9 hours ago #62561 Share Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 50 minutes ago, Josy1953 said: Apparently Virgin wifi and the Hive controllers have stopped being friendly since Virgin made some software updates recently and it has caused an intermittent problem with Hive so as a temporary measure he has made some changes so that they no longer talk to each other in our house Are our lives gradually being ruled by our apliances and their petty squabbles?😁 Avril Edited 9 hours ago by Adawn47 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted 9 hours ago #62562 Share Posted 9 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Are our lives gradually being ruled by our apliances and their petty squabbles?😁 Avril I agree Avril, I just wish that someone would give me something to do everything that I need them to do without wanting to interact with other appliance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted 9 hours ago #62563 Share Posted 9 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: Are our lives gradually being ruled by our apliances and their petty squabbles?😁 Avril Technology is dominated by two types of people:....... Those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand. I'm keeping up with it thanks to my trusty Nokia33-10. Even the daughter was impressed with my cordless garden bush trimmer . Or better known as.... "Cutting Hedge Technology " 🙃 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Hill Posted 8 hours ago #62564 Share Posted 8 hours ago 2 hours ago, Josy1953 said: The gas man arrived and spent over 2 hours trying to sort out the Hive heating controller including putting a new one in place, all to no avail. He then spoke to someone at BG and they asked did we have Virgin wifi, yes we do. Apparently Virgin wifi and the Hive controllers have stopped being friendly since Virgin made some software updates recently and it has caused an intermittent problem with Hive so as a temporary measure he has made some changes so that they no longer talk to each other in our house and we are back to changing the temperature on the boiler if we want a greenhouse effect in the house. What version of the Virgin Hub do you have? The more modern dual band routers can give problems with older devices, as I found out last. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted 7 hours ago #62565 Share Posted 7 hours ago Good afternoon. We had a lovely harvest festival church service this morning then went to the nearest beach to eat our sandwiches Pauline made. Today is the 45th anniversary of our engagement. I hope everyone is having a nice peaceful day. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted 7 hours ago #62566 Share Posted 7 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, Josy1953 said: The gas man arrived and spent over 2 hours trying to sort out the Hive heating controller including putting a new one in place, all to no avail. He then spoke to someone at BG and they asked did we have Virgin wifi, yes we do. Apparently Virgin wifi and the Hive controllers have stopped being friendly since Virgin made some software updates recently and it has caused an intermittent problem with Hive so as a temporary measure he has made some changes so that they no longer talk to each other in our house and we are back to changing the temperature on the boiler if we want a greenhouse effect in the house. We have Hive and Virgin and ours is working fine. There was an update on Hive 3 days ago. Edited 7 hours ago by Gettingwarmer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted 6 hours ago #62567 Share Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, Gettingwarmer said: We have Hive and Virgin and ours is working fine. There was an update on Hive 3 days ago. You have a very apt user name then. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted 6 hours ago #62568 Share Posted 6 hours ago Day at sea today before St John Canada tomorrow and then 6 days at sea back across the Atlantic to Brest. We had a good day in Boston yesterday taxi in, walked the 2.5 mile freedom trail to USS Constitution, then water taxi back to mid town and shared a taxi back. It was more straightforward than I feared. The cruise terminal is over 2 miles from Boston centre so it is disappointing that no city or Princess shuttle is laid on but it only cost us $32 for all the transportation for both of us. I hope that my fellow Sky Princess passengers are now fit and well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted 6 hours ago #62569 Share Posted 6 hours ago 28 minutes ago, Splice the mainbrace said: You have a very apt user name then. I prefer my Gettingwarmer to be on cruise ships rather than central heating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josy1953 Posted 6 hours ago #62570 Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, Snow Hill said: What version of the Virgin Hub do you have? The more modern dual band routers can give problems with older devices, as I found out last. I really don't know, I didn't even know that there were different ones, I asked DH and he doesn't know either. It is about 4 to 5 years old. Edited 6 hours ago by Josy1953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted 5 hours ago #62571 Share Posted 5 hours ago 37 minutes ago, Splice the mainbrace said: Day at sea today before St John Canada tomorrow and then 6 days at sea back across the Atlantic to Brest. We had a good day in Boston yesterday taxi in, walked the 2.5 mile freedom trail to USS Constitution, then water taxi back to mid town and shared a taxi back. It was more straightforward than I feared. The cruise terminal is over 2 miles from Boston centre so it is disappointing that no city or Princess shuttle is laid on but it only cost us $32 for all the transportation for both of us. I hope that my fellow Sky Princess passengers are now fit and well. Glad you are enjoying your trip to North America. We had a great time last year on Sky Princess. Our visit to St John was cancelled so I hope you have a nice time there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted 5 hours ago #62572 Share Posted 5 hours ago We had 2 North American ports cancelled many months ago one in Maine and another St John’s (not St John which we go to tomorrow) for operational reasons, one port changed their rules and only allowed one ship in at a time now and Princess missed out. They were replaced with Brest and Cherbourg the 2 days before disembarking in Southampton. Many people cancelled or transferred booking due to the unsuitability of the replacement ports but we weighed up and although disappointed with the change there were still enough ports to stick with the booking. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waju Posted 5 hours ago #62573 Share Posted 5 hours ago 4 hours ago, Adawn47 said: Are our lives gradually being ruled by our apliances and their petty squabbles?😁 Avril Technology is annoying me today, I have loads of photos on my phone so decided I would put them into ‘virtual’ albums. I created said albums and started to transfer pictures into them but I was about 20 minutes in before I realised that I have correctly put pictures in the correct album but they still appear on the main list as well and that’s the one I’m trying to reduce! I’ve given up till I find a 4 year old to help me! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsgoggins Posted 3 hours ago #62574 Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, Splice the mainbrace said: I hope that my fellow Sky Princess passengers are now fit and well. …… thanks, but very slow progress for me. The NHS website says it can take 3 weeks for bronchitis to clear up and being at about day 10, I can believe it 😟. However, complete with mask, I am still largely enjoying the cruise. I do wish that others with coughs would wear masks when in confined spaces; they do have them (basic but free) in the medical centre. Yesterday we took the ship’s excursion to the John F Kennedy library followed by a city tour of Boston and we thought it excellent, especially the library, where we could have spent much longer than the hour-and-three-quarters allotted. I am pleased that I visited the major cities on this cruise years ago, when walking miles was not a consideration! So do it while you are still able, is my mantra at the moment. Boston State House We drove by the harbour just as they had thrown the tea into the water, which I believe they do every half hour (immediately behind the man’s head!) I’m missing Strictly……… 🤫😁 ……. any tidbits from fellow enthusiasts would be welcome. Edited 3 hours ago by mrsgoggins 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splice the mainbrace Posted 2 hours ago #62575 Share Posted 2 hours ago 22 minutes ago, mrsgoggins said: …… thanks, but very slow progress for me. The NHS website says it can take 3 weeks for bronchitis to clear up and being at about day 10, I can believe it 😟. However, complete with mask, I am still largely enjoying the cruise. I do wish that others with coughs would wear masks when in confined spaces; they do have them (basic but free) in the medical centre. Yesterday we took the ship’s excursion to the John F Kennedy library followed by a city tour of Boston and we thought it excellent, especially the library, where we could have spent much longer than the hour-and-three-quarters allotted. I am pleased that I visited the major cities on this cruise years ago, when walking miles was not a consideration! So do it while you are still able, is my mantra at the moment. Boston State House We drove by the harbour just as they had thrown the tea into the water, which I believe they do every half hour (immediately behind the man’s head!) I’m missing Strictly……… 🤫😁 ……. any tidbits from fellow enthusiasts would be welcome. I’m sorry that you are still not 100% yet. We will catch up with Strictly (and a number of other autumn schedule series) when we get back. We know the first 2 out of strictly but won’t post on here in case some don’t know yet. It is freely available on Digital Spy forums though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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