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Oh dear EvilS sounds like a bit of nightmare for you. Awful when that happens eh but at least you had all your stuff backed up phew. My mobile isn't new though, in fact its probable 8+ years old now so its not that I struggle to use it...I use it for social media, web browsing, emails etc etc all fine but as soon as it try to view the forum well...enough said. My newer laptop (well I've had that 2 years but its older than tha as i bought it as a refurb in lockdown) annoys me too as the battery only lasts a few hours and the touch control pad is way to sensitive for my heavy handed touch so I finish up shouting at it all the time as it does random things lol So here I am again on my sons old laptop which i tend to only use whenever I need to use my vinyl cutting machine (yes I know that sounds a bit weird) but it seems this oldie it great for the forum plus I don't even get adverts popping up Anyway I'm rambling again....just as I always did on here.....Have a great Xmas and all the very best for the New Year x And Lt K.... Happy Xmas and all the best for the new year to you too x

Hi all.....hope you're all well and enjoying life😃 Hey what can I say other than it's only taken me until tonight (15 Dec) to get back on here. Just in time for you to all wish me a Merry Xmas ha ha:) Wish I'd thought of trying this old 15 year old laptop ages ago ... not half as annoying as trying to use my mobile or newer laptop.🤪

And now we've both posted its 100%alive again 😂🤣😂

😂😂 Thanks for the nice welcome back Gary... Swiftly followed by the request to do some work 😂 Ps... I think you may get an unsavoury reply from Bill after saying that about him. Bill... Shall I ban Gary for being rude to a member as it is against the rules after all .... Oooh such powers I still have despite being AWOL for so long 😂😂

Thanks both of you 🤣

Sounds like you two have been rather busy and had some life changes Evils and Bill. Shame you had to get rid of your motorbike EvilS cos of your hip. Bloody aging bodies spoil all our fun eh lol. Good news about your central heating and phone though lol. Bill sorry to hear about your wife's health scare but great news that she is ok now I saw on the other post that you'd both recently had Covid. Glad you're ok. I've been testing for the past two years cos of work and close contact with germy customers but have never had a possitive test result even when I though I might have it. Had a rubbish cough and cold on and off for the past 3 weeks too but still all negative. So I'm either immune to Covid or the tests don't work on me 🤣 My dad's fine thanks and still golfing and thankfully he's not caught Covid either. He still has the leather settee and chairs you kindly gave him and they are still lovely

Hello again everyone. Oh dear I'm in so much trouble with Gary for being AWOL for so long and abandoning the forum and you all (and I do feel bad about it honest lol). I've no excuse other than what with everything going on and still having to go to work all through scary Covid etc, like many had too, time just flew by juggling everything and before I knew it I'd got out of the 'forum habit' oops. How are you all doing? Hope you're all well, happy and causing as much mischief as ever lol So rather than me reading through about a years full of stuff on here WHAT HAVE I MISSED... tee hee ?

Hi and welcome to the forum Dorothy. As you've said some of the older photos aren't accessible now as many of us used to store our own photos on other hosts like photo bucket and we'd post the direct link to those as it was the only way we could post lots of pics at the time. Don't worry though as I've probably still got a photo of Glass House Row on my discs and if I've not Algy B definitely will have in his huge collection. I'm going to work now so won't be able to dig mine out until tomorrow. Oh and Happy New Year everyone, I was sure I'd already said it on here but clearly not lol

Hope you've all had a great, but safe, Xmas day and all the very best for the New Year 2021. Here's hoping it's better than this year's been xxxx

Apparently data/research showed a few weeks ago that the most likely place to catch it was in supermarkets. They had asked people where they had been prior to testing positive and that's where most had been. When you think about it people are always picking things up and putting them down again and with all the good will and daily COVID cleaning routines in shops they can only clean trolleys, doors and other main touch points. Doubt card payment machines get cleaned after every customer enters their pins. Everything else constantly being touched by shoppers and staff on stock shelves never gets cleaned. The couple of local pubs I've been since all this started were always abiding by all rules and doing a fab job of keeping everyone safe and distanced but despite all their great efforts they were made to close again. I felt safer in the pub than I do anywhere else including work. I'm sure there are some pubs and bars that were probably flounting the rules though and no doubt customers were too. Too much alcohol and rules have never been a never a good combination in some circles. You only have to look how bad Warrington Town centre always used to be every weekend before Covid..... horrid place at night. I'm sort of glad it will be mostly closed to the drunken yobbish riff raff this xmas and I'm sure the police will be too

Best tell your immediate family and closest friends first, not right if we are the first to know lol

Well I remember the doctor doing house visits all the time, I remember The New Town as my uncle wrote a song about it at the time that was released on 45 vinyl and I still have a copy. It was pretty naff though lol I remember the IRA of course and the Warrington bombings too but have to be honest the rest I only 'remember' cos others have posted about them or uploaded photos over the years.

That's so funny (cant get the laughing emoji to work for me but I am laughing lol)

Naah they were all there to visit their 'mummy'

She was a funny and beautiful person. It's sad to hear that she has died. Altzeimers and Dementia are such cruel diseases but alas are so many others too. RIP Babs.... I like to think of her as being up there with the angles now shouting 'Ger Out o' MY Pub' x

Ignore my post...I've just seen the topic about it on Forum Problems. Catching up is proving to be much easier using my desktop pc (that I've not used for months) instead of my mobile phone that I have been using. The adverts don't fill the whole screen on my desktop so I can actually see stuff at the moment for a change lol

What insecure warning issue ? I've never had a warning on my mobile and for once I'm actually on my desktop pc and I've had no warning on here either.

The good thing about the forum is that say for example we are discussing an issue or some local history it has its own topic, comments follow on from each other and the topic remains and us easy to find again. The downside of Facebook is you can have a really good topic or photo and lots of comments and info but after week it's disappeared way down the page and gets forgotten about. I do use Facebook a lot but it's not as good as the forum used to be in the good old days when there was more of us. I tend to use FB as it's quite quick to look and post but it seems to take me much longer on here. Maybe that's cos I only really use my mobile now and adverts take up more of my viewing space lol I agree that a lot of people probably don't know it exists and some are probably also wary of having to sign up and give their private email addresses etc 😢 Ps sorry for being AWOL for so long oops.

We're actually going into Tier 2 Gary not 3.....although new T2 is what our last T3 was lol. Anyway, yes I agree with you there have been a lot more people out and about on the roads, shopping and even just wandering around on foot this time than there were in 1st lockdown.

Correct, which is why we were told months ago not to wear gloves in work but rather to wash, wash, wash and sanitise hands frequently. As for wearing face masks or coverings, well many are abiding by the new rule but some aren't. Guess that will always be the case regardless of what rules are in place. Have to say wearing a face mask for 6-8 hours a day is bloody awful though and I now have an even bigger respect for the wonderful NHS staff who have always had to wear them. I don;t know how them manage to do it day in day out. So for all those anywhere who are moaning about having to wear one for less than an hour to do their shopping....count yourself bloody lucky !!!

On the plus side it would give us all somewhere not to far away to go for a chalet/caravan holiday seeing as though we can't really go anywhere else...will they allow tents too?...and maybe a man made beach with wave machine may be a good idea to pull in the tourists. Threat of pirates may put many off though lol. Sorry only kidding but did get me thinking as I have no holiday planned this year boo hoo... and the way things are I'd even be happy to spend a week within a few miles away from home in a tent at gulllivers just for a break from constant work and home environment that I've been stuck between for the past 4 months other than the odd trip to morrisons, tesco or asda every few weeks if I'm lucky. Same for us all though I know

Ooops sorry....I've only just seen your reported post about the spammer Evil Sid. Thanks for reporting it and glad to see Gary has removed and blocked the prat

Very good ha ha

I was thinking more like shorts...good if it rains as no chaffing from wet material and good if it's sunny as I'd get nicely tanned legs...well only from my wellies up lol

With most people having nothing to do at the moment then surely there are plenty of us available to help local farmers in our areas pick fruit and harvest stuff. I'd certainly volunteer if there were farmers round here needing help...well saying that I'm still in work but I would help on my days off.