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Wendy,

Perhaps we need a few heavy snow falls or something! They say that they can already treat the symptoms with four antibiotics that are already on the market, and I would certainly recommend that people get the one-off pneumonia vaccine, which gives you protection for life, as in many cases it is the pneumonia that finishes you off!

Nice day here, but quite cold, and high blustery winds. The onset of Lent on Monday here, summer can't be very far behind :) Stay safe Wendy.

Maurice :cool:
 
sospiri said:
Wendy,

Perhaps we need a few heavy snow falls or something! They say that they can already treat the symptoms with four antibiotics that are already on the market, and I would certainly recommend that people get the one-off pneumonia vaccine, which gives you protection for life, as in many cases it is the pneumonia that finishes you off!

Nice day here, but quite cold, and high blustery winds. The onset of Lent on Monday here, summer can't be very far behind :) Stay safe Wendy.

Maurice :cool:
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Oooh you must be coming into Spring Maurice, how lovely , Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons. I will certainly be having the pneumonia vaccine this winter when we have our flu jabs.

We are officially in Autumn, we will still get very warm days but I do love the cooler weather we get and the misty evening sometimes, its a relief from hot summers here.

On another note, Hope I can pop this in here ....the fires in Victoria, Australia ( bottom of Australia) are now "under control" but still burning.
The wildlife is still struggling but the wildlife carers working all hours to care for them and still searching for injured and starving animals who have no habitat to feed off. Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves! Australia and the world have been amazing , financially and physically with vets and carers helping to rebuild enclosures, search for and treat injured animals etc. There has been many donations of medications and building materials and crafted pouches and blankets for the animals
The facebook craft guild I follow have been inundated with Pouches and hanging bags, blankets , bat wraps etc. They ask sanctuaries and carers to fill in forms of items they require then send them out it is a great set up.
I have been sewing pouches and hanging bags , I donated mine locally as the fire impacted areas are being supplied, there are still tons of crafted stuff still flying in from all corners of the world.
The crafters of the world have united, it has been amazing.
These are a few of the pouches/bags I donated locally . I am still sewing as I have really enjoyed being involved, our wildlife will need help for may years, some wildlife may have to be located as their habitat is totally decimated.

Look after yourselves everyone with this coronavirus spreading,
thinking of you all,
Wendy




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Fantastic work, Wendy, I'm sure the poor animals will appreciate your labours. Still battling a cold/'flu here and it always seems a lot more difficult to deal with when you're older. But at least now I'm retired I don't have to worry about going to work or going anywhere in fact! :-)

Maurice :cool:
 
sospiri said:
Fantastic work, Wendy, I'm sure the poor animals will appreciate your labours. Still battling a cold/'flu here and it always seems a lot more difficult to deal with when you're older. But at least now I'm retired I don't have to worry about going to work or going anywhere in fact! :)

Maurice :cool:
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Oh thats not good Maurice, just keep resting, your warmer weather will soon be here I always think we are healthier in the warmer weather. :)

Wendy xx
 
Every time, Wendy, I've never been a fan of the winter weather, but with such unsettled weather as we have been getting in recent years, we could well be getting more rain here, He haven't had a lot so far this winter, unlike the UK. As all our water comes from boreholes in this limestone island, so we could do with more steady, not heavy, rain to top supplies up. But we have bright sunlight today, but I'll resist the temptation to go outside.

Maurice :cool:
 
sospiri said:
Every time, Wendy, I've never been a fan of the winter weather, but with such unsettled weather as we have been getting in recent years, we could well be getting more rain here, He haven't had a lot so far this winter, unlike the UK. As all our water comes from boreholes in this limestone island, so we could do with more steady, not heavy, rain to top supplies up. But we have bright sunlight today, but I'll resist the temptation to go outside.

Maurice :cool:
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Mmmm I love spring and autumn Maurice and I must admit dont even mind winter haha.
Oh, well I guess if you need rain it would be good to have some rain just steady.
I know uk has had unsettled stormy weather on and off the last few weeks as I speak to my sister on Skype every sunday.
You enjoy the sun today.
I am watching a depressing news extra on the coronavirus :oops: travel warnings, dont go into crowded areas, dont hug, kiss or shake hands with people!! Buy a few extra groceries in case you need to self quarantine for 14 days...if you feel ill get tested and self quarantine till you get results....but dont panic ....hmmmph .
Think I might be at home for a while , garden might get make over haha. Or my sewing machine will get another battering haha.
Has anyone on this forum in the Uk or any of our ex pats in other countries had any warnings about coronavirus?? There has been a ban here in Australia for few weeks from planes from China and now Iran and a "warning" to reconsider if you are travelling to Italy.... I am not travelling anywhere right now especially on a ship or plane :scream:

Wendy
 
wendylee said:
Oooh you must be coming into Spring Maurice, how lovely , Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons. I will certainly be having the pneumonia vaccine this winter when we have our flu jabs.

We are officially in Autumn, we will still get very warm days but I do love the cooler weather we get and the misty evening sometimes, its a relief from hot summers here.

On another note, Hope I can pop this in here ....the fires in Victoria, Australia ( bottom of Australia) are now "under control" but still burning.
The wildlife is still struggling but the wildlife carers working all hours to care for them and still searching for injured and starving animals who have no habitat to feed off. Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves! Australia and the world have been amazing , financially and physically with vets and carers helping to rebuild enclosures, search for and treat injured animals etc. There has been many donations of medications and building materials and crafted pouches and blankets for the animals
The facebook craft guild I follow have been inundated with Pouches and hanging bags, blankets , bat wraps etc. They ask sanctuaries and carers to fill in forms of items they require then send them out it is a great set up.
I have been sewing pouches and hanging bags , I donated mine locally as the fire impacted areas are being supplied, there are still tons of crafted stuff still flying in from all corners of the world.
The crafters of the world have united, it has been amazing.
These are a few of the pouches/bags I donated locally . I am still sewing as I have really enjoyed being involved, our wildlife will need help for may years, some wildlife may have to be located as their habitat is totally decimated.

Look after yourselves everyone with this coronavirus spreading,
thinking of you all,
Wendy




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Wendy my wife is a quilter and sower, her guild in the US has been sewing like crazy for this program! Three of our grand children who live in Franklin TN and also sewing for the cause.
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wendylee said:
Oooh you must be coming into Spring Maurice, how lovely , Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons. I will certainly be having the pneumonia vaccine this winter when we have our flu jabs.

We are officially in Autumn, we will still get very warm days but I do love the cooler weather we get and the misty evening sometimes, its a relief from hot summers here.

On another note, Hope I can pop this in here ....the fires in Victoria, Australia ( bottom of Australia) are now "under control" but still burning.
The wildlife is still struggling but the wildlife carers working all hours to care for them and still searching for injured and starving animals who have no habitat to feed off. Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves! Australia and the world have been amazing , financially and physically with vets and carers helping to rebuild enclosures, search for and treat injured animals etc. There has been many donations of medications and building materials and crafted pouches and blankets for the animals
The facebook craft guild I follow have been inundated with Pouches and hanging bags, blankets , bat wraps etc. They ask sanctuaries and carers to fill in forms of items they require then send them out it is a great set up.
I have been sewing pouches and hanging bags , I donated mine locally as the fire impacted areas are being supplied, there are still tons of crafted stuff still flying in from all corners of the world.
The crafters of the world have united, it has been amazing.
These are a few of the pouches/bags I donated locally . I am still sewing as I have really enjoyed being involved, our wildlife will need help for may years, some wildlife may have to be located as their habitat is totally decimated.

Look after yourselves everyone with this coronavirus spreading,
thinking of you all,
Wendy




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Bob Davis said:
Some Christmas Cake you've got on that table, ah, but then of course you are in America, so I suppose that s considered medium size. By the way back to the saddle, were you one of those in the forties and fifties leather thonged your saddle underneath to tighten it?
Bob
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Yes, prevented sagging. Brooks swallow saddle's had a leather brace underneath and a tension nut under the front but still with time they would sag a bit. I rode a Brooks B17N most of time, chaps did cut them away like the Swallow and then leather tied them The Brooks swallow that is on the blue Rotrax bike in the photo in the snow, I purchased new in Brum in the 1950s still ride it, very comfy, But on my Mercian that I rode now, I have a Brooks B17 standard for my fat old rear end.
 
Richarddye said:
Wendy my wife is a quilter and sower, her guild in the US has been sewing like crazy for this program! Three of our grand children who live in Franklin TN and also sewing for the cause.
Great cause...…...
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Hi Richarddye , It is so wonderful to hear please let her know it is all very much appreciated by our wildlife all the crafters of the world have been so so generous , Australia has been overwhelmed with the out pouring of love for our wildlife . :)

Wendy
 
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Maurice, I keep meaning to say that I went to Crete last year, stayed near Heraklion. It was very nice, loved Greece and would like to go back.

I would like to start looking at going to Greece again
 
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Kat,



Best avoid the extreme heat of summer (July & August) if you can, unless you're a beach person. Late May / early June and late September are good times to be here. If you don't hire a car, then you best staying in a travel hub such as Aghios Nikolaos that will enable you to see a bit more of the island, but still away from a big city like Heraklion. But it really does depend on what you want to do / see.

Maurice :cool:
 
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I have only been to Greece once. That was in May 1979 to Corfu. I remember being over there when we heard that Margaret Thatcher had just become Prime Minister. We always said we would go back to Greece but did not. Our most visited overseas holiday place is North Italy, especially the Italian Lakes. Fortunately we did not make a booking this year as I had a hernia operation early February (now fully recovered) so we decided to wait until that was over. . Dave.
 
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hi folks...thread is now open again after the removal of off topic posts..some posts have also been edited...could members please refrain from starting a thread about the recent coronavirus outbreak...we all know what we need to do to try and contain and protect. so lets try and keep our forum as a little distraction from all the hype ...speculation and confusion we are seeing and reading in the news which may be causing extra worry to our members....stay well everyone

many thanks...from the team
 
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Just to make sure we were awake, we had a series of earthquakes this morning at 9:14am local time - 6.0 and 8.3 km deep and rough;y 30 miles from where we live. Four aftershocks so far, one of 4.3 at 7 km deep. Certainly the most vibrant, for want of a better word, since we have lived here. No damage here, but will be a while before damage reports closer to the eipcentre are available. Meanwhile, life goes on as normal. Oh it spilt coffee all over my desk, but missed the keyboard! :)

Maurice :cool:
 
sospiri said:
Just to make sure we were awake, we had a series of earthquakes this morning at 9:14am local time - 6.0 and 8.3 km deep and rough;y 30 miles from where we live. Four aftershocks so far, one of 4.3 at 7 km deep. Certainly the most vibrant, for want of a better word, since we have lived here. No damage here, but will be a while before damage reports closer to the eipcentre are available. Meanwhile, life goes on as normal. Oh it spilt coffee all over my desk, but missed the keyboard! :)

Maurice :cool:
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We are in Victoria too Maurice. We live in Melbourne and felt it too. Never felt anything like that before. Really scary though.
 
sospiri said:
Just to make sure we were awake, we had a series of earthquakes this morning at 9:14am local time - 6.0 and 8.3 km deep and rough;y 30 miles from where we live. Four aftershocks so far, one of 4.3 at 7 km deep. Certainly the most vibrant, for want of a better word, since we have lived here. No damage here, but will be a while before damage reports closer to the eipcentre are available. Meanwhile, life goes on as normal. Oh it spilt coffee all over my desk, but missed the keyboard! :)

Maurice :cool:
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Pleased that you are alright. Just hope that others nearer the epicentre are.
Carolann
 
sospiri said:
Just to make sure we were awake, we had a series of earthquakes this morning at 9:14am local time - 6.0 and 8.3 km deep and rough;y 30 miles from where we live. Four aftershocks so far, one of 4.3 at 7 km deep. Certainly the most vibrant, for want of a better word, since we have lived here. No damage here, but will be a while before damage reports closer to the eipcentre are available. Meanwhile, life goes on as normal. Oh it spilt coffee all over my desk, but missed the keyboard! :)

Maurice :cool:
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Hi Maurice, So glad to hear you are ok except for a spilt coffee and no damage. You had one about the same time of day we had ours in Victoria Australia last week, as I told you it was a 5.9 on the scale and it really rocked our house, I firstly thought there was something wrong with me :joy: till the door started really banging and the walls were moving! All good though, no damage here. It was the weidest feeling!

Wendy:)
 
Welcome to the Forum, Sue. Thank you, Carolann.

Sadly we have reports that one person was killed when a church dome collapsed onto them in Arkolochori at the epicentre. That person would be the first to die from an earthquake in Crete since 1858 according to my information. Although Turkey put out a tsunami warning after that earthquake, I can't see that materialising as the epicentre is more or less in the centre of the island and Heraklion only 14 km away to the north only felt slight tremors.

Many of these old churches are not very well built and a dome would be the most vulnerable part I would imagine.

Wendy, you have a new "local" member with Sue. Stay safe everyone.

Maurice :cool:
 
Hello Maurice.
Glad you are not seriously affected by the earthquake.
I am pleased, also, that you are getting your strength back, It has been a very hot summer for some.
 
sospiri said:
Welcome to the Forum, Sue. Thank you, Carolann.

Sadly we have reports that one person was killed when a church dome collapsed onto them in Arkolochori at the epicentre. That person would be the first to die from an earthquake in Crete since 1858 according to my information. Although Turkey put out a tsunami warning after that earthquake, I can't see that materialising as the epicentre is more or less in the centre of the island and Heraklion only 14 km away to the north only felt slight tremors.

Many of these old churches are not very well built and a dome would be the most vulnerable part I would imagine.

Wendy, you have a new "local" member with Sue. Stay safe everyone.

Maurice :cool:
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hi maurice i heard on the news it was a serious quake i know someone who is on holiday in crete for 6 weeks...please take care of yourselves and keep us updated when you are able..

lyn x
 
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