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Good afternoon, Rusty!
It is good that you had a dry day for your visit to the cemetery.
We have just the opposite here.....
It is warm (ish ) and wet!
It began raining last night......and hasn't stopped yet.
It was a wellies walk today!
I like the video clip of Doddie...he seems a very likeable, genuine person.
And how brave.
I have had a busy morning, but am easing up now.....as I am running out of steam!
I am just taking out the dog.......and then I shall relax (with my feet up......metaphorically, if not literally!)

Hello, Elle!
Still a fine day here!
I agree with you, Doddie's a lovely man.
Sad to see him in tears at the end, but his wife was great with him.
She is a special lady, and she has wed a very courageous man.
I read a biography a year or two ago, of Lou Gehrig, who played baseball for the New York Yankees, who was struck down with a very similar disease.
Lou was a great player, very strong, never missed a game, and known as the "Iron Horse".
Doddie's journey is very similar to Lou's.
I have done little since the cemetery trip, but that was today's "must do".
Been taking it easy since!

Hi, Rusty!
And still raining here!
I have just been unpacking the shopping.....food shopping though, today.
A necessity!
It is nice to receive cards each day, as Christmas approaches.
Ours come from far and wide, many with notes or letters inside, and it is good to catch up on all the news.
I fear mine were rather hurriedly written this year, and perhaps not as informative as usual....but I would never have got them all off in time otherwise.
I might consider an additional email to some people after the New Year.
That might be an idea?
We have just had dinner from the chippy!
Very nice it was , too!

Good evening, Elle!
I did quite a bit of food shopping, too.
The Tesco I visited today, is much bigger than my ASDA and much more choice.
I suspect you have received more cards than me.
I have received three, one from my grandson, one from my cousin, and one from family in Donegal.
I have some to write for neighbours, yet.
I had macaroni, bacon, and cheese, for my tea.

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Good evening, Rusty!
Yes, we do send and receive a lot of Christmas cards , but then in some instances it is the main time of year for catching up with some folk.
Although, since the advent of email.....or perhaps, more accurately I should say since I became au fait with sending emails!..... keeping in touch with friends based far away has become far more simple.
I find it easier to type letters on the keyboard, than to write longhand, so I will communicate more frequently.
And it's great to keep in touch!
Will your NI friends be over during the Christmas / New Year period?

Hello, Elle!
Ah, you are ahead of me.
I very rarely send an email.
Most of my communicating is by text messages or WhatsApps.
I don't think the Norn Iron folk are coming over.
They have not said, anyway.
They normally go somewhere warm round about New Year, though.
Lanzarote may be their destination this year.

Hi, Rusty!
I reported four long posts on this thread as spam....and I now see that our own posts have been renumbered......
I have never noticed this before!
I email a lot , using my desk top computer to do so.
My mobile phone is archaic...it will send and receive texts , but they need to be short or the phone gets confused!
And it does nothing else other than ring!
I do not have Internet connection on my mobile.
I cannot download anything to the phone , so could not get "WhatsApp"..... even if I knew what it were?
I have heard of it though...I think it belongs to Facebook?
Do you text via it......or talk?

Hello, Elle!
Yes, there were a few spam threads.
AnswerBank gets a lot every morning, too.
I think WhatsApp is great.
You can 'phone or text.
I only text, though.
The great benefit for me is I can send photos and it does not cost anything, whereas if I sent them via EE I would have to pay about 40 pence per pic.
All my family and friends use it, too.

Hi, Rusty!
These wonders of technology are too difficult for me to cope with!
My mobile phone cannot take photos, so I do not have the need to send pics anywhere!
My daughters email their photos to my computer.
I manage!
But the Whats App system seems to work well for you, which is good.
I had a recorded phone message today purporting to come from Amazon, telling me that I had requested Amazon Prime (what again?) and they would be taking the money from my account......
I was asked to ring a number to give details.
Uhm...I immediately smelled the proverbial rat!
A phone call to Amazon confirmed that it was indeed a scam!
( and fortunately I am not signed up for Prime!)
I didn't even get the chance to look at the crossword today!