oldchem1

@oldchem1 (8132)

Age 74

Joined myLot 15 years ago

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.

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Discussions (522)

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Our NHS

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 16 Jul 12

So often our NHS gets slated as being inadequate and giving poor service. However I am currently waiting to go into hospital to have a hip replacement and I have to say that the service I have received as been wonderful so far. I...

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Dark Shadows - who remembers the TV program?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 23 May 12

I went to see the latest Tim Burton film 'Dark Shadows' that is based on a 1960s soap opera of the same name, featuring the Collins family and the return of a cursed forebear who was turned into a vampire.I have never actually...

dark shadows

johnny depp

tim burton

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2 people

Tidying up spring plants

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 22 May 12

I am fairly new to gardening but am loving the experience. What I am looking for help with is how I deal with the remains of my spring plants (like tulips, daffodils etc). Once the flowers are dead and gone the stalks and leaves...

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Any tips on growing asparagus?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 21 May 12

I just love asparagus, it is probably my favourite vegetable but it is one vegetable that I have never grown. A few weeks ago I bought six very weedy and feathery looking asparagus plants to try to grow in my little garden. The...

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Hunger Games

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 20 May 12

I have just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy and thoroughly enjoyed the books, I found them really absorbing. The film of the first book 'The Hunger Games' is now showing in the cinema but I am a little hesitant to watch...

books

films

hunger games

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Feel ripped off by Microsoft!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 9 May 12

I feel so sorry for my 16 year old son this morning, he has been 'banned' by Microsoft on his X Box live because he bought some Xbox Live Points from somebody other than them!! We live in a little village and he is away from most...

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Weight Watchers has been the answer for me.

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 6 May 12

I don't know if any of you will remember me, but in January 2011 after ooking at the photos after my stay at my daughter's house for Christmas 2010 I was horrified to see how much weight I had put on. I had turned 60 just before...

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2 people

Celebration brings bitter/sweet memories!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 8 Oct 11

Tomorrow is my 40th wedding anniversary. Because of this I got my old wedding album out to bring back some memories! This picture was both happy and sad for me to look at as it is a picture of my husband and I with our best man...

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3 people

Do you prefer your birthday cake's with candles?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 30 Sep 11

My eldest daughter utilises her fabulous talent to make celebration cakes for many people. She makes cakes for weddings, birthdays, anniversary's etc. While I think these cakes are truly beautiful, I wonder what happened to the...

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I just love how a good discussion goes off at a tangent!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 27 Sep 11

I don't know about you but my favourite discussions on MyLot are the ones that lead to many responses from both the discussion starter and those responding; especially when the discussion goes off on a tangent and opens up a whole...

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2 people

Such a change in a year

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 22 Sep 11

Yesterday was the first birthday of my youngest grandchild - Olivia. I cannot believe that it is one year since she firs came into the world;and how much a little person changes in that twelve months is incredible! When I think...

birthda

first year of life

granddaughter

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Any tips, advise or warnings from current ChaCha members?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 20 Sep 11

At the end of August ChaCha (the American text service company) started their UK base of their company. My son in law referred me and after sitting the test I was accepted as a Facilitator Guide and began work on the 30th of...

chacha

text service

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Are cupcakes making a huge come back?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 8 Jun 11

I don't know if it is the same in your country but here in the UK the humble cupcake (or as us oldies say 'fairy cakes') are getting really popular. Mt daughter has a small business making cakes from home , over the last year or...

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9 people

Helium's new assignments

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 10 May 11

I have been away for ages but have just started writing again on Helium and see that the Marketplace has been replaced by assignments. Can anybody explain it a little to me especially what the initials RS stand for under the...

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2 people

Whitby in cake form

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 4 Mar 11

This cake is the latest one my daughter has made for a friend of the family. It is for her husband's birthday and they are spending the weekend for his birthday at their favourite place - Whitby in Yorkshire. Whitby is a lovely...

dracula

whitby

yorkshire

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Well I did it!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 3 Mar 11

The last time I was on here (about two months ago)I posted that I was to rejoin Weight Watchers after putting on loads of weight over the last few years with health and family problems. Well I DID pluck up the courage and rejoin...

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It IS true, you don't miss something till it's gone!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 3 Mar 11

After two months away for winter living on a farm that had not internet connection and with walls so thick that I couldn't get telephone reception let alone 3G I was pining for the internet!! I have just managed to grab the odd...

absence

dependence

internet

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Grandchildren - what a blessing they are!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 19 Jan 11

Since I moved away from my home town I rarely get to see all my ten grandchildren. As my youngest granddaughter - Olivia - was christened last Sunday , I was so pleased to be able to see all ten of them in the same room and even...

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Bubbles in cake form!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 19 Jan 11

My new granddaughter was christened on Sunday and my eldest daughter made her christening cake as a gift for her. It was of course as beautiful as ever and as the babies parent's used to call her 'Bubbles' before she was born...

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Any Weight Watchers out there?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 10 Jan 11

I have decided that I am making my health and weight my main aim this year. Now I'm older it is more and more difficult to keep the weight down even though my appetite is smaller. So I have signed up once more with Weight...

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