HELLO

    I should start a parallel thread about all the stories, lies, & rumors that DIDN'T happen this week from social media.    Oh wait,....we already have that...                                                                                                                            https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-real-news-look-didnt-165433547.html        Is that the REAL news or the fake news?.....or the real fake news.?.....or the fakey fakey real news.?  Oh just forget it!  What am I even doing here?  All you chess people are driving me crazy for god's sake...                                                                                                                                                                 

Hahahaha love this.. rounding ages to the nearest 0 or 5. Three weeks ago I could have chosen 50 or 55, unfortunately after a recent birthday (which I intentionally kept quiet about and dropped off the radar) I'm now nearer the 55 mark 😕

A very happy belated birthday Ron, we almost shared birthdays, mine was 11 days before yours (9th).

   Are you a "Libra"?.....is that why we get along so well?...   Love you sweetie, and a very happy birthday right back at ya.                                                                         

Diolch yn fawr iawn Ron

Yes I'm Libran too, and yep, we've gotten along well for many years.

Belated happy birthday,Jules. xx

Thank you Pam

Happy birthday   jules, and happy birthday Ron!

My wife is a Libra   (October 1st)      Im Pisces , not sure if its supposed to be a good match or not!

She said 'I gave you the best years of my life'.   I said ' Who made them the best?'

Aww that's so lovely, sounds like you are a really good match

And thank you for the birthday wishes.. I hadn't initially seen that part of your post, I was reading about you and your wife. 

   ---   Hey that reminds me of the late great Jack Benny who seemed to be stuck at age 39 for a lot of years ( yup a name for the other old-timers  lol ).

But look at the positive side: you can be 55 now until you turn actual 58, when you become 60 for the next 5 years.

True.. I actually lost count how many years my mum stayed at aged 48, even into her late 50's.

hahaha Ron, I resemble that clip

   I was looking at the thread title, but noticed that the last few pages were a bunch of elderly people being nice to each other...   lol.

Likely because we've all been here a long time together and all get along well.

   Its good to see you again,...I hope things are going well..?

    I love my new place...settling in just fine.  I just learnt yesterday that they can put you to sleep for cataracts....like a colonoscopy.  I can deal with that a lot better then seeing someone come at your eye with a scalpel.

Believe me, it's certainly not pleasant seeing a needle about to be stuck into my eyeballs every 4 weeks either. Thankfully they're every few months now, but I'd rather a needle than scalpel.. I'd be outta there so fast!!

Things are going better, except for flu twice in the same month. First time was a side effect of a flu shot, 2nd one, I turned out to be the 1 in 10 who got the common side effect of flu symptoms from anti inflammatories of all things. Luckily both only last about 7 days, otherwise all good 🤞🤞