BiddyGrotto

[Robinia]

It seems we're not getting any changes on AB 'til after xmas so I've set up a grotto for us. Sorry it's a bit like a scene from Great Expectations but I've sprayed a few cobwebs silver & blown the dust off me doileys so please come in & sit down.
What do all the biddies/grumps want to find in their wrinkly stockings this year then? Do you like all this festivity or will you be the grumpy gran/grandpa from hell this year?
Please feel free to take a present out of the bran tub as you leave by the way. Contents may be unidentifiable....oops sorry...be varied.

[quibbmedusa]

robinia, i am actually upset that you think that, i think the biddy grotto was and is a fantastic idea, which is what i was trying to get across to the pr@t, that if so many ppl love it and ab ed would let it take over ab then it has to be good! Im really sorry if it came across in the wrong way..i think you guys are great!Boo suggested i join you a while back, but ive been at work, so i havent had much time to post! please dont think that, i think you guys are the bees knees!

[smudge]

Oh thanks Robinia, I'll take a look, but won't post on it. We don't want our BiddyGrotto thrown out with the bath tub do we? It's such a brilliant thread you started!

[quibbmedusa]

and when i said carte blanche i meant it, as biddy grotto is OF COURSE meant to be here!!! and how dare they call it ALL mindless drivel! i wasnt having a dig, so all biddybankers please reconsider, i am not the cow u all seem to think i am..i was in fact, fighting your corner

[smudge]

Well thanks quibb - nice to know we're the 'bees knees' even though we're all old crumblies!

Put that Flit away Robinia, it appears we have another guest in the house! Glad you liked my Tea Pot/Post Office!

[quibbmedusa]

thanks smudge, i was honestly defending our honour as ab/cbers, and im not that far off the age limit myself!

[smudge]

P.S. Yes I did read that particular thread Robinia, but didn't feel the need to add anything to it. I do hope this one stays forever though.

[dotjhawkes]

By CBers saying that Ed had allowed the Biddybankers to use Suggs, we were trying to point out to those critics of out use of suggs after cb closed, that ED would not be setting a precident by allowing us to use suggs for chat, as he had allowed biddies to use it for similar, but that was not a snipe at biddies.

[Robinia]

humble apologies quibb I misread it as sour grapes... I must say I was so surprised & hurt when I read it - only we are allowed to call ourselves mindless! lol

I'm afraid we try to keep ourselves low key so as not to attract any of the critics in here although one look at us all first thing in the morning should scare 'em off sharpish..... Glad this is all sorted I don't want any ill feeling & although I didn't do a lot in cb I read the posts & had a laugh.

more knobbly than bees knees btw....:-)

[Jude123]

Lets all remain friends! I for one have enjoyed this thread and thank Robinia for starting it. I welcome anybody who keeps the standards we have set ourselves and the length of it proves we have done a good job. :o)

Now that's the serious stuff out of the way can anybody give me a remedy for aches and pains all over and the sneezes! I'm suffering!

[Robinia]

Hi Jude - poor you, it sounds as though you've got the lurgy. I hold my breath in the queues sometimes when there's somebody coughing in my earhole, don't suppose it stops the bugs but when I start to turn blue they let me go to the front!
Have a rummage in the pill pot.....I think I've dropped my hrt in there by mistake....I'll be running around in me vest & bloomers if I don't find them soon.

Get yourself a hot toddy - or a hot toy boy. Whatever makes you feel better.... :-)

[jno]

knobbly Robinia? Wobbly in my case. Nice cup of tea, quibb? Not you Jude, whisky for you (medicinal purposes only, so please don't look as if you're enjoying it).

Quibb I think before you're allowed to join the Biddies, you have sit the notorious 51-plus exam... Lots of questions about rationing and John Snagge. Alternatively, offering everyone sponge cake usually does the trick.

[Jude123]

I wouldn't mind a hot Toy Boy but haven't got the energy! So I'll just have my horlicks and go to bed. Goodnight All see you tomorrow! :o)

[smudge]

I'll say goodnight too, as I'm in the middle of downloading audio/stories from Limewire, then off to bed.

I'm having large lump cut out of my arm tomorrow morning - not looking forward to it at all. It started off as a small mosquito bite whilst in Cyprus, but became infected. It now resembles a very large nipple, but pours of blood every time I change the very large plasters I have to have on it. It's called Pyogenec Granuloma if you want to Google!

Nitey, nite all.

[smudge]

*Pyogenic Granuloma

[jno]

yikes, poor smudge - good luck! Yes, that's the other entrance qualification for Biddyland: to have body parts detaching regularly.

[Robinia]

Ooooh ouch smudge - I had a bite on my chin which became infected & made my jaw swell like desperate dan...I've a scar now :-(
Hope it's ok tomorrow, nite to you & Jude.

[Robinia]

we'd better have a spare parts drawer then jno - what do we label it?....slow moving stock?

[jno]

well, just so's it doesn't get mixed up with the beef stock, Robinia.

[shaneystar2]

Good luck Smudge..hope all goes well for you.Hope you will soon feel better.Nasty old things mossies. . I had an infected bite on my leg many years ago now and had to have it lanced. And this was In Holland.The mossies there are like tarantulas Has it all calmed down now.I dare not look.That pink bird person is out to get me.!! I tend to get mouthy when i have had a drink and do apologise if I have offened anybody.
No more drink until the end of this month when Mr S. is 60..when I shall have to face the fact that I am married to an old man !! Bless him.He is thrilled to be getting a bus pass !

[jno]

did I post this before? I'm getting, ahem, forgetful

Two elderly women were out driving in a large car-both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself, "I must be losing it, I could have sworn we just went through a red light."

After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection. The light was red again, and again they went right though. This time the woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was getting nervous and decided to pay very close attention to the road and the next intersection to see what was going on.

At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was definitely red, and they went right through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, "Mildred! Did you know we just ran through three red lights in a row! You
could have killed us!"

Mildred turned to her and said "Oh, am I driving?"