Quote from: Michael Rolls on June 06, 2026, 08:03:31 AMeight years, four months thirteen days. What I miss most is her presence

I have no words  😢

Yesterday at 12:19:09 AM

Quote from: GrannyMac on June 06, 2026, 07:37:32 PMI've never lived alone. It'll come to one of us, we're both 80 now. Several of my friends have been widowed in the last couple of years. 

You were very young Scrumpy, and Michael, you have talked about your Veronica so beautifully. 

Granny I'm the same I'v never lived alone .
I think about it a lot these days (especially when my blood pressure goes up  and I feel my heart thumping away .)
I see my husband getting less and less able and I worry for him .

They are everywhere in London especially Richmond .
People put out food for them they seem to survive the cold ok .

Quote from: Ashy on June 06, 2026, 10:10:16 PMThere's a colony of wild parrots resident in Acton in London. They say they were released in wartime.

I didn't know that, Ashy,  so just looked it up.
Apparently there are loads of the Ring-Necked Parakeets there.  

As Alf sat reminiscing in his chair
Of the days he Brylcreem'd his hair 
it made such a sticky mess 
Tho'  he had to confess
It won him a date with Fleur.


Alf was once a bit of a hippy
And took Fleur to the local chippy

There's a colony of wild parrots resident in Acton in London. They say they were released in wartime.

The CO2 must have leaked out of the atmosphere somehow. 

As Alf sat reminiscing in his chair
Of the days he Brylcreem'd his hair 
it made such a sticky mess

As Alf sat reminiscing in his chair
Of the days he Brylcreem'd his hair

His name vill also go on ze list.

I've never lived alone. It'll come to one of us, we're both 80 now. Several of my friends have been widowed in the last couple of years.   

You were very young Scrumpy, and Michael, you have talked about your Veronica so beautifully.