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We don't tolerate swearing, and reserve the right to remove any posts which we feel may offend others... let's keep it friendly!
Looks like everyone has gone somewhere. Welcome to the site anyway, hope you find your way around. and join in with your posts.
Seems pretty lively on Speakers corner if you are interested.
Welcome to the site....hope you have fun finding new friends on here.
Welcome to all of us. You've taken the first step....Lots of people on here/out there in similar position to you. You sound positive & optimistic, so hope you continue to be that way. Always ready to chat.
All the best Beauty
Bill here, my friends call me Don, but either of the three can work. I live in Farnborough, but have spent much of the past 14 years in Melbourne. While the change has mostly been due to personal reasons, I love to think of myself as a world citizen. There is something about staying in a single place for too long that does my mind in, so I love to move around whenever responsibility allows.
I just happened across this awesome community as I was looking up some clean eating pointers. Thought I would drop a line in and hopefully engage you from time to time.
Cheers
You're right....we're all awesome, not sure about the 'clean eating', is that possible nowadays. Anyways, last time I was in Melbourne in Summer (a while ago) it rained, so I felt at home. Hope you're enjoying life in leafy Hampshire....All the best Beauty
PS Always happy to try find my 'rolling stone'....whenever responsibility allows...
Guess I'm a lost cause. Also dramatically broke my phone so now have a new one and getting to grips with that
Nothing much has changed, still working unsociable hours, still with multiple care roles
Two crazy German shepherd's and several small animals in the house (this includes teenagers)
Yes I'm here, lonely just a taxi now and again..
Have taken up walking and found some wonderful places, Cragside Hall in Northumberland and kielder forrest.. Love nature and attempting photographs.
Glad of the lighter nights and the promise of nicer weather x
Maybe see you around the forum??
Usually very busy but need me time too now
You mentioned Cragside. Do you live near there? Anyway, welcome to the site and hope you make some friends on here. All the best.
Are you near cragside?
We were asked why we write. I said for escapism but afterwards thought what I like most are letters....
Email is the modern equivalent but you can't beat a real paper letter with lovely handwritten words in ink.
I love cooking and run a small Pudding Club. My hope had been to make mostly good old fashioned puddings but mostly we make cakes, desserts, pastries and biscuits.
I have a plan to change the way the club is run to bring it to a wider audience.
Men particularly seem enjoy a traditional homemade pudding, but we are all women.
I live in glorious West Somerset and love it. We live in quite an isolated area in the hills where i am often out and about walking my lovely Spanish rescue dog Bilbo.
He is a nervous little boy, finds the world a scary place full of noises and movements which make him jump in fright. He is getting braver and now comes out with us for pub meals. He makes himself as small as possible and sits hidden under the table where he does enjoy watching all the comings and goings.
It is my birthday on Friday. I will be 67 so if anyone would care to reply that would be my birthday treat.
Thanks for reading.
Hope you're preparing a mega-Birthday pudding/cake for Friday.....who knows - it may be the start of 'PuddinsRus'.
All the best on the day and for the rest of the year. Just reflect on all your experience and wisdom gained through the years.....if you could distill it all.....
Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday. X
I typed „Travel Companion“ into the Google search box and Silversurfers.com came up as one of the results. As the age demographic is perfect for me I thought I might as well join despite there being no nearby users looking for someone to travel with.
Looking forward to the pleasant surprises the site and it‘s community has in store for me
Welcome to all of us. Not sure who/what/where you're looking to travel from/to etc.....Hope you have fun on here....We're a friendly bunch....
....You have worth & value..stuff happens, work through it and hold on to what you value. All the best X
After 34 years of marriage my husband decided to tell me he no longer loved me and hadn’t for sometime. He wanted us to separate and thought I would welcome this too. He was wrong there but, to keep the story short, there were issues with us both which could, I feel have been addressed. I for my part had devoted my time to our two daughters and made up for him, because of work, not always being around and was looking forward to a time when he would retire and we would be able to spend more time together. However he had met someone through his activities and suddenly saw a future with her instead. Obviously there is a lot more to this but basically I am now alone and, as well as my past married life being made less than a happy memory, I feel that the future I saw for us has also been snatched away.
My daughters are busy with work, their own relationships and their children. I see them often and love seeing my grandsons but they do have their own lives. We did have a lovely holiday together last year but I can’t expect them to always want to take me.
I acquired a little dog for company and to give me a reason to get up in the morning which is great because I have to go out with her even when I don’t really feel like it!
My problem is that I want to be able to do the things I had expected to do in retirement like days out, weekends away and holidays. I want to take the dog for walks and pub lunches etc, not much fun alone. I no longer drive and that is an issue, and I won’t again so it is no use suggesting, as a kind person did recently, that I try again. Also, if I’m honest I would like some kind of relationship, not perhaps a mad passion but loving and warm. Someone to hold and be held by, and to go places with.
My question is, am I wrong to want this? How do I go about it without looking as though I just want a driver to take me out?
I’m 65 and I feel robbed of the autumn of my life that I expected. Am I being unrealistic and do I have to accept another ten or years of loneliness?
Reach out to people on this site, have a look through the forums to see if something interests you and join in, Weird at first but you will soon get into the swing of things.
Good luck.
So, here I am joining this Silver Surfers thingy.
Not sure what to look at or where to go , but I'm here.
It looks a good place to drop a few lines, air an idea or an opinion and get some great advice along the way.
Kindest Regards sixtfox
Having four children and grandchildren keeps me active and up to date with the fast moving world ,,needing silence at times to take it all in and have free space in my little home ,.I enjoy arts and craft and usually find myself with a paintbrush in my hand or full of glue as i love to revamp furniture and craft things from nothing ,,.
Believing everything happens for a reason i enjoy all aspects of life and take nothing for granted ,. hope to speak to some nice people on here and make friends though i do have many in Manchester .
Most of the time I really enjoy living here but at the moment the weather is very hot and dry and I’m wilting along with our veg patch.
Looking forward to hearing from people across the world.
Greeting from UK & tree-lined Surrey. Really hope weather is being kinder to you & vegetable patch, & giving you some rain - Spring rainfall here is even less than normal....ditch @ bottom of garden is empty already, doesn't bode well for later in year.... All the best
Welcome to....all of us. We're all as interesting or boring as each other....elements of humanity, each with our own life stories. Long way from you as I'm in Surrey, but my lovely Mum came from New Kyo... Hope you make some friends on here XxX
enjoy international exchanges!
Welcome to Silversurfers - hope you find lots of topics of interest which you can join in with. It would be great to see some photos of your part of the world on the Showcase. Carole 🙂
Welcome to the site.... Loads of interest on here. Hope you enjoy.
Welcome to the site.. Not sure where you're located..but hope you'll fnd some new friends on here, Beauty
I am a fairly fit 71, and enjoy all the above.
I would like to hear from anyone who would like to become and friend. Male of Female.
Jean
Welcome to all of us. Hope you can find a companion with canine on here. I'm too far away from you, way down in SE. However, wish you all the best on here, Beauty
Welcome to the site. Concerning recipes for singletons, Delia Smith's 'One is Fun' is useful and loads of photos to inspire you. It was originally published in the mid-80s, but the recipes are classic. You might be able to pick up a copy in your local charity shop or library....happy eating and cooking.
All the best Beauty.
Living in North East Scotland although originate from Hartlepool in the North east of England.
Decided to stay in this part of the world when I left the RAF and now work part time as a Prison Officer.
Member of the local Buffs and do a lot of fundraising for local causes, and also a member of one of the local photography clubs, so the spare time I have is usually taken up with one or the other.
Enjoy doing DIY and since losing my wife I have started to experiment in the kitchen. The only trouble is all the recipes I seem to get are for 4 or 6 people so any advice for singleton recipes would be gratefully received.
Ray
The problem is that shopping for singles is difficult, everything seems to be packed in family sizes. salads are difficult to keep fresh....however.
If you do make a large amount of- say- cottage pie mix and potatoes, they can be frozen in separate portions. Stews. curries etc will freeze very well.
I have found my freezer to be my best friend, Have a big batch cook day and freeze, it is then easy peasy to just whip out a portion. Saves on time, preparation and power.
Good luck.