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Hi I,m Mandy, I'm ew to this site. Looking for friends to chat with...


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26th Sep 2021 21:38:12 (Last activity: 1st Dec 2021 21:05:00)
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Response from Safariman made on 2nd Oct 2021 19:45:24
Hi Kasbah, only joined yesterday myself. I also live alone and will always
welcome the chance to chat to someone. I live in Southampton but have only been here for 6 months so don't really know many people
yet, I find it hard to meet people when you get to a certain age and don't
go out much in the evenings. I love my travel so I can't wait for the
countries that I love to come of the red list. Hope that you find many
friends to chat to on this site. Take care, best wishes, Terry.
Response from Safariman made on 11th Oct 2021 14:42:13
Hi Karen, thank you for your welcome message. I'm sorry to hear that
you have been struggling recently and I hope things improve for you
soon. I am retired now (73) and I have a one bedroom flat in a
retirement building here in Southampto, I love to go traveling and
am glad that most of the country's that I love to visit are now off the
red list. I started to do a lot of traveling after having a heart bypass
in 2001 so I quit my job in London and went on an overland trip from
Cairo to Cape Town for 18 weeks on a truck with 25 people that I
had never met before, I enjoyed it so much that I have now done 5
trips, not so long as the first one. I love Africa and have now been to
17 countries there. I have never been to Australia but would love to
one day before it's too late. I live on my own like you, we do have a
communal lounge but nobody seems to use it so I come in here to
use my iPad as I can't get a connection to the Internet from my flat.
Would love to hear from you again, so if you feel like writing again I
will always answer your messages. So will stop waffling for now, take care and stay safe, all best wishes, Terry.
Response from Safariman made on 24th Oct 2021 18:52:14
Hi Karen, Thank you for your welcome message. Yes our messages
can be read by one and all, but if people want to keep things a bit
more private they need to open a chat. I am not sure how you do
this but I think that you just go to chat and enter the person you
want to chat tos user name, I expect that someone will correct me
if I am wrong. Sorry to hear that you are still feeling unwell, I hope
that things get better for you soon. Southampton is a nice place
with a couple of good shopping centres not as if I do much of
that I prefer to look around charity shops. There a lot of outlying
districts and I live in a place called Portswood in a one bedroom
flat in a retirement block where there are 32 flats. There is a lot of
history surrounding Southampton as it has been around for a long
time. I will be happy when the new year comes around as I am
hopefully going to go back to Cape Town in March or April I love
it there, it is not a big city, but it's very beautiful and safe for an
African city. I have been to 17 countries in Africa now and been to
nearly all of the big game parks. I hope that one day when you are
in better health that you get to visit Cape Town, it isn't that expensive but I do have to save up, luckily I don't drink or smoke
and there's only me to feed. I have never been to Manchester so I
would not know what is like, but after living and working in London
for many years I am not too keen on big cities. Well had better not
waffle on for too long, so will finish off for now. Take care and stay
safe, best wishes, Terry. PS. Look forward to hearing from you again.
Response from Safariman made on 24th Oct 2021 21:29:38
Hi Karen, thanks for your message. Just to answer your question, I am only going for a holiday, a week or 10 days probably, I wish that
it was to live but I wonder how I would get the medication that I
need without having to pay for it. I may also visit Livingstone in
Zambia later next year as I love going to the Victoria Falls.that is
an amazing sight to see. Well a quick cup of tea and a bit of reading
then off to bed, what a boring life ha ha. Take care and thanks once
again for your message it's something to look forward to. Terry.
Response from Safariman made on 1st Dec 2021 21:05:00
Hi Karen, thank you for your welcome message, never worry about
delay in writing as long as you feel up to sending messages it does
not matter how long it takes. Yes am keeping well and not going out
much if I can help it, don't like the cold weather. Sorry to hear that
you are still not up to full speed, hope that the new medication will
get you back to a better place. I am off to Basingstoke for the xmas
period my sister has asked me to dog sit for a few days while her
and her husband go down to Wales to be with his family for a
change, so she is coming to collect me on Christmas Eve and then
bringing me back on the 29th.Lets hope that we both enjoy our
selves even if we are on our own, and as you say we live in hope
that the New Year is good to us, take care and get well soon if you
can, all best wishes, Terry.
Valentine11
27th Sep 2021 06:52:06
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Hello Mandy,
I’m also new joined a few days ago,haven’t chatted to anyone yet,time to make a start I feel

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