Pen pals
Watch this postI have been pen palling for a while now does anyone else do this and is there somewhere on the site for this? It would be nice to write to people on here if they were interested.
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So sorry I didn't get back to you sooner ; I have "hit and miss" problems with my old laptop ! The broadband signal where I am can be a bit of a lottery at times .
Thank you for the welcome to us "newbies" . It's so good to have a connection to each other , and maybe not feel as lonely too .; especially now of course .
I'm not really used to "chat rooms" , as I tend to use the phone and emails mostly , but when I was a bit younger I loved writing a letter or two to pen pals in the post ( what's that eh ? !! ) and used to enjoy thinking out and writing the odd poem when I was a youngster ; especially about nature .
Would be lovely to hear from you again Patricia , if you'd like that .
All best wishes to you and your family ,
Keep well.
Also , best wishes and keep well to everyone on Silversurfers !
I have gleaned from your posts that you used to write letters, are similar age to me, enjoy nature, cats and live in the Highlands! All good to me!
I am hoping to find people to exchange letters by snail mail so if that interests you or anyone else reading this, please do contact me.
I live in Dorset, am female, 56, reading books, writing. growing things in my garden (watching things blossom and producing an organic food source) I so love music (enjoy seeing bands) Motorcycles - I ride pillion (current a Honda VFR 800) Love to hear others' opinions, chat, banter or gloriously written letters...by post.
Think on't! It will be the bees knees!
My name is Ann,I'm 55,and owned by 3lovely cats.Ive been enjoying being in the garden this week and planting up some hanging baskets and had some nice walks in the park admiring the lovely blossom and tulips in full bloom.I love nature and animals and trips out to the countryside and the coast.I love Dorset, particularly Weymouth where we have had many lovely holidays.Hope you have a good day, take care from Ann.
Pat 🙂
Have lots of relatives in Bloxwich - am doing my family tree
We are very restricted at the moment, weather not too good today but did get to 20 C. It has rained but dodged the rain to walk the dog.
Pat
We went to the King Evathelon hotel near Coral bay in the February 2years ago and weather was lovely, everyone was flying kites on the beach and having barbecues.
I will be glad when this lockdown is over so we can start traveling again,we were meant to be going to Turkey in 2weeks time but it's been cancelled,we did manage to get a week in Gran Canaria though at the end of February which was nice.What are your hobbies?I like gardening and spending time with our 3cats, their are plenty of stray cats to feed in Cyprus aren't their
Hope you have a lovely weekend take care from Ann X
Look at Neale St Walsall, where I lived, it's off Hollyhedge Road and so is Pargeter St. Did she go to St Andrew's School?
Your mum may have known him.
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I was at Bletchley last May - easy to get there on the train from Walsall.
I live in Kolossi. You were here on Green Monday - equivalent of Shrove Tuesday, Lent starts next day.
I had a trip to UK booked leaving Wednesday 29th April, returning 13th May - been cancelled as you'll realise.
I have joined C3A (U3A in UK) and go to book club and lead the family history group. Can spend hours up my tree.
Our dog, as a very young pup, was abandoned and walked into our house one night and she's nearly 5 now. Lots of cats are being caught by charities and neutered then returned to where they were caught. They normally have a clipped ear to prove they are neutered.
Hope your weather holds up - we have rain!!!! but was 20 C today.
Stay safe
Pat x
I have a penpal who lives in Deep more avenue also
Weather bit dull today but still 18degrees warm for April.
You live on a wonderful island,.It was kind of you to take in your little dog,if I lived their we would have a menagerie.Last time we visited a lady from a restaurant in the harbour at Paphos was rescuing and feeding stray cats,I took her some cat food for them.Hope you have a lovely weekend, from Ann.️
How are you doing tonight
Well lets see - didn't go to pubs in Walsall as I was too small to be taken seriously and had a drink taken off me at 21 in Walsall - by then I had a WRAF ID card with DOB.
Used to walk up St Matthew's hill quite often as I had relatives in Tantarra St, Chuckery Rd, Walsingham St and Moncrieffe St. It was either the hill, Ablewell St or a walk through the Arboretum to Crabtrees and then to whoever we were going to see.
Pleck Park was Edward Shelley's games area until they decided the cars needed the area more and took it for the M6. St John's was Edward Shelley's church for Christmas and Easter.
I went to Fellows Park but also Villa. Knew a family lived near you the Woods.
Been to Mellish Church, knew people in Borneo St.
When we had a caravan we stayed at the Caravan Club Site near Scarborough.
I too loved the Arboretum, spent hours in there, the lights were magic. I took my children one year and watch their faces - magic for them too.
We both left at 18 then but I scooted around UK for a few years before ancoring up in Newark followed by Walesby both in Notts.
Nice to meet you - we're the Bloxwich Mat Home Musketeers 🙂
Pat 🙂
When I was visiting my mother in Great Barr.
We also used to take the kids swimming to the Walsall baths. (My mother having learned to swim later in life and a better swimmer than any of us).
We used to go to a wool/knitting shop a stone's throw from the market and again my mother would knit some creations for my little ones.
We would catch the No 51 bus from the Scott Arms Shopping Centre (Grt Barr) travel up the Birmingham Rd and be in Walsall within 15/20 mins.
My children unfamiliar with double decker buses found it a novelty..
Thanks for your chat message earlier Pat.
Have a.nice evening.
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I am seeking a pen pal.
If you are interested in a bit of snailmail, please let me know.
M
Enjoy your day
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my interest are nature walks,reading,chatting,crocheting and several other things. Have you met many penpals?
Hope to hear back from you.
Thanks for getting in touch.Its lovely to hear from you.
I'm in bed at the moment. It's 10.20pm here in London in the UK.
I had a busy day so felt a bit tired so thought I'd have an early night. Too much excitement for an old girl.
If you don't mind can I get back to you tomorrow. Be nice to chat.
Hope you are well
All the best
Leila
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Cheers,
Maria
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So you want a penpal? Not sure if I will be ok for you as I am a rather boring person - but I will write a snippet and see what you think? I joined this site several years ago after someone recommended it for organised holidays for older people. As it happened the first day I logged on there was a holiday just perfect for myself and my husband. It was a coach tour around Sicily. This may sound horrible but I don't enjoy holidays with him as we have such different interests but I thought if it's organised, we may not argue about the what to do every day. So I booked it and off we went and it actually worked out ok. Sadly with Covid and other reasons I haven't really had a holiday since. Unless you count the odd times my daughter has invited me along with her for the odd weekends to help look after the children. Which I love doing.
I have visited the Silversurfers site the odd time since but never really found what I was looking for. To be honest, not sure what I was looking for! Today, I came on looking for a holiday for later in the year. Another totally organised one but sadly didn't find one. However, Penpal popped up and I thought mmmm.. give it a go. I think what caught my eye was the similarity of our hobbies (but not the old cars). My granddaughter asked for some dolly clothes and I got this odd idea of crocheting some. Well, I haven't done any since I was 14 when we all did poncho's! So my attempts were not great but she is happy and I really enjoyed doing outfits for all three of her babies. I also love dogs, and have a 13 year old working cocker who is adorable but deaf as a post and I also regularly dog sit my son's rescue Doberman. Sadly I lost mine two years ago at the sad age of 5. Again a rescue, which obviously had not been bred by decent people (this is me being very polite!).
Well, I think that is enough. How did I do?
Ruth
Nice profile!
Good that you're a writer.
Well done!
(I've written some (very very short) stories for kids .....unpublished).
I live in Perth, Australia.
Please feel free to drop me a line should you feel so inclined.
Best wishes,
James
The Ariadne handle is the one I use for my poetry . Proper name is Jacqui
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I live in East Anglia but have family in the north. If you fancy a regular correspondence we could set up a chat line, or e-mail if you prefer.
It seems like we are now heading for the winter and the cold weather, will soon be Christmas! I hope it doesn't get too cold, with the increase in electric and gas, but not much we can do about that. I have visions of all the OAPs spending their days in the library or coffee shop, with one drink to last all day - not funny really.
Anyway, let me know if you want to set up in the chat room.
Val
I am pleased to get a reply from you. Yes, this is a very pretty place to be, with coast (Felixstowe, Southwold, Aldeburgh, etc.) plus inland towns such as Woodbridge, Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham. There are plenty of walks in the forest or by rivers, too.
I will set up a chat for us and all you have to do is click on the Chat icon - you should also get an e-mail notification from the SS staff. Then, if you prefer we can e-mail and we can swop e-Mail addresses. I don't want to give out my e-mail address on the open forum.
Anyway, hope to hear from you soon in the chat room!
Val
PS I have just tested positive for covid - must have caught it on our trip away.
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My name is Jan and I can empathize with your situation. My husband doesn’t have dementia, but lost his eyesight from diabetes and has many medical issues, so I am his caregiver. My days are very long and having to deal with his anger at his loss, gets a bit hard to deal with.
Dementia steals so much of your life. My sister was just put into a home and sometimes doesn’t recognize her children, which is horrible for them. It takes who you are and destroys it.