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It was an Airbus 340 ...... and the words "bomb threat" are being used.

The RCMP Bomb Squad has apparently been called in


I assume the passengers are still on the plane!

Hello Girls,

Huia, it's been a nice day here today, managed to get all the washing dried, including the bedding. I hope that whatever Phil has had, it's now better. Good idea to have a word with someone at the home, hopefully they can tell you what the the problem isor was.

Sylvia, I was just having a quick look in when I seen your post. I wonder what the problem was. It's frightening to think what might have been or still is on board the plane. Alun thought that there might have been something about it on our midnight news, but there's been nothing so far.

I'm off to bed now, so I'll speak to you all tomorrow.

Love, Sallie xxx

Hi all

Heard, and saw, an F18 fighter jet screaming overhead about two hours ago

Radio reported about 90 minutes ago that TWO F18s were escorting a 737 passenger plane from over the Pacific into Vancouver Airport. One F18 flying alongside the cockpit of, and very close to, the 737. The other F18 following behind


Further report about 1 hour ago ................ a Cathay Pacific 737 from Hong Kong had landed safely at Vancouver Airport. There are unconfirmed reports that it was a "security threat"


latest news

....... not much more information on why the F18s, but the passengers are currently being "assessed", still in the plane out on the tarmac away from the airport buildings.


Official sources are saying that a "threat to security" was made




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Good evening girls (and morning to Marie when she wakes). It is a nice sunny morning here, but I dont know how long it will last. Yesterday we had sunshine, then thunder and rain, then back to sunshine etc. Not good when you have a lot of washing to dry on the lines. I will visit Phil today, but wont stay long and wont touch him. I dont want to be re-infected, or re-infect him if it is scabies I have. It has to be something contagious anyway as he had been scratching so much, but I will just see if he still is, and I will be asking the person in charge some questions.

Huia.

Hi All,

Later getting home than intended. We had to go and get some bits and bobs, as we haven't done our usual weekly shop, because A--a's has been closed for four days. So we went to M------n's just to get what we needed. We then went to see Jennie and Michael, and stayed longer than we had first intended.

No Mo and Jean, we didn't go looking for craft stuff today, but I won't completely rule it out for some time over the weekend. You're certainly right Mo, about going going to H--------t, I have to keep Alun happy while I'm looking at all the lovely craft stuff. I must admit that I usually spend more there than he does. There's method in my madness, you know . lol!

Jean, a few days rest will do you good. I really hope that there'll be no noise from next door over the weekend.

Huia, I hope the itching isn't as bad as it's been and that the ointment will help whatever it is to go.

Sylvia, good to hear that your leg is much better and are now able to get about. Hope you can get some little trousers that you want for MJ.

Well, I'll speak to you all tomorrow.

Love and best wishes. Sallie. xxx

Jean, I should have added that my curtains are pulled closed, and anyway I am very isolated up here. The nearest neighbours are about half a kilometre away and we dont get much traffic up the road at night.

Huia.

A little while after I went back to bed there was a clap of thunder, so I got up again and unplugged the power to the computer and also the things in the jackpoint that go to the computer and the small cordless phone. There wasnt much thunder though and it didnt come very close, but at least it couldnt have harmed computer and phone if it had been.

Phils hospital is usually very good but maybe the wrong person looked at him and didnt recognise the cause for his itch. Even my doc who says she has had scabies wasnt sure that is what I have as I dont seem to have the tunnels that the mite causes, or at least they are not visible. Maybe it isnt scabies that Phil and I have, in which case I wonder what else it could be, that can be passed on through touch. I am told the itching can last a week after the treatment, so I have a cream to apply.

Huia.

Hi Mo

I could have gone with him


just opted for some "me" time instead

:)))))))

Hello again,it's only little old me.
It's good to hear you are feeling better Sylvia. But I hope you are not overdoing things.
It's strange that the manufacturers off childrens clothes,have not taken into account,that little boys trousers need poppers fitted to them.
Obviously they need their nappies changing,and I remember what it's like trying to pull babies trousers down to change them. Both my boys used to be thrown around like rag dolls,in the process off changing them.
What a shame you couldn't have gone to Calgary with your OH. His room sounds big enough to have catered for both off you.

Ooops sorry Jean,I got my dates mixed up. I thought J had hospital this week.
I do hope the ear plugs work,and you get a good nights sleep,tonight and tommorrow night.
We are both o.k, just plodding along.
I hope to go and see our two youngest grandchildren tommorrow. My son has them for the weekend.
It is supposed to be warmer tommorrow, I sure hope it is. We are once again sitting here with the gas fire on. Brrrr

Love Mo xxx

Hi, Mo, how are you all at your house? J doesnt go until the 28th of this month, ...I overdid it working on the album, but at least its done now, so I havent been crafting for two whole days, I really have been so tired,I am getting to old for all this running around, I have just got some earplugs, just in case it all kicks off tonight...lol..

Glad to hear you are feeling better Sylvia, dont you go overdoing it trailing round the mall....

Huia, are you getting any respite from your itching, ... I hope your blinds were drawn when you decided to bare all...the mind boggles.....lol....I also hope Phil gets some help with the itching, too... they should keep a check on the people in their care...

Marie. you sound like I feel but I havent been doing much of anything, time you rested I think, we dont want you to get poorly....

Sallie , you havent been buying craft stuff have you? I cant understand women who just buy and buy craft stuff,,,,rofl...... not me......

Big waves to Debbie, and everyone else, see you tomorrow....

love Jean xx

Hi Mo


here I am ......... and feeling so much better that I am actually considering going out to the local mall!

Before we left NS the other week, J asked me to buy a pair or two of little trousers for MJ from a store in that mall. We both like the material and styles they carry ............. and the fact that most of their trousers have crotch openings. She got many (10? 15?) pairs of trousers and shorts at that Shower last month ......... not one pair had crotch openings so have to be taken on and off at change time.

I'd bought MJ a pair of denim overalls from there that she just loves, and finds he is comfortable in them while she finds them easy at change time.

They are a small chain called Please Mum! ............... and the nice thing is that they are always having sales!!!!

The weather is lovely here ............. blue sky, sun, going to get to around 20C today, a little cooler tomorrow. The really nice thing about this time of year is that it is warm enough to go out in short sleeves in the daytime, but the nights are cool at about 10C or below ............. so it is very pleasnat for sleeping! When it starts getting to 18 or 20C or higher at night, we have to pull out the fans to try to keep the bedroom cool enough. At 25C we start using fans in the living areas!

As you may gather, we don't have air conditioning!!! It really didn't use to be a problem, but we have noticed that there have been more hot days in summer over the last 2 or 3 years than there used to be. And I am pretty certain that it is not just me getting older and with less internal temperature control.

OH phoned from Calgary last night ...... said he had a huge room at the hotel!

off for a mooch


s
xxx

Hello everyone.
Huia,has the phone charged up yet. And have you tested it,to be sure that you can hear properly with it. Or more to the point,that others can hear you.
Has that itch stopped yet. Did you ask the staff,where Phil is
if the doctor has checked Phil over, to see if he has caught it from there.
Obviously they don't check their patients very well,if Phil has had it,or they would have noticed it before now.
And if he has had it,why did they not warn you of it. It's a bit naughty if they knew,and didn't tell you.
What a shame you wont see your son this weekend. But it's best to be safe than sorry.

Marie,take some you time this weekend. You sound exhausted love.
Thank you for confirming about the snow over there.
Speak to you when you are more relaxed. Get some rest now please.

Sallie,get that iron out and finish the job properly,if you don't mind. LOL
I bet you are out shopping at the moment. And I wonder girls will she be in the craft shop. Poor Alun,I bet he dreads going there,the old pound signs will be flashing in front off his eyes. Never mind,our Sallie is not daft, I bet she will take him to the place that has the model train bits in it.
That way for every pound he spends,I say Sallie should be able to spend double. LOL

I hope Liz is o.k,she is very quiet today. Lizzzzzzzz where are you.

I have just had a thought,it's nearly the weekend,and poor Jean and J,must be dreading it because off her next door.
Jean how did J get on at the hospital. I am sure you said he had to go earlier in the week.

I wonder how our wounded soldier,Sylvia is today.

It seems ages ago that we last spoke to Debbie. I hope that everyone is well at her house.

Cooeee Ann,I hope you are still enjoying yourself. Is your weather still good over there.

Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hello Girls,

Huia, I think it's a good idea to speak to whoever is in charge at the home. I certainly hope that they have had a doctor to see Phil, and given him somrthing for it by now.

Marie, hope you'll feel a lot better after a good nights sleep. Weather is quite nice here today, I've actually managed to dry a line full of washing--the trouble is it's now got to be ironed, a job I hate.

I'm going out soon, so I'll look in again later.

Love, Sallie. xxx

I could have sworn that I said good morning, rise and shine all you sluggards, about 4 hours ago. I wonder where it has gone. Here I am at 1.13 a.m. sitting topless as I woke up feeling hot and itchy. Every time I put ointment on one itch another one starts up.

Son had intended to come up for the weekend but now he has started getting a cold and when I told him I possibly have scabies he said he didnt want to get that again, thank you very much, so he wont come up this weekend. I might just pop in briefly to visit Phil on Sunday but wont touch him in case he re-infects me. I will talk to whoever is in charge and ask if he has been seen by a doc about his itching, and treated for it, and tell them I am being treated for it.

Huia.

Hello tp you all,Huia, if it was shingles you would be in a lot of Pain as I have had shingles under my foot and on my ankle It comes up like small blisters and feels like some one is poking you with red hot needles, not nice at all. I do hope the Malathion works.
Mo ,we do get snow here, we are on the Central Tablelands,and we often get Flurries of Snow in winter Orange 50mins further west of us,it actually stays on the ground when they get it, we had Snow last winter it was still on the ground and on the roofs of the houses when we got up. When I lived in Armidale we were actualy snowed in for 2 days I was at work when it started to come down, I had a terrible time trying to get the car home it kept sliding around the road.

I am extremely tired friends it has been a big week for me .I will say good night I have read the last few pages, but I must go to bed
Love to you all
Marie

Mo, it was a small cordless phone that I bought earlier this year, but I felt I needed something better. I have bought another cordless, but it is supposed to be good for the hearing-impaired. It is now being charged up. I was told not to connect it to the jackpoint until it is fully charged, otherwise if it rings and I pick it up it wont charge fully each time, so I have plugged it in to a power point in the spare bedroom.

When I got home half an hour ago I smothered myself in the malathion liquid the doc prescribed. It is supposedly perfumed, but I can still smell the malathion. I have to leave it on until tomorrow, re-applying to my hands if I wash them. Tomorrow I can wash it all off and do another application in a week. I hope it does the trick. Of course if it turns out to be shingles or some other thing then it will be 'back to the drawing board. But I understood that shingles was painful, and this is more of a very annoying itch than painful, so I just hope I am not the exception to that 'rule'.

Huia.

Just a quick hello to you all.
I hope that today went o.k for you all,Sallie.
Did you get your new phone sorted out Huia. I thought you bought a new phone not so long ago. Maybe it was faulty.
Hi Liz, hope you are feeling better today.
Right I am off to my bed now,I am feeling shattered tonight,I know it's early
but has been a long day.
Love to all our cyber friends. Special (((((hugs for Jean)))))))))

Hi All,
Just popped in to say that all went well today. It was nice to see members of my family, it's such a pity it wasn't under different circumstances. We had a good journey there and back, no rain thank goodness. I'm really tired tonight, so I'll speak to you all tomorrow. Thank you all again for your thoughts over the last couple of days!

Hope everyone is alright. Take care!

Love and best wishes.

Sallie xxx

I made the appointment, went to the doc. She was not sure if it was scabies as she couldnt see any of the tunnels they make, but she prescribed some malathion liquid which I have to put all over myself, and again in a week. I also have to wash the bedding in hot water. I might have to get a man from down the road to apply the malathion to my back since I cant reach all of it! No, I might find a way of applying it myself. I also have antihistamine tabs and hydrocortisone cream.

When I got home I phoned the telecom faults number on my cordless phone and got through and she could hear me. She suggested unplugging various things and just having the cordless phone plugged in. That worked ok so next I unplugged it and plugged the old corded phone in. I could hear her but she couldnt hear me, so it is obviously the old phone. I will go to town again tomorrow to look at new phones. A friend says there was thunder last night, which she thought was in my direction (I didnt hear it) so that might have ruined my phone. I dont understand though why I can ring people and hear them when they cant hear me. Ah well, at least I can still use the cordless, and hopefully a new phone will work. I want one that can have the volume a bit louder, or one that I can use with a hearing aid as I have trouble hearing on the phone. Caller ID would also be nice, but I am not sure what it would cost.

Huia.

Hi all,

Sallie, I hope the drive isn't too awful and the funeral goes as well as these things can. Will be thinking about you.

Huia, I do hope you can get an appointment, and if it is scabies that the home react properly, it's not nice for poor Phil to be scratching. Did you notice if any of the other residents were scratching too?
I had scables when I first moved to Cambridge, I think I must have caught it in my bedsit. It always seemed worse when I got warmer, so I suppose that's why you itch more in bed, and maybe Phil is tired if he is the same, the itching keeps waking him up, bless him.
Is there anything you can do to make communication easier, it worries me that your phone doesn't work properly presumably due to bad signals, because if something happened and you needed to get help, how would you do it? Sorry I don't mean to talk things up but is there another way you could contact anyone if necessary without having to drive miles to do so.
I am glad you finished the memory book Jean, you make people very happy with your craft work. How I wish I could do some but nowhere to do it here, I would have to be clearing up after a short time and it wouldn't be worth the effort. I shall hunt out my needles and such soon and do some baby knitting, that might help my creative urges a tiny bit. Or maybe make something else for the baby, that is small enough to work on without much hassle.

Catch you all tomorrow evening,
love to all and take care

Lizxxx