Author Topic: Hi Margaret. (Read 3991 times)

eileen · « **on:** November 26, 2003, 14:28:55 »

As you can see I did what you said and I have arrived safe and well!

Hope this is the right place to find you.

Looking forward to making new friends over here and checking out the boards.

Regards Eileen. ;D

Margaret · « **Reply #1 on:** November 26, 2003, 23:16:30 »

Hi back!! Lovely to see you and I am sure you will love the freedom this board has to offer.I had to change my name slightly,to Maggie,as there was a Margaret already on here.You will find many regulars,most of them from the BBC gardening section and we all have a good laugh,as you will have seen if you have been reading some of the posts.Ruth was on here,that is how we got chatting and we now E mail with our normal E mail address.She did not stay as she was more into birds than gardening.But you do not need to worry,I am not much of a gardener,but everyone is welcome on here.

Yes,I hope Carol finds the site by reading our posts back on the BBC,but if not I am sure she will join us very soon and we can tell her then.

:D :) ::) :-* ::)

Do you like the moving faces? Just one of the more quirky things on here!!

Margaret · « **Reply #2 on:** November 26, 2003, 23:19:47 »

Just one strange thing,Eileen.When I looked for you earlier,I found "Eileen " under members,but it came up that you registered on Aug 20th!! have they got it wrong or did you really register back then?

teresa · « **Reply #3 on:** November 26, 2003, 23:36:57 »

Hi Eileen and welcome ;) being a friend of our Maggies you must have fish? :o what have you got ??? I have koi and shubkins and a fantail in doors ;D.
Hope you enjoy this site I love it and would not go back to beeb. :P
Teresa

eileen · « **Reply #4 on:** November 27, 2003, 00:25:37 »

Hi Margaret and Teresa,

Yes Margaret you are correct. I did register back in August but, at the time, I thought it was basically for people with allotments. I didn't really give it a chance but I know better now.
I did like your little string of smilies, they really cheer up messages don't they? Something else the Beeb could do on their site but probably never will.

I do have fish Teresa but not the type you mean. I only have a 4 foot tropical fish tank. My garden ponds are purely wildlife ponds. If I tried to keep fish in them I'd only be feeding the local herons, mink and probably even my neighbours cats! They are, however, full of life. I have damselflies and dragonflies, pondskaters, water boatmen. caddis fly larve, diving beetles and of course frogs. I could go on but I see your eyelids are beginning to droop.

Nice of you both to reply so quickly, I'm beginning to feel at ease here already.

Cheers Eileen.

Hyacinth · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2003, 11:48:26 »

Hello Eileen,

WELCOME

(neat trick, eh?)

The wildlife forum here's really interesting - have a look at the UFO thread I started in the summer. Without all the help and detective work peeps here contributed, I'd never, ever have identified the bird I saw in my garden.

And the cookery forum's great, too (imagine! while some of us were remarking that it would be nice to have one, Dan had created it for us !!! - and we were too busy chatting to notice) ::)

And then there are all the photos...

And then there's....

Enough! Dan's blushing! ;D - Lishka

eileen · « **Reply #6 on:** November 27, 2003, 14:59:17 »

Hi Lishka,

So how the heck did you do your 'welcome' thing - very impressive!

I'm just off to have a look at the sites you mentioned.

So nice to be able to chat freely! Speak to you later. Byee.

rosebud · « **Reply #7 on:** November 27, 2003, 15:53:12 »

Lovely to see everyone gathering here its a great place to be. Margaret i did not know that was you HI :) ;) :D
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE FACES MOVE AND THE WRITING
ITS GREAT 8)I dont` know where SUZE O has gone again WHERE ARE YOU GIRL ???.
bye now Rosebud.

Hyacinth · « **Reply #8 on:** November 27, 2003, 20:12:56 »

FOUND IT!!!

DP showed us how to do the fancies...P7 on this Board, called 'Playing'

Lishka

eileen · « **Reply #9 on:** November 27, 2003, 22:12:53 »

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eileen · « **Reply #10 on:** November 27, 2003, 22:14:19 »

I'm obviously too thick for this! :-[

Margaret · « **Reply #11 on:** November 27, 2003, 22:42:47 »

Don't worry,Eileen it took me several attempts before i mastered it! Glad to see you are enjoying it on here.Has Carol arrived yet? I have the bbc and this site next to each other on my favourites list and flit about like a mad thing.Have you had a private email yet.i thought of sending you one then you can return one,if you haven't already done so.

Hi to you too Rosebud.As i was saying,I had to be Maggie on here,a bit confusing,but hubby always refers to me as Maggie( i won't tell you what HE calls me !!!) .Whereas to my family I am a very prim and proper Margaret.Had a friend who always called me Maggot!! and my beloved,now sadly departed this life ,dad would always call me Marg.So I don't want anyone else to,as you can appreciate.

Nice to have so many friendly people and I am sure Eileen feels as welcome as i was.

teresa · « **Reply #12 on:** November 27, 2003, 22:51:56 »

Hi Eileen,
Just a tip hit the preview button before posting the moving and colour bits you can see what you have done and change what you want.
Play all by yourself and no one will see it hee hee
Its good fun
Teresa

eileen · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2003, 13:53:49 »

Thanks Teresa I'll give it a go. I can be a bit dim at times but I'm sure I'll get there in the end.

eileen · « **Reply #14 on:** November 28, 2003, 13:56:43 »

Thanks Teresa I'll give it a go. I can be a bit dim at times but I'm sure I'll get there in the end. ??? :)

teresa · « **Reply #15 on:** November 28, 2003, 14:09:32 »

Well you got the smileys now for moving
select smiley
;D
then highlight with mouse and hit the M with arrow
Now write something, highlight with mouse and hit the M with arrow
Boo - Boo
to change colour at the top right is a drop down box highlight what you want and select a colour.
The more you play the better.
Keep checking preview and you can see what you have dont have fun
Teresa
The above highlight and hit the G with green background

eileen · « **Reply #16 on:** November 28, 2003, 16:12:08 »

Just a quickie this time Margaret,

I've not had any e.mails yet but now that I'm here and can chat away it doesn't seem so important any more.

I'm sure I saw "Carol_T " on the register, maybe it's not OUR Carol though. I've asked her if it is her on the Beeb's NM board. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose. Can't wait to chat to her properly though.

I was glad to see that Rosebud has made it across too, I read your post to her about your name.

Wellll - here goes - I have an elder sister called Margaret and that is the only name she goes by but I also have a friend called Margaret and she is known as Meg. Then another friend's mother is known as Marge. Thank goodness my name can't really be shortened to anything altough I get called 'Big I' by a small neighbour and E by a few folks. Why does everybody feel the urge to shorten names I wonder? Just to confuse things further my Grandmother was Margaret (Maggie) and I have a cousin (I think that's them all) known as Mags.

Gosh this board is getting too addictive!!

Bye for now, Eileen

eileen · « **Reply #17 on:** November 28, 2003, 16:24:36 »

I really MUST get off this site but it is sooooo addictive being able to chat to my hearts content. Thanks for the info. again Teresa I'll try it out later. I'll be an expert yet hopefully.

I see that Rosebud and Granny Smith have joined us - I feel a party coming on. Now if only Carol were here with us. BBFN Eileen.

Carol · « **Reply #18 on:** November 29, 2003, 00:41:48 »

::) :o
Well hello everyone. It took me 12 ...... tries tonight again to get logged on. It was only after shouting on my darling husband - IAN!!!! with the heid getting lost and him sitting next to me that I got logged on. It was only what I had been doing all along.
So hello, Margaret and Eileen. I have made it. Now what do I do?
Had an awfyl day today was in Edinburgh Eileen. First thing I saw at Dalkeith, you guessed it, a magpie. Anyway the city was very very busy. I took a headache, had lunch at Lewis and took a pill and wanted home again. The rain was awful and the streets busy. Bought nowt for Christmas.
Well thats me started chatting. I am into the Shed now how do you get out again.

eileen · « **Reply #19 on:** November 29, 2003, 00:58:20 »

Hi Carol - Great you made it - just read your message.

I hategoing into Edinburgh and I've really got no need to as (apart from visiting relatives) we've got all the shops we need here in Almonvale.
I had an aunt that lived in Dalkeith until she passed away a few months ago.
Boy , we really do seem to move in the same circles. Isn't it strange that we may have passed each other and never known anything about it!

I didn't come through the shed this time I went into members at the top of the page and then (where is says by letter or whatever) I clicked C - found you - and then clicked on your name and here I am.
I'll nip over to the shed now.

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Author Topic: Hi Margaret. (Read 3991 times)