Welcome Newbies and Lurkers - Part 2

IF

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solventsoon

Evening all :wave:

Hi If :A Sorry to leave you on your own, work has been sooooooooooooooo busy:(

I'm back now to keep you company though:D

Hope you're well and managed to get out in the sunshine today x

IF

solventsoon wrote: »

Evening all :wave:

Hi If :A Sorry to leave you on your own, work has been sooooooooooooooo busy:(

I'm back now to keep you company though:D

Hope you're well and managed to get out in the sunshine today x

No worries and sorry to hear work is a pain!!

Thank you and yes I did, it was lovely but blinking cold!!

solventsoon

ifwisheswerehorses... wrote: »

No worries and sorry to hear work is a pain!!

Thank you xx:A

ifwisheswerehorses... wrote: »

Thank you and yes I did, it was lovely but blinking cold!!

Good, pleased to hear that:D Yep, it was indeed slightly chilly yesterday, it's freezing today!!!:eek:

Couldn't you sleep last night, just noticed the time of your post:eek:

solventsoon

And a "goodnight all" bump from me

solventsoon

Good morning everyone

The sun is shining, the sky is blue :j and it's Monday:(. Oh well, can't have everything I suppose:D

Hope everyone's well today

IF

It's beautiful here too :j:j

Hope work goes well today :A

solventsoon wrote: »

Couldn't you sleep last night, just noticed the time of your post:eek:

I couldn't, really odd!! Back to normal now!!:beer:

solventsoon

ifwisheswerehorses... wrote: »

It's beautiful here too :j:j

Good, hope you're enjoying the sunshine :j:j

ifwisheswerehorses... wrote: »

Hope work goes well today :A

Thank you :A Back to the usual today after last week, thank goodness:T

ifwisheswerehorses... wrote: »

I couldn't, really odd!! Back to normal now!!:beer:

That's definitely odd, If:huh::huh: Glad everything's OK again now :beer:

Are you getting excited about the match tonight?

IF

solventsoon wrote: »

Good, hope you're enjoying the sunshine :j:j

I am :j:j:j

solventsoon wrote: »

Thank you :A Back to the usual today after last week, thank goodness:T

Hope this afternoon was copeable too :beer:

solventsoon wrote: »

That's definitely odd, If:huh::huh: Glad everything's OK again now :beer:

Thank you Spoony :A

solventsoon wrote: »

Are you getting excited about the match tonight?

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