Hello Ireland

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I have been busy setting up a PD branch in Roscommon, the nearest branch is in Galway, that is an hours drive from me.
Our first meeting is on the 12th Sept.
Lets hope we can help someone newly diagnosed with PD. as I had nobody to talk too, actually I did not know what PD was. "I FELT SO ALONE"


jb in Canada !!!!!!!!!!!!
to All !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everybody..hi Jb or is it Justin..ha ha lol..good one Lucy!!

Love the photo Jb..

Hope your feeling good today Marie, katie,anne, patsy, clem and anyone else looking in..em

Good morning Ireland,



That was my morning view from the back step looking towards Ireland where your day is half done.


I hope everyone will have a great week.

Do you go to Spain every year Clem.

I do like Pea soup Emma

and Lucy, I laughed at your daughters idea of who jb is, Justin Bieber? Ha would she be disappointed meeting me, That one made me laugh. Thankyou

I still do most of the things I want to do.
I did get called John Boy back then.
It was a great feel good show, good family entertainment, its likes are not produced anymore.


So its breaky time and then get some work done,

good days to everyone

jb

Hi JB and everyone JB I just viewed your link and I can see why your porch reminded ems of the waltons, then the thought struck me (ps is there such a word as struck i dont know but anyway) now what was the thought oh yes the thought struck me (thers that word again) that mabey you are John Boy and not John B atal. My daughter says mum who is JB is it Justin Bieber. JB I hope you are doing ok and are doing all the things you want to be doing take care.

Hi y'all

Emma Lou, I just loved the Waltons too. It was a wonderful TV show for so long. Hi Lucy.

Hope everyone is well and I will see if I can find the Waltons Theme song.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjgIvnRcMc&feature=related

Good morning all,
Don't have sky box Lucy..sounds interesting though..

Hi Jb,love the front porch..wow and that firewood looks great...when i looked at pic, my initial thought was 'The Waltons' ha ha im a big softie..remember g'night jim bob..etc lol lol i know. Pea Soup is very dutch,if you like peas of course it's tasty.

ok meds kicking in now..have a good day folks..Em

Watch out for programme fighting parkinsons on the sky box channel 166 on sunday morning at 5 am

G'morning everybody.

See my front porch: firewood, cut split and dried ready for the stove. I will survive and enjoy another winter I presume.

It has been a beautiful Fall here as well.

Well, I still have PD,
It won't seem to go away
I could eat Chicken soup
Almost every friggen day.

Unlike a bad head cold
Or flu that will pass
PD is here and sticking
A real pain in the ass

But I am getting by okay
I have to. Now lets see?
Chicken soup for colds
Perhaps pea soup for PD?



now everybody have a good day!

Hello Everyone,

Clem, I like your common sense rundown on things,
Patsie, nice pictures and jokes
Lucy, I was watching the skies on Halloween night for you
Em, I hope Sean had a happy Birthday,
Marie, hope all is good

I certainly hope that everyone is getting bye okay.

here is a little joke a friend sent to me today.


A wise old man was asked, "At your ripe age, what would you prefer to get – Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s?"

The wise one answered, "Definitely Parkinson’s. Better to spill half an ounce of Rum, than to forget where you keep the bottle!"


Talk later, be strong and good everyone, jb

a week back from Spain - we were there seven weeks - adjusting to here

son back from Chernobyl, great to see the grandsons again

no news from other son – trust he is ok

my brothers knee in trouble again – they are going to operate

was voted off the museum board, a bit miffed, it happens

and now there are séances in the museum, was a church

due to see the neuro tomorrow – I suppose he will up the meds

missed my daughters 30th – we were in Spain

youngest will be 21 – lots of party preparation fuss

the garden has gone wild – out of control – it can wait

its wet – its cold – but life continues

Good morning all, Ladies ye are so right about Shay Healy and he has a lovely voice i enjoyed the song..

Gents, hope all is well with ye..

Ems


Pss..so cold here..

Shay Healy was so so positive, which all of us must be to get on with life.




Patsy !!!!!!!!!!!

Katie where have you beenn ????

Yes Lucy, just watched the program on playback, he certainly is an inspiration to us all.

And wasent he looking good too and back out doing gigs.

Hello there for those interested in Shay Healy tune in to Brendan O Connor tomorrow night after the News on RTE 1..

Good morning all, Welcome Trish/ Duffype to the Forum ,
Patsy love your post as usual..Have a good day everybody ...

Ems

TO EVERYONE IN THIS FORUM, POSTERS and Non POSTERS

Hope you are all on a good day.

Patsy !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi to you too Lucy, and a special thank you from Seán x

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everybody..

Hi everyone Hope you all have your costumes ready for tomorrow night. I am just polishing my broom. Might fly accross sky and say BOO to jb, then I might zoom into Kilkenny Waterford Dublin Kerry and Roscommon. Who is that I hear laughing. Well we are allowed to dream. In reality I'll just be sitting in the house with some nuts and I dont mean the husband and children lol.

Happy Halloween Everybody.

Morning Ireland,

Its a cloudy day here again, but I am awake, moving about and had hot oatmeal and able to go to work and have work to go to. Hey, that is all great, right!

I have been watching a mini series on tv this fall about the Titantic, Great story about the building of it so far, featuring the Irish shipyard and men and labour unions and so much more. Good stuff to watch.

So, gotta go

HOpe everyone has an Echo Beach day.

jb

Good morning all,hope your day is a good one.

Hope your tummy feels better today Jb, prob sinemet still kicking in..what a lovely picture..got my appt tomorrow morning with neuro/ pd nurse.

Take care everybody
Ems

Good morning to you all.
I hope everyones pills work good for them today. I think since my sinemet got increased, my delicate tummy is a tad upset. I am such fragile flower.

Don't believe that!! But yuck, I hate pills,

Anyways, my garden was done in August, well much of it was. I replanted a few rows and now have lots of green lettuce, radishes the size of potatoes, onions, Kohrabi, Swiss Chard and spinach. All this grows despite frost that turns the grass white. Funny that one,



Good days to all
Hi Marie

off to work he goes like a flash

Good morning all, Clem and Lucy you are right it's so hard out there so as lucy says fair play to those people who help out..

no need to apologise for leaving chat box early clem we all do at some point..but thank you.

Marie hope you are feeling better x

hard to believe it's almost Halloween again Seán's 18th falls on 31St yes a Halloween baby..lol

Take care everybody
Em

More heart wrenching than heart warming I bet Clem. When I think of those poor people who have nothing I do feel guilty when I think of what my own children have. Fair play to anyone who helps out there.

another weekend. I have just one week here before returning on the 28th

my eldest son and my son-in-law are off to chernoble
they are doing some construction work on an orphanage
with Adi Roche’s people

they have both been out there for a week or two
for the past few years

bringing back heart-warming and heart-wrenching stories

First – apologies for leaving the chat box so suddenly. My brother was calling on Skype.

Second – my compliments to Sean. The country will need business talent.

Jb –your economic comments are valid. – your comments got me thinking

Remember when Ireland joined the EU. There were all sorts of financial grants to improve the country.

For example, Coilte (a forestry company) made huge investments in machinery. There were incentives to get the machines. The company needed fewer workers. Employing them meant extra tax PRSI, pension etc.. Net effect of this and similar schemes was unemployment in rural areas where there was no other work available. So there was a “flight from the land”

More recently countries from Eastern Europe joined the EU. So existing countries – including Ireland had to pay into a fund to help the newcomers improve their economies. Companies such as Dell were paid money (this included Irish money) to move production to Poland. The result: More unemployment in Limerick and elsewhere.

Now we have this austerity. Do not be misled. We didn’t cause it. Germany is the real culprit. But the Germans are in a position to force us to pay for their failures. The present situation cannot be sustained. The future is gloomy – unless we do something radical about it