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Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

blue1948 said:
What do think about ghosts then ? I have no other explanation than that I have seen one .
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I do believe in ghosts but only ever had one (I suppose) paranormal encounter. I was sat feeding one of our kids and a tiny ball of light just shot across my face and into the wall. My little lad spat his bottle out of his mouth and reached for the light with his hand so he definitely saw it too.

This was days after a close family bereavement and it always makes me wonder if it was them letting me know they were ok.
 
blue1948 said:
Of course I meant no offence before ,Daisy's clock will stay at 5am as she cannot tell the time I am sure .
In Finland which in parts has 6 month long nights it is one of the main causes of suicide ,some people here want to emigrate to get more daylight . It is a serious problem for some .Me I am lucky in so far as I just take it as it comes ,the same with the weather but I know it is not the same for others .
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None taken, didn't even notice anything to take offence at blue, probably my posting style,
 

I bit of a story but we were stranded in the fells of the lakes ,two cars and one went off for petrol,luckily we stopped right next to an AA roadside telephone .As it was opened there was a notice inside saying "if you have run out of petrol there is a garage about 5 miles down the road .
It was around midnight and off they went after an hour or so we were getting quite cold ( December ) and wondering where they had got to another hour passed and we thought they had gone home without us but we could do nothing about it until morning .
Then a red postoffice van came up the road and an old guy got out and said that our friends were coming soon and we thanked him and off he went .
When they arrived back after about another five minutes one guy said "I bet you were all worried " I said "well yes until the postman stopped to say you were on your way back" he said they had spoken to no one at all that when they got to the garage it was shut but they got directions to the next one which was miles away .
A couple of years later on the way to a match a guy in the bar said he knew me and it was from this selling encyclopaedia job ,I said oh yes that was a good wind up but he promised they never met anyone that night .
 
blue1948 said:
I bit of a story but we were stranded in the fells of the lakes ,two cars and one went off for petrol,luckily we stopped right next to an AA roadside telephone .As it was opened there was a notice inside saying "if you have run out of petrol there is a garage about 5 miles down the road .
It was around midnight and off they went after an hour or so we were getting quite cold ( December ) and wondering where they had got to another hour passed and we thought they had gone home without us but we could do nothing about it until morning .
Then a red postoffice van came up the road and an old guy got out and said that our friends were coming soon and we thanked him and off he went .
When they arrived back after about another five minutes one guy said "I bet you were all worried " I said "well yes until the postman stopped to say you were on your way back" he said they had spoken to no one at all that when they got to the garage it was shut but they got directions to the next one which was miles away .
A couple of years later on the way to a match a guy in the bar said he knew me and it was from this selling encyclopaedia job ,I said oh yes that was a good wind up but he promised they never met anyone that night .
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Did the postman have a black and white cat?
 
blue1948 said:
I bit of a story but we were stranded in the fells of the lakes ,two cars and one went off for petrol,luckily we stopped right next to an AA roadside telephone .As it was opened there was a notice inside saying "if you have run out of petrol there is a garage about 5 miles down the road .
It was around midnight and off they went after an hour or so we were getting quite cold ( December ) and wondering where they had got to another hour passed and we thought they had gone home without us but we could do nothing about it until morning .
Then a red postoffice van came up the road and an old guy got out and said that our friends were coming soon and we thanked him and off he went .
When they arrived back after about another five minutes one guy said "I bet you were all worried " I said "well yes until the postman stopped to say you were on your way back" he said they had spoken to no one at all that when they got to the garage it was shut but they got directions to the next one which was miles away .
A couple of years later on the way to a match a guy in the bar said he knew me and it was from this selling encyclopaedia job ,I said oh yes that was a good wind up but he promised they never met anyone that night .
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Who gave them directions to garage #2?
 

Good evening all. I'm having some issues either with my phone or the app and I can't reply to individual posts. So hope you are all OK. I've enjoyed today's chat about ghosts and forests. I'm a definite love the light nights person. The more daylight the better. I'm also a believer in ghosts, probably because I believe there is an afterlife. Never seen one though. I've been dreaming about my Mum loads recently while my Dad hasn't been well. I am convinced she's checking up on us to make sure we are looking after him!

@jazzy I was appalled by Zouma's behaviour. I can understand why people might not want to have pets but being deliberately cruel to animals is a serious personality flaw. I know I eat meat but I try to buy as humanely as possible. Free range chickens and eggs, local farms. All of that. Your hunting and shooting fraternity make me sick. So glad we didn't sign him. Never thought I would agree with old Sourpuss Souness but he was bang on yesterday when he was talking about it. I didn't have him down as an animal lover.

Just me and Mr F in tonight so we're going to have a curry. I honestly think curry is my desert island food. I could eat it every day! I'm also going to have a go at making pilau rice thanks to The Hairy Bikers recipe I found. I'll let you know how that goes. I've also discovered something called Zanzibar curry powder. The flavour it gives to the curry is so nice.

@Armaghtoffee I read Chariot Of The Gods years ago. I feel I may have to revisit it and read it again since it has been mentioned. I've got three unread books at the moment so need to read them first before I get anymore. One girly book _ where The Crawdads Sing, one educational - a history of Trade Unions and the last one - Dave Grohl's autobiography.

Enjoy your evening folks x
 
I've had a couple of strange things happen to me that were unexplainable one was a ghost, I was seeing this lass and she said her house was haunted, obviously I was like yeah whatever( I was only young) We did a ouija board and got a response.

Anyway one night I went to bed and we locked her bedroom door from the inside and when I woke up in the morning one of my trainers had been moved from our locked bedroom to out by the toilet on the landing.

I also had a very very very strange thing happen to a watch of mine, this is true. We'd been watching Uri Geller, I was at my sisters, he did one of those interactive elements and said something like do what he did and any broken watches or such.

It was such a long time ago that I can't remember details but my watch hadn't worked in ages it was a cheap Gucci rip off from Greece after that show, it had started working again, so I started wearing it, then one day it stopped so I asked my father to get a new battery and when the watchmaker took it apart he said that the watch shouldn't be working all the mechanical parts were broken lol

This is why I'm even agnostic about religion, I just know there's more to this universe than our knowledge so far knows. Sorry for long post lol
 
I had two experiences of "sommet" in the weeks after Nikki passed. Plus a few that could be filed under "Maybe". One defied the biology of a plant, and the other confounded medics, then nurses, then a doctor.

For 18 months whilst she was being cared for at home, I would do the washing up, circa 2.00 pm. She knew that, cos I would say to her to shout louder or call me if she needed anything. In the kitchen, I would look out on a non descript piece of the front meadow while doing the dishes.

Anyrate, a few days after she passed, (October), I was doing the dishes, looked up, and in full bloom was a plant I had never seen before. Anywhere else, front or back, I could have missed it. But it was directly in my eyeline. I had never seen it before, (20 years of mowing), but literally, could not miss it. It was one slender stem, topped with a load of white buds, each had a blob of blonde on them. Nik was slim, pale skinned, and blonde.

I looked it up. It is called Yarrow, and its a kind of heather. And according to English folklore, back in the day, "fair maidens would pick yarrow, and put it under their pillow to find their true sweetheart".

Its also called the "nose bleed" plant. More of that reference another day, but the plant, Nik, Sommet, saved my life a week or so later.

edit. Yarrow flowers in June. Not October and November.
 
roydo said:
I had two experiences of "sommet" in the weeks after Nikki passed. Plus a few that could be filed under "Maybe". One defied the biology of a plant, and the other confounded medics, then nurses, then a doctor.

For 18 months whilst she was being cared for at home, I would do the washing up, circa 2.00 pm. She knew that, cos I would say to her to shout louder or call me if she needed anything. In the kitchen, I would look out on a non descript piece of the front meadow while doing the dishes.

Anyrate, a few days after she passed, (October), I was doing the dishes, looked up, and in full bloom was a plant I had never seen before. Anywhere else, front or back, I could have missed it. But it was directly in my eyeline. I had never seen it before, (20 years of mowing), but literally, could not miss it. It was one slender stem, topped with a load of white buds, each had a blob of blonde on them. Nik was slim, pale skinned, and blonde.

I looked it up. It is called Yarrow, and its a kind of heather. And according to English folklore, back in the day, "fair maidens would pick yarrow, and put it under their pillow to find their true sweetheart".

Its also called the "nose bleed" plant. More of that reference another day, but the plant, Nik, Sommet, saved my life a week or so later.
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Definitely being sent a message from Nik, just letting you know she is always there with you.

What happened the week after Roydo?
 

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