General Chat

Ah ha ha ha Fred!! Chuck!!!!! Chook!!!! I used to kill myself laughing when we visited Scotland at people calling cows 'Heelund Kews'. Can you say 'six' for me??? Anna

Fred.Aahhhhhh.... I'm glad you cleared that up with the Chuck, because i was wondering what a chuck was also...hee hee I tried to 'Google' it thinking it might be a English delicacy.....I also thought like Joodles ( Chuck steak ) I did think at one stage you were having a freindly dig at the Kiwi's....Chuck/Chook......LOL...so i was at least on the right thinking track. Chuck has multiple meanings here, and can be an Ozzie slang word for ( throwing up ) or to Chuck a wobbly ( get angry ) or to throw something ( Chuck the bottle opener over here ) When i first started Genealogy on the net, i joined a few Rootsweb groups, and joined in halfway on a conversation by an English lady who was talking about cooking Faggots. Well....( being an Ozzie ) i nearly spilt my beer into my Weeties, and asked her.... 'How do you cook a faggot...!!! There were 5 other Ozzies on the site at the time, and one rang my home phone, and said...Tony!! does this lady know what she is saying. Well we all ( Ozzies )had a history lesson that day, in the culinary delights of Cooking ( in the Middle ages )in Britain. Hence....Faggots were called 'savoury ducks' in the Middle Ages, but to this 50s child, and school drop out growing up in Oz..it had a completely different meaning. Damn.....there's that cultural difference creeping in again....lol Lara. You crack me up sometimes mate....:>)) 'Run Billie run....psml Tony Oz..:>))

Well, that has cleared up the mystery of why we call them chooks!! Vonny :)

huck rather than hook....wondered why the fuss lol Hope you sorted out the Christopher Vonny....will retreat now to voyeuring the wattlers Hi Lara. chardonney and pool sound great, great style and Joodles, bummer about the ironing and hope your foot gets well, hello Sandra, Tassie too, not nice hope daughter is OK and regards to all Laurie, just love Paris and a night wrapped up warm on the Seine is a real treat...it sounds a beautiful holiday Cheers all, and slainte to Rebs lol JA

and Anna ask the NZers to say six lol And fred the snow came after all, you will have to take a snow check on a cuddle with lewis JA

Good morning everyone :-) (just about lol) Rebs re the leprechauns I believe you...........honest, btw how's your OH's health after the er shopping trip pmsl Yvonne Thanks it's nice to be on here :-) Joodles hope your foot gets beetter soon Anna hope your cold better soon Tony agree with evereything you said about threads (3/4 posts back) Lew still waiting for the pics, as you can see I'm full of (im)patience lol *waves to everybody* Juliexx

btw after coming on here this morning and reading all the posts, all I can say is you Aussies sure can talk pmsl

Hi Tony,a faggot here is a welsh delicacy which,if you have never tried ,you havn't lived,it's the first dish i have when i'm down there on holiday really tastynot at all like the rubbish you can buy at the shops . you made me laugh with your other meaning of faggot,lol,i take it you choked at a vision of a large saucepan on the stove with a pair of legs sticking out complete with bondo boots on . Still it snows and it looks like Fred is going nowhere for a day or too,still not to worry i have my puter ,a dvd player.plenty of tapes and dvds ,so bring it on,and maybe at the end of this our spring will start. I am having to keep Mary's chalet under heat all day ,seeing as the missus put the tomato seeds in yesterday,and one of the breeds i put in you can't buy anymore ,a lovely tiny sweet tomato called sugar plum which i have reintroduced into our liitle community[genes ]for a few people to try,hoping they will like them so much they will keep some seeds for future use by themselves and friends. It's a pity the laws are so stict now as i would willingly send some abroad ,i rate them that highly. Time to go again,i have the missus help me turn the mattress on the bed and when she is finished she can get her breath back while i see to the dusting and hoovering upstairs ,Have a good evening all i may be back later,Fred.

.....i take it you choked at a vision of a large saucepan on the stove with a pair of legs sticking out complete with bondo boots on.. Yes Fred. But i think Il'e pass anyway mate. Plus.....i dont think i could eat a whole one.....:>)) Have a nice Sunday. Tony Oz...:>))

Oh dear - you blokes have put me off my wheatbix!! You can keep your faggots and your chucks Fred - I'll stick to throwing a kangaroo steak and a few prawns on the barby any day! 'Ave a good day everyone Anna

Good evening wattlers . . . . Update on Paris - Today we were lucky enough to be at Notre Dame for mass, (no, not catholic) it was unreal, the pipe organs, the whole thing was a bit special. Then off to visit with Mona, and no, I wasn't dissapointed with the size of the painting Lew, I knew what to expect, and it was a real treat to be among such amazing pieces of art. Then there was the impresionist . . . just to see them WOW ! Lew . . . . I wouldn't try the car thing here - besides the public transport is so good. I know if we were driving the friendship would come of second best! This keyboard . . . I have to go in upper case to do numbers, dots etc; the q is where the a should be - m is where the ; usually goes azertyuiop qsdfghjklm wxcvbn,;: so if it doesn't make sense to you it doesn't to me either We haven't had any rude Parisians Lara - but they dont appear to be as friendly as the folks in Brussells. Much to Rays disgust I hung a cute roo and koala on the backpack that he has to carry - so they all know where we hail from. Talking of that Ray got a great photo of the flag outside the Aust embassy - unfurled in front of the Awful Tower! French letters on the way Tony . . . . by way belqted congrqts on 13 yeqrs to you qnd Barb; Anyway have to go catch up with my kids - youngest one all excited over the signing of contracts on his first home - copy cat that he is - its on the beach at Brighton . . . . unfortunately his Brighton is in Qld mine in Sydney !!!! So cheers for now luv Laurie

G'day all wattlers, You have been a busy lot, chattering away I won't even begin to answer . well maybe. Lew how lovely to be able to buy all that new furniture, mine will have to see me out now i think, I would love a new bedroom suite mines a bit old fashioned now. Hot matches ect It is so frustrating, I have sent 3 emails to one person who has 4 of my ancesters in, absulute certainty and no reply then a new lot of HM the other day and same person again so email again so far no reply, what is it with these people why even bother to be members. As for opening my tree, no way, if I know someone has a link to some part of my tree I am only to happy to give information. But it's not necessary to show the whole tree. Laurie if you are looking in, have you done the Arch D'Triomph (spelling) went up there on my visit brought tickets then found out the lifts were out of order, so climbed all the stairs to the top. The train from Brussels was it The Eurostar you travelled on??? Look forward to yor next post. Where is SuzyQ these days, hope you are well???? Good to see J A pop in also Fred always like to read about your cooking ect Fred Mary you must be close to coming home??? Looking forward to watching the Games, swimming is my favourite but still watch the rest, I guess not much will be done then lol well still very hot and humid in the Gong roll on winter. They are still getting snow in UK in March. Cheers Sandra in the Gong

Greetings All. God you lot can prattle. I'm exhausted just trying to keep up! No pictures of the house until the end of the month. It will be ready for occupation and I want to take nice piccies for you all to see. Are you going to come over for the Mudgee Meet, Julie? Should be a hoot. Hey all this chuck talk is making me feel queasy. Speaking of which, how's the heads Rebs? Great to hear from you Laurie. Sounds like you're having a wonderful time. You're right, Notre Dame is gorgeous. That massive stained glass window is just fantastic. I have a bizarre photo of my hunch backed and hanging from a lamp post. Mind you, a dozen japanese tourists have the same photo!!! Beautiful day in Mudgee. 33C and sunny. *waves to everybody* Have a good one. Lew Lew xxx

Buggered if I know!! :-))

Who the bloody hell cares! Lew Lew xxx

Buggered if I know! ;-))

Oooo, you've must be really buggered Rebs! Be Careful. Lew Lew xxx

P*ssed off more like it! btw, photo of leps on my photopage. told ya there's such a thing.

Where's your photo page? Why are you p*ssed off? Lew Lew xxx

P'd off at the tourism thread getting deleted. Didn't really worry too much about it yesterday cos the head wasn't up to it, but today I p*ssed off. Must be the only person with the dubious honour of having the same thread deleted twice. lol! http://groups(.)msn(.)com/GCPhotospage/purplemonkeydishwasher