General Chat

Gwenda - yes, I did get up early - 4.45am in fact, pitch dark - was still dark when I drove down the mtn at 6.20am - and boy am I soooooooooooo very tired now - off to bed as soon as I finish this! I went to see Ready Steady Cook being filmed (2 shows) - very interesting to see behind the shows. I even shook hands with Peter Everett, and did a Hi 5 with him (my poor sore hands!) Mary - thanks for your kind words about my childhood memoirs lol If the others dont get bored, I'll slip a little bit in now and again (and I hope Tony does also) Jood

Good evorning all . . . . well it is evening here and morning at home . . . . The holiday has come to an end and mores the pity - have had a wonderful time! Am currently sitting in the old Club lounge waiting for our flight home. Its a wee bit late leaving, but I dont care as long as they have the plane in ship shape condition before they take us on board. (and as long as the drinkies keep coming) Will fill you all in later, but am on a high tonight - had my second day at Kew today, first wasn't much to rave about the info I gathered didn't help with the impression of the place. BUT, today I have a new perspective on the place, think it was mostly me on the first day - not knowing where to find stuff and not getting much help from staff. Today I even came away with a physical description of my gtgtgramps, even know about his tats! Looking forward to catching up with you all when I get home - For Rebs, you had better make it to Yarrawonga girl, or Ray will have your guts for garters, considering we have a bag of praline flakes in tow . . . . . cheers all luv Laurie . . . waving bye to London and all my new friends

Gee Laurie - you are gonna be one busy girl - your email box is filled to over flowing - and it wasnt me - I only sent one email the other day - as I knew you were away ... just thought everyone else would remember not to flood your email box !!!!!!! Boy you will be busy! Wot about the peeps that cant go to Yarrawonga - no praline flakes huh?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WELCOME HOME LAURIE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well wattlers, I have recovered slightly from my big day out yesterday - here it is 8.30 and havent had brekky or showered, better get outa here. Jood

Morning all :) cool and gray at the moment which is nice. MaryQ, I got my sons to install my computer and broadband - do you have any computer nerds that you know? Hope you found an airworthy plane Laurie and are winging your way home. Wow, the time did go fast :) Yarrawonga's getting closer. I'll be away down in Eden the weekend before, till ANZAC day, and then plan to come across the Snowy's (towing the boat!) by the Wed or Thurs. So won't buy THE ticket till I get there and make contact with Lara. catch you all later :) Vonny

Vonny - do you really think Lauries trip went fast - it seems aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages since she left here!!!!!!!! Did you mean SuzyQ, or is our Mary renamed MaryQ lol Actually Suzy, these days it is pretty easy to instal Broadband, they go with you step by step - who is your provider??????? Jood

Oh dear Joodles and I read that several times. yes I meant SusyQ. Do you think Alzhimers (sp) is starting? maybe thats why I think Laurie's trip went fast!! Vonny :(

Afternoon Wattlers and apologies for not being online earlier. Starting to pack up in readiness for the big shift on saturday. Now's the time to purge! Builders doing the finishing touches and hopefull things will be ready on time! Chat soon, Lew Lew xxx

Hiya Lew Lew, My son landed in Melbourne , it was cold he said;;;;;;;; he landed at 9-45pm which was 7-45 am Melbourne time;;;; Cause you all go by diff times over there;;;;;;;; But hope all of you have a good day;;;; and thanks Lew for sending me to bed;; Babs

That's good news Babs. I knew he won't have a problem and I'm glad you had a good night's sleep. Melbourne can be a little cold, but it's a beautiful city with fantastic restaurants. Tell your son to visit Lygon Street - Yum. Lew Lew :-)

Lew Thanks I will if ever he gets back in touch;;; but will tell him;;;;;; Just annoyed he has'nt been in touch;;;; but then I suppose he will be tired;;;;;;;; Babs

Morning Wattlers Well - the all important numbers for Saturday are in my possession - will notify later. Welcome back Laurie - glad to hear you had a great trip but we missed you on the boards. First thing you have to do when you get back is to let us know when you will be in Qld so we can arrange the Qld meet! Babs - glad your son has arrived safely - doesn't matter how old they get, you still worry about them dreadfully. Lew - have fun with the moving. A very stressful time so make sure you take time out to visit the naughty corner and relax with a few vinos and a masssage!! Vonny - and for all of us who have C.R.A.F.T. moments!! JOKE!! An elderly couple have dinner at another couple's house and, after dining, the wives leave the table and go into the kitchen. The two men chat and the guest says: 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it hightly.' The host asks 'What's its name?' 'Aaaaaahh, what's the name of that red flower that you give to someone you love?' His friend replies, 'A carnation?' 'No, no - the other one,' the man says. His friend offers another suggestion 'A poppy?' 'Nahhh!' growls the man, 'You know - the one that is red and has thorns.' His friend replies 'A rose' 'Yes, that's it!' the first man says. He turns towards the kitchen and yells 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?' Catch you all later Anna :>)

Awww Vonny - dont think that. It happens to me all the time, I can type something up - read it through several times, and discover hours later that I have done something wrong. I think its because we women multi-task !!!!! I think Laurie will be busy for a few weeks when she gets back, but she'll be down at Yarrawonga, so you can all get together then and decide on the date (only if its ok by moi hahaha) But honest, I have nothing scheduled for June, - bad enough that I have to miss Yarra. :-(( Hi Babs, welcome to Wattlers. Lew Lew - I envy you and I dont - not the packing side of it :-((( Are you going to Yarrawonga? Jood

Afternoon Wattlers Anna loved the joke. still sitting on chair laughing lol. Fingers crossed for this weekend. Babs welcome to the thread, do pop in more. Its always nice to see a new face. Vonny yes I think we have all done the same and made a tpyo or added a wrong name, proves we are only human. Well I thinks I may be in the bad books with OH when he gets home from work. I got a phone call earlier from the President .......... of the Hawks Cheersquad, hee hee had you thinking for a minute. Well he needs a place to store all the cheersquad stuff, flags, banners, pom poms etc so they dont have to carry them over and back from Vic all the time. We I just had to say yes I would look after them lol. So now poor David not only has to put up with a wall in the lounge covered in Hawks photos, and a bedroom dressing table draped with my gernseys, scalves and hats, a couple of items in the kitchen and a letterbox painted in hawk colours and emblems, now he has to put up with the cheersquad stuff, and he dont even go for Hawthorn pmsl!!!!! But he loves me :-))))) I went for my walk this morning and stopped at the hairdressers to book an appointment to have my hair done ready for our trip to Vic at Easter, and the hairdresser said she could do it straight away so after a hair cut and then a dive to the shop to get some hair dye, cause after she cut it, you could see more grey than colour lol, I came home and put the dye in straight away, so now I look and feel lots better, well I feel lots better, not sure about the looks pmsl. Catch you all later. Cheers Sue

Hello to all Wattlers, Just got time to pop in quickly and see what you're all up to ''waves'' - tee hee Anna, nice joke!! - I am a bit busy at work because one staff member is on holidays for a couple of weeks. Weather is gorgeous but it can rain now, back fence is fixed at last - hubby rapt yesterday he managed to get someone to get out the stumps at a moments notice, right at the same time as the council came around with some topsoil to fill the holes in the nature strip (which was a mess and a danger), the stump man had a mini bobcat thingy which packed down the soil right then and there, it would have taken hubby ages to shovel it all by himself. I was given a tip last week which I will pass on, because using it I have found some tidbits I wouldn't have otherwise come across. Instead of using Google to search, try using 'Ixquick'. I put the two last names of my grandparents and the place they lived, and came up with a few useful hits - a cemetary listing (UK) and two family trees, one with lots of useful dates and one with some wrong info for my Grandpa! Which I can correct because there was an email addy. You can find Ixquick by googling it !! I gather it is a search engine that looks at a lot of other search engines including google, but picks up some things that google may miss. It's all so very clever..... SusyQ you won’t know yourself with broadband, such fun, online friends are just the same as real people (after all they are real people lol) I think the internet is an absolutely fabulous boon for anybody especially those restricted geographically, by illness, or lack of money to travel. You can chat to family and friends you already have, as well as meet all other kinds of people all over the world really. And I don’t even use msn (if I did I’d never get any sleep), but I visit a couple of chat groups I like and read others, and look in here every few days, I’d really miss it if I couldn’t now I’ve got to know who peeps are. Imagine missing out on all the footy tips that are going to be on soon – (go Bombers) come on Tony, footy tips have to be in on Thursday before the first game starts!!! Safe journey home to Laurie, happy moving Lew, hi Joodles, Gwenda, Trifley. Lara, Mary, Vonny , Old Uncle Tom Cobbly and All, Eeeks gotta go, see ya later all!!!! Heather in Albury

Hi Heather ~~~~~~ Anna, CUWL oh my, soooo goood :) Vonny

Afternoon All, It will be good to have Laurie home and find out what the giraffe's are doing. It seems to have gone fast to me also. Don't remember who asked, but my provider is bigpond. I have to stay with them for broadband because I have a 12 month contract which has only just been renewed. If I switch provider I would have to pay Bigpond for the contract. Anyway, I am guessing that I will only be able to get Bigpond out here. It's the only mobile that you can get a signal with. Guess who won Ozlotto this week. Moi. the grand sum of $11.95. I suppose it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. It may be a good omen for Saturday night. Can't stay long, not been home long and still have shopping to put away. Not my favourite job. Bye Love SuzyQ or maybe MaryQ.

Hello Everyone Wow Laurie's on her way home it does seem to me that she has been away for ages but for her I bet it went to quick. WELCOME HOME LAURIE ! Susy Q I envy you getting Broadband I am on dial up and the speed is dreadful 28.8 kbps its pathetic so I am seriosly thinking about getting broadband too very soon . Anna did you getting the winning ones didya didya. Good joke too loved it. Heather hi how goes Albury girl still havn't been up might get there soon lol Thanks for the tip will have alook on there after posting this will you please send me your email addie on genes as i dont know why but havnt got it the heather that I have been sending emails too thinking it was you finally told me that she thought ihad mistaken her for someone else duh why doesnt that shock me I'm getting worse by the minute so you are not the only one Vonny join the club we could call it the craft club lol . Sue well is the weight still coming off?What with that and new hairdo new Sue eh Lew Lew new house lew lew just great feeling I bet now can we have an online garage sale of what you are not taking hehe love garage sales. Vonny bring me some fish girl please nice snapper would be good so you'll be coming over MT Hotham down into Bright and Beechworth and down to Wangarratta and then over to Yarrawonga just drop the fish off when going past ok thank you LOL I Am going to do some research so will see you all tomorrow love Lara

SuzieQ - Telstra or rather Bigpond, give you a disc to put in the computer and it helps you along with the installation - Im sure you can handle it - go for it. (your address will probably changed from bigpond.com to bigpond.net.au, but thats about all. Good luck Jood

Hi Wattlers Lara yes the weight is still going down, I cant remember what I weighed last time I mentioned it but it will be 8 weeks on Monday from when I started the diet and to date I have lost 8.8 kg. We are on broadband and I would hate to go back to dial up now, we have a 256 download speed, but the best thing is you can be on the net all day and still get phonecalls. Cheers Sue

Evening Wokkles. I see Laurie is on her way home. Gee..i reckon that went real quick myself, it just seems like yesterday she was leaving. Been checking me hot matches, and have emailed a couple of possibilities. One was... Error....Error.........Error...and the other was Unknow....Unknown....Unknown....so just waiting for a reponse to see if we are connected....:>)) Well i have Co-ax Cable ( optus )Cable Net.....100.0 Mbps....R.R.F. ( real real fast ) ......:>)) and approx 512kbps..and upwards ( pending ) I wouldnt survive if i had to go back on Dial up, and probably put an axe through the computer if i had to....lol With our 'Wattlelotto' each week. Please feel free to add it to the Wattle thread if ya wanna. The only reason i asked to send me a copy was, that some peeps may not no how to scan /copy /paste or convert picture scanned file into text or whatever, and didnt want anyone getting frustrated over it, so i offered to do it. If you do add it to the Wattle thread ( the numbers ) please 'don't' put the serial number as well......:>)) Anna has bought our ticket....so we better be nice to her...xxxx ( just in case she does a runner, or in Oz terms..'Goes walkabouts'....LOL ) (((((((((O)))))))) Loved your joke , Anna..lol Heather. I aint forgot the footy thread mate, and have added the teams playing this week.......'GO PIES' I think the 'Footy show' starts to-night, and nice to see Gary Lyons hosting it. SusyQ. Nice you had a liittle win mate. As you say, better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. It all helps...:>)) Mary. Good luck with your selling and all. Hi to Sue, Lara,Joodles, Judy YV, Judy Melb, Leah, Gwenda, Vonny, Lew, Trifley,Julie Cat, Babs, me sister, me mum, me ancestors,..me... and anyone else looking in. If there are any more Ozzies out there or whoever..looking in..come say G'day. Great buncha people on here, and you wouldnt find a nicer group anywhere...dinkum. Av a good un. Tony Oz...:>))) ps. Anna...should i go put me lay-by back on???..Me Plazma Tele.