General Chat

No Shaz they didn't - neither of them and what am I doing still up - it's too b******g hot to sleep at mo. Working 9-4 tomorrow so can stay up a bit later - well this is early really - some nights I don't go to bed till midnight and still up at 5.30. Dayna and I have just been looking up holidays in Canada/Alaska but until she gets another job she won't be holidaying next year apart from her trip to Malaysia in January. Got to check dates and prices for Weird Al Yankovich - he's coming to Canberra Theatre next March - I've been told to book tickets by my kids. May Karma come back and bite all arsonists - have no time for idiots and don't understand why they feel the need. Off to check out these tickets and then head to bed. Seeya tamurra Gwenda

Hi Fluffy One, glad you got home safe, What a whirl, next thing you know Mel will be home, Take care, be in touch, Jillx

Evening Wattlers I'm baaaack !!!! Have so many pages to catch up on, it will take me a month of Sundays to get there. Congrats to Tony, Barb, Daughter and Family on the wonderful news of Jack's arrival.....another wattler in the making (okay already made) and on the tree........ Have had the greatest week. Loz and TLR took me under their wings, have spoilt me rotten and have made me feel so welcome. I thank them soooo much. They are just the most beautiul of peeps. Their balcoonie is just the best place. Lots of time to reflect, dream and hope !!! I met wonderful peeps this week. Wed - Mary, the real surpirser (of the surprisees), what a dahling, then on Thurs, these wonderful wattlers whom I hadn't met before - Yvette, Jood, Lyn, Sandra, and Leah - what a delight you guys are as well as Lara and Shaz whom I had met before.........You guys and all the other wattlers have been an inspiration to me. Then on Sat night, we really did get down to business - in the gutter. Had a wonderful night wandering the streets (hey - minds outa the gutter) . The Chrissy lights were an absolute delight. So much work by Shaz and Rob and all their neighbours to make Christmas such a joy to all the community. Thank you Shaz and Rob for a really good night. Okay - next stop ??????? Maybe Vic, WA or ? Just kiddin Enough of this marathon, will catch up eventualy Luv and hugs to all Ducky

Hi Sue. Not to sure, but just heard on the tail end of the news about arson. I heard that there were two fires lit at Maroona, (near Ararat) .and a second was in Beaufort by a couple of young kids. Both houses gutted, and another lit somewhere on purpose. Shazz. My sentiments exactly mate. Its o'k for us city peeps,( myself ) as all we have to put up with is the smoke, but i feel for our country peeps, and there families, and farms, that they work so hard for to keep. Mansfield, Jericho, Woodspoint, Gafney's Creek, Howqua and Jamieson are my favourite fishing haunts, and my brother and mates know many farmers and people in these area's for over 40 years now. So i feel for these people now, and must be terrifying for them and there families.

Hi Gwenda, thanks for clearing that up, Hmm what a shame it didnt air, you kept it pretty quiet though, just to think, we have two celebrities in our midst and you didnt want it known, hope they gave you a copy of it anyway for a keepsake, they did didnt they?? Shaz By the way what are you doing up soo late

HI PIP, AGAIN, LAUGHING MY HEAD OFF, NEARLY ALL OF US HAVE UK ANCESTORS, WHEN WE GET A LIVE ONE,LOL WE FIRST OFF WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU ARE RELATED TO ONE OF US!! HOW BAD IS THAT!!! WHITHOUT DOING ANYTHING YOU ARE A FULLY PAID UP WATTLER, YEAH!! worried about the fires and anyone effected by them, take care. luv Jillxxx

Shaz It was Dayna and me that were microphonephobic on our hols. First day in NY at Ground Zero Channel 10 approached us for an interview - despite protestations of NO NO we did the interview but it wasn't shown - thank goodness. Then while we were at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto we were approached by a couple from an American Radio station and were interviewed. Be interesting to know if that interview was played - pppp If we'd been approached by a third microphone wielding person I think we both would have run a mile - lol Gwenda

Nite Nite Tassie, still a little warm here also, was about to retire, but remembered, cant go to bed until time to turn the lights out, 11.00pm, Most of the leads have timers on them, but two leads have not, ran out of sockets and no more power boards left anyway, so alas, Im afraid I will have to stay up a little longer, (yee gads another bus load has just arrived), will have to investigate as to what I can do tomorrow, and try and rig something up, save meself having to stay up late every night, have to be up every day at 3,45 to get OH off to work and I tend not to go back to bed although I do sometimes get a little shut eye whilst watching Sunrise. Hee Hee love to be a fly on the wall in your place watching the cars lol, really I dont mind what car really wins the race, I tend to go for the driver anyway, but I DO like to have a little banter with you, keep you on your toes, heee heee, anyway nite nite, sleep tight Shaz

Evening Shazz, yes I did see your comment on the race earlier but oh well what is it Ford has won the championship 3 out of the last 4,or 4 out of the last 5 years isnt it??? Mmm what is it with OH's mine has just told me its time for bed, probably didnt like my last comment as he is a holden fan :-( Well off to bed for me, even though its tooo B****y hot to sleep. Cheers Sue

Yep Tony, tie them to a tree and let them do a fire dancing exercise with a little help from those who they cause such grief to, rotten so and so, was going to say little, but propably old enough to know better, know what I would do if I caught them. Shaz

Tony I think I might have been reading that about d*******s lighting fires near the western ring road, is that where you was talking about, thinking of Barbs Cousin hopeing they get out of this fire safely

off to bed - the man has spoken!! Gwenda - you and Pip just have to be related somehow :) What fun. Night all Vonny

Yes Jood, not good mate. Spent my Honeymoon in Mt.Beauty, Bright, Porepunkah and parents-in-law had holiday house in Mt.Beauty in the 70s and 80s. Beautiful part of Vic. Barbs cousin and his family live at Merijig ( farm ) and was asked to remove his horses from paddocks on Friday. His property is safe at the moment but we are watching for updates on the fires. Now we have a few Richard-heads lighting fires ( News ) on purpose. Hope they catch them and tie them up to some tree.......Idiots. Rudes

Evening All Rudes thanks for the update, OH was talking to his Dad this evening who live at Woodside Beach still a fair way away and as long as it doesnt start heading in a S. S. E. direction they should be safe. But our thought are with those in line of the fires and the firies who are doing a fantastic job. Laurie thanks for trying to cheer me up this afternoon with your sms, guess you was watching the race too. Grrrr that Kelly :-(((( Did you hear all the boos when he got his trophy? Pip welcome to the best thread with the best bunch of people you'll ever meet. Its another hot night tonight expecting it to only get down to 16, expecting rain tomorrow haa haa haa haa mmmmmmm believe it when it happens. Cheers Sue

WELCOME, WELCOME PIP, TO THE ZANIEST, CRAZIEST GROUP OF CONVICT DESCENDANTS, HEE HEE, WELL WE ARE, ARENT WE!!! HEE HEE PIP, BOY ARE YOU GONNA BE ONE SORRY LADY THAT YOU MIXED WITH THIS MAD, MANICAL MOTTLEY CREW, LOL NOW YOULL NEVER BE FREE FROM US Hey Gwenda, please explain re Daves obsession with microphones, I missed something along the way, but then thats not very hard for me to do as you all know lol, by the way looks like you and Pip could be related, wow wouldnt that be exciting, finding a distant rellie and not even looking Hi Vonny, how you surviving down there, not all smoked out I hope Hello spectacled Mary Christmas, hope your surving down there also, how is John feeling at the moment, a little better ? Hi Lara, bet Mike was glad to see you, how many dirty dishes did he leave for you to clean tee hee Hello Ducky so glad you had a great holiday and that you are home safely Ooohhh Rudy Beer, wasnt that nice of little Jack to smile at his new grandpappy, hope you took a pickle Hi Loz, did ya get the house in order for the next load of visitors, like they say, no rest for the wicked is there?? lol Hey Tassie, did u watch the race, bad luck about Lowndes, felt sorry for him, shame he drives a F**D, should have stuck to Holden, he he, seriously though, being the nice guy that he is he accepted the defeat graciously, better luck next year Well Im off to hit the sack early tonight as to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for the gym tomorrow having missed out last week, gawd, I must me sick in the head, or is just that Im tired of walking around like a short fat little frump, yep think thats it LOL Nitey Nite all you very special people Shaz XX PS, Tony thanks re update, have been listening to news, heard on 6.00 pm news, lets hope and pray that something good happens before the night is out, hopefully rain, those poor devils, please let them all be safe, and their homes

Then Pips you have heard of the Puddy family - the town is riddled with them! .. Also they were married in Bridgwater St Mary's church - went there also. Westlake of Puriton is also related. Thanks for fire update Tony , not good. Jood

JOOD, MARK IS EVEN CLOSER, OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD LOL , SAY 10 MILES IF THAT !!! PIPS XX

Cooled down a bit here in Melbin..8:45 pm...... and smoke from fires seemed to have blown away. Updates for Vic. Fires. Urgent Threat Message - Simmonds Creek Rd, Mt Beauty, Germantown, Freeburgh & Snowy Creek 8.30 pm 10/12/2006 Fire still active in this area. Threat Messages for the townships of Germantown Freeburgh and Snowy Creek and Simmons Creek Road, Mt Beauty Urgent Threat Message - North East Fires 7.30 pm 10/12/2006 Urgent Threat Message for towns in the North East Fire Complex Area URGENT THREAT MESSAGE - GAFFNEYS CREEK AND A1 MINE SETTLEMENT 6.00 pm 10/12/2006 Urgent threat of Fire travelling towards Gaffneys Creek and A1 Mine Settlement URGENT THREAT MESSAGE - HARRIETVILLE 6.45 PM 10/12/2006 Urgent threat message for Residents of Harrietville URGENT THREAT MESSAGE - UPPER BUCKLAND VALLEY 6.50 pm 10/12/2006 Threat message for residents of Upper Buckland Valley URGENT THREAT MESSAGE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MERRIJIG & MIRIMBAH 5.45 pm 10/12/2006 Fire threat to Merrijig and Mirimbah residents National Park closures - 8.30pm 10/12/2006 A number of National Parks in fire affected areas have been closed. Road closures for fire areas - 8.20 pm 10/12/2006 A number of roads have been closed in fire affected areas. Gippsland fire update - 7.40 pm 10/12/2006 Information on the Gippsland Area fires (including Heyfield and Bairnsdale Complexes). DSE, CFA, Victoria Police and Wellington Shire are working together to manage these fires and the communication and co-ordination involved in the multi-agency response. Stonyford - Moores Road Fire 7.10 pm 10/12/2006 Update on the Moores Road Fire - Princes Highway West remains closed Map of North East Alpine fires - Sunday 6pm 10/12/2006 Sentinel 'hot spot' map of Alpine Fires Gippsland fire update - 6.10 pm 10/12/2006 Information on the Gippsland Area fires (including Heyfield and Bairnsdale Complexes). DSE, CFA, Victoria Police and Wellington Shire are working together to manage these fires and the communication and co-ordination involved in the multi-agency response. Mornington Peninsula Freeway Reopened 6.00 pm 10/12/2006 Police advise Freeway reopened North East fire update - 4.30 pm 10/12/2006 Update on the fires in the north east (including King Valley, Mansfield and North East Alps Complexes). Smoke blanketing Victoria - 2.15am 10/12/2006 Smoke drift across the state from the North East and Gippsland fires. Protecting our Water Supply from Fire - 5.30 pm 09/12/2006 Working to protect the Thomson River catchment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Urgent Threat Message - Simmonds Creek Rd, Mt Beauty, Germantown, Freeburgh & Snowy Creek 8.30 pm Fire still active in this area. Threat Messages for the townships of Germantown Freeburgh and Snowy Creek and Simmons Creek Road, Mt Beauty 10/12/2006 Fire will be visible to Tawonga South and Mt Beauty.Townships in direct threat Germantown. Residents of Simmonds Creek Road, Mt Beauty are advised that a fire is travelling in a south easterly direction and they may be threatened by this fire. The fire is now in West Kiewa and advancing up Big Hill. The fire is also at the back of Hollands Hill and around Simmonds Creek. Dozersare re-establishing a firebreak at Simmonds Creek. The fire is coming slowly downhill towards Tawonga South. This fire has reached proprty lines at Mt. Beauty (Simmonds Creek Road). The Bright-Towonga Gap fire is separate to the North East Alps fire. Crews are working actively at this fire and are being supported by two aerial water-bombing aircraft. DSE and CFA advise residents in the Germantown, Freeburgh and Snowy Creek area, that a fire is travelling in a south easterly direction, approx. three kms from Germantown, and they may be threatened by this fire. Residents in these areas are advised to activate their fire plans immediately. Residents in the area should listen to their local ABC radio station for regular updates. Rudes

Evening all, at least here in Oz. Pip, my folk came from Mark, Somerset (I've been there, - went to a little pub I recall). You must have meant Fern Tree Gully (from earlier on) Soo tired still. Hope everyone is well - thanks for the abudance of pics. Very nice. Jood

IT'S WET HERE IN SOMERSET, THE WATER IS LAYING IN THE FIELS. I LIVE ON THE EDGE OF THE SOMERSET LEVELS. IT IS STRANGE HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF RAIN AND BUSHFIRES ETC.. PIPS XX