General Chat

Morning all - rise'n shine Busy day today - gotta drag myself off to have a shower soon. Tony - shhhhhhh! .. Mum's the word - but don't forget a lil plastic plate each to eat it on! .. And make sure the custard has been home made. *peeks out window to look at the weather* .. Hmmmm - none the wiser, bits of pale blue sky, but instead of the small clouds being light and fluffy they are sort of greyish colour .. don't know if that means they are smoke filled or rain filled. .. What I do know is that it is very very cool. .. Last night I had a jacket on, 3 nights prior, the aircon :( Have a great day all Jood

Morning All, 5.37 am here, just a quick post as back to the grindstone, whoops, Refrain, LONG post hee hee Hi Ya Ducky, yep lights all finished now thank goodness, working away inside on Sat arvo, when I heard this BANG, blimey what was that, NO I wont go and look, only Rob falling off the ladder, me being a smarty, went outside a few minutes later, to find Allan, next door neighbour, HAD fallen off the ladder, just missing the dining room window, thankfully he never went through the damn thing and cut himself, had been raining and the ladder slipped on the wet tiles, alls well though, nobody really hurt, waiting with baited breath for Mel to arrive, only 2 weeks to go, and then she will be here, how long is she staying?? Vonny, thanks for the piccy, handsome couple, how did the night go? Hi Cat, happy decorating Aw Jood, what a shame, streets look great, should see the house across the road, Roley has made Santas Castle, unreal, cute couple of grandkids you have there Jood Laurie, what a horrible night it turned out to be, it pelted down here for quite a while on Sat, so had to leave the finishing of putting lights till yesterday, all done now Hi Tassie, wheres the pickle of chrissy house all lit up, shame I dont own camera, wouldnt know how to download them anyways Oooh, Bunnings, did someone say Bunnings, whats with that place that gets everybody excited when they just hear the word even, 'Im off to see the hardware, the wonderful world of Tools' and doors, and tools, and plants, and lights, OH No, not more B****y lights hee hee Welcome Jan, be vary wary of some of them peeps on here, they tend to lead people astray lol Merle, Vonny is right, saw a program on TV last week, think it was 'Whats good for You', channel 9, Drs in RPA use Manuka honey for those kinds of wounds, they swear by it, actually I went looking and found in it Woolies yesterday Whoohoo, Tony, can I be filthy rich with you, am sending credit card details as I write, oohh wont Rob be happy lol, clever little vegemite Rudee, playing with the mouse, think you should write a book listing all the little dos and donts, like for startes where on earth did you get the pound sign, for your winning lottery, cant find one on my keyboard Yum, Nans christmas pudd, and my mums, actually, am going to try and have a bash at making my own this christmas Tony, and like you I prefer both cream and custard, even going to have a go at making brandy custard this year Welcome Sarah, any cuz of Lauries is a friends of ours, nice to have you on board best stop nattering and post before Im beaten to the punch, so Hi to all my crazy friends and have a beat day Shaz

Have a lovely holiday Ducky . . . but get some sleep first I think . . Lovely to see my new cousin from Canberra has dropped in. We have a new baby in the family . . . Sarah is a wee 19years old so Rebs has certainly lost the title now !! Sarah is also a good little detective, she has given me lots of dates I dinny know . . most grateful I am. Sleep time . . nigh nite - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie

Good night Puddy tat Don't pinch any more numbers Canny sleep Will enjoy my holiday with a special friend ~~~~~~~~ to all Nighty nite, sleep tight Don't let the bed bugs bite Ducky

Hi everyone :-)))) Pam enjoy your holiday Sarah Hi :-) Missed you on my last post cos I hadn't read all the posts at that point. I am the angelic one :-) Tony don't eat christmas pudding but will have the custard or ice-cream lolol ~~~~~~~~~~to all Catxx

Joodle..:>)) Il'e meet ya down behind Lew's garage. You bring the pud......n' il'e bring two spoons and a bottle of thickened cream and custard and we'll pig out....Shhhhh mums the word. Fluffy. Thanks for the recipe mate. x Rudes...:>))

Just for you Rudee (and for me too, we go halvees) - I'll make a Xmas pud for Mudgee (mind you its going to be hot there, but the pud only need be warm). .. It's very light and soooo easy to eat. *makes mental note Mixed Fruit, sugar, flour, eggs, spices etc* Wow - what am I doing up so late? .. lol Jood

Evening all We had a couple of drops of rain tonight but lots of lightning and thunder which I dinny like. Vonny, I dinny get any pickles either. Jilly, Mel don't iron - ever. Glad you had a good weekend. Did you get any bargains when you went shopping the other day ? Sandra, do you have a wheat bag. Heat it up and put it on your back......really helps Merle take care. Rudee, my Mum always makes a pud for me. I got a recipe from Rebs yesterday which can be used as pud or cake and it is really yummy. Hi Sarah, Welcome to the nut house...........I'm from Bribie Island in the beautiful sunshine state (although plurry hot and humid today).. Yvette, sounds like you had a drunken weekend !!!! Mary, do you have a date on the first Sun of each month from now on ? May not be on here for a week or so. A wonderful friend is taking me on holiday. What would we do without good friends. Will catch up later Luv and Hugs Pam (Ducky)

Evening....:>))) Sue & Anna. Do you have room for another person at Xmas...lol I'm hanging for a home made Xmas Pud. Barbs Aunty bakes me a boiled fruit cake every year ( my Favourite ) and delivers it to Barb still warm out of the Oven, when she comes to the Salon to get her hair done. I'm not surposed to eat it till Xmas day, but the smell is to much for me to bear.....and by night fall that very same day....there are only crumbs left.....:>))))...hee hee SusyQ. Have Emailed you. Hi Sarah. Welcome to the best thread on GR, and the freindlest bunch of people you will ever know. I'm Tony.....aka Wattle mascot, aka Tony Oz, aka Rudes, aka Earl of Ozzex, aka ............well anyway i live in sunny Melbourne where the weather is perfect 24/7. Father of 5 daughters ( i think )...and Grandad of 3 and one that is still browning in the oven and due any minute. Not that I'm excited......MUCH...lol I'm harmless and just a feeble ol bloke that found his way onto this thread.......and now they wont let me leave...:>((( Well thats my story.......and I'm sticking to it. Well the heading says:****Hello again all of the Australians and anybody who wishes they were ***** and my birth cert says born in Oz....>))) Rudee of the Oz.....:>))) update: Mmmmmm Joodle's. Do you remember a likkle itzy bitzy favour i sent you for Chrissy....Mmmm Geeeee........... thats just so kind of you to bring some home made pud to the Mudgee meet ( wrapped in silver foil ) ....but please dont go out of your way. I mean i dont want to sound greeeeeedy.....( wink nudge )....:>)))

This is the longest name I have so far Bush Capital Christmas Aka Going backwards to Christmas JA to the world lah lah lah lah lah laaaa Will need more paper soon .. pmsl I still make a pud from a recipe over 100 yrs old - it doesnt come out dark like puds do, as its a very light one, and ooooh sooo nice. .. My kids like it - I even have to make it for my sister when I go to Perth. .. Has to be reaaaaaaaaal custard, none of this packet stuff - with icecream cream or both. Fanny - you certainly enjoyed yourself today .. hehehehe Jood

Morning everyone :-) Can't stay just to let you know my puta's fixed so you can start the emails again :-)

Evening Wattlers Welcome to the nuthouse Sarah, Im sure you will enjoy yourself we all do. Tony, answer to your question about Chrissy Pud. I dont make Chrissy Pud but my Mum and Nan (Mum's Mum) both still make their own, of course it is the same recipe. they make it late November and have them hanging in Cloth around the house til Christmas, I dont eat Chrissy Pud and never have apart from when I was pregnant my first child, on Christmas Day when the orders were taken for sweets I asked for Christmas pud and they all nearly fell over backwards, that the one and only time I ate it, cant even stand the smell now. Those who eat pud in my family if it is at Nans (which it nearly always is) have custard or cream but defnatey no alcohol, as in Brandy custard, Nan is dead against it, even in cooking. I have my own special sweet on Chrissy Day and that is stewed kentish cherries and cream, lots of cream yummmmm. Cheers Sue

Hi all We had 4mls of rain last night and 9 mls this afternoon - so in the old measure - that's half an inch which is not to be sneezed at! Of course, we were due to have our neigbourhood Chrissy BBQ at 4pm which was just when the storm came but it cleared and we enjoyed the lovely crisp fresh air and the smell of wet trees. Bewdiful! Tony - I still make my Xmas pud - soak the fruit in rum, and have saved the old 3ps and 6ps. Chris always complains that he'll do in a tooth on a threepence one of these days! Have it with brandy custard, icecream, jelly and fruit salad. Glad to hear everyone is partying nicely - isn't it a wonderful time of year when you catch up with people you don't see often. Cheers dears Anna

Hi All About next sat. Lets make it lunch as it is easier finding ones way in the daylight when you dont know where you are going..lol I know where the Southern Cross Club is,,right actoss the road from Woden shopping center, Movie Ciinama end. Helenic Club is a street away, I could find my way there.. Tradies ??No idea where it is.. Southern Cross has a Bistro style dining.. so does the Helenic Club.dont know the other.. Can someone tell me where the Tradies is please.. I am happy to go to any one of them so you Canberrian peeps can decide as you know more than me.. I hope that John is comming so if booking put me down for 2.... REally looking forward to Sat and and would love to see you there Sarah,, We are a mad mob but very nice ..even if I say so myself... I ate to much for dinner tonight and feel awful. After we had dinner I went to put my garbage in the bin and a crowd of lovely people were having a BBQ and invited us to join them, Which meant to be polite I had to have another drink and some mince tarts,, I now feel Ihave had a 6 course dinner and wish I hadent.They were a lovely crowd and have a BBQ on the first sunday of each month, and anyone is invited, A very jovial crowd who enjoy a wine or 3..lol Love Mary xxxxx

ps i did find out today that the other reindeer was called 'olave' do you think that somebody was having a loan of me? yvette x

hi all, finally 'recovered' enough to read this properly, but now have sore eyes from reading so much. hi to the princess sarah from the city up the hill. hi to jan from wiltshire. my mums fathers side are wiltshire ites, traced to early 1600s. fanciful festivus fanny - should i be decorating my xmas bush? the picnic was lovely, riverside location, lovely poss. workmates. he took me home before I got totally trashed and embarrassed him. pity you were stuck on the boat princeth, i decided not to share my plonk, but I managed to lead astray the hostess's hubby with large slugs of rockmelon port. we played chrissy games, but weren't good at recognising xmas carol names. poss. is usually a champion at trivia, but being the heathens we are... teamed up with another lass for 'siamese present wrapping' and got caught cheating. think we had already passed the .05 limit well and truly by then. can't get it together to make tea yet so the puter will have to do. i can smell something cooking so maybe they will feel sorry for poor starving me and give the serf some crumbs. love yvette x

About next Sat, did we say lunch or dinner? I'm happy either Helenic or Tradies - both are same distance from me. I don't know where the Southern Cross Club is :) Let's say Helenic if it has a buffet or Tradies as second choice as I know it does have buffet. Sarah - would you be comfortable joining us? I know it is a big ask so don't worry if you can't. happy to go with the flow :) Vonny

Yippee :) Welcome Sarah. There are three of us already from Canberry. Lovely to see you. We are all mad of course - I do hope Laurie told you :) but everyone will try and tell you that they are the sane ones. They aren't really but those of us from Canberra humour the others. LOL (Vonny ducks for cover, just as well they are all having dinner!) have to go and have my own dinner but be back later. Vonny PS most are incognito with Chrissy names at the moment. I'm usually Yvonne from Oz.

Hi everyone, How are you all? My name is Sarah and I'm from Canberra. My new found cousin Laurie told me about this thread and she said everyone was lovely so I thought I might join and meet some new friends! Toots, Sarah

Never made one - always buy one - used to get a Legacy pud but the ANZ doesn't sell them anymore where I am. This year I've got a tinned Big Sister pud - feeds 12 - 4 of us 3x. Served with custard - brandy of course but lots as it soaks into the pud pretty quick. OH has ice cream The best thing with a ready made is you just bung it in the microwave and 5 minutes later it's ready - none of this on the stove for hours especially on a hot day. I have a family recipe for overnight pudding - you get it all ready night before and leave to soak then put in basin on Chrissy day and cook - one day I might try it. My cousin makes it every year cos that's just the way her Mum did Christmas lunch and doesn't matter that she's been gone nearly 10 years it's all got to be the same. Gwenda