General Chat

~~~~~waves to Mary. You snuck in under me. Glad you had a good time with your brother. Wot do ya mean.......delinquents?????? I'll have you know we are going to be well behaved! Wouldn't look good for the Wattlers to be splashed all over the front page of the paper.....heeee heee. JA....,got your pickles.....they certainly made things to last back then. Gotta go 'Bye TX

Hello McMad! You crazy girl, go to bed, heeeee

just having a peek on me way thru to bed.......hi all!!!!

G'day Wafflers Another warm day on the GC of Queensland. I don't think it'll be long before we crank the air con into action. Jill....sorry to hear Ron is not progressing as hoped. I bet he's feeling miserable. A big healing hug for him and a fun, supportive one for you, my friend. SuzyQ.... will you have to go on a waiting list for your surgery or do you have health insurrance? You are right about the firies. We as a nation seem to idolise sportsman when we should really be looking to the likes of the firies as examples to follow in life. L'oz...not too much speeding on that mower! You're not practising for Indy you know heee heee. Joodles....got the Blue Mountains map.....thanks. Told Graeme about the fires and he knew exactly where they were. I knew Crew was going to Thailand.....I thought she mentioned it on here? She is going from one extreme to the other. Antarctic in January and Thailand in February. Crew.....have fun with your school bus duties.....do you have a special sign you can put on the side of Lilly? I'm off now to get the last minute supplies for the weekend......it wouldn't do to run out of Gin! Have a great day folks. Big hugz Trifley X

Morning all oopppsss it is now aternoon..Had a lovely day with my brother and he was suitable impressed with our new home. JA Thanks for the picks and now if I see a mob of roadies I will look to see if you are one.. I will know you as you have a jacket a nicer colour than the others.lol Loved the bridge with the big tree trunk keeping it up. Fantastic engineering in the old days as it is still doing its jog under the bridge. Great Photo.. Tony Where are the fires in Vic. You said North West, I hope they are not around Dunolly way. They have so much forrest around there if any of it went up it would be devasting. Ducky So glad you have got your puter back on line.. How many games of patience did you play while you were waiting for it to be fixed..lol It just eases the withdrawel symptoms if we can even just get on to do something...Wont be long before Mel is home again. Hows the Christmas shopping , mine is non existant at the moment.Have a lovely weekend with the delinquents and keep them in order.. Tassie Sorry I havent had time to search for you but will do so this afvo as I am now free again. Trifle. Hope you are ok today and ready for the deliquent weekend... I hope you dont lead the printhess astray..lol Anna Whats the alarm clock for on the weekend..Surely you dont intend to arise early when you are supposed to be relaxing..Chockys YES Alarm clock,NO,,,lol heather Brother was suitably impressed lol and we had a lovely day .. Princeth Lolly Are you out riding around in circles again today..make sure you steer away from the trees..OH Dear.. a drive belt gone.. try a few elastic bands...(sneaks off before she throws something at me) Suzy Q Carpal tunnel is not good, Have one done at a time as you then have one good hand to eat with otherwise Neville is going to have to feed you,,,and that could be fatal..pmsl. Sandra It was very hot here yesterday but around 5 it turned quite cool and when we went to the club for dinner it was very cool. Better go and get the OH some lunch so back later Love Mary xxxxx

Good Morning all, As Laurie said its going to be a hot sunny day in SE Queensland. Hope you get the roof finished today. Jill, So sorry to hear that Ron's op hasn't been all plain sailing. I hope it is sorted out soon. Cilla, When I went for test yesterday it surprised me to hear that the pins and needles in my hands could be caused by 3 things, Carpel tunnel, brain tumour or a back problem. I am pleased to say mine is also carpel tunnel. Anna, I had several months on the rack and I think it eventually worked, well the sciatic pain has almost gone now. It is a weird feeling, my physio said I would feel as if my daks were coming down, that was a good way to describe it. My praise goes out to all the firies working so hard around Australia at the moment. I just think it's a shame that they don't get the same cudo's as those given to the cricketers and other sports people. I wonder how much applause they get at the end of a hard days work. And many don't even get paid. Good to see you back Ducky. Well, back to some h********k. Luv SuzyQ

Hi Everyone, Sorry to hear about your hands Suzy, hope you don't have to wait to long for the op. We've had some dramas here with Ron, he came out of hospital Mon. then early hours of Tues saw us wizzing back to the hosp. He's been passing lots of blood clots but some were blocking up and causing him a lot of pain. I won't go in to all the details, too much info for you,lol, but they kept him in till last night. He's not feeling the best this morning so we might be ringing his surgeon and asking for advice if things don't improve by lunch time. catch you all later, luv Jillx

Oooooh Lew lew - you never told us you were going to Thailand - are you meeting OH for a romantic liasion????? .. pmsl (naughty) Jood

Morning all :) Hot here also but the wind has died down. I must say I love being ahead in the weather reports. What with our Tassie, Vic and Albury reports I always know more (and sooner) than the weather man :) Don't count on me to water your plants Lew :) Going to have breakky Vonny

Morning Wattlers from another hot, sunny day in SE QLD. Roof guys arrived nice and early . . .stomping around overhead . . they sure have upset the spider population of the house, nice big hunstmen crawling about everywhere! Them I can deal with, just keeping my eyes peeled for the red backs. No leading the young lady astray aunty Lewcrella !! Back I go onto the old Mower to much away at the grass that grows too quick. Hope you all have a great day . . . catch you all later luv Laurie

Morning Wattlers, just a quick note, as I'm on the school run again today. Pam has had to duck across to Orange to be with her Mum and Geoff has gone to Sydney to pick up Pam's dad, so Ellie is left in the care of Aunty Crewella, heeeeeee. Going to be another warm one in Mudgee today - 37C and they're expecting 40C on Saturday!!! Yuck. Thank goodness for air con and the pool. Vonny, you can turn up on the 24th if you like, but I'll be in Thailand, lol. If you do, can you make sure the garden is watered? Heeeeee Chat soon HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

Good morning Wattlers, what are we doing on page 6??? Where are you all this morning?? Hope thefire situation is much better today, poor things must be exhausted. Have to run and get my work done, off to Geelong today to take Mum to get her arm xrayed Have a great day ~~~~~~~~Flakey

Hello Wattlers Boy....has this been a long day! If that dog of ours decides to get up at sparrow fa#t tomorrow I'll give her a kick up the bum. Special thoughts to all the firies working their butts off to protect the homes and properties of a lot of Ozzies. Sleep well my friends and big healing hugz to all those not 100%. Love Trifley X

Hi Merle, welcome to this wonderful group of peeps. I couldn't have survived without them.......... Nighty nite, sleep tight Don't let the bed bugs bite Pam

Evening Wafflers, Thanks Suzy for the phone call on the mower . . . I dun it all by myself!! (But no telling TLR in case he leaves things like that for me to do next time) Anyone who is interested the Pamela Stephens (sp) show following the floating brothel is a genealogy sort of prog too . . . where she is tracing the life and times of one of her ancestors thru the spice islands . . . watched a tape of last weeks show at Sue's place this arvo. Interesting I should have stayed home and done the mowing this arvo - but went over the creek to Sue's place . . . had a few wines and let her cut my hair (uuummmmm) Now I need sleep so I can be up before the roof guys get here at 5am to finish the job.. . . . Dam and blast - just realised that the shaped trim for the end of the bullnose dina arrive this afternoon . . . thats what roof guys are waiting on . . . maybe they'll come - maybe they wont !!!! Ah well nigh nite - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie

Thanks Joodles - I thought so. Just been invited to a wedding but I was sure we had a prior engagement :) Merle, I know my cousin's birth name, his year of birth and possible month. I also know both sets of birth parent's names but only approximately the year he was adopted (he was about 3 years old) I don't know the hospital, but I do know where the family was living. His mum actually left him with his dad (my uncle) and vanished. However, due to the death of my grandfather the property had to be sold and no-one could look after the child so an aunt organised for him to be adopted. She was the only person who knew where he was and she died with the information! My Uncle had actually talked about finding him but he died before anything came of it. Going to bed - at least it has cooled down. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

Hi all Well no answers from the specialist he doesn't know all he can tell me is that i have carpel tunnel which he says can also affect my leg never heard of that before but who knows.Apparantly the headaches are migraines but I have had migraines before & these are nothing like what I used to get. As far as the numbness in my face no answer all he said is get plenty of rest & get another scan done in 6mths time & to see our GP.Oh well I will just get on with life at least I know that I have a brain with no nasties in it. Hi Lara Hows things I got your email but we have finally got our broadband & I am still having trouble setting up my new email addy I have done something wrong but when we get it sorted I will give you the new addy. Talk to you all later Love Cilla

Tony thanks for the reminder about that movie, I did want to watch it, couldnt remember what it was called, or when it was on. You know very very well what sort of butts I meant Rudi! .. lol - Seriously tho, I do enjoy the tennis. Still very warm here tonight. This is part of the latest latest fire update ......... Strong winds and high temperatures that drove the Blue Mountains fire have eased this evening allowing for about 500 NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) and National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) firefighters to prepare for backburning operations this evening. Crews will commence backburning east along the Bells Line of Road all the way to Mount Tomah then progress from Mount Tomah to Mount Banks. Backburning operations are also planned along fire trails between Hat Hill Road and Mount Hay Road behind Leura. This operation will continue along Mount Hay Road to Mount Hay. I hope they get plenty of rest, all those peeps. Jood

Evening Peeps....:>)) Lovely day in doon toon Melbin, and sunny days expected till next Tuesday. Barb and i were having a night cap on the decking last night at about Midnight, and looking towards the North-West, the skies were redish. Smoke was waffting through the Melbourne suburbs and even very hazy where we live. Joodle. Barb said.. what a great pressie ( Hopman Cup ) I said...you were only going so you could look at the Butts. I didnt think you were allowed to smoke at those venues..?? Just a reminder about the ABC program on to-morrow night, for peeps who are interested. The Floating Brothel....on ABC TV. 8:30pm Thursday, 23 Nov 2006 They were supposedly the scum of England - thieves, prostitutes and con-women - destined to a life behind bars... or death. But instead, a group of feisty female convicts turned their lives around to become the unlikely founding mothers of modern Australia. Three women - an Anglican priest from Hobart, a Sydney corporate high-flyer and a farmer from Orange, NSW uncover the rags-to-respectability tales of their ancestors, as they trace their journey from London on board a specially solicited all-female transport ship sent to Australia. In 1789, the fledgling British penal settlement in Sydney was crippled by more than disease and hunger. Governor Phillip was anxious about the moral health of the settlement and sent an urgent dispatch on the first ship back to London, requesting more women to save the settlement from depravity. But help would come from a most unlikely quarter. Home Office Under-Secretary Evan Nepean answered Phillip's call by scouring the country's prisons for women of child-bearing age. Together they were herded aboard a ship, The Lady Juliana, to be sent out to Australia. As the ship crisscrosses the oceans for almost a year, at each port of call, the women turn the boardwalks into catwalks, transforming the ship into a floating brothel. They will do what it takes to survive the voyage and doing business is in their blood. These are the canny, spirited, resilient women who-as their descendants discover-are able to turn their sense of enterprise into a passport to success in a harsh new world. Hope everyone had a great day. Tony Oz......:>)))

*shocked look* - whyyyyy Lew - wottidya do wrong last time - I don't remember you mucking it up?? Vonny - its 17th February. Hi Merle - loved your poem, and nice to hear from you again. Love to all Jood