General Chat

OH . . . Joan, I thought you were going to be there too . . . I was looking forward to meeting you. luv Laurie xoxo

Well I fixed the problem re the car fridge . . . we ate some prawns and drank some bubble on the balcoonie . . so now the rest fits in good !!! Then I fell asleep in the armchair . . . so am a few hours up on sleep. Had a phone call earlier from the Queen, she was sitting in a restraunt with Anna, Ducky, Lew and the Royal consort . . they were having a wonderful time, got a head start on the rest of us. Then a few sms's just now to say how well the night went and all is good in the world because the Queen is happy. Her says the Consort is besotted with the printheth . . being the first time he has met her. I am about to head off to bed, fortunately not an early start for us, we will be on the road after we collect Flakey from the airport at 9am . . . should be in Mudgee about 12.30. Of course there will be heaps of pickles . . . thats a Wattler tradition !!! Tas, I did notice the year had gone by on this thread, but it was 2 days late . . . we might just have to celebrate the event this weekend teeheee. It is going to be a wonderful weekend . . . only thing that could make it any better would be if we could all be together. We will miss those not with us . . . I will just run off a pickle of each of you to make sure you presence is there in one way anyway. Night all . . . catch you when I can . . . wont be back in Sydney till next Wednesday night. Nigh nite - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie xoxo

sparkling merlot Mary - there is still one for you and John when we catch up lol Safe travel everyone and ((())) to us all keeping the home fires burning JA

Oops missed Ian. Come and join us mate, you'll never want to leave again will he xcat

Goodness, got a few goosebumps when I thought himself had invaded the campus. Hi Derek, welcome ,we need another bloke around here. Tony's become a total alcho drinking on his own. Shame on you ser tones, the storberry wine went on as an after thought. What sort of example is that may I ask? Hi dragonfly, tho' I shouldn't talk to you. Whats this Campbell thing. They not only burned us Macenleisters out we had to leave the district.And just becos we had a deal on with Rob Roy too.!! Come and see me next time you come over.We make a pretty mean arrow. Hi Tas and Mary, I'm two hours behind you both I think so I'll try to wake up early and we'll get started on filling the pages.Get the grog supply in and we'll have our own meet. Are you game Derek?

Ohhhhh - you mean the pickles Cat? You're on the list. - actually your name has disappeared - can u email me, and I'll add you right away. .. Just as well you mentioned it. Jood

~~~~~~~~~~to Jood and Fanny Dinny forget me too ;-)))))))))))))

Tony I came this way the other week Junee,,,,,Cootamundra.....Young,,,,,,,,Cowra ... Bathurst..... But I diny have a pub lunch - as its not the done thing ferra lady izzit? (I had evening meal at the rissole club) I couldna walk the streets that long!!!! .. If I dont trip over one in the first five minutes - then that's it! .. But then I don't wanna be fired on coz I'm with sumwun elses oh either ! .. ho ho Well almost packed - nearly - I think I have more for 3 days than I had for 2 weeks! Fanny - can't promise - got the lappy - but if I can't get on dialup (Lew has smart-wire) - never mind - some of the rich bitches have got photo cameras with email hopefully and can send you one. Jood

even all, mudgee ites, visitors and party poopers like me. I've read all the previous pages, cor what a load of stuff to get through. I'm back to square 1, trying to go to bed early. well i blew it good and proper last night with the effort. set the alarm for 430,but pm not am. as a result i woke up at 5.59 - my first client was at 6 am. very nice peeps excused my tardiness, and got there at 6.40. have been at cricket and the kids have been fishing. unsuccessful in both but nice tired kiddywinks. eldest has got his first day teaching tomorrow so he is just soooo happy. enjoy whatever you are up to. my puter is accepting all pictures of partying wattlers, please send in abundance love from yvette xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Evening Wattlers, Well we are all packed the car that is, just bits and bobs to put in the morning, and we are away whenever we wake up usually early. Hope the car is fixed Shaz, tell them you want a hire car have been flat chat today so am now K****ed, had a couple of wines so I think almost ready for bed (soon) Conmisirations(spelling) those not able to go to Mudgee but mabe the next one. See you all soon welcome to the newies come back often. Cheers Luv Sandra in the Gong

Jood. We is up the Melba Hwy ( past dame Nellie Melba's homestead.) Up to Yea......then across to Seymour....Benalla ......Wangaratta ( Barb sisters farm ).....Then to Albury.....Wagga Wagga....Junee,,,,,Cootamundra.....Young,,,,,,,,Cowra ( Pub lunch ) ...Bathurst.....then perhaps through Sofala to Ilford....if Barb is not car sick by then....lol....then to Mudgee. ( round about 2:30 to 3:30 pm ) Will keep me eye out at the firestation for ya......Well yu did say you would be walking the streets.......so thought you might be looking for a Firie......:>)))))) Tony Oz...:>)))

You going up the Highway over the mountains Tony - or cutting across somewhere????? I imagine you'd cut across. You take the low road and I'll take the high road An I'll be in Mud-geeeeeeeeeeee afor ye! Ian - Mudgee's about 3 hours from half way up the blue mountains - west, turn right just past Lithgow before Bathurst - and out into the scrub. .. With about 26 peeps at least, we should have a good collection of pics. Jood

Good Evening Everyone, I hope you all have a good time in Mudgee (wherever that is). For the first time in weeks we had some rain here (just a sprinkle really) - over in Scotland it would have been classed as a heavy dew. Don't forget to take some photos so you can make the rest of us jealous. Ian

Six n' alf hrs to Mudgee....:>))) We take orf aboot 4:00am so hope to be coming through Albury about 7:00 - 7:30 am Hz....depending on how fast we can both peddle. Might have to stop and change the wind up rubber bands on the tandum bycicle every now and then....:>)) Daisy ..Daisy...give me your answer true. I'm half crazy ...O'h for the Mudgee view.....la la. Footy joke for Tassie and peeps who follow the Footy. Two 90 year old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives. When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, 'Joe, we both loved football all our lives, and we played football together for so many years. Please do me one favour, when you get to Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's football there.' Joe looks up at Mike from his death bed,' Mike, you've been my best friend for many years. If it's at all possible, I'll do this favour for you. Shortly after that, Joe passes on. At midnight a couple of nights later, Mike is awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to him,' Mike--Mike.' 'Who is it?, asks Mike sitting up suddenly. 'Who is it?' 'Mike--it's me, Joe.' 'You're not Joe. Joe just died.' 'I'm telling you, it's me, Joe,' insists the voice.' 'Joe! Where are you?' 'In heaven', replies Joe. 'I have some really good news and a little bad news.' 'Tell me the good news first,' says Mike. 'The good news,' Joe says,' is that there's football in heaven. Better yet, all of our old friends who died before us are here, too. Better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always spring time and it never rains or snows. And best of all, we can play football all we want and we never get tired.' 'That's fantastic,' says Mike. 'It's beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the bad news? 'You're playing Tuesday.'....:>))))))) Av a good un. Tony Oz...:>))

Ya reckon you'll know the results before usses Tassie - I think not .. hee hee .. I've printed out all the numbers, will spread them around, and they'll be all marked off before bob's ya uncle pppppppppppppp .. hahaha .. But if we win, ya all gotta fly up ter Mudgee and stay in the best pub. Jood ~~~ are we there yet???

Evening Wattlers Mary I loved that show used to always wait for her to come through the tv to rip my b****y arms off hee hee not really :-)))))) HZ glad you are staying around to help hold up the waffler, oops I mean wattler tradition, and we have all the numbers for lotto and also access to internet so we will know maybe before the others how much we have won. Even bought a quickie, on top of our own usual weekly tickets for ourself. Oh by the way I just noticed that this thread has been going for just over a year and last week on the 7th no one realised it, gee we could have celebrated hee hee. Cheers Sue

Hi you mob... You all sound like you are going somewhere.. I have had to read back 4 pages.. the first FEW POSTS SAID ..WHERE IS EVERYONE... 4 pages later I find out..You are all getting ready for Mudgee.. Tony You forgot the Brandy and Dry..and the Sparkling Shiraz.. Lolly I think you should eat the prawns and there is then more room for the grog..then get some more prawns in Mudgee... Nice to see some of our Pommy cousins pop in..If you get bored at work come visit us we will keep you entertained.. Got my new glasses today and they are transition lenses and very nice..I now have 2 pairs of glasses so if anyone decides to lift them again I have a spare. Hope you all travel safely to Mudgee and if you don't have a good time...Ill rip your bl,,dy arms off.....( can anyone tell me where that comes from) Auntie Jack...remember.. Hey HZ I got relies in Motherwell, and Hamilton..My dad was born in Hamilton.. Lots of love Mary xxxxx

Tassie, isn’t it nice to be able to think again after school goes back lol. It always takes me a couple of days to change routine . Bet Dannielle has had a great day, so exciting at first to go to high school, wish her all the best for a good year. Tony is there room for Barb in that vehicle and is there enough air in the tyres lol? Hope to see you both early tomorrow morning for a coffee stop in Albury. Jood you take care on the road tomorrow too, and get an early night. Merle, Mary, Tas, I’ll be around over the weekend, we’ll have to keep our spirits up somehow but the laughter and chat coming from Mudgee might just be too too much to bear! Later: ……………..pmsl oh you lot take the cake, it’s pre Mudgee jitters that makes cars not start and things to go missing etc – take three deep breaths everyone, it will all work out ( or not lol) Hi Derek what a day to drop in on the Wattlers. I went to Glasgow once when my Aunt was living there, she had a thatched cottage out near Motherwell it was b….y cold as I had flown in February from a pleasant 35 sunny Melbourne degrees to deep snow, I was miserable lol. I live in Albury on the border of Victoria and New South Wales and Tony and Barb have to pass my doorstop tomorrow morning on the way to Mudgee, so I’m hoping they say g’day on the way. Happy traveling everyone and never fear, while you are all away in a communication Black Hole, somehow we will keep the Wattler thread going !!! Catch you all later, Hz

Shaz, I'm leaving at 9.00am hopefully, and will make Maccas for a free cuppa corfee before 10 at Lithgow (no, not Liverpool) Then I will reach Mudgee around lunchtime and wander round town ringing up Wattlers to see where they are, while Madame Lew is getting pretty at the Hairy Dressers. Hope you get your car fixed - geez !! We planned this nearly a year ago. They can jolly well lend you a car - or at least pay for a hire car. Laurie - I'm lucky - I can put in as much clothing as I wanna, some for hot, some for cold, some for dressy ups, some for h*****k and some coz I like them. 3 hats, coz it jes depends where I wear em - like if I was going to church (?). Got room for me storberry wine and me lite beer. .. Shoes, some for mud, some for respectability, some for casual and a spare tee hee Got me meeting stuff by the garage door to grab as I fly past on Monday morning. .. Gee, just as well I'm young, I'd never be able to handle all this (tongue in cheek) Camera's at the ready, laptops packed, umbrella (well ya never know) - swimmers with lots of cover ups so you'd think I was someone else, me jamas, me black tyre polish, me lie berry book in case I wake early and the others are still asleep. .. Oh, and me map in case I lose me way plus me mobile. Spose I should fly my yellow wattle scarf from the antennae ?? Shades of Priscilla, queen of the desert.! Did you ask if I was excited - who meeeeeeeeee?? Jood

Now that numbers outta the way - lol Hi-di-hi Wattlers and those wishing they were in the land of Sun Nearly Mudgee time - glad those who left early have arrived safely. We are leaving in the morning but not too early so will catch up with y'all somewhere there. Really need this weekend - have had to work since last Friday and wondered why I needed a nanna nap this arvo - I woz kn*****ed. Shazz - roolly do hope the car starts soon - what a butter - so near and so far Tony - guess Barb has to bring her own car seeing yours is loaded down with the essentials.....pppppppp Tassie, Mary, Merle, SuzyQ, Hz - sorry you can't be with us this weekend - we will have a drink or two to remember those who couldn't make it. Hi to everyone else - gotta get some food going here so better make a move Gwenda