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No Lara, we used our good friend Google too . . . and why not - thats what he is there for !! Minf you TLR googled and found the convict thingy in Tas and had the right answer - but me . . . I found Sarah Island in my Aussie Genealogy book . . . so it must be right and everyone else wrong !! (that was the one that caused unrest in the household . . teeehee) I have sent Merle a pm so hopes she gets in touch. She snuk in and out quickly last night . . . hope we dina scare her off! Clever little snags Tony & Mary . . . Well off to annoy TLR while he tries to watch the car race. see ya's later luv Laurie

Mary you snuck in there good one girl copying it right now Lara

Tony thanks for the quizz mate it was great and I will no hone up on what I didn't know, Did you really write that poem is there no end to your talent mate? Merle and John Hi and welcome there are a few people on this thread who are A1 ok but some omg its too late for them so just humour them the poor souls , please tell us where you are Merle somebody might be close by, as we are from all over this great country. Cilla nice to hear from you someone was asking about you on a thread on the gen board did you see it ?If you go back about ten pages on here you'll find out who it was mate . Laurie how did bazza go did he get a fish and if so I'll have him instead of Claude please I guess I'll have to go after Mary though seeing as I changed my mind,peeling grapes is not what I had in mind for tricks that you were going to teach him Lew I was thinking more along the lines of H/W**** and such and maybe a massage or two . LOL Gwenda did you google too Anna ppppppp you googled girl and Laurie you had Ray helping you so I do declare MOI the winner by default bring on the genealogy one Tony won't have a hope at all I feel but as with this one will learn a lot thanks again Tony Donna are you ok and hello to all that havn't said Hi to got to go and do some work no rest for the wicked ~~~~~~~~~~~ing like mad, bye for now love Lara

Hi Wattlers and our new friends.. I loved Tonys poem so I decided to try one myself..not as good as his but on a differend theme,pmsl A. is for Aussie a land of drought and rain U is for United Breweries a favourite of our Tony S is for Snags all Aussies favourite Barby T is for Temperature . which goes to high in summer R is for Rain , which wont come, what a bummer. A is for All of us who love this wide brown land L is for Loonies ,,all Wattlers I understand I is for Incredible , the friends I'v made on here A is for us Aussies ..C'mon lets have a beer Gosh that took me so long to write.. but what a masterpiece...I wont put a copyright on it as I know everyone will want to copy it..lol Back later Love Mary xxx

Morning Wattlers. A beautiful sunny morning in Mulbern, and warming up over the next day or so. Thanks for the fun night and joining in on the Quiz. The answers were interesting, and i surpose there could have been multiple answers to a few questions. Will put up another one on Genealogy next time. Merle. Welcome to the Wattlers thread. Hi Joy ( Cuz )Always nice to see you drop in for a Waffle. Sorry...there are no sane people on the Wattlers thread. Actually,one might say, there are no sane people in Oz....thats why we live here. Nobody cares, and most of us prefer it that way...hee hee A. is for Australia, a land of sweeping plains U. is for United in which we Ozzies stand. S. is for the Southern States,the opposite of North T. is for the Territory, and A.C.T of course. R. is for the rest of it,the East Coast and the West A. is for the Aussie folk wot makes up all the rest. L. is for the Larakin in which we have a few I. is for this Island, including Tassie too...:>)) A. is also 'Av a go'...what built this great Country N. ow C'mon over and visit us,for we are young and free. Author Tony Oz...:>))) lol Julie Cat.Sorry mate, but your answer to no.37 (37. Don’t know but his sandwiches must have got squashed ).....kinda lost it for you.....lol Best wishes to all the sickies. Av a good un. Tony Oz.....:>))

Morning Wattlers, another beautiful day,have to spend some time today changing the pool water from greenish back to blue..lol Welcome to Merle and John, hope they didnt get scared off by the nutters last night, just ignor the antics, we really are sane (sometimes) ~~Cilla, hope you get some answers soon, how frustrating. Vonny in answer to your question in the other place..I dont know why but I didnt get the pics or some sent by another friend on thursday....something is wrong. I'll pm you another addy to try. Laurie, I see I'm not the only 'race widow' today ..lol Roy has been working from home this morning so he wouldn't miss the start. I'll pop back later, have a good day Flakey

Morning Wattlers, Not a good one, I was hoping we might get a win. It looks like we may have to get a new water heater. Our pump keeps coming on and Neville went to look, the water heater has developed some kind of leak. B**********r. On top of that, because of it we have been losing water from the tank. Go on, I am guessing the Princesses are saying it serves me right for being so sulky. Promise I won't whinge any more. ( fingers crossed behind my back ) Didn't do to bad in the quiz for a migrant. Think I would have passed the test, for my citizenship. What am I talking about, I did pass the test and I have a certificate to prove it. Welcome John and Merle. Don't know where everyone gets the idea we are all mad, I think we are all normal. The best group of people you would ever get together in one place. Merle I am in South East Qld. Back, after discussing the water heater. Neville has just gone to Bunnings to buy a new one. Electrician all lined up, am hoping the plumber can get here today. He's a mate so fingers crossed. Gotta go, catch up later Luv SuzyQ

Good morning Wafflers . . a bit chilly here this morning on the Bay too! Fresh wind is a blowing, and the sun is trying hard to come through a cover of empty looking clouds. So far this morning we have had 2 ships leaving and three arriving, so the little men on the pilot boats have been kept busy. Three giraffe with outstretched necks . . I get the impression they are trying to see if there is any rain in them there clouds. Bazza has taken his pole down on to the beach . . . thats a fishing pole for those that thought other things . . to see if he can catch me a nice fish for dinner. He found my cd collection early this morning and I awoke to the sound of 'Walk like and Egyptian . . . ' And clean windows, apparently he likes clean windows - so that is going to be handy with all the salty sea air and the pollution from the airport and traffic that builds up so quickly here on the glass. We wont go far from the tellie today, TLR will be wishing he were up home so he could be down watching the race - just have to settle for it on the tellie. Well I must go check how the hunter and gatherer is going on the beach. luv Laurie

Morning Wattlers from a cold and windy Mudgee town. What is it with this weather??? Welcome Merle and John. Now please be assured that I am the only sane member of this thread *sorry, Claude, what was that ? Yes, peeled grapes again this morning* Sorry, now where was I before my man servant rudely interupted me? Anyway, welcome! Well done on the quiz Tony and some of the answers were 'interesting' to say the least. I'm off to have breakfast, so I'll chat later. Hugs to our Fluffy and Trifles Lew Lew xxx

Sweet dreams MM. Morning Mary :) Well at least he takes a bath every day. Where does he take them to? Must away and shower and get ready to go out. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

Morning all you crazy lot... Welcome John.. You are very welcome here if you can understand our Aussie madness..if not you will just have to learn to be like us and get mad to.. Merle Welcome to another Aussie,, You are also very welcome.. Where about are you in OZ..We are from most states so you never know you may live close to another Wattler and we have all got to know each other and a nicer lot is hard to find. Do come back often and get to know us. Mind you you have to be a little mad also.. Shaz Nice to know you are home safe and sound, Did you have a good time. I asure you I do shower before I get dressed..Did you know that my funny rellies in the UK take a BATH every day instead of a shower..When he came out here he showerd and got to enjoy it,, Seemed a novelty to him..Funny peeps these englishmen,,hard to understand. I think we lead a far more relaxed lifestyle than the Brits.. Lyn It was cold yesterday and I had a blanket on the bed last night.. We went to sons for tea and it was raining when we came home and quite yukky so it was nice to get into a nice warm bed and snuggle up.. Well I better go and get dressed and SHOWERED and see all of ya later... Love Mary xxxx

I am fine, thanks, Vonny (Lady Estelle), and hope you are, too. Just having a look in the site before ''hitting the hay''. Nice to see you.

Hi Maid Marion :) I'm sure we could find a sane person if you desperately wanted one :) LOL How are you going?

Hello ... :-) Oh bother, I missed my cousin Tony's quiz - looked good! Did I read a sane person here earlier?

Morning Cilla, at least you're warmer than us. But it is sunny :) No rain though.:( Thanks for the update. Several peeps were asking how you were. Hi Merle, welcome to the Wattlers. Lovely to see you but are you sure you read the fine print??? They're all mad you know!! Definitely nice but most of them are a sheep short in the top paddock. Gwenda, JA and myself are all perfectly sane, of course :) Waggy - special welcome to yourself also. Brave man you are, but Tony will be so pleased to see you. We need some balance on the thread :) ~~~~~~~~~~ to all. have a great day Vonny

Morning all Just popped in to let you know that we still don't have an answer to what is wrong with me,we went to Townsville on Wed to see the neurologist & he doesn't know so it is back to having more tests, he wants me to have another MRI on a different machine as the one I had the last one on doesn't have good pictures Which is a bit rough as it cost us $250 & no rebate at least the next one is free. I also have to have a nerve conduction test & a EEG plus he has thrown a couple of more tests in for good measure.All these are getting done on 8/11 & I have to go back to Townsville on the 15th. We just want some answers but he has ruled out a few things it isn't MS,Stroke,Parkinsons & he doesn't think that is is Chronic fatigue. I am sorry that I missed Tony's quiz it looks like you all had fun maybe I will catch the next one. I get packed off to bed early these days as I am so very tired & if I don't have a granny nap through the day I can't stay awake at night. Will talk to you all soon Luv Cilla

Hi Gwenda and anyone else crazy enough to be up at this time on a cold Sunday! What has happened to our weather?? Had to have the gas fire on yesterday we were so cold - top temp of 15. OH arrived back yesterday from UK and couldn't believe how cold it was here, he had to run and put a jumper on!!! He said weather was mild the whole time he was over there. Just having a cuppa then off for a walk, at least sun is shining today. Talk to you lovely Wattlers later. Lyn

Morning Wattlers, If you don't need to be out of bed early I'd sugget you stay where you are - cold wind blowing in the nation's capital and I guess darn suth as well. Have a great day whatever you're doing. Hope all the sickies are on the mend and special thoughts for Fluffy and Trifley as always (((((hugs))))) Gwenda

Hi John Nice to see another sane person on this thread :-) btw Tony when do I get my prize??? In case you're wondering what for, it's for the most inventive answers of course pmsl ;-ppp

Hey Tony...how about some time-adjustment for chronologically -disadvantaged Aussies? I haven't even turned into a pumpkin and the game is already over!!! And I'm not naughty, Shaz, and I am, too, a lady, even when I'm being adjustable. I suppose you lot have all shut up shop again so I'm talking to myself. G'day John...nice to meet a cobber of Shaz .Hang around after hours and you can chat me up.