General Chat

Sounds a nightmare Tony and Melbourne people. Not sure who will sleep well tonight given the heat across our lovely land .Not a prob for lew lew I am sure but her Terry might be a mite warm if still in Mudgee lol Love to lew lew Hugs to Ttrifley and Ducky and Merle and all not well who look but cannot post Thinking of you Lara and Tiger, sounds as if a rough road, lots of blessings and healing thoughts Tassie and Vonny great psychology! Jood good you arrived safely Shazz - you must be a minimal sleep person and an expert on old movies Mr D slow today - but guess what now waking up meow etc but not going out lol - he does not know that yet Thanks Jill for the Gloria Dean nudge - no contact yet but fossicked through papers and found an email, but most likely she will not log in Heh Ducky love, need the respite from bed bugs please JA

Honeys Im Home........ 41 degs in Melb, think I'll head back north for some cooler weather....lol We had a fantastic time, boating, fishing, swimming,eating..etc Now back to work tomorrow but thats ok , I've only got 15 days to go. Thanks for all the emails while I've been gone ,will get through them at some stage this week. SuzyQ, thankyou for that lovely card. Tony got any pills for overeating and getting out of holiday mode? Will catch up over the next few days, I hope. Am minding my 2 little nieces for the next two nights so really wont be back to normal til the weekend. ~~~~~to all the Wattlers Flakey

Arvo from a very warm Hot/Melbin....40.6 c Local news: Most of Melbourne and outer suburbs have been without power for 2 to 3 hrs. Major power grids have been shut down and affecting 30 to 40 km radius of Melbin City. Also, two major power cable have been destroyed by Victorian fires burning in the State. On excessive hot days in Vic. we draw excess power from N.S.W apparently. These were the two power cables that were destroyed by the fire. Local news and Sky news tells us its chaotic in Melb City, ( peak hr rush ) and major roads traffic lights out. People also stuck in work office lifts ( not good on a 40c day ) Peeps have been asked to turn off their Air Con's and major appliances to preserve power for others. Tennis has been abandoned because of heat. Hope everyones had a good day. Catcha tu-morrow Tony Oz...:>)))

L'OZ, you are a marvel :) Thank you for keeping us all updated. ~~~~~~~~~ and ((((HUGS)))) to our Trifles. Enjoy your PQC2 moment :) HOT, hot, hot ................over 35 I think Going to have a cool drink. Vonny

Joodles arrived West Wyalong at 2.15 pm . . . naughty girl dinny send sms till after 5 . . . chin must have been wagging too much . . . luv Laurie

hi, glad to hear re HRH, has got good things planned and the traveller is travelling. Jill, was thinking 'bout your fab trip today and also mourning my inability to Mudgee, but anyway. I've had a nice day playing with my new friends and giving my new equipment a thrashing. delivered the lads off to cricket training, thinking about dinner and thats about it. great sunny day but that n/easterly keeps the temps down. and shaz, I struggle with this 'use the noggin' thing. thats why its taking so long. No f/h for me today. I'm going round to visit friend around the corner for an hour. I try and hover around the computer giving hints, but it doesn't always work. catch you later, love and kisses, yvette

Hi everyone Glad Joodles is doing well. Cowra is a nice town, Daughter lived there for a little while. Nice lunch in the Rose Garden Cafe. They may not be doing to well now that Mackers has built next door.. Just took the OH to the Club across the road for lunch and it took a bit out of him, Think it may be the last time he can walk there, Mayhave to go by car next time. Gosh I hope this operation helps him, Last August we won a night in the Four Seasons Hotel and we though we better use it before it expires on the 12th Feb. As OH will be going into hospital on the 1st Feb we thought we better use it fast.So this Sat night we will be living it up in a posh hotel..We will have to get a cab there and back but what the hell we are saving $600 bucks by not having to pay..We get a breakfast for two to the value of $76 dollars the next morning thrown in.. The hotel donated this prize to help raise funds at the Woodbury Big do for the Autistic Assoc, which my son and daughter are involved in and helped organise. They got a surprise when our name was drawn out of the barrell..Our lovely littlest grandson is Autistic and they have spent heaps on therapy for him and it is doing wanders.. He is a real sweetie..He starts school this term. Hope Lew hasent sucumbed to the seasickness..and is enjoying her trip.. Heard on the Radio that Europe and Switzaland arnt having much snow this year and things are not looing good for their ski season.. Isnt that where Terry is going for his holiday..to ski,,,hope he is not dissapointed.. Big hugs for Queenie and Duckers.. Back to the cricket.. Love Mary xxxxx

Just had mail from HRH Queen Trifley of the Nile . . . The Royal consort is taking her off to Montville again next Sunday for a couple of days R & R ( . . or as she so eliquently put it . . . peace, quiet, coffee and craft shops) Her says that apart from being foggy, weak, dry mouthed and tummy gurgling she is OK. Calculations say that will be over in a couple of more days. With only the one kemo treatment left at end of the month. Her also sends Love & Hugz luv Laurie

Just reporting an sms message from the traveller . . . Joodles sms'd that she was in Cowra, and everything was going well at noon . . . about an hour and a half to West Wyalong where she will stay the night with my sister Marie. so all is good luv Laurie

Oooh Im back again for a minute. Vonny Shhhhhh that is my secret too, sometimes it works, if I hover around the puta to watch what they are doing or try and help them play the games :-))) they get sick of it and hop off heehee, doesnt always work though. Lara, must have missed something with Mike, I am picking up things are not the best with his knee op maybe??? Sening healing thoughts to him and a (((hug))) to you as it sounds like you could do with one. Well we are going to the swimming centre today, not the Basin where we usually go, it is too hot and the Basin will be full of id**ts, so we are going to the Windmill Hill Centre, have to pay there but it is safer for the kids, especially when there is a lot of people swimming and as it is 31 degrees already. Im even going to have a swim, well maybe just climb into pool and sit in a corner :-)))))))) Cheers Sue

~~~~~~~~~~~ to all, Been up, shopping, changed a pair of shoes and back before the heat :) I went to FSW, Gungahlin. My girls said that the new warehouse near the airport doesn't really have cheaper prices and Gungahlin is much closer :) Love Tony's new letters Shazz - and aren't you smart with a new lappy :) Know what you mean Tassie - eldest son and Dil have been staying with us for the last week and his computer won't run his games so I have to share!!! Not used to that anymore so I hover.................................... :) He is having private x-rays today for his hands and shoulder and back. Will cost a fortune but they are not happy with the public hospital results. Otherwise he seems to be fully recovered mentally. He is still on sick leave till end of the month. Well - the trip plans for the first month seem to be firming up. Looks like Kangaroo Island will have to be a day trip - it is right in the middle of the regatta at Goolwa so I don't think John will want to budge :) just going for a look see - I'll be back later. Catz - that was stretching things a bit far :) Vonny

Morning All, going to be hot here again today so I think I'll head for my FHC I believe they open today after the Chrissie break. Thinking of you and Tiger Lara, let us know how things are going if you get a chance. Glad Lew's enjoying herself nothing worst than being seasick, I remember one day Ron and I went out deep sea fishing and it turned rough, I still shudder at the memory of that awful day. Is it really only seventeen days till I go away Laurie? I haven't been counting, oops! where's all that smoke coming from! lol Safe journey Joods, have a great time in Bendigo, is that where to go to bend the plastic.lol I know, that was a terrible joke,so bad nobody will get it. catch you all later Jill Love and hugs to Trifley and Ducky.xxxxx

Morning All, Yep Mary, Jood is right, I am up at 3.45 every morn to get OH off to work but I dont usually log on until I have finished watching the old movies that channel 2 run at 4.30, and then I watch Sunrise with the nutty compares, and if and when I feel like doing that dreaded word and its finished only then do I tend to come on board. Dont worry about what Jood said about me and computers, because she isnt far off the mark, HEE HEE, I am comp illiterate LOL, but I do eventully work it out with lots of help from my dear wattler friends Hi Ya Jood,hee hee, yep I did turn the lappy on, but it took me all of 10mins to find the start button LOL, had to pull out instruction sheet, but now she is up and running, safe trip and see when on here when you travelling is finished Thanks Tony re instructions on how to load the net, just put the cd in and off she went so am now typing on my NEW LAPPY, Hooray Taking some time adding on here at the moment because am not fully accustomed to working on my new toy, so Id say there will be quite a few posts being added way before I get used to this keyboard Anna, hope you have a good pair of earmuffs ready for the next couple of days, sounds like your going to need them, shame about all those letters, lets hope some of the others are related Morning Queenie, how are you going DUCKY, can you hear me, please come back to us, golly I hope them bed bugs havent taken her away Ooooh Fanny with the Bsc, we have a Scientist in our midst See that naughty Cats been back, good one Anna, wonder if the boot connected with the furry behind Well, someones certainly over the moon, congrats Clair, hes a clever dead peep finder our Tony, isnt he, think maybe we will have to include some initials after his name also Tony BFh, Bachelor FamilyHistory, EsqVb, Esquire of Victoria Bitter, that sound OK Mr T, hee hee Lara, hugs and kisses for Mick, lets hope they find the problem real quick and that you are able to slow down a bit, very tiring having to run back and forth to hospitals Morning Loz Hi to Jilly, JA, Suzyq,Tassie, Lew,Leah, Sandra, Flakey,DIY, Macbev,Vonny,Gwenda, Donna, Cilla, and Wilson, ~~~to any Ive missed Shaz

Morning All Well it has been flat out as expected here, swapping b*ms on puta chairs, like a game of musical chairs lol. Talked to Antony on the phone last night, he was glad to hear from us on his Birthday, think he would have loved to be back here, but he is ok and knows that the door is always open if he wants to come back. Tony, thanks for the pics from Google earth and your email, David said to say thanks heaps for the info. Jood, you are probably well on your way now, if you look in I hope you have a great holiday. ~~~~ to Ducky and Trifley ~~~~ A big hello to everyone else, oops time to change seats again :-(( catch you on the next change byeeeeeeee Cheers Sue

Morning all, Dull and overcast in Sidiny Claire We have a wonderful mob here and if they can help they always do..Glad Tony was able to help you..We like to see a happy genie.. Printhess Nice to see ya home and relaxed again..Trust Lew not to take her lappy with here but to get Peete to take theirs..Those gumboots sure must have been heavy..lol Lara Hope Tiger improves and is able to come home, I know how tireing it is going to hospitals and home again, Be a lot easier on you when he is home..big hug for you.. Merle How is the leg,, What was the results from the xrays and teste..hope they were good.. Must away and get dressed,,I know, I know I am a lazy butter,,, Love to all Love Mary xxxxx

Evening Laurie, Just wanted to say thanks for rescuing me from the geneological abyss and lighting the way to this message board and Tony! You're a star :o) Off to bed now, have a wonderful day Claire x

Good Morning all . . . Cloudy day out on the Bay this morning, but a nice comfortable temp so far. There is only one giraffe reaching for the sky . . . I am amazed at the work over at Port Botany while we have been away. They are obviously building . . . more . . . bigger . . . giraffe . . . so far it is just the bright red platforms that I can see using the binoculars. Talking about using the binoculars . . . Had to get them out yesterday to check on the progress of the footballers doing pre season training on our beach. It is really hard work keeping track of everything that happens on the beach you know!!!!! Our Peppermint Flake will be home in Melbourne today . . . welcome home girl !! Deep breathes . . . only little longer !! TLR wanted to know what Barcode was up to yesterday to start a riot . . . full report needed Tony. Is it really only 17 sleeps till you go on your trip Jillaroo ??? Paris, Ireland, England . . . you lucky girl - bet your getting excited. Have a great need for good coffee so off to the Balcoonie for a while to reign over the world below. Have a great Tuesday one and all luv Laurie

Morning Wattlers, rise'n'shine With Jood on the road - travel safely Jood - looks like I'll have to bring us to page 1 - we're on page 5 at 7.30 am I see that Cat got in again - guess everyone was watching tennis and not paying attention here Welcome Claire - glad Tony could help you Another hot one here - saw on weather map last night we are to be hotter than Alice - and to think we thought summer would be more bearable here - pmsl Have a great day all (((((hugs))))) for all who need them Catch up later Gwenda

Good evening Wafflers . . . Firstly in case you look in Joodles, have a safe trip and enjoy your visit with sister Marie tomorrow . . . she is really looking forward to spending some time with you. I have sent you an sms as I have probably missed you on here. You just dont go leading my sister astray tomorrow night at the risel club. Be safe. Well done Tony, seems you have unearthed Claires family . . . Dont know what we are going to do with that cat . . . would you believe she has the nerve to call herself a princess on the other side !!! Cheek of her . . . I am going to be out at the archives of a Tuesday this year doing volunteer work so if anyone wants anything looked up give me a yell and I will see how I go. Just spent ages on the phone chatting to Paul, think he is missing his mumsy & dads just like they are missing him. We have just been working out a plan of attack for him to use to get some more Govt funding for a special little girl we know. They dont make it easy . . . but then we would complain if they did I suppose. Actually I think I should shut up about now because some of the policy is still in place from when I was involved with assisting to write it. Thanks for trying with the pics Tony . . . I will have a play with them again tomorrow. Lew didn't take her lappy with her . . . she said she would be using Petees as it is better than hers anyway and he gets to have to carry it . . . why am I not suprised ??? Poor Tiger seems to have had a terrible time, so Lara will have too. Thinking of you both Calling it a day . . . so catch you all tomorrow Hugs (()) for Trifley & Ducky and anyone else not feeling on top of things. Nigh nite - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie

Hi Claire. O'k......now we have something to work on. That was the easy part. Now to see if i can find how he got here, and when. Many of our Ancestors came to Australia, but did not nessecarily sail straight to the State they settled in... first up. My Grandad sailed into Fremantle W.A.....and then virtually straight away, moved to Victoria, some 4,000 kms away and thats where they settled. Will do a bit more digging. Have GR emailed you. Cheers. Tony Oz...:>))