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Afternoon Waffling Wattlers. I'm at an internet cafe ....thought I'd take a bit of a sit down for awhile. Lew....I hope you have a fabulous lunch today. But....PLEASE....make sure Adapa doesn't get handled too much. His skin bruises easily pmsl. I forgot to tell you....the bow tie should be black. That colour looks good against his smooth, shiny, sweaty, muscular skin. Gotta go find a cold air con duct. ~~~~~~~waves to all the nuts. luv Trifley (X^x)

Just beautiful Lara - most impressed. Wait til Jude3 sees it - she won't believe her eyes - pmsl Paragraphs, punctuation, the lot. Glad you got some rain too. Aww little ducks - how cute. Hope they all survive if there is no mummy & daddy to watch out for them. Off to work in 15 mins so hope there's not too much waffling this arvo or I won't catch up specially if son is on net when I get home.

Good lunchtime all :) Oooo Lara, elegant writing cuwl. Bet LL's lunch is more interesting than mine. The servants seem to be having the day off here - slack. Welcome to winter but I'm not going to complain cause the rain was sooooo great. Bought some Jasmin rice yesterday so am getting myself used to Thai food - but I can't take hot chilli although don't mind ginger. When I am with my Asian friends at these places they always eat the local food so that is sometimes challenging for me! :) as they all eat hot spices in large quantities :0 But it IS cheaper (if you survive). :))))) The Thyphoid shot should be on Monday. All my other shots are up-to-date as far as I know, and, as it is only for the week in a city, I'll just take a tropical strength insecticide to deal with any mossies etc. The only thing I am not too happy about is that a strong 'consider changing your plans' travel warning has come from our Govt for parts of Thailand, but not where I am going to be. They have an election coming up sometime apparently and not everyone are happy little vegeys. Well, lunch time is almost over so better go and mark some grammar books. ~~~~~~~~~~Vonny

Hi all Talking of ducks !! I have just been talking to my daughter Melanie in America and she was telling me a story about ducks at the appartment block where she lives. Last Sat her girl friend came over and they were going out for dinner. Her friend asked Mel why there were girls running around outside holding out jumpers. Mel went out to investigate and found a couple of girls holding out jumpers catching baby ducks as they jumped from the roof of the third story appartments. The mother was on the ground encouraging the bubs to jump. Apparantly the ducks lay their eggs on the roof and part of the guttering had fallen away. The mum must have decided it was time for the ducklings to meet the 'real' world. Someone told her the same thing happened the week before with another group of ducks. Whether they lay their eggs there to keep them away from snakes or alligators I don't know. There are some lakes in her appartment complex with signs up saying 'Don't go swimming' and 'Don' feed the alligators' !!! Anyway when they went to dinner a short time later, the mother duck was still calling out 'quacks of encouragement'. When the girls looked up, another chick jumped, landed on the grass, bounced onto the concrete, picked itself up, shook its head and waddled off. Then another did the same thing. In all, 10 chicks had jumped three stories to mum. They were so young there was no way they could get back to the roof, so it looks like the alligators wil be having duck in the next few weeks. Ain't life cruel Pam

Afternoon all . . . Just swanning in - between lunch with friends and some retail therapy . . . A question Estee Lauder 'Youth Dew' someone mentioned some time back, that being their desired potion !!! Whom ever it was - let me know if you are in the market for any at Singapore prices - have some that I picked up for someone and they changed their mind. Well it is a womans perogative Tony . . . see I am a mind readere too !!! 'The rains r ere Marg' . . . . just sweeping across the bay - so I need the brolley and the covered in shoes Catch you all later luv Laurie

Good afternoon my Waffling friends, Please don't give me shocks like that. I looked in my email to find a message ' message boards have gone '. My little heart gave quite a flutter, so I quickly clicked on favourites, wattle club and voila, there it is. Panic over. I had all these visions that I would never see any of you again. What would life be like with out a Wattle Club. In that flash of a moment I had even decided to cancel my GR member ship. Now I need help. When I bought my copy of Women's Weekly I got a gift bag with it. In that gift bag was a white plastic box containing sorbent wipes. Are they safe? On the TV advert, when these wipes were used, the man got flushed through a hole in the floor. Is this likely to happen to me. Laurie, when I tried to explain the Queen Pharaoh Trifley of the Nile and her nubian men servants his eyes glazed over and he had a strange look. I don't think he could quite understand me and he changed the subject. It's sunny here again today, but frosted white over in the mornings. I am trying to stay in bed a bit longer these days. Hope you had a fabulous lunch Lew Lew, silly question really, how could you not with your staff. Hope you didn't fall out over him. LOL Lara, you will be glad to get into the warmer climate I am sure. How long do you stay away for? Well must go, things to do Luv to everyone, too numerous to mention. SuzyQ

HI everyone. Have just had a great day as we went out looking for units and glad to say after a first dissapointment at the first village we went to another and found a lovely one which I would love to live in.It has 2 beds and a study and 2 bathrooms, and is really lovely.Just what I wanted..All we have to do now is sell this place and hope that nobody gets in before us.I would be NOT HAPPY JAN... Must go and pick the car up as it has been in for a first service. then I can relax for the rest of the day. Take care all Love Maryxxx

Mary that is great you have found a unit .... can I ask where it is? Sorry to give you such a fright SuzyQ .. honest, the boards were down for at least half an hour .. imagine how I felt. .. Mind was ticking over 90 to the dozen .. thank goodness most of us have our email addresses with good old Tony. .. I was beginning to think we'd have to start our own chat room somewhere. .. Anyway all's well that ends well. .. Jood

Hi Mary , That's great that you have found some where that you really like. Will they hold it for you for a while? Can you put a deposit down with conditions, like dependant on they sale of yours. Joodles, I also have most peeps email address, but I don't like to send them out with the wattle club list. Not everyone wants their addy's spread about do they. Donna, how are you? Hope you will be going to the meet on the 10th. Rebs, do we have all the details yet. Do you know what time and where are we meeting? I need to get the dog to the kennels and then get to the train station. Boring day today, the most excitment I have had was cleaning the toilet. Can any one beat that. Gotta go Luv SuzyQ

No Suzy Q . . . thats too much excitement for me !! lol Have just had a sms from Shaz, the happy campers are travelling well . . . emailed you DIANE luv Laurie

Hi Lyn Good to see you popping in to say hello. I'm sure you will hear all about the Brisvegas meet up! I must remember to bring the camera. Our ISP slows us down after we've used our allocation too - with darling daughter (almost 16) the usage is pretty high!! Well, I blame her anyway! Our allocation is 10 gigs plus another 10 off peak but we still run out! Heellooooooooo!! Lew Lew!!!!!!!!!! I'm a bit worried about you.......are you a little under the weather my love?? Get back on line and tell us all how the afternoon's proceedings went!! I think Trifley will be worried about her man by now. Darling daughter's school musical is on tonight and tomorrow night - from all accounts it is excellent. We are just dropping her off tonight and we are going to be in the audience tomorrow night. She is all dressed up and ready to go so I'll pop back in later. Cheers Anna PS Lara - Wow!! Your message sounded as if you were on sleeping pills - I usually have to read it at 100 miles per hour but it was very calm and laid back today! I think I like frantic better!!!!

Hi Wattlers just a quick message to say have been 'keeping up' with the thread today - just lol. Lara 10 gold stars - marvellous work - although it felt weird reading soooo sloowww. lol Just finishing up at work - 6.55pm - been a very busy day 3 days back and Pt douglas was just a blurr. Catch you tomorrow jude 3

I'm afraid Anna, LL and her friends will be dancing on the coffee table by now. .. Absolutely no hope for them .. Maybe we will hear something by lunch time tomorrow. Good luck to your daughter. Jood

Evening Wattlers, Joodles I recon Lew & co are under the table by now...lol Just finished packing, leave at 8.45am tomorrow. Mum & MIL have had to watch my OH repack their carefully ironed and perfectly packed suitcases. And now to his great satisfaction we have fitted all the fishing gear in the cases and will only have to pay extra for the rods...lol Mr scrouge hates to pay the airlines anymore than he has too but then will pay a fortune for some slimey worm thingys to catch 'the' big one. I dont know wether to hope he catches one or not....will it be worse to hear about the one we caught or the one that got away? Lara congrats, very impressed, but reading the way you usually write brings out the real you...lol (I mean that in a good way) Just in case I cant get online while i'm away(apparently the net has been playing up on the Island) I hope you all have a great time in Brisvegas and keep well and safe. Tony and a few of you have my hotmail addy so if we win lotto let me know where to meet you all for the party...lol I'll be back on the12th if not before Jude2

That first line should read Lew Lew and company will under the table by now its on my message but it wont print....weird

I think you are right Jude - under the table, now. Have a great holiday Jude .. try and drop a line now'n again. Jood

I will be on avery day Joodles if the net is working , but there has been some dramas up there this week after a new company has taken over the phones etc. I will have OH laptop so am hopeing to keep chatting.....10days without the wafflers ...I'd never catch up...lol

Jude Have a great holiday - we'll hunt you down if we win Lotto!! XX Anna

Will we? *walks off innocently* Jood <just kiddin>

Joodles... Naughty, naughty, naughty!! Don't worry Jude!! Your share is safe with me.....he, he, he, he !!! XX Anna