General Chat

Good morning Wattlers Hmmmmmmm! Julie Cat - I think it's not fair that you sneak up on us whilst we're sleeping! Naughty cat. Lew Lew - who do the girls want .....Terry for his curry or the man servant??? Or both!!!!!! No talk of dancing on the coffee tables I note! Rebs.....I saw you flash in and out! We've got to be quick to catch Rebs. Not many sleeps to go! Don't know what all this talk of 'cross your fingers for GR to boot up' was about Joodles - I didn't have a problem. Must not have been on at the right time. Laurie - wish you'd send some of that rain up to us. Yes - it's great that Katherine is so involved in her music - she doesn't have time for getting into questionable activities! Tonight is the big one - cross our fingers. Let's hope Queeny and Nefer chose good numbers. Have a good day everyone XX Anna

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Blasted cunning, that Cat, pmsl. The girls now want to have a sleep over! OMG, they'll kill me. No, Terry banned any table dancing, although the little blighter said he wouldn't mind a bit of pole dancing, heeee, heeee, !!! That's great news about Katherine, Anna. You must be very proud. The kids here in Mudgee are very sports minded. The parents and schools insist that they all attend weekend sports, so it keeps most of them off the streets. The PCYC is also very active. Lew Lew xxx

Not only is the first sign of madness talking to yourself Julie Cat . . . the second sign is answering yourself - you did a pretty good job of that too!!! And gloating . . . thats not nice!! Gwenda, I wonder if memory sticks will work on us human beans ?? My floppy disc gets soo full sometimes !!! Great little things aren't they - One of these days I am going to get handy with the engraver tho and number my sicks, they are all the same and it gets confusing! Keep your fingers crossed sounds more better to me than that Happy genes error . . . really would be nice if we all got a msg letting us know when they are going to be messing about with the site though . . . I'm a bit sad that they took off the old tree program - I still used it rather than the new one - just what you are used to I guess. Glad you had a good day yesterday Lew, Queen of the Mudgee Castle . . . Curry sounds nice, good to see you keepin the man in the kitchen where they belongs! After Terry went to all that trouble to cook for you girls, surely a little pole dancing is not too much to ask! Well my Saturday will be a packing one - getting everything ready for Ray to go to Adelaide tomorrow afternoon, and me off to Brisvegas on Monday morning. So looking forward to being with the boys, and my friends. . (new and old . .. . or . . . Wattlers and sane ones )) Trying to not think about the work side of it . . . but I am under no illusion as to how much there will be to do! Glen did say he would spend the day out there tomorrow, his girlfriend Nell has said she will sit on the mower for the day so I dont have to do that, while he does a spring clean on the house. I can just imagine that he has just packed his stuff up - moved out - and left it as it was . . . but I could be wrong (fingers crossed hehehe) I have a plumber booked to come in on Wednesday to give me a quote to redo the downstairs bathroom, Thinking of having the shower walls done with the small corrugated iron, (colorbond) rather than new tiles, I rather like the look of it, have seen some that look good with the slate - Its a big room with a claw foot bath, and an old washstand for the vanity, so I think the iron will fit well. Wish I had thought of it first time around - never did like the shower! We never had a shower in the house when I was growing up, just the old chip heater over the bath (deprived childhood), but we had showers over at the shearers quarters, wonderful they were. You had to light up the wood copper in the laundry and cart buckets of warm water into the bathroom, and they were the old pump action ones, darn awful in winter you would get cold as you soaped up cause your hands were too busy to keep pumping. Washing the hair required a sister to pump while you squished the shampoo out of the hair. Guess what . . . the sides were corrugated iron, and there were 4 showers in a row so it was all in fun! Shearers union wouldn't pass a bathroom like that today ! Well now that I have had my trip down memory lane I'm off to the shops . . . . after I have had my cuppa that the lovely Ray has just made. catch ya later luv Laurie

Morning Laurie, we renovated an old 1890's Inn, just out on the Lue Road, and we lined the bathroom in mini orb. It looked fantastic. We also had an old claw bath, wash basin and pressed metal ceilings, all of which were rescued from the couple of old houses they pulled down to build McDonalds. The house was then used for guest accommodation for about 4 years before we sold it. A young family now lives there and he is a history teacher at Gulgong. They absolutely love the place. Lucky we were the buyers, 'cause everyone else just wanted to bulldoze the old place, but we saw its potential and now it will live on forever! Lew Lew xxx

*viva brisvegas, viva brisvegas, viva, viva, Brisvegas* Hey, can someone please tell who is coming to the Brissie Meet? Lew Lew xxx

Lew Lew I am!!! And looking forward to meeting you and Terry. Chris has to stay home and be Mum's taxi for the weekend! XX Anna

Gee, even though I locked the cat flap the Cat still got in!! LOL ~~~~~~~~ to Julie. Looks like I need to revive the very first thread I ever posted on Genes. It was entitled Error Messages GR Should Use. I might just go and nudge it up just for fun as it is topical again. At least 'keep your fingers crossed' shows a sense of humour :) back in a mo. have nudged it up. This is my favourite: You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here. feel free to add your own verses :) congrats to Katherine, Anna . My hubby used to be involved in musicals in his teenage years - certainly kept him off the streets :) Joodles thanks for the web address, I'll check on it later. better go and put the washing out :) Vonny

Lew Lew .. I aint don't remind me!!! If I could, I would Or if I knew we were going to win the big one I would. Just take plenty of pickles (piccies - pickies - photos) for me, and send me an email with all the goss. And have a good time. Jood

By the way guys, I see all the undercurrents keep swirling around and with GR doing unpredictable things, what would our back-up plan be if this forum disappeared?? Vonny

Just loved your GR error messages Vonny! When you were talking about cats, I thought it was Glenda talking about 3rd cat!!!! ..... Till I read it again! I have often wondered what we would do. ... I have a good few Wattlers email addresses, we would have to contact each other in a panic!!! ... I hate chat rooms, though. .. I really have no idea .. Any one else think of something? Jood

Good morning Vonny Loved the haiku! I have no idea what we would do if this site lost the general board. This is the first time I have ever 'talked on line' so to speak and I don't know of any other sites which provide this sort of facility. Maybe some of the others are more informed. Luv Anna

Afternoon Wafflers Bloody Cat....I think this thread should get a dog to keep her away from our numbers pmsl You have the advantage some times, Cat, as the numbers come up while we are asleep. That's it....someone'll just have to stay up to beat Miss Fast Fingers from over there. I had the same thought last night. What DO we do if this site implodes? I'm going fish shopping today. Our shark, Bruce, died last night (sobs). Mark is away for the weekend and the darn thing died on MY watch. Why do animals do that? Going to have a coffee with Graeme then off to the pet store. See ya later luv Trifley X PS....Rebs...How ya going sunshine...I seem to miss you when I come on here. TX

Afternoon Wattlers. Overcast day in Melbourne. Ripping up floor tiles in Ensuite today, and will be laying new ones during the week.Had a quote to do the job, but to expensive. Some of these tradesmen charge like wounded bull's, $40.00 per square metre ( just to lay them ) so it might take me a little longer to do, but Scrooge McDuck *me* aint payin them prices..lol Gwenda. Thought you would be Crow-ing today, after the hiding the Crows lashed out to the Bombers last night. If this site ever cracked up. i guess there is always MSN.....plus i spend most times on it anyway.....lol Think most peeps do also. Found this the other day, and thought what a goody....lol Letter to a Bank. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways. I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become. From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh and blood person. My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by cheque, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate. Be aware that it is an offence under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof. In due course, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modelled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons as follows: 1. To make an appointment to see me 2. To query a missing payment. 3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there 4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping. 5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature. 6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home 7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required. Password will be communicated to you at a later date to the Authorized Contact. 8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7. 9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service. Uplifting music will play for the duration of the call. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement. May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous New Year? Your Humble Client Have a good un. Tony Oz...:>))

Anna Might need you thermals next weekend. Someone opened the fridge door and turned on the fan. At least my cat is behaving himself not like some others Pam

Hi Pam I'm only just up the hill - Toowoomba - but being on top of the great Divide means our weather is much colder than yours. So, if it's cold on your little Island, what hope is there for the rest of us! Hubby shamed me into going for our usual walk this morning - however we went late at 9.00am which is a concession to the rigours of the weather. The wind would blow your head off - most uncomfortable but at least we can feel virtuous for the remainder of the day! (Looks at thermals and wonders how one can wear thermals under bling!!) Exits singing - 'Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling 'YooHoo' Oh yes it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you' Turns up the airconditioning and puts on me ugh boots. Brrrrrrr! Anna

Hi Wattlers, All this talk of the boards being removed got me thinking. I don't think it would be in GR's best interest to remove the general boards altogether and I think if the situation became close to it, as a group we could talk them around. My main reason for being a member is because of the Wattle club these days. If the general board was removed, we can start our own group at Yahoo. There are many groups including genealogy ones at Yahoo. Neville is a member of the one for hammond Organs, and he gets heaps of information from there. So we don't have to worry, we will not be removed from the WWW. Like most places it is cold today, the sun is shining, but there is a cold wind. I didn't feel as cold last night, and there wasn't any frost this morning. Although I would love it to rain, I hope it stays away on Saturday. Me thinks the Rebel has bought her wrap dress for a little bit of Latin in the park. Lew Lew, are you recovered? Did you send Geshtu home in good condition? Laurie, is the packing finished? Are you still planning to sell your Qld property? We are seriously thinking of making a move. We have a lot to finish off here and Neville isn't really up to it at the moment, so we we just wait and see. We don't really want to move, but health may force it on us. Trifley where do you get your fish? I often look at them in the shop on Ferry Road, there are some lovely ones. When I was a kid, my dad had a tropical fish tank. That all ended after a power outage in winter. We got home to a tank of dead fish. Sorry anoher marathon. I will go now Luv SuzyQ

Marathon or not Suzy, I love listening to you .... so carry on regardless !!! Jood

Just reread my last post, what I meant to say was that we could start our own group at Yahoo. I will go back and update. Now this message sounds stupid. Would you believe what I did today. Well I am the chief of dishing out daily tablets. At lunch time we just take pain killers if required. At the moment Neville is on antibiotics. This lunch time I took his antibiotic tablet for him.. That is my excuse for being stupid this afternoon. I will find another one for tomorrow. Luv SuzyQ

Guess what, it won't let me write (yaho*)