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OOOOOh Fred, Im sooo sorry pmsl But its 3:11pm in the afternoon - and Rudee (Tony) should be outa bed lol I see we lost our 'Miserable' thread last night - the bloody one was still there last time I looked. Jood

Afternoooooon Wattlers. Nice warm day in Melb. Hot winds are blowing. Laurie. Will look forward to the paperwork mate.You could always send it to me as a French letter...:>)) Bet your having a great time, and look forward to all your news ( and Piccies ) when you return. Love reading your adventures, and keep letting us know where you are. Sounds great, and take care. Vonny....:>)) Like you said. It was NASTY... I feel there is a difference between Nasty threads, and fun threads mate, that are not set up on purpose to abuse, or are directed at people or individuals on this sight. I couldnt see anyone here having a fun thread deleted mate. We all have the right to complain about threads that are out to hurt individual members,or a freind, but it was the thread about Double standards that pissed me off, that someone could complain about. The thread wasn't nasty,or directed at any member on here, and the larger percentage of Brits would have taken it as a bit of light hearted Ozzie fun I'm sure. After all ......its the English Lanquage, and i have read worse things said on these boards, that no one blinks an eye at. Why?.......because these members are liked by the majority. This means to me, that individual members can take to a dislike to any member they choose to,( Not the Thread heading ) and wait to pounce on that member, and have there thread deleted...then sit back and laugh...like two year olds. If one or two people have the power to have threads deleted, then this GR sight will self destruct, because something said will always offend someone,and all i need to do is gather a few peeps on here and lets all have a go at someone, and see if we can get there threads deleted or get them thrown off the sight, because i dont like them. So this means that everyone has to walk around on egg shells, hoping not to offend someone, and because of the different cultral upbringings of people from all over the world on this sight............one mans medicine is anothers poison comes to mind. I'm sure many of us on here receive emails with 'Attach' that we wouldnt send to certain individuals because they might find it offensive. ( I have bucket loads )....but then I'm very liberal minded, and the people that know me, know i am not easily offended. The hardest thing about this site.....is NOT to read what dosen't interest you. One of my girls said to me once......Dad if i stick a fork into a live power point, what will happen?? I replied....IT WILL KILL YA STONE DEAD....enough said..( Steps down off soap box )...lol Been busy putting new piccies on the ASL sight of our trip last year in Ireland if anyone wants a gander. Av a good one. Tony Oz..:>))

Tony the pics are luffly. Giggled my head off at you with froth on your mouth - might have known!!!! Loved County Clare - my ancestors came from Ennis, which I visited. Ireland anywhere is just sooooo pretty. I gotta go back one day and have another looksee. Laurie will be full of news wont she, when she gets back? and she'll tell you where to go (In England - where did you think I meant? pmsl) Everyone is getting excited for Saint Paddy's Day, Reb with her dress, Reb celebrating yesterday, Tony drinking in the pubs in Ireland - just thought of a new name for Reb - Celeb-reb lol Jood - go and finish ya ironing!

Some advice please (or a sounding board) :) Just got a msg from a Christopher Cowan requesting to see my tree. no reason given and I have checked my contacts, messages and hot matches and no such name appears. I don't like to be rude but neither do I want to enter into message conversation with just anyone. has anyone else got a similar message? Ta, Vonny

Hi guys Having a very lazy day today - hubby and I both feel miserable with colds - I gave mine to him, and now daughter is coming down with it. Bother - and it's not even winter yet. Devly - hope your daughter is not too shaken up by her experience. It will certainly make her aware of the dangers in the future. Just as well your big son was there. When Katherine went to Big Day Out at the Gold Coast, I was really worried but they knew enough to stay away from the mosh pitt and all turned out well. Lew - I'm dying to see the photos of your house - it sounds unreal. And the ultimate in luxury must be to just buy new furniture to suit the house - not like me who am still hanging on to a few items from my first marriage in 1966!! OMG that's 40 years ago! Are you going for the minimalist look? Hubbby and I love checking out the latest in display homes and everything is beautifully sleek and uncluttered. Hey there Rebs - you finally surfaced. Glad St Paddy's parade lived up to expectations. Your OH can eat all the generic stuff while you eat the brand names - that will serve him right. Problem is - being a pig headed man - he will never admit that there is a taste difference! And how are we feeling today Lara - water logged again huh?? Don't worry mate - just go back to the pool and sip another chardy. Joodles - shame your experiment with French letters was a failure ...............! Sounds as if Laurie is having a great time. We actually took a photo of the Mona Lisa when we went to the Louvre - there is nothing to stop you but I can't imagine it would do the painting much good long term. And it is very small. The sculptures really caught my imagination - to think someone can start with a block of marble or whatever and produce such detailed figures is mind boggling. See Fred stuck his head in again - you still haven't told us what a chuck is???? Oh the politics of the boards - one can only look on in disbelief! I have decided not to use any unseemly language on Wattlers again - I'd hate to get us deleted. I don't normally use it anyhow but it was such fun while it lasted - just a bit of nonsense and it seems so petty that anyone could take offence to it. But when I read your post Tony, I realised I hadn't been looking beyond the surface. Oooh - the machinations of the faceless few! Hi Vonny - have you googled today ? :>] An exercise bike for goodness sake - the animals he mentioned at the start of the thread were just red herrings - or should that have been white herrings. Well - must away and pick daughter up from her Sunday job - she will be ready to collapse as she was feeling awful before she even started. A good evening to all Cheers Anna

Joodles. Ireland is beautiful...aint it. We only did the South as thats where both Barb and mine came from. Looking at the landscape, made me realise how similar it was to Country Tas. Victoria..S.A.. and Lower regions of N.S.W ( Cooler climates ) and a local Irishman there was explaining to us about the the difference between English Villages and the Irish ones. He invited us also to look at two typical nearly identical Irish thatched roof houses, and asked us if we could spot any differences between the two. I studied both Cottages, and noticed one had a stone floor and the other had a timber floor...but thats all i could see. He said look at the Chimney's on the roof!! He then pointed out that a Fisherman or labourer ect, lived in this cottage ,on the left ( Wooden Chimney ) and then said look at the Chimney on the other house!! ( Brick Chimney ) Well, he said. The Poor Fisherman couldn't afford a Brick Chimney, but the more up market so to speak( Shop Keeper ) could. So if the humble fisherman should happen to marry the Shop keepers daughter, her dowry to him might mean he ( the Fisherman ) gets a new timber floor laid for him by his new prospective Father-in-law...or maybe even a brick chimney???? Might go and wack a Pie in the Micowave.!! Tony Oz...:>))

Hi- me again!! Vonny - you snuck in before me. No, it's not rude to refuse an unknown person access to your tree. Ask him why he believes your tree would be of interest to him. I think I may have read that if your name comes up in someone's hot matches that a generic reply can be generated, so that might be what has happened. I think I read where people had taken offence to the terse wording of the generated email. Good luck Anna PS Lew I'd love to get to a meet up at Mudgee - can you save me a spot on the floor for a sleeping bag? I'd have to fly down so you'll have to tell us Queenslanders how we would get there.

Vonny. I get ones like that some time. I normally ask for more information please. If he /she is really interested, they will reply with something a bit more substantial. I also only ever supply a prospective connection with a very small section of my tree relating to only one generation of which the query was made to. This is one i had last week from a Gavin. 'John charles McCarthy Co. Cork ' ......Thats all it said?? I have absolutley no idea what this means....nor do i have a John Charles McCarthy from County Cork.......and thought wouldnt it be nice if this chap had explained a bit more. I did relpy with: 'John Mc.Carthy' Co. Limerick ......so i hope he can work out if we are connected...LOL Tony Oz :>))

Hi Wattlers – again (Oh heavens, the iron is STILLLL on!!!) Sorry I cant help you Vonny J) Oh so sorry you all have colds Anna – nothing worse this time of year. I bet you are feeling miserable – anyway an excuse to have a hot toddy. Anna – when Fred was talking about cooking chuck – I knew he must mean chuck steak – which you can buy from the butchers here. Lol Maybe Im older than you !!! Interesting about the Irish Tony. Hope you enjoyed your microwavedpie – I just stuffed 3 little sausage rolls in my mouth – no nooooooooooooo not all at once!!! I’d cooked some for a meeting tomorrow – and of course had to try them out to see if they were ok ??? *verdict - mmmm luvverly* Jood - ooops - back to the iron - again!

Hey Jude I use chuck steak for casseroles - it cooks up so beautifully tender - but I had the impression Fred was roasting it. Have not heard of a chuck roast before. By the way - I am your senior!! :>)) Anna

Thanks guys. have sorted it. I went back further in my messages Dec, and found him. Must have taken him a while to get back to Genes. It's not a direct family line so have offered to send some info and asked for his email. :) Vonny

Anna - dont argue - I'm senior (much tho I hate it lol) Jood

Uh oohhh it took a little longer to get to the half way point with the lawn mowing. It appears the mower was not co operating :( Hubby spent 2 hours start.....stop.....start.....stop. He had to end up cutting the back corner with the whipper snipper.....not happy Jan! I looked out the back at one stage to see him sitting on a stool surrounded by bits & pieces of the **#*^#*#^^ mower (his description, not mine!). At least it's all done now and the yard looks a treat. He even sucked up all the leaves AND trimmed the hedge. Isn't he a darling :o). He says he is looking forward to going back to work on Wednesday ha ha Re: the thread puller (known hereafter as the Phantom Puller :o) thank you Graham Kennedy) Some people wouldn't know a joke if it jumped up in their corn flakes! If a thread or post is degrading or hurtful to a person or group then, of course, it should be pulled. Otherwise LEAVE IT ALONE. I feel better now....always helps to get things off yer chest :o) See y'all later Hugs to all the wafflers Trifley

They exist, they really do. little (and not so little) green men. Three of them there were....................and I saw them before I hit the guinness! So there!!! :-ppppppppppp

Vonny, I think your Christopher could possibly be a person they were saying on either the records or the tips board (sorry I cannot remember - oh dear sm I think) who was in WA and recorded grave stone inscriptions. If it is the same one (and apologies Chistopher if you are not one and the same) then he has been contacting many people who may have a match. Some angst about that I think Maybe have a search on tips and records board with his name to see if my memory is what it used to be lol JA

Yayyy Rebs.....you bumped us to the 900! B****y ripper mate! Leprachauns ...........green? Strange. Trifley

Hi JA...... yes I've heard about that peep. A lot of our pommie friends have been complaining about him. But I think he has disappeared from GR. Maybe he found a life ha ha :o) Trifley

Gday, yes Dianne I am up to speed hehehe Vonny it was not my excerise bike at Jim's at all ok mine is here Cassie said I can now have little triathalons of me own only I can walk not run and then come back and do bike ride and then jump of my bike and race out and jump in the pool and do laps on my been bags of course should lose heaps don't you reckon lol Joodles Mike was working a way this arvo and I jumped backwards into the pooland landed on my bean bag thingo and he calls out 'Run Billie run mate quick get to higher ground its a tsami ' cheeky bugger he won't get his tonight, ........ ok all you lot talking about dessert lol Rebs I let Mike do the shopping all the time I hate it I do write the list and I put the brand names and I even write the colour of the soap and he sometimes messes up but don't complain as he says do it your self its your job and so I shut up, the toilet roll is always wrong one I like the cottonelle one so he brings home anything but that, I asked for white soap as hate the coloured stuff all over the basin and he got yellow I said I wanted john west sardines he buys no name yuk and I ask for John West Asparagus and I get no name bits that you can't even chew but still I say nothing I'm sure he does it on purpose to get me to do it so not going to let him win, he thinks I wont realise thats why he does it lol Laurie have you spoken to any Parisians yet and how have been treated by them ? We think they thought we were Poms and they were so rude to us all the time as english soccer hooligans were all over the place there as world cup was on and they had bashed a bloke in the trains who was in a coma which didnt endear the english tourists to them at all .Also tell Ray to watch his wallet in the louvre two peeps who were with us had their wallets picked out of pockets in there must go as watching tv now good show on such a rare occasion love to all hope you enjoyed the email I sent you that came from Tony lol bye now Lara

EEEEErr,Anna a chuck is an old country word for a chicken,you know kids language chuckie egg Hence chuck,sorry about that.Chuck steak in an oven,i dont think so.you lot are right there ,what a waste of taste that would be, Most other joints of beef i pot roast to make them tender and juicy sluuurp..Enjoy your sun all ,i woke up to a white world brrrr it's Bl*** freezing here,a day to spend indoors No visits to the sons today and will have to content myself with a phone call instead. Still feeling a bit tired this morning after some daft skite woke me up banging around with what could have been a lead digeredoo by the noise it made hee hee.Have to go for now ,i have to make sure the missus is awake and reading a book till it warms up enough to get her.out of bed,if she is still asleep i will sprinkle a little cold water on her ,that always works lol.Fred

OOOOH Fred you wouldnt dare sprinkle water on your wife - you'd never hear the end of it. So it was Roast Chicken (in our language) lol - my daughter has chooks in her yard, are they chucks too? hahaha. Lurvvvvvvvvv your accent Jood