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I never mentioned that I was on the floor, not even under the table... stupid table it is too it's round and the legs splay out from the centre piece and they have ridges and grooves and I have to crawl under there to clean them. I by large circular cloths which hang well down in the hope no one will notice......

What I am wondering is why you lot were sitting cross legged on the floor in the first place. Don't you have any chairs in your houses?

night night everyone
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no snow (yet) ...... but it's about -2C out there


brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



going to cuddle down under the duvet.






s
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:-D :-D


it was very kind of you not to notice, and so leave it for me :-D

I was very kind Sylvs... did 3 posts and then left you that one.....

Actually I lie, I never notice but it sounded good...

It will be cold ............ so the fire is lit :-D


Breakfast

Fresh fruit salad with vanilla yoghourt
broiled grapefruit with brown sugar

Porridge with chopped up dates, bananas, and maple syrup (other fruit selections over there >>>> )

Selection of cold cereals

French (eggy) toast, maple syrup, Golden syrup


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free),
hot cinnamon rolls,
cheddar chive rolls,
brie, onion and red pepper focaccia

Gruyere and bacon quiche
stir fry (chicken or vegetarian)

crunchy-top blueberry muffins, pear ginger muffins

jams, jellies


Tea, coffee, juices


(some bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, olive oil, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)



enjoy





s
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oops


I got 33700

with the posting of the laughing faces

:-D :-D :-D :-D

I can stand up from sitting with crossed legs... I uncross my legs and then use something to help me get up... no problem... well not much.... LOL

Sorry Dea,,, but I can manage a few sit ups and can do press ups on the bar.

(not the bar down at the pub Gins)

The sent messages does work... there is a closed greenish envelope and if read there is no envelope... Just ask me I know everything... phjhhttttt lol.. ... ;-)

Tasmania is wonderful... and so underpopulated. Driving around is a breeze only two busy places Hobart and Launceston.

I am sure they have insects etc but did not see any. I would live there if it not for family all in NZ. My younger SIL thought it would be a good idea as then he could come for visits... His mum lives in Guernsey and does most of the visiting to NZ usually once a year.

Persie

That is dissapointing then Gracie :-D

My paternal lot came from Cornwall then Devon and my 3x gt grandfather and his brother moved up to London in the 1820s.

When I have gone through all the births on freebmd there are a lot of London births and some Devon and a couple of yorkshire?? but from 1912 to 1957 they are all London and I could probably tie them all into being decended from these two brothers.

Now what happened to the Devon ones? did they all have girls? or maybe they all went to Oz?

I may get world wide A*** and try and trace them properly next month.

I loved Oz when I went for a holiday 30 years ago but terrified of all the deadly things out there...and I am not scared of incects as a rule, but we stayed with an idiot friend of the ex's who just made a big thing out of these things and it put me off.

I believe Tasmania is ok and it is not so hot?

ja...x

LOL I would LOVE a convict but nope..my pop's family came from Cornwall in 1857, my nana's from Scotland in 1912 and my other set of grandparents came out in 1900. Most dissapointed not to claim a single convict!!!!!

Lots of the Cornish lot though came out to Victoria and split into 3 places (all mining)...but a few of them went to the US all around Akron, Ohio etc.

Still they must have had a shock that weather and working conditions etc were so hard at that time out here as well, I am sure most of them were promised golden sunshine, a healthy climate and no problems with work...

Of course no one probably mentioned the weather, the hmmm reptile and insect life, and the depression hit and the Spanish Flu as it did around the worls.

I think they all must have been a LOT tougher than we are now, with our air conditioniting, clothes etc etc!
:-)

I know that I have siblings of my gt xxx grandfather who emigrated to Australia .......... one went out in the 1840s, then that guy's niece and nephew emigrated in the 1850s.

All went on some sort of advertised and assisted passage. The niece and her family ended up in NSW. The nephew was in Victoria, and I'm not sure where their uncle went to, I think Victoria

Then there were the family, cousins I think of my ancestors, who emigrated en masse to Victoria. Had some more kids down there, and some of the older kids got married.

Then parents and some of the kids emigrated to California ........... it seems they went on a Mormon organized ship that took families from Australia to proselytize on the California Goldfields.

I don't know whether they did that ..... but by the time they began to die in the early 1900s, they were being hailed as well thought of pioneers in the San Bernardino Valley.


I was told a couple of years ago that one of, I think, that group, or it might have been from the earlier one, was a guard at the Ballarat Goldfield Riot


A female member of the San Bernadino group married the uncle of Wyatt Earp.



sylvia

You sure they were not convicts Gracie :-D :-D

I would love a convict in my family...think there could be one with my maiden name but not sure where he would be related to my family.

Many yars ago before the internet a lady in Oz sent my dad a letter claiming to be related then after a few letters sent him this tree going back to the 1600s.with her family of course

Since doing this myself looked at this tree and there is no one in her tree that I have in mine.

ja...x

Hi Sylvia,

yep no doubt that is why they left but goodness they must have wished themselves home in the heat of Summer!

Monster is good but has discovered Bollywood movies.....

Hi Grace

nice to see you


why did your ancestors move?

opportunity!


and they probably did far better than they would have done back home


Australia and Canada were countries of opportunity, and comfortable for people to move to as they were part of United Kingdom "back then"

not like going to a "foreign" country, like the US :-D

Hope monster is fine?


s
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Hi all,

Wow I think I am suffering snow envy!!!!

It is expected to be very hot here today, high 30's yuck....makes me wonder why the ancestors came all the way out from Scotland and Wales to come to the heat in Melbourne! :-)

Hope you all have had a nice weekend. I had a quiet one, just grocery shopping, housework etc.

4 more working days then I have two weeks off work yay!!!

what did I just say?!


I have just walked into the front room, and someone has pushed the snow shovel up the front path and along the side walk! :-D :-D :-D :-D

I wasn't worrying about it today, as it is only 1-2 cm!

Only hope it wasn't the 85+ year old across the street :-)


Maybe I shall go out and throw some salt on the steps and path.


s
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Gins


Vancouver and the area around it can often be the laughing stock of the rest of Canada, when snow falls ...... we can be much less adept than them!


But I think even we are better prepared than the UK .... at least from stories I've been hearing in the last few years.


The main roads and roads around hospitals have been kept clear .............. garbage trucks are equipped with ploughs as soon as the forecaster mentions the possibility of snow.

They send out trucks loaded with sand/grit or the newest idea, a salt/brine mix, to spray roads as soon as the temperature is forecast to be getting to 0C.

Then they run the ploughs constantly while it is snowing.

Side roads and residential areas aren't ploughed or cleared until everything else has been done.

I heard the city engineer say on TV last night that he had 52 trucks that he could call on.

We don't have dedicated equipment for snow clearing, that spend most of the time in the depot. Regular equipment is adapted as needed.

I think this may be where the UK is failing ......... they keep thinking you need to have the dedicated equipment.

We used to have some incredible snow falls when I was growing up. We lived on the edge of the Pennines in Lancashire, and we seemed to have 3 or 4 BIG dumps every winter ......... but the roads seemed also to be cleared reasonably quickly in those far away days!

I was quite amazed at what was not being done last winter when I went online to read the local Oldham paper to see what was happening during the snows you had then.



EVERYONE .... house owners or renters, apartment building owners or managers, and businesses HAVE to clear the sidewalks outside their building, plus paths and driveways on the property, by 10 am in the morning after snow has fallen. Penalty ....... a large fine

I'm a bit worried about that last one, as I can't clear the sidewalks and path to the front door if we get a big dump before OH gets back.

We have two sidewalks, one 33' and one 120', as well as the ca 12-15' front path.


I'm hoping that one of the neighbours does it before I have to ask! We do all help each other out at times like this.


If a house owner is not able to do it, you can phone the city, and they match you up with a local resident who will do it for you.



....... and it isn't snowing at the moment ...... it's sunny with cloudy periods, and a shade too warm for snow. But you should see the black clouds all around! The mountains on the other side of the harbour must be getting loads!




s
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