General Chat

Mornin all, Congratulations Julie Cat you must be feeling good, all that hard work, well done This is just a quick hello as I have a mamouth task ahead, got to spruce myself up to meet some Wattlers and polish up the family jewels, got the tarrara out of the safe, Crazy Clarks safe that is, must remember the pickles machine too, luv for now Jillx

Morning Wattlers and a special good morning to Cat. Well Done! You should be very proud of yourself. Jood's right. It was all the number running that kept you on your toes, lol. Wilson, have a great time and, remember, never pay retail! Thanks Tony and thank you for that lovely song. I'm sure that JMood loved it also. So how's the weather on the GC? Hope it's great for the meet, although I'm sure it won't matter what the weather's like, lol. How's the head this morning O Queenly One? Hope you didn't have too many maaarrhhtinis. You gotta get yourself down to the Casino to keep the others in line and don't forget your tiara. We can't have SuzyQ outshining you, can we! Off to get another cuppa Lew Lew xxx

Visualising all these Queens and Princesses rolling up to the Casino this morning - at least 3 of them sporting trararararas and one with earrings to match. .. Should raise a few eyebrows round the joint ! .. pmsl .. Now girls - please do behave, and no pole-dancing! <he he - save that for the Mudgee Meet> .. Lots pickles please - especially Jill Jill - coz we dont know wot she looks like (except she has a trararara) .. But above all, have fun. Jood

Hi Joods yes I will send a photo soon, wish you were coming would love to meet you. Lew I have sent you a pm. Luv to all Jillx

Hiya Folk....just a quick visit. Yes, I am alive !!! Dishing out congratulations, welcome to the mad house, bon voyages, welcome homes, have a great meet, get well soons and special royal hugs to all appropriate people. ~~~waves hello~~~ to everyone else. love Rebs x

Who was that person speeding through? pmsl

It was Bess - err Bebs - Babs - ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Rebs! - how ya going mate? Jood

No Jude you got it right in the end;;; ~~~~waves~~~~ by Rebs ;; Hope eberyone is ok over there ;;; Keep following thread dont worry;;;;;;;;; Babs

Well Babs, if you can follow this thread then you're doing bettter than most of us!!!! Ooooo, who's a clever Cat???? No wonder you run rings around us! pppppp Well done Julie, you deserve every credit :) Have a wonderful mini-meet guys and be nice to Jill Jill :) OK, I'll be back on later to give a potted (or is that potty?) comentary on my trip. Sort of awake and functioning better today. ~~~~~~~~~~~Vonny

~~~~~~~~~~ waves madly to Maureen. Good morning, you snuck in while I was typing :) (I type slowly) Vonny

Nice to hear from you Maureen and welcome to the nicest thread on the boards. Contrary to what everyone will tell you, I am completely sane. The others just need medicating every now and then to keep them in line, lol. Keep an eye out for Queen Trifley. She has 7 Nubian brothers at her beck and call and sometimes parties on the Royal Barge. And when I say party, I mean PARTY! We'll be able to hear that lot today down here on the Central Tablelands of NSW, pmsl Lew Lew, MD, PhD, etc., etc., etc.

Morning Wattlers, big 'HI' to Maureen and a'WELL DONE' to the cat person. Vonny, look forward to hearing about the trip,dont forget to mention the retail therepy..lol Boy you lot can chat, 7 pages this morning to read...too much for someone who is trying to work and play at the same time. So who is responsible for the booze-up last night??? Lew ?? I have come to the conclusion I am really the only 'normal' person on here...pmsl Have a great lunch girls and keep up our reputation,I'm sure you will...lol Flakey

*looks wide eyed and innocent* what are you talking about Flakey? It was only what the doctor prescribed!

It's very quiet on here without the Queensland mob. Now we know who does all the waffling, lol

It's 2.30 pm here. Where are you? Lew Lew

*Wanders in*.....*kicks boots off*.....*Lies on Wattle couch, and rips the head off a V.B.* ( Big toe poking through hole in sock ) Hi Honey...I'm Hoooome.....I'm starvin....whats fer Tea..:>))) Arvo Wattlers. Callin it a day. G'day Fitz. Its arvo ( afternoon ) here in Oz. Whoever told you about us is fibbing....wer'e all sane.....:>)) Hope the meets going well, and looking forward to some pickles. Congrats..Julie Cat x Might cook meself some Spag on toast. Hope everyones having a good day. Tony Oz...:>)))

Arvo Tony. I've been messaging the Flakey and Jood. Have had a couple of text messages from Trifley. I think they're p***ed, heee. btw, you, sane? Well Hello. me thinks not!

Where are you Fitz?

The trip to Chiang Mai - Thailand. Started out just after 1am to pick up my friends and left at 2.30 to drive to Sydney. Had a good clear run and all went well. Plane departed a bit late and we went straight over the Blue Mts and a straight line over Katherine and just the tip of Indonesia. I had a window seat so was fascinated by the view of the 'outback' it's BIG and red and the treelines following the watercourses look like varicose veins across the country. A very bad case of varicose veins!! lots of claypans and rocks too. Had only 30 mins to change-over at Singapore then on to Chiang Mai. Arrived at 5pm and caught a taxi to our hotel and met up with the rest of the group. I promptly went to bed while the rest went out and had dinner. Spent the next 7 days in the conference room which was an interesting experience as they all spoke Korean but two of the women took turns to translate for me. We had two afternoons off, and on one of these, another Aussie couple were present so I went to the Night Bazzar with them and just looked at what went on. The Koreans are into shopping in a big way so any spare time was spent at an enormous Plaza near the airport. I got to know it quite well :) I eventually bought some hand woven cotton scarves for my girls (at roughly $4.50 each aust) from the Northern Hill tribes store. And I 'borrowed' one of the Korean men and he went to the night bazzar with me on Saturday and bargained for some T-shirts for my men. I bought my grand-daughter a lovely ethnic dress and two adorable T-shirts but I was by myself that time and didn't bargain well. Coming home grew to nightmare proportions as a delayed plane caused a missed connection at Singapore and that dominoed down the line. Was very grateful to finally get home on midnight Monday. I would recommend Chiang-Mai as a holiday destination. It's a very semi-rural setting and not a lot of touristy hype although I think that is changing. I was very surprised at the number of middle-eastern tourists staying at our hotel. The Thai people are lovely and very polite and friendly, a smile goes a long way. Their national saying is 'smile all the time'. They are also celebrating the 60 year rule of their king this month and his picture is every where. Some things are much cheaper than in Australia and other things are about the same price. Food can be very cheap. And even tourist resturants are not dear. Chemist items were also cheap, clothes, especially western style clothes could be the same price as here. The bazzars are the places to shop if you like bargaining. Next time I want to take Laurie with me so she can bargain!!! Vonny

Hi all, Hey Fitz an Aussie is never behind, we're always in front...lol Been a long week has it Tony? Lew did you make Jood laugh too much and she had to leave...lol