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Hi Tony,a faggot here is a welsh delicacy which,if you have never tried ,you havn't lived,it's the first dish i have when i'm down there on holiday really tastynot at all like the rubbish you can buy at the shops . you made me laugh with your other meaning of faggot,lol,i take it you choked at a vision of a large saucepan on the stove with a pair of legs sticking out complete with bondo boots on . Still it snows and it looks like Fred is going nowhere for a day or too,still not to worry i have my puter ,a dvd player.plenty of tapes and dvds ,so bring it on,and maybe at the end of this our spring will start. I am having to keep Mary's chalet under heat all day ,seeing as the missus put the tomato seeds in yesterday,and one of the breeds i put in you can't buy anymore ,a lovely tiny sweet tomato called sugar plum which i have reintroduced into our liitle community[genes ]for a few people to try,hoping they will like them so much they will keep some seeds for future use by themselves and friends. It's a pity the laws are so stict now as i would willingly send some abroad ,i rate them that highly. Time to go again,i have the missus help me turn the mattress on the bed and when she is finished she can get her breath back while i see to the dusting and hoovering upstairs ,Have a good evening all i may be back later,Fred.

btw after coming on here this morning and reading all the posts, all I can say is you Aussies sure can talk pmsl

Good morning everyone :-) (just about lol) Rebs re the leprechauns I believe you...........honest, btw how's your OH's health after the er shopping trip pmsl Yvonne Thanks it's nice to be on here :-) Joodles hope your foot gets beetter soon Anna hope your cold better soon Tony agree with evereything you said about threads (3/4 posts back) Lew still waiting for the pics, as you can see I'm full of (im)patience lol *waves to everybody* Juliexx

and Anna ask the NZers to say six lol And fred the snow came after all, you will have to take a snow check on a cuddle with lewis JA

huck rather than hook....wondered why the fuss lol Hope you sorted out the Christopher Vonny....will retreat now to voyeuring the wattlers Hi Lara. chardonney and pool sound great, great style and Joodles, bummer about the ironing and hope your foot gets well, hello Sandra, Tassie too, not nice hope daughter is OK and regards to all Laurie, just love Paris and a night wrapped up warm on the Seine is a real treat...it sounds a beautiful holiday Cheers all, and slainte to Rebs lol JA

Well, that has cleared up the mystery of why we call them chooks!! Vonny :)

Fred.Aahhhhhh.... I'm glad you cleared that up with the Chuck, because i was wondering what a chuck was also...hee hee I tried to 'Google' it thinking it might be a English delicacy.....I also thought like Joodles ( Chuck steak ) I did think at one stage you were having a freindly dig at the Kiwi's....Chuck/Chook......LOL...so i was at least on the right thinking track. Chuck has multiple meanings here, and can be an Ozzie slang word for ( throwing up ) or to Chuck a wobbly ( get angry ) or to throw something ( Chuck the bottle opener over here ) When i first started Genealogy on the net, i joined a few Rootsweb groups, and joined in halfway on a conversation by an English lady who was talking about cooking Faggots. Well....( being an Ozzie ) i nearly spilt my beer into my Weeties, and asked her.... 'How do you cook a faggot...!!! There were 5 other Ozzies on the site at the time, and one rang my home phone, and said...Tony!! does this lady know what she is saying. Well we all ( Ozzies )had a history lesson that day, in the culinary delights of Cooking ( in the Middle ages )in Britain. Hence....Faggots were called 'savoury ducks' in the Middle Ages, but to this 50s child, and school drop out growing up in Oz..it had a completely different meaning. Damn.....there's that cultural difference creeping in again....lol Lara. You crack me up sometimes mate....:>)) 'Run Billie run....psml Tony Oz..:>))

Ah ha ha ha Fred!! Chuck!!!!! Chook!!!! I used to kill myself laughing when we visited Scotland at people calling cows 'Heelund Kews'. Can you say 'six' for me??? Anna

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!