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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- 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.

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 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

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

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!

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..:>))

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

Bang harder Joodles,you woke me up lol.Fred.

Awww Trifely - my foot isnt really THAT sore - and no point either, coz there is no-one to pamper me ! Never mind. I can tolerate a lot of pain anyway. Mentally thinking of all the trips away, ahead of me - Canberra, Geelong, Forster, Mudgee oooooooooooooooooooh! Sounds good doesnt it! But meanwhile - the ironing still awaits me *deflate and come back to earth* :-(( Rudee hasnt surfaced yet, guess he's sleeping it off too (should we type softer, or bang harder ??) *asks innocently* Jood

Hi wafflers I did my best yesterday.........I kept adding pleasent, friendly little snippets to the 'Scumbags' thread so's peeps would notice it but the 'powers that be' shafted it anyway :o) Hello to our new friend 'Fred'. I thought 'chuck' was something you did with a ball lol :o) Welcome to the nuttiest thread on the site. Hope you enjoy your stays with us. Tassie it looks as if your daughters have started their training for MYER annual sales stampedes lol. Hope they are both ok and not shaken up too much. It is something they will remember and was probably a good learning experience. Although not one they would want to repeat too often! Lew Lew ..... 'grey' and 'purple'............... hhmmm sounds.....interesting. Evidently you are not into pastels. That's our Crew.......bright, dynamic and bold! Looking forward to the piccies. Our traveling minstrel........Laurie in the heart of Da Vinci code country. If you've read the book you gotta take the tour. And don't be disappointed with the Mona Lisa.........I, too, have heard it's on the small side. A ride around 'around about' sounds like fun.......particularly if you go the other way lol. Would the French notice? Rebs. (typing quietly).....if you saw a leprachaun HOW MUCH were you drinking girl ??? Did he have his little pot of gold with him? Sounds as if you had a great time.....a dress rehersal for next Friday. ha ha he he. Hopalong Joodles...... how's the foot? You should be resting with it up on a pillow and being served cool drinks and chockies. Definetly no work for you for a few days! Men just don't understand the pain women go through (puts hand to brow and sighs...aaaahhhh) :o) No Tony.....you don't have to say anything funny......we women are saints!! Hi Lara.....are you up to speed today? ({oke, joke speed....Trifley bends over laughing at her own funnies} Um, yes well I thought it was funny. Where would we be without you......probably in the bin with the rest of the politically incorrect threads ha ha. What's that noise I hear.......? The lawn mower.....yayyyyy! That means hubby has finally got it started and is cutting thro' the undergrowth. We have had so much rain lately the grass has grown like weeds. Had better go and get a cool drink for him for the halfway mark. Toodle ooo all you wonderful wattlers. luv Trifley

Hey Joodles, I'm sure for those who book real early, one of the two guest rooms await. Of course, if you don't mind sharing a queen size bed, I can fit 4 inside and several more on folding beds or foam mattresses. Lew Lew xxx

Sounds wunnerful Lew Lew - can't see meself camping any more - me camping days are over, (honest - and I have camped in every camping spot around Orstryalia too) but I will work something out. I'd better get cracking with the diet eh - unless you want the pool emptied in one . pmsl I'll have to practice reading a book with one hand and drinking chardonnay in the other like Lara does!!! Wont find that a hardship tho, will have to do it on dry land tho as I dont have a pool lol Rebs - you have my sympathy - I could think of nothing worse than all shop name brands, looks like ya going to have to donate all ya stuff to the next raffle - maybe Easter??? lol Jood

Sorry, forgot to ask Rebs. How're the heads this arvo? Chocc Montes, yum. Purrfect cure for the hangover! Well, that plus a Baileys on Ice!!! Lew Lew xxx :-)

well Lew, every time i buy Montes he tries to get me to buy the homebrand copy because they are cheaper. I keep telling him they don't taste even remotely the same. I guess he thought he could fool me. Or he thought I'd be too hung over to notice. pmsl!!

Yes, well, Rebs. Does hubby think you're blond!!! He actually did that with the bikkies!!! Unbelieveable. My OH is very good at shopping. Only generic thing he buys is canned tomotes and they appear to be okay. I wonder whether Laurie watched 'Allo 'Allo before she left. Her french would have been very good, lol. Mudgee would be a great place for a Genes get together. Couldn't fit you all in the house, but we do have 25 acres to camp on only 7km from town. Perfect!!!! Also have outside shower near the pool, full indoor bathroom, separate toilet and, if all else fails, hire a portaloo. Hubby going back os next Feb, so maybe we should aim for then. Gets bl**dy hot, but at least we have the pool. What do you think? Laurie's niece lives in Mudgee, too. Lew Lew xxx

I tripped over it when I staggered in early this morning but didn't pay any attention to it. Only just investigated the pile of bags on the floor. Brace yourself....... Just about everything is generic brand, from cereal, tinned foods, peanut butter. No one but him will eat them, cos they taste so bad. Crunchy peanut butter is okay. tinned spagetti looks so washed out I swear they only waved the tomatoes over the top of the pot. But.....then he went a bought not 1, but 6 tins of top shelf, expensive soup. Cream of f*cking celery!!! Who in the hell is going to eat that???water crackers....some bizarre gourmet flavour. We've instructed him muliple time not to try any of the gourmet flavours cos they usually taste like sh*t. conversation every two weeks for the last how many years? me...I need shower gel him.....what about this one me......can't use that one, it made me itch every time I've tried it. him.....oh okay, but it's cheap. me......probably why it makes me itch. Guess which shower gel he bought???? Doh!! toilet paper......he bought generic single ply. sorry, but since I have to wipe EVERY time I use the loo, I like to use paper which doesn't disintergrate in my hand during use. *apologies to anyone eating late breakfast* butter, not Western Star spreadable which I always buy, but farmland dairy blend, which needs to be taken out of fridge an hour before you need it. conversation last Thurday him........I got some sausages out of freezer. me....which ones? him....pork three of us......they were discusting, don't like pork sausages. him......I'll have to eat them myself then. HE BOUGHT PORK SAUSAGES!!! but the biggest crime of the lot. He bought generic choc crunch biscuits. Then put them in the choc monte wrapper in the fridge thinking me, a choc monte connoisseur, wouldn't notice the difference. STUPID MAN!! Everyone knows choc montes are covered in DARK chocolate!! Grrrrrrr!

Spent too much did he??? - or bought the wrong things/brands etc ?? lol Jood

pmsl! And I need to after OT decided to do the grocery shopping on his own, totally unsupervised yesterday. Grrrrr!!!

Reb - I just said something about Laurie using a french typewriter but obviously she cant speak french yet .... and I had every 'e' with a caret in it -french style- (I'd typed it up in word). But it came out like Lauri#2367 fr#0495 - you would not have understood what I was saying, so it backfired ! :-(( I tried to look up a french keyboard on the net so I could be smart, you see! Jood