General Chat

hello to all so tired my friends but just wanted to say I'm happy and well talk to you all soon hello jude melb and joodles too and sandra and laurie and shazz and hello donna and susan and sue and tony and anna thank you yes was me who wanted sth aust book, where are you cilla email bounced back please email me hello patricia and lew lew will put pictures on of my dear little pool soon ok very tiny but beautiful and warm too even without the solar on to all I havn't mentioned talk soon , also hello trifly please remind me your real name mate love Lara goodnight ps jude yv, heather gwenda hello too and jude look no punctuation again

I dont think of it as buying things I dont need Jood, I'll be helping the local economy...lol

Its a hard life isnt it Jude? But there is always something we dont really need in Hong Kong isnt there? lol But hey - you are just fulfilling your parental duties keeping an eye on your daughter, arent you? I notice Laurie will be checking Singapore out also. btw - Happy Anniversary Shazz and Robert. Now where's that Lara - did she say she was going away, or what's she up to? Jood

Hi Jood, just here for a week then off to Tassie, Port Fairy and then my daughter flies into Sydney for 36hrs so will have to go to see her end of march., she then goes back to the Uk via HongKong and has to spend 2days there so I couldnt let her be on her own now could I? so 2days in Hongkong it is.....shopping shopping shopping...lol

Hi all Good to see you again Jude in Melb - kinda missed your contributions lol and the other Jude YV - also Heather's - seems like she's been gone for months - and Mary too. I cant remember who else is away - they all seem to be heading for South Oz or Tassie. (Says one who doesnt travel much <tongue in cheek>) aveagoodweekend everyone. Jood

Hi Sue , I meant airfares, can get $59 one way if its not hols so will probably take them . just had to add ''Go Cats '' Jude2

Hi All Jude Melb I just read your posting and thought I might mention that it is only a holiday in Vic, Tassie dont have their holidays til Easter. No sure what you were refering to as in prices being cheaper, if you meant the airline well you may be right, but if you were talking about accomodation I dont think it will be much different, but check on the prices. I am able to meet either week so that wont be a prob. Glad I could help with the Convict bricks. I thought it would be just as easy to find 30 bricks as it was to just look for 2, still used the same amount of petrol, so no extra cost just a little more time and walking, which didnt hurt. We have just got back from Dannielles Scout swimming carnival so I am going for a coffee. I thought school carnivals were loud but the scouts can beat the schools hands down, :-(( Oooh all that cheering not good for the ol' head lol. I might quietly sit and watch the footy and get the passion ready for tomorrows match. Catch you later. Cheers Sue

Hi Wattlers, Im home for the next week having taken Scottish friend to my sister's in Geelong for a week. They are touring the local wineries then off to Phillip Is to see the penguins. Week after next we are thinking of going to Tassie to do a quick tour, we were going to leave it for another week but have just realised it will be school hols and probablt twice the price . A hugh thankyou to Devily for the photos of the bricks with my convicts names on, will let you know when I'm passing through. Tony, hope you have more luck than me. We went fishing last week and I was the only one who didn't catch anything, but I left alot of very well-fed fish behind for someone else to catch...lol Hope all those on hols or about to go are having a great time. Jude2

Hi Wattlers hope you are all having wonderful weather like us. It is raining here...yaaayyy! Even if it isn't going in the Hinze dam at least it is watering my garden. Joodles & Shaz It sounds like you had a great 'girls day out'! This time of year through to autumn is perfect in the Mountains. Does that lolly shop do care packages? They sound yummy. I must do some more research today. One of my cousins put a spanner in the works and suggested the uncle we are looking for might have been an 'Alfred' not a 'Frederick' as we thought. If they liked a name why didn't they just christen the person that name in the first place! Noooo....they had to call the child something different! If it wasn't for my trips to the 'naughty corner' to relieve my stress I would go bonkers doing this 'tree' business. Toodle ooo, see y'all later. Trifley

Good Afternoon Wattlers, Well not a lot happening here as you say tassie , a bit boring in the Gong at the moment. Not that I haven't been busy just diden't seem interesting enough to put on here. Laurie you must be so excited now, hope you have plenty of thermals, I was talking on msn this morning to my SIL and she said it was snowing in most parts of the country and was down to -2. My brother has some heath problems and their heath system is so bad, he had to wait 4 weeks for results of a cat scan . I hope our system dosent get so bad, although the wait in ER is very bad these days. Shazz/Joodles sounds like you had a great day out together, I stayed at the Leura Gardens Resort last year when my brother was over on holiday . Hope everyone else is well and enjying life. PS Laurie what is this 10quid a night you were talking about please enlighten me. Sandra in the Gong

Afternoon Wattlers Gee we are really going to be down in numbers next week with Laurie gone too. Oh well we will just have to yak more, Im one of the guilty ones that havent been on much lately. Too busy drinking water and walking, well thats my excuse and sounds better than nothing has happened here very quiet and mundane life I lead. Shazz loved the jokes, but he who lives with me didnt find it so funny and thinks you should pay the naughty corner a visit, I have sent him off to scrub the toilet in my clean bathroom as I havent got around to it yet lol. Catch you all after, might go and watch over the work to make sure OH does a good job he he. Cheers Sue

OMG . . . . only 5 sleeps to go . . . . . away for a whole month, bet I foget to organise something or other - ah well older son Paul will be here for a holiday while were away - he can sort anything I forget! Good morning all from Botany Bay . . . we've got fluffy clouds again this morning - but they are darker - so hopefully we will get some rain out of them. Happy Aniversary to Shaz & Rob, hope you have a great day and spoil one another . . . Already shipping is on the move, one ship com,ing another going . . . Only 4 giraffes having a break at the moment - The fish must be active out near the mouth of the bay as there are lots of little boats out there - guessing they are the fishermen looking for the big one that got away - like our Tony will be doing this weekend. Sounds like you girls had a great day up the mountain yesterday . . . doesn't suprise me . . . mad as hatters, but ever so loveable! Anna - have a great day out with the family history group - hope you get lots of leads, and some good info to pass on to us wafflers . . . hopefully they will have your home back in ship shape for you when you return. Thanks Lara for the tips, I have been through and culled another couple of kilos out of the suitcase. Glad Ray is carring the backpack - I have squeezed as much of the heaviest things as I can in there. I have to carry ALL the clothes for the stop over . . . . (shorts & shirts for Singapore!) hehehehe . . . Ray got a new lappy yesterday, so tiny - and light - a little white apple job. Every time you turn around technology has downsized and increased its capacity . . . doesn't sound right does it! Ah well jobs to do - best get on with it - catch you all later . . . have a great day one and all cheers luv Laurie

Shazz: pmsl thanx :) have a great anniversary - go for the perfume. That's incredible about great granny!!!!! let me know if it is and we'll see if we can come up!! :) Actually, hubby also had a rellie who worked for the Macarthurs at the Campbelltown area property and my rellie was sent to work at Elderslie at 12 years old. maybe we had better come up anyway, when is it?? On my side of the family I actually have a convict who worked for Elizabeth Macathur at Parramatta, but that was earlier - 1820's. must away to work Waves ~~~~~~~~~ wake up and have a nice day you lot (except of course the peeps on HOLIDAY (boo hiss)) catch you later Vonny

Oh Vonny, My girlfriend has just sent me this and it is ever so appropriate LOL UNDERSTANDING WOMEN (A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE) I know I'm not going to understand women. I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root, and still be afraid of a spider. A couple more WIFE VS. HUSBAND A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, 'Relatives of yours?' 'Yep,' the wife replied, 'in-laws.' WORDS A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day.. 30,000 to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, 'The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men... The husband then turned to his wife and asked, 'What?' CREATION A man said to his wife one day, 'I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time. ' The wife responded, 'Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you! God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece. The Silent Treatment A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, 'Please wake me at 5:00 AM.' He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, 'It is 5:00 AM. Wake up.' Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests Sorry GUYS I'll stop now Shaz

Morning Wattlers Had a great day in mountains yesterday with Joodles, Pat and Faye, browsed the shops and talked then went for lunch and coffee and talked then another browse off rest of the shops and then it was time to go home, I know I had an enjoyable time so hope you did Joodles how about Windsor next trip Vonny reading thru local paper this morning and guess what I think your hubbys 3 x grandmother might be paying us a little visit, headline reads From Rags To Riches- Convict -turned-artists get chance in spotlight at Campbelltown Arts Centre re colonial Macarthur, will have to go and check out paintings to see if Sarah Cobcrofts' portrait is here, it says the works of convict turned artist Joseph Backler makes an appearance in exhibition although it may be that the only ones on exhibition down her is the Macarther district landowners and not the Hawksbury gentry anyway will have to check it out Oh shucks Joodles beat me to the punch thought Id be first on but as usual tooo slow, was checking out Vonny's 3xgrandmother in law, was a good day wasnt it Joodles, mention to hubby about after sex arousal pills(mind you that Joodles found) amongst a few other naughty sugestions, shes bad that lady cant take here anywhere he he hey Joodles how about meeting me up at the Paragon Cafe (an in joke) between myself and Joddles lol, yes Joodles we will!! Will have to go back and buy some perfume Joodles, dont know the name but has a beautiful lingering smell, me thinks I will have to take OH back up there on Sat he he Anniversary today so thats a good excuse now that daughter not coming down Sharyn

Gidday all I met Shazz and her friend Pat, plus Shazz's schoolfriend from Lithgow, at Leura today. We wandered down the main street looking at shops (were we REALLY looking, or just talking too much??) I must confess we did actually buy a few things though, and drooled over other things. We had a delightful lunch in a cafe with a view, - and talk …….. you'd be proud of us, Lara. It was a loooong enjoyable lunch fortified with at least 2 cups of coffee. I showed the girls the local lolly shop, and jokingly handed Shazz a big basket to put her purchases in, but she gracefully declined She did buy a bag of old time lollies tho - I bought Columbines (remember them?) and Cobbers and Licorice - someone else bought humbugs, not sure about the others, but we all had a reasonable size bag each. I did offer a couple of bottles of sweets with suggestive titles on them for Shazz's hubbie, but she didnt take up the offer, tho we all shrieked with laughter at the names on the bottle like 'After Sex Mints' lol & “Arousal” (that was probably to wake you up in the morning ????? lol) A really great day - thanks guys, hope we can do it again (well, we will, won't we!!!) Jood

Evening all Well, got through the day with the ceiling still intact and no frantic calls to the ambulance - things are looking up! I'm going to Brisbane on a genealogy bus trip tomorrow so himself is going to pull down my beautiful timber ceiling whilst I'm not there to grieve. When I come home, there will be just a huge hole where the ceiling used to be! Spent all day unpacking book shelves, the welsh dresser, the side board etc etc and moving furniture. We now have 2 rooms full of furniture in the lounge - not a good look. Had to laugh - daughter got home from school and surveyed the empty family room and said - I like it like this - it looks so spacious! Yet you should see her room - you can't move in there!! Lara - was it you who wanted my SA source for early settlers? Seeing that the original thread has disappeared, I can't look back and check!!!!!!! Anyhow - whoever it was - here's the info. Checked it at our local Family History Centre. The Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885. It comes in 4 volumes with people listed in alphabetical order and was published in 1986 to commemorate the 150th Jubilee of S.A.It gives details of people who lived in SA during the first 50 years of settlement. That's where I found the details of Chris's g.grandmother. Well - best get organised for this bus trip tomorrow. Good night to all Anna

Yes, WT, your bartender requirements have been noted *she says putting up her umbrella for fear of drowning!* Now stop that drooling. Lew Lew

G'day Wattlers. Just a quick call..got several phone calls to make. I'm getting quotes for a new shower screen. I have been putting up with the b****y thing for sometime but hubby got stuck in the shower this morning so he has decided it is time to get it fixed. Also going to make a few more calls to hunt up about the tyre (that should be fun :{). After all that I really must finish the tiling on the mosaic. I have to grout it at class this Saturday so time is getting short. Looks like it is not only sewers who leave things to the last minute! Have a great day everyone. See y'all later Trifley PS Lew Lew did you get my specifications for bartender???:}}} (drool)

Pathetic figure struggles into wattle thread covered in sticky web and mumbling incoherently...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Morning all. Had a lovely sleep. (must admit I did check the ceiling for dark blobs everytime I woke up!) Rebs, I am in awe of anyone who can sew. Lew Lew, I'm with you. My MIL was also disappointed in me! Fortunately, she taught her son to sew :) Laurie, your Grandpa James and hubby's grandpa must have come from the same cabbage patch!! Shazz, hope its a good day and that Joodles can join you. Tassie, you obviously need to go with your hunches :) Wow, 20c profit. pmsl Lovely day in the capital - cool nights and sunny days :) Counting down the days to Yarrawonga. Vonny