General Chat

Hi Wattlers Sorry Lara to leave you alone. First day of school had to take girls as busses are on strike. then it is payday so had to pay bills and get groceries. Just got back from my walk, gee its hot out there. Just when you think summer is over it comes out and gets hot again 28 at the moment, it was also hot yesterday, so with your little joke Lara that would probably explain why sweat is pouring out of me and fan going flat out, Just to think I have to go back out in the heat to pick up the girls. When it comes to growing up with birds we had 2 magpies in a cage next door :-(( does that count? Of course they wouldnt be in our yard he he. Rebs hope you are ok, I think I saw somewhere a message saying you were'nt real well. Hope your better soon as its quiet without you. Laurie now I hope I didnt start something with watching footballers training lol, you can have yours, they was probably in the wrong colour for me he he. Next weekend NAB Cup yipee!!! Well must go try and get back on later. Probably have books to cover Knowing my luck. Cheers Sue

Hi Lara - I am here - just. Almost ready to walk out the door for the weekend. Have I got everything? Hm, nearly forgot the shampoo and conditioner. Will have to do a mental check before leave! I hope you lot arent too rowdy over the weekend, otherwise it will take me all night and part of Monday to catch up! Be good Love Joodles

Ok what's happened to you all Coooeee are you all loafing or working where you are????

Good morning all Laurie we had birds too when we were young and loved them especially our galah who used to dance when you said lallala and call my brother Rick all the time it was because it was him who was always being naughty and the galah would scream RIIIICCCCKKKK and we used to laugh cause it just sounded like Mum yelling at him again. We had budgies and then pigeons yuk I didn't like them. Laurie the mental picture of you nearly running along the beach with the footballers and them gradually pulling away and you going faster trying to catch up heehe and we know you weren't really trying to catch up you wanted to stay behind them in sight of all those nice behinds in shorts ohhh the mind boggles. !# days your must be sooo excited lucky girl. Mike sounds like a lovely person to do that for your Dad must be like you Jude you are a nice hostess can I come and be a guest and you can take me up to the islands for some R&R too, have a nice time. Heather have noted b/day and yes good timing . Devily must tell you my family goes 1st july Cassie and brother, and 3rd july Mike ,10th of july Melissa, and her first husband was the 14th, and so was my goddaughter /neice and mine the 31st so made sure Josh was born in January,heheh Tony I keep forgetting that antique road show I really need some one to remind me when its on heeh ok folks just an inside joke lol Tony will say bye for now love Lara

Good morning Waffling wattlers, lovely cool day here on the Bay. Hi Lew, glad you are getting some of the rain out the other side of the mountain - we're expecting some here today too! Just had a good walk on the beach - entertainment till I couldn't keep up with the footy team out there training . . . (have to get fitter) Jude (Melb type) Hope you have a lovely time with your friend over from the big freeze. Lets hope there aren't any noisy little ones on our flight in 13 DAYS TIME !!!!! She should love it up north - I mean who wouldn't. Toodles Joodles, wherever your off to have a great time . . . (Oni went to Griffiths yeasterday, got me another box of that DeBort medicine) (sorry all family secret!) Your John done good on Valentines day/night Von, hope he's feeling a little better about the family stuff - is the holiday doing the trick ?? I'm an Antique Road Show fan too . . . good for a drool and a chuckle. Some of the quotes are really amazing! We grew up with birds - multitudes of them! Dad had a timber mill, and if there was a nest in any tree that came down - the babies came to our place - fed many a garggle gargggllle with mushy porridge! We had this enormous avairy attatched to the side of the laundry - over the years they chewed away at the timber wall and it became a bird wire wall. Our Pogo (yes, he got the name because he jumped up and down) only died just before Christmas, the last of the bird family - and Dad brought him home when mum was in hospital haveing younger brother Ken in 1952. Pogo was a blue eyed corrella, and talk . . . . You could have real conversations with 3 of them, Pogo, Peter (pink & grey gallah) & Wacko (sulphur crested) - we had a magie who could whistle up a storm, and multitudes of various budgies. finches and other beautiful parrotts. . . . . Yes, I know not right to cage wild birds . . . . but we did, and wouldn't change it for quids, it was all part of an amazing childhood. Pogo had been living with my ex-brother in law in Brissie for the past 20years, Mikes best mate! About a year before Dad died, he asked me if I could get a photo of the Pog's next time I was up home, so I rang Mike and asked him - a couple of weeks later, Dad had a knock on his door and there was Mike, in West Wyalong with Pogo, he left Pogo with Dad for the night - came back the next day to pick him up and drove back to Brissie. Wasn't that just the nicest thing to do . . . I know it meant the world to my old Dad. Mike tried so hard to get Pogo to swear, but he wouldn't - I think he heard mum too many times years before tell us kids she'd wash our mouths out with soap if we swore. Heard from Leah yesterday, she's keeping up with the thread when she gets the chance - but says we all talk too much were making it hard for her to catch up when she does get the opportunity. Got a date with a hot iron and some wrinkly shirts- so will catch up later cheers luv Laurie

Gosh your birthday list will be interesting Lara, can you squeeze me in 25th June 1951, I thought it was so cool to be half way between Xmas and Xmas when I was a kid ( sister is 19 Dec, she hates it!!) I dislike being Cancer tho', such a boring homebody unadventurous kind of birth sign, I think I fought against that when young and went wandering because of it !! Right, I'm off for a haircut now, then visit a friend home from hospital - I'm rapt because we've got a new part-time person in my office, doing some of my routine jobs, taught her last week, this week she's just doing beautifully and I am very relieved as I have had too much to do by myself.I might even get time to find myself some dangly jingly bits soon lol !! Enjoy your beautiful day everyone Heather in Albury

Good Morning All. Some lovely rain here overnight, about 21mm (nearly an inch for those who are bi-lingual). More storms predicted this arvo, so better get yesterday's washing in and put it in the dryer. I mean, how many final rinshes does it need! Another day in the office (oh goodie!) then off to do the shopping (oh fun, oh bliss and its pension day!!!!!!!) Hava good 'un. Lew Lew :)))) xx

Evening. Joodles. I was a Budgie breeder mate. Dont do it now though, as dont seem to have the time, but yearsago i built my own breeding cages and Avaries. Ozzie Pieds, Lutino's, Clearwings,Spangles,Opalines, and my favourite was Violet Pied. When i moved to Barbs in 92 i started breeding again ( birds that is...lol ) but her two Reddies ( Red Healers ) ripped the avairy open one night, and i lost the lot, plus had trouble with Possums as well, so gave up in the end. Lew Lew. I love the Antique Road show also, and not try to miss it when its on. It makes you wonder what you have lying around the house sometimes. Just watching the jaws drop on some of those peeps faces when they are told how much an item they have would bring at auction, or how much they should insure the item for, its amazing. Now if ya interested in who and what in the world of Ozzie Comp's....then visit this site....its enough to make ya drool....lol http://www.lottos(.)com.au/ Av a great day to-morrow. Tony Oz :>))

hello every one thanks for all the birthdays, list will be out soon as some peeps put there's on Where are you Reb get out of naughty cnr and give us your birthday date please , Sandra too. Vonny thought you'd like that one Billy told me to send it lol thanks for your birthday mate will add to list yes I know they can get on really well we had a poodle years ago and he and the kitten next door used to play chasy around the back yard until all of a sudden they grew up and pappy all of a sudden decided cats were the enemy and cat used to sit on top of our shed and tease him and preen herself and then wander off , poor dog was beside himself. Boy you are lucky I didn't get a card or anything so do need the lessons unless as I said they involve pole dancers Lew glad you liked that joke thought your OH would appreciate too although he probably has heard all the lawyer jokes. Hello Sandra thanks for b/day now about Yarrawonga have you any chance of making it down Sandra Must go as have a few peeps to ring and got dial up so off here now I've been told love to all Lara

Good Evening Wattlers, Or what is left of it. What a busy lot you have been, getting a bit unrecognizable with all your bits.lol Lara just to add to the birthday list 23rd June 1946 was a good year ( yet again another Cancer the Crab. who had 17thJuly you share that with my daughter. also I have a son and DIL who are Leo's. Tony went to the Google for comps and havebeen busy all evening Well short and sweet as i'm off to bed now catch you all tomorrow Sandra in the Gong

Hi all - seems to be more of usses with bits than with no bits now!!!!! Lew lew you sure are giving that credit card a bashing - dining out, fancy hairdo's - wot next!! You sound really happy doing your 'thing'. Wot wondrous things does Jack the Wonder dog do? lol In the past I have had all sorts and manners of dogs, one of the nicest I'd have to say was the King Charles Spaniel - like Lara's. But they are all nice in their own way. I cant remember how many cats we've had - at the moment - none, but my 2 daughters have carried on the tradition - one has a sealpoint siamese, and the other has a ginger tabby fluffy cat (not a persian) - and a smoky grey fluffy cat .... the type that are the size of a small dog when dry, and about the size of a skinny kitten when wet!! Budgies featured in our lives for a while, but cats and budgies do not mix lol Off to beddy byes soon. Love Joodles

Well, well and my oh my. Haven't we all come up with some very fancy bits, but Gwenda takes the cake! (now share it around, Gwenda). WT, I also am Year of the Ox. Dependable, loyal and heavy of foot lol. Vonny, your cat sounds very clever. I have 2 cats, one is a black part burmese named Chester and he is 18 years old. The other is a chocolate point Siamese named Mu. No idea how old he is, as I adopted him when his owner died, but he only has 4 fangs left and gums his food! He even eats chicken bones!! I also have a border collie named Jack who is univerally known as 'Jack the Wonder Dog', although at the moment he is busy chasing thunder!! Just back from the hairdresser and am very happy with the new do. Tony, do tell more about that competition site. Some people say Barb is lucky but we all know that 'the harder you work, the luckier you get' and if Barb goes to so much trouble, then she deserves to win. Thanks again for the joke Lara. I'll share it with the 'catfish' at work tomorrow! Off to watch Bargain Hunt and Antiques Roadshow. Chat with you all in the morning. Lew Lew xxx

hello every one thanks for all the birthdays, list will be out soon as some peeps put there's on Where are you Reb get out of naughty cnr and give us your birthday date please. vonny thought you'd like that one Billy told me to send it lol thanks for your birthday mate will add to list yes I know they can get on really well we had a poodle years ago and he and the kitten next door used to play chasy around the back yard until all of a sudden they grew up and pappy all of a sudden decided cats were the enemy and cat used to sit on top of our shed and tease him and preen herself and then wander off , poor dog was beside himself. Boy you are lucky I didn't get a card or anything so do need the lessons unless as I said they involve pole dancers Lew glad you liked that joke thought your OH would appreciate too although he probably has heard all the lawyer jokes. love Lara

Evening all, You look lovely Gwenda, most becoming :) beautiful poems, both of them, thanks. I'm 3 May and I believe I said 1950 was a good year :) Had to very firmly reclaim my puta. Youngest son's been using it. looks like he's managed to enrol ok. *sigh of relief* I got a valentine card!! There we were in the middle of the lake, bells ringing, sipping our drinks, and he produces a card. Oooo just as well the drinks were non alcoholic cause we ran into a wall to wall breath test on the way home! Lara, are you trying to tell me something with the dog email??? Hee Hee. Actually our cat and dog get on really well which is lovely. The cat has some very 'doggy' moments - it plays fetch when you throw small objects and loves to play in water!!! When it was a kitten it would go paddling in a bowl of water. Now it just likes to put its paw in and scoop it up for a drink!! Tony - I had missed the significance of the unlabled tins till now :) lol Waves to everyone ~~~~ Vonny

Hi Gwenda luuuvvvv your fancy 'bits'!! your son must be one of those puta litrit people. We will be the fanciest thread on GR. Trifley

While my son was doing my name you lot added 2 more messages - at this rate we will beat our previous thread - LOL Better go and get some tea Catch y'all tomorrow Gwenda

Hi Jude & Jude lol Joodles Msg No 403

Hi Wattlers We certainly have a good variety of astrological stars on this thread. Mine is the 5th February 1950. I was reading my chinese stars one day and got quite excited as I thought I was born in the year of the TIGER :) luuuvvv tigers!! . However on closer inspection I found I arrived in the year of the OX :( large, slow, plodding,beast of burden). I wonder if it was trying to tell me something?? All you lucky sods traipsing around having holidays!!! Makes me jealous. Then I remember that I am off to Norfolk Isl in Sept and I brighten up a bit. Save, save, save so I can spend, spend, spend on all that duty free! Must be azway....favourite nephew has just droped in. see y'all later. WT

Hi Jude and Jude have a great time away! Its 5.15 and I'm heading home jude 3

message no 400....not bad wafflers keep up the good work