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OPPIT - Go away , as in 'Oi you, oppit.' PADDA PUFF - Soft, lacking aggression. 'They're alright up front but they got a padda puff defence.' PACIFIC - Specific. PAFFUL - Having much power or strength. PAIPA - Sun, Mirror etc. PANS AN ANNSIS - Imperial weight system. PLAMMANS - A pub lunch usually made up of cheese and bread. QUALIDEE - Good, as in 'West 'Am's new striker's qualidee.' RAND - A number of drinks purchased for a group. RANDEER - Locally. 'There ain't much call for it randeer.' REBAND - Period of recovery after rejection by a lover. 'I couldn't 'elp it. I was on the reband from Craig.' ROOFLESS - Without compassion. SAFF - A direction of the compass, opposite north. SAFFEND - An Essex seaside town. SAWTED - Done, arranged, resolved. SEEVIN - Very angry. 'I woz seevin when I urd wot 'e sed.' TALENT - Attractive members of the opposite sex. 'Dave's gan dan tan to eye up the talent.' TAN ASS - A modern terraced house. TOP EVVY - A woman of plentiful bosom. 'Ere look at that, Darren, she's well top evvy.' UG - An unattractive person. 'Sharon's new geezer's a bit of an ug.' UMP - Upset, as in Got the Ump. VACHER - A document which can be exchanged for goods or services. 'I got a vacher to get in cheap at Forp Park.' WANNED UP - Tense. 'I'm all wanned up at the moment.' WAWAZUT? - I beg your pardon. WENNOFF - A fight commenced as in 'It all wennoff'. YAFTA - You must : 'Even if yer guilty, yafta av mitigating circumstances.' YOOF OSTALL - A place where holidaymakers can stay the night. ZAGGERATE - To suggest something is better or bigger than is true. 'Craig, I must've told ya a fazzund times already.' 'Don't zaggerate, mum.' Av a good one. Tony Oz :>))..

Arvo everyone. Nice day in ol Melb. town. Well the B.B.Q is clean the decking is swept and the steak is marinating in my secret marinating sauce. I cant tell ya what it is, else it wouldnt be a secret anymore. ( hic )......;>)) I see a few have read the 'freindship' thread i put up last year. I keep a copy of it near me puter, and thought the words were kinda special, and had a ring of reality about life in general. I added to it today for Barbs dad, who was a real digger and true blue. He was also in the R.A.A.F as was my dad,( 451 Sqd ) so i used to sit by his bedside and he would reminise about the war, and the mateship. ( something i missed out on with my own dad dying when i was a young bloke )....and i used to slip him a beer, when no one was looking, although it he wasnt surposed to be drinking, he used to give me a 'wink' when i came over to Barbs mums house. That was the signal we used...when he felt lke a drop of liquid amber. He knew he was dying anyway.......and old diggers last request had to be for-filled. He was a bonza bloke and dinky di Ozzie, and the last male in his direct blood line, decendant from the two convicts in Tas. Barb will retain his ashes and we will trip over to Tassie in Sept, and sprinkle some of them on his G, grandparents grave. ( his wishes ) I noticed a few peeps mention Essex, on the thread. Well having a bit running through the veins from 1650 to 1875 and me grandad being an Essex lad....and having met up with cousins in Romford when i was over there last year in Sept, she taught me ( being an Ozzie kid )how to speak the Essex lanquage. ASSA COMMONS - Our Parliament Building. ART ATTACK - Extremely perturbed, as in 'Don't tell Sharon, She'll have an art attack.' ARST - Past tense of ask. 'Jordan, I must've arst ya free fazzund times to clear up yer room.' BANNSA - A person employed to deny access or eject troublemakers at a club. 'Dave's got izself a job as a bannsa.' BAVE - To wash oneself. BOAF - The two. 'Oi Dave, ooja fancy most, Sharon or Tracy?' 'Boaf' is the reply. BRANSATCH - Motor racing circuit in Kent. CANCEL - Administrative body of a town. 'Darren, wive ad annuvva letter from the cancel.' CANTAFIT - Fake, as in money. CHOONA - An edible fish purchased in a tin and usually prepared with mayonnaise. CORT A PANDA - A big hamburger (smaller than an arf panda) DAN TO URF - Sensible, practical. DANNING STREET - Where the Prime Minister lives. DANSTEZ - On the ground floor , where the biggest telly is. DREKKUN - Do you consider? as in 'Which dog drekkun'll win the next race?' DREKKLEE - As soon as - 'Drekklee R got 'ome R givva the fried rice but she wozzn intrested' EFTY - Considerable. 'Ere, Trace, this credit card bill's a bit efty.' EJOG - A small, spiky animal (hedgehog). ERZ - Belonging to her. EVVY - A big geezer who protects a smaller and more intelligent geezer, usually for money. 'My name's Frank and this is my evvy, Knuckles.' EYEBROW - Cultured, intellectual. FANTIN - A jet of water for drinking or ornament. FARVA - A posh way of saying Dad. FATCHA - Margaret, British Prime Minister 1979 - 1990. FINGY - A person or object whose name doesn't come to mind. 'I ad it off wiv fingy last night.' FONG - Skimpy undergarment. FOR CRYIN AT LAAD - Mild expletive showing annoyance or surprise. E.G. 'For cryin at lad, Britney, if I say Yes will you give it a rest?' GAWON - Go on. 'Gawon Darren, eat ya granny's cabbage, it'll do yer good.' GIVE IT LARGE - To be thorough or enthusiastic. GRAND - A football stadium. 'It all wennoff atside the pub near the grand.' HAITCH - Letter of the alphabet between G and I. IBEEFA - The Spanish holiday island. IFFY - Dubious. 'Ere, Trace, I fink this bread pudding you made last munf's a bit iffy.' INT - Indirect suggestion. ' I gave Darren a sort of int that it was time to wash iz feet.' IPS - An unknown area of a woman's body to which chocolate travels. 'That Mars Bar will go straight to me ips.' JA - Do you, did you. 'Ja like me new airdo, Sharon.' JACKS - Five Pound note. 'Lend us a jacks, wilya?' JAFTA - Is it really necessary? 'Oi mate, jafta keep doing that?' KAF - Eating house open during the day. KAFFY - A girl's name. LAD - Noisy. 'Jordan, turn that music dan, it's too lad.' LARJ - Enjoying oneself. LEVVA - Material made from the skin of an animal. LOTREE - Costs 1 for a ticket. MA BLARCH - An arch near Hyde Park. MAFFS - The study of numbers. MANOR - Local area. MINGER - An unattractive person (usually woman). NARRA - Lacking breadth, with little margin. 'Mum wannid to come rand but changed er mind. That was a narra escape.' NARTAMEAN - Do you know what I mean? (sometimes used as janartamean). NEEVA - Not one nor the other. NES - National Elf Service. OAF - A solemn declaration of truth or committment. OLLADAY - Time taken away from home for rest and adventure. ONNIST - Fair and just, without a lie. 'I never did it, onnist.' OPPIT - Go away , as in 'Oi you, oppit.' PADDA PUFF - Soft, lacking aggression. 'They're alright up front but they got a padda puff defence.' PACIFIC - Specific. PAFFUL - Having much power or strength. PAIPA - Sun, Mirror etc. PANS AN ANNSIS - Imperial weight system. PLAMMANS - A pub lunch usually made up of cheese and bread. QUALIDEE - Good, as in 'West 'Am's new striker's qualidee.' RAND - A number of drinks purchased for a group. RANDEER - Locally. 'There ain't much call for it randeer.' REBAND - Period of recovery after rejection by a lover. 'I couldn't 'elp it. I was on the reband from Craig.' ROOFLESS - Without compassion. SAFF - A direction of the compass, opposite north. SAFFEND - An Essex seaside town. SAWTED - Done, arranged, resolved. SEEVIN - Very angry. 'I woz seevin when I urd wot 'e sed.' TALENT - Attractive members of the opposite sex. 'Dave's gan dan tan to eye up the talent.' TAN ASS - A modern terraced house. TOP EVVY - A woman of plentiful bosom. 'Ere look at that, Darren, she's well top evvy.' UG - An unattractive person. 'Sharon's new geezer's a bit of an ug.' UMP - Upset, as in Got the Ump. VACHER - A document which can be exchanged for goods or services. 'I got a vacher to get in cheap at Forp Park.' WANNED UP - Tense. 'I'm all wanned up at the moment.' WAWAZUT? - I beg your pardon. WENNOFF - A fight commenced as in 'It all wennoff'. YAFTA - You must : 'Even if yer guilty, yafta av mitigating circumstances.' YOOF OSTALL - A place where holidaymakers can stay the night. ZAGGERATE - To suggest something is better or bigger than is true. 'Craig, I must've told ya a fazzund times already.' 'Don't zaggerate, mum.' Av a good one. Tony Oz :>))..

Jood - question. How did you get those fancy bits beside your name? They look great. WT, you must nearly be related to me and Jood, having lived so close to Mudgee and even closer to Jood. Even though this summer has been terribly hot, since we left the farm in September, we don't feel so depressed. Drought, fire, it's all so worrying and I'm sure not good for the health. Lew Lew

WT - I must admit that if I have to go to Penrith for just one thing, I try to do something else to justify going there !!! I have knocked up more miles in the car since Ive been here, than in my whole life, but the roads are good and not congested with cars and traffic lights where I used to live. Windsor - great fish'n chip shop - if I'm passing through there - will always buy fish'n chips whatever the time! But Richmond is a fascinating town also. Jood

Wow. By the sound of things I wouldn't recognise the place. When we lived there the shopping centre @ Winmalee was new. It was nothing to drive down the hill to Penrith for shopping or bowling. Or even down the other way to Windsor. Qld's are funny. If they have to drive more than 15mins to get anywhere they don't go.

WT I am in Springwood which is not far, as you know, from Winmalee. I am very lucky as Springwood is big (if you call it big) like Katoomba in that we have the RTA, and Medicare, and most of the banks in our town. A lot of banks have been closed in the smaller towns, so we get more people shopping here. However, its nothing like 'crowded' I love it. Ive only lived here almost 4 and a half years, and Im proud to be a mountain girl. You'll be pleased to know that Bi Lo has gone, and now there is a new supa dupa Coles and other shops - very smart shopping centre. Target Country is now being built there as well. Joodles

Hi, I'm back. The rain was more like a shower...b****r. Looks like I will have to h2o the pot plants tomorrow if we don't get any more. Saw the news about the fires in Victoria...didn't sound good. Hope that will be the last for the season. Joodle Belle are you in upper or lower Mountains? I used to live in Winmalee before we moved to Mt Vic. I loved living there, the trees, birds, fresh air, views and nice people. Qld is good but for a whole lot of different reasons. WT

Hi Joodles' there have been enough fires for this year, hopefully there wont be any more. During the last lot we could smell smoke for days in Melb. Jude2

Touch wood girls, I havent smelt any smoke around the mountains this year - I have in the past though. I live two doors up from the local fire brigade, and in the past, when the fires were really bad, the fire trucks (some from other states) were all lined up in my street (presumably to change shifts, or eat, r & r etc) One year my daughter was packed up ready to flee, pet cages for the chooks, hoses and buckets at the ready - she's further up the mtn than me and lives on a ridge - I am basically in the main street of my town. I'm used to hearing sirens, as the police are just under the subway, ambulance a few doors up from them. Trouble is I never know which siren is going !!! On my way home from Bendigo I arrived at Lithgow only to be told to go via Bells Line, as there was an accident at Hartley I followed the traffic till I realised I was all by myself hahaha - must have taken a wrong turn somewhere. I saw a sign Gt Western Hiway and without thinking, turned in that direction. Then I thought hey - Im not supposed to be on that road - oh well, what the heck, if I can get on I will - they cant surely block off every entry. Sooooo I chugged along - hardly any traffic on the road - this is great!!!!! Get to Hartley - whooooo - Im stopped - but its roadworks, and we are escorted by a vehicle on the wrong side of the road for a distance, and then Im free again. Singing away, I drive along - and whooooooooooooaaaaaaaaa - the accident!!!! Fortunately it happened just over the corner of a street, and we were directed onto a small road (Little Hartley Way I think it was) - which just curved merrily around and back past the accident. Wasnt I lucky I got lost??? - I saved myself quite a bit of petrol and time!!! I read about the said accident in the local rag. Nasty too. Your pooooor pooch Lew lew lol We had a Camphor Laurel tree over 100 yrs old chopped down in the middle of our townhouses. It was done the day I arrived home from Bendigo - I just got my car in the garage as the truck followed me in. Sad to see it go, but it was pretty dead. When we had storms, (and the mountains have plenty) I used to sleep in the back bedroom as the tree was right facing my main bedroom and I just didnt feel comfortable. You proved my point Lew lew - those old trees, no matter how big their girth - can be uprooted easily in a severe storm. High up in almost a fork, was a little elkhorn, which I asked the guys if I could have. Now I have my own souvenir of the tree, a piece of Camphor Laurel tree with an elkhorn attached!!! The smell of the tree being chopped down as it got smaller and smaller was absolutely divine - the hotter the day the nicer the smell of the mulch that remained. Joodles

Shame about the old trees Lew, doesnt matter howmany new ones they plant its just not the same (not that I'm a tree hugger, just like old trees) We had a collie for years but we never gave him a hair cut, your poor pooch will get a complex lol

PS Jack, my border collie, had a 'short back and sides' yesterday. I'm trying not to laugh at him, 'cause he's sensative, but he really does look a treat. Lew Lew

Hey that storm we had the other day was a mini tornado. The SES are still cleaning up. 200 year old trees just ripped from the ground. Hope we don't get another one of them any time soon. Lew Lew

Hi All what a beautiful day. I've done 3 loads of washing and the groceries and now I'm going out in the sun. I'm off to the nursery to get some plants with flowers to stick in all the sad looking pots around the yard. Girlfriend from Scotland arrives this week and want to make it look like I dont kill everything. She's a hard act to follow her garden is open to the public for fundraisers. Maybe I can blame my garden on the hot weather and the drought...lol Have a good weekend everyone Jude2

Hi Joodles and Wine Trifle. Yes, Mudgee is a wine district and we have some very good ones. Ah yes, Mt Victoria! I hate driving over it. Too many trucks and cars driving like they're on a race track, but the alternative Bells Line is just as bad! Lew Lew

Gidday WT - I know Mt Victoria well - only by the number of accidents :-( Tho the town up the top is quite pretty. Re Nine poaching. Dont you think Moonface is past his use by date? Or maybe he's ok as long as he doesnt cart his wife and daughter on to every show he's in???? As far as Eddy goes, I dont know much about him - he seems personable enough - but could he really look after a whole Channel ??? I could go on bitching about some of the other stars - am I the only one whose noticed a botox job on Tracey Grimshaw - bottom lip has a distinct pout. Liz Hayes doesnt even look like the Liz Hayes of the past, not even when she actually WAS younger! Errrr I better stop now. Lovely day to do the washing WT - if only summer was like this every day, sensible warm temps with a lovely light breeze ..... aaaaaaahhhhhh!!! Back to work now - as you can guess, I am on or around the computer today hence the many messages. Joodles

Hi Wattlers It makes my day reading all your notes. A fun, happy and caring lot of people. Well of course we are Aussies so that explains a lot! Joodle Belle in the beautiful Blue mountains. We lived there between 1980 & 1990. We moved to Mt Victoria in Nov 1986 and woke up the next morning to 4ins of snow! Wonderful place. I probably wouldn't recognise the area now, I believe it has changed dramatically. Lew Lew Mudgee, now isn't that a wine district? Don't drink much myself {ha ha} but hubby does like an occaisional tipple. I shooed away the 'naughty corner' cat before it could eat Alan, Denny & Shirley. It wandered off in a huff....probably back to the 'corner'. Washing machines....thanks for all your info folks. When mine dies it will undoubtedly be in the middle of a load so I will want to get one quick. The one with auto h2o level sounds good. Washing is more proof that God is a man...if God were a woman she would have designed things better {think...PMS, menopause, giving birth, cellulite, men!} Any of you lot like Billy Connelly? We went to see him @ the Gold Coast Convention centre on Wednesday. Sell out crowd of about 4,500. I have NEVER before laughed so hard, long or deep. There were tears running down my face. Almost 3 hrs for the show. He is an amazing man. After one of the jokes he told I will never be able to look at another olive! It certainly does you good to have a laugh...I am still feeling great. Eddie Maguire as CEO of channel 9???? I had to look at the calendar as I thought it might be an April fools day joke. Looks like Ch 9 is poaching other peoples stars. First Moonface now Eddie. I wonder who will be next? David Koche {spelling} from 7's sunrise? Wait for the next installment of....da da da ..drum roll...'Star pinch'. Anyone into mosaics? I am going to do a 2 day course at the end of this month. Any tips? Better go. My washing machine has stopped making a noise so that means the load is ready to go out. See y'all later. WT

Me again Read your thread Tony - many thanks. Having fits here thinking of you Anna dressed in black stockings, feet in ballet pose, hat firmly on head, and umbrella in hand - Mary Poppins style! Tiddler sounds really cute. OOOooooh a meet in Mudgee??? Just up the road from me!!!! Good on ya SusyQ - dont let it worry you any more. Lucky you going out to dinner - enjoy it. Wonder how Michael is enjoying the long plane trip? I hope Brisbane is turning out nice weather like it is down here in the Blue Mtns. I missed the start of the Olympics, thought it was tonight - oh well, they will probably show the highlights on the news. Lunch time for me Joodles

Hi Tony, Just because I am feeling low and the brain is not rreally functioning I decided to look in on the General board. I love the friendship thread. Thank you. SuzyQ

Hi SuzieQ & Anna - could you just image the noise if all the wattlers were camped out in Mudgee? They'd hear us in Sydney!! Not a bad idea though. Don't worry about the hubby being away for 3 weeks. I know had to damage those credit cards! Rebs, I wouldn't know one end of a sewing machine from another. I'd rather play on the computer and pay someone else to sew! Out for dinner tonight and brunch tomorrow. Am I missing the hubby? I think not!!! Lew Lew

Morning all We had rain here last night - not much but enough to make the world a much more appealing place to live in - it's cool and foggy and damp this morning - a far cry from the searing heat we've had lately. Had tiddler (grandson) staying last night and I promised him we'd go for a walk this morning with the umbrellas so he was up at the crack of dawn waiting with umbrella in hand. Fortunately it wasn't teeming down - just a bit misty and we went in search of wallabies - can you believe it - a mother wallaby and her joey turned up right on cue! And a scrub turkey which he loves - not like me who hates the ruddy things as they scratch up all the bark in the garden. So there I was like Mary Poppins wafting through the bush with me brolly! You forget how vivid kids imaginations are and how they can't separate fantasy from reality. He was telling me with such a solemn litle face how Puff the dragon lives in a cave in a land called Halleluja! 'I'm going to find him one day Nanny', he tells me. Tiddler had Poppy cracking up last night when he was watching the cricket. Tiddler kept talking about the vampire - Poppy eventually realised that he meant the umpire!!!! Pity the vampite didn't stir the aussies along a bit - so many run outs - hope they get their act together for the next match. Before I forget - my washing machine is a Fisher Paykell (?spelling - I can't be bovered to walk down the hall and have a look!) and the reason we bought it was because my sister in law has had one for a year and she raves about it. It's an 'Intuitive' model and I do like it - you can set it on automatic and it selects just enough water for the amount of clothes you put in, so is a water saver. Or you can select a huge range of options - water level, spin speed, fabric care, presoaks, rinses and so on at the press of a button. There's even a cycle for sneakers!! Haven't tried it yet. And it gets the clothes clean - I put it on creasables spin cycle and the clothes are much easier to iron. So I am happy with it. The little conversations it has with me are just an added extra! Rebs - I have the greatest respect for anyone who can use a sewing machine. I am absolutely humbled by anyone who can pull the stinking things apart and put them back together again! From now on - you can be as naughty as you like and drink yourself under the table and burn cats - even rip out testicles - and I'll always be in awe of you. Well done girl (have to admit that I'd hate to be your son at the moment though!] Crewella de Ville - love the sound of your new abode - maybe we could have the Wattlers meet up there sometime in the future - we could all camp out the back! Bags me first go in the lap pool! And as you're out of town, we could make an almighty din and not have any complaints from the neighbours! Best start stocking up on Baileys now! Hi Mary - good to hear all is going well. Have a good time in Wellington. Lara - waiting for the site - sounds good - when it appears. Hello Judy, Judy Judy - -wasn't that a song? Like Reb's suggestion of Judy in Disguise with ......? Bailleys! Hi Tony - hope all is well with Barb and her sisters - just as well they have a strong shoulder to lean on. Must away - the sun is shining - things to do. Catch you all later Anna