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Good afternoon please can I ask any of you that have any resources such AVRI and whatever to have look for this peeps birth for me for some reason after microsoft update my AVRI will not work HHHHHHelp Tony , His name is Maxwell George Stewart or was when he was born anyway it's rather sad really this chap we know up here has just told me that he doesnjust his fathers adoptive family as his father was adopted and his brother was fostered out and they were told that their mother and father were killed in train crash at Sunshine but when my friend checked the records of said accident there were no Stewarts killed in it at all, so maybe mum and dad split up and trying to be kind to the boys they were told that they had been killed and this was not so, any record of his or his brothers birth his name was Allan Stewart would be of help they could have been born he thinks in either Ballarat or Geelong around the 1909 c. Hello Raggy Bear welcome to our shores so glad it wasn't DVT just remember to drink lots water and move those legs and toes on the way home there is actually special stockings you can get to avoid it so maybe worth looking into them what was wrong did you feel bad when you arrived here it would actually be strange if you didnt feel wonky after all what you went through at home and the kerfuffle that went on I would have been pretty stressed I think. Do enjoy yourself you know you are not on the best side though of OZ don't you we over here on the East Coast are much nicer good looking peeps PMSl I'll start a civil war if I don't behave eh So glad it happened to you too Jood thought I was the only idiot who did that,I lose more messages than I post actually LOL Laurie too late to say but as you'll be at the archives but glad the ice did the trick and no,more pain that's really good so now you know what to do if it ever comes back . Vonny do you get sent home early for being naughty or good ? Lauria I go with Mary's advice and also too best to get a map and have alook on the internet so much depends on what climate you would like down sth is cooler in the winter and up nth warmer all year around and then even further up where I am at the moment have lovely warm winters and very wet and very hot and humid summer only two seasons wet and dry Oz is such a big place depending on what hubby does for work and weather will detirmed where you settle best to come for holiday and check out some of the places you have ;looked up on the net. ok going for beach walk now see you all later Lara

Good afternoon, got an early mark so am home early :) So glad you are feeling better and had a pain free night Laurie. ~~~~~~ to Raggy Bear and hope you enjoy your holiday. Well Spring has definitely sprung here in Canberra, blossoms out already and today, Spring winds have arrived. they are already muttering about a dry Summer. Fluffy Duck - hope you had a good sleep. Our census lady hasn't even arrived yet. I wonder how many forms get lost as people forget where they put them! Going to check on general, be back :) Vonny

Good Morning Wattlers, Thanks for lending an ear Jood, most welcome. Hope it wasn't my fault the soup burnt. Anna, did I hear you say you were a member of the red hat society? I saw the Perth group on Sunrise today. They seem a lot like the Wattlers to me. I am beginning to like being over 50. Laurie glad you are feeling better Raggy Bear, please to hear from you, now start holidaying girl. Fluffy Duck, I could almost see you waddling off to bed. Looking forward to you being back with us. Mary, I thought it was good not to have to listen to Kerrie Ann. Sorry she does get on my nerves a bit. I started to do some more Spring Cleaning today, thought I would clean some brass work that I have. Couldn't find the Brasso, Neville had taken it and I now had an empty bottle. Okay, I will give the furniture a really good polish. Guess what, no furniture polish. Also found an empty bottle in the shed. I then decided to give it up for the day, Ah well there is always tomorrow. ( and it isn't really spring yet anyway ) Now its time to make lunch, so I will catch up with you all later today. Well done Sue you have given me the will power to follow your lead. . Byee SuzyQ

Morning all.. Is this a BAD DAY for everyone..sounds like it... I intend to have a good day today as I am staying home for a change and getting this place in order.. Cold seems a little better today, got some strepsils fo coughing fits and they seem to work.. Turned on Kerrie Anne s TV show this morning and she has got the dreded lurgy also.. poor girl sounded just like I do and her voice was very croaky so she had her offsider to help do some of the talking..she had my sympathy..LOL Laurie Glad you are feeling pain free.. Keep it that way.. Have a good time at the Archives and if you find any nice Neffers there bring one home for me.. Shazz You sound in good form today..Love ya.. Tassie Told you it would not be long before you got that Kilo off..Glad you enjoyed your trip to the big smoke,, It was lovely to meet you after all this time..Hope the new place is warmer than this one.. Well better get a move on, so back later Love Mary xxx

Yes Yes - Im having a bad day!!!! ... But I don't care! Two days ago I cooked up about 6 chicken carcasses to make some luverly chicken soup - oh I was looking forward to it. .. Dutifully removed all the bones (from which I had to handpick the meat off for my daughters animals - daughter being vegetarian) - put the broth in the fridge to set the fat. Well today was the day - skimmed the fat off - two lovely bowls of chicken jelly ready to cook - ummmmmmmmmmm .. tipped it into pressure cooker, had brekky - and hadt a change of mind of what I was going to do first. .. Sorted out some books in a low cupboard, then found myself drifting outside and looking at the despondent garden almost choked with weeds. .. Well I'll start on it I said to myself, I won't do it all, just a little bit, so I weeded and pulled and chopped, and I thought -' I wonder what the neighbour is cooking - hang on - is that coming from my place?' - but I have nothing on the stove .......... errrrr - wrong Jude, you put the pressure cooker on very low ... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - no more soup - just a brown congealed mess and a black pressure cooker. .... Well the remains of the brown congealed mess went down the sink, and the pressure cooker has been scrubbed like new - windows open (oh gee, the smell even went upstairs :( .. Renewed plans for lunch!!! .. Cant buy any more carcasses, as I usually go down the mountain to get them from the chicken places like Lennards. ... I know - I know - I'm a worry .. lol Shazz - cut out the laughing, I can hear you from here) Spring is definitely in the air and in my step. .. I'll just do one thing extra every day, something I've been putting off for a long time, and in another year, I'll have everything sprung cleaned! .. pmsl Jood

Good Morning All Hope everyone is well or on the improve. I havent read back over last nights or this mornings messages as yet, been busy tidying house as landlord is calling in to look at dodgy heater, had to make sure washing was done and beds made. Anyway I am really pleased with myself. I mentioned to most of those at the meet in Sydney that I had lost 20 kgs well after the weekend I put a bit back on, not complaining though as I had a wonderful time. Anyway got on the scales this morning and I am back down to the 20 kg mark, was 96.2 now 76.1 thats in 28 weeks Yippeeee!!! Ok off to hang last load of washing on line. I will be back after. Cheers Sue :-))))))))

Morning all from a lovely sunny Botany Bay . . . another one like yesterday by the look of it. There are 8 giraffes with their heads held high, but their are two pilot boats on their way out so I guess some of them will have work to do soon - can't see what ship is coming in, it hasn't come to the heads yet. There is a dredge opperation going on at the end of the Nth/South runway - and all looks like it has got back to normal after the drama last night. We had a birds eye view of the emergency from the balcony. Your getting cheeky Yvette . . . been up since 6.10am, just let the puter sleep in. I AM PAIN FREE !!!! Seems the freeze job did the trick for me, had the best sleep last night - first one for ages. Fighting fit now so look out! OK - I am off to the Archives shortly, have collected all the requests so will let you know how I go. Will get going as soon as all the workers and schoolies get off the road. Glad you arrived safe & sound RG, hope you have a wonderful time. Well our little 'PRIZE' family are off to Hey Man, Hey Man, talkin about you - Hey Man ! today - enjoy !!!! and Jude & Ken are off to the West . . . we know they will be right at check in as Ken has a copy of the e ticket as well this time !! Have a wonderful time, you know you can always ship home the wine !!! Dont know if Honey Rum sent this to everyone or not . . . but here goes anyway !! ----HAVING A BAD DAY? These are all true stories! In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 a.m., regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents. The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11:00 a.m., all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits. Just when the clock struck 11:00, Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could use the vacuum cleaner. Having a Bad Day???? The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska was $ 80,000.00. At a special ceremony,two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both. Still think you are having a Bad Day???? A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman. STILL think you're having a Bad Day???? Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death. What?? STILL having a Bad Day???? Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with 'Return to Sender' stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits. There now, feeling better???? Have a great day everyone - Cheers luv Laurie

Morning All, Just had phone call from Jood, was doing some sorting out of washing, and she informed me that Louisa is trying to get hold of me, oohh wonder what the news is, shes got me all excited now Morning Yvette, have been up since 3.40, but was watching Sunrise, talking about 40th anniversay of Long Tan, so hadnt logged on yet Good Grief Lyn, your just going to bed and we are both getting up, what on earth were you up that late for, Rob rang Mick yesterday to wish him Bon Voyage' and asked had he packed his clothes yet, Micks reply NAh, only need some sock, undies, shorts and things, obviously he is a very light traveller OR he is waiting for his better half to do it for him, give me a ring re lunch Hi Louisa, have sent you pm, hope you log on at work Morning Trifley dear, how are you today, getting stronger by the day it sounds, thats great ((((HUG)))) Hi Mary, A Sorting we will go, A sorting we will go, HI Ho the Merry Oh, a Sorting we will go, nearly finished, and then you will be able to settle back with a few martoonies and chardy and it'll be just like you never even moved Hey Laurie, have you thawed out yet, and hows the pain, all gone I hope, not a very nice sickness to have, I have never had shingles but I have seen poor old Rob suffer along with my mum and it certainly terribly painful Welcome Laura, maybe you and OH should get a map of Oz, pick out places and then check them out on the net, that way at least you can get some idea of where you may like to settle Hello little fluffy, all rested and rejuvenated after your sleep and ready to start waddling around with us again Well Tony old mate, nearly time to start jetting off to the beautiful one day, perfect the next destination, so have a great time in all that nice sunshine and remember to at least retire from the pool at some stage when nature comes a calling, wouldnt like to see your name in print (HEADLINES) Melbourne man caught in swimming pool encircled by multicolured suspicious dyes from too much partaking in the guzzling of the famous XXXX he he Bought a micrphone for comp yesterday, so am going try see if I can get it working before heading back to chores, off down to coast this evening or early tomorrow, so wont see all you nice people until Tues, all athose not well, rug up and stay out of the chilly weather Bye Shaz

Morning Yvette - great sunny day again isn't it? Wasn't yesterday great reaching 27c, roll on summer! Less of the lazybones Yvette, I went to bed at 3.30 and back up at 6.30. We're off to Sydney today (yep day off work) as want to get some last minute gifts for OH to take over to friends etc in UK. Have a good day all & hi there Raggy Bear - how long are you in Perth?? Morning Jood, just spotted your post. Lyn

Oh Oh - Im here, I had typed a long message, then went exploring - guess what? message kaput!!! Glad you had a good flight Raggie, I ended up with suspected DVT too when I flew to Perth last xmas, - and I was wearing stockings too! Lyn, great that you are definitely coming to Mudgee, and Yvette too. .. The old town will never be the same! Hope you are feeling better this morning Laurie, Gwenda, Sandra, Mary & all those unwell. Off to have a shower and warm up - have a great day all. Jood

morning lazybones :-) yvette x

~~~~~~~~~~~~~HI ALL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Had a good flight over,arrived in Perth around 1 a.m.on Monday. Have had a couple of quite days,omg couldn`t how tired i was. Today i had to see a Quack......she thought i had DVT......off to hossie for a scan.........thank god it wasn`t ~back to see Quack in morning.... Jood...........having a look at flights a bit later. Daughter is rushing me to get off the `puter. Sorry to cut short. R.B.xxx

Trifley - glad someone from the Wattlers is still up and about! Have got in touch with Tony to join up in the Lotto club (now I'm definitely under pressure to bring home a big prize!) OH and I will definitely go to Mudgee and in fact may take OH's brother as I have a feeling he is out from UK then I can always send them off to visit the wineries whilst we have the jim jam party at the Country Comfort!! That's a lovely motel and very handy to everything. Shazz - haven't seen you on here for a couple of days - I'll give you a call and we can go for lunch soon. Talk to you all tomorrow ( gosh have just seen the clock and it is already Friday!) Sleep tight all. Lyn

Hi Yvette...you're on the list! Duffy Fluck...sleep well you poor little person. TX

Hi Laura, You need to go to the Aust immigration web site if you haven't already, to get immigration requirements. I'm afraid the 10pound deal has been finished for a while :) (joke) As Mary said, the biggest cities are Melbourne and Sydney they are also the most expensive but have more opportunities. I personally like Canberra :) especially for a family, but Brisbane and Adelaide are nice and so is Perth. Hobart is a lovely city but I'm not sure of job oportunities. Darwin is Hot but you might like that :) it also has a more laid-back style. If your Hubby can get a job with a company over here first, then maybe you could come out here and 'try before you buy', then you will have a better idea if you like it. Sometimes peeps come and then get very homesick. Or, you could be like my neighbours and come out and have a ball and hope never to go back :) Night to all, ~~~~~~~~~Vonny

thanks Sue, I think I will check to she if she comes on here tomorrow if not will PM her. Have a good night Louisa

Evening All Just looking in before I go to bed. Urban girl. I havent seen Shazz about this evening, not to say she isnt, you could leave a post here for her to see or if its a bit personal then send her a pm. Fluffy Duck I bet you will be glad when you have finished, just think of the pay coming your way. ~~~~ to everyone catch you all tomorrow. Cheers Sue

nite everybody too, bed beckons i have realised that in my excitement checking the trains, i didn't post my last effort, poo! I'm not writing all that again, but i will go to mudgee via the train and i would like to stay at the country comfort and I think the Friday and Saturday would probably be a good idea. hi Laura, for a little exercise, check out the distance from sydney to mudgee, also country link (train& coach) sydney to mudgee and also shellharbour to sydney (cityrail - train). there's a few beautiful quiet spots along the way love Yvette xx

Hi everyone, how are you all? Is Shaz about, I have some really exciting news!! Louisa x

And I'm off to bed toooooooo - g'nite travellers, g'nite those who are left behind :( Night all Jood